House Mouse Here I Come....

Our furry little friends...so stankin' cute!!! Deb, over at OC Scrapbookers has these oh so cute little mouse and friends stamps at the store and she is now offering them for all those House Mouse fans out there! There is every theme known to mankind in the House Mouse line of stamps. I love to color them up with my Copic Markers and I will definately begin to take notes on what colors I use on the various mice and other furry friends. This line of stamps and the Copic Coloring products are fairly new to the store so stay updated for announcements on these products and more... I used Spellbinders Labels 5 on the main image and trimmed it on both sides with part of the Fleur Di Lis Pendant (the smaller of the two squares). I also used the Spellbinders Tags 5 for the sentiment. I used the Copic Air Brush system to float color in behind the colored sections of the stamped image and you can find it at the store by clicking on the link above. If you click directly onto the image of the card, it will enlarge it so that you may see better the sewing that I did around the card. I have now taken to sewing on my cards and layouts and I love to explore that option with all the sewing stitches that I have on my embroidery machine. Stay tuned for more of these exciting House Mouse and friends stamps.

A Great Heritage Layout

Happy November 1st everyone...

This heritage layout was a fun project using a couple of great products that link up nicely with the card I posted yesterday. You know, I just love, love, love my spellbinders dies and I like to use them as much on layouts as I do on cards. This project features another sample of the Core'dinations Core Amour Sable collection. If you click on the link, you will see that this collection comes in a package of 12 separate embossed cardstock pieces with a colored inner core that can be ripped and sanded for very cool effects. I used Spellbinders Labels 10 - the largest die to mat the picture. I covered the picture mat with a Basic Grey Capella Take Note Journalling Transparency that just seemed to go very nicely with the heritage feel that I was trying to accomplish. For the title and sentiments I used a stamp from Just Rite Cherish the Memories Nested Sentiments and Verse family. If you click this link, you can check out the other Nested Sentiments and Frames . This collection of Just Rite stamps comes in the new rectangle shape. See the horizontal acrylic stamper that is designed just for this collection and is clear for ease in placing your sentiment just where you want it.

Enjoy the post and see you again tomorrow night for another new and colorful project!!! later....

I now design for OC Scrapbookers' n More Design Team!!

Hello All My Scrappin' Good Friends!! I am back in earnest now and ready to post on a regular basis... I have been working hard in various areas of my life lately but I have been mixing it up with a little bit of pleasure too! I have been designing some great projects for my new assignment as a designer for OC Scrapbookers out of Elliot Lake, Ontario Canada. OC Scrapbookers is a fantastic company building an excellent online presence with all kinds of sales and promotions coming up. They are gearing up to be the best online store you can ever visit and your shopping experience promises to get better and better as momentum builds! The OC Scrapbookers' n More team has been around for a few years you could say... They are certainly not new to the scrapbook scene in the local area, however, they are now gearing up for the next stage of their plans and we all are invited to come along for some exciting fun and good deals. Visit the online store at http://www.scrapaholics.ca/

Deb, Alison and the team are also a travelling team as they visit town to town coordinating fundraising crops and long weekend crops in various small towns in and around Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie. They are always busy with great new projects and techniques, bringing their scrapbook store to a hall or school near you! Follow my blog to see what new and exciting projects I crank out with the great products that OC Scrapbookers carry. To celebrate the announcement of my new design team assignment, I will be posting every day for a week to start off with a bang...

This little card is one of many cards and layouts that I have had the pleasure of creating for Deb and the Team. Click on the following links to find the following exciting products on OC Scrapbooker's online store website. This card features Core'dinations Core Amour Sable cardstock with a Spellbinders Contempory Hearts Pendant in the Center. The pendant was cut from petallics metallic cardstock in Charlie (deep chocolate brown). The stamped image in the center of the pendant is JustRite's Applique Decorative Border and Centers. The stamped sentiment comes from JustRite's Baroque Nested Frames, Borders and Centers. The ink is Momento Dewdrop in Rich Cocoa

Visit the store and join the yahoo group to be kept up to date on the newest sales and promotions coming up like Tuesday Teaser and Wacky Wednesday --two promos coming very soon.

Don't delay, join the yahoo group so you can be alerted to the latest action coming up~~ Joining the Yahoo group is the easiest thing to do - don't be left out! www.yahoogroups.com/groups/scrapaholics-ca

Stay tuned for another post tomorrow night....

Heart 2 Heart Challenge

Wow, so much time is going by. I just entered a challenge (and won the prize for that challenge by the way) and now its time for me to sponsor. I had put my name on the list to sponsor this challenge a while back and its time already.

This week, Heart 2 Heart is doing a sketch challenge. Go ahead to the Heart to Heart Challenge Blog to view all the instructions if you want to join along. I have been very busy this weekend at a crop designing with all kinds of different product and I just didn't have time to whip up a card for this particular challenge. I plan to make one sometime this week to get one done seeing as it is my week to sponsor. I love the sketch that the team put into play... check it out and please enter the contest. It is so much fun and a great experience.
I challenge You!! Here are the basic rules:
This challenge runs from Monday September 20th until Sunday September 26th at 10 o'clock pm. Players who join in the challenge must have their project linked to to the Challenge Blog by 10:00 pm Sunday night. Link your blog post to Mr. Linky on the Challenge blog - you can see where to do this on the Challenge blog itself. Projects must have Close to my Heart products on it but not necessarily exclusively CTMH products. The projects you create can be cards, layouts or whatever you can design as long as it fits the challenge sketch for this week. The winner of the challenge will be selected by random.org.
So, good luck! Go to the Heart 2 Heart Challenge blog and check it out. They are a great team of professionals who like to play with CTMH product and create with style!!

Heart to Heart Challenge - Stitching

I am back to post my second project for the stitching challenge.. This time I chose Silhouette as the paper choice, an older paper selection from Spring 2008. I used the September stamp of the Month and embossed the image in black embossing powder. I used Spellbinders Circles and Labels 3 to showcase the image and I stiched around the Spellbinder Label 3 with my sewing machine . I used Fancy tags for the Sentiment and Classic Lace Border Grand for the Center Ribbon. I have had fun with these designs and love to challenges that Heart to Heart puts on. Can you tell I love Halloween??

HEART 2 HEART CHALLENGE -Stitching

The Heart to Heart challenge this week is stitching and of course we are asked to use mostly Close to my Heart product. Thats easy enough, I went right to an older paper selection that I have in my stash. This paper pack is a favourite of mine and I just had to use it again. It is called Enchanted and it came out a couple of years ago but I have always loved its color combination and old world charm.

A stitch in time saves nine... oh yeah? Where does that quote come from and what does it really mean? I didn't save any time with my stitching here as I used my sewing machine and I am not very good with it, but I had lots of fun with this challenge and challenged myself to take the time to try the sewing machine again and then resurrect my heat gun to emboss some of the designs from an older stamp set as well. I used a spellbinder die in keeping with the vintage look and found a web die-cut to put into the middle. I sewed a border all the way around my base panel using varrigated thread in orange and yellow colors.

I will be entering another design as I made a few cards and the next card showcases the Stamp of the Month for September... stay tuned.

Where has the time gone?

You know ... its been awhile. Where has the summer gone? I can't believe that it is winding down to the end of August. I am working on some Halloween cards and I am thinking about Thanksgiving and Fall themes and not too far in the back of my mind is Christmas as I get my ducks in a row with some of the projects that I want to work on. Here is one of my cards with a Halloween focus. I used some of an older Close to My Heart paper - Silhouette and the September Stamp of the Month set.