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This week at Paper Sundaes, Shana and I have set the challenge as Paper Piecing, since our sponsor is MFT, and their stamps work so perfectly for this technique.  I sure wish I could play along for a chance to win, since this week's winner will recieve a $25 gift certificate to MFT!  We also have a special guest designer this week, so you really need to stop by Paper Sundaes and take a look!

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If you are looking for my Paper Sundaes Blog Hop post, click HEREIt couldn't be simpler to enter the challenge this week too, since it is 'Your Favorite Past Challenge', and I'll give you a hint... one week was 'Anything Goes' ;) Brr, winter is definitely here!  I guess it couldn't last forever, but I sure am hoping for an early spring!  Hopefully the cold will mean a lot of time at home this

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Maybe you remember my post from last week when I was saying that at least it wasn't -30?  Mother Nature is laughing at me right now. Yup, -30 at midnight, but if you look closer, you'll see that 'Feels Like -41' bit... nice!  And it's supposed to drop another 7 degrees by morning, brrr!!!  I'm wearing a scarf and toque around the house tonight! And in honour of the weather, I am going to re-run

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I am so excited that today is the day we are celebrating Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog's 2nd Birthday!  It has been such a fun 2 years and I am really looking forward to all of our challenges and amazing sponsors that we have in the works for 2012!  We have several wonderful sponsors for our blog hop, so be sure to hop along and leave a comment on each of the stops along the way and collect your

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Brr, winter has arrived here overnight and it is quite chilly this morning!  We've been very spoiled this year with temperatures at or above freezing, when often we are getting down to -30C in January (and sometimes -40C, even -45C when it's really bad!), so I can't complain, though!  But the cold winds of winter make me long for spring, and this cutie definitely warms me up :) I found this new

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Oh, I was so pitifully behind on my Christmas cards this year, that I am already working on next year's!  I had coloured this adorable Something For You Tilda just before Christmas but simply ran out of time to do anything with her.  Now I have one card done, lots to go :)  I might have to try a different colour next time though... as much as I love red, I've been using it a bit too much lately

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This week at Paper Sundaes I got to choose the challenge, so I picked 'Saturated Colours'.  It seemed very appropriate, since our sponsor is Saturated Canary!  Krista's digis are so cute, and very well suited to bold colours.  Krista generously gave each of our DT a digi to play with, and I chose this adorable Queen of Hearts. I found this cute new paper by Echo Park for Valentine's Day, and

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I couldn't resist inking up this new (to me) MFT Pure Innocence 'Aim High' girl!  It was time for a summery image again after all that Christmas!  I missed a bunch of the MFT sketches during the year, and decided to jump back and use one of the ones from the fall that I had missed, sketch #43. Unfortunately, this far north, there is really no good time of day to take photos.  This cardstock

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Happy New Year! Today I am starting the year out right, by creating!  :)  Our new challenge at Paper Sundaes is 'Out With the Old, In With the New'.  We'd like you to use both something old, and something new on your creation, and play along with us for the chance to win! For my card today, I've used my new MFT Pure Innocence Chrysanthemum, with some My Mind's Eye papers that have been in my

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And to all a good night!  :) I can't believe that tonight is Christmas Eve, since to me it only feels like November!  I just wanted to wish all of my blogging friends and visitors a very Merry Christmas! Since I am so far behind, I snuck in one last card last night, which my sweet cousin was hand-delivering tonight on the other side of the city, thanks Heather! I've again used this adorable MFT

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I absolutely love the new Magnolia Christmas stamps this year, but there just hasn't been enough time to play lately!  This Tilda with Snow Heart is one of my favourites of the collection, and these Authentique papers are my favourite Christmas papers this year too, so I just had to pair them together! I absolutely love the May Arts silk ribbon, and have been hoarding this red ribbon for months

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I am still plodding away at my Christmas cards!  Eventually they might even make their way into the mail! :O   For my card today, I thought I'd go a non-traditional route and picked purple for Candle Emma by C.C. Designs.  It's not a colour I use very often, and sometimes it's fun to break away from the norm and play! The sentiment is from Amy R's Merry & Bright sentiment set, also from C.C.

