*Celebrate Today*

I hope you've all had a chance to watch the video of my craft room that I posted yesterday.  Remember to leave a comment and to visit the rest of the blogs in the CASology Hop for your chance to win a gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp!

A few weeks ago I ordered a bunch of Spectrum Noir Tri Blend markers... I love that the light, medium and dark shades are all in one pen.  I thought I'd love the bullet tip, but I've gotten so used to the brush tip on my Tombows and my Copics that I actually find it difficult to colour with the bullet tip.  And while I ordered a set of like 24 pens, I find I don't quite have the colours I want.  I'm not ruling them out yet, but so far my Copics are winning this race.

I talked about these markers, because I used them to colour this image.  I am NOT great at colouring.  I have mentioned it before.  I don't have the patience to do it right.  I have the knowledge as I took a Copic course at CHA (now Creativation) many years ago, but I guess I just don't "get it".  I don't translate a light source very well is part of the problem.  And again, I don't have the patience either.

All that being said, sometimes you just need to colour an image and it's good to have good tools on hand to do so.

Items Used:

*Cardstock:  Neenah Classic Crest Cover Solar White 110lb

*Patterned Paper:  My Favorite Things Black & White Stripes

*Images:  Altenew Celebrate Today

*Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Spectrum Noir TriBlend markers; Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Etc:  foam adhesive

*Blue Striped Birthday*

Another quick post from me... not only do I have less time to create cards since I went back to my full hours at work, I also have a lot less time to blog!  I thought I had SO many cards made (and I did) but I am down to my last few to blog.  I hope to have my free time and mojo line up again soon so I can get creative!!

I am looking forward to playing with this striped background die with some Christmas colours in the coming weeks... maybe even a Halloween card?!  Who knows!

*Best of Luck*

I really love love love the idea of these three step stamps but only stamping them twice.  I love hint of colour it leaves on the flowers instead of them being a solid colour.

Items used:

• Cardstock:  Neenah Classic Crest Cover Solar White 110lb; Stampin' Up! Granny Apple Green
• Images:  Altenew Fabulous Florets; Gina K Grand Greetings
• Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne; Catherine Pooler Sweet Sixteen, Tiara
• Tools:  Misti; Perfect Layers

*Floral Sympathy*

In my opinion, the colour blue is very calming... so perfect for a sympathy card.  The ribbon was not originally in the plan for this card....  but I had a smudge of ink I couldn't get rid of so I needed to cover it up.  

Items Used:

• Cardstock:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb; Stampin' Up! Brocade Blue
• Images:  Alte New Flower Vine; Stampin' Up! Warmest Regards
• Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne; Tombow markers
• Embellishments:  ribbon from my stash
• Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Awesome Birthday*

Happy Monday everyone... here in Canada it's Labour Day, which means it is a long weekend.  My office is always closed on Mondays so it's a regular weekend for me.  But since I only work a 4 day week anyway, every weekend is a long weekend :-)

The weather in Calgary was stunning on Saturday.  29C, mostly sunny... I got home from work and spent the afternoon on the back deck in the shade with a cold drink and a good book.  Today is a completely different story.  It's about 7C as I'm writing this and it's raining.... and there's been a little white stuff mixed in there as well.  It's supposed to warm up to 18C tomorrow so this isn't going to last, but brrrrr!

This was a super quick card to throw together thanks to my Misti.  I placed the one stamp and stamped it four different times with four different inks, moved the stamp and did it all again.  I then stamped over it all with the sentiment.

I'm thinking now I should have added a little sparkle to it...

Items Used:

• Cardstock:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White
• Images:  AlteNew Splash of Color; Studio Katia Birthday Greetings
• Ink:  Gina K Passionate Pink, Sweet Mango, Wild Dandelion, Grass Green, Blue Raspberry, Turquoise Sea, Wild Lilac; Versafine Clair Nocturne
• Tools:  Misti

*Best Wishes*

I wasn't sure about leaving the floral image of this card uncoloured... but I think I like the overall feel of this card.  It's something a little different for me.

Items Used
*Cardstock:  Neenah Solar White 110lb
*Images:  Altenew Flower Vine
*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne; Catherine Pooler Pixie Dust
*Stencil:  Wile Whisper Circlet
*Tools:  Life Changing Blender Brushes
*Embellishments:  Studio Katia Sparkling Crystals
*Etc:  Purple Tape; foam tape

*AAA#170*

It's time for another challenge at AAACards!  For the next two weeks, we want to see your cards with Maxi White Space (and by white space, we mean clean space... no texture, no stamping etc) with the optional twist of flowers.  If you link up your card on the AAACards blog, you could win a prize from Craftyscrappers!  The team LOVES to see what everyone else comes up with so please play along!

I enjoyed this challenge... I love florals and I love maxi white space...and I got some new stamps just in time to play!  I hope you like it as much as I do!

This is one of the three-step stamp sets from Altenew, but I only used two of the steps to ensure I had a lot of white space on this card.  And you know, I really love the look!

Items Used:
*Cardstock:  Neenah Solar White 110lb; Stampin' Up! Basic Black
*Images:  Altenew Fabulous Florets; Taylored Expressions Simple Strips
*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne; Gina K Dusty Rose, Sweet Corn
*Dies:  Taylored Expressions Simple Strips, Simple Strips Backer

*Best Birthday Ever*

Happy Saturday all!  I hope that the sun is shining wherever you are.  It feels like summer goes by so darn fast... so fast that I forget to enjoy the sunshine when it happens!  We had a very wet spring and start to summer... let's hope we get more sun than rain (at least during the day) in the next several weeks!

Items Used:
*Cardstock:  Neenah Solar White 110lb; blue mirror
*Patterned Paper:  Jilly-Bean Soup
*Images:  Gina K Wreath Builder; AlteNew Weekend Doodles
*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne
*Tools:  Misti

*Heck Yes!*

I've had a couple of shifts back to work now and it's been good.  I am super tired after work, but am doing ok.  I think it's a combination of still recovering from chemo, not using my brain as much as I do at work for the last 8 months and having to be "on" for so many hours a day.  When you work reception, your job is to be happy and helpful... and that can be exhausting! LOL!  I am glad to be back, interacting with people and feeling less like a lump on a log :-)

I like the card I'm sharing today... although I do wish I had a bit more of the flowers showing, coming a bit deeper in to the card.

Items Used

*Cardstock:  Neenah Solar White 110lb; Stampin' Up! Basic Black

*Images:  Altenew Hennah Elements; MFT Anything But Basic

*Ink:  Gina K Amalgam, Passionate Pink, Grass Green; Copics

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Flower Vine*

I absolutely love the simplicity of this card....  one stamp, a little colouring, a few gems and a sentiment.... still lots of white space.  And just so elegant.

Items Used:

*Cardstock:  Neenah Solar White 110lb

*Images:  AlteNew Flower Vine

*Ink:  Gina K Amalgam; Copics

*Embellishments:  Studio Katia Sparkling Crystals

*Joy*

I usually save the word JOY for Christmas cards.... I don't know why, but I do.  But I thought I'd play with the word for a non-Christmas card to share with you today.  Because these days, I think we could all use just a little extra joy!

Items Used
*Cardstock:  Neenah Solar White 110lb; Stampin' Up Taken With Teal, Real Red
*Images:  Pink & Main Birthday Script; Alte New Henneh Elements
*Ink:  Gina K Amalgam; Copics
*Dies:  MFT Impact Alphabet
*Tools:  Gemini Jr; Perfect Layers
*Embellishments:  Studio Katia Arctic Breeze Pearls