Aspiring to Creativity

A Little Something Different & Sparkle!

I recently posted a Christmas card on my Stampin' Up blog and thought I would share it here as well.

If you would like to see a video tutorial on how to create the tabs on this card or view a couple more photos of the card, click here.

I love these soft blue colours. Are you read to try something differnt for your Christmas cards this year?

Thank you for checking in. Next card will be coloured with alcohol markers!

Long Ornamental Pine Christmas Card

Sorry to keep it brief today as I'm just sharing with you another Stampin' Up Christmas card.

If you wish to see the materials used and the have the card making measurements, click here to find them at the bottom of the post.

Hope you are all having fun making your Christmas cards and Christmas crafts!

Surprise Inside My "Newborn King" Card

If you love, or have a stamp, that lends itself better to alcohol ink markers but you don't have any, this is an alternative. This card also shows you how to create a more unique inside, like a surprise.

I am showing you the photos, and if you wish to know how I did what I did, there will be a link to my Stampin' Up blog with the measurements, etc.below.

So if you want to know how this is done, hop on over to my Stampin' Up blog.

Thank you for stopping by to visit! Happy papercrafting!

A "Thank You" Card

It's been on my mind since last weekend to make a "Thank You" card for Dale & Carrie from Stampin' Up headquarters in Calgary to thank them for all the work put into the Fall Conference held in Nanaimo. I finally got to it and want to share it with you.

To see more details about this card, click here. To shop the week long Stampin' Up Extravaganza Sale, click here.

Something for Christmas next time, using one of my new stamp sets! Thank you for stopping by to check everything out.

Christmas Card Silver Accents

Busy day today, but I thought I would quickly share a quick card I made a few days ago for my Stampin' Up With Sabrina blog.

I was in the mood for something light and silvery, and something quick. This is what I came up with.

And for the inside, I just did a quick stamp of the continued sentiment.

Thank you for stopping by to have a peek. If you are interested in more details for this card, click here.

Happy papercrafting!

Christmas Mini Album 2014

Christmas is coming up so fast! Where does the time go?

I just thought I would share with you a walk-through video showing the mini album of part of the latest Paper Architecture With Sabrina project.

I used Carta Bella's "Christmastime" collection in the making of this mini.

Hope you enjoyed seeing this little mini. You know, it can hold up to 30 photos! Are you making a Christmas mini for this year's Christmas photos?

Happy papercrafting!

A Christmas Card Personal Challenge

Hi Everyone!

Today I will be sharing with you something from my new Stampin' Up blog. You may recall that I just signed up, and am excited about it all. My "All Is Calm" Christmas paper finally arrived and I went right to making Christmas cards. However, with my limited Stampin' Up tools and supplies, I decided a personal challenge was in order. If you will hop on over to my Stampin' Up post to find out what that challenge was and some details, you can take on my challenge too if you'd like.

Here is one of the cards.

So hop on over to find out more!

Thank you for stopping by. Happy papercrafting!

Merry Monday Challenge - Vintage Snowflake

No, I have not fallen off the face of the planet, just busy with projects for Paper Architecture With
Sabrina, and..... starting up my new Stamin' Up business. This means that I will now have three blogs to share some creativity with you all!

It has been a while since I've participated in a challenge and made cards, and I'm very much in the mood to make a card. So I decided to make a Christmas card choosing Merry Monday #132 Vintage Snowflake card challenge!

As you can see I chose to make a tall and skinny card that fits into a size 10 envelope (except maybe for that bow, lol!) I wanted to have the bow more to the left, at the top of the ribbon running down the side, but I knew that the bow would do a couple of things if I did that: 1) it would not keep the card balanced when standing upright because of the height, 2) it make it difficult to get into an envelope because the bow would be hanging over the left side much to much to get it in. I also knew that this would throw the design balance off, but tried to balance the visual balance. Not too sure I succeeded, but it is what it is.

To the left you see the inspirational photo for the challenge. Aren't those snowflake cookies beautiful and yummy looking?

To get the bow onto the card, I punched two 1/2" circles and pulled the ribbon through to tie the bow. This saves trying to find a way to adhere the bow and not worrying about it not holding on. I love the double layers of edge punching of the cream cardstock. The snowflake stamps are older, no longer in their packaging, and I can't remember where they are from. I used Stampendous Aged Ivory Embossing Enamel (which has gold flecks in it) on velum and then fussy cut the snowflakes out and layered them. The embossing folder is Cuttlebug's Holly Ribbons.

Here are a few more photos views to show some of the details and layering.

Hope you enjoyed my card and that it will inspire your own Christmas card. You should hop on over to the challenge and view the incredible entries at Merry Monday #132!

Thank you for stopping by today! It was so nice to post something for you today!

Happy Papercrafting!

Added Monday November 3, 2014 - My card won "Honorble Mention"! Thank you Merry Monday! Check out the other Honorable Mentions

Weekly Scrapper by Scrapbook Expo

Wow! I can't believe that nearly three weeks have gone by since the last bog post! It has been an unusual month for me, with nothing going according to plan! We all have those times in our life, I'm sure.

Though I don't have a creation to share with you yet, I do have something exciting to share with you. I was featured on Weekly Scrapper by Scrapbook Expo by Leann Ostergaard! My 'London Tower' layout, using Graphic 45's French Country paper and their tags, was the project shared there. Thank you Leann, what a surprise! I have to brag a little, so hop on over to see what wonderful things were said about my layout.

Thank you Gloria Stengel for bringing the post to my attention. I was amazed and blown away.

Hope everyone is still having fun papercrafting away!

Bon Voyage

My boss is moving onto greener pastures, so I put together a farewell card for her.

Even though Papertrey's Road Trip papers are predominantly US-related, we Canadians can often sneak some use out of them. :)

Since my boss is starting her own business, the inside of the card is inspirational: