Time to freshen up around here!

Well I have to say this blog is a sad state of affairs, full of cobwebs & tumbleweeds.  Seriously it's been almost a year since I posted last...yes I'll be the first to admit that is pathetic!

Time to freshen up around here and get posting again.  I decided the ole blog needed a bit of a facelift, I wanted a brighter look...what do you think?

Since I have some catching up to do I better share something crafty....certainly no shortage of things to share there. ;)

How about a tag...yes a slow start but I think I should ease myself back into this blogging thing. LOL

If you ask me nothing gets the creative juices flowing like playing with some Tim Holtz products!!

Look at the texture on that feather with the crackle.....love!!

Well I have one more thing to dust off around here and that's my scrap table.  Work was getting pretty crazy, big deadlines...some stress so I've taken a bit of a break from scrapbooking.  But I'm on hoidays, took a little family camping vacation last week, had lots of sleep so I think it's time to get at that table and have some fun with my supplies!

I promise to be back soon to share some more projects!

Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to all the Dads out there!

This post is dedicated to 3 very special men whom I am missing today, my Dad, brother & Grandpa.  

Dad was an amazing man, he was always there for family, friends and anyone else in need...even total strangers.  He was never afraid to show his love for us all.

My brother did not have children of his own, instead he spent many years as a foster Father to so many children who needed his love and support.

And Grandpa, he was always happy and always had a special sparkle in his eye...and a very special place in my heart!

I made this layout to celebrate & remember both my Dad & brother....

To create this layout I used lots of different Tim Holtz Sizzix dies, you can see some close ups on the Love Is In The Details Blog.

Happy Father's Day!

Gift for Mom

Happy Mother's Day (a day late) to all the moms in my life!!

I had a wonderful Mother's day, spent time with my family, received beautiful gifts from my kids, and just layed back relaxing yesterday.

My Mom has always loved home made gifts, she truly values the love put into making them...and yes they all make her shed a tear or two.  So of course this year like so many others I had to make something special for her.

I also spotted the May challenge on the Sizzix Blog, and knew that I had to join since I can't imagine creating without my sizzix dies!

As I was searching through my photos I realized I had a few of me with my brothers as we grew up.  I wanted her to be able to display the photos easily so I created an accordion style mini album.

I used a large variety of Tim Holtz dies, both old & new to create the front of the album.

I don't know how old we were in all the earlier photos, but the album starts with my first Christmas in 1974.....ssshhh I didn't just tell you my age. LOL

These 4 photos (above & below) make up one side of the album....

When you flip the album around magically we've grown into adults. :)

 The photo below is one of my favorites...my brothers have always been there to support me (when they weren't tormenting me), and having them hold me up on my wedding day meant the world to me.

 

This last photo was taken just last fall 11 years (almost to the day) after my own wedding, on the day my Mom remarried her wonderful husband. Sadly just a short week after this photo was taken my brother Jason (the one in the middle) was suddenly taken from us.

 As predicted my Mom shed some tears, they were a little bittersweet this year, but I'm happy that I was able to give her something special and full of love!  And yes I handed her a tissue before she opened it! ;)

Thank you for stopping by!!

National Scrapbooking Day!!!

Happy NSD to all my scrappy friends!!!

I hope you're all celebrating the day getting crafty!  If you're looking for some fun and inspiration join us on the Love Is In The Details Blog for some challenges!

 

This is the first online crop we've done on the Blog....kind of exciting!!

My challenge is to use a minimum of 3 different dies, they can be cut from any machine, or if you don't have one use some punches or pre-made die cuts!!

I ended up using 6 different Tim Holtz Sizzix dies on my layout....

Have an amazing day and get crafty!!! :)

Happy Valentine's

I have another project to share today that I created for the Love Is In The Details blog.

Valentine's is coming up in a few days and I'm feeling the love!

Last week I received the sweetest box from LIITD full of new Tim Holtz dies!  I just couldn't wait to play with!

I just love the new Picture Wheel die!

You can read more about my project on the LIITD Blog.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have a wonderful Valentine's Day!

Christmas - Tim Holtz Style!

Happy Hump Day!  With the cooler temps and Christmas creeping up I am definitely getting into the mood.  No I'm not walking around singing Christmas carols but I am focused on getting myself organized and everything ready so I'm not rushing around like I did last year.

I'm sharing another project I made for Love Is In The Details, featuring my most favorite things....Tim Holtz Dies!

I actually created the base for this project a few months ago, but I just didn't know how I wanted to finish it until this weekend!

The base is created using an old ribbon spool that I rescued from the LIITD store!

You can read a little more about my project on the LIITD Blog, an see a couple close up photos too!

Thanks for stopping by!

Fun with Dies.....

Last weekend I was in Winkler, MB for Love Is In The Details fall crop!  It was a great weekend, first time at the new venue, the space was great, good food and of course fabulous company!!

For the demo the ladies joined me to make two cute simple projects highlighting different Tim Holtz Sizzix dies!  It wouldn't be a proper demo if it didn't feature Tim Holtz products in some way! ;)

First we made these cute little clips that you can stick on your fridge for messages, lists....or whatever else you need to keep front & center.

We used the Tim Holtz Movers & Shapers Vintage Phone & Typewriter dies, the ladies got to choose which one they wanted to make.  The phone was quite popular......luckily I didn't have to choose because I love them both!

Next we used the Tim Holtz Pillow Box w/Labels die which we decorated using his new large Snowflake Rosette die.

This is such a great little box if you're giving someone a small gift or gift card for Christmas!  I personally would like to see a nice little piece of jewelry in it! LOL

Once the demos were done I used the Pillow Box die and made a couple more....you can see these on the Love Is In The Details Blog!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you've had a great weekend!

Glitter & Shine Galore!

