Stylish Blogger Award....Imagine That!!

I was so surprised to received this lovely Stylish Blogger Award.  I have never spoken or met any other blogger in the paper crafting world, so this is quite fun.

I received this award from
http://madewonderful.blogspot.com/
She has tons of fun cards and projects.  Great blog Melissa!  Thank you so much for choosing me as one of the 8 recipients.


Here's what I have to do...

1.  Thank the person who gave this award to me and link it back to their blog (see above link)

2.  Share 8 things about yourself.

3.  Pass this award to 8 others individuals that I have recently discovered.

4.  Leave a comment so they can pass along the recognition.

8 things about myself:

1.  I live in a small gold mining community in Northwestern Ontario.

2.  I worked for Scotiabank for 17 years until my retirement in October.

3.  I have two wonderful daughters.  One lives at their fishing camp here in Red Lake, the other at their fruit orchard in the Niagara area.  Fish or apples anyone?

4.  I have five beautiful grandchildren.  Three boys and two girls.  They are all delightful!!

5.  I enjoy crime shows and hate reality television.

6.  I signed up for our community's Biggest Loser (Lifestyle) Challenge and am now committed to six months of healthy living...wish me luck!! (What was I thinking?!)

7.  I was introduced to Stampin' Up! through my daughters.  My oldest told my youngest about Stampin' Up!, who then signed up as a demonstrator without knowing anything about stamping.  When she decided not to be an active demonstrator, I decided to make it part of my retirement.  It's all their fault!!

8.  Sometimes I have a bit of a problem with motivation, so I started a blog to make sure I started and finished my projects.


I've been following a number of blogs thanks to Stampin' Connection and they are all so fun!!

These are the ones I have chosen to extend this award to....

Encourage Joy
http://encouragejoy.blogspot.com

Cut Color Past
http://cutcolorpaste.blogspot.com

Just Keep Swimming
http://tmcc4.blogspot.com

Cindy's Inklings
http://cindys-inklings.blogspot.com

Ribbons & Julz
http://ribbonsnjulz.blogspot.com

The Crazy Stamp Lady
http://thecrazystamplady.blogspot.com

Rosie's Creative Cottage
http://rosiescreativecottage.blogspot.com

Taylor Made
http://madebythetaylors.blogspot.com


Enjoy your Stylish Blog Award and have fun blogging!



CAS FTL127 Greenhouse Garden

I just started a daytime class for Clean and Simple Cards.  This is one of the cards we did, based on the clean and simple stamping blog, FTL #127.  I think they had fun...I've even challenged them to go home and make a card on their own using this layout!  Can't wait to see what they come up with.

This is CAS FTL127 - always a great starting point when your mojo needs a kick start!

Stamp Sets:  Greenhouse Garden, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper:  Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive
Ink:  Pretty in Pink, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Peach Parfait, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories:  Dazzling Diamonds, dimensionals, ribbon, square lattice embossing folder

Happy Stamping!
Cindy

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12 X 12 DSP Purses

REALLY fun to make!!  Use DSP or cardstock.  The purses are large enough to hold a few cards.

I did a class on these purses.  I provided a bunch of choices of DSP both retired and current.  The first group just happened to choose retired, but the second group did have some current.  But I forgot to get pictures of the 2nd class....drat!!

The first two purses were my sample ones that I made.  It was great to use up some retired stuff.

Sheila's purse!  I love the bright colors.  Yes, we know that the birds are upside down! 

Lori's purse.  The colors are way off here...the colors are gorgeous IRL. 

Tammy's purse!  Isn't it fun with the polka dots?!

Sorry Karen, yours is missing...I thought I had a shot of yours!!

Accessories:  Fun Flowers die, buttons, brads, round tab punch.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cindy

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Concord Crush Baroque Motif

This is one of the cards from a workshop I did yesterday.  A couple of days before the workshop, I heard that one of the attendees didn't know what to do with with the square medallion stamp in this set...so I thought I'd play around and this is the card I ended up with.  I liked it, so decided we would make one at the workshop. 

I was hoping the photo would show a little bit of how the paper shimmers....I used Shimmery White card stock and it adds a nice bit of elegance to this card.  The little medallion piece was embossed in white and then I added Dazzling Diamonds glitter while it was still wet.  The square lattice embossing folder adds some texture; dimensionals were used to give it some depth.  The horizontal accent strip was made with the dotted scalloped ribbon punch.

