tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70943520517218099642012-02-16T03:24:15.433-08:00Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.comBlogger1481100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-9308060650803004072011-05-20T18:59:00.000-07:002011-05-20T19:34:30.851-07:00

More sewing happened this past week. These are a pair of super cute mary jane slippers I made for Tasha. I had planned to add an embellishment to them but after being excited about having a flower or butterfly on them all day while I made them, she then decided she liked them just as they were. :0)They were a super quick sew (or would have been minus the interruptions! lol) I plan to make more

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So the blog has been a little bare lately, but it's not for lack of crafting. I put away my paper (for now) and have been on a huge sewing kick lately. I love to sew and paper craft and tend to go back and fourth between the two depending on whatever currently grabs hold of my attention. Lately it's been sewing. :0) This is what I've done over the last couple of weeks;A Doll Diaper bag for one of

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My Husband said I was crazy, but the end result is one happy little girl who gets to give "eggs" (aka willy wonka plastics ones with nerds etc in them) to all her little friends at JK. As usual, I put them off to the last minute and was finishing them up last night and early this morning (Kate is an early riser).They are super easy to make and do not take that long, but I had to make 23 of them!

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One down, 60 more to assemble. hah! When I signed up for this a couple of weeks ago, I had no idea that 45 others would sign up, I figured, *maybe* 20. Then, the Cdn girls decided to do one, so that bumped me up to 61! So I needed something super simple and super easy to assemble. This did the trick.I got the idea from the Cricut Magazine, used some DSP from SU that I'd been hoarding and of

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One of Natasha's JK Teaher's last day is tomorrow, so since she won't be there for easter, I had to scrabble this morning to make her the easter gift + a thank you for teaching N this past year. She's a wonderful teacher and I'm very sad that she is leaving. :0(I can not take credit for this super cute Box, I saw it over at Stamp With Heather and knew as soon as I saw it I had to make it. I made

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So it's the first day of Spring (officially) and surprise surprise it's snowing. bleh. I've been participating in a challenge all weekend and this is set is part of that, the note card challenge. :0) Since it's snowing and dreary I decided to do a Summer themed set. Plus I got to use my Block Party Cartridge that I bought recently. :0)Note Card Box - Excuse my poor Dude, I cut him a few times and

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I made this really simple card for a colour challenge over on the Circle Cricut Boards. I just got my Disney Classics Cart this week in the mail and was dying to either cut Cheshire or Alice. Based on the colours, Cheshire won out. :0)Carts:Disney Classics (Cheshire Cat)Mickey Mouse Font (hello)Bloom (Tree Branch)Paper:Stampin' Up - Kraft, Pink Passion, Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette, So Safron

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Finally! After a couple of years hiatus from scrapbooking, I finally completed a double page layout for Miss K's album. I love these photos taken by Fresh Sugar Photography! I can't believe my now 1.5 yr old was soo wee. Some days I really miss her being so tiny.I used a ton of carts for this layout, (which I scraplifted from the talented Faith Abigail!) but it was well worth the effort. I even

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Let the Birthday Season begin. It's that time of year again where it seems all of N's little friends have a Birthday. I'm not sure just how many are having parties this year, but she has received 2 invites so far. This card is for a little boy who is turning 2. I changed it about a bazillion times before I finally settled on this design. You know how the Gypsy is suppose to help you design on

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Look at me, all crafty lately. hah I made this card for a friend who is due in the next couple of weeks. She's having a little girl and has already picked her name, but I always worry people will change their minds once their baby is born, so instead of using her name I just put congrats on the card.Recipe: Stampin' Up Paper - Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette, Amethyst, Lavender

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Much to my duaghter's delight, I finished my Tinkerbell Page yesterday. :0)

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It's been a really long time since I've done anything crafty. Well that's actually a partial lie. A few weeks ago I did a Valentine's day card for my daughter to hand out at JK. It was pretty simple though and not anything so big.Today, after running around like crazy yesterday after a week away, I spent the afternoon creating Tinkerbell with my brand new Cricut Expression. :D She's for a

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A couple of times now I've made cards for a friend. She owns an amazing business and once in a while will attend trade shows and request cards for her clippos. The last time I did Birthday cards for her and this time I did up 20 Christmas cards.Since I have so much on the go (and did not want to turn down a great friend!) I chose a very simple layout/design. After digging through my craft "

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I don't think I can even express how happy I am that this costume if finally completed! It went from a project that I thought was going to be fairly easy, to something that got fairly complicated fast.I've posted about the dress and over-skirt and how the pattern was not as comprehensive (at least I felt so) to doing the cloak, which really did not have much of a pattern to it at all.The cape

