More sibling love

I really liked this picture of the kids, so I decided to make these cards for immediate family for Valentines. Of course, they are not finished, and I still have to get them to the post office. That takes the longest time of all. lol
So if you are family, your surprise is ruined.
No stamping! The card bases are 5.5x5.5 from the Embossed box at Michael's. Prima's are from my LLS and the rhinestone centres are also from Michael's.
I'm too zonked to say anymore than this.
Thanks for looking,
Amanda

Valentine love

ok, it's between a brother and a sister. Love is the theme today.
These kids are having so much fun lately. It's so nice to see them interact with each other. And for my daughter to initate a lot of the play. They do have a great laugh.

I got the idea for weaving from my friend, Sarah's blog at www. sarahiscrafty.com
The designer paper is from a huge slab one of my customers gave me. I don't know who it's by, but I do know that I had previously bought some of the paper by the sheet from the LSS.
The white heart and love sentiment are chipboard with seafoam EP. This fridge magnet is for daddy's filing cabinet at owrk. Apparently, his office at his previous job only had 1 card made by my son and a mug with their pic on it from when my son was less than 3 months old. So this time, his office wil have many pics of the family.

We are smothered in snow here. I haven't seen so much in the city since the big storm of 99. Good thing we have a part of the driveway to pile it in. But I'm parked on the street and a little snowed in. Haven't even been able to gear up to go to the grocery store. That's bad. DH stops by now and then, so we're not too bad.

alrighty then, look who's been Chatty Cathy. lol
Thanks for looking,
Amanda

groovy guava time well spent

The 1st card was a case from SU catty, pg.140, just the 2 of us card.
Wasn't all that pleased with it, then came up with the bottom card. I'm kind of limited with my colours at present as my SU order got delayed by a train problem and it's sitting in Windsor, ON. Hopefully it will come tomorrow. (stalk the man in brown).
Then, the card below was inspired by my case. I used acetate as the front face. The image is from retired, Mostly flowers. It coordinates well with the Ginger Blossom DP. The inside sentiment is from the 3rd level hostess set, Time well Spent.
Another night of not being chatty. :}
Enjoy and thanks for looking,
Amanda

Blossom birthday cake

My, my, it's Thursday already!??!?
We had about 30 cm of snow dumped on us yesterday. Today, it was a beautiful blue sky, sunny, warmish day. Just lovely.

This is a card I made last fall. I think I should try the layout with another set to see what I come up with.
The cake image is from a retired SU set. The punched flowers are from retired SU punch and I think the DP is from Chatterbox. I know, not much use to you is it?
Oh well, hopefully my sister got this card by now or that she hasn't read the blog in a while.

I made a cool card last night using acetate for my class on Sunday. I'll get a chance to photograph it in the next day or so.

Thanks for looking,
Amanda

tooth fairy kits

I thought I had uploaded this already, but I couldn't find it in the side bar. So forgive me if you've seen this here before. And tell me where it is! lol

This kit contains a tin from Lee Valley. The tooth fairy is from Stamping Bella. It is also done on shrink art for the charm.

























The charm for the boy kit is a tooth I traced from a wooden tooth box I had. There is only 1 charm per kit.
On the opposite side of the scallop tag, there is an info section:
Name, where, what tooth, how it came out, date, etc.

Thanks for looking,
Amanda

Always hearts

This layout is the same as the Friday, Jan. 25 entry, but I changed the image. In honour of Valentine's day, I used the hearts. They were embossed in different colours, pink and seafoam. The sentiment was stamped on vellum, then the underside was swiped with white craft ink so that it is more visible.
Love this designer paper, Berry Bliss and the Always stamp set.
Guess it's a short post tonight.

Thanks for looking,
Amanda

photo cube

I wanted to make something for my DH's new office at his new job. So this photo cube fit the bill. Actually, it will probably be a pen holder.
I used cork backed coasters from the dollar store. The lovely cropadile did a fantastic job of punching through those babies.
One of the papers is from Scenic Route, the other from a pad I bought at the LSS.
I printed the photos around 2.5 as the coasters were just over 3.5. I also made the photos sepia toned to create a sense of cohesiveness, conformity. I can't think of the correct word right now.
I looked through my shoe box of rub ons and stickers and was tickled to find just the right sayings. See, there is a reason for buying those things to sit around. Imagine having to go to the store at 11 pm to find something that would work! You must have them on hand, at home. Waiting for you. lol

Instead of using the favoured ribbon that is done, I wanted to make it a little more manly (?) so I used twine to make a blanket stitch down the sides. I still have to figure out how to finish it off inside. Do you put a bottom on these things? Or just insert a can?

