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Okanagan, BC, Canada
Welcome to my crafting blog. After retirement, my husband and I moved to a beautiful location in the Okanagan area of British Columbia. I love all paper crafts including mixed media, journaling and cards. I also dabble in papermaking, photography, fibre art, and altered books. I am an active member of several card and mixed media groups and on the design team of several challenge blog. I love the world of blogging, it has opened many doors for me. My favourite quote is by Maya Angelou. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” I hope you join me in my search for my creative side. Thanks for stopping by!

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Sunday, September 27, 2015

Gentle Whispher



One of my fun Rubber Stamp groups I belong to is the Rubber Inkers and I have made this card for their "newest purchase"  card swap.  I made this card with my newest rubber stamp, gentle whisper by Penny Black.   I love their slapstick/cling stamps.  I have fell in love with watercolour crayons all over again. 

I coloured my stamp with Neocolor 2 crayons by Caran d'Ache and stamped it on watercolour paper.  I also  some black ink on parts of the stamp and over stamped the flower. I doodled the edges and added a Happy Birthday die by Tim Holtz. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.

I am entering this card in the following challenges

Penny Black and More - Anything Goes
Amusing - Anything Goes
Crafty Calendar - Anything goes 
Creative Fingers  -  Always Anything Goes 
Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes
Simply Papercraft - Always Anything Goes

Saturday, September 26, 2015

Clear It Out Challenge at Come and Get It

It is a "clear it out" challenge  (use an item from your stash) at Come and Get It this week.  I have two cards to bring to you from our sponsors this week. 


The first card I used an image from QKR Stampede, one of our sponsors this week. The image is called Kickin' It, I think it is such a cute image. 

QKR

I coloured the image with Copic markers then made the rest of the card out of papers and findings from my stash. The textured kraft paper is from my friends trash, a piece of paper her glass had been wrapped in. The sentiment was created on my computer and I thought it went great with the image.  

My second card is by our other great sponsor Sentimental Susan and the image I used is called Beach Day. 


Original sentimentalsusan


 I coloured my image with my Copic markers, gelli pen and Panpastels.  The paper used for the card was from my stash along with the rubber stamped sentiment by A Art Musestamps  and Stampin Up Punch. 

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you will join us this week at  Come and Get It Challenges. Thank you for stopping by. 


Monday, September 21, 2015

Pirates and Princesses Challenge


We have a fabulous new sponsor at Incy Wincy Designs this week, Fabrika Fantasy. The theme of the challenge is Pirates and Princesses.  I used one of Fabrika's great images called Pirate Parrot 3  for this project. 
I coloured this image with Copic Markers and then framed the image with a life preserver  digital image from  Scrapbookgraphics  and added some die cuts from Joy Craft's dies called Seashore along with a sentiment that I created on my computer. It was a very fun card to make.

Hope you will join us this week at Incy Wincy designs.   Remember to pop over to their challenge blog to see the other great creations of the very talented design team. Thank you for stopping by 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion -  Always Anything Goes
Get Creative Challenges - Fantasy
Love to Scrap - Anything Goes
Not Just Cards - Always Anything Goes
Crafting-With-Friends -  Anything Goes
Jo's Scrap Shack - Boys to Men

Saturday, September 19, 2015

Travel/ Vacation Challenge


It is time for another challenge at Come and Get It Challenges and the theme is Travel/Vacation.  I made this sailing vacation card for the challenge. I used some of my new dies that I have purchased lately to make my card. 


I used the following products to make my card:

Sail Boat - unmounted stamp which I do not remember who make it
Sentiment Birthday Die - Spellbinder
Round Stitch die - Lil' Inker designs
Distress Inks - spiced marmalade and weathered wood
Element die - Tim Holtz
Black Embossing Powder
Stampendous - Shabby Blue Embossing Enamel
Wood Grain Embossing Folder 
Joy Craft's dies - Seashore

Thank you for stopping by and have a very creative day.

I am entering this card in the following challenges

Crafty Calendar -anything goes
Scrappers Delights  - Always Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin -emboss it
Crafting-With-Friends - Anything Goes
Creative Fingers -  Anything Goes 
Jo's Scrap Shack - Boys to Men
Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes4 
Crafty Chicks - Circles
Aud Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes (+ a sentiment) 
Crafting with an Attitude - Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Creations  - Anything GoesSouthern Girls - Layer It Up

Monday, September 14, 2015

Ribbon and Bow Challenge at Holly Jolly


It is a Ribbon and Bow challenge this week at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge and I decided to make a gift card holder for this challenge. I used a digital stamp called Open Present from Eureka Stamps for my project. 


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Here is the inside of my gift holder. 



I used the Top Note Bigz Die by Stampin Up to make the gift card holder and then added it to a card front using several different coordinating papers. The image was coloured with Copic Markers and a glitter pen, ribbon and button were added to complete the project.  

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day. 

No Rubber Stamps Challenge




We have anpther great challenge at Incy Wincy this week .   The challenge is to create a card not using rubber stamps.  I used a digital stamp from Dr. Digi's House of Stamps to make my card.   The image is called Biffo.  I think he makes such a great birthday card.

Doctor Digi

I coloured my image with Copic markers and added some die cut balloons which i doodled on and completed the card with a birthday digital sentiment.  Had fun creating this card. Hope you will pop over to the Incy Wincy Designs blog to see the designs of the other team members have created to inspire you. Thank you for stopping by and have a very creative day.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion -  
Always Anything Goes
Not Just Cards - Always Anything Goes
A Gem of a Challenge - boys, boys, boys 
Scrappers Delights  -  Always Anything Goes 
Crafting-With-Friends - Anything Goes
Creative Artiste Challenge - Anything Goes

Saturday, September 12, 2015

More than one Fold Challenge





I made this card for the more than one fold card challenge at Come and Get It this week.  Our sponsor this week is Di's Digi and they have a great prize for the lucky winner. 



 I decided to get out my watercolour crayons and paper along with a Penny Black rubber stamp to make my joy fold card. 

I added my watercolour crayons directly to my stamp and then misted the stamp. It took me a couple of tries because I was a ittle out of practise using the crayons.  I like the effect.  To complete my card I embossed around my image with some rectangle dies, added a ribbon and a thank you die by  Spellbinder.

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.  Don't forget to stop by our challenge blog to see the beautiful creations the design team has created to inspire you. 

Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion -  
Always Anything Goes
Not Just Cards - Always Anything Goes
Scrappers Delights  -  Always Anything Goes 
Crafting-With-Friends - Anything Goes
Creative Artiste Challenge - Anything Goes
Daring Cardmakers - Wonderful Watercolors
Penny Black - Anything Goes