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Last week I cut the fabric for the over-skirt for N's LRRH costume and then ignored it until Monday, when I finally forced myself to start working on it. Yes, forced. For some reason I was not really looking forward to making this part of her costume. I bought the pattern for it on Etsy, the same seller I bought the dress pattern from and as you may remember in a previous post, the

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To say how proud I am of myself would be an understatement when it comes to this dress. After seeing this listing on Etsy for a Little Red Riding Costume, I thought to myself, "How hard can that be really?" There was no way I was spending $170 on a costume for my child that would be worn once, so I went on the hunt for patterns for the cloak and dress. The apron seemed easy enough.So I did

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This week I've started to work on N's Halloween costume. On Tuesday when I showed up for my doctor appointment a day late, I decided since I was halfway there, I'd drive to the Fabric store and find the fabric for her costume. Last week I picked up the Velvet, a lovely deep cranberry red colour, so I just needed the White Cotton and some Red Gingham.After I washed and dried the white cotton and

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Every Halloween (all two of them :P), it's a battle to get my daughter into her costume. Actually thinking about it a bit, her first Halloween when she was just 1 month shy of 1, she willingly put on her costume (a ladybug). Last year though, I spent a month (yes you read that right) gradually getting her use to her costume to the point that on the day of her Halloween party with her little

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For a few days now I've been working on this cute little Owl. I bought the pattern over on Etsy after seeing it featured on a blog I read. I thought "he" (she made an Oliver) was super cute and decided I had to make him.I had some lovely Amy Butler fabric laying around that I thought would work perfect, I just had to make a quick run to Michaels and get some felt. Which I could start another

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I've been busy cutting fabric for various projects and this afternoon decided to take a break and make some baby.legs for jellybean. I tried making them when N was little and the "official" baby.legs became all the rage, but for some reason I just could not grasp the concept. I'm not sure why, because after reading this tutorial, it made perfect sense and was so easy! The best part about this

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If you do a google search for "handmade tote", tons of these cute little totes will come up. They come in all shapes, sizes and colours. There are literally tons of tutorials out there on how to make these cute little totes/purses. I'm ashamed to say I can't find the two tutorials I used to make this bag, as well as the bag I saw on a blog that gave me inspiration for mine. I did however just

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As I mentioned in my previous post, since finding out I was pregnant, I've had the sewing bug bite me. I've made receiving blankets for friends, for me, a fitted crib sheet for a friend and over the weekend I worked on this Crayon Tote to give out as a party favour for N's 3rd birthday.There are several different crayon rolls, totes, crayon + notepads online, even some free tutorials on how to

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She's been gone so long, gone so long...It's been forever it seems since I posted anything. I could lie and say I've been so busy crafting up a storm I do not have any time to post, but in all honesty, I've not been. Some can be blamed on how much sleep I seemed to require for the first 14-16w of my pregnancy and just how much it's been knocking me on my arse. I remember being fatigued with my

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One of N's little friends had her 2nd birthday today, which had me in the craft room this morning doing up this card.I learned how to do the owl with punches from Heather's Punch class. You can see a bit of the tape on his feathers from my ATG Gun but that's what I get I guess for leaving this to the last minute and being in a rush. :PAnywho, I think he turned out lovely! It's the first card

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Updated list as of 6/6/09 Item # Product Description CAN Discount Sale Price Availability 112735 RUB ONS HIDDEN GARDEN BLOSSOMS 12.95 0.5 6.48 Available 105143 DAYS TO REMEMBER 6X6 FR 11.75 0.5 5.88 Out of stock 113888 RUB ONS MANY OCCASIONS 12.95 0.5 6.48 Available 109044 PUNCH SNOW BLOSSOM 13.75 0.5 6.88 Available 111364 RIBBON POLY TWILL SO SAFFRON 7/8" 11.25 0.5 5.63 Available 106961

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your copy of Paper Crafters Magazine July/August?? You just might find a sneak peak in there somewhere. ;0) I can't say if it really is 'true' but what I read was new for me! I'm kind of surprised SU would let it slip out, so maybe it's just a 'white herring'. :pI can tell you as a demo I'm excited for Monday. We get our Sneak peeks from the new cattie (which will include the new "In Colour"

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This has been in my drafts folder since March! It was for a friend's shower, which she finally had a few weeks ago, so it's now safe to post the card w/o worrying about her seeing it before the shower. ;)I've seen this layout in SCS galleries numerous times. I loved it from the first time I saw it and always wanted to try it. As luck would have it, last night while I was looking through a

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Another scrapbook page. This uses some of my favourite DSP - Sweet Slumber. These photos of Tash were taken I think in January. She was suppose to be eating lunch and instead was laughing, giggling and making faces at me. So I grabbed my camera and surprisingly she continued to perform for the camera. :0)

