Around the World on Wednesday--The World Around Us!

I really think this is a unique and interesting theme…the world around us! I mean one can go in so many directions. When I think of the world around me, I reflect on something that I do a lot of and I came up with drink lattes and take selfies :)

So I wanted to design a page that reflects my coffee loving selfies! I still have to print pictures, which I will admit is highly unusual for me. I almost always have my picture when I design a page!

When I think of coffee I think of brown tones so I started off with Early Espresso as my base for my photos and then I decided to add a girly feel by using Rococo Rose as my page base with accents of Pretty Peacock. Its sort of a unique color combo but I think it totally works with my coffee loving theme!

We have so many awesome stamp sets to support this super fun theme! I started with the Press On stamp set as the to go coffee cup is just the best and the coffee beans make terrific background filler.

Of course I had to use the little coffee cup from the Warm Hugs stamp set as a background accent too.

I chose fun and cheeky phrases to describe my love of a good latte!

If you take time to search through your stamp sets, you might be surprised in the different ways you use them. Take the “Lucky Me” sentiment, it is from the Game on stamp set. And really, sometimes I do feel that way about me coffee :)

I cut the word Coffee using the Playful Alphabet dies and beside its added the phrase “Life is better with you” from the Many Mates stamp set. Who else can relate to feeling this way about your morning coffee? Ha ha ha!

One of the key things I do when I am creating scrapbook pages is create little areas to convey the ‘theme’ of my page. I often say “its all in the details”! You can look at these spaces as little card fronts if you are starting to transition from card making to scrapbooking.

I added a circle of coordinating DSP, used a fun punch, plus a couple different embellishments.

The Nothings Better Than stamp set was another ‘must use’ stamp set in creating these fun pages. I had to stamp the ‘coffee’ stamp in the background!

I found the “I like you a latte’ in the Christmas set, Warm Hugs! And used the dies from the bundle to create a fun layer with some of the Faux Suede ribbon.

The Crumb Cake scallop border under the photo mat is from the Peony dies.

I just love this little corner! Because its true, ADULTING IS HARD! My kids have no idea how great they have it, hahaha!

I really hope you enjoyed my take on our theme, The World Around Us! I can’t to see what the other gals in the hop have created, so make sure you visit everyone and please feel free to leave a comment!

Tricia Butts from the United States is next up on the hop, click below to get to her creation!

C is for Cookie...

And it’s good enough for me, oh C is for Cookie and its good enough for me because COOKIE COOKIE COOKIE COOKIE starts with C!

Hahaha! How many of you learned your ABC’s from Sesame Street? Can you guess who my favourite character was? Cookie Monster! And ya, maybe I still do eat my cookies like he does! hahahaha! I also really liked Grover and when they occasionally showed you glimpses inside Oscar’s garbage can…man, that was a good day!

So needless to say I love the Nothing's Better Than bundle and could not wait to make a fun cookie treat. I will be giving these out to everyone who places an order with me next month and I absolutely cannot wait!

I have to say the best thing about having a tweet is their willingness to do things for money, so I employed my daughter to cut out 48 ‘cookie’ words for me the other day. Then we worked together to cut the other parts and I stamped the ‘Today’s Plan Consume’ in Soft Suede on Sahara Sand card stock and flicked the background with a Water Painter and Sahara Sand ink. I added some retired Baker’s Twine (use that stash up) between the stitched circle and scallop circle layers and added the labels to a package of Dad’s Cookies (bough at Costco!).

I can’t wait to share these with all of my group members in September! Ask me about joining one of my monthly groups if you live in the YEG area!

Create with Connie and Mary--Tropical Feelings!

Hello my friends! I am definitely having Tropical Feelings this week as I was scheduled to be in Maui on the Stampin’ Up! Incentive trip. And while I am not there, I am still counting my blessing and feeling thankful for all the people that continually support me so I can earn and achieve these trips each year! This past year, 40 Canadian Demonstrators stamped their way to Maui and to be a part of such a wonderful group (our biggest yet) is truly an honour. I love what I do and have had the support of so many people over the years to truly “LOVE WHAT I DO”.

Our weekly Saturday Blog Hop is channelling those ‘Tropical Feelings’ and I pictured myself on a beach drinking yummy cocktails while being fanned by my husband (well maybe not the last part but a girl can dream!) So I leaned into the Nothings Better Than stamp set as a jump start for some fun cocktail cards!

What is really awesome about this stamp set (pg 91) is the variety of words and sentiments in the stamp set. It actually makes creating custom phrases so easy and fun which is what I did here with these cards.

Using the Playing with Patterns DSP was also a no brainer in creating these cards! I love the color palette and being able to mix and match the patterns made these cards come together so easily. The featured colors are Calypso Coral, Crushed Curry, Coastal Cabana, Night of Navy and Purple Posy. I swapped out the Night of Navy for Misty Moonlight and added Blushing Bride in as well for the 6 card bases.

The cocktails are stamped in Momento ink and then colored with Stampin’ Blends in the coordinating colors. I used a water painter to flick coordinating ink over top of the first card stock layer, focusing mainly on the edges (as that is all you see once the white layer goes on top). I added a couple of the Playing with Patterns Resin Dots to each card for the perfect finishing touch!

I just love the added texture the water painter can add to a background! This is a technique I definitely use A LOT!

As usual you can go back to see what Tropical Creation Melissa is sharing with us or continue going forward (NEXT) to see what Connie has designed!

#daydrinking...card style!

Adulting is hard, especially in these interesting times! So sometimes a girl has got to do what a girl has got to do and enjoy a day time beverage! You can also make a cute card like this while consuming your beverage!

I used the new Nothings Better Than stamp set which is Connie Stewart’s 1,000,000 achiever stamp set. Did you know that? When you sell 1,000,000 CSV you get to help design your own stamp set! It is such a cool thing. And I think if Connie and I lived in the same city we would definitely be friends as I also love Cookies, Chocolate, Coffee and Cocktails!

I created this card based around the color palette of the Playing with Patterns DSP. I absolutely LOVE the colors in this collection. The base of my card is Coastal Cabana with a layer of Smoky Slate and a strip of the DSP tucked along the side that ties in all of the colors used to embellish the card.

I cut a star out from the Stitched Stars dies in Misty Moonlight to create a fun layer. The sentiment is stamped in Highland Heather ink of coordinating card stock. The shape is from the Stitched Rectangles dies (a craft room must have!). Cocktails is cut using the “I love You More Than” dies from Gorgeous Grape card stock.

I added in two of the ribbons from the Playing with Patterns Ribbon Combo between the star and rectangle layers. I coloured the cocktail glass with my blends and added Wink of Stella over top of the blue drink. A few of the Playing with Patterns Resin dots and this card is complete!

I loved this card so much that I created a whole bunch for a swap I am participating in with my team. I hope they love them as much as I do!