CAS(E) this Sketch #104

We are just hours away from a saying a big cheers and launching us into a new year. I love the idea of a reset, but I don’t have a resolution. I will be glad when all that extra food (mostly treats) don’t seem to be on every surface though, I will admit to over indulging a bit.

I have a goal though for this year, as I try this only a handful of hrs from midnight. That is to meet my best blog post number this year, I want to do one over but truthfully I was a little lazy. So for 2014 I will have (when I hit the publish button) have posted 221 times this year not exceptional but pretty darn good considering that most of those posts had a card attached.

Anyhoo, enough rah rah me...I have a card  :). I am playing along with CAS(E) this Sketch, I did easy peasy and cute.

Supplies: White and brown cardstock, Designer Paper – Teresa Collins, Paper Smooches-Salutations, Simon Says – Highlight Frames, misc punch

Happy New Year everyone, thanks so much to taking the time to stop by my blog,

Nina

Blue Thank You

I have another card and some more pictures to share. I used lots of layers with my card, including the three layers for the sentiment. I added in some rustic twine to finish.

Supplies: White and kraft cardstock, Designer Paper – Teresa Collins, The Stamps of Life-thanks2u, twine.

 

Boxing day has a cloudy start on the mountain but no less beautiful. We only were out for about 90 min because we were going to do a little shopping in Nanaimo on the way home and it is a 3.5 hr drive back to Victoria from the Mt.

 

 It felt a little chillier too, the trees has some pretty frost on them.

There has not been a lot of snow on the Mt yet and you could tell that it has not been a cold either with lots of the marshy sections not frozen.

Little Mr. Blue Jay trying to get some the good eats. For anyone concerned we were feeding them non-salted trail mix that consisted of cashews, raisins, peanuts and almonds. I did not really get a good picture of the jays, they were jumpy and the jacks kept landing on my phone whenever I tried to take a picture, I have some great shots of bird bottoms.

Another picture from Christmas day and a pretty stream.

Thanks for visiting,

Nina

Chalkboard Thanks

I hope that everyone is having a lovely holiday season, I know I am. My husband and I spend Christmas morning up on Mt Washington snowshoeing, the snow sparkled in the sunlight and
there was no one around but some greedy little friends and I don’t think we could have asked for a more pretty morning. 

I have a card to share then I will post a couple of the images from our beautiful walk.

Tis the season for thank you cards to follow behind all those generous gifts that arrived on my door step. This one is CAS, made with one of those gifts. The DP is all about chalkboard, I did a simple sentiment and fussy cut the flower, there is a small strip of sheer ribbon in behind.

Supplies: White and black card stock, Designer Paper- We R, Fiskars - Petals from Scratch, Paper Smooches-Salutations.

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Clear and beautiful with the snow all glittery in the sun. I love how pristine the snow is.

The walk up to the lake was not very far, maybe 7-8K round trip but two small mountain sides and the snowshoes may it feel much longer.

I will admit seeing the Whiskey jacks is what makes every visit fabulous, greedy little things :). For the first year a couple of Blue Jays came to visit too, they are not as brave though so I did not get any great pictures of them.

Heading back, we have still not encountered anyone else the whole morning. It wasn't till the last 30 mins that we started to see a few others enjoying the day. Over all we were out for about 4hrs most of that moving pretty steady.

We were out Boxing day too for a short time, I will share some pictures from walk tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by.

Nina

Tuesday Morning Sketches #240

Happy December 23rd :), we have the last Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge of 2014 for you this week and it will run into the new year.  Melissa is our hostess and the challenge is an easy one with Anything Goes so have fun and play along.

I have been having fun with the coloured Doodle Pantry images, I was browsing through the store this weekend and could not resist trying this one out. So so cute.

I printed off the DP image that comes with the kit and backed each panel with black cardstock, I added some foam tape to the sentiment and finished with some flat black sequins.

Supplies: White and black cardstock, Doodle Pantry - Birdie Pirate, sequins.

Be sure to stop by the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog and take a look at the sample cards created by the design team.

