Fun with Cork and Fun Flowers Die

HI Everyone

Well here is my last layout that I made scrapping the other day with my Sis and Shannon.  This is my sister gorgeous son Brayden; and this is my last of my Lake layouts I had to do.  The WHOLE family went camping together last year, and I took my camera and got great shots off all the cousins and did a Digital Scrapbook for my family for Christmas this year and I also did traditional layouts for me.  Bray was my last one I had to do.  And I LOVE how it turned out, nice and simple, but oh so cute! Again, I used the cork sheet on this LO, I cut them with the Big shot and the awesome new Fun Flowers L Die from the Mini...which I LOVE!  I almost did not buy it, I AM so glad I did, it's my "go to" embellishment maker! I've made paper flowers, fabric flowers and now cork flowers with it.  This die ROCKS! I also used the new Fabric Brads and Sticky back Rhinestone Jewels to decorated my flowers and my XL Trim Die Scallop. The background square DSP is from Play Date.

Today's LO was made with Twisted Sketches #87 sketch and the twist was comfort.  I think my raccoons on my DSP cover the comfort twist, they are just chilled and relaxin' floating in the water.

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Team Work: Twisted Sketch 72

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As usual, it's a great sketch over at Twisted Sketches this week; I LOVE being on the Design Team for this site; sketches float my boat!  And today's twist was an easy one; RIBBON.  Well if you read my yesterdays post, you know I'm a hockey mom now..so of course, I have to scrapbook that.  So today's LO is an extension of that one..not actually a double LO but they totally were made to be next to each other.  Make sure you go and play over at Twisted Sketches; link your picture up there and I'd love it if you linked it to mine as well!

Did you see my late blog yesterday about the Holiday Bundle Sale??? 20% off Christmas Bundle Kits! WAHOO!  I also announce my On- Line Customer Loyalty Program; officially started last night! All on-line orders of $50 pre tax/sh, will receive a stamp on their loyalty card which I will start; and once you reach $200 in orders you will receive a FREE package of In Color Markers from ME as a THANK YOU! Please click HERE for details.

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Paper: Newsprint DSP, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive and Very Vanilla C/S; jenni bowlin dsp(non SU!)
Embellishments: Old Olive Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Jewels Rhinestones, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Thickers Non SU!, Cherry Cobbler Stamp n' Write Marker

 Thanks for stopping by
 Dawn
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It's official: I am a Hockey Mom! UDI 6

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Well it is official; I am a Hockey Mom!  I registered the boys in hockey Wednesday and bought all the equipment that night and they had their first week end of hockey on Sat/Sun! Talk about throwing them in the deep end; it was their first time on skates as well! LOL! I must say I am a proud Momma though!  Bless my twins hearts, they fell down 100 time, and got up 101 with a smile on their faces every single time! Not once did they get discouraged or upset that they couldn't do it!  They love every min on the ice, even though the spend most of the time on their bum..or knees..or back! LOL!

Any hoo...so for today's UDI Color Challenge, I decided to do a scrapbook page.  Now I have to admit, with some of these challenges I've been having some difficulty, some of the colors have just taken me out of my comfort zone; and when I looked at today's colors, my first reaction was "oh no!"  So I decide to do a scrapbook page and threw in a sheet of DSP from the Newsprint collection that just happens to be neutral so it follows the rules.  I found this a lot easier for me!  Every time I see Rose Red, I struggle..sorry, it is just SO NOT me!  But I found a way to work it into my layout and I am very happy with how it turned out.  I've actually combine 2 Challenges on this LO; I used the sketch from Twisted Sketches #70 with the twist being hole.  So for my hole, I punched in 3 jumbo eyelets. 

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 Paper: Rose Red, Concord Crush, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie Card Stock, Newsprint DSP
 Embellishments: Jumbo Eyelets, Pumpkin Pie  1 1/4" Striped Grosgrain
 Tools: Crop a dile, Big Shot, Alphabet Simple Dies, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Circle Scissor Plus,  1 1/4", 1", 3/4" Circle Punches

 Thanks for stopping by
Dawn
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Candle Flower Tutorial: Twisted 70

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Hi  Everyone

OK, I am feeling the need to redeem myself...since I have been sick, I've kinda lost my MOJO and I feel the need to prove to myself, and YOU, that I am good at crafting!  So luckily for me, today is Twisted Sketches #70, with the twist being "pin"; scrapbooking, my FAV!  I really spent a lot of time putting this LO together, and I am very please with the results. There are a lot of little details on here if you look closely, all the buttons are threaded with Linen Thread. I think it's the small details that make the difference.  The little leaves at the top were cut out with the Leaves #2 Die from Cajun Craze and More Mustard card stock; I then took my bone folder and grooved in the leave veins, then I sponged Cajun Craze to add some depth.  Then I curled them with my bone folder, and pushed through some pearl ended pins. It's hard to see the details in the picture, sorry.

