Time for an H2H Challenge

This week’s challenge at H2H is on the theme of time. You can see the challenge here. I thought I would share this clock that I made for Dolly for her room. She wanted a clock fit for a princess and this one certainly is. It cost me about $4.00 to make.

Supplies Used (CTMH unless noted):

Paper:
Twitterpated (Imaginisce)

Stamps:
Friendship Alphabet

Accessories:
Clock (Dollarama)
Prisma Glitter
Sparkles
Rub-ons (Imaginisce)
Boho Blossoms Punch (SU!)

Creative Claire

Claire is my oldest niece and she is very special to me. She moved with her family to Medicine Hat and I miss her so much.

Being the oldest of four, she rarely has time to herself, and was super excited that she was going to be able to come and stay with us all by herself…no sisters or brothers.

She loves to craft and is so very creative. We wanted to make something special for her new room. This is the first time, since she was less than two, that she would have her own bedroom. when they lived in Saskatoon, she shared a room with both of her sisters! I am very proud of what she came up with and I think it will look super in her bedroom!

Supplies Used (CTMH, unless noted):

Paper:
Bella (retired)

Stamps:
Everlasting Life

Accessories:
Pearls
Rub-ons
Paper Flowers
Embosslits Butterflies (SU!)

Mojo Monday 214

Here is the Mojo Monday sketch for this week:

…and here is the card I made using the sketch:

Supplies Used (CTMH unless noted):

Paper:
Wonderland

Accessories:
Winter Cheer Glitter Rub-Ons (79% off on my website right now!)
Rhinestone Designer Brads
Dark Chocolate Striped Grosgrain
Felt Snowflake (SU!)

Gift Tags

I got a super cute new stamp set and I am using it to make gift tags for my stocking stuffer/present swap. I think they are a perfect touch to add to any gift.


Supplies Used (CTMH unless noted):
Paper:
Colored Cardstock
White Daisy Textured Cardstock (retired)
Stamps:
Easy Events (SU!)
Accessories:
Watercolor pencils
Blending Pen

Great Canadian Swappers

I am part of a swap group called the Great Canadian Swappers. Every two months, we create cards for each other using guidelines created by one person in the group. This is the first card I created for the December group. It is a simple Thank-you card using Tara’s guidelines.

Tara's guidelines:
- 4x4
- Orange, brown & pink theme
- 2 cardstocks in 2 of the above colors
- 1 b&t in the remaining color (ie. if you use brown & orange cardstock, then please use pink b&t)
- flowers, either stamped, paper or homemade
- some sort of 2 step stamping
-ribbon

(front of card):

(inside):

Supplies Used (CTMH unless noted):

Paper: Sophia

Stamps:
The Present(retired)
Say It In Style
Dragonfly and Friends (retired)
Language of Friendship (SU!)

Embellishments:
Clear Sparkles (colored pink with Sharpie)
Ribbon – Costco

Round 10 – Anything Goes

Scraps: (no picture) Animal Cookie Creative Basics, cranberry ribbon, cranberry brad

My card:

Supplies Used (CTMH unless noted):

Paper: Animal Cookies Creative Basics (retired)

Stamps: Everlasting Life

Embellishments: cranberry ribbon, cranberry brad, SU! paper flowers

Candy Cane Believe

Supplies Used:

Paper: Candy Cane Christmas (SU!)

Stamps: Share The Magic (October 2010 SOTM)

Embellishments: Daisy D’s Rub-On, Liquid Applique, Cranberry Crossgrain

Candy Cane Rudolph

Supplies Used:

Paper: Candy Cane Christmas (SU!)

Stamps: Share The Magic (October 2010 SOTM), Christmas Melodies

Embellishments: White Mini Medleys, Cranberry Crossgrain

Candy Cane Magic of Christmas

Supplies Used:

Paper: Candy Cane Christmas (SU!)

Stamps: Share The Magic (October 2010 SOTM), Card Chatter-Christmas 

Embellishments: Twinkle Brads, White Crossgrain

Candy Cane What If

Supplies Used:

Paper: Candy Cane Christmas (SU!)

Stamps: Share The Magic (October 2010 SOTM), Peace On Earth

Embellishments: Spring Blossom Mini Medley, Cranberry Crossgrain, Glitz Glitter Glue

Candy Cane Chillin’

Supplies Used:

Paper: Candy Cane Christmas (SU!)

Stamps: Chillin’ (retired)

Embellishments: White Crossgrain

Candy Cane Christmas In The Heart

Supplies Used:

Paper: Candy Cane Christmas (SU!)

