Counting down the days!!

In three weeks I leave for a four day, three night camp crop at Billowood Lodge with my scrap booking girlfriends. I'm so excited to leave, I've been counting down the weeks since July. I've started putting some kits together but I'll end up bringing everything I own plus the kitchen sink I think. We are 6 that go and we need to travel two per vehicle because we have so much stuff BTW all of us. We have been attending this crop for four years now. I hope the hostess never decides to stop running it, or I'll have to take it over! (Maybe) it's a lot of work. LOL Our hostess does an amazing job organizing this crop and getting prizes. I hope to get pics from my girlfriends to post here when we get back. Remember I have no camera for the time being. Totally sucks. I've been doing lots of blog searching and I found some pretty cool blogs that I'll be posting on the side so make sure to go and check them out. I'll have to go and look at some older scrapbooking pages and cards I've done that have been saved to add them to my blog. Kinda boring with pics don't you think. Going to help out a girlfriend tonight with a recipe box she is creating for her sister's wedding gift. I think it's such a wonderful gift idea. She used only old family recipes her mom made from their childhood till today. That's so sweet and sentimental.

No time for creating

I feel so overwhelmed that my mojo has disappeared for awhile. Traveling to Toronto with the kids to visit friends and Ontario Place, then helping my brother move to his new beautiful home. No time for crafting. Also another bummer is my digital camera broke and it's gone for repairs and it might be two months before I get it back. So I wont be able to post any pics until my camera comes back. I will keep you updated with any news or events with Stampin Up or myself. Hopefully the mojo returns and a fixed camera comes home soon. School starts tomorrow and my kids are so ready and very excited. They love school. I love that they love school. Makes my like so much easier in the mornings. Well need to get to bed because 7am will be here soon.

Note cards gallore

For an incentive at my SU party next week, I made these little note cards for the guest that spend $40.00 or more. They will get 5 cards, 5 envelopes in a clear bag with a 12 inch SU ribbon tied around it.

Note card with 3D scallop flower

This little note card will be my make and take at my SU demo next week. Materials are SU long scallop note cards, versa mark and a SU stamp, SU real red ink, SU pattern paper and a misc. brad., SU real red ribbon

Stampin Up scallop punch 3-D flower

First punch out four scallop circles. (Stampin Up used here) then fold three of the circles in half

cut the three fold circles in half, you should have six half's of a scallop circle

take all six half's and roll them into cones the same size. Then with the seam in the middle press flat.

The use the fourth scalloped circle to place your flat cones on. I used red to it easier for you to see. Glue you cones seam down. Place a medium size brad in the middle. Use something with a rounded end, (I used my poker) to open up your cones.

Voila!!! Hope this tutorial was helpful.

My Out of the Box challenge

I made this card with a stamped image that was raked to me from a two peas friend. The background stamped image was the one for the challenge. I is a really cool stamp. So many possibilities. I coloured the image with my pure colour pencils from SU and them used paper pencil stubs dipped in odourless mineral spirits and rubbed over the colouring. It gives a nice soft blended effect. This was my first try at this technique, hope to practice this more often.

More Christmas cards (part 3)

This card is stamped with the new hostess stamp from the fall/winter catalogue that will be coming out on Aug.11th 2008. I'm very excited to see all the other new items that will be in it.

Love the non traditional colours in this card, the snowflake stamps are also Stampin Up. This was a lift from my card magazine. This is other snowman stamp from Stampin Up, using up more of my scrap for this card. I also did some sewing machine stitching on this card This card is made with snowman pattern paper that I just punch out with my circle punch. Stamped on SU snowflakes on the background card stock This Christmas tree was cut from my cricut and I added red strips with bling, the stitching is done with my white gel pen. This was a lift from my card magazine.

Hope you enjoyed these cards.