Tic Tac Toe

Hello Monday!

Well the nice weather here was short lived :(
We have had rain for 3 days now and it looks like more to come. Boo.

On a happier note, it's another Kaboodle Doodles Day! This week we have a TIC TAC TOE recipe for ya. Here is the board:


I chose DIGI DIECUT/PUNCH GLITTER. I used an adorable image from our sponsor Digital Delights. This weeks winner (chosen at random) will receive a $10 Voucher to Digital Delights.





Entering the following challenges:

Corrosive Challenge: Birthdays
Creative Cowgirls: Anything Goes
One Stitch At A Time: Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes
Paper Sundaes: Birthdays

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My Recipe:
A2
Cardstock: Recollections
Patterned Paper: K & CO
Image: Digital Delights
Stamps: Discount Stamp
Coloring: Prisma Premiere Markers
Diecuts/Punches: Fiskars (Circle Cutter, Threading Water Punch)
Other: Glitter Ritz, Glossy Accents, Fabric Pearl
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Enjoy the challenge :)

Birthdays And Fashion With Sir Stampalot

~~~Happy April~~~

A WHOLE lot happening this month for me. Lia's Birthday is on the 4th and party on the 9th so it's crunch time! Almost all of the decorations were done by hand so celebrations kinda started last month...LOL. The only way I can stay on top of things is to designate a day for each room in the house so Birthday/Spring clean up begins! UGH....

On the brighter side of things, It's a new month sooooo new challenge for Sir Stampalot :))

Why I am posting about them? Well.......

Back in October I had won their Autumn Breeze Challenge and they asked me to guest design this month! How happy was I? AM I??? UBER!!!!

Along with the monthly challenge which is Women And Fashion, the team and I have something special for you ;)

Sir Stampalot turns 1!!!

So now for the real fun bit.........this month the Design Team will be displaying their work on their own blogs only. And on the Sir Stampalot Blog we have a collection of pictures and pieces of artwork.............It was going to be jumbled all up, but that would be a bit too wicked, so they have been paired up.......a picture of each DT member along with a piece of their work which they have selected best depicts their style of crafting, plus a snipped from their DT piece for the month. Have you guessed what you need to do......? That's right, you have to decide which of our Design Team fits which mystery DT member. When you think you have the answers mail Brenda@ibas.co.uk with your list. There will be three small prizes for those with all or the most correct pairings that reach Brenda before 25th April. Any after that date will not be included.

So now that ya got the nitty gritty, here is my take on the Women And Fashion Challenge....

I really stepped out of my usual for this one! Such a special month so I wanted to create something with "Oomph" lol

This was soooooo much fun to make. Actually quite simple. I sat in front of the T.V fanning and folding for a couple of hours, did some inking and started to piece it all together. The dress formation I made out of paper mache. The top of her dress I simply glued directly on her body. I started with the bottom layer and worked my way up. Every second layer, I added some tulle and stringed pearls. Once I got to the top, it became a little tricky. I used all paper scraps for the entire dress so it was heavy cardstock. Bending and molding obviously wasn't going to work so with the fanning in front.....she looks like a prom girl from the late 80's! LMBO

Well, there ya go! I'm sure this won't be my last time making one of these. She will probably join the party table for Lia's Birthday. Lovely Lia is very proud of her and me :))

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Here are a few challenges I'd like to enter....

Paper Crafting Journey: For the Ladies in your Life

Sassy Studio Designs: Fancy Folds

Some Odd Girl: Pleat Something

Creative Card Crew: For A Child

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Have you guessed which picture/art piece belongs to me yet ? I'll give you a clue.................................................................

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GOTCH YA!!!!!

Color, Color, Color!

Happy Thursday :)

I don't usually start a post with water cooler talk but this one I love! We all create wonderful peices of art everyday but do we really take the time to "see" what we create?
Did you know that we can see 10 million colors?! Actually it's more than that! Here is a short article I stumbled upon....

Careful measurements of our visual system’s best performance have been
made by psychophysicists (people who study human responses, like seeing
color, to things in the world, like light). They have shown that we can see
about 1000 levels of light-dark, 100 levels of red-green, and 100 levels of
yellow-blue for a single viewing condition in a laboratory. This means that
the total number of colors we can see is about 1000 x 100 x 100 = 10,000,000
(10 million). A computer displays about 16.8 million colors to create fullcolor
pictures, really more than necessary for most situations.
However, the answer is not quite so simple. What color looks like is greatly
affected by the viewing conditions. These conditions include the color of
the lighting, the amount of lighting, and other colors in the scene. Colors
also appear in different modes when they appear on different objects such
as surfaces, light sources, or within volumes. Different people also have
slight differences in the way they see color.
Since we can see at least 10-million colors in a single viewing condition and
the variety of viewing conditions and observers is endless, then the only
truly correct answer is infinity. If we have 10-million colors, times 10-
million lighting types, times 10-million lighting levels, times 10-million
surrounding colors, times 6-billion people in the world, times 3 modes of
viewing we get a really huge number. The result of that multiplication is 18
followed by 33 zeros (18,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000), or 18
decillion. That might not quite be infinity, but is close enough since all
those estimated numbers are probably on the low side. And there is no way
to exactly measure each of them


Whatcha think of that?! I don't know about you but I am definately looking at things far more detailed!
So, if you haven't guessed it, Paper Romance challenge this week is COLOR! Let's beautify the web by using as many colors as possible on our projects!

As always, this weeks winner (chosen at random) will recieve a $5 Gift Certificate to the Paper Romance Store :)


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Here are some challenges I'd like to enter.....

Tuesday Throwdown: Use Your Scraps

Jac-Inks: Inspiration Photo

Bunny Zoe's Crafts: Spring. Flowers Everywhere

Die Cut Dreams: Spring Garden Scene

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My Recipe:

A2

Cardstock: Recollections

Patterned Paper: Scraps

Stamps: Flying High Fhiona

Punches/Dies: MFT (Clouds), Michael's Dollar Mini Punches (Flowers)

Other: Felt, White Doodle Pen (American Crafts)

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Thanks for visiting have a colorful day!

Work In Progress

As a dabble into random crafty things, one of my clients asked me for something. She asked me to make her a book cover for her Weight Watchers Points Plus book. Was I up for the challenge? OF COURSE!!

Now that being said, I really didn't have much to go on because her book and calculator goes everywhere she goes so I took super quick measurements and went to work. This is kinda like a draft copy. She gave me some leftover fabric from her chair covers (really really good stuff) and the rest was stuff I had lying around. Long story short.....She looooves it! YEAH!

She brought it to her meeting and her instructor loved it so much she wants one too! Apparently they have a basic one that holds one book only. The fact that it holds all 3 items (2 books, 1 calculator) sold her on it :)

Oh what a happy ending to another trying-something-out-craft story :))

Here are a few pics of what it looks like so far. I still need to add a slot down the center.

Here are a few challenges I can enter.....

Stampin' Sisters In Christ: At Least 3 Buttons

One Stop Craft: Spring Flowers

Crafty Catz: Create Something For a Friend

Stamp Something: Something With Flowers

Studio 313: Use Natural Elements

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My Recipe:

Custom Book Cover

Fabric: Fabricland (Suede), Felt

Cuttlebug: Mini Flower Dies

Other: Buttons, Velcro, Cardboard

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Time to get started on dinner. What to make, what to make.........

Autumn Leaves

So far this day is B-O-R-I-N-G! LOL
I have a ton of things to do buuuut blogging it will be!

Have you ever created something and it turned out 100000% times different than what you expected? Yup. This is one of those! I have to say though, I am quite pleased with the end result :)

I incorporated 2 techniques from a couple of my favorite bloggers. Paula Pascual and Jennifer McGuire. Paula creates these wonderful gap cards and Jennifer officially got me hooked on Glossy Accents with her fab work.

