Some Like It Hot!

HELLO! :)

I was planning on going for a walk today, but woke up to -6 degrees celsius, plus a bunch of wind and snow, making it feel like about -20C. BRRRrrrrrr!!

I spent the day puttering around the house and making a card instead. I don't know if I've mentioned it, but I am working on a more healthy lifestyle, which will involve losing some weight. I started almost two weeks ago and lost 9 lbs. in the first week. Most of it probably water weight. I'm using 'LiveStrong', and have charted to lose 2 lbs. a week. Hopefully I'll soon be a skinnier, healthier me! :)

Anyway, enough about me, here's the card:

I just realized that my card is about FOOD! LOL!! I can't eat or drink too much chocolate right now, so I'll just make a card about Hot Chocolate. Oh dear! LOL!!

Oh well, here's another view of it.

I stamped the image three times, and embossed them with black embossing powder. Then I colored the cups in with markers. I cut the bottom plate off one of the cups and stacked it on the other three cups. I used the bottom cup from the third image and fussy cut the steam and the marshmallows for the center cup.

The words were done with SCAL and the Cricut. I think they were a bit too fine of a cut, but I used them anyway. I used a glue pen to attach them. Finicky work!!

The yellow background was put through a tool that gives the paper a corrugated look.

I took a few Cocoa Ads off the internet and downsized them to use on the card.

I don't have a photo of the inside, but it says, "Some Like it HOT!"

Here's my list of supplies:

Debbie Mumm Stamp: Steamy Cups D6171
Random Cocoa ads off the internet
Yellow Paper: Glitz Basics, Lyndsay Johnson
Cosmo Cricket Paper pad: Cogsmo
Black, and white card stock
pop dots, glue pen, double sided tape, Cricut, Scal.
Watermark ink, black embossing powder
Sharpie markers

Well, that's all for today. Hope you enjoyed my Mexican style Hot Cocoa! Thanks for visiting!

Carmen

You're The Best!

Hi there! :)

Well, it's been a bit of a busy weekend! We had our grandson overnight on Friday night, and my parents visited for the weekend. There's nothing like a little guy running around to remind you that life is full of discovery, joy, and movement. Lots and lots of movement!! LOL! In the morning my husband made a fire, and Kai sat in front of it and called to me --"Gramma...sit!" As he patted the ground beside him. I happily obliged. :)

Anyway, Kai's gone home and so have my parents, which gave me an opportunity to finish a card I started at the end of last week.

I wanted to make a generic card, and it's not my usual style.

I used a paper pad by DCWV that I picked up quite a few months back, but have never used.

I found this unusually shaped button in my stash (the middle one). The tape measure paper is from Cosmo Cricket's 'Measuring Up.'

Here's a close up of the dress form. I got this from Cheryl Ann First Expressions, transferred it to SCAL and cut it with my Cricut. If you'd like one, click on: 'Dress Form'

The dress is just a ribbon that I ruffled with a thread and needle, and then attached with embellishment tape and a ribbon. I took some black ink and rubbed it on the legs of the dress form.

 

 This one came together rather easily! BTW, the sentiment is from Hero Arts....

Here's my list of supplies:

DCWV, The Mod-Retro Stack

Cosmo Cricket, Measuring Up

Dress Form

Ink, for the edges

Ribbons, a thread and needle.

Mini Rose

Hero Arts, Everyday Sayings

Waxed thread for the buttons.

Well, that's it for today. Thanks for visiting!

Carmen

Going To The Opera

Hello!

In the last post I promised you a masculine card soon. I've just finished it in time for my Dad's birthday. He's turning 77 today! One of his favorite things is to go to the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra, and he loves the Opera - so those are the themes I decided to combine for his card.

I tried to cut freehand the theatre curtains at the top of the card. Not perfect, but you really can't tell.

The brads on each side of the curtain were dollar store purchases.

The note is a Cricut cut. I added some glitter to it, and a pop dot to make it stand out a bit. Note the little metal book on the conductors stand. Another Dollar Store find!

I actually love this metal ribbon. My girlfriend found it and gave me a piece. You wouldn't believe how much of it I've used. I'm just about out of it! :(

Here's the inside. I just love the piano keys. I got them out of one of my own music books. Same with the staff near the top. The instruments were Scal and Cricut cuts from Clips N Cuts. The links are below.

Here's the front of the card again, and the list of materials I used

Materials Used:

Graphic45 - A Proper Gentleman paper pack
Seven Gypsies - 6x6 Angelo Variety Pack (inside)
Cardstock
Black card base with envelope
Inkadinkado - Birthday Cupcake Stamps (Sweet Birthday Wishes - I cut it)
Hero Arts - Everyday Sayings Stamps (Just a Note)
Rubons - for the "77" inside
*The Graphics Fairy* - Opera Graphics and Conductor Graphic
(here's a link to their search page.  The graphics I used were under the Music icon)
 Clips N Cuts - Musical SVG Set
(All her free files can be found under Digital Wednesdays - Digital Templates)

I also used:
Black ink, embellishment tape, pop dots, glue pen, double sided tape, glitter.

Well that's it for today.
I hope you're all having a lovely week!

Thank you for visiting and see you next time!

Carmen

Le Romantique!

Happy Sunday!

I have another card for you today. This one is made with Graphic 45 papers from the 'Le Romantique' pad. I love their papers!

The process I used is fairly simple. There are 4 layers, plus the image which was raised with some pop dots. I used some dollar store bling, and a Cricut butterfly.

