4th of July giveaway!!

I know I have not blog in awhile and will up date everything soon, pics of new scrap area in the new house, and a bunch of crafts that I have finished or been made for me. But while we wait for that I just had to share an amazing giveaway but my FAVORITE blogger Pinky. Please check it out and when you chose to follow can you please mention I sent you. Thanks all :)

http://blueyecicle.blogspot.com/2011/07/10000-cricut-cartridgeclear-scraps.html

Moving

So sorry my friends been very busy with family matters and having to move. We just might have 2 little boys being added to our family so needed to find a larger place that included room for me to create :) . Well we were very lucky to find a house just around the corner and a block away. We will be just across the street from an elementary school which is perfect as one of the boys starts grade 1 in the fall. We take possession of the house on the 15 of June with an official move in date of the 25th. Needless to say I am busy packing and the first place to pack up is my scrap room. I plan on moving that over first and starting to set it up so that I will be able to get a little creative work done on cards as I cant take time off from 2 swaps I am in that require cards to be made and sent out :) . Hopefully everyone I need to send to will be understanding. I most likely will use up the ones I have been making and sending to family because that way I don't need to worry so much about what everyone else needs. It sucks that this is happening right now because several of my favourite blogs are having DT calls right now, oh well there is always next time LOL. I finally feel confident enough to submit my work to be judged and to try out for a DT and I cant do it. That just means for me that I will have that much more time to better myself, increase my tools and be more creative. I cant wait! Once we have moved and I have set up my new scrappy space I will take some pics and post them for you all. Have a great couple of weeks and I hope to have some incredible things to post in July.

First Suit Case

Last year I stumbled across this blog and project. At the time Leslie was having a challenge but I had way to much things on my plate at the time to play along. I got in contact with her this year and asked if I could use her idea for a swap on scrapbook.com and she said yes. Here is the link to her tutorial and be sure to check out her store too as you can get some neat stuff there.
http://leslieguerrero.blogspot.com/2010/09/paris-here-we-come-tutorial.html

 I made the sides 1" smaller then Leslies and it worked out just as well. I used silver cs by DCWV. It is nice and heavy for this kind of work. There is 3 layers to the flowers, the Paper Studio, with rhinestone center brads. Major purple Bling flourishes and a silver sticker one. Attached to the handle is a purple and brushed silver medallion. Simple but with a BIG statement. As you can tell the theme is purple and silver, those are the colours my pal picked and of course they are my favourite colours too so I have TONS of things in these colours.

 Bottom of the suit case. One of the other ladies in the swap was having issues with the hinges, I too was looking for something else to use then what was described, so she went with real hinges. I borrowed that from her. I found these little hinges at The Home Depot and used purple brads to adhere them to the cs.

 For the handle I again use DCWV cs silver glitter, ran silver lace around both edges of each side, added a white tulle bow and some different kinds of ribbon too. The latch you can just see is a box latch again picked up at The Home Depot.

As you can see it stays closed well and sits very prettily. It turned out great and now am off to make a second one, then to package them both up and ship to my American friends!

Spellbinders and GlueArts

Not sure if I have stated before how expensive it can be to buy Scrapbook supplies and tools in Canada but it can be quite crazy. I have started to do a lot of buying and shopping online. A friend on scrapbook.com sent me a link to ohmycrafts.com. Now sb.com has a huge range of products and some OK prices but the shipping into Canada is ridiculous and that is what makes or brakes me ordering from the states. Now ohmycrafts.com shipping rates are very reasonable and every time I order from there I am happy with my choices. My latest purchase was  Glue Arts Pro Glide. It came with 2 additional cartridges for only 24.95 and my first set of Nestiblities by Spellbinders. The Pro Glide was a excellent purchase and works incredible well. I just need to get more cartridges LOL. Spellbinders here in Canada cost $45 and up, the set I purchase cost me $14. Cant wait to purchase more but thinking I am going to check out ebay now and see what else I can get and maybe cheaper. I made a gorgeous card for my grandma that I am so pleased with. I will post it and all my other cards I made for you later. Have a wonderful creative day my friends and enjoy this short week.

