I Love Gold!

Hello Everyone

This card was so much fun to put together!  The pattern paper is a choice from SEI again which is a favourite of mine if you've noticed (I've been using it alot lately).  The holly leaves are outlined subtely in gold so the natural choice for me was the gold bazzil cardstock that I used to embellish with embossed die-cuts!  My, oh my!  See how the gold die-cuts enhance the JustRite stamp set I used?  The stamp set is the 31/4" round Christmas Ornament Set which I colored with copic markers.  The Spellbinder dies that I used were Standard Classic circles and Scollop circles and the border is the Spellbinders Illumination Border Grand. I just topped it off with a small fancy ribbon with gold fleck in it and Voila!.. a beautiful Christmas card.  You can find theSpellbinders, and the gold and silver bazill cardstock on the Monday Madness sales over at OC Scrapbookers and you'll want to stay tuned for the Tuesday teaser coming up too!  Email Deb at OC Scrapbookers with any questions on upcoming crops, any products you may be looking for and for a list of her new scrappy wear that she has coming into the store.  Some great T-shirts and Hoodies with funny and unique scrapbooking sayings on them!  She can answer any questions about those and send a link to the pictures.  I am getting one with "What Happens at the Crop, Stays at the Crop!" -- I can hardly wait for that zipped sweater to arrive!  Anyways, as usual my friends.. thanks for visiting and thank you in advance for your friendly and inspiring comments.

The Blog Candy Winner is ....

Hello My Scrapbooking Friends...

I have an announcement... drum roll please.....arhmmm, arrrhmmm..  I am pleased to announce our winner for the I-Top Bradmaker package sponsored by OC Scrapbookers'n More!  The lucky winner is GlennaWoods1952
I would like to thank all the wonderful participants who took time to type out such wonderful comments on the blog candy post!  I entered the total number of all the comments posted into a random generator and it picked out Glenna as the winner.
Glenna, we're glad you found out how to post your comment and now you have been the one selected to win this fantastic little tool to add to your scrappin toolbag!
Email me and we can talk about how to get this package to you in short order.... k_robitaille@yahoo.com

Punch Around the Page Card

Hello Everyone:   I am back to post once again but low and behold, I am unable to post the project I was wanting to post featuring the I-Top Bradmaker tool once again... this weekend got real busy for me.  I received an unexpected visit this weekend from one of my boys who came home for the weekend.  We went out and about and visited with other family too and the weekend went real fast.   So, since I didn't accomplish much in the craft department this weekend, I went into my little stash of projects and found this enchanting little card that I made with a set of new Martha Stewart Punch around the page punches.  A corner punch with a nifty matching border punch that does an awesome job on various card sizes.  This set is called String Lace and it gives your cardstock such an elegant and lacy appearance, perfect for christmas cards.  I used Spellbinders Nestabilities Standard Circle and Scallop Circle dies on the front and a JustRite stamp from the Old Fashioned Christmas set that comes in a circle 31/4" size.  The other JustRite stamp I used on the inside is from the Christmas Nested Sentiments and Verse set.  In addition, to frame the sentiment, I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder on the inside. I colored the outside JustRite stamp with Copic markers and fitted some green rhinestones around the scalloped diecut.  Voila everyone...  These Martha Stewart Punch around the page punches are another great tool to have in your scrappin toolbox!!!
You can find most everything I have on my project at OC Scrapbookers 'n More online store. If you don't see it, email them and talk to Deb, she can get pretty much anything you want  -- talk to her about the punch around the page punches because I know they have them and they may be getting more...
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Deb @ OC Scrapbookers for sponsoring that awesome blog candy prize.  I want to wish all of you good luck on winning it too.  I will be drawing the winner Monday night at midnight and I will post the winner on Tuesday night.. so watch for your name as I will need you to send me your address if you are the lucky winner.  Again, good luck everyone -- you have one more day to comment by clicking on the blog candy pic and posting there.
Bye bye until Tuesday.....

We Wish You a Merry Christmas!

 Happy Saturday Folks...  I have posted today a fanciful Christmas card rich with texture, layered with color and shine.  On this card I am featuring the use of the I-Top Bradmaker tool again and this time I have added two of the medium sized brads placed strategically on top of two gold foil embossed medallions that I fashioned from the leftover petals I had saved from the first project I made with the I-top tool.  You can see it when you click the blog candy to comment.  This was a fun card to create with the I-topper and with various spellbinders dies such as Circle Nesties - standard and scallop, the Grand Lace borderability and the In Spades Pendant.  The inside of the card features the Martha Stewart punch around the page Holly leaves set to offset the red flocked Pointsettia and Holly paper on the front of the card. A gold and rich red ribbon sets off the two medallions with brads.  I hope you enjoy....

Comment on the blog candy for a chance to win the prize -- another post on Monday to feature this fantastic must-have tool!  Thank you for your interest in my cards and projects...

