I'm doing good...

Read 2 and a half chapters, done sorting my clothes, my son's clothes, shoes... packed 3 boxes (while purging and recycling), started to post my cards on Etsy... now, time to relax in my bed with MDS... One quick scrapbook page inspired by this week's layout challenge at Clean & Simple...

I know that it was probably meant to be for a card but I used it as an inspiration anyhow!!!

Here you go:

Ingredients: all SU except for this little monkey... He's a Julie's original:)
Always Artichoke DP, text in white, shadow, A Holly Jolly Christmas and All scallops, brads, real red, Very Vanilla...
I know that I don't go in with lots of details when I use My Digital Studio but I love playing with it soooo much, that I can't remember what I use and that's why it is so much fun to use... It just gets better everytime:)
Nighty night!!!

Just couldn't stay away... from crafting that is :-)

Just got that urge and down stairs I went... What is the quickest way to find a tool? Call your upline (who happens to live across the street- Birthday girl Donna, hee, hee) and have her husband run over with the punch in question to allow me to do the border in 34 seconds, lol!!!

Will be looking up challenges later on but for now, only a list of ingredients.

Here we go: 99.99% SU:-)... Old Olive, Brilliant Blue, Whisper White and Chocolate chip in inks, card stock (plain and textured), embossing powder, heat tool, round tab punch, new scallop border punch from the Sale-a-Bration brochure, dimensionals, designer button, grosgrain ribbon, glue dot, Vintage Vogue stamp set, brads, 1/16" handheld punch, adhesive, sponges, cutter kit and paper snips.  Non-SU  White tread to hold the button in place (just makes the card thinner for mailing purposes)... but for hand delivering one, a beautiful bow and the button on top... Wow-wee gorgeous!

Okay, I need help.

I am in the process of packing, purging, sorting, studying, crafting, educating, grounding, interviewing, informing, cleaning... you get the idea.  24 hours in a day just won't cut it.  Good thing Stampin'Up! came out with my digital studio, that will at least allow me to stay in touch with my creativity (usually from my bedroom, in m y PJ while monkey calms down before going to bed) and stop freaking out cause I've been looking for my "Snail" adhesive for 2 hours and still have no clue where I put it!!!

So here is what I think I will start doing; for the last few months I think that I have been pretty good at staying ahead and posting almost everyday, I will take a little break from the paper cuts and set a goal of at least 1 to 2 projects per week (even if they are digital) until I'm all set up in my new HOME... Moving date is March 16. I need to be up and running by my birthday... I will be hosting an open house soon to make room in my boxes of all my retired stamp sets, great discounts there, 5 % on anyorder placed that day plus the freebies from the SAB period... Now all I need is a date... Keep checking back for more details (still working on it).

Now on to today's post... a few challenges :-)
Spoon Full of Sugar(freestyle), Your Next Stamps (Anything that sparkles), CupCake Craft (matching ste), Creative Belli (Hearts), Mojo Monday and Colour Q.

Now My cards... just could not decide between Square or circle so I made both:-)

Too bad you can't really see the embossing on it, really looks kewl:-)

ingredients: 99.9% Stampin'Up!, lol... Whisper White, Taken With Teal, Basic Black, Real Red and Bashful Blue card stock and inks and Stampin'Write Markers and sponges. Designer buttons, Dimensionals, Versa Marker, Clear embossing powder, heat tool, grosgrain ribbon, textured Bashful Blue card stock, Whoo's Your Valentine Stamp set, tombo glue, lots of punches (3/4" circle, small oval, scallop oval, heart to heart), big shot and textured embossing plates, Whimsy jumbo wheel. Last of SU product is the Circle Cutter (scissors plus).  Non SU, stickles diamond and the tread to hold the button in place.

Hope you like it... I think they are just too cute to share, lol!!!

One more Scrapbook page with MDS

I usually post digital projects on Mondays, but since I need to start packing and Digital is a lot less messy and quicker than the real stuff :-)  I decided to try to get caught up on some of my scrapbooking and remain 'creative' troughout this stressful (and exciting) time, lol!!!
One more page for the 2009 X-mas book :-)
Hope you like the cookies!  (Made with round buttons and brads)

MDS MonDayS...Happy Birthday to Donna (okay I'm early...)

For Donna's Bird-day ! But it is so hard for me to keep secrets, lol!!!

So this card was inspired by: 1 Donna's Birthday this coming Friday 2- Inkspirations (Colours) 3- Clean and Simple (Sketch)

Ingredients: Very Vanilla, Cameo Coral, Chocolate Chip and So Saffron (plus a hint of Artichoke), cheep talk stamp set, lots of punches, dimensionals and satin ribbon.

4 its Monday therefore I needed a digital project

Like the resemblance? See you later... :-)

HAITIAN RELIEF... Everything we can do to help.

Stampin'Up! is doing it again... Every little bit can help:-)

Simply by ordering one "I {Heart} Hearts stamp set", SU will put aside $2 and donate it to the American Red Cross... Please You too can help..

Unfortunately, I can only accept orders to be shipped within Canada... Simply Click HERE to put your order in today, then click on the shop now button.

The sooner the better (from now till February 28th).Thank you for your support.

No Crafts today... Well, the day is not over yet...

We found our new HOME... It is a done deal, move in date, March 16 :-)
Yeah, now I can start to breathe again, woohoo!!!

A "Kewl" note of thanks modified for easy swaps.

