tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38155164945677402312011-11-27T16:54:12.842-08:00Follow along with my crafty life...Crafty Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04018884224153468373noreply@blogger.comBlogger751100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815516494567740231.post-89705748671984692972010-02-18T09:21:00.000-08:002010-02-18T14:16:20.071-08:00

hey all you crafty types!did you know that march is National Craft Month? what a terrific reason to celebrate! for those of us who love to craft, vow to try a new crafting technique during National Craft Month; or perhaps you can teach someone how to do your favorite craft. (i know that having more stamping friends couldn't hurt!) i think National Craft Month can also be the perfect excuse to

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hey all you crafty types!do any of you sell on ETSY? i started a site of my own last April. www.craftygirlcards.etsy.com. it really hasn't done much, but then again, i haven't really had the time (or made the time?) to spend on it. i had so much to do with all my craft fairs in the fall that i barely even put any christmas cards on there! not to say they would have sold if i did more...

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hey all you crafty types!i'm sure i've probably mentioned to you before that i really dig all the products created by t!m holtz... he's provided me with a LOT of inspiration over the years and caused me to spend plenty of money on all his "i must have that!!" items. not that i'm complaining! all those incredible stamps and distress ink colours and cool masks and grunge paper and the alcohol

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hey all you crafty types!well i'm sure you are all following the Olympics. but what you might not know is they are on my turf this time around - VANCOUVER!! yes, the Vancouver 2010 Olympics are right here in my own city. Olympic fever is everywhere, and i am certainly caught up in it myself. it's so uber-cool to see all the news coverage, and get out there to be part of the crowd myself.last

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hey all you crafty types!well i'm blown away to see how long it's been since i posted a blog entry. what with all the shows i did over the christmas season, and being sick, and getting a part-time job too, i guess something had to give! but i'm back, baby! i hope to get back to this on a more regular basis. i have lots to tell!first off, i wanted to get back to playing in the 365 Cards daily

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hey all you crafty types!there's nothing i like better on a rainy day than spending the time crafting away at my desk while the rain hits the window of my hobby room. it's so cozy and FUN in here! i did have to venture out earlier to run some errands, and man was it blustery!!! rain coming in sideways...are any of you lovely readers selling your wares on ETSY? i have some products listed in

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hey all you crafty types!does anybody know if there is such a thing as "blogging police" ?? i fear i have been very lax in doing my blog posts... over a month? not acceptable!it's not that i don't think about it all the time, i just don't seem to find the time for it these past weeks. between making all my products, selling at all the craft fairs i booked, keeping up with emails, facebook,

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hey all you crafty types!another quick post today... who loves Denami Designs? i do, i do! leave a comment on their blog by oct.11th stating your fave Denami product, and you could win a $50 gift certificate to use on their website! ah, the joy of new products... grin!cheers!crafty girl

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hey all you crafty types!being the crafty people that you are, i'm sure you all know about World Cardmaking Day! it's coming up soon on oct.3rd... what are your plans?are you the type to create wonderful handmade halloween cards and decorations? or, like me, will you be getting started on christmas cards? i'm a little late beginning this year... as i sell in a number of craft fairs, i need

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hey all you crafty types!as the weekend approaches, i'm busying myself to prepare for the next 2 craft shows!September 19th: Mommies on Main Heritage Hall, 3102 Main Street (Main & 15th) 10:30am to 4pm www.mommiesonmain.com (no I don't make stuff for children, but I know a lot of mommies will like my stuff!) September 20th: International Village Gifts & Craft Fair 88 West Pender

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hey all you crafty types!i don't know how the days fly by so quickly! suddenly it's mid-september... the trees in our townhouse complex are changing colour, school's back in, and my fall craft shows are about to begin - tomorrow, to be exact! the first one is in a fantastic little seaside village not far from me called Steveston. if you live anywhere near here i'm sure you've visited the area

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hey all you crafty types! here is a teaser of a couple of my magnets! cute or what!!! hehehe! do you not just dig those tiny pink beads surrounding the flamingos!International Village Gifts & Craft Fair this is one of the craft fairs I'll be selling at this month. they've got a couple of my keychains featured on their Facebook page right now! my shows this month are as follows:

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hey all you crafty types!i was reviewed on Mommalicious Finds! just wanted to share the link so you can check out this great site... not just for MY stuff but other great things as well! i'm off to Whitehorse for a family visit on saturday and i can't wait! i haven't been up there in almost 4 years, and not in the summertime in i don't even know how long. when i get back i plan to be more

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hey all you crafty types!don't know if you follow Making Memories or not, but they've just come out with the new PINK Slice machine at the summer cha show that ended last week. i already have the lovely aqua coloured one, but man O man i wish i had it in pink! it's just to die for...my husband is laughing at me saying "you already have one!" yeah, yeah, i know. but a girl can wish, can't she?

