Totally Love You

Hi folks!

Just popping in to share the card I made for dearly beloved to celebrate the 19 years we have been together.

card details:

• 6 x 6 CTMH White Daisy card base
• patterned papers: CTMH Seasonal Mixins
• sentiment: CTMH April 2019 SOTM - Love So Sweet

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Whimsy Anniversary Wishes

Hi folks,

If you are here for my post from the Team Brae-er October blog hop, just scroll down to the previous post.

Today I'm sharing the anniversary card I made for my parents - 47 years of marriage last week!

Since they are visiting at the moment, we were able to take them out to dinner to our favourite Italian restaurant to celebrate.

card details:

• finished size: 6 x 6 inches, white card stock base
• patterned paper: CTMH Whimsy Fundamentals + Glacier CS
• embellishments: CTMH Silver Shimmer Trim
• die cuts: CTMH Hearts Thin Cuts
• sentiment: Verve Stamps "Love Story"

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Viva la Verve - October Week 3

Hi folks,

Just thought I would pop in and share the anniversary card I made for my parents this year.

Loving this "La Vie En Rose" paper collection from Close To My Heart. Love the black and white papers and the the pop of colour from the flowered paper in the collection.

card details:

• finished size: 5.5 x 5.5 inches, black card stock base
• patterned paper: CTMH "La Vie En Rose"
• stamps: Verve "Love Story"
• die cuts: Verve "Flag It Die Set"
• embellishments: CTMH white shimmer trim
• layout: Viva La Verve October 2015 Week 3

Challenges for this card:

• Simon Says Challenges: Anything Goes
• Craft your passion #285: Anything Goes

As always, thanks for stopping by!

My heart belongs to you

Hi folks,

I recently picked up a bunch of stamps from Unity Stamp Company. Some cute, some snarky, some lovey dovey.

I used one of the lovey dovey ones to make a card for my dearly beloved to commemorate our fourteen years together.

card details:

• finished size: 5.5 x 5.5 inches, black card stock base
• patterned papers: My Mind's Eye "Sunshine", edges distressed
• stamp: Unity Stamp Company "My Heart Belongs {itty bitty}"
• Spellbinders Labels Four
• layout: one of my own.

challenges for this card:

• Creatalicious Challenges #63: Frame it

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Viva La Verve September Week 4

Hi folks!

Just thought I would pop in this morning to share my creation for the September Week 4 Viva La Verve Sketch challenge before I get busy canning in my kitchen again. Yes - I AM actually up this early on a saturday morning. I've been up since a little after 5am.

Here's the sketch

This one is an anniversary card for my parents - another one of the many occasions in my family during the month of October. This year they are celebrating 44 years of married life.

card details:

• finished size: 5.5 x 5.5 inches square
• patterned papers: My Mind's Eye "Market"
• stamps: Verve "Stronger Love", "Small Phrases"
• Spellbinders Labels Four
• ribbon from my stash

additional challenges for this card:

• Sister Act Card Challenge #26: Anything Goes (entry #1)
• Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes
• Crafty Creations Challenge #241: Split it up (I placed two sentiments on the front of this card - one in the central panel and one on the bottom - I quite like the effect).
• Craft Your Passion #181: No coloured in images (those hearts are stamped on the pink paper and then fussy cut before being added to the sentiment panel)

Thanks for stopping by!

Viva La Verve - May 2013 Week 1

Hi folks,

I wasn't able to play along with all of the April Viva La Verve Challenges due to my impromptu trip to Newfoundland. But I am really hoping to play along with all of the May challenges.

Here's my card for the first week - an anniversary card for my sweetie as we celebrate thirteen years together.

card details:

• finished size: 5.5 x 5.5 inches, kraft card stock base
• patterned papers: My Mind's Eye "The Station", edges distress with my scissors
• stamps: Verve "Stronger Love" 
• dies: Verve "Wavy Hearts", Spellbinders Petite Circles

additional challenges for this card:

• Love to Scrap #5: Anything Goes
• Through the Craft Room Door: Anything Goes
• Clear it Out Challenge: Theme: Anything Goes, Stash: 2 or More DP

Thanks for stopping by! I should be posting a little more regularly now that I am back home in Ottawa and back into the every day routine.

March Viva La Verve Week 4

Hi folks,

Remember yesterday when I said I got crafty? Well, here's EIGHT more cards....yep, EIGHT that I made during my marathon crafting day.

They all use the Week 4 Viva La Verve Sketch. For half of them I kept the original orientation, for the other half I flipped the sketch. Now I have a bunch more cards for my stash and a bunch of Easter cards ready for this weekend!

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, white card stock base, CTMH Buttercup and Indian Corn Blue for the mats
• patterned paper: CTMH Sweet Home (I am REALLY REALLY working on reducing my stash of papers.....REALLY. These must be at least a couple of years old as they are retired.)
• stamps: Verve "Eggstra Special". "Easter Joy", "Joyful Blooms", "Birthday Surprise", "Chicks Rule", "Wishful Elegance", "Doodled Occasions"
• CTMH Buttercup and Indian Corn Blue buttons from my stash
• butcher's twine

challenges for these cards:

• Through the Craft Room Door: Anything Goes
• Use it Tuesday #52: All About Spring (for me, Spring is all about Easter and birthdays - my birthday in fact! It's on Easter Sunday this year!)
• Oldie but a Goodie: Easter
• Heart 2 Heart Challenges: So Egg-cited for Easter
• Hiding in my Craft Room #90: Anniversary (for the anniversary card for my Aunt and Uncle)
• Simon Says Stamp: Easter/Spring

thanks for stopping by!

For my sweetie

Hi folks,

As most of you know, Saturday was National Scrapbooking Day. It was also our annual "Crop for the Cure" day. And....it so happens that all of this fell on what my other half and I consider to be our anniversary. We did not spend our day together since I was at the crop but this is the card that was waiting for him when he got up.

card details:

• finished size 6x6 inches
• patterned papers: CTMH Bliss
• stamps: Verve "A Hundred Hearts"
• layout: Create 4 Fun Challenge May Sketch

additional challenges for this card:

• Crafty Creations Challenge 117: Anniversary