Darling Neve

Ok, I just had to show you. I couldn't keep this one to myself. Here is Neve so very proud of finally getting the spoon to herself. I HATE messy, messes and she is a messy eater! Her older brother was MUCH cleaner.
I wasn't sure what to grab, the facecloth or the camera. THe camera won this once. :}

I have a new scrapbook page and a few cards to show you tomorrow. It's for my friend's twin boys b-day. I can't show you now, as she may be reading this. Go to bed Jen!!

Oh yes, I WON blog candy. THanks Emily!! I'm also expecting my Stampin' Up demonstrator starter kit tomorrow or Tuesday, so it should be an exciting time here. Better clean my room!:}

Thanks for looking..
AManda

Rafael's card

This is a drawing my 3.5 yr old son made for his beloved, Uncle Braggie's, birthday. Uncle Braggie (Dave) is my uncle. It is so great that he and Rafael have such a good friendship and rapport. We Love you Uncle Braggie! Happy birthday!

He drew all of us as a family and always includes U. Braggie. There is an extra person on the bottom with no name. It was to be me originally, but when he drew the mouth, it was kind of a frown. So he looked at me and said, "oh, you look mad, let me draw another one." So, that explains the extra head:}

I used some beigey paper for the cardfront, then Blue Bayou for the card base. Had some Creative memories paper from my mother in law, (thanks) as the mat. The circles on the blue is vera marked is from SU spring mini.

Oh, the other picture is Rafael's 1st and only sleep over so far. He didn't want to call me or even look back to say good night. I'd say he's up for another sleepover eh?

Thanks for looking,
Amanda

Covered tins

These were easy, just a little fiddly with the 2 way tape:}

Found a cigartette tin at Absolute Dollar with big Canadian flag on it.. so, i had to buy it! I like this better than the band aid tins, as you don't have to fiddle with the handle being in the way of adhering the paper on top.

Tore the paper off, there was the same paper underneath, but kind of a sticker instead of the plasticy one at first. I used red line tape as adhesive. AND, proud to say, I used ALL stampin' Up products in case I want to do this in a future class. I have a great idea for these tins. Just have to get a few more things.. like a punch and a stamp set.

I think I hear the baby crying...

Simple

I'm back!
Here is a simple, but nice card. here's a line from my husband, "wonderful, what is the card for?" FOR ANYTHING! He kinda doesn't get the sentiment thing unless it says Happy birthday, thank you, etc.:}

The image is from the Text Box set from Papertrey Ink. Stamped with Color Box, Blue Lagoon chaulk ink.I used the coordinating flower stamp in brown stazon, coloured with close to cocoa, then added dazzling diamonds. The "wonderful" sentiment is from SU warm words set.It is heat embossed with seafoam white EP. Ribbon from Michael's. It was the colour inspiration for the card.I think the brads are also SU. Looks like it by the colour.

Aren't you impressed with my recollection of products used? lol I'm in my stamp room, so I just looked everything up, instead of being lame again:}

Do you like it's simplicity?

Thanks for looking,
Amanda

butterlifes

Here are some cards from Papertry Ink's butterfly set. LOVE, LOVE this set.

THe red one uses the spotted butterfly which I stamped in brown stazon on vellum. The shadow stamp is teal. Spotted paper is from a block of paper and the ribbon from Michael's or Target. Can't remember, but it was the inspiratin for the colour scheme.

THe 2nd card uses the line butterfly, also stamped on vellum. Card is from "Little Black Dress".cool envies also. the DP is from Chatterbox and the brad from Queen & Co. Sentiments are both from Papertrey sets.

Thanks for looking,
Amanda

sailing coaster

These coasters were fun to make. I'm happy with how they turned out. They are for a raffle coming up next weekend for the Canadian Albacore Championship.

The coaster is marble tumble tile from Home Depot. The inks are stazon Timber brown and teal blue. The waves are from Stampin' Up, French Flair stamp. I masked the birds so they wouldn't show. The sailboat is from Quick kuts die. I made it in to a stamp by using their foam system.

Thanks for looking.
Amanda

gift card holder

here's a little set I made for an end of the year gift.
Just wanted something a little different for the occasion and many people were going to sign it.

It's late, gonna skip the details for now and figure out where I got these ideas from tomorrow.:}

Thanks for looking.
Amanda

Molly

here is a card/fridge magnet I did for wee Molly's 2nd Birthday! It was a lovey day.

The picture was "antiqued" in iPhoto. (Love iPhoto for making these things so easy). Was quite happy to discover this paper in my stash. It is from a block from my LSS. (once again, I should be upstairs with my stuff to find the names. If you really want to know, email me) The reddish embellishments are also from a kit. The RELAX letters came from Joann's Craft store in the US. There were several titles in the package on blue ribbon. I glued it all together, then put it on a piece of magnet. (theDollarama) Attached the magnet to the card front with brads.

Just take the brads off the card and you have a keepsake to display on your fridge. Unless, you have one of those fancy stainless steel ones, hey Sarah!

