Confetti anyone?

When I first saw this technique posted by the lovely and talented Teneale, I was intrigued. I kept thinking to myself "But we don't have a stamp like that?"

And then I kept reading and thought, "DUH! Of course!". If you came to my techniques class in September, you know how we did it. If not, a quick google search will give you ALL the answers! :)

Check it out:

Simple, yet effective. Doesn't it make you feel like celebrating?

I carried the theme to the inside as well:

I considered adding doodles, but decided that the dark contrast of the doodles would be too much for the soft confetti.

I had a lot of fun playing with this colour combo (Pool Party, Pistachio Pudding and Island Indigo), so you'll probably see it again! :)

Don't forget to check out what the rest of the divas have been up to here.

What do you think?

STAMPS: Sassy Salutations
INK: Pool Party, Pistachio Pudding and Island Indigo
PAPERS: Whisper White, Pistachio Pudding and Island Indigo Cardstock; Pistachio Pudding DSP
ACCESSORIES: Ribbon

Happy Stampin'!

Knit One, Purl Two

Alternate working title: Where has Christyne been?? (stick with me...there's a card coming further down).

Just before Christmas, I started knitting again. I haven't picked up knitting needles since I was pregnant with my youngest TEN YEARS AGO! While I was pregnant with Jonathan, something removed the ability to read a knitting pattern from my brain. Maybe it was "Mommy-Brain" or "Pregnancy-Brain" or something else altogether. I just knew I couldn't do it!

My girlfriend said I should try knitting those popular ruffle scarves because they were REALLY easy. So I gave it a shot and found I could do it - YAY!

Not one to stop there (pretty sure I have an addictive personality), I decided that I would try knitting SOCKS!! I figured if I could knit socks, I could pretty much knit anything. Keep in mind that I have NEVER, EVER knit ANYTHING in the round. I'd used circular knitting needles to hold lots of stitches when knitting blankets, but I was still knitting back and forth.

I channeled my dear Aunt Margie and went to work. The pair at the top of this post is the first pair I knit. It doesn't have heels, so it was pretty easy to do. Since then...I've been knitting...in the round...ALL. THE. TIME. If it can be knit on circular needles of double-pointed needles, I'm all over it. Socks, hats, cowls...my favourites though, are the socks. I think I've knit about eight pair. I may never buy socks again!

Here's the start of a cowl pattern. It's finished now and I LOVE IT!!

I haven't been doing much stamping because I can't put down the needles! Today is Utah Divas International Colour Challenge day though and I just happened to have a card ready to go! I cheated a bit and used some blue, but that the only "extra" colour.

Today's colours were Whisper White (I chose Very Vanilla for my Neutral), Pretty in Pink, Rose Red and So Saffron. The papers from Tea for Two in the Occasions Catalogue were just a PERFECT match!

This card is one we'll be doing in my "Oh, Baby!" class on March 9th, 2013. I still have space left in both the morning AND afternoon classes and I'd LOVE to have you. The class is just $25 and we'll be making at least six cards!

What do you think?

STAMPS: Sassy Salutations
INK: Pretty in Pink
PAPERS: Very Vanilla and So Saffron Cardstock; Tea for Two DSP
ACCESSORIES: Punch, Markers, Button, Baker's Twine

Happy Stampin'!

Merry Christmas - MY WAY!

SQUEEEEE! I think this is THE cutest MY WAY card to date! When I saw the card that I wanted to do MY WAY, I knew JUST want I wanted to do. And...unlike THIS POST, it turned out EXACTLY how I saw it in my heard the first time - LOL!

And...my blog reached over 75,000 blog hits over night! You know what THAT means?? PARTY time! Not to mention...BLOG CANDY! Read on for details!

I started off with the Merry Christmas panel and stamped it in Cherry Cobbler on Whisper White. I rounded the corners, wrapped it with bakers twine and matted it on a piece of Cherry Cobbler cardstock.

Next step was stamping and punching out the trees and stars from Merry Minis. It sure is a good thing that there's a matching punch for those little stamps. Everyone knows I LOVE fussy cutting, but cutting 45 of those out would be NUTS!

After stamping (Gumball Green and Daffodil Delight), they were punched out using the coordinating punches and adhered to the Whisper White piece using glue dots. This piece was then attached to a piece of Cherry Cobbler. It was then attached just above the sentiment with a Stampin' Dimensionals.

This is my swap card this month for a SUPER special group of swappers known as the True North Swappers. This is the card I sent in last month and the awesomeness I received in return was...well...AWESOME!!! I can't wait to get my swap packet back and see what's in it! :)

I'm also officially signed up for Lyssa's CQ Leadership Swap to be held at LEADERSHIP - WOOHOO!!!!!!!! Only 83 days to go...not that I'm counting! :)

Now...for that blog candy thing! Leave me a comment and let me know what YOUR favourite colour of baker's twine is! I have a package of Lucky Limeade that will be awarded by random draw from all the comments left between today and Monday morning at 8 AM EST.