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hey all you crafty types!so i don't get to blogging for over a week, then i do 2 posts in one day! came across this awesome colour challenge today on Dawn McVey's site called My Favorite Things and i had to put everything aside and take up the gauntlet!my new EK Success punch broke when i tried to use that one first (embossed curve) so i had to stop and email them a complaint! it's hardly been

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hey all you crafty types!it's amazing how time flies by so quickly... i've really let my blogging get away from me! i have just been so busy with all my product-making and craft fair research that i've been neglecting my blog i worked so hard to get up and running. i seriously need a clone to get everything done that i want to accomplish each day. sheesh!i have some extra time today because

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helloooooo out there! have you missed me? i've been crazy busy and i'm sorry i've been neglecting the land of bloggy goodness...i have been trying like mad to get my products out there into the realm of consumers, and spending all day doing card challenges just wasn't getting me anywhere! so i just had to avoid even glancing at 365 Cards or Mojo Monday, and all the other great blogs i was so

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hey all! missed a couple of days cuz i've been pretty busy! but i have a couple of cards for you to check out today... shaker cards! i haven't made any of these in quite some time. my girlfriend wanted to buy 2 thank you cards from me that had a beach/ocean theme so i got some sand and shell pieces and voila! hope you enjoy!cheers!crafty girl

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the hubby and i went out to do some errands today and ended up buying a wicked new patio furniture set plus a bistro table & chair set at The Home Depot, on clearance! we thought we'd have to wait til next spring but now we have a great set to enjoy for the rest of the summer! awesome, because we plan to have a couple more bbqs before the weather turns.happy happy joy joy, to quote Ren &

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well i meant to get this card finished WAAAAAAY earlier today, but i just had to go to Michaels for some "much needed" supplies (yeah, right!!) and then my hubby got home from his trip this week and we went out for a bite to eat. so it's better late than never, right?!this card is for dawn mcvey's current raspberry suite colour challenge (#12). these 4 colours look fantastic on the plant in her

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TGIF!!sorry to have missed you all yesterday... i had quite a busy day and not 1 minute for stamping! i had lunch with a friend, a dentist appointment (just a cleaning, no pain!) and then dinner with 2 of my sisters and some friends. PLUS my other sister from Whitehorse called during dinner to tell us she got engaged!!!!! i'm overjoyed for her. it's awesome news! my brother from Edmonton is

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it's such a sunny summer day and all i want is to sit here crafting! there must be something wrong with me... i'm addicted to stamping, that's what it is!first off we have a card for the new kwernerdesign colour challenge #56. 6 colours to use today! not so easy, but i searched thru some papers and found patterns that fit. flowers are on my mind because last night my husband & i took a walk

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good day my lovely followers! i have a very pretty card to share today for 365 Cards - day 136! what is black and white & red all over? you guessed it... the challenge cards for today! for some reason black & white usually inspires me to think of wedding cards. maybe because it can be such a classic and elegant colour combo. regardless, i reached for a beautiful photo my husband took to

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i want to tell you all about a little company called HERO ARTS. okay, so they aren't so little... i am in love with their products, techniques, everything! they are the first company i ever ordered from online when i got started on my stamping hobby about 17 years ago, and every year i simply cannot wait for their new catalogue to come out! it's chock-a-block full of fab ideas and new

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it's just another manic monday... (80's Bangles song, i'm sure you remember?!)actually i'm trying to calm myself because i'm overwhelmed with ideas this morning. i had one of those nights when i didn't sleep well cuz i couldn't turn off my brain. ever have that going on? i wanted to get up and write everything down cuz i know i won't remember it all in the morning!so today we've got Mojo