Thanks for looking,
Amanda

altered tins

Here are a few more tins I altered.
The first was a Father's Day prezzie for my dad. Inside the tin is a dvd of homemade movies of the grandchildren. Every 6 months or so, we compile oll the movies onto a dvd and send it to my parents, as they live far away from us.

The paper is.. I don't know. Surprise! On the back of the diamond paper, the print is similar to the word paper ont he tin. The print is just much bigger. The letters in the scallop circle are done with my Moxie Alphabet from Quick Kutz. The "for you" circle tag is from Stampin' Up. I think it was a hostess set.

The next tin was a prezzie for my mom. The flowers are covered chipboard with the front and flip side of paper from Melanie's tin in a previous post. The centre of the flowers are covered with Crystal effects for the bubble look.

inside the tin as an accordian album of the grand children. Various Chtterbox papers were used. I love these papers. They look delicate. THe "Siblings" label is Moxie Alphabet and the flowers are also from a die set for the Quick Kutz Revolution. I don't own the revolutin (yet), but bought the big dies and punched them one at a time. It was a little extra work, but ok for the project. most of the words are clear stickers from the dollar store. I've also seen them in LSS.

Well, 2 posts in one day to make up for the missing ones.:}

Thanks for looking,
Amanda

baby Neve

Here is one of the few scrapbook pages I've done. I feel overwhelmed with the size of the 12x12 page. I will share some pages I did later that are about the size of a card:} That I can handle.

These pics were taken after Valentine's day at our drop in centre. All of the Valentine crafts were put into the sensory bin. It looked like fun, so I just plunked Neve into it. Her brother was pouring the stuff over her head. They were having so much fun. Neve was 6 months old then.

The picture does not do justice to the colours. I'm looking into making a light box, so hopefully these poor lighting photos will be a thing of the past.

Pink background paper is bazzil, the red swirly paper from Absolute dollar.
All the brads, jewel hearts, ribbons and buttons also from the dollar store. The paper hearts from my LSS, Scrapbooks by Design. (they have online catalogue. check them out....www.scrapbooksbydesign.ca) Probably sizzex or quick kutz. THe stamp set is "So Very" bu Stampin' Up. Some primas layered in the middle and my white signo pen on the top of the page for the hearts.

Thanks for looking.

Have a great Labour Day. Hope you aren't labouring!

Amanda

Christmas anyone??

First off, let me apologize for the terrible photo quality. I took this waaay back, when I didn't conceive that I might want to share it later. I usually take pics of my work to remember layouts and designs. Not to put on a blog. But I really like this card. So here ya go. If it makes you queasy, look away!!!

Now back to the card....

Another SU retired set. This one I HAD to have b/c it is a 2 step stamp. The green tree base, with the brown trunk, then the polka dots. There are other ways to dress the tree... tinsel garland, word garland, and a twisty thingy. ALL very cool. The "be merry" is also SU. I really should go to my studio when I write these things up so I can give you the proper names. but it's too late and I don't feel like climbing the stairs! lol

Tree base is chaulk ink. Then I coloured the spots indiviually with my ....ink spots!! to match the designer paper on the left. (I didn't have any markers at the time, so had to plan on what shapeink spots (cat's eye, dew drop, square) would be able to fit in the middle without messing up the other spots! lol. I've come so far in such little time:})

The ribbon is May Arts (?) and the star brad at the top of the tree is from Absolute Dollar (the most amazing embellishment/scrapbook section). The red paper on the right is also from there and has various sized embossed circles. I have seen this paper sold by the sheet in various scrapbook stores.

There are so many b/c I created them for my 1st swap... in the middle of April. Just what you want to receive:} And here you are having to read about it at the end of August! Oh well, maybe I'll fit Halloween in there soon:}

Thanks for looking,
AP

Altered tin and matching card

okay then.. here is a set I did as a b-day gift.

The tin was a cookie cutter tin from Absolute Dollar.(just a buck, wish they had more than 3 to buy) Don't remember the paper, but it is double sided. Thus, any stripes you see is the back side. The letters on the top of the tin are from Quick Kutz Moxie Alphabet. The nameplate from Sizzix.

THe card uses the same paper. Circle punches from Marvy Uchida and sentiment from Stampin' Up.
The flower is chipboard covered with the paper and then Crystal Effects was applied for the shiny, bubble look.

I wanted to put something inside the tin, so I made tags for various occasions using the scallop square punch. I didn't have the inside square punch for this project, but I bought one soon after! Also, I did it before the purchase of my beloved cropadile!! yes, I had to go to the basement, poke the holes and use a rubber mallet to pound those eyelets in. It was 1am in the morning. I dare not wake any sleeping children!! or daddy! The tags are from Stampin' Up. Sorry, name of it is in my studio on the 3rd floor. not going there right now:}

Well, it is just 1 am here again. I better get to bed. Gotta play momma in the morning:}

night,
Amanda