Quick and Easy Tags

Need some quick and simple tags for last-minute gift wrapping? I love the ornate, intricate, layered tags I see all over the blogosphere, but I hate the thought of them being swept up with all the wrapping paper and tossed into the recycling! These little guys come together in no time flat, with a few scraps, punches, and dies.





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Supplies:
Stamps: Winter Post, Many Merry Messages, Serene Snowflakes
Paper: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Silver Glitter
Ink: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Chocolate Chip, Marina Mist
Accessories: Northern Frost Decorative Strip die, Two Tags die, Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/8 Circle Punch, Linen Thread, elastic cord

Happy Holidays!

Wow, I can't believe I've been absent from my blog for such a long time. It's not that I haven't been crafting, but the photos of what I've been making just haven't seemed to make it onto the blog lately. I do have a good excuse though...




We are so excited to be expecting our first child at the end of May! This holiday is certainly a special one, as we enjoy the special traditions of the season and dream about what new traditions we will create as a family in the years to come.

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Supplies:
My Digital Studio (MDS)

Happy Howl-o-ween!

Happy Halloween! I was playing in the Paper Cottage today and came up with this fun Halloween card. The Bitty Bat punch is retired, but is currently available on the Clearance Rack, while supplies last.

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Supplies:

Stamps: Warmest Wishes (hostess), Howl-o-ween Creeps, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Whisper White, So Saffron, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, Chocolate Chip

Ink: Black Staz-On, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie (marker)

Accessories: 1 3/4'' Circle Punch, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, 2 Step Owl Punch, 2 Step Bird Punch, Bitty Bat Punch

Clean and Simple Easy Events Cards

Easy Events is one of the stamp sets I got with my Stampin' Up Convention registration. It is such a versatile set to have in your collection! The images are clean and simple, so I thought they would lend themselves well to a set of clean, white on white cards. There are eight images in total in this set, and the ladies who attended my Easy Events class made eight cards altogether, one with each image. The images are coloured in with Stampin' Pads and Blender Pen, and I used either Crystal Effects or Dazzling Diamonds/Two-Way Glue Pen for a bit of embellishment.

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Supplies:

Stamps: Easy Events

Paper: Whisper White, Perfect Plum, Soft Suede

Ink: Perfect Plum, Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, Soft Suede, Rose Red, Black Staz-On

Accessories: Crystal Effects, Dazzling Diamonds, Two-Way Glue Pen, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Finial Press embossing folder

Sweets for the Sweet Mini Album

Here's another adorable project using the Sweets for the Sweet stamp set from our last group meeting. It's a simple mini album with pockets for photos, keepsakes and journaling, all held together with a belly band. What a fun way to remember a summer trip, or even to make with a child to hold all those special summer memories.

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Supplies:

Stamps: Sweets for the Sweet

Ink: Lucky Limeade, Crumb Cake, Island Indigo

Paper: Pool Party, Crumb Cake, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade

Accessories: Colour Spritzer, Linen Thread, Dazzling Diamonds

Sweets for the Sweet

This adorable card was one of the make n' takes from my upline's recent demonstrator meeting. It was also one of the make n' takes on the Stampin' Up 2011 Alaska Cruise incentive trip. It uses all five of the new In Colours, as well as the Sweets for the Sweet stamp set.

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Supplies:

Stamps: Sweets for the Sweet, Curly Cute

Ink: Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Pool Party

Paper: Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Island Indigo, Whisper White

Accessories: Linen Thread, Crimper, Metallic Brad, Paper Piercing Tool

Back from a Break

Hello stampers! I can't believe July has already come and gone! I got busy at the beginning of July preparing all my swaps for Stampin' Up! convention, then I was away at Convention, and since then, I've been busy hosting some students from Japan and showing them around Vancouver. Check out where we went yesterday: Lighthouse Park in West Vancouver. It is so breathtaking there! We hiked through shady trails surrounded by old growth forests and picnicked on the sun drenched rocks with the ocean breeze cooling us. As a local, you sometimes forget about all the great places close to home, and I love playing tourist in my own town when I host visitors. I didn't intend to be away from my blog for so long, but I'm back; thanks for your patience!

Today's card is a swap I did for an organized swap at Convention. The swap was organized by my friend and sideline, Ida Chan. Thanks Ida, for organizing such a great swap! At Convention, you can swap anytime with anyone else who is swapping cards, and you can also sign up to participate in organized swaps that have a theme or focus. The focus for this one was "Birthday" and I got so many beautiful cards back in return. I'll try to show some of them in the coming days and weeks.

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Supplies:

Stamps: Word Play

Paper: Bashful Blue, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Old Olive DSP, Melon Mambo DSP

Ink: Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Old Olive, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie

Accessories: Hemp Twine, Cupcake Punch, 1 1/4 Circle Punch, 1 3/8 Circle Punch, 1/16 Hole Punch, Scallop Circle Punch