CCC #3 Colour Challenge

I've created a card to try out a Colour Challenge from a fellow Demonstrator's website! Check out CeeCee's blog to see what this post is all about

Here is MY version of this colour combo called "Lazer Light & Flowers" ... I look forward to checking out the other entries for this challenge!



Hope you like my card and I look forward to trying more of these colour challenges in the future - I hope you will too!

Hugs,

e

Look what happened while I was cleaning ...

I don't know about you but I HATE to clean my house! *laugh* I was trying to clear the decks for my Mother's Day Card Class tomorrow. I've been working on a few card projects as well as prepping the kits for my class and my Wow Swap project - 51 of something is a lot you know!! And of course, all of this is all spread out over my dinning room table!

As I moved from work station to work station picking up scraps, cleaning used stamps and collecting ink pads, I was thinking about the April/May Sparkle Daisy Scrapbooking incentive. Well, before you could say "SNAP" I was putting together a 6x6 scrap book page with various left over pieces from my other projects! The pictures are from a magazine as dear hubby hasn't got our printer set up yet but once it is, I'll swap out the stand in's for pictures of family and friends!

What do you think???



The background is Tempting Turquoise, the clouds are Whisper White, torn for a cloud effect, daubed the edges with various shades of blue Pastels to make them stand out. I cut the grass out of some Gable Green cardstock then punched the Scalloped Flowers, 1-3/4" Circle punches of Gable Green for the boarder of the faces, 1-1/4" Circle punches for the "pictures". Layer to your liking and secure everything with Snail glue.

I don't even think it took 10 minutes to put it all together! In fact, I think I'm going to go do another one - RIGHT NOW!!



And here it is, my SECOND scrapbook page!

Ok, so does this make me a scrapbooker now!?! *laugh*

PLEASE add your comments on this one - I need encouragement!!! *giggle*

Sparkle Daisy Meeting - Got the Juices going!!

Wow! What a night. Lots of people back from Cruise with stories to tell! Lots of top earners with bright pink tiaras for the night, and LOTS and LOTS of really lovely projects on the share tables!! I'm going to post a few shots I took of the share tables (hope that's ok!?)



Sorry, this shot is hard to see but it is all the neat things that were part of Cruise 2008! There were 2 whole displays full of cards, samples, 3D objects, and so much more! Cruise sounds like a dream come true, I mean come on, an entire cruise ship full of crafty stampers? The brainstorming that must have been happening .... I just can't imagine it! *giggle*




This is the Loonies for Littles kit that is for sale between April 15 and May 31st in support of the Big Brothers & Big Sisters! Someone was nice enough to bring in some samples they have made with the supplies that come in the kit! Aren't they wonderful??



Lots of beautiful things to see! It gets the imagination going - it's so hard to go to bed after these meetings because all you want to do is CREATE something when you get home!! *giggle*


See the example of the Dahlia Fold on the Carousel Notes from the Occasions Mini? That is just so pretty isn't it?? I'm going to try that one on a card tonight!


So many things to look at ... and we were all crowded around the tables trying to get shots of things and or trying to figure out how they were made! I really liked the pocket photo keepers! Hmmmm, Mother's day gift idea???

There were LOTS of Scrapbook pages! So many of the ladies had brought whole books full of them!

This one is made with Berry Bliss Designer Paper! Ohh! it is so my favorite right now! The pinks and browns are just so pretty and rich together. I love the improvisational heart that she made and I think that is a folded card on the bottom right (I'm not sure the proper name for it though).

Did you know that May is Scrapbooking Month?


Just look at this page for "Sisters" en francais. The creator of this page did a wonderful job!

The bright cheery colours and the lovely photo of the girls playing together - it's is no wonder that people love doing these pages so much!

Just look at the next one - just so darn cute! I love it!! Flowers, ribbon, letters, designer paper viola, a scrapbook page worthy of the memories it holds! Marie-Pier's Mom does awesome work, don't you think?




I'm guess I am going to have to get over my fear of scrapbooking and just get started!!

Maybe with Marlayne and Sherida's class in June??? These amazing Ladies have put together a scrapbooking class for us Demonstrators and our Customers that will have us putting together a 20 - 12x12" pages of layouts for only $80.00! That's amazing!! Do you want to come with me???


I don't know about you, but, I'm just itching to make something right now .... aren't you?

ta ta for now and I hope you'll send me a picture of something YOU'VE created sometime!!

Cheers,
e

I have proof .. Spring IS here!

Friday was such a hard weather day after such a LONG winter - April 4th and calling for rain but all we got was more darn snow! I tried my best to keep a cheery smile and cling to the promise of Plus 15 on Sunday. I was not going to let yet another snow day ruin my spring fever! My reward for keeping my chin firmly up?.... As I walked to my door at the end of the day, despite the ugly look of the treasures the melting snow was beginning to unveil, what did I happen to spot poking up out of the carnage of last year's peonies, fall leaves and half snow locked front lawn? Look closely ... can you see them??