How about my flower?? Do you like it! You guys know how much I love making my own flowers...so in my true style, I made this one too!  With my favorite Die, Circle #2!  I came across this great tutorial on the web for making sunflowers but I didnt' have all the supplies that they used, so I worked with what I had and made this flower instead.  I thought you would like a tutorial on it. 

Step 1: Cut out your Polyester fabric with your Big Shot and Circle #2 Die.  You will need 4 large, 3 Medium, 3 Small, 2  XS.

Step #2. Cut into your circles, to make petals. Just straight cuts all the way around the circles.

Step #3. Take a candle; I used a tea light; and singe the end of each petal.  Don't stick it in the flame, just very close, and it is quick, so be careful not to set it on fire. After all the circles are done; stagger them on top of each other.  I used my Crop a Dile and punch a hole and added a brad.

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 Paper: Autumn Spice DSP (120808), Neutrals Patterns DSP (117157), Old Olive, Cajun   Craze,Very Vanilla  C/S
 Ink: Cajun Craze (119671)
 Embellishments: 5/16" Neutral Jumbo Brads (112534), Linen Thread (104199), Tag and Buttons Non-SU!
 Tools: Big Shot, (113439), Leaves #2 Die (113459), Circles #2 Die (114526), Tasteful Trim XL die (120893)
Thanks for stopping by
 Dawn
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Twisted Cards 27: Love

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Well first off I want to apologize to Anam for handing in my card so late today for Twisted Sketches #27...which happens to be my last card for the DT of Twisted Sketches!  I'm sad to say good-bye, but I am pressed for time, so it was time!  I'll still be staying on for the DT Twisted Sketches Scrapbook though. 

So on to today's card; today's Twist is LOVE; I think my greeting "welcome Christmas into your heart" sums that up pretty well!  This was literally a 5 min card today...as I was late, I needed to make something crazy quick!  I do like how it turned out though, clean and simple.  Just wish I snailed the ribbon down a bit before I took the picture! Opps!  If click on the picture to make it larger, you'll notice there is faux stiching detail around the Whisper White; this card base is pre-made from the Hostess Level 3 kit!  Did you notice the glitter detail as well?? This is the new Glass Glitter from the Holiday Mini; wow! I LOVE this stuff!!!

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 Paper: Simply Sent Cute as a button Hostess Level 3 Card base; Old Olive and Whisper White
 Stamps: Tags til Christmas 121169 (clear, Holiday Mini), Heard From the Heart 120006 (clear)
 Ink: Cherry Cobbler Classic, Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive Markers
 Embellishments: Cherry Cobble Seam Binding 120992, Glass Glitter Champagne 120997 ( Both,holiday mini)
 Tools: XL Decorative Label Punch 120907 (holiday mini), Scallop Trim Border Punch 118402

 Thanks for stopping by
Dawn
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Vintage Christmas: Twisted Sketches #68

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Well I just had such a good time making my LO for today's Twisted Sketches #68; today's twist is Vintage.  I went head first down vintage road; the pictures are of me at Christmas in 1976 with my brother and sister; she is giggling in the picture cause she has two different slippers on!  I don't think I'm quite old enough to be called vintage yet! LOL! But it's not a new picture of me...so vintage it is!  Then the tag on it is ACTUALLY vintage!  I bought it last year at the Antique show; I actually I bought a few vintage postcards, tags and have been hording them until the perfect LO comes along!  Today's LO meet the perfect criteria so my Santa tag was used!  In small print on the tag is says "National School Studio's" so I'm assuming this went out with their school pictures or something.  Then for my paper and stamps I choose from SU! great vintage theme products this year! Contempo Christmas is the stamp set that I made all those cute decorations from and stamped the gorgeous boarder of sparkly trees with. My patterned paper is Love Letter which has a total vintage feel about it as well! I love this vintage trend right now!  I finished off my LO with placing Basic Pearls (sticky backed half pearls) on the decoration and using MME chipboard for the title and those little cardinals.  Actually, once I saw the picture of the LO, I decided it needed one more large cardinal next to "merry", but as you can tell I'm having a bad picture day! So I didn't retake.  Sorry about all the shadows!

