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Okanagan, BC, Canada
Welcome to my crafting blog. After retirement, my husband and I moved to a beautiful location in the Okanagan area of British Columbia. I love all paper crafts including mixed media, journaling and cards. I also dabble in papermaking, photography, fibre art, and altered books. I am an active member of several card and mixed media groups and on the design team of several challenge blog. I love the world of blogging, it has opened many doors for me. My favourite quote is by Maya Angelou. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” I hope you join me in my search for my creative side. Thanks for stopping by!

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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Happy Birthday Challenge at Creative Knockouts


Side View


This Punch Border Stand-Up card I made the for this weeks Happy Birthday Challenge at Creative Knockouts. I found the pattern for the design on Technique Junkies June/July Magazine. 

 Sassy Studio Designs is the sponsor of the challenge and I used on of their lovely images for the card.  




The supplies I used for this card are:

Digital stamp - Sassy Designs - Birthday cake Sassy
Birthday sentiment form my stash
Star Punch by Martha Stewart
Spellbinder dies - stars
Copic Markers
Paper from my stash

Thank you for stopping by.  Pop over to the Creative Knockout Blog to see the other cards our talented design team has created to inspire you. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

A girl who crafts -Always Anything Goes 
Cards Galore Encore - Anything Goes 
Mema's Challenge - Anything Goes 
The Sisters of Craft - Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes






Sunday, July 27, 2014

Step Card Challenge

Hi!  Thank you for stopping.  It is an "Step Card" challenge at Fitztown this week and this is my card I made for the challenge. I decided to make a circular step card, my first one using one of Fitztowns' beautiful new images.


This is a side view.


Lots of fun making this card.  I found the pattern for this card at Splitcoast Stampers.  Some of the supplies I used to make mt card are:

Fitztown image - Wedding Day
Assortment of handmade flowers 
Pearls from my stash
Doilies cut with a die and Cricut. 
Sentiment stamp by Rubber Stampede
Copic Markers
Tag Punch - Marvy
Spellbinders Nestabilities Die
Paper by  Momenta

I hope you will join in the step card challenge.  Pop over to the Fitztown challenge blog to see the beautiful cards that the creative team has created to inspire you. 

A girl who crafts -Always Anything Goes 
Cards Galore Encore - Anything Goes 
Mema's Challenge - Anything Goes 
The Sisters of Craft - Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Saturday, July 26, 2014

Friends Today Friends Forever


Thank you for stopping by.  This is my card I made for Come and Get It Challenges' Friendship challenge. The sponsor of this challenge is Eureka Stamps and I have used their Best Friends image.


finally the stamps you've been looking for rubber stamp company Rubber Stamps, Gold Leaf, Foil, and Glass Beads for Stampin, Scrapbooks, Card Making, and Paper Crafts

The supplies I used for my card are:
  • Sentiment - Rubber Stampede
  • Heartfelt Creations - Ornate Gate
  • Copics
  • Paper from my stash
  • Digital image by Eureka Stamps
  • Flowers - Part of a Penny Black Stamp
Have a creative day.  

Friday, July 25, 2014

Stenciled Tag Challenge


I created this tag for a upcoming swap at a Yahoo Group I belong with.  The swap challenge is to use a stencil in your design.  The stencil I chose to use was the Clock stencil by Tim Holtz.  I layered the stencil over a tag that was coloured with several different distressed inks.   To highlight the design I outlined the image with a white gell pen. 

I added several time and railway stamped images that were stamped on a gelli print paper. To complete the tag I added a fabric ribbon. Thank you for stopping by.

I am entering this tag in the following challenge:

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
4 Krafty Girlz Anything Goes
Crafty Ribbons -Anything Goes with Ribbon
Crafter's Cafe - Anything goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty - Anything goes
Wonderful Wednesdays - Always Anything Goes


Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Fitztown's Colour Challenge

Thanks for stopping by.  I chose to do a tag this week  for the brown colour challenge at Fitztown and I used one of the images from Fitztown's wild animal collection called wild 5.  You can find the image here


The supplies I used for this tag are :

Fitztown's Wild 5
Time Holtz tag die
Distress Inks
Sentiment Stamp by Inkadinkado
Tree Embossing folder by Darice
Stamp by Lizzie Anne Designs
Ribbon from my stash 


There is lots of time to still join in this challenge.  Just create your project and enter it here

I am entering this tag in the following challenges:

Party Time Tuesdays Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes
A girl who crafts -Anything Goes
Just For Fun - Anything Goes
Lia Stampz Challenge - No Patterned Paper
Reves 2 Scrap - Anything goes

Monday, July 21, 2014

Deck the Halls

Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges is having a "Deck the Halls" challenge this week and this is my card for the challenge.



I used one of our sponsor The Stamping Boutique's image for this card.  The image is called Princess Jennifer Latte Decorating the Tree image.  You can find the image I used here.