Stamps: Holiday Trinkets 

Embellishments: Red Sparkles, Cranberry Crossgrain

Candy Cane Deck The Halls

Supplies Used:

Paper: Candy Cane Christmas (SU!)

Stamps: Christmas Melodies

Embellishments: Tulip Mini Medleys, Cranberry Crossgrain

Candy Cane Snow Friends

Supplies Used:

Paper: Candy Cane Christmas (SU!)

Stamps: Snow Friends

Embellishments: Red Sparkles, Cranberry Crossgrain

Another Tag

Supplies Used (CTMH unless noted):

Paper: Pacifica cardstock, Magnifique B&T

Stamps: Happy Holidays, Holiday Trinkets

Embellishments: Opaques Pearls, Striped Ribbon (Wal-Mart), Border Punch (SU!)

Tickled Pink and Pinker!

One of my all-time favorite paper packs from CTMH has to be Tickled Pink. The stamp set that it came with is also definitely in my top 5! I have some new paper on it’s way from the paper sale, so I thought it was time to use up some of my older paper. Picking through it, I pulled out the Tickled Pink bag and challenged myself to use it all up before the new stuff got here. We shall see if I can do it! Today I created a journal. My mom and my friend and I are going to the Woman’s Journey of Faith conference in November. We get to stay in a hotel and I am so excited. I thought I would make them bit up a goodie bag and am putting a journal in each one. This one is for me, but I plan on making them both one as well…with different paper, of course because this package will be all gone ;)

CTMH:

My Creations Journal

Tickled Pink – National Scrapbooking Month special 2009

I Am – SS that came with Tickled Pink

Assorted Ribbons – some CTMH, some not

SU! Build-a-brad

Glory To God

(front)

(inside)

All CTMH unless noted:

Paper: Everlasting (retired)

Stamps: Card Chatter – Christmas, Holiday Trinkets

Embellishments: buttons (SU!), adhesive pearls, olive crossgrain ribbon

Mommy, I Want a Princess Clock…

…These are the words I heard when my nearly five-year-old daughter saw this picture…

Now I am certainly not against my kids having clocks. I think that all kids should have this old style face clock in their rooms and learn how to tell time on something that is not digital. However, I was not going to spend $25 on a poor quality clock for her either. We went to the dollar store and bought a clock for $1. A little bit of paint, paper and bling and this is what we ended up with…

The whole thing probably cost me $4.00 to make. I simply took apart the dollar store clock, sanded it and painted it with white acrylic paint. After the last coat of paint, I covered it with Prisma Glitter, dumped of the excess and returned it to it’s jar. (Why yes, there is glitter all over me, my children and my kitchen!) I cut a round circle for the inside from the Imaginisce Twitterpated kit. That is also where I got the little bird rub on for the front of the clock. I used Stampin’ Up! Boho Blossoms punch for the numbers and her name. They were both stamped with the small Friendship alphabet. I then added blue rhinestones from Michaels and CTMH bitty sparkles. Courtney and I were both pleased with how it turned out and now she has a clock, fit for a princess, for a fraction of what the one she wanted would have cost.

Cards for Purse Box

I made some greeting cards to match the purse box that I made for my mother-in-law’s birthday. They are very simple cards, but I did not want anything too fancy to take away from the purse itself. I know she will like them and who can’t use some extra cards, right?

I again, used the Martha Stewart paper.

Both of the sentiments ( Happy Birthday and Best Wishes), as well as the frame around the sentiments are SU!

I used the SU! scalloped circle punch and the build-a-brads to make the flowers at the bottom.

The insides of the cards are blank, allowing for more writing.

I paired these with envelopes and put them inside the purse for a perfect little gift.

I am hoping to make some more purses today and use up this paper. I will post them tomorrow.

“Sweet Card”

The kids have been invited to a birthday party on Saturday for a little girl in the neighborhood. She will be turning six and I thought it was a great opportunity to make a card using the SU! sweet treats cups, which I had purchased some time ago. I would like to find some smaller gum balls for them, but alas, these will have to do until I accomplish that quest.

Most of the products used were from Stampin’ Up! This includes the paper, the gumball machine, the sweet treats cup and the gumball stamp used on the inside.

The sentiment from the inside of the card CTMH – For Every Occasion.

I am looking forward to playing around with the Sweet Treats cups some more, so there will likely be more post with them in the future.

I hope Emily enjoys her card and has a wonderful birthday!