Family Card Box

The box is Dollarama $1.50.  I should have bought more than just one! 

  I CASED (Copy and Selectively Edit) the idea from Nathasha Zandbergen at Splitcoast Stampers.  She had done a 12 X 12 framed piece that is really beautiful.  I just sized it down and added a little more to cover the top of the box.  I would have changed the papers in order to make it look different, but I have tons of this Garden Greenhouse DSP, so stuck with these colors.

A strip of co-ordinating paper is added  to the box base to tie them together.  So there you have it - a sweet little box to house an assortment of cards either for yourself or as a gift.

A lot of different supplies used here!

Paper:  Greenhouse Gala, Baja Breeze, Early Espresso
Punches:  1 1/4" and 1 3/8" square, three hearts,
Dies:  Little Leaves, Swirly, Butterflies, Plantin Schoolbook Cricut Cartridge
Stamp Sets:  Itty Bitty, I {heaart} Hearts,
Ink:  Baja Breeze and Early Espresso to distress the white box
plus more!

Thanks for looking - hope you are enjoying your Labour Day weekend!

Cindy

Rose Note Card Drawer Box

This is layout #100  from the blog Clean and Simple from July 23 that I used for the note cards. 

Because they are note cards, I didn't put a sentiment and felt that the paper was pretty enough without one.

The box is made from the cardobard found in the 12 X 12 packs of DSP.  I tried making it from cardstock, but it was just too flimsy.   The rose was made from DSP also.

Close up of notecard.  Riding Hood Red cardstock and ribbon, eyelet border punch.  Pretty simple!

Cards all in a row! 

Close up of rose.  It was sprayed with Smooch and has a bit of a glimmer.  Leaves were made with Little Leaves die.  Sentiment is from a retired set called Roses in Winter.

Just the box with its cute little handle.  I think it will make a great little gift for someone.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cindy

Mining for Memories Photos

Group photo!  One similar to this will be in the Winter Issue of Canadian Scrapbooker.  We were all thrilled to have co-founder Katharina Doyle come to Red Lake for our Mining for Memories Scrapbooking convention.  That's her front and centre on the right with our fearless leader Catherine Mochrie on the left.  Thanks Lori for providing me with the photo!

Saturday workshop ladies with their easel cards.  Hope you had fun.

Below:  Friday workshop ladies!!!  Thanks for the picture Andrea!!

 

Katharina Doyle (Canadian Scrapbooker) and Bev Beaudette (Scrapaholix Canada)

Such an honour to have them both here.  I know we'll be seeing Bev again!

Next convention is January 2011!

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Stampin' Up! demonstrator site and online sto

Just trying to figure out how to use my Stampin' Up! website links on this blog.  Just a little experimenting.
When you buy merchandise through my Stampin' Up! site, there are GREAT deals in the clearance section.  It is really worth checking it out and they will ship right to your home.
The link below brings you to a page showing a promotion for hostesses.  Catherine received hostess rewards during the Mining for Memories Convention and has earned an extra $35; I'm expecting she'll have over $100 to spend,  which she will use to buy dies for the club.  The order has not been finalized yet, so if you forgot to order something, let me know.  You'll get to see what she has chosen at the next Scrapaholix club. 

Stampin' Up! demonstrator site and online sto

Sweet Pea

One of my beautiful grandchildren.  This is Andie.  Her mom took the picture.  This is another easel card made as an example for the convention.  The flowers are made from vellum and a punch.  Pretty simple.  Isn't she adorable?

Front View

Side view so you can see the "easel"

Supplies:  Melon Mambo and Pretty in Pink paper; vellum, boho blossoms punch, melon mambo ribbon; I {heart} Hearts stamp set for sentiment; rhinestones for flower centres.

Blast from the Past - 2007

I've been busy making display items for the convention here in Red Lake that is coming up in less than three weeks.  It's been slow going as usual.  Must step up the pace a notch!  So, I'm cheating and posting a card from March of 2007.  That is when I started making cards.  I haven't got many pictures from when I first started, but I did find this one and I actually still like it!  I think I'll give this one another shot one day, maybe with new colors.  Once convention starts, I'll be posting the things I have been making.

This is made with the stamp set Winged Things.  I used Stazon black ink on watercolor card stock.

That's it for now.

Happy Stamping!

Cindy

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50th Wedding Anniversary

This is a 50th Wedding Anniversary card someone asked me to make.  When all was said and done, I brought it outside to take a picture of it and Liam asked me if it was a 50th birthday!  Oh well...guess it's back to the drawing board.  Not sure how I'll fix it, but tomorrow is another day.

And this is the inside of the card.  I suppose I could change it to Congratulations.

Stamp Sets:  I {heart} Hearts and French Script; Inside:  Heard From The Heart

Papers:  Brushed Gold, Basic Black, Very Vanilla

Other Supplies:  Versamark, 3 heart punch, gold embossing powder, dimensionals

All supplies Stampn' Up!

Edited Post to show changes:

Changed the ribbon and added Mr. & Mrs.

Made a 2nd card with more gold showing on border and added  Mr. & Mrs. to the gold border.

Inside of 2nd card with just a simple "Congratulations"

Assignment complete!!

Thanks for looking!

Cindy

 

Forever Young

A CAS - Clean and Simple Sketch #99

The power was out all day today, so I made a couple of cards.  I cut out the images last night, so was all set to just play.  These are the first cards I have attempted with the Cricut machine.  The cartridge is called Forever Young.  Definitely a fun image to play with.  The tag that came with the cartridge didn't work out, so I printed the sentiment off the computer.

The paper is retired Island Oasis from Stampin' Up!  - the same paper I used in my June 12 post.  Another card to fit the open ended envelopes, also from Stampin' Up!

This second card is actually the first one I made.  Not quite sure why the photo fades towards the bottom.  I used the new lattice embossing folder.

CAS - Clean and Simple FTL 99

Have a great week!

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Sweet Baby Quilt and Card

Photos by Stephanie Wright

I have wanted to make a card to go with a quilt for a long time.  It was a lot of fun and can't wait to try this again.

The quilt was made by Lori Szaflik (Red Lake's busiest and most generous quilter!).  Great job Lori!   I love the colors and little heart fabric.  I had volunteered to clip and wash the quilt, so while it was just sitting there I thought....I have cardstock in those colors!  So I made some of my own designer paper and "quilted" the pieced squares!  (click on image for a closer look!)

Stamp Sets:  I {heart} Hearts; Little Angel (retired)

Accessories:  Modern Label Extra Large punch; 1 1/4" Square punch

Another View

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Showcase It! Come Join the Fun!

This is a sample of the card I will be giving a workshop for at the August Convention in Red Lake.  I hope it entices you to want to join in on the fun!   This class includes all the materials required.  You just need to bring your own adhesive and a Scor Pal (if you have one)  All products I used are Stampin' Up! but convention kits may vary a little from this sample.
It's a lot of fun to make, so if you haven't signed up yet, contact Catherine Mochrie at  (807) 662-1149 or e-mail her at imochrie@sympatico.ca .

Convention is August 19 - 20, 2010
Looking forward to seeing you there!!!

Cindy

If you have any questions for me, I can be contacted at liam_cindy@yahoo.ca .