Did I tell you that while I'm on "summer vacation" from teaching I am working at Clipper Street, the store I teach the occasional card class at! Besides being hard on the feet and back from standing for 8 hours straight, I am loving working there. The customers at Clipper Street are like no others! I get to help with projects and "talk shop" and the working environment is relaxed and fun... It's a huge change from teaching, but it's exactly what I need. It's inspiring to be around all the pretty papers and "stuff," so when I got home from work tonight I sat down and starting on this little image.

Onto tonight's card... Sometimes having fun and experimenting while colouring yields wonderful and unexpected results. Case in point: the card I made tonight.. This paper I've been trying to love (Neenah Solarcrest white in 80lb weight) is a little weird when you take the blender pen to it. (I'm talking Copic marker language right now..) The colour gets eaten up and leaves little waves behind. Well, to cover the inconsistencies I dotted some medium/dark green around the image and HELLO! I LOVE it!!

Then... to be totally serendipitous, it goes perfectly with the patterned paper I'm using! yay. (that was a sarcastic yay, but really, I'm glad it worked out because I could never PLAN for things to go this well...)

Stamps: pure innoncence (from digistampcharacters on etsy, and sentiment by pink cat studios

Paper: crate paper, PTI

Ink: ranger - lamp black

Accessories: copic markers, twine, sticker by crate paper

I played along with today's ways to use it challenge and it was to use yellow! I agree with Julia, it's a recent trend, and I am actually loving it. 

I used yellow as a predominant colour on this card (patterned paper, background of image, yellow pearl on the inside of the flower...)

Canada will celebrate it's 143rd year since Confederation.

All Canadians are entitled to Canada Day off work - although some people have to work. (like Police, Fire and emergency service workers).

I decided to make a Canadian "card" (it's not actually a card, it's a piece of art! lol) using a sticker from a sheet of 4th of July stickers! Sneaky, eh?? The maple leaf and "Canada" were cut out with the Silhouette.

With the sad news about Jacksonbelle Embellishments closing I thought I would have room in my life for another DT, so I applied for The Cutting Cafe DT and was selected! I have been playing a lot with my Silhouette a lot lately, and The Cutting Cafe has a lot of cool cuts and shaped cards. The prices are great too!

It's funny, I thought I've been with Jacksonbelle Embellishments for YEARS, but when I checked how many times I had posts with Jacksonbelle as the label, sure enough, it said 52. I was like, only a year?? It's not like "Wow.. It's felt like eternity being on this team," it's more like, "I know these gals so well it feels like I've been on this team forever," and now it's time to say goodbye... Make sure you head over to the store to see what's left, because there are only two days left of Jacksonbelle Embellishments. Good luck Lindsay in your future endeavors!!

I made a card for a co-worker that's about to burst! This card pretty much looks like she does right now!


Pink Paislee papers were the source of inspiration for this project (the yellow paper is still available here for $0.17). The doilie and girl are Silhouette shapes.


The doilie is popped up on the card base, and some pretty crystals were added for some pizazz. The papers were so strong I didn't think I should add too much else!!!

1. Stamp image in white ink on green cardstock.
2. Round the top corners. 
3. Adhere ribbon on the bottom
4. Apply SRM sticker! 

Hello and welcome to the SRM Stickers DeLovely Blog Hop! To start, please visit srm-stickers.blogspot.com for a full list of blogs. The hop continues all weekend long with a chance to win a SRM Prize Package. You will need to “Hop” from designer blog to designer blog. You are required to ‘follow’ each blog, comment on all the posts, and return to SRM Stickers to leave a comment to say they’ve completed the Hop. They’ll have until the end of the weekend to complete the Hop.


PRIZES;

The card sketch winner and a random blog hopper will each receive a SRM Prize Package and CC DeLovely Crafting Kit. They'll announce winners the following Tuesday, June 22nd.


I made three cards, and truth be told, I didn't quite know how I felt about the paper before I began. But now??? True Love!! 




The colours are so bright and so fresh, who wouldn't love them? (Well, maybe a manly man, but we're not worried about them....) Here are the individual shots:




This was probably the quickest card I made. I actually cut up the cover of the "paper crafting kit" that has a "sneak peek" of what's inside on the cover.. Well.. It's already cropped side-by-side for me, so why not use it? I added a tag, a small chipboard accent, and a simple sentiment and viola!! 




I think this is my fav'. The shocking pink against the stark white is just gorgeous! I sewed some PTI ribbon along the edge of the tag, and again, this was a super simple card to put together! 




A while ago Becky Oehlers had a sneak peek on her blog of an upcoming PTI set and she generously shared a free PDF.. This is the image! I love this image. I've printed out a bunch just because I can't get enough of it! 


**I used SRM Stickers Sentiments on all of my cards today.


Your next stop is Amy’s Blog. And, don’t forget to return to SRM to leave a comment. Random winners will be chosen and posted at the SRM Blog on Tuesday!

Over the weekend I attended my niece, Georgia's first birthday. She is such a beautiful child, with a beautiful head of hair. She's had 5 haircuts already, if you can believe it!!

I don't know about you, but I just can't pull cards out of my stash for people in my life, I have to make cards especially for them. This card, of course, will go unnoticed by Georgia, but it's the thought that counts, right?

I cut out her name and the "1" with the Silhouette, used a couple "thickers" by American Crafts for "st," and added an SRM Sticker (cut in half) on top! This is one of my favourite colour combos and was pleased with how it turned out..