Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day!!

Life can be so complicated sometimes and I love that we can have a day set a side to stop and ponder about the special or unique roll that our mother has played in our lives.  It can be a hard day for some who suffer from grief for one reason or another.  I don't know how I got so blessed to have both an amazing Mum and Mother-In-Law.  Never in a million years did I think I would be back in the same Province or even Country as my Mum and the last year she has given so much of herself for me and my family.  There are no words to express how beyond grateful I am.  

To both the Mother's in my life, I want to express how thankful to God I am for you.  Your prayers, guidance, support and friendship has been an incredible support through this thing called life.  

It's a Beautiful Thing!

Hi everyone!!  I have a quick card to share with the new Lyrics Prima paper and Spellbinders Medallion die template.  Love, love, love the Medallion D-lite dies!  I also used a JustRite stamp for the sentiment.

It's so beautiful out right now which I think is the case all along the West Coast.  Last week snowing...this week 85 degrees....crazy! Beautiful!  Love it!  Anyway, I am struggling between wanting to do much laundry, crafting, yard work or just being lazy and soaking up some Vit. D!!  Ahhhh.....all such great choices.

My boy turned 14 this week.  FOURTEEN!  Yup.  First born.  I'm still adjusting.  I think he actually really passed me up in hight this week too.  The nerve.

K...one more thing before I jump off the 'puter.  I've anxious to share a super exciting announcement about my next year.  You can read about it and about these amazing ladies that I'm thrilled and honored to be with for another year, on the Spellbinder's blog.  

Magical Moments

One of my favorite things about Spring is the color that the sun coats nature with.  It was especially evident this Spring when we were living on my parents farm.  I was so drawn to the way the sun came through the trees

To create this layout I chose vibrant colors that remind me of the brightness of Spring and the bright personality of my cheery daughter.  I die cut circles out of white cardstock to use as a backdrop for things that I wanted to pop out.  Then I fussy cut flowers out of the pattern paper and added glitter on them to use as an embellishment.

A butterfly, doily and some flowers were the last touch of Spring.  Hope you're day is full of Sunshine!

Supplies:  GCDStudios Pattern Paper - Oh Happy Day #1764 Mira's Pearls, #1768 Priscila, #1765 Alicia; Sweet Tooth #1559 Sour Cherry

Other:  Dies - Spellbinders; Alphabet Stickers - American Crafts, Wooden Embellishment - Studio Calico

Printer's Tray with D-Lites!

Hey everyone!  I have an Artists Printer Tray to share with you today!  It's not a very good photo but you get the idea!  I'm just loving all the new Spellbinder's D-lites that were a recent mid-season release.  They are amazing!  I've used four of them on here and then I stamped the JustRite sentiment in a Timeless Rectangle.  Another fave!  The pattern paper is all KaiserCraft.  In the center I added a Bezel from the new Spellbinders Media Mixage line.  I was able to cut out the pattern paper with the Hearts Two die and then place it right into the Hearts Two Bezel.  Then I poured Ice Resin and had a beautiful piece to add! 

I can't wait to teach a very similar class to this in our Mixed Media weekend coming up at Memories and More. It's going to be so much fun!

Hope you have a fabulous week and thanks so much for stopping by!

Rejoice!

 Ever feel a little behind?  Ha!  Well, I've been wanting to do a post with this card since before Easter.  It's a good thing we are still rejoicing that our Savior has Risen!  I hold on to that truth all through out the year and thank God daily for the grace and mercy that He has had on me!

This card was published in the Spring issue of CardMaker magazine.  I used Spellbinder's dies and JustRite Stamps.  If you've been to the Spellbinder's site recently you might have noticed their new line of D-Lites that  just came out.  They are sooooo sweet!  I will be posting a project using those later in the week.

For my family and friends, I just wanted to post a quick shot of the kiddos on Easter day.  I can't believe that it's now been a year since we moved to Canada and how much they have grown up in that time.  I also can't believe how few photos of taken.  I think it's just a result of injuries and the thought of picking up a camera was not a fun one!  I need to get better with my phone camera I guess!