Quite a few challenges out there with the Autumn theme so why not enter a few....

Challenges:

Sir Stampalot: Autumn Breezes With Buttons and Bows

The Crafty Pad: Distressed or Torn Edges

Baby Bud Designs: Fall Or Halloween

Flourishes: Ink and Edge Distressing

Bunny Zoe's Crafts: Autumn Love

Etsy Inspired: Photo Inspiration found HERE and the seller HERE

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My Recipe:

Card Measures: 5 1/2 x 5 1/2

Cardstock: Bazzil BP

Patterned Paper: K & CO

Stamps: Margaret Stamp Set (Pretty Tape-Etsy), Studio G

Sentiment: Computer Generated

Leaves: Clipart (Black and White)

Coloring:Prisma Colored Pencils with Gamsol

Other: Burlap Fabric, Twine, Rivets?, Button, Glossy Accents

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Now I REALLY need to get some stuff done! Hope your enjoying your Sunday :) Ciao for now......

Wedding Gift Set

Howdy Folks!

This has been a crazy year for weather so far! Yesterday we experienced a small tremor from an earthquake in Quebec and tonight they are calling for severe thunderstorms ands tornado activity! We don't get much excitement around here so once the tremor hit, everyone was a little confused. My china cabinet was rattling but I thought that was the normal creeks of the house....uh I was soooo wrong!

Anyway, I have been super busy with diaper cakes and gift sets that I haven't been blogging much but I'm back now and on to some challenge entries to boot :)

I love making these sets. The concept was inspired by the wonderful Nicole Heady from Papertry Ink. You can find the original design here and a set that I made based on it here.

This set is the same concept. Although I came up with around 80 questions all wedding and dating related, perfect for a new bride to journal her life with her new husband :)

** Loads of pictures for this set!**

The Card:

The Journaling Jar:

The Gift Box With Nougat Bars Wrapped in DP:

The Journal:

Complete Set:

I'm entering this beauty in the following challenges:

Sir Stampalot: Punch it (The gift box, journal and jar)

Cricut Cardz: Create something for a wedding

The Play Date Cafe: Color Combo

The Secret Crafter: Wedding/Anniversary Theme

~~Be sure to swing by these wonderful blogs and show the DT some luv~~

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Recipes:

Card: Card measures 5 1/2 x 7

Cardstock: Recollections

Patterned Paper: K & CO (Best of)

Font: Computer Generated

Punches: Wescott (Butterfly)

Stamps: Autumn Leaves (Flourishes)

Other: Ribbon, Inking, Stitching, Felt, Buttons, Pearls

Box:

Template: 5 in 1 Box template found HERE

Cardstock: Recollections, Bazzil BP

Patterned Paper: K & CO (Best of)

Punches: Martha Stewart (Flower bed), Wescott (Butterfly), SU! Scallop Circle, Marvy Uchida (Circle)

Cricut Cartridges: Home Decor (Flourish)

Stamps: Fiskars (Oval Cameo), Studio G (For You)

Other: Inking, Pearls, Ribbon, Twine, Felt, Buttons, Acetate, Hershey Nuggat Bars

Journal:

Composition Book: (Dollarstore)

Patterned Paper: K & CO (Best of)

Punches: Martha Stewart (Flower bed), Wescott (Butterfly)

Stamps: Autumn Leaves (Flourish)

Other: Inking, Stitching, Felt, Buttons, Pearls

Journal Jar:

Jar: Dollarstore

Cardstock: Recollections

Patterned Paper: K & CO (Best of)

Stamps: Autumn Leaves (Flourish)

Punches: Wescott (Butterfly)

Other: Inking, Stitching, Felt, Pearls, Ribbon, Buttons

Other: Butcher Paper Shredded for filling and Recycled Basket

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WOW! Didn't think I'd finish this post till tomorrow! Off I go to do a client....Hope you enjoy the gift set :)

Ciao for now......................

1920

Oh man! I'm up to my eyeballs in diapers! After completing 3 diaper cakes I have 3 more on the go.... not to mention the yucky ones Emma surprises me with daily :o)

As busy as it is, I still managed to get a card made for a client. She has a 1920's themed wedding to attend and asked for a fun card. I don't do vintage often but I'm always up for a challenge :)

1920 images seem impossible to find. I came across this one online and gave it a shot. I tried to grab the 20's feel with adding feathers and some lace. Hope you likey :)

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Aly's Sunday Sketch- Ribbons and/or Bows

Papertake Weekly- Used the Sketch

ABC Challenge- V is for Vintage

Pixie Dust Challenge- Wants to see something round (me got me some rhinestones :D)

Delightful Sketches- Wants Texture

Charisma Cards- Going Round in Circles

Polka Doodles- Sew and Sew

