Sunflowers & Dragonflies

Daisies

With this heat wave we are all in, isn’t it nice to think autumn.  Autumn is my favourite season because the leaves are so pretty, and black-eyed susans are in bloom.

My lovely background paper is called Faux Designer Paper from the Technique Junkie Newsletter.  I am so in love with this technique that today I’m creating 8 more papers in a variety of colours.  Turquoise and lime green will be on the top of my list, of course.

Big flower is from I Brake For Stamps.  Flowers were painted with Creative Inspirations paint and coloured with Prismacolor pencil crayons.  Background flowers are Fancy Pants, but these particular stamps are discontinued.  Coloured ink is Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive from Stampin’ Up!

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Yes

Yes, it’s the weekend.  Yes, it’s a long-weekend for us Canadians.  The government wants families to spend more time together, thus it is “Family Day.”  This newesh holiday makes it 12 statutory holidays in a year now.  Canadians are very lucky.  We even get one year paid maternity leave.

Sorry for the side-tracking.

Image was stamped out with Memento black.  Stamp is I Brake for Stamps.  Technique is from the Technique Junkie Newsletter and is called Aged Tiles.  Original technique called for brown edges, but this image cried red.  Don’t you agree?  Image was painted with Creative Inspirations paint.

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We have a winner

Remember the colour wheel I was giving away?  Random. org picked Katherina who said:

What an amazing tool! Thank you for showing it, as this is something that would be used on all my projects. It would open a whole new world of possibilities for me. I wouldn’t have to use the same old colours over and over again. Now off to get one…thanks again.

Please contact me at scrapbook4ever@yahool.ca so I can mail you your colour wheel.

Thank you to everyone who entered the contest.

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All Creatures Great and Small

Our Daily Bread Designs has a scrapbook challenge right now that asks us to use a favourite colour in the photo (the pink in the tissue box) with a circle.  Paired with pink is my favourite Stampin Up colour:  Cool Caribbean.  As you can see, I used two circles.  I am making Adam an album for Christmas and this is one of his layouts.

My precious monkey is now 22 years old.  Won’t he get a kick out of seeing this photo.

Noah’s Ark is my favourite set from Our Daily Bread Designs.  Here I watercoloured the ark with Tombow markers.  Cool Caribbean cardstock was sewn onto yellow butterfly paper.

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Craft Gossip

I have exciting news regarding two of my recent tutorials:  cracked glass and scallop easel card.  Both are published on Craft Gossip.  To see the following, click on the name of the technique.

Cracked Glass

Scallop Easel Card

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I Received an Award

My dear cyber friend, Maryann, bestowed this award on me.  I’m supposed to give you 7 facts about myself so here goes.

1.  My studio is in the basement with no windows and is an unfinished room.

2.  Mixed media is my first love.  I stuck with stamping because that’s what I blog about.

3.  Many of my tutorials are shot 12 hours before they go live.  I’m a procrastinator.

4.  I try to post daily so I don’t loose viewers.  I’m obsessed.

5.  I’m a design team member for the Technique Junkie Newsletter and for Creative Inspirations paints.  I have been with the Technique Junkie Newsletter for 4 1/2 years and Creative Inspirations paint for 3 months.

6.  I shoot tutorials for the Technique Junkie Newsletter.  You can see them on the on-line website.  Written directions are in their newsletter.

7.  Recently, I helped Pat to produce the Emboss or Die CD. Lots of TLC when into that CD.  I filmed a tremendous amount in a three month period.

Thank you, Maryann, for the award.

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Stampin’ Up! in dah House

Look what’s in.  I am so excited to see all the new products.  Here are a few of my favourite things:

1.  New in-colours.  Pool Party looks close to Cool Caribbean which everyone knows is my favourite.  I’m down to a couple of sheets of that.  (pg 2)  These new items will be in my stamp room before the end of the year.

2.  Hostess set:  Happiest Birthday Wishes (pg 5)

3.  Delicate Doiles (pg 127)

4.  Circle Circus (pg 142)

5.  Sunflowers (pg 149)

6.  En Francais (pg 151)

7.  Petals a Plenty embossing folder (pg 219)

8.  Lace ribbon border punch (pg 211)

Glad to see returning:

1.  Day of Gratitude (pg 4)

2.  Snow Swirled.  I’m going to order it this year  (pg 6)

3.  Fifth Avenue Floral (pg 110)

4.  Baroque Motifs (pg 146)

5.  Thoughts and Prayers (pg 160)

What are you happy to see in the cattie? Do you have a favourite wish or favourite item on hand?

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Donnie Moment

Donnie: (coming out of East Side Mario’s restaurant, patting his pockets)  “Oh, no, I must have locked my keys in the van.  Do you have yours?”

Beth: Yup.

Donnie: (trying to unlock the doors with the automatic door opener on the key chain as we walk towards the van) “I don’t know why it isn’t working, it should be”

Beth: “But the doors are already unlocked.”

Donnie: “Yup, the keys are in the van.”

Beth: “Yup, you left the van running the whole time.”

Donnie: (looking at the gas tank to see the big bucks he spent on gas}

Beth: “You goof.  You’re such a Donnie!”

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Fabulous Friday Links

Hi there.  It’s time for another round of links.  For those who are new to my blog, occasionally I post links that I think you will enjoy as much as I do.  You will find a mix of tutorials along with eye candy.

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Kathie McGuire has a great tutorial on decorating cloths pins

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You will find beautiful work on Crafting the Web.  There are lots of enjoyable tutorials.

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Julie of The Write Stuff created a magnificent Father’s Day Card.

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Sandy MacIver is a Stampin’ Up! rep who does wonderful work.  This time she created a show stopping easel card.

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I am on the design team for Creative Inspirations paint.  Their paints remind me of Twinkling H2O’s, except these paints are in a thick liquid form so there is no spraying of the product as you did with the H2O’s.  For inspiration you can visit their blog, where I post one of my projects bi-weekly.

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I am also on the Technique Junkie Newsletter design team where I have been for five years.  This is a subscriber-based newsletter.  Right now Pat has a sale going on where CD1 throught CD 8 are $10 plus shipping and handling.  This is a great value.

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Technique Junkie Newsletter CD Blowout

All of the Technique Junkie Newsletter annual CDs – CD1 through CD8 – are on sale for $10.00 plus shipping from now through June 30th* (the CD sales does NOT include the TJ Specialty CDs. Only CDs 1 – 8 qualify for this offer).

Each Technique Junkie CD covers a year worth of issues. They are in pdf format, so they are easily printed; and each Cd has between 75 and 100 tutorials on it. Here is a listing of what is on each CD: http://techniquejunkies.com/cd-list.pdf

You can order one, two or all 8 CDs – or any combination therein. Simply email Pat (phuntoon@optonline.net)  with which CDs you would like and I will send you an invoice with the proper postage amount included. In the US, postage starts at $1.39 for one CD and maxes out at $4.95; In Canada, it ranges from $1.49 to $11.95; and overseas, postage ranges from $2.08 to $16.95.

*The three TJ specialty Cds (Emboss or Die, Fancy Folds and Motion and Stampbooking) are not included in this sale

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