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2 cards for you to view today my friends, to submit entries for 2 challenges! i'm in "combine" mode again to save myself some time. the more challenges i come across the busier i get! (i can't resist a good challenge...)i'm following the sketch challenge for 365 Cards day 134 - Super Sketchy Sunday. and i'm using the 'ingredients' from Use It Challenges, which is something new i came across

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i'm taking some time today to catch up on a couple of challenges that are due by sunday night. i usually try and get them done right away, but i've been humming and hawing about what to make.this first card is for the Hero Arts challenge from monday. they were playing with a travel theme and i wanted to make a second card to submit. my first one was quite playful so i went more serious and

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gotta use bubbles today for the 365 Cards challenge. it's day 133 already! time sure does fly by! my new Hero Arts stamp called 'large artsy circles' sprang to mind, and my lovely mermaid stamp as well. what better says 'bubbles' than something ocean-y? yes i know that's not really a word, but this is my blog and i can say whatever i want! hehehe!so what's everyone doing today? saturday's

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hello my lovelies! sorry for being away for a bit... i've been dealing with migraines this week and not much in the mood for card-making. but i'm good tonight, especially since my hubby gets home in a few minutes from a week away!just a quick post right now, but perhaps more later on. i need to catch up on this week's 365 Cards entries!i have this cute stamp of a cake on a platter and these

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getting a jump on my day by prepping the 365 Card challenge right away. it was fun to do this little stitching job! i stamped an image then placed it over top of the sponged paper and paper pierced it. that way i could follow the pattern of the stamped image easily. a few layers, a little cuttlebug action, and you have a lovely birthday card!stuff used:paper...Accent Design - gingerchocolate

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Mojo Monday week 94 finds me playing with my Citrus Stack papers again. i still had them out on my desk from yesterday making my cards for day 127 on 365 Cards. the colours are so bright and cheery i can't get enough! if you've lost your mojo, you should check out this site and get some inspiration! hehehe!i worked on this card for hours it seems... could be i'm getting distracted by the

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you guessed it... another 365 Cards challenge. using a prescribed recipe is often hard - sticking to just a few ingredients can be so limiting! but tonight i just grabbed some great patterned paper and voila, i had it done! it's weird that i've made this card already tonight because the new 365 posts happen at midnight eastern time, which is only 9pm for me! i set this to upload at

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do you ever feel like everything is just perfect and you're right where you want to be? i look around me and see my husband, our new house, my stamping hobby - it all gives me such joie de vivre! i feel like i've suddenly grown up over the past few years. suddenly i'm married, i live in a house we bought (after an eternity of renting) and i'm such a happy camper. sigh.... this all has

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sunday is such a lovely day of leisure, don't you agree? my hubby and i get up, make our coffee & tea (i've never liked coffee, tea's my thang...) and plop in front of our computers to hang out and surf, read emails, and whatever else we want. for me, i'm usually opening about 50 tabs in firefox to view the crafty blogs and sites i follow daily. it's not unusual for me to have about 10 tabs

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you`ve just gotta watch this video from Hero Arts - it`s a technique i love to use (the ink blending) and it looks so stunning with the layers of embossing that are used here! the theme this week is using photos on your cards. (earlier this week i posted my black & white wedding card.)don`t ya think that looks just awesome! i`m going to make one of these right away and post it soon...cheers!

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happy friday to all my little blogger friends! man, this week certainly motored by! one day you`re making a card for Mojo Monday, and the next thing you know it`s the weekend!today i`ve got 2 cards to share with you. the first is for day 125 on 365 Cards - It`s a Snap. today`s challenge is to make a card with some sort of closure on it - whether it be tied with ribbon, a buckle, a magnet, you

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this card makes me wild! i had some fun with packets of Thickers i bought ages ago and never used yet. i seem to have this problem - i buy wicked crafty products and they collect on my desk until i have no space to work. then they get put in a drawer and have to live there forever until i get them back out to play with. poor little crafty products! i apologize to you - what good is having

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another day, another challenge...what would life be without a little adversity now and then? easy peasy isn't fun ALL the time! so i'm sure for some people using a digital image might be tough to incorporate - maybe we're not all so computer-literate as others! i find i'm learning a lot as i go. my hubby teaches me plenty of stuff, but i also like to stuggle on my own sometimes. (ok, so

