Category Archives: Cards
Butterfly Wishes
This was from my niece’s 7th birthday. The stamp is from Stamping Bella and is called Wendy Papillon and comes with the “butterfly wishes” sentiment. I coloured her with copic markers and added Taylored Expressions tiny twinkles to accent her … Continue reading
Turning 5!
I think this might be one of my favourite cards so far. My nephew, Cade, was very excited about turning five so when I saw this patterned paper covered with strips of rulers I knew I had to use it. … Continue reading
FaLaLaLaLa
I must say it feels like the middle of winter again today as we’re having some miserable weather. It’s crazy that Christmas has come and gone and that our blog has been neglected for so long. I still have a … Continue reading
Let it Snow!
I have wanted to participate in The Spotted Chick’s “That’s Krafty Thursday” challenge again for a while and just couldn’t seem to get my picture done and my blog post made but since I’m about to give this card away … Continue reading
Groovy Birthday
So, this one was from Jim’s Birthday. What’s that? Jim’s birthday was in August? Well, yes, that’s true but let’s just say that I’ve been running a bit late with getting cards posted to our blog. This cute car is … Continue reading
It’s Twins!
So the daughter of a family friend gave birth to twins, a girl named Lily and a boy named Sebastian. They were a bit premature so they had to spend some extra time in the hospital and this card worked … Continue reading
Better late than never…
Where has the time gone?? I’m almost embarrassed to post this picture since it was made for a Bella challenge way back in July!! The image is Sockafellabella and it was coloured with Copic markers. The red paper is covered … Continue reading
Teacup Girl
So, AmyR over at Prairie Paper and Ink is having a contest giveaway which basically involves making a card that uses one of her stamp or sentiment designs. This card uses phrases from her Birthday Sentiments set. I wish I … Continue reading
Thank You
Lots of impact in a 4X4 card, not to mention it’s a great scrap bin project! So, as you can see this is a little 4X4 kraft cardstock card. The background is simply strips of patterned paper cut to varying … Continue reading
For my Husband
I’m not sure how the time flew by so fast but our 20th (!!) wedding anniversary was on May 26th. Jim often travels for work right around the time of our anniversary so we’ve been all over the place … Continue reading
Christmas in July
So Emily over at Stamping Bella (Blogabella) threw out a challenge for Christmas in July and really, who could resist? It seemed a bit funny to be out at the cottage in shorts on a 28C day merrily colouring Christmas … Continue reading
XOXO
I guess it’s hard to disguise being behind on posting my cards when these next two are clearly from Mother’s Day! I always start out strong with getting the pictures taken and uploaded to the computer and then the process … Continue reading
Happy Mother’s Day
This was a card I made for our mom for Mother’s Day. Instead of just wishing her a happy day I thought I’d also take a moment to thank her for all the little things she does for us throughout … Continue reading
Executive Birthday
It stopped raining long enough to zip outside and take a picture of this card. I am still on my August birthday quest and this creation is for my cousin Kathy. We have grown to be very good friends over … Continue reading
Let’s BBQ!
On to the next August birthday card… this one for my other brother in law, Todd. Another masculine birthday card – YIKES! Thank goodness my order of stamps from Stamping Bella arrived just in time and I had the forethought … Continue reading