Stampin' Royalty Challenge SR# 86 Gift Box With Rhinestone Buckle

Hi All,
I made this box on August 12 just because I am in love with bling, and I gave it to my next door neighbour and friend who is a Stampin' Up Demo Beth! The full instructions on how to make it and the SU materials I used are on my August 12 post. I bought 24 rhinestone buckles at a local craft shop "Making Memories" so perhaps all of you will have to scour the craft shops in your hometowns to find this little gem of an item!
What girl wouldn't want an SU Demo as a neighbour? Instead of borrowing a cup of sugar I ask to borrow an embosslit or a sizzlit! We have such girlie fun! Beth was also the bridesmaid for my wedding so we have a wonderful history of friendship. Needless to say, I was infected with crafting inspiration and then made another gift box with buckle for my friend Sherry and one of my friend Kari. She is another SU Demo who has classes I attend.....I LOVE this box, and trust that this will inspire you to create some lovely cards, pages and 3D items with bling! To make the basic box just start with a stiff bristol board or a firm card stock. If you want a 5 inch box (14.5cm)then measure and cut out a 6x6 (15.5cm) square shape and score each edge at the 1 (2.5 cm) inch mark and it will look like a 6x6 square with score marks 1 inch all around. Each corner will look like a littler square so snip the little square where the vertical score marks intersect. Fold everything in and glue with tombow then make another box scored shy of the 1 inch mark so you can make a lid that fits. You can make a snugger or looser lid if you score closer or further to the 1 inch mark. I use tombow glue because glue dots and adhesive tape only hold for a short while. Check my August 12 post for more details on how I made this box! Love you all! Happy crafting!

Stampin' Royalty # 85 Challenge

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Here is my latest card! An entry to Stampin' Royalty #85! I used Regal Rose, Bravo Burgundy, and Garden Green ink and used some SU DSP to make this lovely card! The SU sets I used were Fresh Cuts, My Friend, and Dreams Du Jour! I think these sets complimented each other nicely. The button is one of the large ones from the brights and the ribbon is SU Victoria 5/8 crochet trim. Hope you enjoy this card! I loved making it!

Mojo Monday 204 Challenge

I was inspired by all the new babies coming into my family of late and made this cute baby card for the Mojo Monday challenge. Hope you enjoy this card! I really loved making it! I used two different sets of SU DSP (Designer Series Paper), and the giraffe from the retired SU set Animal Stories! A simple, fun card!

Gift Box With Rhinestone Buckle!

Good Evening Ladies!

I had the day off from work and was cleaning my place and relaxing and my creative juices began to flow so I made this adorable gift box! I made it just for the sheer pleasure of making it~not for a challenge or a contest! I used a Sizzix die from SU and ran it through the big shot with SU DSP (Designer Series Paper) and made the lid. I put a glossy white paper underneath the cut out image and then layer the inside of the box with DSP! I used more SU cardstock for the bottom of the box and covered that with DSP as well. Using the reverse side of the DSP scraps I put borders on the box lid only and on the lower and wider border I place a rhinestone buckle I got at a local craft store! Inside the box, I placed lots of flowers that I ran through my SU Big Shot using my Fun Flowers and Flower Layers SU Sizzix dies! This little box is going to be a present for my friend and next door neighbour who is a SU demo as a hobbyist. I think she will be thrilled! And all this was done on a sunny afternoon just for the fun of it! Hope you are enjoying summer! Happy Crafting!

Mojo Monday: Week of August 8th

I am enjoying entering and viewing all the cards on the Mojo Monday Challenge Blog so I just had to enter another card! I used my SU "Strength & Hope" set and the Not Quite Navy ink! The ribbon was from my vast collection of ribbonand the wonderful designs on the border behind the butterfly were from some SU pre-cut materials and I think they look great on this card! Used my SU punch to punch out the scalloped border on the bottom! Love the colours on this card and the sentiment: HOPE!

Mojo Monday Challenge -August 5,2011

I have been inspired by the Mojo Monday blog to create a card based on an artist's sketch and here is my entry! Hope you all enjoy!

I used the SU Delicate Doilies set and my sentiment was from the Because I care set. The ink used was Not Quite Navy and Night of Navy. These beautiful blues on nice, white, clean and simple cardstock really stand out. All of my elements are popped up on dimensionals. The ribbon was in my collection and I actually am not sure anymore where it came from, but I think it works in nicely!

Wedding Card, Anniversary Card & a sneak peak at Christmas!

Hello Ladies,
I can now show you the adorable cards that I have been making over the Long Weekend! For the wedding card I used four different SU (Stampin' UP) stamp sets:  Pretty Pattern, For the Bride, Bliss and Occasional Quotes! I used the pattern from pretty pattern to make a dainty background behind the bride using Elegant Eggplant ink. I also used that ink in a craft ink for the bride and heat embossed the bride with clear embossing powder! The butterfly on the side was from the Bliss set and it is also heat embossed with clear embossing powder and I used the Bravo Burgundy craft ink! I used Bravo burgundy ink using one of the quotes from the Occasional Quotes set! The Boho punch and Simple flower embosslit as well as a white and black pearl accented my flowers nicely!

My anniversary card is so cute and it also doubles as a gift tag as the loop of ribbon was place around the neck of a wine bottle so it did double duty! I used Delicate Doilies in a Cajun Craze craft ink and heat embossed it~of course! I also did the "Happy Anniversary" in Cajun Craze from the Something to Celebrate set, and the "Congratulations" came from the Occasional Quotes set. I just love this card! Still need to deliver the card and gift and will do so soon as the happy couple were away for the Long Weekend.

Today I also started to think of Christmas, and so I started work on a cute milk carton centrepiece using my new  SU Delicate Doilies Set! This cute milk carton will be part of a bigger table centrepiece and I will keep you posted as I piece the centrepiece together (pardon the pun!) I hope you all enjoy these cards and that you are inspired to create! Enjoy!

A Wonderful Long Weekend!

Hi All,

It has been a busy past few days! On July 26, my cousin Dan's baby was born! And he and Carmen called the baby Liam. I got to hold him when he was only 5 days old! I am so excited! Relatives came into town over the long weekend from Saskatchewan and my husband & I ended up cat sitting as well so it was very busy! In the meantime, I heard back from Stampin' Royalty and my submission was in their top picks not last week but the one before SR# 80 so I was even more excited! Trying to post the Top Picks Badge to my wall has been trying...may have to call in tech support to help me in this task. My tech support is my hubby which is just so awesome! Maybe between the two of us we can make it happen! Well, at least I can add it as a photo for now......

I have refurbished my craft studio and have been making a couple of nifty cards which I will post as soon as I can! Happy Crafting!

STAMP out breast cancer!

Hello ladies,

If you are looking for a fabulous workshop to attend just check out this one! It was a great time to relax and learn some new techniques, tools, and projects! The funds raised go to fight breast cancer. If you want to you can google "Vancouver Stamping Grounds" to find the page or you can look at the link http://www.thestampingrounds.com/  !  Happy stamping!

SR#81

Here is my newest card : "Celebrate: Friends". I just finished it today after Kari M's open house! It is my entry for the cuurent Stampin' Royalty Challenge #81. Hope you all enjoy the card. I punch out a 2.5 inch circle of white card stock and vellum I used craft ink on the celebrate stamp and some heat and stick powder and then heat embossed using irridescent ice on the vellum. I used my 2 way glue to stick the vellum to the cardstock. I punched out little flowers with the Boho flowers punch and put some big sized pearls in the centre. I used an impressions folder to make the impressed background on white card stock and used a larger sized piece of white card stock in behind the impressed piece! Using my SU tearing ruler I ripped the edges and rubbed them with ink. I used a lighter brown ribbon and a thinner grosgain ribbon make the ribbon border and bow. I stamped a black butterfly from my "Nature Walk" set and rubbed the edges with ink and I stuck it onto a darker brown square I punch with my SU punch. I used the "friends" stamp from my "Just Believe" set and inked it onto a SU label cut from the SU label punch that was cut in half and edged in more ink.  Three little pearls in the top right completed my card. I just love it! Let's celebrate our friendships everyone! "Celebrate: Friends!"

Pics of "Thinking of You" card

Having Fun with Vellum!

Recently, I was thinking of sending some cards to a couple of my friends. I enjoy playing with vellum so I used the SU Nature Walk set to make a fun little note card! First, I stamped off the image of the eggs and the line "Thinking of You" onto the vellum then I used my SU 2 way glue stick to moisten the top of a white piece of cardstock. I fixed the vellum on top of the cardstock positioning the words and the images of the eggs where I wanted them to be. I, then took my cropadile and pressed a jumbo grommet on it with some chocolate chip ribbon and - voila! A cute little 5 min project that I had a lot of fun making!

Pics of Baby Card Trio!

Baby Card Trio!

My cousin Carmen is having her first baby and the baby is due on July 18 (tomorrow)! I am so excited!  I knew I wanted to start working on some baby cards so.....

When I was at Michael's Craft Store one day last week, I used a 50% off coupon to get this gorgeous Hampton Art stamp image of a carriage! I was so excited that when I got home I went straight to my desk mostly stocked with fabulous Stamping Up products and made this adorable card! I am calling this collection the Baby Card Trio!

I am thinking that I will give the blue card to my cousin as I know she is having a baby boy! A few other friends are expecting so I may have the opportunity to use the other cards. I will make some more blue and teal baby cards too just in case! Until I use them, I will keep them in my accordion file neatly organized by occasion and in little plastic sleeves to make sure the cards don't get dirty!

Welcome to the Card Party!

Hello All,

Welcome to the Card Party! It's taken me a while to set up this blog but it's finally here! Over the next little while, I will be adding more photos of my cards and more links to other blogs! I am really excited!

 First off, I want to post a card on my blog for the Stamping Royalty inspiration Challenge #80! The idea of even starting a blog occured to me when I was trying to use facebook to post cards to this blog and I was having such a difficult time doing that!!!! I was feeling very frustrated! Anyways, I hope this blogspot will make it easier for me to enter inspiration challenges, keep everyone updated on my cards, and give me an avenue to learn new stuff from all of you! Well, here goes, I am going to try to post my SR#80 submission! Hope it works!  **Fingers crossed**