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Is anyone else shuddering in terror at the realization that there are only 2 weeks until Christmas day? Eeek! Our tree is up, but we've barely started our shopping, I don't have my cards in the mail, and the house looks like a bomb went off!  Double eeek!  And rather than tackle those things, instead I went on a cooking binge.  So far I made 36 cups of spaghetti sauce Friday, and about 45 cups of

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While I am away this weekend, I still had to join in my fellow DT members to showcase our new Paper Sundaes challenge that starts today.  After all, I love MFT, and I love our Sundae Bars!  This week at Paper Sundaes, we've chosen your topping options as red, stripes, die cuts and stitching.  I have gone with the stripes and die cuts :) I've used MFT's Sending You A Little Christmas as well as

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Sorry for the lack of posts.  A stomach virus has invaded my house, no fun!  So I am very late with my DT card for Paper Sundaes this week, where our challenge is to show us your Beautiful Bows. As soon as my latest MFT order arrived, I just had to ink up this adorable Pure Innocence Christmas Caroler.  The tab die is also MFT. Christmas just calls for glitter and bling, so I've used Dazzling

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Well, after our lovely little snow storm the other day and another one today, I am definitely in the mood for Christmas!  I loved the MFT sketch last week, and managed to find a bit of time to play along. It took me forever to get half decent photos though... at this time of year in our house, we get no direct sunlight inside! This was the best I could do, after trying at various times of day

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But it's all sunshine and flowers in here!  It really is amazing though, what a beautiful fall we've had this year, so I can't complain.  Any fall that the kids can trick or treat without a snowsuit is a good fall :) Maybe that is why my thoughts turned today to sunshine, flowers and spring? :)  And what better image to turn to, than this adorable Itty Bitty Betty Holding Flowers, from our

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Somehow I ended up a day behind!  When I was creating this card last night, I thought that today was Monday, so I had lots of time to get this card uploaded.  It only occurred to me this morning that today was Tuesday; I want my missing day back!  lol I just loved the sketch this week at MFT, with it being square, and straight panels, it was just my style.  I've used this MFT Pure Innocence,

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As soon as I saw this Copica digi stamp from Saturated Canary, I just had to have her.  After all, she is a girl after my own heart :)  My apologies for the dark photos, the nights are definitely getting longer here, and the lighting on this card gave me fits!  The butterfly and matting is a medium-dark blue. I wanted to keep this non-specific to any particular occasion.  This sentiment from

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Well, it's now officially less than two months until Christmas, so I'm in trouble!  We always get extremely busy in November and December, even without Christmas, so it makes it a bit challenging.  Therefore, the push continues to get my Christmas cards done!  :) The stamped sentiment is from C.c. Design's Merry & Bright Sentiments set.  It's always good to use up scraps, so I dug through my

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(Anti Spam photo © David Hegarty) Is anyone else having an issue with pseudo comments being left in spam?  The type that say 'Beautiful card' and then has a few links to sites that are guaranteed scams?  Like today's Plastic Cards Plastic cards (both linked to sites I won't link to here).  Or 'Free shirts', yeah right. I just thought I'd mention it, since it has been occuring more and more both

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I just had to play along with MFT's sketch challenge this week, and decided to use this adorable A La Mode girl called Miss You a Latte. The paper is from My Mind's Eye.  I love these colours, I think I should pick up some more of it!  I've kept it clean, and finished it off with some black pearls and yellow gems. I've paper pieced on her coffee cup sleeve, as well as the center piece in the

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This week at Paper Sundaes, we are featuring our Sundae Bar, which is one of my favorite challenges!  This time, our toppings are black, distressing, flowers and sparkle.  You don't need to use them all, just any two!  Pick your favorite toppings :)  Our sponsor this week is Stamp and Create, so be sure to play along! Since I am still trying to get ahead on my Christmas cards, I decided to just

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As promised yesterday, I'm back today with another card!  Over the last week, I spent way too much time on this halloween card, because I just couldn't find the 'right' embellishment.  After a trip to Michael's and our local Scrapbook store, I still couldn't find whatever 'it' was, and I wasn't willing to make a trip into the city.  Finally, inspiration struck and I dug through an old pile of

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After a two week break where I couldn't seem to get any crafting done, I really need to get a move on my Christmas cards!  I love to send everyone a unique one, but it's so time consuming.  Life has been very busy here, adjusting to back to school, and back to sports... chauffeuring 2 kids to a combined 15 practices a week is time consuming!  Luckily a few of them match up.  Plus the food...

