Masculine Cards

Here are a couple of cards I made this weekend
I am entering this one for sketch #148 at Sketch Saturday



This one is for Sketch #147 at Friday Sketchers

Another Day, Another Card

I have been making a lot more cards lately than layouts.  Here's another one I have been working on.
I am entering it in the following challenges.
Simon Says Stamp - Mother's Day/Girlie Challenge
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Word Challenge and my word is Treasure


The digital image is Loves Me Not from Spesch Designer Stamps and I coloured her in with my Prismacolor pencils.

'One For The Lads'

Jared is heading to a birthday party for his best friend on the weekend and I made this card for him to give to his friend.
I am also entering it in the One For The Lads challenge over at the Tickled Pink Stamps Challenge Blog

I love this Lil Lad Eric image it reminds me so much of Jared.  I coloured the image with my Prismacolor pencils.

Elisabeth Bell and Sketch Saturday

The digi image I used for this card is called A Tasty Read and it can be found at Elisabeth Bell Designs

I made this Hugs and Kisses card for their Blog Hop Challenge

I am also entering this card in the Week 147 sketch challenge at Sketch Saturday

Scraproom - finally organized

As part of one of the challenges at Scraptures this month I organized my craftroom (scroll down to my Mar. 16th post for more info)  Here is the end result of spending yesterday cleaning and organizing.

These two pictures are the view looking in from the doorway.  I don't keep my blind open all time because I don't want the sun to damage any of my supplies.

This is the closet that was such a mess in my post further down.  It looks so much nicer now that it is organized.  The very top shelf houses my homemade light table and supplies I use as an Educational Assistant.

The next shelf has my photography books and info for our trip to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and PEI

The next shelf has my genealogy binders and scrapping magazines

 This shelf is full of alterable items that are waiting to be used.

This shelf holds some of my larger wooden stamps, my favourite Santa stamps and my button collection.

 This is my Expedit shelf from Ikea.  On top are my photo boxes filled with pictures and some finished projects.
First row l to r: embossing powders, glitter, and dry embossing materials; cuttlebug and folders; finished cards and card fronts; the binders hold all my unmounted and clear stamps

Second row l to r: unused albums; chalks, watercolor pencils, metallic rubs, paint brushes and sponges; binder full of handmade embellishments, packaging materials, vellum and misc specialty papers, and papers for my heritage albums; embellishments

Third row l to r: Pictures and digital images on cd, albums in progress and page kits; extra adhesive and misc supplies; basket full of autumn leaves clear stamps

Fourth row l to r: Foam alphabet stamps; basket full of misc supplies for mini albums; reinkers, pearl ex, wheel stamps and brayer; baskets with punches and misc embellishments

Shelf unit is from Canadian Tire.  On top is my entertainment center, tv, dvd player, mp3 player and speaker and of course my 80's classic movies, Full series of Gilmore Girls and ER up to season 13.

This unit holds all my pattern paper, my inks, my Scraptures kits, metallic embellishments, paint, and idea books.  In the white boxes are my coluzzle, alphabet stickers, sticker embellishments, and chipboard embellishments

Here is all my cardstock and the tower of drawers holds all my wood mounted stamps (mostly Stampin Up)

The table where I work and my inspiration bulletin board.  The Pampered Chef carousel holds all the stuff I use regularly such as scissors, paint brushes, glue pens, rulers, etc

In the white shelf from l to r: my Close to My Heart stamps;  recent pictures to be scrapped seperated by which album they go in, my SU markers, unmounted alphabets, and the basket holds my bling; the tin is my collection of Prismacolor pencils and on top is my bag of misc. colouring supplies.

This is my ribbon, fibers, and distress inks

In the three drawer tower you will find, any layouts or projects I am currently working on, my ATG gun, journal pads and tags, my everyday adhesives, brayer, circle cutter, sandpaper and my edge distresser.

In the shelf below is my stickles, homemade glimmer mists, spray inks, acrylic blocks, stamp n' scrup and heat gun.

On the desk is my cricut station and below it in the blue tub is scraps and in the top drawer of the tower is my pigment inks and in the bottom drawer is flowers and lace.

Here I store some of my flower embellishments and the punches I use most often.

Birthday Card

I coloured in this Elisabeth Bell image using my prismacolor pencils.  I am really happy with how it turned out.

I am entering this card in the following challenges.

Happy Birthday Challenge at Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog

Anything For Spring Challenge at B n' W Challenge Blog

Sketch # 146 at  Friday Sketchers

Finally Friday

Every friday a different member of the Scraptures Team post a challenge which includes a sketch and a layout or card they completed using the sketch as inspiration.  Today is my turn, check it out here.

This is the sketch I used from the Oct. 2008 archives of pagemaps.



This is the layout I created using the wonderful March Scraptures Kit (contents seen here)

The colours of the Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934 paper went perfectly with my daughter's skating costume for her end of year preformance. I painted around the edges of some of the papers with the Tattered Angels Glimmer Glam, added some of the buttons to the title and the crystal flower was the perfect final touch.

Here is a close up of the Crystal Corner Floral and you can also see where I painted around the edge of the paper using the Tattered Angels Golden Goddess Glitter Glam, it adds a subtle sparkle, which is perfect for this layout of my daughter skating.