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I sadly missed my friend's celebration of her son turning 2 this past weekend due to work, but I still made a card and dropped it off the following day.I gained inspiration for this card from several 'animal pile ups' that were on SCS. It's a the set "Wild about you" (I think!) and the leaves are from the set "Season of Friendship" and the balloons are from "In the Family". Of course after I

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A couple of weeks ago, I rented a fancy smancy lens for my DSLR (Canon 70-200 f/2.8L IS) and the following day we headed to the zoo. It was my first visit with a nice zoom (my biggest is 105) so I took full advantage and got some great close ups of the koala, gorilla, bear and many other animals. It was a great visit and N had an awesome time at the playground and seeing the animals! I also

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I finally made it to the LSS this morning to do titles for my scrapbook pages. This page is actually a sneak in from 2008. I had not "planned" to add anymore pages to her Year Two album, however when I was looking through it a week ago (admiring my work! ha) I noticed I had 2 empty pages side by side. I flipped back and fourth a bit hoping what was on either side of it would jog my memory, but

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I've been busy doing scrapbook pages! Since the weekend I've done 2 layouts and am finishing up the 3rd layout today, hopefully. :0) I've not taken any photos or posted them as of yet though because I need to still do titles. I think I mentioned on here that I sold my circut? Well I now have a membership at the local scrapbook where I can use their circut, but I wanted to have a few pages

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Ok, maybe I'm exagerating a teeny bit, but for some reason I've had the toughest time working out this card. I spent most of the afternoon on it. This is the 3rd or 4th card I made before I decided I liked the layout, the colours and the DSP.The first card I did, I liked, but did not love and was going to settle on it, but then I messed up and bc I had "just" enough of one pattern of paper, I

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I made this card without anyone in particular in mind. I just know I have zero birthday cards done up for the upcoming birthdays in April and May so thought I'd do one up as a small break from making baby cards. :0)Does this look familiar to anyone? It's cased off of this card, and she gained her inspiration from a girl's quilt at Pottery Barn Kids. :0) I guess it would be more familiar if you

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For a week now I've been trying to come up with a cute birthday card for one of N's little friends. I had considered doing the Sesame Street crew using punches, but she is 1 and has no idea who they are, so I've spent a week trying to figure out something, and then in the process of creating a card for someone else, and getting inspiration from Flutterby AtomicButterfly's Gallery on SCS, more

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I saw this sweet card over on Flutter by Atomicbutterfly and just had to case it for another expectant friend whose due at the end of this month. The only difference between her card and mine is I left off the button and the stitching. Love the paper (good thing I have 2 pkgs of it!), layout, stamps, everything! It's a super sweet card.This is the 5th boy card I've made in the past week. I

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I decided to take a baby card making break and play with one of my stamps sets that I had not mounted yet, Goody Goody Gumdrops! It's a lvl 3 hostess set in the Stampin' Up Catalogue.I got inspiration for this card from one Heather did a little while ago on her blog. I changed it up a little bit though to personalize it more to my style.I even got to use my nessies for this one, the small

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This card is for a friend that is having twins! What fun eh? She's also a bit of a science geek so I thought it was totally cute to use the congratulations2 greeting. Plus I've been dying to use the cute little onsie from By Ones, By Twos forever!You are all probably wondering just how many friends I have that are pregnant and due soon. The answer is Five. :p Crazy eh? It's all friends

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First, there are a lot of dead links on my blog right now for images. I did a little re-arranging/house cleaning a week ago to clean up my Flickr account. I'm working on getting things back in order but it's going to take some time.There are a slew of babies being born as well as well as a ton of birthday parties that N will be attending over the next few months so I thought it might be a good

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It's that time of year again! When you spend money on Stampin' Up product and receive free product! It's Sale-a-bration time!Starting Feb. 1st, for every $60 you spend you will receive a free product! There are some lovely stamp sets and some Yummy ribbon and paper as well this year!Customers:(this can be done online or you can email me) - You get to select any one of the Sale-a-bration items

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I *think* I'm almost done Natasha's 2nd Year Album. I finished up these two pages yesterday.These pictures are from our Camping trip last summer at Dinosaur National Park. I have to admit that it was one of the hottest weekends ever! People at the campground were getting into their cars and driving around the grounds with their air conditioning on to cool off. There was not one bit of a breeze

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When N was wee I took her to Gymboree. The first session we went to she was very young and I did not feel she got much out of it, so I waited until she was walking/running around and signed up for another one, which she got much more out of. :0)There's a lot of buttons on this bc a) I thought they were fun with the Gymboree theme and plus I've had these buttons for ages so wanted to use some of

