On Holidays

No time to craft. I'm visiting the sister in law and family. We are in the beautiful area of Orillia. They live about 15 minutes from the city and have a beautiful lots on the canal. Yesteday we watched two families of wood ducks and their babies swim by eating the weeds and bugs. I wished I had my camera, they were so cute. Next week I'm hoping to get craking on some projects. Hope every one has a wonderful Canada Day tomorrow.

Wedding card

Another Wedding card I was hired to make for a girl in town. The wedding colours are - you guest it - lime green and purple. I raked my brain out but finally came up with this card. The edging for the front page came from a card I found in the gallery at slitcoaststamper and the saying is cut with my cricut. The stamped images are from SU. It's a retired set called "Happily ever after" and the images were sent to me from one of my raker friends at two peas. Thanks "Newmommy"! I hope my customer likes it. I hope the bride likes it. Thanks for looking.

Graduation Card

My co-worker asked me today to make a graduation card for her daughter that's graduating grade 8. I wanted something fun and funky for that age. So this is what I came up with. I cut the congrats with my cricut - Tear Drop - cartridge and the pattern papers and cut out butterflies were all scraps. I used my small SU star punch on some pattern papers. I added some stickles and a jewel for bling. I hope you like it. I do. Inside I use sparkly flower rubbons.

I found it!!!

I had lost one of my images from my "out of the box" image swap at two peas. This image was from Lauren. I was sure stumped with this one but this is what I created. I used all scrap card stock and patter paper again. Must use up that stash!!

Two birds with one stone

I was able to make one card with two challenges!! Yay! I completed my SYSAS challenge for this week by using 1 chipboard pieces, 1 piece of ribbon and some bling. All items must be at least 6 months old. I also added my "Out of the Box" image from my two peas site. This image of the koala came from my pea friend Maggie from Australia. All card stock and pattern paper used is my scraps also. I think I was able to lots of reusable resources in this card. I hope you like it.

Retiring List for the new 2008 - 2009 Catty

Sunday, June 15, 2008 Spring 2008 Retiring List from Stampin' Up! Thanks to my upline and her blog and her permision I've pasted this little blurb below. After years of dedicated service, the following list of stamp sets from the Spring-Summer Collection 2008 are retiring. So, let's give them a big sendoff and wish them all the best as they begin a new chapter in their lives. But don't wait too long--they're only available through August 10, 2008, and then they're headed to warmer climes! I have listed the stamp sets by catalogue page number, so that it's easy for you to flip through your books and decide what stamp sets you NEED before they're gone forever! PS, I've italicized the French ones pour mes clientes francophones. 28 Forever in My Heart 28 Sealed with a Kiss/Scellé par un baiser 30 Never-Ending Joy/Un bonheur sans fin 31 Give Thanks 31 Peace to the World 32 Block Party 34 Snow Flurries 35 Festive Favorites 35 The Snowflake Spot/Flocons piquetis 36 Peaceful Wishes/Souhaits de paix 40 Eat Cake/Du Gâteau ! 48 Be Happy/Être heureux 50 Dilly-Dally 52 Dare to Be Darling 52 Greetings Galore/Voeux en abondance 56 Artfully Asian/Artistiquement Asiatique 56 Perennial Favorites/Favoris éternels 56 Tagger´s Dozen/À la douzaine 59 All Through the Year 60 Year after Year 61 Unfrogettable/Ingrenoubliable 62 Whale Wishes 64 Here, Kitty Kitty 64 Yappy Day 68 Sweet Thing 74 Elementary Essentials 86 Polka Dots & Paisley/Petis pois et cachemire 87 Polka Dots & Petals 88 Wild Rose 92 Bud Basics 92 Just Like You/Tu es unique 93 Two Cute 97 So Much/Beaucoup 99 Blossoms Abound 100 Noble Deer 100 Wildlife Reserve 101 Happy Camper 104 Touch of Nature/Au naturel 110 Background Basics 114 All in a Row 114 So Happy 116 Big Pieces 116 Little Pieces 117 Sweet Shapes/Formes sympas 118 Carte Postale 119 Trimtastic 124 Office Accoutrement/Notes de bureau 127 Labelicious 128 Create a Coupon 129 Stamp of Authenticity 130 Check It Out 130 Property Lines 134 French Flair 134 Weathered 135 Dotted 135 Flannel Plaid 135 Print Pattern 136 Flower Friend 136 Word Search 138 Amazing to Zany 139 A to Z Accents 141 It´s Your Birthday/C’est ton anniversaire 143 Circle of Friendship/Cercle d’amitie 144 Much Appreciated/Grandement apprécié 154 All Monogram Lower stamps from A to Z 159 Best Friends Alphabet Lower 159 Best Friends Alphabet Upper 159 Best Friends Numbers 159 Rough Edges Mini Alphabets The Dormant List contains stamp sets that, while they have not been retired, will not listed in the Fall-Winter 2008 Idea Book & Catalogue but WILL BE available for purchase. Ahoy, MateyBeautiful LifeBest Kind of FriendBig Birthday Candle/Belle bougie d’anniversaireBlooming with LoveBursting with JoyDad´s DayGlad TidingsGreat GradsHappy Heart Day/C’est la fête des coeursHattitudeHi & HelloIf the Halo FitsJust BLife´s a BreezeLovely Labels/Étiquettes mignonnesPinch ProofPretty AmazingPretty PetalsRiot of PetalsSeasideSeriously SassySnowfallSo CoolSpring PictogramsStemming FromThoughts of FatherTo Have and to HoldTree for All Seasons, AWarm Words/Mots chaleureuxNow, there seems to be some slight confusion as to whether or not 2 sets (Glad Tidings & Snowfall) are actually on the Retiring list or the new Dormant list, so I'll wait to hear the official word on Monday when our head office re-opens after the weekend. So please check back about those later....Happy stamping,

Another Challenge

Ok, another week for SYSAS!!! for those not on the loop it's Scrap your stash and scraps. this week we will look at our stash!! items must be at least 6 months old or older.find- one piece of chipboard- one piece of ribbon- and some bling. give a little shake and see what you get!! all 3 items must be on your project. Can you handle this? Good luck and have fun!!