Spring is in the air ( at least in my craftroom.....)

Well, it's no doubt that it's been cold across the country, and what Calgary had last week has now moved east, and is hitting my old hometown of Winnipeg full force. HA!! Ahem.... sorry. Either way, Christmas is done, Valentine's day is around the corner for those who celebrate ( will do heart cards later, right now I'm just not feelin it ) But SPRING!! Ah, spring is fast approaching! I haven't been demonstrating to many goodies that are somewhat challenging lately, not sure why, but I plan to redeem myself this year with ( hopefully ) mind blowing ideas and inspirations!

This is my first attempt at this......... it's a 2 for one, using Vintage Springtime designer series paper from the OMC from Stampin' Up! It's a card with a Corner Book Mark! Links are as follows:

Card: Double Pocket Card from splitcoast
Corner Book Mark: again from splitcoast

 

- don't forget to take time for yourself.

Gift fit for "Royalty"

I decided to take a break from prepping for the Christmas Card Extravaganza!  and saw this notification from the ladies at Stampin Royalty So I thought why not try something out.

Like me, I'm sure you all at some point have seen something you really really like..... and you've debated.... " should I buy that? Or can I make it?" THIS is one of those instances for me. I was down at the Calgary Farmers Market Fibres of Life vendor, buying the purse I've wanted for months.....( it's got dragonflies on it) and I saw that they were selling these felt pins for $20. Now, I don't make my felt ( they do ) but I thought I'd give it a whirl and see if I couldn't save myself $18.....lol.

 So I went to the craft store, bought some felt ( $.49 ea) and some pin backings ( 60@$4.99) and off I went. Using the BIG SHOT made it easy, also finding my glue gun was helpful..... really helpful.

This took NO TIME at all. Making the card to attach it to took longer ( you know how that goes ) and if anyone would like me to make another and take pictures along the way, a sort of tutorial if you like, let me know, and I will twist my own arm to make more future Christmas Gifts!

-if you can imagine, you can create it.

Double Whammy

So this is a double whammy challenge card. Part 1 is a sketch challenge from Pals Paper Arts and the other is a color challenge from Stacey's Stamping Stage. Some times you just get stuck without a design, or a color combo, and BOTH these blogs are super helpful. There's no rules, just more like guidelines. So great. And I can tell you at 5 am, with only 1.5 hours before I leave for my day job...... a helping hand is appreciated ( I'm one of those gals that will spend 6 hours coming up with a design, that you could repeat in 20 minutes ) SO. If you're up for the challenge, try them out! 

- if you can imagine, you can create it.