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Yes, I am torturing you all with another Christmas card!  11 weeks until the big day, you know. :)  My goal is 1 to 2 Christmas cards each week for the next 10 weeks. I couldn't resist this gorgeous new 'Season's Greetings' paper from Echo Park, it has such beautiful shades of green and red.  I'm definitely going to hit the store and grab some more before it sells out!  The stamp is called

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This week at Paper Sundaes, our challenge is to use lots of layers.  I've definitely layered up this card, with 12 layers of paper, plus the lace and ric rac.  It's a heavy card :) I've used LOTV's Maisie Two Balloons as they are our wonderful sponsor this week. Lili of the Valley also has a 'World Cardmaking Day' challenge on right now, so be sure to check it out! Now I am off to bed as soon

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If you're like me, the last thing you want to do is think about how few weeks it really is until Christmas!  I've decided that I really need to get a move on before life gets even crazier.  Chauffeuring to 15 practices a week, a sick dog, etc... and this is probably quiet in comparison to the next few months. Usually I start a card by picking out a stamp and then papers to go with, then the

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I just love the beautiful sunflowers in the fall!  A house nearby has the most amazingly tall sunflowers growing along their driveway.  I don't know how they grow them so big! Our challenge this week at Paper Sundaes is 'Anything Goes', and our sponsor this week is Michelle's Scrapbooking.  I thought this would be a wonderful time to use Swiss Pixies Birgitta by CC Designs! I just love these

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Good news!  Our local 'snow mountains' aka our city snow removal piles officially have melted as of last week!  Phew, I couldn't have handled it if we had gotten this year's snow before last winter's was officially gone ;) As soon as I saw the yummy new Bo Bunny papers at our local scrapbook store last week, I just had to have them.  When I saw the sketch at Friday Sketch Challenge, I thought

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This week at Paper Sundaes, we're challenging everyone to use felt on your creations!  There are so many companies with dies now that work so well with felt.  For my card today, I've used MFT's Clouds Trio die-namic to cut my clouds, and paired it with this MFT Pure Innocence, Make Mine a Double. Sometimes you need to run the die through with the felt twice to get a clean cut.  This one cut

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Sorry for not being around more, I haven't been feeling quite up to snuff lately! I started this card for the Sugar Bowl challenge last Wednesay, and I wasn't sure if I would get it done in time or not, but I finally finished it up this morning.  I was a bit undecided on what kind of sentiment to use.  This Sugar Nellie 'High School Student' stamp is great for back to school, but it's a bit

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Well, it's been a long week with no craftiness!  Finally, I have a project to share though.  There was no way I could miss our Paper Sundaes challenge this week, as it is sponsored by one of my absolute favorite stamp companies, My Favorite Things! Our challenge this week is 'Finishing Touches'.  To be specific, we would like you to finish the insides of your card!  I've used this beautiful MFT

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I couldn't resist playing along with this week's MFT sketch!  It was just the excuse I needed to ink up my new 'Lollypop' Pure Innocence from My Favorite Things.  It was nice to get back to my usual cute & girly style. I used a bunch of different MFT products for this; I always love to mix and match!  The sentiment is from Polka Dot Greetings, and it was cut out with MFT's Framed Greetings die.

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I've had a busy week with limited time to create, but I thought I would pop in and share some crafty highlights of my week! I was so excited to see my Candle Emma shaker ornament as 1 of 7 featured creations on the All That Scraps Blog!  What a wonderful surprise! And then on Wednesday, I was reading the weekly MFT newsletter that gets sent around, and was stunned to see my What's Cooking? card

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I always struggle with cards for the men in my life, but this time, Super Hero Edwin came to the rescue! Over at Paper Sundaes this week, we have a really fun (for me, at least!) challenge.  Our sponsor this week is Stamp and Create, and to celebrate the fact that Lacey is now carrying Magnolia stamps, we have set our theme as 'Magnolia'! I've coloured him to match these fun 'Creative

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Cool Edwin is heading back to school, just like my kids! I couldn't let the occasion of my son starting High School pass without creating a card for him.  As I started my quest to make something that a 15 year old boy would approve of, I came to realize that I have a true lack of 'back to school' stamps!  Then 'Cool Edwin' came to the rescue.  Not too cutesy or over the top... perfect for a 15

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I couldn't resist the MFT sketch this week, and just had to play along with more of my yummy new My Mind's Eye papers. I thought that this stamp, 'What's Cooking' from MFT was very appropriate, considering my love of baking.  If only I didn't love it quite so much!  Last night we tried a new recipe for an old standard, and it was yummy.  Gooey chocolatey puffed wheat squares... mmm, did they go

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One more week of summer vacation, where did the time go?  I expect that a week from now, we will be in for a sleepless night, as my oldest enters high school, yikes!  I'll probably be more stressed than he will.  LOL This week at Paper Sundaes, we have the return of my favorite challenge, our Sundae Bar!  This week's Sundae toppings are green, buttons, banners and twine, and our sponsor this

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I just couldn't resist playing with another of my new Pure Innocence girls from MFT today!  This one is called 'Fresh From the Oven'.  I've paired her up with some brand new papers from My Mind's Eye's 'Lost and Found 2' collection.  As soon as I saw it, I couldn't resist this beautiful yellow paired with my favourite colour, aqua!  The sketch is from MFT's Splitcoast challenge. I've added in

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Well, apparently I need to type quickly tonight!  My wireless keyboard has decided to quit, and my little backup keyboard is low on batteries!  Don't you love technology?  lol Earlier this week I was trying to figure out who to colour next when I came across this Happy Spring Tilda, who I very rarely see used out in blog land for some reason.  Since she was feeling neglected, I thought that was

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This week at Paper Sundaes, our challenge is 'Just Saying Hi', and our sponsor is the super cute stamp company, Pink Cat Studio!  I used their adorable Strawberry Lily and paired her up with some bright and fruity colours. I kept the design pretty simple, with some Divine Twine in the button, and some Diamond Glaze on her glossy lollipop.  You can really see the shine from a bit of an angle to

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We are back from our vacation in the Okanagan :(  If only we could have stayed longer!  We had so much fun though, and made lots of memories!  We rented a Seadoo one afternoon, picked blueberries, visited a goat farm and sampled lots of goat cheeses... visited Mission Hill Winery (wow - the views!!) and devoured lots of fresh fruit from local farmer's markets during our 3 and a half days there.  

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Sorry I haven't been around much this week, I think we're finally in summer vacation mode here!  I did manage to finish this card I started last week, in the middle of re-organizing my craft room, and cleaning the whole house! I'm still practicing colouring folds, it's an on-going endeavour :)  I've used some Dazzling Diamonds on the trim of her dress, and Diamond Glaze on her shoes, as you can

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Summer is just too short to not celebrate it!  What better way to spend summer than at the beach in the sun?  I only wish that we lived close enough to a warm beach to go, because it sure hasn't been very hot or sunny here in Alberta! This week at Paper Sundaes, our challenge is clouds and sky.  I've used a stipple technique and cloud mask and masked over this Belles 'n Whistles 'Tube Wear' girl

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This year I'm going to try to make more of my gift tags, for those special people who I know will appreciate them on their gifts :)  I've had this mini Starlight Tilda since last year, but hadn't inked her up, so today was her turn :) I've kept it pretty clean and simple, with some lace tucked behind Tilda, and some glitter on her wings and wand from my new Spica glitter pen. The paper is from

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I have to admit, these MFT Pure Innocence girls are one of my absolute favourite stamp lines!  This one is called Pure Innocence - Lily of the Valley.  I've also used my MFT jumbo scallop die and Pretty Posies die. I had a bit of trouble getting the colour to show accurately, as you can tell if you look at the ribbon!  LOL... on one end it looks red, and at the other it looks yellow, but in

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Okay, I admit it, I'm not very happy with this card!  I find the stamps from the nautical themed Magnolia kit from last year very hard to use.  I couldn't decide if I should share this, or toss it in the bin.  In the end though, here it is. I've paired Tilda up with some of the recent 'Little Boy' line from Echo Park, and some raffia, pearls and a charm from my stash. I'm still not sure about

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At Paper Sundaes this week, our challenge is Beach or Summer creations.  Our sponsor this week is Michelle's Scrapbooking & More.  I've ordered through Michelle several times now; she enables my copic habit :)  We haven't had much summery weather here yet, but I can still live vicariously through my crafts! For our challenge this week, I couldn't resist using one of my favorite stamps, Start

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After seeing Kylie's beautiful shaker ornament the other day, I just had to make one up for the interactive challenge at Anyone for Anya.  I had this adorable Candle Emma from CC Designs that I hadn't inked up yet, so I decided that she would be perfect for this!  She is a bit bigger than the image Kylie used, so I kept mine a bit simpler for decorations in order to not cover her head up. I've

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As soon as I saw the sketch at the new sketch challenge blog Pink Ink, I knew I wanted to play along, but then life got in the way and I almost ran out of time!  I'm sneaking this one in on the last day. I've used this adorable Lili of the Valley stamp 'Emma Presents' that was crying out for me to ink her up :) It looks like she had a lot of fun buying presents! My apologies, I didn't keep

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I seem to be on a creative roll right now; I am loving all of the free time that summer has brought!  The past two days have been so beautiful!  I think tomorrow I will take a crafting break, and go check out some of the funky stores in our university area.  A stroll sounds really nice right now! I did struggle a bit with the lighting on this one, sorry!  My card today uses one of the older

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This week at Paper Sundaes, we've gone with a theme of Christmas in July.  What a great time to get ahead on this year's Christmas cards! This poor Tilda Wants A Hug from last fall's Magnolia kit had yet to be inked up, so I decided to use her for my card this week.  I've paired her up with one of my favourite Christmas papers by The Girls Paperie.  It almost killed me to cut into it! I decided

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What a wonderful day today is going to be!  I am using the power of positive thinking to light up our sky with beautiful sunshine.  I am not just relying on the fates to provide the sunshine though; I've added lots of bright colours and yellow sunshine in my card today! I just love this Birthday Tia from Some Odd Girl, she just looks so happy and friendly!  I've paired her up with some papers

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I managed to sneak in enough time to play along with the current sketch challenge at Flourishes.  I've used the pansies from their A Year in Flowers 1 stamp set.  Flourishes has the most beautiful floral stamps, and they are so much fun to colour! I also am entering this into the Anything Goes Challenge at Simon Says Stamp!  Now I am off to get ready to go out, but hopefully I will be back again

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Good morning!  Thank goodness it's Wednesday, half way to the weekend! Normally in our family, that wouldn't matter much in the summer, but this summer our son is taking a couple summer classes to free up some room in his heavy course load, and since they squish everything into two weeks, he's been doing about 6 hours of homework a day.  The first of his two courses ends on Friday, and I can't

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Ah, I love summer!  Can you tell?  A card, three days in a row!  And several more in the works.  We're tied down here while my son takes health as a summer class to make room for more academic classes during the school year, so if we're stuck in town, I might as well put my free time to good use! My poor Maggies have been so ignored, I just had to play with this cutie, Explore Tilda!  She is

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This week at Paper Sundaes, our challenge theme is 'Paper Piecing', and we are sponsored by Heather Ellis, the creator of Pure Innocence.  I absolutely love her girls, whether from her digital store, or from My Favorite Things.  My card today uses a digi from her store. I might have gone a bit overboard with the paper piecing... I've actually paper pieced her dress, the note paper, her arm

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Claudia & Company is having a 'Getting Ready for CHA' sale right now until July 15th!  Here are the details from their blog: CHA is almost here! And you know what that means... its time for us to clear our shelves to make room for all those wonderful new crafty goodies. Soooo... today marks the start of our biannual Getting Ready for CHA sale. You will find items marked down 25-40% off regular

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After about 2 weeks off, I have finally found some time to craft!  It felt so good to play with my markers and take time to relax after a crazy, crazy month.  It's not very often that I'm really happy with how a card turns out, but I think this one turned out pretty well!  :) When I saw the current MFT sketch, I just had to colour up this adorable MFT Pure Innocence 'Crazy For Daisies'.  I've

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This week at Paper Sundaes, we have another Sundae Bar for you!  The choices of toppings this week are purple, gems, wings and paper piecing.  We have one of my favorite sponsors this week, too!  Stamp and Create is giving this week's winner a $25 gift certificate to spend in their store!  Lacey carries some of my favorite stamp lines, too... including the adorable Kraftin' Kimmie fairy that I've

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After a week with no posting, I thought I should whip something up.  When I saw the new sketch at Lili of the Valley, it went perfectly with a project I had started a few months ago and never got finished.  I dug out all of the already cut pieces and coloured Dandelion Clock, and it all matched perfectly, how lucky was that?  A ribbon, some flowers, glue and some fun with my airbrush, and away I

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Did anyone get the licence plate number of that bus that ran me over?!  I guess it's not surprising with all of our busy weekends away that I have succumbed to a nasty virus, just in time for our Copic intermediate certification this weekend.  I have been stuffing myself with vitamins and healthy foods in hopes of getting over this, so I don't end up flat on the table lol... As a result, I am

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Due to the Canada Post strike that started yesterday, I have decided to leave my blog candy open for now.  Hopefully the strike will end quickly.  Thanks for your understanding!