What do you think?

STAMPS: Sassy Salutations, Merry Minis
INK: Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green, Daffodil Delight
PAPERS: Whisper White and Cherry Cobbler Cardstock
ACCESSORIES: Punches, Bakers Twine, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Stampin'!

Friday - MY WAY! Thinking of you

Welcome back to another Friday - MY WAY! Today's card features papers that are from the Holiday Catalogue but can be used for NON Christmas card. I love me some versatile paper!

Check this out:

The paper pieces and the strip behind the narrow Basic Black layer are from the Festival of Prints pack - you get 48 pieces of 4 1/2 x 6 1/2" Designer Series paper for just $8.50. That's a WHOLE lot of paper for a REALLY good price.

I lined up the Designer Series Paper on a piece of Basic Black (and later realized that the colour in the DSP was actually Early Espresso - OOPS!). Then I added those two layers to another piece of Designer Series Paper and adhered it to the 4 x 5 1/4" inch layer of Very Vanilla and a layer of 4 1/8 x 5 3/8" piece of Basic Black. The card front is (of course) 4 1/4 x 5 1/2".

I stamped the sentiment in Island Indigo. It's from the set "Sassy Salutations". The finishing touches are a pearl and a little snippet of ribbon. I am LOVING that Very Vanilla 1/8" taffeta!

And...while the ribbon on this card ISN'T the one you can get for FREE this month, it sure is cute! Don't forget that there's only three more days (counting today!) for you to get your FREE ribbon with every $50 order.

What do you think?

STAMPS: Sassy Salutations
INK: Island Indigo
PAPERS: Very Vanilla and Basic Black Cardstock; Festival of Prints DSP
ACCESSORIES: Basic Pearls, Ribbon

Happy Stampin'!

Design Team Junkie!

It would seem, that I've become a bit of a DT junkie - LOL! Who? Me? Ummmm...yes!!!

It started off with the Paper Craft Crew (formerly the Stampin' Queens) and then there was the Creative Crew. Most recently, Elizabeth Harris put out the call for designers to join her on the Utah Divas International blog as colour challenge designers. I saw her colour combos and couldn't turn her down.

Now, unless you've been living under a rock for the past 11 years, you know what today is. :(

Fittingly, our colours for today are Midnight Muse, Raspberry Ripple and Whisper White. And, it seemed only fitting that today's cards were thank you cards, in honour of those who fought and continue to fight for our freedom. I'm in Canada, but I certainly still appreciate EVERYTHING that both our Canadian and American service men and women do. If you know of a service man or woman that would like to receive these cards, please let me know and email me their snail mail address. I'll send them RIGHT AWAY.

Both these cards started off with a Raspberry Ripple base. I stamped the sentiment from Sassy Salutations in both Midnight Muse and Raspberry Ripple. My accents are fairly simple in Midnight Muse and Comfort Cafe Designer Series Paper.

What do you think?

STAMPS: Sassy Salutations
INK: Midnight Muse, Raspberry Ripple
PAPERS: Whisper White, Midnight Muse and Raspberry Ripple Cardstock; Comfort Cafe DSP
ACCESSORIES: Punch

Happy Stampin'!

Christmas in June for the Stampin' Queens

What? Christmas? Well...it's hot enough out there, so thinking of Christmas might help you cool down a little bit!

Where I live, it's 42C with the humidity factored in. For my American friends, that about 108F. So yeah. It's hot! Youngest DS can't even go outside in these temps due to his cardiac condition - it's THAT bad. (the temps, his heart is repaired)

So today, you get CHRISTMAS!

I'm putting the finishing touches on a my all day stamping event which is coming up this coming Saturday (YIKES!) and this is one of the cards we'll be making:

I started off with a Very Vanilla base and then added the strip of Red Cardstock. I stamped the images from Merry and Type onto Very Vanilla using Gumball Green and Real Red Inks. These colours look GREAT together!

The images were punched out using the Postage Stamp Punch and adhered to the Real Red Strip using Stampin' Dimensionals.

The sentiment was stamped just below the image panel, using Gumball Green Ink.

Here's the sketch for you if you'd like to try it out:

And this week? There's BLOG CANDY!!!! One lucky person who plays along will get a 10-second bow maker. Check it out here.

What do you think?

STAMPS: Sassy Salutations, Merry and Type
INK: Real Red, Gumball Green
PAPERS: Very Vanilla, Real Red
ACCESSORIES: Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Stampin'!