Right there! Behind the lantern! No, no - don't look at the snow! The green .. can you see them?? Here let me zoom in for you ....

TULIPS!!!!

A sure sign of spring if ever there was one! Every day the snow melts a little more and the sun gets stronger and warmer! Even Justin's nose was sporting a touch of pink from his walk in the sun this afternoon!

So, let's ALL keep our chins up and drink in that glorious sunshine that is making things burst forth from their sleepy snow covered beds to bring us, once more into the lovely bright beautiful renewal of spring!

Have you jumped in a puddle lately? *giggle*

Happy Spring Everyone!!

Cheers,

e

Before I became a Stampin' Up Demonstrator ... I was a Stampin' Up Customer!

Here are a few cards that I made in the beginning of my Stampin' Up! relationship ... back when I was just a customer!


This was my introduction to the Stampin' Up! card party! The very first Stampin' Up! card I ever made. Lisa J was the hostess of this party with Susan W. as the Demonstrator! The Stamp Set is 'Simply Said' and it is still a favorite of mine!



This is the second card that we made that night - isn't the froggy cute? *laugh* Stamp Set is "Unfrogettable" (oh ya, I thought the toad stools needed a little something so I used some markers to jazz them up! should have left well enough alone! *giggle* live and learn...)


From Lisa's party, I ordered my first Stamp Set 'My Favorite Bear' now retired! On this card I was experimenting with my Water Colour Wonder Crayons! They are AMAZING! I gave this card to my girlfriend Sheila G. for her birthday!


This was my first attempt at a Christmas Card again with my Stamp Set 'My Favorite Bear' (retired). I actually used my 1/16th" hole punch to punch out all those "snow flakes" and glued them on one by one with a glue pen. I know, I'm crazy! *laugh*


I made this card for the arrival of Mr. Jonathan P. Again I used the Stamp Set 'My Favorite Bear' (retired) and this time I stamped the bear 2x and cut out 3 of his legs/paws and put them back with brads so that they moved like a real teddy bear! I also stitched ribbon down the side of the card with 2 paper heart charms dangling (hard to see in the picture) but a cute effect!


This was the first card at my very first party (as a Hostess) Susan W. was the Demonstrator. It amazes me still how different everyone's cards were. Suzan had all 48 Markers in the Stampin Up collection and everyone pretty much coloured their flowers in with whatever their favorite colour combinations were!


This is the second card we made that night! The snow flakes is "Snow Flurries" and the snowman was from another set that isn't in the current catalogue. I have actually made a version of this card a few times since that night


I have other shot of cards that I have made over the years but this last one is one of my very favorites! It was made with the 'Simply Said' stamp set and the FREE hostess set I got from my first Stampin' Up! party! I made it for my Mom to thank her for all the lovely Stampin' Up stuff that she ordered for me for my birthday! She still has it on her fridge and it makes me smile every time I see it because it is nice to see something you've made cherished by someone you love!

I hope you've enjoyed my trip down memory lane? Maybe this trip will someday lead you to your own Stampin' Up! memories?

Have a ball Stampin'!

e

My Easter Card vs. a blast from the past!

I know, I know, Easter has passed but this card is so cute and I wanted to share! I didn't post it earlier as I didn't want my family to see the Easter Card until after Easter ... didn't want to spoil the surprise! *laugh* This card was made with the "A Good Egg" stamp set on the in colours Sky Blue DS & CS, and Blue Bayou with Purely Pommagranet as the accent! I used my pastels and blender pens for the first time on this card, I think the blue shading of the egg shells give it a little something extra don't you?

I am lucky enough to have a friend who was willing to loan me her "A Good Egg" stamp set so that I could make this card at my very first party as a Demonstrator! Julie, you are a doll and I love ya!

This Easter Card was my first "original" designed card that I used for my very first Stampin' Up! party as a Demonstrator! Ok, I took a little tip here and there from some very tallented card artists, Marlayne & Sherida, but mostly, it was my own design! *giggle*

I've come a long way since my very first card made with ALL of my brand new Stampin' Up! supplies from my very first order back in 2005! Check it out ... *laugh*



It was my first attempt, in a hotel room, without anything else but the supplies from my order: Bold Bright Stampin' Spots, Very Vanilla & Assorted BB Paper, BB Water Colour Wonder Crayons, 'My Favorite Bear' Stamp Set (now retired), 2 anywhere glue sticks and a package of clear envelopes! No scissors, no ribbon, no other little embellishments, just the overwhelming desire to make SOMETHING with my cool new stamping supplies!! *laugh*

Stay Tuned for my next post because I found this picture amoung several other shots of cards I had made that I had taken with my digital camera. The pictures had been saved into the memory of the camera and not on a memory card, I thought they had been lost long ago but they had been locked in the camera all this time! Anyway, I finally figured out how to move them from the camera's memory to a memory card and voila, I uploaded them directly into the computer and now I want to share them with YOU.

Until next time ... Happy Stampin' Everybody!

e