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did you expect any less? Dawn's colour challenges on her My Favorite Things blog are always based on some photography, and today is no different! this pic really does look like a perfect little street in a quaint little village - which is exactly where she was.besides the challenge i'm partaking in that is provided by her today, i'm also using a technique that Dawn posted last week. these

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well, not entirely... the card for today is actually created for the Hero Arts blog. this week it's all about "fun with photos". it's quite coincidental that they have this theme going on because last week i was looking at a photo my hubby took and thinking how much i'd like to make it into a card. and what should i read about on monday morning's blog post at Hero Arts but the use of photos

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another quick post today - i got a chance this aft to make a card for Mojo Monday week 93. i intended to make it a masculine card - a new paper pad i got has all these great manly papers and i wanted a chance to use them. i think it would make a fab graduation card. too bad i don't know anybody who's graduating this year! take a gander at the sketch challenge down below...stuff used:papers.

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check out my new blinkie on the right... i made it into the top trio this past week for 365 Cards! yipee!today i want to show you some of the other stuff i like to create. for the past few years i have been making these really cute magnet sets and keychains out of dominoes, as well as coasters that are stamped and made from tiles. check out the pics below... i'll be adding the domino items

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and so i've finished - and just in time to get my butt downstairs to make dinner! i am totally digging the new Basic Grey paper called "Lime Rickey". the colours are so much fun! i want to get the brads, buttons, everything!i know why i've never really played around with paper piecing - i hate cutting out! i discovered it nearly drives me to drink. actually today it did - my hubby mixed me a

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ah.... saturday! a lazy morning of drinking tea, reading email, and crafting the time away. what could be better? throw in a good breakie, and i'll be complete!this card today is for day 119 on 365 Cards - Seeing a Silhouette. i got this cute little A Muse stamp a fair time ago and have never used it! when i saw the challenge for today was a silhouette image, that stamp sprang to mind

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hey bloggers! TGIF!isn't it fun to be a blogger? i haven't been doing this for very long, but i totally dig it! checking out other people's stuff, and knowing that people from all over are checking out mine! it's pretty cool how i can stay 'in touch' with people who are into the same things i really love. the internet is such a fab bit of technology! a total understatement, i know...so for

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simply stamped... today's challenge at 365 Cards. you can use only 1 stamped image and 1 sentiment. it's not so easy to do this when you're used to (and LOVE) using all kinds of embellishments, patterned papers, ribbon... creating CAS can be a toughy! (by the way, CAS stands for 'clean and simple' - although most of you probably know this lingo already!)instead of colouring with copics or

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Hero Arts has long been a favorite of mine, both for their products and the ideas they share on the website and on the blog. their blog is great - there are postings each day except for sunday and it's fun to follow along with the weekly challenges. i'm a little behind this week and haven't done a card for them yet, but i'll get to it soon. they have a flickr group that i belong to for sharing

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today's post is for 365 Cards. it's day 116, and the theme is to make a wedding card without using a sentiment - the design should speak for itself. i haven't had much occasion to use this cute stamp of a bride & groom... how much more self-explanatory could a card get?! hehehe!i am just doing a quick post today. i feel really tired from lack of sleep last night so i've gotta peel my eyes

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hey y'all! how goes the battle? i've been spending time the last couple of days 'takin care of business', so to speak. i'm bringing my cards to the gallery tomorrow - hope they sell quickly so i can bring in some more! (grin)once i finish this post i'm heading down to make some dindin... i'm starving! i can't believe how the hours fly by while i'm sitting here crafting my little heart out!

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i have always loved the smell of lavender, and that colour is just so sweet and romantic! i'm starting off the week with this smell in my nostrils, emanating up from my craft desk for the card i'm submitting to today's 365 Cards challenge - day 114 - Lovin' Lavender!the card is completly CAS, but the multi layers of lavender, and even lavender buds glued into the shape of a heart, make this a

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good evening! i'm just a card-making fool today... can't stop myself - i think i'm addicted to challenges. help me help me! (grin)i keep telling myself i'll go make dinner in just 10 more minutes - but i've been saying that for the past hour and a 1/2. now that i finished up this next card for yesterday's Cardvaarks challenge, i can post it and go eat! a simple prawn alfredo awaits me in

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my friend just had a baby last week, and i've been meaning to make a card and get it in the mail. today's challenge on 365 Cards for day 113 - Super Sketchy Sunday for some reason inspired me to make it into a baby card. i'm not sure what it was about it that inspired this... but thank goodness it did!the clouds are rolling away this afternoon and it's looking fairly sunny out. from the way

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yet another post for today - just had to get in on colour challenge #55 over at kwernerdesign.com. not sure how i missed it yesterday when it got posted since i did check her site. i guess she posted it later after i'd already had a look...i like to be at least in the top 20 so a few more people might be inclined to pop over to my blog and check me out, but what can you do? there's so many

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good afternoon out there in blogger-land!i've been trying to balance the creativity with the labour side of things today. if i can get things off the ground with my craft business then i'll be the happiest little crafter in the world! i'm still prepping the cards i plan to bring to the art gallery to sell, and getting in touch with the contacts i made at the gallery this past week. keeping my

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happy friday! it's weird that even though i'm not working right now, i still long for fridays to come along! maybe it's more for my husband so that he can be home hanging out with me. except for this weekend - he's off on a boys' weekend of quading and golfing. but i'm not jealous... really!! (grin)today's card was made for this week's challenge on the Hero Arts blog. they had a Win-A-Day

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i might be a day behind now, but i'm determined to post a card for each day's challenge this week on 365 Cards. i am showing you 2 cards today, one for yesterday (day 109) for this colour challenge that has to be a feminine card:and one for today's challenge for day 110 called My Guy,which has to be masculine (obviously!) and use an argyle pattern. i mailed my dad his card last week (he's in

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today's challenge on 365 Cards (yes, that site seems to be a favorite of mine, wouldn't you say?) is to make a birthday card for a boy - not a man. i borrowed a couple of animal stamps from my friend rieca while she's away on vacation with her family, and this was the perfect time to get them out and play!i got these fantasticly cute animal print papers months ago and sadly they went straight to

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okay, so this card might be CAS, but i love the brown & pink colour combo! this pp came from a new 6x6 pad i got recently from Black Market Paper Society and i hadn't used it yet so i had to crack it open this morning. i was trying to find a website for this company to direct you to, but they don't seem to have one! (if i'm wrong, please fill me in...)i was following the day 106 - super

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i like to take part in Mojo Monday's weekly challenges. ever checked out that site? today is a little unusual as it's quite a different format of card than i usually make, by a long shot! but that is obviously the whole point of partaking in challenges - to make us create something out of our comfort zone and stretch our creative boundaries. i don't know if i'm totally happy with how my card

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well hello there!i'm back to my blog after a few days of furiously creating. i had a mini craft fair yesterday and only 2 days notice to get ready, so i had a lot of 'product' to make! i didn't sell very much, but it was nice to be outside for the day and around a bunch of other crafting folk! i got a little too much sun on my nose so that should look attractive when it starts to peel. hehehe

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good morning all!i just got an email last night inviting me last-minute to participate in a craft fair on sunday that i was on a waiting list for. so needless to say i'm in a bit of a panic to make sure i have enough stuff to sell! can't have a 1/2 full table - how sad would that look?here's a card i made yesterday playing with my Slice and Cuttlebug machines. it is for a Hero Arts challenge

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another post for the 365 cards blog - day 100!! here is my submission. what do you think of my little wooden easel? it was seriously $0.99 at IKEA and i'm loving it! doesn't take much to amuse me sometimes...stuff used:Basic Grey - Gypsy & Obscure 6x6 paper pads - Obscure buttonsDCWV - Citrus stack (orange patterned paper)Paper Trey Ink - pale yellow csplain vellumTim Holtz

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isn't being crafty so much fun? i totally dig it!yesterday was day 99 on 365 cards, and for Super Sketchy Sunday there's this cute triangle background pattern to follow, as well as a contest from Dragonfly Journeys. pop over and take a look at jeannie's june 6th posting to see a pic of the blog candy she's giving away! it rocks! you need to use a dragonfly on your card for the sketch

