It's a "Tarty" Christmas

My full on obsession for everything plaid and tartan spilled over into my crafty fun last night. I had purchased this plaid material from my local Fabricland about a month ago when they had their grand opening. Brett Wilson was there as he is an owner/part owner? Of the new revamped mall. I went there mostly to meet him and chickened out. That's a whole nother story!!! Anyhoo ... I had other plans for this material but had this brilliant idea to make a ornament with it. All I did was cut a 10 x 10 inch piece of it, wrapped it around a foam ball (Dollarama arts and crafts section) and gathered it around the ball tightly. Tied some various ribbons, a bow and a jingle bell around the middle area and voila! A tarty Christmas ornament. My one boo boo is I should have inserted a piece of twine into the ball for hanging, PRIOR, to wrapping the fabric around it. 

I'm going to do a small tutorial on this tomorrow so stay tuned but for now here she is! Next year full on plaid decorated tree!! 

Happy holidays from me to you.

I dream of crafting

First of all I want to thank all the soldiers who fought for us so we could have our freedom. The events that recently occurred in Canada shook us up. While some may look at Canada as a weak country we are far from that. Our response to those events made me feel even more proud to be Canadian. We are strong, resilient, and when tragedy hits us at home it makes us even stronger.  I am thankful. 

I literally dreamt about tags last night. I think that's a sign that you're on craft overload but I'm having so much fun!!! 

Today my projects were to finish up on some tags I started yesterday. Poinsettia was the theme for these beauties. 

Next it was mini tag time. After having done most of the prep work last night all I had to do was stamp and assemble. Here is a sample. 

I made 4 more larger size tags tonight with my TH snowman die. Will post pics tomorrow. 

Thank you for stopping by!

Christmas Groove

This is my happy place. Creating from my heart, sitting at my workspace with a huge mess around me. Creative chaos!! No matter how much space I have I always end up working in about a 3 foot by 3 foot space. I seem to like it that way haha. 

So my Christmas crafty juices are in high gear right now and I'm taking full advantage of it. My first projects are tags and I sure had fun making these beauties. 

The Tim Holtz star die is one of my fav's. So versatile! These pre patterned tags are so great if you just want to focus on the embellishments. 

Next I used a Pinterest post for "Pinspiration". How fun are these cute little rustic candy canes??? Can you say shrink plastic, TH stamps, Walmart ribbon and cheap cheap plastic candy canes , jingle bells and tule? Yes that's all it took folks. Well my trusty glue gun also came in handy 😉

So easy and quick to make but be warned. With the shrink plastic they tell you to sand the back of it. Don't do it because it will create a hazy background behind your stamp (as shown). 

Hope you enjoy! Happy crafting. 

National card making crop

I was lucky enough to hang out with my friend Deb from All ways Scrapbooking in Salmon Arm along with a gang of other ladies for National card making day. It was a very productive day/evening despite all the stories and chit chat that us ladies brought to our tables. It was so much fun!!! Deb has an amazing store out of her home in Salmon Arm and also sells online at www.allwaysscrapbooking.com. Please check her out. 

Here are some of the fun cards I worked on with a little bit of inspiration from Pinterest on the hearts cards. 

Love is in the air

Summer in the Okanagan brings an abundance of weddings to our area. From the beautiful sweeping views in the vineyards to the majestic mountain tops it really is a wonderful place to tie the knot. 

My next two projects were for a friend who was attending two weddings in the next two weeks. Two cards, two hours was my goal but how do you put a time limit on creativity?? That's just plain crazy! So I went over the limit by just a couple of hours ... Awww shuck;-) 

My goal was to create two very different cards and I definitely accomplished that. 

Card #1 - light and earthy

Card #2 - elegant drama

Thanks for stopping by!

Ode to my papa

Happy Fathers Day to all the Dads out there. 

My project today was inspired by Shari over at the Simon Says stamp blog (see link below). I took her post and added that masculine touch to it using Graphic 45's "A proper gentleman" collection.  I love how all these fabulous patterns work together to create something fluid. 

Thank you Shari for the inspiration for my Fathers Day card. 

Enjoy!

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/blog/color-coordinates-olive/

Be you

That's a statement in itself. Be you. So many of us, including me, at certain times of our life feel the need to be what someone else wants. Does it make us happy, does it make you feel more deserving of that persons love. Plain and simply. No it does not.

When I saw this paper line at my local Michaels I knew it would inspire me to create something different. Something that was me and something that spoke of who I feel I need to be to achieve my dreams. 

The base of this project is a chipboard surface I found at my local dollar store. I gesso'd it and then applied a second layer of jesso through a stencil to give it a textured surface. 

I inked the background with Tim Holtz acrylics and distress ink to bring out the texture. I used the Authentique paper line called Be(you)tiful. So cute!! I covered the chipboard letters with the paper and used the stickers from that line as well. A little top off with some Tim Holtz ribbons, twine and lace.