Blogging with the IPad!

Oh my gosh. I just posted the last two entries using my IPad. I can't believe I did it.

I don't think I'm a complete boob when it comes to some computer stuff but this is great knowing how to do this. When I take a picture I don't have to go to my computer now and transfer my pics and etc. oh, this is too good. Hopefully I can keep everyone up to date finally through the blog and keep up to date myself!

Happy Birthday Mikey!

Made a Bday card for my nephews son turned 18 yrs. Very 1950's looking to me.

One of our class techniques in the spring - ombré effect.

Happy Halloween

Hi everyone. Hope your Halloween is HAUNTINGLY fun!
Just wanted to post a couple treats I made for the goblins and gouls that come and some matchbox treats I took for the gang at bible study. Hope tonights monsters like them! And you guys too!
Happy Crafting!

Put a Mask on it!

Went back to some basics with masking as well as using masking tape to create a great background for single layer cards. However, I goofed on one of the cards and ended up trimming it and mounting it on a base card. These were the cards I demoed in last weeks class.



Love the simplicity of these cards

 
Thanks for looking
Til next time, Happy Stampin'

Starburst and Sunshine

Hello all,
Happy New Year! A new start, fresh...boy has it been fresh and COLD.BRRRRR!
We've started classes again and now are running each Tuesday evening starting at 7pm. Want to share some starburst or sunburst cards that we started off with this year.  Very easy to make once you know how to do the technique.  Slightly more difficult for a beginner knowing zip.
Enjoy and stop by again.

This last card was made for my neice who purchased her own home about four months ago and finally had an open house on the weekend.  Inside it says "There's no place like GNOME"
I just thought it was so stinkin' cute and I thought of it all by my lonesome.  She is a single mom with two girls.  The youngest one loves blue, hence the blue outfit.

Birds of a Feather

Well, another week or two has gone by.  The time is nearing very quickly and everyday seems to go faster as we approach December. We will be celebrating my daughters 21st birthday in a week and then Christmas will be here.
A few weeks back as I was trying to get rid of 1/2 made cards, well not get rid of but complete, I finished these two sets of cards I'd like to share.
I had borrowed last year or maybe even two years ago a bird stamp from a friend and I went crazy stamping images on watercolour paper. I was clearing up about two to three years of unfinished cards and came up with these. Hope you like.

I'm not sure where I came up with the design or even if I CASED or not. I used the new SU Candy Dots(LOVE 'EM) on the red cards but in different spots to change things up a bit. I was impressed!

Halloween and Washi

BACK AT IT!

     Holy COW! I cannot believe that it has been almost a year since my last blog. Well, I can believe it actually with all that has happened since last year. Won't go into any major details but I have been very busy taking care of other things and not myself or my love of crafts.
     Really, truly, it is the only thing that keeps me completely sane and I am a happy camper when I'm doing it, working with it, designing and such.
     I recently when to Scrapfest in Oshawa with my good friend Wendy and was very inspired to create.  I left with some fabulous make n takes and wanted to get right back at teaching, el pronto!
     First on the list was the bag toppers for Halloween in our class.  We were chatting about various things and the topic of washi tape came up.  My ladies asked "what's washi tape?" WHAT? Well, we'll just have to do some of those washi tape cards.  Second week was some Washi tape cards.
     I must confess, when washi tape first came out I didn't like it at all. Not one bit. You'll never catch me buying washi tape! Well, that's how it goes with me. I don't like something and before you know it I'm in love with it.  Takes me a while to warm up to things completely out of my comfort zone. Oh, ya, and that gorgeous grunge stuff...yuck, yuck yuck.  Well I absolutely love it now.  In the meantime I thought not to spend a whole lot of $ on something I hate, I went to the local dollar store and picked upsome cheap stuff.  Turns out, I like it lots and am now going to get the Stampin Up good stuff.  I've learned from experience...buy the good stuff cuz the crap will turn out crap in the end. Anyways, here's my toppers and my take on a couple CASE cards that I saw in the last week using some inexpensive goods and some great SU stuff.

Thanks for stopping by!