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hello to you all!well i've had such a wonderful weekend hanging out with my sisters and brothers-in-law! we had loads of fun and amazing weather. it actually hit 30 degrees one day! awesome... maybe not so much for the family members out playing golf who tried to fry themselves. grinbeing Mojo Monday week# 90, i am back to the blog and creating this morning. i've been avoiding the hunger

Crafty Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04018884224153468373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815516494567740231.post-48367667080000456202009-06-04T14:44:00.000-07:002009-06-04T15:10:16.865-07:00

so i thought i'd share a pic of Sheila, Vance and their twins since i'm blogging about them today! the canoeing shot was taken almost 2 years ago, but it's one that i adore. Grayson and Greer are identical twins and they're about to turn 14 in august! they are both ballet dancers. my husband matthew & i are going up to the yukon to celebrate with them this summer. i'm a very proud auntie...

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afternoon kids!today i'm playing in the Raspberry Suite Colour Challenge #8, on dawn mcvey's blog called "my favorite things". she's really into photography and takes some awesome pics! i've been waiting for her to post this challenge cuz she's been promising for a few days that it was coming soon... and today's the day!stuff used:Tim Holtz - French Market stamp setHero Arts - polkadot

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hello again! this is getting to be a regular thing... grin!today's card is for, you guessed it, 365 Cards day 95 challenge to use BLUE, PINK, and ORANGE for Wacky Colour Wednesday. so here's my card. i actually love the pink/orange combo, but adding that touch of blue really pops it!as i said on yesterday's post, today is my 3rd anniversary so i'm dying for my hubby to get home from work so

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i had to add another entry today to post my card for the Mojo Monday 89 challenge. usually this is just a fun play-along challenge, but the first monday of each month is a contest as well! i didn`t get the chance to make a card yesterday (being june 1st and the first monday) so i got the deed done tonight and didn`t want to leave it for tomorrow`s post! there are more cards to be made...if you

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and the week rolls on...today's challenge at 365 Cards is an ad colour inspiration. i totally love these colours, and since tomorrow is my 3rd anniversary, i decided to make a great card for my husband. (i've been putting if off because i just wasn't inspired yet - it's gotta be very special for him!) he's a wonderful guy, and i can't believe we've been married 3 years already! times sure

Crafty Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04018884224153468373noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815516494567740231.post-50272632020966541882009-06-01T21:32:00.000-07:002009-06-02T21:55:21.169-07:00

good evening people! today i'm showing you my submission for the Moxie Fab World colour challenge. i just happened to look at the blog today and the deadline was tonight! i got my butt in gear and made this card in a jiffy.my friend rieca turned me on to this blog site and it's great! click on the title of today's post and it'll link you over to the colour challenge section to check it out.

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ah, sunday... what a lovely sunny one we are having here in richmond, bc! 20 degrees out at 6pm! wicked weather. my husband is about to throw a little leg of lamb action on the bbq spit so dinner is gonna be scrumptious!over at 365 cards today it is sketch day - you have to follow the card recipe to make your card for the day. (they really do have a card challenge each and every day!) it

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TGIF to all! our weather is supposed to rock this weekend so i've got my sprayon sunscreen stashed in the car, just in case i get caught outside somewhere. me & my freckles and strawberry blonde colouring fry faster than a cat on a hot tin roof! (grin)this week on the hero arts club blog, the challenge is to make manly cards. always tough, but i think this example below fits right in!i love

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does anyone love the Tim Holtz products as much as me? playing with his trinkets, masks and stamps really makes me feel like an artist! or at least a crafty girl with a capital 'C' !!i've included a video from YouTube showing his masking technique, along with a pic of a card i made after i bought some masks. they are so cool!cheers!crafty girl

Crafty Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04018884224153468373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815516494567740231.post-37573689017237212512009-05-27T11:37:00.000-07:002009-05-27T11:43:24.187-07:00

good morning all! as i've just started off my new blog i thought maybe i'd relay some pertinent info on ME!i've been stamping for over 15 years and loving this art-form introduced to me by my mom. she's also heavy into it with her own rubber stamp store out of the family home in whitehorse, plus she teaches many stamping classes both at home and for the city of whitehorse.but enough about her -

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I've just created my new blog so I'm testing out how posts will look.Hang in there while I play with my new 'friend' ! My blogging life has just begun...

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