Cards

 I belong to several card swaps so I need to make alot of cards. I keep forgetting to take pictures of them before I send them in the mail LOL. Here are 2 Christmas ones I did using the BoBunny Midnight frost collection. I stamped a sediment on the tags added some plastic snowflakes and red bling flourishes. Over all I think they turned out quite nice.

 This is a friendship card not the coffee on the chipboard sticker. I also stamped and embossed a sediment on the chipboard tag.

 A happy Birthday card of course. I cut out around the flowers before layering them on to the pink card stock I think it helps them stand out more.

 During March Imaginisce had a doodle challenge. I made these next two cards early in the month but never got a chance to post them for the challenge. All the paper use is from Imaginisce. For the Christmas one I used Cottage Christmas and added the silver studs using their flourish template and i-Rock of course

For this one I used the Dinoroar collection. I punched out the circles in the coordinating paper and then made a bow in orange to add to the dinosaur 3d sticker. I also added gold studs to the ribbon because even boys need a little bling in their lives LOL.

Imaginisce prize package

So awhile back I won the complete Berrylicious Collection from imaginisce. This is such a fun line and just look at all the goodies they sent to me. The stamps are adorable they all have little faces on them. Fabric, card stock, chipboard all stickers and 1 sheet of each style of paper. Here it sits just waiting for me to create with it. Now that my big mini kit swap is done it is time to get creative. I am just waiting on my Glue Arts Pro Glide which should arrive anytime this week. Not only will I finally have my ATG but my first set of Spellbinders will arrive. I plan on making a lot of cards with this collection and maybe 1 or 2 LOs I can't wait to start. I just need to pick out some solid cs to go with everything do some stamping and colouring with my pencils...thinking I might have to try some copic markers. And then let everything come together. Once I have made some things I will be sure to post them for you all to see.

Mini kit swap

 I love to do swaps. Its a chance for me to make different things and exchange them with others. I just finished a huge swap for mini kits unfortunately I forgot to take pictures of everything I made.

This first picture is of my fall pieces, I needed to do a title and deco squares. All pieces had to match and be embellished at least 3 times. All the cs is DCWV. I cut everything out on my Cricut using Once Upon a Time cart for the title, Doodlecharms for the leaves and squares, and Camping for the tree branches. All the gold studs are from Imaginsce attached with the i-Rock. Brown stickles on the leaves and glitter on the acorns plus ribbon from my stash.

 My next group was Spring. Again all cs is DCWV. I used my MS corner and boarder punch then layered coordinating paper and cut out the word spring. I used a rhinestone and i-Rock to put the dot on the i. Prima flower and a glitter brad for the center. On the file folder I layered the cs on top of white ribbon and then added a Prima flower and rhinestone for the flower center.

 Halloween was easy as I just needed to make a journal spot and 4 pieces of coordinating cs. The journal spot is cut from Cars cart. on the Cricut. Stamped on the journal area, added some ribbon, bling pumpkin and then a chipboard glitter bat. It turned out very cute.

 Summer required a photo mat and deco squares. Again used cs from DCWV. On the mat I used some matching ribbon from my stash as well as a butterfly charm. I then attached a amber rhinestone to the lower right corn and added leaves to it. The deco squares edges are inked, added matching ribbon, flowers with stickles, wooden butterflies and then one with a rhinestone butterfly.

 For Winter I also made photo mats and supplied matching ribbon. I love snowflakes so everything here is or has snowflakes on it LOL. I added studs to the plastic snowflakes to add little more sparkle. I love Bling and tend to find some way to use it on my projects.

For Valentines Day again I made a photo mat and deco squares. I so love my MS corner and boarder punches I really need to get more. I use lots of rhinestones and glitter, some ribbon and lace