I decided to use non-traditional Christmas colours for my card.  I thought they suited the princess.  I coloured my card with Copics and a silver pen  and then added some Diamond Glaze to give the Christmas balls some texture and shine. To add some  sparkle to the tree and her little black party dress I added silver  and black glitter.

Thank you for stopping by and have a very creative day.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Clear It Out : Christmas In July,
Stash: Glittery Sparkly Things  (paper, glitter)
Cards Galore Encore - Use a Digi or Rubber Stamp 
Sparkles Forum Challenges - Christmas in July  
A girl who crafts -ANYTHING GOES
Going Grey With Scrap-Creations Christmas In July 
Digi Choosday Challenge - Christmas In July
Die Cuttin' Divas -Christmas In July

Saturday, July 19, 2014

Christmas in July



Come and Get It Challenges is having a Christmas in July challenge this week and this is my card for the challenge. The sponsor of the challenge is Bugaboo and I have used an image called Duo Penguin for my easel card.


I used a Stampin Up die and a Spellbinder die for the Easel.  I thought using the combination of dies gave the card an interesting effect. I coloured the image with Copic Markers and added a scrapbook sentiment and a button to complete the Christmas in July card.

Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful day.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Send a Smile for Kids - Christmas in July
Hiding in my Craft Room - Christmas in July
Crafty Hazelnut's Challenge - layer it up
My Sheri Crafts Challenge - Christmas in July
AUD Sentiment Challenge - Christmas in July
Divas by Design Challenge - Christmas in July
Christmas Stamping All Year Long - Christmas
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Christmas in July

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Creative Knockout's Friendship Challenge



I am excited to belong to a new challenge group called Creative KnockOuts and this is my first card for the challenge.  The theme of the challenge is Friendship. I made my card using the sponsor Craft Sentiments' image called Harriet and Ragga. It is such a cute image.

Products that I used to make this card along with my image are:

  • Paper from my stash
  • Sentiment stamp by Stampin Up
  • Copics for colouring
  • Bling and die cuts from my stash
  • Diamond Glaze
Thank you for stopping by.  Do something creative for yourself today.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafting By Designs -Sentiment
Moo-Mania & More - Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty - Anything goes
A Girl Who Crafts - Anything Goes

Cards Galore Encore - Use a Digi or Rubber Stamp

Sunday, July 13, 2014

Altered Item Challenge

Thank you for stopping by. Fitztown is having an alter item challenge this week and I decided to try something different and this is my creation.  At the local thrift store I found this picture frame that was an old fashion bicycle and thought it could work with one of the old fashion ladies from the Fitztown collection of images.  I also used two of their pretty butterflies from the garden collection. You can find the images here.



The flowers also came from the local thrift store 



Hope you enjoyed my altered item and that you will join us this week at Fitztown.  Have a creative day.  I am now on my way back into my craft room to clean up my mess.

I am entering my project in the following challenge:


Anything but a card - Open theme
Altered Eclectics - Anything goes
My Heart Pieces - Anything But a Card
Pumpkin spice -  Anything Goes

Saturday, July 12, 2014

Colour Challenge - Pink, Green, Yellow and Blue


Thank you for stopping by.  Come and Get It has a colour challenge this week.  The colours are pink, blue, green and yellow. I chose to use one of our sponsors The Paper Shelter's image called Summer Holidays for my card.    I think she is just right for these colours.

My background is cut with a card creator die by Spellbinder and the palm trees are leftovers I found in my stash from a travel book I was making.   Hope you will join us at Come and Get It, just create your card and enter it here

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Sunflower Fields Designs - Anything Goes
Fussy and Fancy Challenge - It's all about Girls
Digi Choosday Challenge- Punches and/or Die Cuts
Di's Digis Designs -Summer Fun
Little Claire's  - Summertime
Pumpkin spice -  Anything Goes

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Envelope Punch Tag Book

A friend challenged me to make a Envelope Punch Tag book.  It was lots of fun to make.  Without a set theme I had to think about it a lot and come up with a theme.  I came across this quote on Pinterest "Jump you might just fly".  I thought it in my make an interesting title to my book.



















I used a lot of my older stamps and supplies to make my tag book.  I hope she enjoys it.  The supplies I used for the book are:


Envelope punch
Dragonflies - Michael Strong rubber stamps
Flowers by Scrappy Cat
Butterfly punch (on back) – Tim Holtz
Flying Hummingbird by Designs by Ryan
Eagle in Tree – The Old Island Stamp Company
Butterfly – punch by Martha Stewart
Large tag – Tim Holtz die
Small tag – Marvy punch
Paper - Basic Gray, Gelli Plate scraps
Distress Inks
Copic markers 
Stazon

Unmounted and I have forgotten who made them
Eagle Flying
Butterflies
Bird stamp
Also from my stash  
Fabric Ribbon
Brads
Quotes – from Pinterest and Google searches

 I hope everyone will have sometime today to be creative.  