Thanks for visiting,

Nina

The Challenge #21 - Coffee Lovers Birthday

Happy Monday, the last stretch is upon us.. are you ready :).

I have a card for the current The Challenge this morning and I went with a coffee lovers birthday. I think I even managed all the colours.

I used a coffee background added in a fussy cut coffee mug. I love all the layers and added in some foam tape to make some areas pop a little. I finished by added an embossed heart with a pretty shimmer.

Supplies: White brown and craft cardstock,  Designer Paper - Carta Bella, TPC Studio- Happy Birthday, The Alley Way - Breakfast Club, Stampendous-Coffee Background, embossing folder.

Thanks for stopping by,
Nina

Seize the Birthday - Silver and Gold

Winter storms in Victoria are usually high winds and rain, and boy was it a good storm again last night, it also means that it will translate into snow up on Mt Washington. I can't wait to try out the snowshoes I brought last year and never used, we will be spending Christmas morning trying them out and I am very excited.

In the mean time, I am loving the time I had in my craft room this week. I am all ready for Christmas and it is very low key for us this year .

I made pretty card for the current challenge over at Seize the Birthday, toppings for the challenge are Silver and Gold.  I decided to pull out my goodies from the December kit from Simon Says.
I used gold and silver embossing powder and sequins.

Supplies: White, navy and light blue card stock, Simon Says Stamps - Sparkle and Shine, die cut, sequins.

Thanks for stopping by,
Nina

Best Day Ever

We were out at Costco today and boy was it crazy, I guess it has something to do with it being the last weekend before Christmas.

I also spent some quality time in my craft room today and even managed to put together a card or two.  I have a few never been used items sitting on the side of my desk so I decided to play a little.

 I layered the sentiment and also cut out a few of the small sentiment squares and popped them up with foam tape. I finished with some twine and gems.

Supplies: White and black cardstock, Designer Paper – Teresa Collins, Studio G-Best Day Ever, twine, gems.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nina

Sharing some Happy

What a crazy week I have had at work, coming home to my craft room to wind down a little has been wonderful.

I will admit to being really really addicted to my 6x6 paper pad collection, I can't seem to help myself when I see new ones. This means I have small stacks of them all over my desk.. I tell no lie :).

So with this card is was a eeny meeny miney moe scenario, with the DP pad which one was picked was the one I made a card with. I think it working out ok, soft colours and a touch of glamour.

I used lots of layers, then die cut the sentiment and chose a panel die cut to use around it. I finished with some sequins. I did add a little clear star pen to the happy to cover up my generous glue application.

Supplies: White and light aqua cardstock, Designer Paper-Teresa Collins, Technique Tuesday-Say it Happy, Simon Says –Happy, sequins.

Thank you for stopping by,

Nina

Need a little oil?

I created this card for a friend of ours who is getting hip replacement surgery this week, they are going to replace a recalled hip he had put in about 6 years ago. The current hip actually squeaks or so I am told. Being as this gent is handy around the house I tried for a play on words.

I used a pre-coloured image from Doodle Pantry and used MS Word for my sentiments. I added in a trio of buttons shaped like screws, some twine and popped up the focal image with foam tape.

Supplies: White and brown card stock, Designer Paper-Echo Park, Doodle Pantry-Classic Tools, brads, twine.

Thank you for stopping by,

Nina

Tuesday Morning Sketches #239

We have a new Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge which means we have a new sketch for you. Our sponsor this week is Bugaboo.

I used Window Santa on my card, I printed it out three time so that I could layer it to created a 3D style card. I used my watercolour pencils for adding colour and my Wink of Stella for the shimmery snow. Santa has some sparse Flower Soft for the cuffs on his hat and sleeves, I did not want it so thick to hid the image underneath.

I added a stitched snowflake in behind and added a small sentiment, I finished with some silver sequins.

Supplies: White and bluecardstock, Designer Paper – Echo Park, Verve-, Lawn Fawn-Stitched Snowflake, sequins, Flower Soft.

Be sure to stop by the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog and take a look at the wonderful card created by the design team.

Thanks for visiting,

Nina