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-48561118667812552522009-01-05T10:53:00.001-08:002009-03-10T10:28:03.693-07:00

Another page done for Natasha's scrapbook. I kept this one simple and clean. The husband gets all complainy when I show him a page that has too much embellishment. He prefers clean and simple and I tend to agree with him most times.This is the last page in her album (but certainly not the last one I need to do to finish off the year!) with only 5 more months to do for the year.I have double

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-69641613236230656652008-12-17T12:32:00.001-08:002009-03-10T10:29:57.945-07:00

I finally was able to get back to scrapbooking now that all my christmas cards are done and mailed out. I'm waaayyy behind on Natasha's 2 yr Album! With a bit of an inspiration push from Heather, I finished a dbl page layout over the past couple of days of Natasha's photos from Canada Day.I used Summer Picnic DSP (such a sweet summery paper!), Real Red and my Circut to make the title. I

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-37010246437027600842008-12-11T15:31:00.000-08:002008-12-11T16:32:21.450-08:00

Jess asked in comments:Jessica said...I love it! Your colouring looks great :D So do you prefer the Aqua painter over the Blender Pen?So I thought I'd do an entry on watercolouring, sort of. :0) When I started getting addicted to Stampin' Up (I was actually not a fan of stamps hah! in the beginning) I loved all the stamped images that people watercoloured. I wanted to be able to do the same

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-41969855585286996692008-12-10T15:00:00.000-08:002008-12-10T15:11:00.204-08:00

For those keeping track, I did 20 cards at the card workshop, I created another 20 cards on top of that plus I've made about 8 others (which I ended up giving to my mom). Last week while I was addressing and stuffing I came up short 10 cards. I thought I had counted correctly but apparently my card list magically grew since last yr.Since I'm a sucker for punishment, I decided to do a card that

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-6302869068251368232008-12-09T09:38:00.001-08:002008-12-09T12:25:56.271-08:00

Can it really be that time already? This cattie season seems to have gone so quickly! These stamps will still be available from Dec. 9-Jan 18th 2009 (while supplies last) but after that they are gone. Shop now before your favourites are gone! :0) To sweeten the pot, SU! is offering 10% off all retiring stamps (see discounted price list here) AND free shipping on orders over $100 from December

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-49572651006227663322008-12-07T21:13:00.001-08:002008-12-07T21:25:40.734-08:00

While my mom was here I showed her the Christmas cards I made. She liked all of them and asked if she could have them. I figured I had enough made up between Morgans card workshop and the 20 I had done up for an exchange I'm in. As it turns out, I'm exactly 8 cards short, the exact number as it turns out of cards I gave my mom.While mom was here I also made a visit to the local scrapbook store

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-34456382997636805362008-12-05T11:05:00.000-08:002008-12-05T11:26:00.506-08:00

A while ago I posted the 5.5x7 chipboard calendar I made for my mom for Christmas. I had "planned" to do a second one for my MIL, but the first one was so time consuming and honestly, it as a bit monotonous due to the time it took to make it, that I decided to go with plan B for my MIL. I bought this Maya Road 5x5 Coaster Chipboard album at my local scrapbook store and embellished it. Then I

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-6940444500603118072008-12-03T19:12:00.000-08:002008-12-03T19:17:08.854-08:00

I've not spent much time crafting over the past week. My parents arrived on the 28th of Nov. and I spent as much time as possible with them. We also had a little party to celebrate Natasha turning two! I posted the treat boxes that I gave out. Today I sat down and made a thank you card for everyone that came. I did not think up this myself, I cased it from someone, who I unfortunately forget

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-9505586337229643392008-11-28T07:52:00.001-08:002008-11-28T08:45:54.223-08:00

I can't say I'm surprised, but I learned this morning that the "All in the Family" Bundle is now sold out! You can still purchase each item in the set individually, but Stampin' Up has sold out of the Bundle.It's such a cute set! I bought this set in my first ever stamp order from Stampin' Up. I love the little stick figure ppl and there are some some cute ideas to do with this set on SCS.

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-85367112105262986722008-11-26T19:49:00.000-08:002008-11-26T20:10:24.301-08:00

It's hard to believe, but my "baby" turns 2 on Sunday! I can't believe how quickly she's growing up. I know it sounds completely cliche but it's true!In celebration of her turning Two, we have invited a few of her little friends over for some cake and to play. So in preparation for her little party I decided to make these treat boxes as the 'take away gift' for all her friends. I considered

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-11030836836229602842008-11-25T20:51:00.000-08:002008-11-26T10:27:54.200-08:00

WOW!! Check out this flyer for the holiday Extravaganza Stampin' up has going on from now until Dec. 1! Click on the flyer for a larger view. :0)Feel free to email me at carleycat@gmail.com or shop online at www.shelleyweldon.stampinup.net (click the shop now in the upper right hand corner) if you'd like to purchase anything from this amazing sale!