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

7 Kids College Fund - Anything goes with optional twist TAG IT! 
Divas by Design - W,2E - Things with wings
House That Stamps Built - Fur or Winged Things
Penny's Paper-Crafty - Anything goes
Stampin' Royalty - Anything goes
Digi Choosday Challenge - Punches and/or Die Cuts
Just Inspirational Challenges – Anything But A Card
    PDE Linky Party - Tags 
    Anything but a card - Open theme
    Altered Eclectics - Anything goes

    Tuesday, July 8, 2014

    Pick a Holiday


    This is my inspiration card for this weeks challenge, Pick a Holiday.   I chose Valentines Day as my holiday and used this pretty digital from Fitztown called Valentine 2.  You can purchase any of the Valentine images here.

    My sentiment is a quote I found on Pinterest that I added to the image with my photo editing package.  The other products I used to make the card are:

    Butterflies - Martha Stewart
    Pearls, paper and ribbon from my stash
    Pencil Crayons for coloring the roses
    Copic Markers for colouring the back ground
    Gold Kyron Pen for edging the image
    Spellbinder Herloom Legacy die

    Thank you for stopping by.  To join in this challenge at Fitztown just create your card and enter it here.

    I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
    Crafty Sentiment Designs - Anything Goes
    Digi Choosday Challenge -Punches and/or Die Cuts
    Through The Craft Room Door- Always Anything Goes
    A girl who crafts -Anything Goes
    Digi Galore - Anything Goes and a DT Call!
    Lia Stampz Challenge - No Patterned Paper

    Monday, July 7, 2014

    Have a Hoot this Holiday




    Hi! This week at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges we have a Christmas Critter card challenge.  I used a Oak Pond Creations digital stamp for my card.  The owl's name is Otis the Elf.  Oak Pond is our sponsor this week and they have a great selection of digital stamps and a wonderful prize for one lucky winner.

    I coloured Otis with my Copics then layered him on a selection of blue, white  and silver papers from my stash. Along with Otis I used the following products to make my card:

    • Tim Holtz Christmas Tree die
    • Spellbinder Snow Flake dies
    • Bling from my stash
    • Sentiment - which I typed

    I found the sentiment I used on a blog called Barb's World of Whimcees.  She has a list of different owl says for all occasions of card.

    Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.

    I am entering this card in the following challenges:

    My Perfect Life Challenge-  Christmas Cards
    Great Impressions - Animal Friends
    Robyn's Fetish - Animals
    The Christmas Card Challenge - Anything Christmas
    The Squirrel and Fox - Christmas in July
    Simple Create Too - Christmas in July

    Saturday, July 5, 2014

    Cool Things for Summer

    Come and Get It this week has a "Cool Things for Summer Challenge" and this is my card for the challenge.

    The sponsor this week is the The Stamping Boutique and I have used their image called
    Beach Baby.  The supplies I used to make my card are:

    • Rubber stamp sea shells from my stash
    • Digital image by The Stamping Boutique
    • Embossing fold by Darcie
    • Sentiment by A Muse Artstamps
    • Copic Markers
    • Paper from my stash
    Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day. 

    I am entering my card in the following challenges:

    Brown Sugar – Anything Goes
    Fussy and Fancy - Summertime
    Wags 'n Whiskers -  Summer Fun
    Creative Knockouts -Child's Play
    Crafting By Designs -  Anything Goes
    Hobbybook Designer Challenge -   Summer 



    Thursday, July 3, 2014

    Road Trip Tag


    I made this tag and envelope for a tag swap at Inky Fun Stampers this week.    The swap was to create a tag with numbers in the background.   My numbered background was a embossing folder with ruler markings on it. I first added distress inks to the tag and spritz them with a little water.  Next I put the tag in the embossing folder. Once I had the tag embossed I ran a walnut distress ink pad over the numbers to highlight them. 

    To complete my tag I added some gears, brads, fabric bow, stamp, embossed bus ticket and a sentiment.   The envelope for the tag was made with my envelop punch. 

    Thank you for stopping by to take a look at my project.  Have a creative day.

    I am entering this tag in the following challenges:
    Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes
    4 Krafty Girlz Anything Goes
    Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes
    A girl who crafts - Anything Goes
    Altered Eclectics -  Anything Goes
    Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes
    Try It On Tuesday- Tags Anywhere or Just A Tag 

    Wednesday, July 2, 2014

    Birthday Card for My Husband



    I just finished this birthday card for my husband's birthday this week.  I am sure he will not see it since he never looks at my blog.   I had fun making the card.  The background was made by putting distressed inks in the embossing folder and spritzing it with water and the putting the folder with the paper in it through the Sizzix. 

    The owl image is a stamp from Stampendous that I just love. He was coloured with Copics and I added diamond glaze to his watch.   The sentiment was a saying I found on the internet at Barb's World of Whimcees. She has a get list of sentiments for Owl cards. 


    Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.

    I am entering this card in the following challenges: