because I played along with a bunch of challenges! Haha... I'm so funny... NOT! I had a lovely weekend of nothing to do (except some marking) so I played along with a few challenges. It was fun because I tried a couple techniques I wouldn't normally have tried, and I used some products I haven't used yet too!

The first card is from last week's There She Goes challenge: stamp simply. No colouring in, just the stamped image.

I actually really love this one. No colouring and it's awesome! I used a set called "Happy Day."

This is from friday's Free For All challenge: island inspiration. I used the butterfly gardens on Vancouver Island for my inspiration:

I used a great little set called Wingin' It. It's lovely..

Another great little set called "Home Tweet Home."

I used an old Kim Hughes set.. I love the simplicity!

I used a large set called "My Little Princess" and only a few are available..

This month we decided to dedicate the Blog Hop to scallops!  We want to see your best use of scallops, of any sort, on a project!  This can include scalloped borders, offset-scallops, stamped scallops,  scalloped mats, scalloped frames, layered scallops, scalloped tags or anything else you can dream up! You can use dies, patterned scissors or even circle punches in a row to achieve your special look. We are looking forward to seeing all of your amazing creations!

Birthday cards! There are always birthdays and they always seem to sneak up on you, don't they? B-day cards are one kind of card that I don't make often enough so that's why a new-ish PTI set called Big Birthday Wishes was the perfect set to get me going on building my stash.. JUST IN CASE!

I made this card for Papertrey Ink's "Make it Monday" challenge. This week's challenge is to make a sentiment strip with vellum. What a great use for a product that is so widely unused! I know I haven't used vellum in a LONG, long time...

• "50" was cut out with the Slice. (Basics 3 cartridge)
• The red banner was cut out with the Silhouette
• All the paper is PTI: Hawaiian Shores, Pure Poppy, Orange Zest and White
• The polka dots in the background were stamped with PTI's Polka Dot Basics in Fresh Snow ink
• The sentiment was stamped in Hawaiian Shores ink. 

I've had a busy week in my work-life.. If you don't already know, I teach at an amazing high school teaching the best subject ever: MUSIC! We're leading up to the end of term 2 and that means one thing around here: playing tests!! Argh!! But I've also had the opportunity to get my vocal jazz group out performing at a local festival and we were also featured recently in an article for the local paper. Here's a video clip the reporter put together... The article will be out this week and I can't wait to read it.

So.. Valentine's Day! I had a great day with my hubby.. I started the day off by going to MAC to try on some of the makeup from the new Wonder Woman collection.. it's awesome! Here's the finished product:


I asked for a dramatic look, and I got a dramatic look!! The makeup artist that did my makeup kept saying the foundation had a "dewy" finish and I had NO idea what that would look like until I saw my skin under the lights.. Yep.. It's dewy alright. lol... I was a makeup artist for a while and I LOVE LOVE LOVE makeup, and it's always fun to get your makeup done by someone else and learn a trick or two while you're at it! If you live near a MAC you should book an appointment for a makeup application. It's always free and they always do a really good job.

So... card share.. Here's a card I made with a beautiful Technique Tuesday set by Ali Edwards called, Love, Ali.


A sentiment this beautiful can stand alone on a card. I added a Prima flourish and a die cut for a little pop of colour!

I have one more card to share.. My friend Charlene is the featured stamper this week at SCS and I had the pleasure of picking one of her cards and casing her.. It was great fun. Here's my card based on hers:


I had a lot of fun using some old and new products on this fun little card... I inked up Wingin' it for the first time with some Memento inks and found some coordinating elements to add to the card. The old- BoBunny ribbon, the new - Die cut scalloped border by 3 Bugs... It's brand new and I love it!

Have a wonderful day, and thanks for checkin' in!

Stamps: pti - big birthday wishes

Paper: My mind's Eye, Making Memories

Ink: memento

Accessories: seam binding, button, scalloped edge die cut - sizzix, sewing, nestabilities

I made three cards for today's Ways to Use it challenge at SCS. The first two use stamps from Whimsie Doodles from the set called Valen-tinies. I used coloured pencils with gamsol/odourless mineral spirits.

I also used a Mint Motif stamp from the Sweet Hearts set (available at i {heart} papers) to make the heart background. I just used Versamark ink! I also used colours from today's Color Challenge at SCS.

Thanks for looking, and have a wonderful day!