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I am so excited that this week, I won the chance to guest design for Simply Magnolia!  Since Magnolia is  one of my favorite stamp lines, how could I resist?  Their challenge this week is a fantastic sketch, which totally suits my card style. This cutie is Tilda with Cherries from last year.  I've pulled out my airbrush to give her the antique'd background.  I've used red for the second time

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True to my promise last week, here is another Christmas card done!  I'm on a roll!  :) My Magnolia Christmas stamps are some of my most favorite stamps (shh, don't tell the others!)  This one is called Christmas Party Tilda.  I've made this card for the new Christmas Challenges blog's first challenge.  The sentiment is from CC Designs. copic colours:Skin- E000, 00, 93Hair, shoes - E50, 53, 55,

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This week at Paper Sundaes, our theme is to 'Get Sentimental'.  For my card today, I've paired up Maid Charlotte with a sentiment from one of my favorite sets, Magical Wishes. I've paired her up with some Wild Orchid Flowers, May Arts ribbon, Bo Bunny papers, and my Spellbinders (labels 18 & ovals) She is coloured with my copics.  I didn't write down the colours this time, but the top is

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***Don't forget to enter my blog candy while you're here!*** I've been meaning to do a post on my metal die storage ever since I did my rubber stamp storage post way back in November.  It's really ironic that when I wrote that post we were having miserable weather, and six months later, we're still having miserable weather!  LOL... I must have jinxed us by putting away our winter coats last week.

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I just love Kraftin' Kimmie's Moonlight Whispers stamps, they are way too cute, and so much fun to colour!  I had a chance to play with Eleanor last night, and used one of my favorite new paper lines, Lime Twist by My Mind's Eye. I added some sand around her feet, and forced myself to go to my LSS to get some ribbon to match :) :)  It was a hardship LOL Copic colours:skin- E000, 00, 93hair-

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Well, I have fallen a bit behind in my goal of making at least one Christmas card every month to get ahead this year!  But today I did knock one more off, and I'm hoping to get a few more done over the summer... I'll be watching for all the 'Christmas in July' challenges, that's for sure! For my card today, I've used Flying Angel Tilda and some old Bo Bunny glitter papers from 2009! I've also

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I see that blogger is having more fun today!  My followers list has disappeared, and I've read that I'm not alone with this issue, either.  Hopefully they can fix it without any more major glitches.  I've never seen so many blogger problems in such a short time! I had so much fun creating this card!  This beautiful Simply Sassy Butterflies & Pigtails was part of a gorgeous gift from my dear

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After a dreary day of rain, it was wonderful to pull out my bright Echo Park Summer Days papers and bring some fun into my day today!  I've been looking at various gift card purses, wanting to make one.  In the end though, I opted for simplicity, and instead of using a template or tutorial, I just winged it!  Typical Christine!  lol  I took a sheet of 8.5 by 11 inch cardstock, scored it in the

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and the feel, and the look... lol... I should not ever step foot into a scrapbook store, the last thing I need is more paper!  However, my good friend Shana hauled me off to a crop on Friday night at a local store, and she had two sheets of the new My Mind's Eye 'Lime Twist' papers, and I was hooked!  Today I had to go to another LSS to grab some other sheets from the collection, it's so cute! I

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This week at Paper Sundaes we are challenging you to "Pop It Up"!  Our sponsor this week is Michelle's Scrapbooking. I thought I would be creative this week, and made a 'Surprise Pop-up' card!  I've used this adorable Tilda With Flower Pot, paired with some Girl's Paperie papers. A 'secret slider' card has a tag that is attached to the middle panel under your image, and when you pull the tag,

