Card Patterns - Another Birthday, Another Challenge

Birthdays in our family happen mostly towards the end of the year and for this card I am using a sketch from a challenge at Card Patterns.  The cardstock is all DCWV and the stamps are CTMH!  happy scrapping...

Mojo Monday

This card is my first based on a sketch from Mojo Monday - the base is cut from A Child's Year, bracket from Gypsy Wandering and other cuts from Forever Young.  Papers are from DCWV Far East and ribbon is CTMH.  What a great idea to get a card going although I didn't follow the sketch verbatim but I guess that's what it's all about - getting your mojo going!!  happy scrapping...

Greeting Gift Card Holder

Well I am on a roll for sure!!  I have spent the day creating Greeting Gift Card Holders for a craft fair I am doing with a friend in November.  The idea for this came from Angie at My Chic'n Scratch and I made some minor modifications and created a DS file to do all the cutting which was a first for me!!  I used a belly band instead of a ribbon to make them more unisex and user friendly to those who do not like to tie bows...
If you would like a copy of my DS file, please leave a comment and I will forward.  happy scrapping!!

 

Happy Thanksgiving!!

My family and I celebrated Thanksgiving yesterday - I had to work all day and so my middle son offered to cook dinner - can you imagine that!!  I came home to family (except my youngest who lives too far away) and a lovely meal - life doesn't get much better.  I am very thankful for the little things...   This is the first card I have made using cuts with my cricut and I am pleased with how it turned out... happy scrapping!

Birthday Card

I did up this birthday card for someone special...  It is always harder to make masculine cards - I guess because you don't want to add flowers or all those other seemingly feminine embellishments.   Perhaps I'll make it a project to make one using flowers etc.  happy scrapping!

Creations with Christina: World Card Making Day Challenge #1

What better way to re-enter the world of blogging than on World Card Making Day (somewhere it still is  lol) and with a challenge!  Thank you Christina for the inspiration!  I am off tomorrow to help my girlfriend move into new digs and this card will be perfect although the colour is not quite right - should be all soft pinks - definitely need a new camera... happy scrapping!

Joyfold Card

I am always in search of different types of cards and found the directions on how to create this joyfold card at Shellys Images.  Please go there and check out how easy it is to make!  It gave me an opportunity to try out my new Martha Stewart scoring board which is quite lovely!  happy scrapping...

Remembering

Today is also my parent's anniversary although they have been gone for many years I still think of them...  I had done up this card for my son and his wife but never posted it... enjoy your day!

virtual scrapping

My girlfriend and I live quite a distance apart and don't seem to connect much anymore so we thought we'd try getting together to scrap virtually... it was a lot of fun and below is the result... there is a second page; however, I still have to print the pictures to go with... scrap happy!

Website to Check Out

One of the cardmakers that I follow - Going Buggy - is giving away a gift certificate to CSN - please check it out!

Life is Good!

Yayyy,  my first attempts at a stair step card and I like it!  If you are interested, the instructions for making this type of card (which are fairly simple) can be found at SplitcoastStampers along with a lot of other cool ideas.  For the silhouettes, I used my cricut and the A Child's Year cartridge.  happy scrapping!

Happy Father's Day!

I loved the folded paper technique so much that I wanted to try creating my own pattern and a tie for Father's Day was the perfect opportunity.  Hope you like...

Basic Training

My youngest son has completed his basic training and is now in Shilo, Manitoba.  He was home recently to move all of his stuff out there with him.  As a sort of homecoming I did up this layout for him from his days in St. Jean sur Richelieu.  I included a piece of hidden journaling (tagged "army life") and had him complete it so that many years from now it will trigger many happy memories of this time in his life.  happy scrapping...

Special Cards for Special People

I created these two cards for a couple of very special people. The dress card uses a folding technique I learned from Valita's Designs and Fresh Folds - if you have never done this, give it a go - you may become addicted! scrap happy...

It has been way too long...

I have been busy scrapping away, taking my pictures and then forgetting to post them  lol
Here is a little of what I have been up to...  Two of my sons are in the military, one army, one airforce...  both of these layouts use CTMH papers (Grace and Bella).  The cards were created because my eldest son was looking for a birthday card for his wife - so I made a few for him to choose from - his pic was the one with the butterfly; I am giving her the one with the frog on it...  happy scrapping!