Chick Chat

It's been a cold, windy, wet and wild weekend here and we're bracing ourselves for temperatures in the mid 50s tomorrow.  Brrrr!  A good day for bustin' out the space heater in the Craft Cave and gettin' my card on!  I got a couple of special order cards sorted out this weekend and one challenge card for the Colour Throwdown.  I was so happy to see a colour palette that didn't include red or pink.  :)  I used the sketch from Skipping Stones Design and a few stamps from their cute Chick Chat set.  Now off to watch the rest of the Grammys - don't want to miss Adele's performance!

Cardstock:  (Cream) Handy Hippo, (Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Chick and sentiment from Chick Chat) Skipping Stones Design

Ink:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Seafoam White) Ranger

Impression Plate:  (Polka Dot Basics II) PTI

Dies:  (Nesties Standard Circles Large) Spellbinders

Punches:  (2 1/2" circle) Marvy Uchida, (3/4", 1", 1 1/2" flowers) Woodware, (1/8" & 1/4" hole punches) McGill

This Time Last Year...

... we were here!

"One.  Million.  Dollars!"

Fancy Schmancy Forever

Cath has picked out some Fancy Schmancy cakes to get our creativity whirring for the latest Tuesday Trigger at the Moxie Fab World.  I was inspired by the colours of the cakes, the ruffled cake liners and the doily they're sitting on.  


Since there's a lot of PTI happening here I'm going to enter this over at A Passion for Papertrey where the challenge is to use stripes.  I'm also going to join in with Simon Says Stamp's Love Is In The Air challenge.


If you have 45 seconds to spare then watch this short video on You Tube.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBTQw7I5zBE
The guy in the yellow jacket is Dr. Neil Burnie, one of the partners at the veterinary practice I work at.  He was on holiday in Jackson Hole, WY last week and just happened to be snowboarding in the right place at the right time to help someone out.  I talked here about what an amazing guy he is and now he can add Hero to his lengthy list of accomplishments!


Cardstock:  (Kraft) PTI, (Cream) Pacon, (Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (Mega Mehndi Medallion, Think Big Favourites #11) PTI
Ink:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko
Embossing Powder:  (Seafoam White) Ranger
Dies:  (XL Rickrack Border) PTI

Patterned Paper Thanks

***This is my 2nd post for today.  Please scroll down or click here for my CAS-ual Fridays/ColourQ/Lawnscaping post.***

I made a super cute card for the last Paper Smooches Sparks challenge but when I went to post it I was 2 days late!  Doh! Not gonna miss it this time though (even if I have waited until the last minute).  As usual Kim has provided us with a fun image that opens the door for all kinds of crafty possibilities.  I was inspired by the colours and the flower and combined stamps from Pretty Phrases and Friendly Flowers to come up with my card.  I kept it simple with some patterned paper, fussy cutting and a bit of bling.  And thanks to the paper I'll also be entering it over at the patterned paper challenge at Lily Pad Cards.

Cardstock:  (Kraft) Paertrey Ink

Patterned Paper:  (Branch & Ripple from Brook collection) Crate Paper

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Pretty Phrases, Flower from Friendly Flowers) Paper Smooches

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Clear) Ranger

Gems:  Doodlebug

Love Is All Around Us

My two favourite movies are "The Silence of the Lambs" and "Love, Actually".  I realise that this is a pretty random pairing but well, I'm a bit random myself!  :) CAS-ual Fridays has asked for cards inspired by movies this week.  "Silence" is not a particularly card inspiring film especially when I got stuck on the "It puts the lotion in the basket" quote.  Creepy, yes.  Cardworthy, no.   So I decided to go with "Love, Actually" as my inspiration.  I used the colour palette from ColourQ and I'm also going to enter it at Lawnscaping's Valentine's inspiration challenge.
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill Basics, (Regal Rose, Poppy Parade, Peach Parfait) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Letters from Smitty's ABCs) Lawn Fawn

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Block Alphabet) Papertrey Ink

Punch:  (Heart) Unknown

Amy Butler Butterfly and a Jemmy Burrito!

Good evening, all!  Hope you had a lovely weekend.  Friday was Luis' and my mom's birthdays so on Saturday night we went to a fantastic restaurant and had one of the best meals I've had in a long time.  Super yummy stuff!  Luis spent most of the weekend playing with his birthday present (tools for Mr. Carpenterman) and I did a bunch of sorting and tidying in the Craft Cave.  I have a huge bag of stuff that I'm giving to my friend who's a teacher - I think she'll be able to make good use of it.  :)


As you can see I used up some more patterned paper for today's card.  It's stuff I've had for ages too - Amy Butler for K & Co.  Yeah,  I had to blow the dust off of it first!  The card is for the CASE Study challenge. After Jen Rzasa's stint ended I promised myself I'd still play along even if the next muse wasn't quite as CAS.  Don't get me wrong - I find these shabby/vintage cards beautiful but I'm just not so good at pulling them off myself.  So I focused on the colours, the butterflies and the banner and came up with something a little more me.  I'm also going to enter this over at  Lily Pad's patterned paper challenge.


I thought I'd share a couple of photos of Jem who apparently was a little chilly the other morning!  I don't know why I bother to make the bed because Jem rolls himself up like a burrito and completely undoes it all!

Cardstock:  (Night of Navy) Stampin' Up
Patterned Paper:  (Amy Butler Belle collection) K & Co

Stamps:  (Doodle from Happy Trails) PTI, (Sentiment from Wish You Were Here) Hero ArtsInks:  (Night of Navy) Stampin' Up

Dies:  (Butterfly, Double-Ended Banner) PTI

Punch:  (Corner Punch) Marvy Uchida

Gems:  (Nightfall Ice Rox) Queen & Co.

    

Birthday Mushrooms

This was the last week that Jen Rzasa was the muse over at CASE Study which is a real bummer as I love her work.  She was part of the reason I finally got around to playing along with CASE Study at all. I think in the past I've found a lot of the cards very busy and was unsure how to CASE it in my style (which is silly really because there are/were several great CAS cardmakers on the DT like Cristina Kowalczyk, Christina MacLaren, Amy Wanford and Debby Hughes).  I'm going to try and stick with it when the new muse comes along though no matter what her style!  I'm also going to enter this card over at the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes challenge - who couldn't use a SSS gift certificate these days?
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill Basics
Stamps:  (Mushrooms from Forest Whimsy) Paper Smooches, (Sentiment from Think Big Favourites #7) PTI
Inks:  (VersaMark Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Real Read, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Pacific Point, Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo) Stampin' Up