Ribbon Flowers!

I'm off to do some work on my Fast & Fabulous Card class for this Friday, but wanted to post before the whole week got away from me. The class by the way still has a few spots if you want to join us. Join us on Friday Jan 16th from 7:30-9:30 at Bizzy B's Stamp & Scrap in Toronto. 416-203-0433 We're making 6 cards and 2 tags in 2 hours!!

Okay, now check out this cool ribbon flower I made... the original design came from here.
I didn't change much except I prefer to use glue to all those staples, and the cropodile is fantastic at going through all those layers... really I just wanted to try out this "make a slide thingy" on the blog!




You can make them yourself, in any colour and they go together quite quickly too. I uploaded some photo's and made a mini tutorial... it's my first time trying this! I hope you like it.

Finding Time

I've been meaning to post, really, I have! Somehow the days disappear with kids activities, household duties, writing articles and yes, occasionally playing in my scrap space. Today was to be a day off for me to design but I ended up with a sick child at home - poor baby!

That of course means no play time for me, BUT I decided to share this great Cheat Sheet that I found over on Splitcoast Stampers that is a great TIMESAVER!
It has all the standard measurements for so many of the projects that we so often make, but have to pause and think.. hmmm, now how how big was that anyways??

I've got mine printed out and taped up by my workspace... which I hope to play in tonight by the way, so maybe, just maybe there will be an actual PROJECT online tomorrow. Who knows!

Until then, check out this really FABULOUS new Canadian Company - Black River Designs. I used some of their rub-ons in some layouts I sent in to Canadian Scrapbooker last month ... OMG they are so nice to work with! No cracking, easy transfer, but not so sticky that they fall off and stick to everything BUT they layout you want to work on, KWIM? I also found that the designs were interesting, and many of them large enough to use as a design element, not just a little embellishement. Love 'em!

I've got some of their paper in my stash to play with too. I've been staring at it, had it out on my worktable for a while now, it's so nice to look at, but tongith I am hoping to use it in this new mini book I am looking at teaching for valentines day!

Check in later, you never know what you might find!

Snow much fun!

I have to say, I had one of those perfect Mom mornings today.... while most adults were dreading the arrival of the white stuff over night, for my kids this morning it was fantastic. Little voices woke me up, whispers, Josh... Josh??? Josh... look, shhhhh it SNOWED! Little feet hit the floor flying, and when I got out of bed, in true storybook fashion, there were my two youngest boys, with their noses pressed against the window... gazing at the snow. Their brother soon joined them, they suited up, and out they went, all dressed and ready to go BEFORE breakfast! Nice - a perfect moment in time, too bad I didn't get a photo of them. Pancake for breakfast, and off to school...

The rest of the day was pretty nice too, I'm working on some layouts for looming deadlines, but squeezing in some fun family stuff too.... and of course card making here and there.

This one seems like a good one to share today considering the weather AND my up coming Snow Much Fun class at Bizzy B's on Monday November 24th. There are still spots, so feel free to call the store and sign up. 416-203-0433 We're making 2 cards, 2 gifts cards, and 2 tags.. it's fun and you'll play with flocking and glitter!

Now for the card, and then back to work with me.


Card Recipe:
Prism Baby Blue Cardstock
May Arts Polka Dot Ribbon
Sunshine Designs Snow Man
Crystal Stickles
Tombow Watercolour Markers
Stazon Black Ink
Paint Brush

* Sorry for the crappy SCAN. I seem to make
lumpy cards, and that creates shadows... no matter what I do. I have tried everything! Guess it's better to photograph them.

Thanks for stopping by. Starting tomorrow, look for a card/project/layout a day PLUS a favourite holiday recipe too. I LOVE christmas.