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My Recipe: Card Measures 5 1/2 x 5 1/2

Cardstock: Recollections

Patterned Paper: S.E.I (Bridgeport Collection), The Graphics Fairy (Music Sheets)

Image: Internet (Found HERE)

Cricut Cartridges: Create a Critter (Postage Diecut)

Punches: Fiskars (Oval Scallops, Small Oval)

Ribbon: American Crafts

Flowers: Prima

Stamp: Making Memories

Other: Stitching, Inking, Feathers, Rhinestones, Lace

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Well I hope everyone is enjoying their Monday :) Toodles for now........

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Every time I scrapbook, I can't help look back at earlier pages of Lia and Emma. Seeing the differences in the way they are growing up makes me tear! (sniff sniff) When Lia was about 4 months she had NO hair and now at 6, there is plenty! She never slept as a baby.....that hasn't changed and being the only child for 4 1/2 years made me a little nervous when Emma arrived but from day one, they were destined for each other.


This picture was taken on her 6th Birthday. Well actually, her Birthday party. By the end of the day, even Energizer Bunny Lia was pooped! I love this pic of her. It captures those moments that we wish we can freeze forever.

The Layout also qualifies for a few challenges........

~~ Be sure to check out challenge blogs listed. They have some wonderful inspiration~~

Sketchy Thursday- June GDT Challenge

Die Cut Dreams- Shabby Chic

Cupcake Crafts- Buttons

Double Dutch- Put a Number on it

Spoonful of Sugar- 3 Designer Papers, 3 Buttons

Paperplay- Brown and ?

Tuesday Taggers- Step out of comfort zone (No Journaling)

Papertake Weekly- Shiny, Sparkly and Special

Wildflower- Ribbon, Sparkle and Dimension
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My Recipe: Standard 12x12 Layout

Cardstock: Recollections

Patterned Paper: Martha Stewart (Pegboard), Scraps (?)

Cuttlebug: Spots and Dots Folder

Cricut Cartridges: Simply Sweet (6), Create a Critter (Topnote Label)

Punches: SU! Scallop Punch, Marvy Uchida (Circle Punch), Fiskars (Scallop Boarder Punch)

Ribbon: Michael's

Other: Lace Trim, Floss, Buttons, Inking, Pearls, Felt, Stitching

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White space is really starting to grow on me! Let me know what you think! Thanks for stopping by and smelling the flowers ;)

I'm BAAAACK!

WOW! What a crazy couple of months it's been! With Lia's Birthday in April and 4 school Birthday's and colds and coughs in between, crafting time has been next to nil! Just when I thought things were looking up....my computer died! OMG! I never knew I depended on it soooo much! I was terrified that my pictures and digi's were all gone. Thankfully, the hard drive was intact. It took a few weeks for my hubby to find the right system for me and load all my programs and pics but we did it!

Lia received her own Laptop for her Birthday and now I have my own as well! Once my husband gets his....no more sharing! YAY! Finally something to call my own LOL

So the time I did have to craft came fast and furious. I need to create 3 Mother's Day gifts for a client. I came across A DTM over at Papertry Ink named Nichole Heady and her work. She has the most beautiful gift ideas! The Teacher's Journaling Set immediately caught my eye. I switched the theme to Mother and came up with 100 of my own questions a mother would enjoy (ie: Pregnancy, Parenting) and followed her amazing template. And how can I pass up entering a few challenges with this set........

~~ Give some love to the DT'S and pop by their blogs to see some great inspiration~~

And the following challenges......

Polkadoodles- Summer Blossoms
Penny's Paper Crafty- Shaped things (Gable Box)

Creative Card Crew- April Showers bring May Flowers

Flourishes- Card Gift Set

Bugaboo Catch the Bug Challenge- Flower Power

Kaboodle Doodle- Spring has Sprung

Double Dutch- Mum Card with Gift

Incy Wincy Designs- Anything goes

My Recipes:

Teacher's Journal Jar Template by Nichole Heady found HERE

Cardstock: Bazzil BP (Tropical)

Patterned Paper: K & CO (Citronella, Lemondrop)

Cuttlebug: 2 x 2 Flowers #1, Cuttlekids 4 pack Flowers (Leaves)

Punches: Fiskars Scallop Square, EK Success Scalloped Scallop

Journaling Strips: Computer Generated on Standard Computer Paper

Sentiment: Computer Generated

Stamps: Studio G ( For You)

Other: Felt, Buttons, Floss, Basket, Pen, Nugget Bars, Jar, Ribbon

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The whole gift set cost about $7.00 (minus the labor!)

Well it feels great to be back in the swing of things. Thanks for stopping by and smelling the flowers! :-)