 I love this ribbon, and I thought it worked with the dance theme. So I ruffled it with a thin strip of embellishment tape and then attached it. The beaded strip is a dollar store find. The stamped sentiment is from the Hero Arts set 'Everyday Sayings'

I actually love this set because it's so versatile. It includes: 

"Just a note, you're the best, thinking of you (x3), I'm sorry, just saying hello, deepest sympathy, thank you, get well soon, happy anniversary (x2) you did it!, sending warm fuzzies, hello, congratulations, xoxo, sorry for your loss, thanks!, thank you for your friendship, sending you sunshine and laughter." Plus it has 3 tiny flowers.

 I can't remember where I picked up these little roses, but they work well on cards. Note the ruffled distress edge; it's one of Gabrielle Pollaco's designs (Such a Pretty Mess).

 I finished off the inside per usual, but didn't take a photo of it. You can see it a bit in the photo above. Note the little pink brad on the corner of the tag inside. Love it! I cut out some of the large roses paper from the Le Romantique paper pad to decorate the inside.

Well, that's it for today. I've decided I'm going to do up some cards ahead of time because I always seem to be doing them up last minute, and I'm not as creative when dealing with time pressures- even when they're self imposed! 

I'll be making up some Ridgeview samples soon too. In the meantime, I have another masculine type card coming up in the next few days.

Until then, have a good Sunday!

Thanks for visiting. :)

Carmen

Soar, Dream, Live...and Ride!

As promised, I will be showing you some cards the next little while. It's funny, this blog started out as  a scrapbooking/card blog --but it's morphing into a 'whatever I feel like posting' blog! LOL!

As I'm going along, I'm seeing things that I find interesting, and want to share them with you. It's safe to say that from now on you'll find a variety of things here. =D

Anyhoo...here is the first of a few cards I'm making.

I used Graphic 45 paper from the 'A Proper Gentleman' paper pad to make this card. The card is kind of minimalist, but I think that's okay for a guy. They don't need a lot of pomp and fancy.

The outside says 'Soar' and 'Dream', and the inside says 'Live.' These are Tim Holtz Adage Tickets. I need a new cutter, so the edges are a bit rough, but instead of trimming them I decided to keep them for this card. I like the unfinished look.

I used a little metal clock embellishment on the front as well. Sorry, but I can't remember where I got it from--I sure like it though!

I thought that the little gold sheer ribbon, and some brads for the corners finished the card off nicely. My son loves cars, and especially FAST cars. So this card is perfect for him!

Well, that's my card for now.

BUT, while I'm on the topic of Men and their likes, this one comes from IZZY!

My sister Izzy made two frames this past Christmas for her Motorbiking son and husband. They live up in Quesnel, BC which is perfect territory for this kind of activity!!

Here is the frame she made up for her husband. (I like her chocolate brown walls)

Her process:

I took the matting out of another picture frame knowing that I wanted to do something unique for my guys this Christmas.

I distressed all the matting uses CTMH black ink.

To spice things up a little, I randomly stamped Motor bike sayings here and there. It was looking a little blah, so I took a thick black felt pen, and after practising on some scrap paper until it looked like a tire track, I drew the tracks on the frame.

To give the center photo some more attention, I added some additional matting to set it apart from the rest.

This one is Vern's frame and that's Vern in the center photo. Brolin's frame had a photo of him for the center picture. The other photos were relatively the same on both frames.

Thanks for looking!

Izzy

Well, thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed our projects. We love to hear from you, so leave a comment if you have a moment. Have a good weekend!
Carmen

What's New from CHA?

Hi All!

I have some definite favorites when it comes to Scrapbooking, and CHA is the best place to keep up to date on what's happening in the Scrapbooking world. So today, I'm bringing you a couple of videos from CHA.

One of my top favorites is Tim Holtz. Yes, Tim has got to be the king of scrap. This guy is creative and innovative and he never fails to surprise me with his generous offerings of techniques and products. Here is his video.


Another favorite of mine is Graphic 45. Here's their booth --the video is taken by Laura from Follow the Paper Trail.


Heeeeere's Marion Smith and PRIMA!


That's probably enough videos for one day. I don't want to overwhelm you with all this crafty goodness. =D

I do want to mention Websters Pages, and Bo Bunny as well. Beautiful papers, gorgeous products!! Make sure you check them out as well!

I enjoyed your visit!

Carmen

Easy Photo Collages

I was just visiting my friend Beth at The Stories of A to Z and discovered her post Valentine's Day Ideas:keeping the Romance Alive (amongst other interesting things...Beth is always interesting!)

So I decided to go to ShapeCollage.com and see if I could make my own. It's totally free, btw!

In the end, I went to the Facebook application for Shape Collage and used my photo albums there to play with.

This heart shaped one is of my grandson Kai, with most of the photos taken about a year and a half ago.
The application is so easy to use, that I did another one of a fishing trip to Port Hardy from last year. This one is shaped like a moon...

I also did one of my Craft folder on FB. Just for fun!

If you're on FB, it's an easy way to play without having to download the Photo Collage Maker, but if you want to make more shapes and have more control over which photos you use, your picture size, etc. you'll want to do that instead.

It's really easy though, and anyone can do it. I think it's a wonderful idea!

Thanks to Beth for the link!! Make sure to check out her blog...she's always got good ideas!

Thank YOU for visiting too! I always appreciate your comments!

Carmen

Incredibly Stunning Paper Dresses!!

I am amazed at the talent of some paper artists out there! Have a peek at this video of DCWV Paper Couture:



Seriously? Some people have WAY too much talent! Just gorgeous!! Hope you enjoyed it.

I'll be back with more in a day or so. Thanks for visiting!

Carmen