I know it's been a long time again but life took a turn I did not expect.  The day after my last post one of my brothers suddenly passed away.  As you can imagine it was a big shock for my family, we are sad and missing him dearly, but trying to pick up the pieces and move on.

So now I'm trying to focus on the happiness life can bring, and I think a little sparkle always helps with that!  Today I have 3 cards to share that I made for Love Is In The Details!

With my love of all things Ranger (and Tim Holtz of course) I was so excited to see that Lori had brought in the new Dry Stickles Glitter & Sticky Embossing Powder!!  For each of these cards I used the Sticky embossing Powder with my Tim Holtz stamps...yes another fun way to use my stamps!  With each card I coated the Sticky Embossing Powder with something different!

On the first card I used Ranger Dry Stickles in Star Dust & Silver to create a fun sparkly snowflake background!

Here's a little close up to show how sparkly & shiny this glitter is!

On my second card I stamped the pine needle image in opposite corners, covering the Sticky Embossing Powder with Glitter Ritz!  The sparkle is much more subtle than the Dry Stickles.

Here's another close up so you can see the shimmer of the Glitter Ritz.

On this last card I created a custom background using the Tim Holtz Wallpaper stamp, but instead of glitter I coated the background with Perfect Pearls.  I love the pearly effect!

In this close up you can just make out the pearly effect the Perfect Pearls created.

You can read more about these cards on the Love Is In The Details blog!

Thanks for the visit!

Where did summer go??

Wow have I been a bad blogger this summer?  Here we are it's September, kids are back at school, soccer playoffs have begun and we're gearing up for hockey season too.

I've been pretty busy this summer, the family went to Banff, I've been teaching a mixed media canvas class at Love Is In The Details, my Mom got married and I have a new position at work!

The one thing I love about the kids going back to school is how we fall back into a routine, it's time to catch up and get a little more organized.  Part of this routine will be me getting back to my table more often and enjoy creating!

Today I'm going to share a couple of my recent (well one is recent LOL) projects that appeared on the LIITD Blog!

As I mentioned my Mom just got married on September 1st.  They had a small family & close friend country wedding, the day was beautiful!  Of course Mom & Ed didn't want any gifts, but I had to do a little something special for them.  I created these little favors for all the guests!

You can read more about them HERE.

Next up are some cards I created using my Distress Markers....

Again you can read more about the these cards HERE.

This has been the first weekend since BEFORE we went away on vacation that I have been in the city all weekend!  I am definitely enjoying being home, spending time with the kids, and celebrating our 11 year anniversary with Mike!

That's all my updates for today, I really need to start blogging more regularly, must work that into the schedule! ;)

Have a great week!

Steampunk Mini....

I think my mojo took a little holiday without me...but it's back!!

Here's a little mini 4x5 Steampunk Canvas I made for Love Is In The Details, I used lots of Tim Holtz, Ranger & Sizzix products!

Here's a little closer look....

You can see the details on the Love Is In The Details Blog!

Hope you're enjoying a great summer!

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mom's out there!!

Today I'm sharing a little gift I made for my Mom, using a Kraft Card & Pillow Box from Love Is In The Details.  If you didn't know Lori has a great Packaging section in the store, full of products that will help you jazz up a gift!

I decorated both the card & pillow box to match, using my Tim Holtz Sizzix Dies, and some vintage doilies that had been my Grandma's.

On the card I used the Caged Bird and Tattered Florals Sizzix dies.  The ribbon is also from the LIITD store, hand died by Lori herself!

For the pillow box I used the Tattered Florals die matched with Tim's Mini Cage mover & shapers die.  I didn't add a mother's day wish on the Pillow Box so that my Mom can use it again when she wants to give a special friend a little gift.

Have a great day and thank you for stopping by!!!

sunday catch up

Back to work tomorrow after a glorious & relaxing week at home with the kids for Spring Breatk.  I figured before I head back and life gets a little less relaxing I better get a few things caught up...blogging is one of those things!

Today I have 3 differnt projects to share that I made for Love Is In the Details, starting with a couple of cards that were just posted on the Blog today!

I used the new Tim Holtz Distress Markers on both cards, the first one I colored in the flowers using Fired Brick & Work Lipstick.

On this next card I used the markers to color my stamp and then stamped the image.  I love that these markers allow you to take a block stamp and use mulitple colors on your image!



If you haven't gotten any of the Distress Markers yet, head over HERE, Lori still has a great selection in stock, or you can pre-order the entire set!

Next up I have a couple of layouts to share, the first one I used the new MME Follow Your Heart collection.

This last layout was all about using up a little of my stash, hey I gotta make some room for all the new goodies that are flooding into the store!  I pulled out my Sizzix dies, some older Sassfrass and had a little fun!

I think that's enough sharing for one day, I have a few other projects to post, but I'll save those for another day!  Have a great week everyone, and thanks for stopping by!!



Spring is coming!!

The weather is so beautiful here, the snow is quickly melting and with the temps we're suppose to have this week I'm hoping it's all gone for the first day of Spring!!!

Here are a couple of layouts I haven't shared yet, I made these for challenges at Love Is In The Details.



Lori just brought in a whole bunch of new Prima......oh it's SO beautiful!!!!

And a little birdie told me there is going to be some more new goodies next week that are at the top of my list!!!!  Be sure to watch the shopping page for all the new stuff!

LIITD Product Spotlight

On the Love Is In The Details blog today I have a product spotlight up.  This month I choose to spotlight the Tim Holtz Movers & Shapers dies!  Lori had just brought these in and of course my addiction to all things Tim took over!

Here are a couple of cards I made...

And here's a fun little mixed media canvas using the Artful Dwellings...

 

 I've been busy creating this weekend, how about you??  Of course now I have another giant mess to clean up.