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It has been so long since I've had a chance to play with my Magnolia's, so I dug out one of my favorites, Tilda With Small Gift, and got to 'work'.  If only all work was this much fun! I've paired her up with a sentiment from Lili of the Valley's Dreamy Days Sentiments set, and some Magnolia Doohickey flowers topped with Wild Orchid flowers. Copic colours:Skin - E000, 00, 93, chalk blushHair,

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This week at Paper Sundaes, we have challenged our DT to make a special birthday creation!  While this may include cards etc, I would love to see your 'special' creations - invitations, decorations, gift bags, etc!  Our sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp, so you should definitely come play along! This week marks my 40th birthday, and my daughter's 13th birthday, yikes!  I fell in love with

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In honour of my 40th and my daughter's 13th birthdays this week, I have put together a birthday candy to share with all of you.  I'm not sure how that number got so high for either of us; I'm sure I don't look a day over 25!  LOL 6 6x6 pieces of co-ordinating paper1 Spesch stamp2 pieces of seam binding Rules: 1. Be a follower (required, but please don't follow if you don't like my work!) 2. Post

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Tiddly Inks is having a fun customer blog hop and puzzle adventure today!  Since I love Christy's images, I just had to join in on the fun this time :)  My daughter's 13th birthday is next week, and since she has long flowing hair, I thought that this stamp called 'You Are on My Mind' was perfect for her birthday card! It's so hard to see, but the stripe on her skirt is green to match her shirt

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I hope all of you mothers out there are having a wonderful Mother's Day!  I am spending mine as per usual... sitting and watching one of my kids compete all day!  I wasn't sure I would be able to get something done for this week, since it's a four day event, and one of 3 weekends in a row spent this exact same way.  We'll actually have events on 6 out of 8 weekends between the beginning of May

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Otherwise we'd never have flowers, right? I will be away for the next few days and so I buckled down and finished up this card I started a couple of days ago.  I just love the Pure Innocence stamps, and don't dig them out often enough, so I decided to have some fun with My Umbrella. I paired her up with some new Echo Park papers, and paper pieced her umbrella, coat and boots.  I've used my

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This week at Paper Sundaes, our challenge is for you to share your favorite hair colour combos with us!  Our sponsor this week is Karen's Doodles, and they have been kind enough to supply some of our DT with their cute digi stamps.  I chose to use 'First Kiss', and it's perfect for this challenge, since I get to share two of my favourite hair colour combos!  My favourite blonde hair colour combo

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Happy Easter! I will be keeping this post very short this morning, as I need to get a few hours of sleep before the kids wake me up for Easter morning, yikes! At Paper Sundaes this week, we have my favorite challenge, our Sundae Bar!  So grab at least two of our featured toppings this week, and come play along.  Our sponsor this week is Stamp and Create, and they are providing this week's

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Warning, bright photos ahead!  :) This week I was playing around with some bright colour combos, definitely a break from my norm!  I think it's a self-defense mechanism... trying to convince myself that summer really is coming, even though there is still snow on the ground!  LOL I've combined Tilda With Straw Hat by Magnolia, with some older Echo Park Papers, from their Sweet Summertime line.  

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I just found out this morning that I'm in!  I'm so excited! I haven't been posting much this week, as I've been busy away from the computer and also not feeling great.  I think springtime allergies are kicking in... on the upside, that should mean that spring is on the way?  Melt, snow, melt!  I'm hoping to get back into gear and have something posted for tomorrow!                 Hugs,

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This week at Paper Sundaes, our team was challenged with the theme of 'Childhood Memories'.  One of my best memories of family time, both growing up and with my own children, is the joy of picking strawberries fresh from the field.  Nothing tastes as good as a sun-warmed, freshly picked strawberry, does it?!  This Strawberry Girl by Mo's Digital Pencil, our sponsor this week, jumped right out at

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Just a quick post today!  I coloured up this adorable Tilda in Rubber Boots last week and she has been sitting around feeling neglected, so I whipped up a clean and simple card with her last night. I've used my copic airbrush to make the sky background.  Sorry about the glare!  You can see it a bit better in the closeup: The paper is from Echo Park's Little Girl line.  The green cardstock is

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This week at Paper Sundaes, our challenge for you is 'Spring Blossoms', and our sponsor is one of my favorite stamp companies, Lili of the Valley! As soon as I saw the latest release at Lili of the Valley, I fell in love with this particular stamp called Teddy Bears Picnic.  It has a special meaning to me.  When my daughter was little, she absolutely loved the Teddy Bear's Picnic, and so I would