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-86302176878321377502008-11-25T09:19:00.000-08:002008-11-25T10:23:12.110-08:00

It all started with the hat. When the Boho Baby fall collection came out at GAP I fell in love with the Hat and this coat. I managed to resist the coat though since Natasha owns more then I do, but I did get the hat. Then, while I was in France I stepped into a GAP store and found the coat, it was on the sale rack and marked down to 15 Euro. Since I also was able to use my employee discount

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-12696845752070937402008-11-24T09:27:00.000-08:002008-11-24T09:47:51.082-08:00

If I was a smart person, I would simply buy the Stampin' UP Simply Scrap'n kits and do pages/albums for Miss Madelyn's scrapbook in that matter. Instead I'm nutso and spend days and weeks sometimes searching online for inspiration for each page, picking out the DSP and then finally designing it and finishing it off. To add to my punishment I make double page layouts out versus just doing single

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-28046916285835259442008-11-23T14:15:00.001-08:002008-11-23T14:21:54.018-08:00

Check out Debbie's blog for a chance to win some sweet blog candy, including SEVENTEEN Copic markers!!!!! Such a generous Blog Candy Give Away! She's celebrating over 10,000 hits to her blog. Congrats Debbie!

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-48184474734821575062008-11-22T15:28:00.000-08:002008-11-22T15:45:19.746-08:00

Just before Halloween Heather did a cute card using her Top Note. I saw it and instantly thought of making a cmas card the same way. When I originally started working on my card, instead of a jumbo eyelet and ribbon, I was going to use a tiny magnet or velcro to adhere the flap closed but after digging through my craft drawers none was to be found. I wanted to use the velcro/magnet and then

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-16597569149372747472008-11-20T08:33:00.001-08:002008-11-20T09:39:49.125-08:00

Earlier this week my Big Shot and Top Note Die finally arrived. While patiently waiting for them I have seen some really cute and amazing ways that people have used this die. This project was inspired by The Fat Cat Stamper (Danielle) who used it to make a cute little tag. Her Tag inspired me to make one as well.I think it turned out really well. I'm not sure what I'm going to use it for yet,

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-40343160711054668562008-11-19T08:41:00.000-08:002008-11-19T08:56:57.273-08:00

Everyone remember how almost 3w ago now I spent the entire day at Morgan's house for her card workshop? Remember how I said I made 20 cards plus tags and planned to use the cards for an exchange I was in? Well a few days ago I was thinking that most of the ppl at the workshop were in the same exchange. I decided that I wanted a different card so I came up with this one. The paper combination

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-47988091009072907932008-11-17T11:35:00.001-08:002008-11-17T11:59:47.683-08:00

For some time now I've read/admired Kwernerdesign. Every Monday she has a MACM video and although her cards are very simple and cute, I've never tried one. Then last night while I was waiting for some crystal effects to dry, I decided to try an acetate card from one of her MACM's. She used acetate cards from Hero Arts, but since all I had handy was some overhead sheets (which is the same

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-90614500582626348942008-11-15T13:09:00.001-08:002008-11-15T14:53:36.998-08:00

Ms. Brown showed up on Friday (unfortunately w/o my Big Shot or Top Note Die boo-urns, they arrive next week) and I was super excited bc no only did she have a ton of paper for me that I'd been waiting for, I'd also ordered some new stamp sets and was itching to try them out.Of course first on the list was Mr. Twigster. This little guy is showing up all over the blog-o-sphere and even though it

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-56004520484457176792008-11-13T13:32:00.000-08:002008-11-13T14:06:46.198-08:00

It certainly is not spring weather here! Natasha walked across the street with me before lunch to get the mail and then decided she was going to punish her poor mother by wanting to play outside. I will be the first to admit that as soon as we have that first snowfall and it turns cold, the last place I want to be is outside! But, being the good mother I am, I put something on my feet other

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-28028099066244880092008-11-12T09:53:00.001-08:002008-11-12T10:01:37.449-08:00

Ho Ho Ho! I just love my Deer Friends set! Like Heather loves Mr. Twigster and is using him a lot, I've been using my Ski Slope DSP (good thing I ordered another pkg!) and Deer Friends set a lot lately.I know I have the 20 cards I did at Morgan's workshop but I'm trying to add a little variety to that by doing up some of my own. :0)I had some ribbon under the scallop punch and the "JOY" but

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-3036519906097930312008-11-11T14:14:00.000-08:002008-11-11T14:14:21.335-08:00

Nordic Bo Peep and Long Lost Sheep Costume GIVEAWAY!!!!I've been reading this blog for a while and while I might be crafty when it comes to papery pursuits, I have to say I will never ever sew as well as she does!She has amazing talent for creating clothes and costumes alike!

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-62464129476294639152008-11-11T12:27:00.001-08:002008-11-11T12:32:56.967-08:00

I created this card yesterday. It started out with me partially casing another layout I saw over at SCS but it did not turn out as I wanted it to, so I ended up creating this card 100% from scratch.I may have a lot of stamps but my christmas collection seems to be all snowflakes, not a snowman or Santa in the bunch! Luckily this week I'm receiving my SU order which has Mr. Twigster and Jolliest

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-12822223050623197102008-11-08T12:02:00.001-08:002008-11-08T12:13:25.251-08:00

So I'm what? 9 days later? heh I also won't mention that the only other pages completed in her 2nd Year Scrapbook are January, February and April. So I skipped quite a few months to make this double page layout. But you gotta do whatever inspires you eh?I got the idea for page 2 of this double layout from this SCS poster. I also did the same as her, I made my own 'road' and I hand drew that

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-72047083756561792992008-11-07T14:59:00.000-08:002008-11-07T15:04:21.719-08:00

I noticed on Julie's blog (Paper Pleasing Ideas) that there is a new forum out there in the crafting world. It's probably been around forever and I'm just that daft that I've missed it all this time. heh It's called Paper Craft Planet. It's very much like Facebook, only it's paper craft-centric. You can join groups, add applications, photos of your stuff, videos. I've been playing with it

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-32958767829308868872008-11-06T12:46:00.000-08:002008-11-06T17:07:04.758-08:00

During the big pre-order for Demos I snatched up a couple of hostess sets I knew I had zero hope in ever obtaining since I do have many customers. I became a demo bc when I worked out how much money I was spending on crafting supplies over a 4 month period, I learned I'd actually save money by being a demo with the 20% discount.Anywho, because I'm a 'hobbiest' Demo, ever obtaining enough sales

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-30228232217619576512008-11-06T06:32:00.001-08:002008-11-06T06:59:47.345-08:00

Last week Heather posted a little class planner/project that she was going to sell to the first 6 ppl that emailed her. Part of the proceeds she made from them were going to help families at Christmas by providing them with gift baskets of food. (I think I got that right?)She used her Mr. Twigster stamp set (Mine is on order!) and part of that card set was the cutest little card box! At last

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-20341709493866501552008-11-05T09:22:00.001-08:002008-11-05T09:55:05.166-08:00

What seems like Eon's ago now, Danielle over at Fat Cat Stamper created a calendar for a Pretties challenge she was in. I saw it on her blog and thought "Wow, that's pretty cool, I could do the same thing as a Christmas gift, but instead of using Cooper and Sophia stamps, I could put pictures of my daughter from that specific month of 2008. I figured my mom would love it (probably use it as a

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-54489122650467626232008-11-04T11:07:00.001-08:002008-11-04T11:07:52.374-08:00

A few days ago Heather posted a photo of a cute little Halloween Shaker Treat Box that her mom created and sent to the kids for a Halloween treat. I saw it and thought "That's cute!" I bet I could switch it up a bit and make it into a Christmas-y treat box as well.Feeling really confident after my foray with the reindeer shaker card, I figured how hard could the box be? hah! The actually

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-65383474779021480052008-11-03T14:09:00.000-08:002008-11-03T14:16:23.114-08:00

Every year (well for the last 3) my friend who is also a SU Demo hosts several Christmas card workshops. She designs all the cards (usually about 10), you pick what ones you want to do, then just show up on the day you chose and assemble. She does all the prep work for you, which I simply love. I'm a demo myself, but to be able to go and chit chat with my other friends, have my cards all

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-62931110224561836182008-11-01T18:21:00.000-07:002008-11-01T18:34:32.890-07:00

I spent most of yesterday cleaning out my craft room and doing a massive re-organization. Of course, 24hrs later, it's stuffed full again. :p We set up my daughter's new twin bed today and had to move her crib into my craft room. This was only my room temporarily to begin with, but I was getting quite comfy in here. Things should be back to normal in here again after my husband and I

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-72066300806944885272008-09-13T18:04:00.001-07:002008-09-13T18:10:25.868-07:00

As soon as I saw these two stamp sets in the mini occasions cattie I got this idea for a card. :0) Of course I've spent all working on it in between house work, playing with my daughter and running errands but I finished it! Originally I did not sponge the sky in because normally it's not something I'm that great at, but it looked way too stark to have a white background, even with the brown

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-19197238040963229342008-09-13T07:07:00.000-07:002008-09-13T07:13:20.400-07:00