Well, a belated and Happy Easter to all my blog friends!  More to come...

Spellbinders™ Media Mixage

Supplies:  Cardstock - Bazzill; Pattern Paper - Authentique; Die templates - Spellbinders  S4-388 Stately Circles;  Ink - Ranger; Twine - May Arts;  Stamp - JustRite Stampers (Starburst Medallion Labels); Bezel - Spellbinders MD1-005 Hearts One; Ice Resin

Hey everyone!  I'm having so much fun creating my own embellishments for my paper crafting projects.  To create this little heart in the center of my card, I cut it out with a Spellbinders die that coordinates with the bezel.  Then I simply added a few drops of ice resin.  Pretty easy.  Hoping to get into some more advanced stuff but for now, I'm just getting my feet wet!

It was a beautiful sunny day here.  Feels like quite some time since I've seen the sun.  Startin' to get the itch for some green grass already!

If you love getting inspired by blog hops, there's a few more that I will announce coming up in just a few short weeks!

Spellbinders™ Imperial Gold Dies!

Supplies:  Cardstock - Bazzill, Stamp - JustRite Stampers (Seeds of Summer); Pattern Paper - Authentique; Dies - Spellbinders 5x7 Matting Basics A and B, Gold Labels Four, Labels Four; Glitter - Martha Stewart

Happy Wednesday everyone!  I wanted to start off letting you know that Nina has announced the winners of the blog hop on her blog.  Hope it was you!

Today I wanted to share with you a card I did using the award winning Gold dies that Spellbinders released at this last CHA.  You can read about the award on the company blog.  This Gold Labels Four die is gorgeous and one of the things that make it so amazing is the debossing that no other dies have.  It is more noticeable if you ink it up or paint it but I think it looks amazing just plain white!  This is a card I created for our lss.

I'm working on some bright cheery stuff now.  I am sooooo ready for Spring.  How about you?

LOVIN' NinaB Designs Blog Hop!!

Welcome to the NinaB Designs* first team blog hop of 2013! We hope you have had a relaxing holiday break and ready to join us for another year of inspirations and prizes!

*NinaB Designs is a product designer for a few paper crafting companies including Spellbinders, Want2Scrap and Penny Black, and The Craft's Meow.

For this month's hop, Nina challenged the team to create a project with the LOVE theme, which can be interpreted in many ways: Valentine, Anniversary and Friendship.

To create this card, I embossed the cardstock with a Spellbinder Bricks and Bark M-Bossibilities folder.  After adding a rectangle cardstock and Pink Paislee pattern, I adhered a trim across the midde.  

Next, I stamped the bottom part of the house with black ink and the top with red.  Then I cut them out with the matching dies.  I was actually going to stamp the heart in the center and cut out seperate so that I could pop it with foam dots but after I got my heart die out on the scrap table...it vanished!  Ugh!  LOL  Although I cannot find it anywhere, I know it'll show up.  The nice thing about these house stamps is that you can stamp which ever heart you want right in the center where there is a spot for it.  So I chose the 'Love You' one and stamped it right in the center.  Then I colored the outer frame and added some glitter!

Here are the products I used for my card:

The NinaB Designs team is giving away these TWO PRIZE PACKAGES: Prize Package #1 includes Spellbinders Venetian Accents and Motifs:

 

Prize #2 includes 2 retired sets from Layers of Colors stamps:

 

Winners will be picked randomly from 2 of the designers' blogs:

Nina Brackett * Beate Johns * Beatriz Jennings * Clare Buswell * Heather Jensen * Jennie Harper * Julie Overby * Lea Lawson * Linda Lucas *Viola Mahr

Everybody is welcome to comment and be eligible to win. The winners will be announced on  January 22 on Nina's Blog, where you will also find all the relevant info regarding the giveaways. Finally, please consider liking the following Facebook pages that are represented on today's hop, so you don't miss the latest news and happenings:

NinaB Designs

Spellbinders Paper Arts

The Craft's Meow

Penny Black Inc.  Want2Scrap 

Thank you for joining us today!