Hi everyone... Wow, crazy busy week... It is hard to believe that it is already end of day on Thursday:-)...

Flipped the sign to SOLD on our front lawn, now only need to find a new home before March 16th :-)

Anyhow, here is a quick note of thanks that I made for my interviewer today (showing a little bit of appreciation never hurts!) and since I liked the way it looks,  I decided to modify it a bit to only use current SU supplies and voilà...

Ingredients (Swap cards fronts only) : Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Bravo Burgundy and Vellum card stock, Whisper White craft Ink, White embossing powder, heating tool, sponges, Melon Mambo, Bravo Burgundy, Pumpkin Pie and Dusty Durango classic inks, Eyelet Border Punch, Corner Rounder and Heart to heart punch, Pumpkin Pie grosgrain ribbon, dimensionals, Well Scripted and Fox and Friends stamp sets.

Absolutely nothing to do with crafts:-)

My house is "SOLD"... So what better way to celebrate than going out and finding a great deal on these:

Aren't these awesome !?!... Not only am I a {MAC Lovin'Freak}... I am a {Shoe Maniac}, lol... See you tomorrow with a "hand made" project:-)

It's late but it's still Tuesday:-)

So technically, I haven't skipped a day for posts yet this week:-)

One quick post, Card took a bit of time to do, 5 challenges and a 'Kewl" result...

Challenges: Mojo Monday , Colour Q, A Spoon Full of Sugar (Layering), Your Next Stamps (Embossing) and Crafty Creations (Textures)

the card...

And the ingredients: Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie and Bravo Burgundy Card stock, Inks, Big Shot, Vellum card stock, white embossing powder, Well Scripted,  I {heart} Heart and Wedding Sweets stamp sets, Heat tool, adhesive, embossing textured plate, white gel pen and sponges, dimensionals, punch and melon mambo polka dots grosgrain ribbon.

Tada:-) Hope to post something new tomorrow as well... Nighty Night

It's Monday... Time to play with MDS :-)

Hello everybody... Still very busy with school and the house hunting... Will try my best to post every day but no promises this week...

Here is a card inspired by the Clean and Simple sketch and Easy Breezy Kewl colours...
Ingredients: MDS, Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red, Soft Suede and Whisper White, Baroque Motif and Enjoy Every Moment stamp sets... Tada , can't get any easy and simple than this:-)

It's the 15th which means it's a New Colour Challenge at Easy Breezy "Kewl"

All week, I have been taking notes of challenges that inspired me... Funny how time flies and I didn't have a chance to get to it.  So tonight, I sat down, remembered to get my post ready for today's challenge and included as many other ones as I could that would fit with mine:-)

Here are the challenges... (anyone knows one that required ribbons and buttons, lol)

Easy Breezy Kewl (Colours) ,Just us Girls (stitching), Pals Paper Art  (Inspiration), Lord Have Mercy (Sketch),  Penny's Challenges (Chalks), Your next Stamp challenge (Embossing), Creative Inspiration (New products), Flutter By Wednesday (Butterfly or fairy)... Pffffew!!!

Now, lets move on to the list of ingredients...100% Stampin'Up!: Whisper White, Soft Suede, Pink Pirouette (Retired) and Riding Hood Red (retired) card stock and inks.  Versa mark ink, clear embossing powder and Heat tool, white gel pen, Eyelet Border and horizontal slot Punches, Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon (retired), dimensionals, tombo glue, sanding bloc, Designer Button (Button latte), sponges, Stampin'Pastels, paper trimmer, paper snips, Of the Earth hostess level one stamp set and from the Occasions Mini, Vintage Vogue and the Well Scripted Clear stamp sets and Clear Mount Blocs...

Yeah! I did it... I will be taking the Week end off from blogging as I decided to register to take my 2 last courses (long distance - online classes) which will allow me to get my Human Resources Certificate... Need to get my nose in my books and start posting less creative things, lol!!!

More Goodies for Bella...

Challenge: Our Creative Corner (3-D)

Well it is official... These hearts are in a box ready to be mailed to Quebec... So I took a few more pictures as I was told that the previous ones did not do them justice...

Plus, 1 card... I am working on 24 more of that design... Pretty & Simple... Luv it!
Ingredients, Soft Sky DP (retired), Whisper White and Basic Gray card stock, Soft Sky classic ink and Going Gray Stampin'Write marker, Taffeta ribbon, Dimensionals, Asian Artistry Stamp set.  Non-SU, border Punch and Dimensional Fabric Paint.

Tada... Lovin it!

Sales pitch... If you guys really want me to do ONE of the Heart Ornaments (Chain included) it is $60, lol!!! Just pick your colour.  The ones on display were done using Bermuda Bay ink.  Deal of the month... 4 for $200, shipping included to anywhere in Canada.

Stepping out of my comfort zone...

And liking it:-)

Remember my awesome friend Jennifer that spoiled me at Bella? Well, she quickly asked if I could do a little something for her front window leaving me little hints of what she would like... (Hope I got the message right, lol)  If not well, I'll try again next year :-)

In the mean time, using a plastic container, re-inkers (bermuda Bay) and drops of shimmer paint, I threw a few pieces from the pretties kit and got them to look more turquoise than just clear and the regular pearl colour. All is being held together by either Tombo glue, Crystal effects and/or ribbon...Did the same thing with the taffeta ribbon.

  I got to play (and experiment) a lot for this project but once the day light hits it... it is just super "Kewl".
Enjoy!!!