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A few weeks back I coloured up this Tilda with Eggs in her Apron with my favourite copic colour, anything BG.  It turned out a bit darker than I wanted, but then I found these older October Afternoon 'County Fair' papers and thought they were a perfect match.  I know it's not a typical colour combo for Easter or spring, but hopefully it doesn't seem too strange!  lol I've used my copic markers

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I can't believe Spring Break is almost over!  I wish it wasn't; I really enjoy having the kids home!  We took advantage of their rare free time and headed to the mall for a few hours today.  It was so nice to see the snow starting to melt, maybe spring really will arrive before summer! Now that my order of the newest Magnolia Butterfly Dreams has arrived, I am dying to ink them up!  While I was

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Even though we still have a ton of snow on the ground, I couldn't resist using this Sweet Kiki La Rue for this week's Paper Sundaes photo inspiration challenge, sponsored by Michelle's Scrapbooking. I'm not used to colouring with such bright colours!  :) I've paired Kiki up with some older papers from my stash by Cosmo Cricket, and some Kaisercraft pearls.  I was really in a Clean and Simple

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Things are slowly starting to return to normal here... I have almost everyone healthy, yay!  We sure are looking forward to the kids' Spring Break (which starts tomorrow), and their training break which starts on Sunday.  A week of no chauffeuring... sounds like heaven! I did manage to eke out a bit of time yesterday evening to finish off a card.  As soon as I saw this gorgeous Tilda with Hawaii

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My blog has been so quiet!  First we were out of town, and now illness has set in at my household!  First my hubby came down with a cold, now my daughter with a flu or something, and then tonight I realized that I think I'm catching it too... no fun!  I apologize for not being around to visit, hopefully by next week  things will get settled and everyone will feel better! I've used 'Will You Be

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Time is hopping by!  Just a few more days and then we are on the road for my kids' Provincials meet down in 'Cow-town'.  I'm so excited, but stressed as I am still figuring out what to do with our dog for the first day.  Still two possibilities, hopefully we will have something figured out by tonight.  Then, my wonderful cousin is coming over to house and puppy sit, isn't she sweet?!  Speaking of

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This week at Paper Sundaes we are challenging you to use stripes on your creations.  I thought that if I made a really 'Spring-like' card, maybe spring would arrive sometime before July?  Fingers crossed! If you've been wondering why my blog has been so quiet, I have been quite busy with non-paper crafting things.  Let's see... in the last few days I've edited 120+ photos for my kids' sports

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After a very busy but exciting weekend, I'm starting to get back into the groove and getting caught up!  Phew!  My son had a big sports event on the weekend, and he did so well.  It's always heartwarming to see your child work so hard for something, and then pull it all together! I fell in love with the last Lili of the Valley release, and just couldn't resist this little girl called Dandelion

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Our challenge at Paper Sundaes this week is for you to use charms or other metal embellishments.  We thought it would be very appropriate, as our sponsor this week has an amazing selection of charms!  Stamp and Create is providing this week's winner with a $20 gift certificate! As soon as I saw this cute Teddy Emma, I wanted to use her for a baby shower card.  I just think she is so adorable!

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Yesterday after seeing all of the wonderful Whiff of Joy inspiration at the current Simon Says Stamp challenge of Coffee and Cream, I decided to ink up this cute Willow With Cookies by Whiff of Joy and play along with their challenge.  After all, what goes better with Coffee and cream than a yummy plate of cookies, warm from the oven? I've paired her up with a new My Mind's Eye paper from their

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This new Echo Park paper has really inspired me to create some boy cards!  I needed a special card for my son, this weekend, and I thought it would pair up wonderfully with By The River, from Lili of the Valley.  You can get it as part of the LOTV boy set as well, which is a great way to get a bunch of stamps for less! I've used a sentiment from Lili of the Valley's Dreamy Days Sentiments set

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As usual, Miss Molly was very helpful while I made my card for this week's Paper Sundaes challenge!  She is absolutely certain of the fact that her rightful place at all times is in my lap.  So like always, she was curled up in my lap as I was colouring away.  This time though, my kids grabbed my camera and took a few photos for you!  LOL Isn't she sweet?  She'll lay there forever without

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