It is raining out... hard rain. The plants and trees are going to love it. I love the smell in the morning after a refreshing rain.

This is number three in the simple thank you series.



Supplies: Stampin’ Up! Naturals White cardstock, Inkadinkado Perennial Prints and Thank you, Stampin’ Up ink spots.

I sat down and made Christmas cards this past weekend, I always seem to try to make too many different designs and it feels a bit overwelming so this year I am going to try to do about 6 or 8 of about 4 designs. I also made a Thank you card which I will post in a few days. it felt great to sit down and just card for a couple of hrs.

Cheers,

Nina

Happy Saturday, it is a beautiful morning here but alas fall is sneaking into the air. I had a wonderful walk/run with a cute little dog I volunteered to walk for a couple of days.

I don't remember this card being as bright as the image displays, I thought it was pretty. I love this stamp, in fact I have two that are very similar. I think you can change the whole card with different Designer papers and added extras. Oh my and no ribbon :)

Supplies: Cream and brown cardstock, Designer paper-unknown, Paper Inspirations-Birthday Joy Calligraphy, Memory Box-Vine Border, misc gems.

I say this ALOT, but I picked up some cute Christmas paper yesterday. I wanted to sit down and make something right then and there. I don't think my co-worker would have been happy with me though. I feel a card coming on, you know that feeling where you might just go insane if you don't cut some paper and ink a stamp or two. So I might have something to show in a few days. I still have a couple of simple cards left to post as well as another card with this very same stamp.

cheers,

Nina

Darker mornings and the sun hides a little sooner at night, the evenings are cooler too. Summer is slowly fading and I have been feeling the need to make cards with Autumn and Halloween themes.

This is one of the super simple cards I made, I love ink spots, those mini version of a real ink pads. It makes it so easy to just drag them across the paper.

This image does not show it very well but I used three colors, a vibrant yellow then a light orange and a darker orange/red for the flower. I finished it with a misc gem.

I can't say that these are my favorite type of card but you never know unless you try and in a pinch I would still rather send out homemade cards.


Supplies: Stampin’ Up! Naturals White cardstock, Inkadinkado Perennial Prints, Inkadinkado-Thank you, Stampin’ Up ink spots.



Cheers,
Nina

Almost a whole month, I think that is a record for me even if I have only been blogging a short time. So much has been going on, a new computer, a failed external hard drive with all my card images on it and a vacation that was beyond fabulous.

Cards have gone by the wayside for the summer for the most part anyway, although I did manage to make some very quick Thank you cards and a couple of cards that were created because my sister Barb just needed to craft when I was there. Thank you Barb and Mavis for an wonderful crafting afternoon.

I made 4 quick Thank you cards before heading out on vacation, I used this project idea from Stamp TV and Gina K. I think they are the fastest cards I have ever made, I will admit that I messed up 2 before I finished the 4 cards, good thing it was only a single page of cardstock in the end. I am pretty sure there could be some amazing color combinations which this technique.

http://stamptv.ning.com/video/christmas-in-july-project-3

I love my new computer, love love love it says the tech geek :). I also love the fact that my 16 year old son tries to get close enough to drool on the keyboard in envy. I have rebuilt and used second hand computers for the past 6 years, I saved and saved and allocated some of my summer bonus to spoil myself with something new. I have for the past few years used external drives to store my most important stuff fearing the drives on the older machines may not be as reliable. A week after I had my new computer in place my main external drive failed… how dare it. It failed dead. Lucky for me I had done a full backup and was able to restore to a shiny tiny new drive but we did lose a week’s worth of email, card images and such. I don’t think this would have bothered me much except the drive failed 15 mins before bed on the night before we were leaving on a very early vacation trip the next morning. What a way to start vacation, I think I stewed about it for a day and a half before my brain completed the troubleshooting and I had it all worked out how to fix things. When we made a short overnight stop at home before moving on to the next part of our vacation I put my troubleshooting plan in action with quick and wonderful results. Picture me doing the happy dance :). I still lost some stuff be it is not as bad as losing it all. Sorry for all the geek speak...

Vacation was great, a wonderful few days on the Oregon coast, we as a family forgot to use the camera, I think I pulled it out one day on the beach and took some very second rate images not worthy of posting. Then my husband and I headed to Vegas minus young son who I know was having a great time with family in the Fraser Valley, this time the camera... did not come out of hiding at all. Finally minus young son and husband (I am so spoiled) I had a wonderful visit with friends and family all over the interior of BC, forgot the camera! Alas reality calls and I had to return to work, there is a bright side, it is still summer, the sun is still shining and thank goodness for weekends.

Supplies: Stampin’ Up! Naturals White cardstock, Amuse Stamps-Jasmine Silhouette, Inkadinkado-A special Thanks to you, Stampin’ Up and Memento inks.

cheers,

Nina

I love summer, this year the beautiful outside weather has pulled me away from indoor activities especially my craft room. In addition I have a calendar of all the cards I need to make throughout the year and unfortunately it was lost when I build us a new computer. I think I have missed a few birthdays, maybe an anniversary or two as well. For all those who may read my blog and are usually a recipient of a card and have not received one, I am very sorry. I am canvassing for dates I may have lost.

I have not made more than a card or two in the past month, I know I need too and every time I try to sit down and cut a little card stock the sun calls to me, what I really need is a storm day (shhh) I guess I should not say that too loudly and lose our glorious summer we have been having.

I think this is the cutest card, I used a thank you card from my Stamp'in Up! Rep as a template, then added my own touches.



Supplies: Peach cardstock, Designer paper-Nan's Nursery Baby Girl, cream tulle, pink ribbon, misc gems, Spellbinders Impressabilities-Butterfly and EK Success-Scalloped Scallop Edger Punch.

Cheers,
Nina

I have been a bad blogger, time seems to be zooming on by so far this summer. The multi-page card was well received and looked good when it was all put together. I will post that in a few days, I needed to post something different to remind myself I know how to card make. My last few attempts did not make me happy.

This was a pretty simple card, the tag is 2-D as is the flowers. The flowers bottom layer is Designer paper then I added edges of glitter to the top level of green paper to try to tie it in with the beautiful My Mind's Eye paper.




Supplies: Cream and green cardstock, Designer paper-My Mind's Eye-Laundry Line, Close to My Heart-Tender tags, Sizzex Die-cut Flower #4. Misc Gem and Collections Pearl brad.

cheers,
Nina

Happy Canada Day :)

So this is it, this is the back of the card. I have not been asked to make any more 'pages' so I should be able to bind the card early next week if all goes well. I tried to bring all the pages in for the last page with the small squares.



Supplies: Designer Paper-Close to my Heart –Veranda, Stampin’ Up!-Naturals White cardstock, Memory Box- Leafy Branch, Comotion Rubber Stamps-Leaf Spray, Perfectly Clear Stamps-Fun in the Sun, TPC Studio - Spring Break, Making Memories-square eyelet.

cheers,

Nina

I have not been able to blog hop lately, quite frankly I miss seeing everyone's creativity. I am looking forward to this coming long weekend. I took an extra couple of days off around Canada Day to give myself a little mini vacation.

I was disappointed with a mistake I made on this card, my son said it was not noticable and with the ribbon binding I am hoping that is true. I had to once again turn to clipart for this one, the nice stamps I have with wine on them are larger.

After I took the picture I felt that it needed a little something extra, so I added a thin stamped border that finished it off, I had already handed it over before I realized I had not taken a picture of the finished item.


Supplies: Designer Paper-Close to my Heart-Veranda, Stampin’ Up!-Naturals White cardstock, misc clipart, Close to my Heart-Summer Harvest, Making Memories-square eyelet.


cheers,

Nina

The dog's name is Buddy :) and he likes to hunt small critters and bring them in the house as gifts.

Thank goodness it is Friday, I am almost ready to start counting down the days till summer vacation. I have my fingers crossed though it is lotto Max draw date.

Supplies: Designer Paper-Close to my Heart –Veranda, Stampin’ Up!-Naturals White cardstock, Spaniel and mouse clipart, Inkadinkado- Dog Paw, Making Memories-square eyelet.

cheers,

Nina

I don't know a whole lot about card games, even less about Bridge and I certainly hope that the quote I found makes sense to someone who plays and loves the game.

I used misc clipart for the cards, which are dual layered and popped up with foam tape, I used a border stamp to add something extra along with misc gems.



Supplies: Designer Paper-Close to my Heart –Veranda, Stampin’ Up!-Naturals White cardstock, Perfectly Clear Stamps-Posie Swirls, misc gems, misc clipart, Scotch mounting tape, Making Memories-square eyelet.

cheers,

Nina