Anyhow, it was fun and easy to make. I think I'll make a few more.

Thanks for looking,
Amanda

more bookmarks

I'm on a bookmark kick. So here are 2 more. And more to follow, I made 2 last night and have to make another for an order.
This template comes from Sharon Johnson at
http://notimetostamp.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/ Nov 9, 2007 entry
The discover one was especially fun. I used the retired, "Mostly Flowers". My new cuttlebug got some use with the square dry embossed dots around the edge. THEN.. my Marvy square punch fit around that. I was so excited that these 3 things worked well together. Little things..
The butterfly on the front is one I had previously made from shrink art for another project. The simage is Papertrery's Butterfly Kisses set. The colours did match, until I put crystal effects on it. Then it brightened the colours. I will replace it, I think. The discover do-hickey is from the dollar store.

The "Be You" bookmark is done with Papertrey's "Garden Thumb" This set is very versatile. The little frame on the cover of the book mark comes from the dollar store. Bonus find. The "be you" sentiment is actually from the sentiment, "may the simple joys of life be yours" or something to that effect. I only applied the ink to the be you section of the stamp with 3 different colour inks. This is why I love clear stamps. You can see what you are doing and where you place things.

Designer paper is Ginger Blossom from Stampin' Up!
Once again, my photos are faded. Sorry, but you get the idea.

Thanks for looking,
Amanda

T42

Tea anyone? I was so excited to make this set. The box template comes from a tutorial at www.sarahiscrafty.com Dec. 4 entry
The box contains 2 tea bags, a tin with 2 heart shaped sugar cubes, 2 heart chocolates and a 3x3 note tag.


The heart shaped sugar cubes are molded in an ice cube tray. I used the reciped from the Jan. 14th entry for
http://hemidemisemiquaver.wordpress.com. Look it up under recipes on her side bar. Becky has really great ides! Thanks Becky. In short, I mixed one beaten egg white in 3 cups of sugar. It goes a long way. but that was good, as I worked a long time on the sugar. My molds were too deep to fit 2 into the tin, so I had to half fill them. I also had to bake them longer, like 15-20 minutes. I decided not to tint them, as I had no red dye.
The tin is a 53 mm tin from Lee Valley with double stitched Pomegrante ribbon on the side. The paper is from SU, Berry Bliss. Yummy no? The heart on the cover is from SU "time well spent", stamped on the outside of the glass with Pallete ink.


I wanted to add a card, but a full card would have been too thick for the box, so I just used a card front. You can write a note on the back. The hearts are from SU "Loads of Love" set.


The last picture shows the contents of the T42 box. Of course, a nice compliment to a cuppa tea is a friend and a bikkie. (biscut), but I didn't have wrapped cookies. So of course, I substituted chocolate. Any objections?

Anyone wanna come over for a break?

Thanks for looking,
Amanda

yohoo.. mojo? & I think I found it

This is the card I started with. I couldn't even get it together enough to use the designer paper correctly. The only thing stamped on this card is the heart. It is gold embossed. Not really in love with it. Hey, if I do send it to you, don't take it the wrong way. lol


Then, I started working with these papers and stamp. and voila, here it is. I really like how it turned out. I made 2 of them, since I had everything out. Stamps are from Stampin' Up "Always" set and the DP is called Berry Bliss. And Hey, I used all SU products. Maybe we'll do this for class??

Have a great weekend.
Thanks for looking,
Amanda

Blue tulips

This card was cased from Renee at
http://reneevs.blogspot.com/index.html Not sure what date. She has some great things.

I changed the measurements a bit and the colours, but it is still presentable. We did it at my class a week ago. What great fun it was.
I've been working on some more of those bookmarks with the case. Really enjoying it. It took me 15 minutes to figure out how to attach an embellishment tonight, I'll tell you more when I take a pic and post it.

Oh yes, the double photo is a test. this time, it was the same camera, but different lights. I rarely get an opportunity to take pictures in the daylight b/c the kids won't let that happen. So I have to take them at night, when it is nice and quiet. Just in case you're wondering, the 1st pic was the lighter of the 2 and it showed up that way here.

Thanks for looking,
Amanda

Flowahbella

How about a little spring-like card for the freshly fallen snow.
It is Flowahbella from Stampingbella.

LOVE this paper, so I made a box to go with it. Colour combination is gorge.
Still haven't stamped. But I did take a trip to Michael's and got a few Easter stamps. Yes, I haven't started Valentine's yet, but they were soo cute.

Maybe I'll stamp tomorrow.....

Thanks for looking,
Amanda