It was a fun morning!!  When I got home, I made a set of five of these to fit in an A2 card box.  I think the ladies inspired me to get productive!!

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That's One BRIGHT Quilt!!

A quilt I finally finished for one of my grandsons.  This is such a simple pattern, yet it was a year and a half in the making! 

I didn't realize 'til I uploaded these that I suppose I should have put a small border between the pieced section and the borders.  The orange touches the orange on the left side, which is fine, but the right side doesn't have them!  Think he will care!?

Close up of pattern.  My friend Lori quilted it for me!  Thanks Lori!

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Orchid Opulence Wedding

A wedding card for a sweet bride, made to go with the colors in the bride's invitation.  Pretty and simple!  I dyed the non-Stampin' Up! flower with retired Orchid Opulence re-inker and used a couple of embossing folders to give it some elegance.  Always happy when that retired stuff comes in handy!!  A little oversight...there is a tiny pearl tuck in left corner area that I didn't notice, til it was too late!!  Can you see it?!

I spent a little time in Photoshop thanks to the two videos of Ilina Crouse from Stampin' Connection.  I didn't manage all the tips, but was thrilled to learn how to easily change the background to a solid color and add a watermark.  A few glitches and still more wrinkles to iron out, but happy with what I managed to "retain"!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Cindy

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Tiny Teacup Thank You

This is another CASE (LeAnne Pugliese from Splitcoast).    I flipped the card to make a tent fold and used different card stock, papers and put a sentiment using punches.  Trying to make more than just one card at a time, so that I have a stash.  All supplies Stampin' Up!

Stamps:  Tiny Teacup, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper:  Pacific Point, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Blueberry Crisp DSP

Ink:  Pacific Point

Accessories:  Scallop circle punch, Word Window, Modern Label Punch, Circle Punches, Clear Embossing Powder, Dimensionals

Glitter Puzzle

This is for my grandson, who turned 4 today!

Happy Birthday Sullivan!!

I attended a Glitter Puzzle workshop at the beginning of January presented by Caroline Spicer, a local and very talented scrapbooker!!

So, I finally got to play on my own and this is my first attempt.  My Stampin' Up! glitter is on order and I can't wait to try out the colors.  The ones used here are Martha Stewart and they are more on the pastel side.  In real life this is wonderfully sparkly.  This is a very messy technique - glitter everywhere!!

Thanks Caroline - I already have my quilt patterns printed off to give it a try one day!!

Stamp Set:  Bring on the Cake, Party Hearty (for the hat)
Paper:  Green Galore, Daffodil Delight, Elegant Eggplant

Ink:  Elegant Eggplant, Daffodil Delight (for the hat), Basic Black

Accessories:  Martha Stewart glitter, owl punch, Tasteful Trim Die, Cricut & Celebrations (for the #4)

Cindy

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Tea for Two

I think this is such a sweet Valentine!

My daughter Stephanie made this card.  Her inspiration came from a Christmas card by Linda Callahan.  I think it turned out great.

I finished off the inside for her.

Paper:  Real Red, Whisper White, Love Impressions DSP, Basic Grey

Stamp Sets:  Teacup, Valentine Defined

Ink:  Real Red

Accessories: clear embossing powder, real red grosgrain ribbon, hearts border punch, 3 hearts punch and heart from owl punch, dimensionals

Ribbon Class Cont'd.....Fork Bow and Fringed Ribbon

I saved these techniques for my last post!!  Once again, I let them choose the ribbon color of their choice and they made one sample of each technique.

This one card shows two ribbon techniques.

.  The satin ribbon bow was made with a medium sized salad serving type fork.  I first saw this technique done on France Martin's blog and was amazed at how simple it was!  As simple as it is to do, it's not so simple to explain clearly in words!!  Best to learn this visually. 

The fringed ribbon below the fork bow is a super simple technique I saw on the blog of Mary Fish.  Just cut off the end of the ribbon lengthwise and pull the frays away a few at a time, until it is the length you want.  Works great with any grosgrain ribbon.   How simple is that??!!!

My card uses the Eat Chocolate Stamp set, done in Pink Pirouette and Early Espresso.  Love this set!

Cindy

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