Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #26: Announcing ...

Hello and welcome to another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge!  The sketch for this week is a fun one.

Here is what I created with it:

This little guy is my friend's nephew.  Isn't he just adorable?  I used Babycakes paper packet and Stickese, as well as some Chocolate Baker's Twine, and ink.  The Sparkle Flourish was clear, but I coloured it with a Sharpie.  The word is stamped with the Trinity alphabet.  Here's a close up of the bottom:

Now, create your own piece of artwork using this week's sketch.  Be sure to link it up here and say in your post that I sent you!

Happy Creating!

Cross Canada Hop: It's All About the Bling!

Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow Canadians!  I'm typing this up just after arriving home from visiting with family.  Our first turkey dinner is sitting quite comfortably in my belly. :)

Welcome to our October Blog Hop featuring the NEW Base and Bling line. If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you want to follow us across Canada, you can pop on over to Michelle's blog and start at the beginning. If you came from Michelle's blog, then you are in the right place!

Here is my project:

As soon as I saw the Base and Bling introduced at convention in June, I knew I had to make a blue (her absolute favourite colour!) hair clip for my daughter.  She loved it!  I used the Sparkle & Shine and Sarita textiles as well as a floral accent.  I popped the clear sparkle out of the flower and substituted a sparkle leftover from the necklace kit.

The flowers are made of circles, cut at various sizes and then folded in half twice.  Each layer has four circles.  I used the Base and Bling adhesive.  Boy, that stuff is fantastic!

Arianna is now asking for another one!  Better get busy.

Now, hop on over to Sheri's blog and check out what she's created.   If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle S Blog, as she has the complete blog list.

Join us again on November 15 when we will be featuring the projects from the new Mini Holiday Gift Guide.  Happy Creating!

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #24: I Must Admit

Hello and welcome to another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge!  This week's sketch is so fun and has lots of potential.  Here's the sketch:

Are your creative wheels turning?  Here is my card:

The Babycakes paper was perfect for this sketch.  This card is actually going in my Creative Card Club set for this month. Here's a close up of the embellishment cluster.  The flowers and ticket were cut with the Art Philosophy cartridge.  

I hope you'll join us this week.  You can create any kind of project using this sketch.  Don't forget to link it up here and you could earn a top three award!

Happy Creating!

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CTMH October Stamp-of-the-Month Blog Hop: Peace

Welcome to another SOTM blog hop!  Are you ready to start thinking about Christmas?  This month's stamp set is just lovely and will bring a traditional feel to your Christmas projects.

If you arrived here from Dawn's blog, you're on the right track.  If you are starting here, just keep following the links at the end of each blog post and when you get back here, you've seen all the yummy inspiration there is to see.

This is the set for this month, called Scandinavian Wishes.

Notice the red lines around the images?  They can be cut using the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge.  How great is that!?!

I've been hanging on to a 6x6 canvas for a while and decided I would use it for this project.  Here's what I created:

I used pigment inks to stamp directly on the canvas.  The main image was sponged with Ruby, Cocoa and Olive.  The sentiment and border was stamped with Cocoa.  I loved how the border was exactly the right length to fit on the canvas.  In order to stamp in the centre, I placed a block underneath and it worked perfectly.  Here's a close up of the centre:

I do have a couple of tips when it comes to stamping with pigment ink on canvas.  If you are going to sponge the ink on a stamp, be sure to go back over the first colour again.  It dries very quickly.  You'll also want to huff a breath on your image before stamping.  I helps to re-moisten the ink.  I also gave the stamp a lot of pressure when I stamped it, way more than I normally would.  I pushed it down on the canvas to sort of encourage it to soak in a bit.

Now, it's time to hop on over to Kathleen's blog and check out what she's made with this fun set.

Happy Creating!

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #22: Too Cool

Hello again!  I'm busy getting ready for my cropping event.  I hold a fundraising crop once or twice a year to raise money for our trips to Central America.  If you've been following my blog for a while, you've read posts about them.  We're heading back to El Salvador in November (more about that in a later post) and so we've got another crop on Saturday.  I love these events.  It's just so much fun!  If you've never attended an all-day crop, you have GOT to go and soon.  I may have some room for you still, so if you're interested, let me know.

Enough about that, on to the Atlantic Hearts sketch for this week.  Here's number 22:

Isn't that a fun one?  Here's the card I made with it:

I was completely inspired by a card I found in one of my Papercrafts issues.  I cut the base and the circle piece on my Cricut.  The circle piece I created in Cricut Craft Room. (Love CCR!)  Before I attached the circle piece I wrapped six different pieces of washi tape around the base. (Adore washi tape!)  The sentiment is stamped in Archival Black ink.  The circle piece is attached with foam tape so it has added dimension.  Here's a close up:

You can see the sparkle I added as well.  That little guy is left over from the new Frosted card kit from Close To My Heart.  The washi tape is from all over.

So, now it's your turn.  Create a card, layout, home decor item, neat little giftie, whatever you'd like using the sketch and link it up here.  You might win a Top Three spot!

Happy Creating!

Happy Birthday with Washi Tape and Roar!

Today is my son's birthday.  As of 5:30 this evening, he will be 6 years old!  Hard to believe.  He's so fun, most of the time.  ;)

He's my silly, cuddly, expressive, dino- and machine-loving, snuggly, bundle of energy and he's my favourite boy.  Okay, he's my only boy so I can say that.  I love him to bits!  He certainly keeps things interesting in our home.  

I made this quick card for him yesterday and popped it in his backpack before he left for school today.

 

I used strips of washi tape, from lots of different companies, choosing lots of green and all the gray I could find because those are his favourite colours.  The dinosaur is from a stamp set called Roar!  The "ribbon" is two strips of washi folded in half and stapled to the tag, which I popped up.  T-rex is stamped in Topiary and rolled in New England Ivy.  I guess I should have used a different Black ink or waited a bit before I stamped it because it ended up running a bit.  Oh well, my boy won't care.  I'm living with the imperfection.  :)

Now, I'm off to make (or find in my stash) an "official" birthday card and wrap some presents.

Happy Creating!

Get Stamp Sets for Cheap!

I've just finished uploading a whole bunch of new and used stamp sets I have for sale.  Check out my garage sale page and snatch up your favourites by sending me an email or give me a call.

All the details can be found here Stamp Set Garage Sale.

Stay tuned because I'll be adding more as the weeks go by.