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Paper: Love Letter 117162, Riding Hood Red, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Old Olive

Ink: Craft Old Olive 119718 (Brights assortment Craft Spots)

Stamps: Contempo Christmas 120594 (clear only $14.95!), Tree Trimmings 116722 (the string for my decorations)

Embellishments: Basic Pearls 119247,Fine Galaxy Glitter 114286

Tools: Heat tool 100005, Ornament XL Punch 119847 

 Thanks for stopping by

 Dawn

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Twisted Sketches #66 meets Nursery Suite Specialty DSP

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I had SO much fun with this Twisted Sketches #66 this week! Awesome LO, I'm a fan of "white space" plus the twist this week is FABRIC!!!! I've been itching to play with the new paper Nursery Suite (117165) which in all honesty is not really the paper I would normally choose..no skulls any where, no vintage, not even earthy tones!  As the name indicates, it's a baby set? HUH? Well I'm here to show you there is so much more you can do with this set that make baby pages or card! Some of the sheets do have a nursery pattern on them, BUT only on one side! So this DSP is totally awesome for anyone!  Seriously, look at this cool paper! I love it's shape and lovely detail! The circle was cut out of the same package as well!  With the exception of the Thickers and the Sweet tag (MME) the rest is SU!  Yes, even that fabric I made that awesome flower with is SU!, the fabric is called Candy Cane (121715) but as you can see, you can use it any time; it is not a "Christmasy" print. You get 3 fabric patterns each a  fat quarter section (28x18"). You can make ALLOT of flowers with that! LOL!  And those HUGE buttons are too called Candy Cane (121718), to match the fabric perfectly! Aren't they just cute?
I stamped the White C/S with the Damask stamp  & Blushing Bride Ink (119786) from set Friends 24-7 (113218); this has got to be one of  my all time favorite stamps..if you check out my blog often, you know that! Then I ran a strip of Blushing Bride C/S through the Paper Crimper (101618); this is a tool I have been pulling out more lately.  It just seems to go with a lot more styles this season.  I finished the embellishments off with a pretty bow made from the Whisper White Organza Ribbon (114319). 
Pretty, right?  It's nice to scrapbook with my sister's girls! As you know I have twin boys...so not so girly are my books! So I borrow girls to scrap!
PS! If any of you checked out my card on Saturday for Twisted Sketches, you'll  may have noticed my card looked completely different form everyone elses...well that would be because I made it with the wrong sketch! OOPS! Right Twist however...wrong sketch! LOL!  I've had a few request on my blog and a few emailed to me asking to put up a little tutorial on how I made the clear flowers on that card; I will make it tomorrow and post it!
Thanks for stopping by today
Dawn
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Twisted Sketches Card #23

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Today's card was made with Twisted Sketches #23 Sketch; with this weeks twist being "CLEAR".  As soon as I saw the twist, I know exactly what I was going to make!Can you see my Clear Flowers?? I made these by cutting out Medium Window Sheets (114323, 2/5.95), with 1 /14" Circle Punch (119861) & the Fancy Flower Punch (118073).  The small ones are made with four circles, stagger layers, topped with 3/4" circle punch out of So Saffron and held together with a Crystal Fire Brad.  The Large ones are made with 2 flowers and 1 circle covered with So Saffron and a brad as well.  THEN I just melted them with my heat tool! HOW cool is that! I love this look! It adds such a fabulous texture to your project!  Make sure you click on the picture to make it larger so you can see the details.

If you would like a tutorial on the flowers, please just leave me a comment asking for it! I will post one next week, you just need to ask!

Supplies & Direction All SU!

 So Saffron Textured  C/S12x12 ; cut into 6 x 12, fold in half;  Nursery Suite Specialty DSP cut into 5 3/4" square, Chocolate Chip C/S, cut with Big Shot (113439) and  Scallop  Circle #2 Die(113469); cut and layer, bottom scallop, use dimensionals to raise it.  Make flowers as described above. Attach down with glue dots.  Stamp your greeting onto Whisper White C/S 1 x 4 1/4"with Chocolate Chip Ink. I used the stamp set Curly Cute (120510, for Clear). With scissors, triangle snip the end to make it look like a banner. Use a dauber and Chocolate chip ink to distress the edges softly.  Curly edges with your bone folder; just like you would ribbon at Christmas! Use your edge of your bone folder and gently pull. Attach down with dimensionals. Tie a small Pretty in Pink Taffeta Ribbon (109067) and attach down with a glue dot.  Lastly add a strip of DSP 1 1/2 x 6" to the inside of your card along the bottom.

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Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to go check out today's sketch!

Dawn

Twisted Sketches #64: Group Sign Ups!

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Here is my take on today's Twisted Sketches Scrapping Sketch #64 with today's twist be "tree".  As you can see I used my photo for my "twist" as I'm zip lining through the rain forests of Barbados! So much fun!!!
I made my journal tag with the awesome stamp from the Notable Ornate stamp set and just cut it out; it only took a min and I just love the detail!  After I cut it out I used the Distressing essentials kit and roughed it up by sanding it and ink distressing it to make it look old.  It's hard to see in the picture, but it looks great IRL. If you click on the LO it will make it larger so you can see the details.
Supplies: All SU! unless stated otherwise
Paper: Love Letters DSP 117162, Riding Hood Red, Night of Navy (bird and swirl), Old Olive(hinges on picture) Very Vanilla (tag) Card Stock
Embellishments: Antique Brads 117273,Victoria 5/8" Crochet Trim 118481, Eyelet Border punch 119853,Two Step Bird XL punch 117191, Modern Lable XL punch 119849, Big Shot Die Cutting Machine 113439,Swirly decorative strip die 113456, Distressing Essentials kit 118762, Silver pearl Stipples
Ink: Riding hood Red 111836, Crumb Cake 121030
Stamps: Notably Ornate 120561 (cling), and Wings I think are Heidi Swapp
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Lastly, I'm taking Sign Ups for my Junkie Groups which begin in September.  I live 3 min outside St.Albert by the Sturgeon Golf Course; very easy to get to from all around the Edmonton Area! I've also added a few new groups this year; The Kit Club no attendance require and The Inked Stamper Hour!

 My Groups run as a 10 for 10; this means 10 crafters for 10 months. You will come to my house and make your projects for FREE and in return you promise to purchase a minimum amount (different/ group) on Stampin Up!. Upon sign up you will also receive the 2010/11 Idea Book and Catalogue for FREE, valued at $11.95!! Each month one member will be the Hostess and will need to bring a small snack to share and in return she will receive ALL the hostess Benefits for the day! You will need to bring your basic crafters took kit each class; adhesive, scissors, bone folder (you can purchase at your first group) I have spaces in the following Groups:


Scrapbook Junkies: Meets every 3rd Sunday 11am-1:30pm and you will make 1 loaded 12x12 layout and 1 card; min purchase $40; Your 1 month hostess benefits is guaranteed to be a min of $45 and a Level 2 stamp set; (almost full)

Technique Junkies: Meets every 3rd Sunday 1:30-3pm and you will make a specialized card with matching technique page so you will be able to recreate the technique over and over again. New technique featured each month. Min purchase is $40 and Your 1 month hostess benefits is guaranteed to be a min of $45 and a Level 2 stamp (5 spaces)

Kit of the Month Club: Each month I will design a kit and fill it with $23 worth of SU! products that all match together for you to create projects on your own. I will also include a sample idea of a scrapbook page and of a card that you can make with the products in the kit. No attendance is required, just pick up of your kit. If you would rather I mail you the kit, you will be responsible for the shipping. Payment of $25 (includes tax and shipping) will be put on your credit card on the 3rd Sunday of each month when I order the supplies or if you prefer you may post date 10 cheques for me. 1 month of the 10 you will receive $20 Hostess Benefits and a Hostess Level 1 Stamp Set: please note benefits are a bonus for you to pick out items from the catalgue and CAN NOT be used to as payment for kit.

Inkedstamper Hour: (*Young children welcome*) Every 3rd Friday of the month, Sept-June, 10-11am. This will be a quick 1 hour class where your young kids are welcome to come play while you chat and craft. Each month you will make a different craft, ranging from a quick scrapbook page to flower pins, I will focus on teaching you something new each month. Min purchase will be $25 with a min hostess benefits of $20 and a Level 1 Stamp set.

Thank You so much for stopping by and please email me with any questions and to sign up!
Dawn

Smooth Criminal: Twisted Sketches Scrapbook #62

Hi Everyone
Sorry about the lack of posts..and this one going up late.  My In-Laws are visiting from Australia at the moment, so I've been busy and will be till August 22, so posts will be thin!  I will make sure my Twisted Sketches posts get up though!!  This LO is for my FIRST Twisted Sketches Scrapbook DT assignment; sketch #62 and the twist is SMOOTH.  As soon as I saw the twist, the song Smooth Criminal popped into my head, then a second later, my dog Hunter did too!  So here is my LO! Hope you like it; all material is SU! except of the Thickers.  Click on the picture to make the LO bigger.
Have a great week end and thanks for stopping by
Dawn