I finally took the plunge after the big announcement this week and signed up for a Demo Business site. When I read how easy and convenient it would be for customers to simply go to my Business Site and order from me 24/7, I thought it was a fabulous. Of course any Canadians can still email me directly or phone me to place your order if you are more comfortable with that. :0)I know my blog has

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-59686982874812549452008-08-19T19:18:00.000-07:002008-08-19T19:31:41.756-07:00

Decided to play around with another of my Hostess sets today and the new In Colour Inks/Papers. This one is Happiness Always and I think it's a level 3? I can't remember right off.The stamp along the top is one of my Jumbo wheels "It's Beautiful". I love my Jumbo Wheels! I have I think around 12 of them and find them perfect to add a bit of background to a card or a band of paper for

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-4955755523081179692008-08-18T12:05:00.000-07:002008-08-18T12:20:44.738-07:00

This card has been a month in the making. Around the time I feel into my funk, I had received the "Serene Spring" lvl 2 hostess set. I love the little bunny in this set and colouring him was soo much Fun! The problem was, once I finished colouring him, I was having trouble what card layout to use. I took a browse through the SCS gallery and still was stumped. So this little guy has sat on my

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-30562458307493518962008-08-18T08:13:00.000-07:002008-08-18T08:24:38.062-07:00

This year SU decided to combine the holiday mini and instead of just one holiday they've combined Halloween, Christmas (love the felt snowflakes and the snowflakes for your windows!), Valentines Day and of course SU's new Big Shot (a partnership they formed with Sizzixs). The Big Shot dies include quite a few that are only available through SU and are specially coordinated with the SU Stamps!

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-56525557340824904042008-08-06T21:33:00.000-07:002008-08-06T21:36:47.642-07:00

I've not posted anything recently, I've been at a loss for inspiration and extremely tired watching two kids but I had to share that right now, in my hands (or rather on my lap) I have a copy of the new SU F/W Cattie. I pre-ordered a case and was expecting them this week but figured my free demo one would come first.All I have to say is.. Wow! LOVE the halloween stamps, the new papers the

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-43861333848935458632008-07-13T18:05:00.000-07:002008-07-13T18:13:51.222-07:00

Some of my Demo Sneak Peak stuff arrived on Friday and I could not wait to tear into it and test it out. I have to admit that even though I was skeptical about the Scallop Edger when I first heard rumblings that one would be in the new catalog, I have to say after making this card for the Make & Takes at the SU Convention that I officially love it. While it has it's limitations, it's super easy

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-62604017282157227952008-07-12T11:13:00.000-07:002008-07-12T11:18:41.527-07:00

I must have some skill that trickled onto me from my mother (who is awesome at sewing just about anything!) because I tried the dress on Tash this morning and it fits perfect! The ribbon is a bit long but I can cut it if need be. Right now I like it the length it is because I can dbl knot the bows so she can untie it.Here are some pictures: The fabric is called Paris cats. While I was out this

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-70621737750611617022008-07-11T22:14:00.001-07:002008-07-11T22:25:05.284-07:00

heh, yeah I actually have one, one I bought I don't know when and have used a total of 4xs, including tonight. :pToday when I was out running errands I stopped by Frabricville with the idea to buy some flannel to make some receiving blankets. No, I'm not pregnant, I'm just looking for a new project and thought I'd make some up. :0) Instead of finding any flannel that I liked, I found this

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-90804066647422352192008-07-06T15:39:00.000-07:002008-07-06T17:21:51.652-07:00

I was able to get some time to myself this afternoon while the "kids" were sleeping and do another card for the make and takes. Once again I found inspiration by visiting Danielle's blog and her SCS Gallery. I love this stamp set and when I saw her card I thought it was so beautiful! I think one of my favourite images of this set are the mulberry twigs? Branches? There are just so many

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-18173706442265494752008-07-05T16:10:00.000-07:002008-07-05T16:53:27.836-07:00

A couple of weeks ago (maybe even longer!) Heather sent me an email and asked if I'd like to do some Make and Takes for the Stampin' Up Convention that starts on July 31. Her idea was to have all her downline ladies make some cards and then she'd take them with her and get our 'swaps'.M of her downline team is in ON but she was nice enough to email me and see if I'd like to mail them to her and

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462002992907154283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094352051721809964.post-63176077890557758492008-07-04T18:27:00.000-07:002008-07-04T18:51:37.127-07:00

Back in I think December I finished Natasha's first year scrapbook album. The only issue really was that I hated her hospital page. The colour combinations, the patterned paper, the layout and even the photos! Shortly after she was born (around 1 month) my laptop HD crashed and I lost the first 3 months of photos except for about 10 that I had stored else where online. So I had very limited