JOY TO THE WORLD!!

Hello my Good Friends...  I have posted a couple more cards that I made of several in a collection of SEI WinterSong Christmas Cards.  I used the I-top Bradmaker tool again to make a brad to complete my red velvet medallion on the first example.  The Wintersong Pattern paper is a great collection of pattern paper to use because of its festive colors and patterns that seem to fit so well together.  It has a wide variety of textures and sheens with velvet flocking, pearl, glitter and foil finishes.  With the wonderful patterns that boast elegant and beautiful winter scenes, it doesn't take much to dress up a card.  On the medallion card I used a simple and festive polka dot glitter paper for the main panel.  Then I used spellbinders nestabilities, Labels One to cut out the front and then I inserted a smaller of the nesty diecuts cut from a complimentary pattern of the same collection and slid it into the space to layer.  I made a velvet medallion with a Martha Stewart corner punch and and layered it on top of the diecut, finishing it up with one of the I-topper brads I made.  I used a simple Just Rite stamp sentiment to dress up the front.  These cards call for simple and elegant as at times the inside of the card is dressed up as well as the outside of the card.  With the flock, glitter and sheen of this paper, it made my job easy to create cards that my friends and family will love to recieve...

Another I-top Tool Card - this time with a Medallion!

Hello My Friends

I am back today to post another great project using the Imaginisce I-Top Bradmaker Tool.  This time I made another series of Christmas cards with medallions this time.  I've embellished the medallions with matching brads to match the paper collection I used.  This project features S.E.I. 's WinterSong collection that features ruby reds, soft blues and greys, and silver touches here and there.  Click onto the medallion to get a larger version of the picture so that you can view the brad closer up.  This card was a Joy to create and so easy and versatile using some of the techniques I learned and practised this fall season.  The medallion was created using a Martha Stewart corner punch and you can find how to do this on You-Tube.  The I-top brad tool is a great tool to fancy up your medallions for cards and layouts.  I will be posting a layout very soon that features some embellishments using the I-top bradmaker.

You will have noticed the Blog Candy Alert at the top of the left hand column.  Just click on the picture  to post your comment for a chance to win the candy - you may comment once each time I post a project to the blog all this week up until Monday November 29th at midnight.   After midnight, I will use the Random.org number generator to pick one lucky winner from all the comments posted in the one week period.
Please feel free to join as a member to my blog and subscribe to my blog by leaving your email address on my feedburner if you like to get notified each time I post.  Thanking each one of you for the lovely comments and kind remarks on my work.  I love to hear from you all...
Until next time...very soon.

A Card to Celebrate the Upcoming Holiday Season!

It certainly is a time to celebrate!  Today we celebrate with Blog Candy and what a fantastic prize package it is.  The blog candy was sponsored by OC Scrapbookers, my local Scrapbook Store with this wonderful package of goodies from Imaginisce.  This I-Top tool is an excellent tool to have in your scrapbook and cardmaking toolbox!  I have used it here in the card I posted today to celebrate the season of giving that is coming very soon.  In my project today, I have used the I-Top Bradmaker to embellish the card by making brad centers for my festive flowers.  The pattern paper that I used is from Basic Grey's Jovial Collection. I used Winter Garden as my main panel and Naughty on two of the flowers' brads, both of the outside flowers.  I found an intriguing tutorial on my internet travels that illustrated this wonderful and one of a kind flower that used the I-top bradmaker tool for the centers.  The flower petals are made using Bazzills Gold Foil paper and Spellbinders Grand Borderability Classic Lace.  Then the finishing center embellishments are made using the I-top bradmaker, matching paper and brad daddies also being offered in our prize package Candy.  All of these products can be found on sale today and all week at OC Scrapbookers 'n More.  If there is something that you like and you want to know if they have it, just email them at ocscrapbookers@yahoo.ca 
The sentiment I used for this card, "Seasons Greetings" is one that I had in my stash and I especially like how the simplicity of it added elegance to the otherwise busy card layout.  That's it for this card but I plan to post more projects this coming week that will show off what you can do with the I-top tool .  Stay tuned for more! 
 
A comment on this initial blog Candy post will get you counted in towards a chance to win this fabulous prize package which will be drawn using a Random.org number generator one week from today, Monday November 29th.  A winner will be announced on my blog on Tuesday November 30th.  Stay tuned for more projects to come later on in the week and if you didn't take the time to comment today, just click on the blog candy picture any day this coming week and it will bring you to this post to make your comment!!  Also, please check out the feedburner where you can subscribe to my blog.  Find it right beside this post on the left column of the main page here -- all you have to do is enter your email address and Presto! you will get an email every time I post to the blog.

I want to let you all know I am so appreciative to each one of you who have signed up to become members of my blog, this is the most precious compliment to my work and I thank you deeply for your touching comments and special interest.  Good luck everyone on the draw next week!