Particularly Amazing

I am off to an early start for the long weekend, the birds are chirping and it is going to be a glorious day out there and I am going to head out and make tracks before the rest of the Island does the same.

I love the soft and pretty colours from this Moda Scrap paper pack, I used my stitched rectangles to cut out all the panels then just layered them letting each panel compliment the next. The top panel and the sentiment are both popped up with foam tape.

I finished with these gorgeous deep blue gems that have this glimmer in real life, I think they are my new favourite.

Simon Says Stamp is one of my favourite online stores and this year when they did their Crafty surprise parcel that includes a bunch of random crafty stuff. This year mine was full of random die cuts, me being me I had to go and try to find the stamps sets to go with them and I was fortunate to find all but one. One of the best surprises was the MTF Geometric Greenery stamps. I am loving these sentiments.

While I love Simon, I have been doing my darndest to support the Canadian craft stores and stamp vendors, Scrap' n Stamp, Scrapbook Central, and Your Next Stamp all have online stores.

Supplies: White cardstock, Designer Paper - Moda Scrap, My Favorite Things- Geometric Greenery, gems.

Have a spectacular day,
Nina

Thankful for you

Good Morning fabulous followers, I am thankful for you. I had the sweetest email this week and a couple of wonderful surprises in my mailbox as well this week.

I am posting a spring-like thank you card today, I love the soft colours on this patterned paper.

I added a layer of black cardstock to each panel and the top two panels have foam tape as well to add some dimension. Almost hidden in this image is clear crystal gems to finish.

Supplies: White and black cardstock, Designer Paper - Simple Stories, Brutus Monroe - Tree of thanks, gems.

Thank you for stopping by,
Nina

Thank you so much

It is a quick and easy card today, I had some quality time in the craft room last night. I had a good audiobook in my ear and the creative vibe was flowing.

The layout is simple, I used two pieces of patterned paper and added a layer of dark brown cardstock. I added a thin strip of cardstock to divide the panels for some added interest.

I stamped the sentiment, added a layer of cardstock and popped it up with foam tape then finished with so tiny brown half pearls.

Supplies: White and brown cardstock, Designer Paper - Kaisercraft, Brutus Monroe-Tree of Thanks, pearls.

Thank you for stopping by,
Nina

Thank you...

I am trying for another theme this week which is Thanks.

This card had a clean and simple layout, and I love this bold cardstock from Brutus Monrow.

I cut a panel of black cardstock and then a panel of white cardstock. I stamped the sentiment along the right side. I cut the designer paper and pit to the left side of the panel, I added a very thin strip of black cardstock down the center. I finished with some black gems.

Supplies: White and black cardstock, Designer Paper - Brutus Monroe, Close to My Heart stamps, gems.

Thanks for visiting,
Nina

Season's Greetings

Good Morning and Merry Monday - are you ready for a festive card?

I let a Carta Bella paper pad do most of the work for this card. I created two panels then added a layer of black cardstock to each. The long thin panel had a layer of foam tape in behind.

I found these adorable little tags as one of the prints on a page but I wanted to cut them apart and added them to the panel, I have a layer of foam tape in behind, this is also holding the twine in place.

I have the twine wrapping around each tag and then tied off in a double bow at the top.

Supplies: White and black cardstock, Designer Paper - Carta Bella, Penny Black - Holiday Snippets, twine.

Thanks for stopping by,
Nina

Here's to you

Goodness, as I was wrapping my head around what I wanted to type for the last card in the bevies themed week, I moved on to the supply list. I used more supplies on this card than it actually took to make the card.

I started with a stitched rectangles on a grunge print designer paper, I added a layer of black cardstock in behind. I die cut a stitched square and then taped it off and stamped a grunge print in grey ink. I then heat embossed the beer mug twice and fussy cut them both, I ended up only using the foam doubled up. 

I added in some colour with watercolour pencils before popping the mug up with foam tape as well as the square panel below. I heat embossed the sentiment in white on black cardstock and to finished, I added some black half pearls.

Supplies: White and black cardstock, Designer Paper - Scrapberry's, Two Paper Divas - Here's to you, Stampin' Up - Gorgeous Grunge, Simon Says stamp  - stitched Rectangles and squares, Clearly Besotted - Many Mini Messages, half pearls.

Cheers,
Nina

Let's get caffeinated.

Morning all, rise and shine and enjoy a cuppa.

Layers, layers and more layers for my card today. The card base is kraft cardstock, I added a layer of brown cardstock for each of the panels.

I heat embossed the coffee cuts about 4 times for each cup so that I could layer top, bottoms, and sleeves. I fussy cut each of the pieces so I could put them all together adding foam tape to the top and sleeves.

I finished with the sentiment which is also popped up with foam tape and some brown watercolour along the top rim of the cup with a top layer of sparkle pen.

Supplies: Kraft, brown and white cardstock, Designer Paper - Your Next Stamp, Technique Tuesday - Perk Up.

Cheers,

Nina

The best wines

Happy Friday all, I might indulge in a little vino this evening. Some ladies from work and I are going to have a Webex get together after work and sip bevies and have some snacks while we have a gab session.

I cut some pieces of patterned paper and lined them up on a piece of black cardstock. I added a thin strip of cardstock to add a small border between the two pieces. I heat embossed the sentiment, wine bottle and glasses. I added some foam tape to the sentiment panel to pop it up.

I added some colour to the bottle and glasses then applied a coat of Glossy accents. The bottle also has a layer of foam tape behind it.

I finished the card with some black gems.

Supplies: White and black cardstock, Designer Paper - Wild Rose Studio, Newton's Nook - Wine a little stamps and dies, gems.

Cheers,
Nina

Tea for Two

It feels a little like the movie Groundhog Day, I have to admit I have a good schedule in place. I set the alarm as I would if I was leaving the house for work. I do all my ablutions and such, my work attire has adjusted a little, and I admit I love the legging and sweatshirts. The commute is the absolute worst (insert eye roll here).

My workdays are full and busy.

My mealtime stays the same, and I have been very good at not snacking. I have started to use timers for tasks and making sure I stand and move around a little during the day and Siri, and I are best buds now. The one thing I will admit to loving with social distancing is that just about every night, I am getting time in the craft room.

Today's card stays on point with the beverages theme with Tea for Two. This card was two days in the making. I made panels with patterned paper then tried to match a teapot to it, but it just was not working, so finally, I ditched the panels, they can be used at a later day for another card. Then out went the teapot.

Insert orange gingham and pretty patterned paper, and the creative process started to move along again. The ribbon and button came next, then the spoon and the sentiment not far behind. To finish the card, I fussy cut the tea bag and tied it into the ribbon with some silver twine. The sentiment is popped up with foam tape. The spoon heat embossed in silver.

The card is brighter in real life, I am not sure why the image came out a little darker.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nina

Whiskey Birthday

Oh, I had some fun with the card for today's post. I had the stamp picked out but I was struggling to figure out how to use it.

I then thought of the card I had done years ago when I used tea to stain some watercolour paper. I was not about to do that again but smooching with Distress Ink will get me to the same place a little easier and with more control.

I created the panels from patterned paper, then added a layer of brown cardstock. I created the smooshed backgrounds for the image and sentiments and then let them dry.

I stamped the sentiment and the whiskey image and then layered them with brown cardstock. The image is popped up with foam tape.

Supplies: Cream and brown cardstock, Designer Paper - Recollections, Hero Arts Many Everyday Messages, Couture Creations - Whiskey.

Cheers,Nina