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Well I was about a day late to submit my card for this challenge but I decided since I was suddenly struck with a card idea that I'd do it anyway. I'm not quite sure where the time went but for some reason I thought I still had time tonight to submit my card. Oh well, next week!This week Kristina's colour inspiration was from the Cupcake Tees which are mostly monochromatic but to make things

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Every birthday Tash has been invited to, the invite always says "No gift required". I always hate to go empty handed so usually I like to buy a book because I know most parents welcome books and it's not another piece of plastic to clutter up the house.This time, when Owen received the invite (he and Sammy's dad geek out every other Saturday) he was pretty adamant about no gifts. He told us she

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ooo I made the newly discovered list over at Stampin When I Can!

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It seems like at least once a month we are receiving a birthday invite from one of Natasha's little friends. I did not really realize how many 'friends' she has, but since about March we've been to 4 parties. I enjoy attending them and it gives me a yet another reason to make a card. :0) This one is not too 'kiddish" (her little friend is turning 2), but I just bought this stamp yesterday and

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I've been a fan of KwernerDesign for a while and always look forward to her Make a Card Mondays (MACM) and her Colour Inspiration Challenges. I have always liked her colour inspirations, but until today have never participated in one before. When I took a peek at Kristina's blog this morning and saw her colour choices I knew I had to give it a go. Regal Rose, River Rock, Purely Pomergranante

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This one was a bit of a mixed bag. I was not really lov'n the colours - Wild Wasabi, Taken with Teal and Whisper White. With other colours I like all three, but those three together seemed a bit weird. After I put the kiddo to bed tonight, I gave it a go and this is what I came up with;I really did enjoy making the card. I got to use my mat pack (my current favourite tool) to pierce and

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I found inspiration for this Birthday card by just browsing through Fat Cat Stamper's gallery on SCS (slound). I love her colour combination's and the layouts she does. Nothing fancy, very simple but oh so lovely! I also love her paper peircing. My mat pack is probably my favourite tool right now so I've been looking for different ways to peirce other then just a square. Until I saw her

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Tomorrow Owen and I have 2 BBQ's to attend - one is a going away BBQ and the other is a birthday party for one of our friends. I've not done a card for the Bon Voyage BBQ (she's transferring to Paris for 3 yrs) but I did do up a Birthday card. This is my first ever masculine card.I started out trying to do the Origami shirt (inspired by B's Father's day card) and use that on a card, but after I

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It's been a while since I got my crafty on, so I decided to go visit SCS Challenge forums and see if there was anything interesting posted that might inspire me to make a card. I ended up doing Emily's Kraft Skies Challenge that was using the colours - Basic Black, Soft Sky and Kraft.Of course after I finished it and had it all stuck to the card, I realized I probably would have liked it better

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This past weekend a friend asked if I'd be interested in doing some cards for her website. She's adding a new section asked for some Birthday Cards to put her clippos in and sell them as a 'set'. While I was excited that she loved my card style, I was nervous too about coming up with something she would like. It's pretty easy when I'm just doing them to give to ppl I know with their gifts, but

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When I was a little girl, I use to love pinwheels. My Uncle always gave me and my sisters pinwheels at easter time. Tonight, as a "trial" run of a project I want to do tomorrow after work, I tried making a smaller one, which I then decided to make a spinner card of for an exchange I'm in.Of course after I got all seven of them made, I realized the error I made. You can't tell by looking at

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I think my idea to make each 6x6 album 20 pages total is/was a bit ambitious. As I've been working on these pages, I've been re-thinking and I think I'm going to cut it back to 10-15. I have to think about it a bit more, but I think 20 pages is a) too much and b) more time consuming then I originally anticipating. Anywho, today during kiddo's nap I finished up an 8th page.All the photos I've

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Now that things are back to normal, relatively speaking I spent some time this weekend working on two more scrapbook pages for the 6x6 album I'm working on. I decided to use my Baroque Motifs and Brocade Basics for these pages and make them a bit simplistic in design, perhaps even bordering on 'elegant'?Anywho, I used Tempting Tourquoise, Regal Rose for paper, Very Vanilla & Chocolate Chip

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A couple of months ago Heather started doing Class Planners. There were two in particular that I liked and today (after waiting for some supplies) I finally finished one of those, Bloom'n with Love. It's a cute little card set in it's only little 'box' that I think will make a perfect gift.

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I've seen these cute little circle cards popping up in a few places and thought today, while my husband was out with friends and my daughter napped, I'd try one.It did not turn out quite how I wanted, it seems a bit "bland" but I had fun making it none the less. It was super fast and it makes for a cute little note card. Now if someone could just come up with some circular envelopes I'd be all

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