Crafty Crystal's Corner

Rue des Fleur if you Please....

2012-01-31T20:08:00.000-05:00

Can you believe it .... another post and still in the same month!!!!!!

So I was in an all canadian swap and this is the set I said I would use from the Occassion Mini. I sure hope everyone liked it because I sure enjoyed all the cards I got back form the talented women that were also part of this swap.

For now this is going to be all
Hope you all have a great evening and....
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Occassion Mini....I am in LOVE!!!!!!

2012-01-28T16:11:00.000-05:00

Okay so I have not gotten back to daily yet but here is another post for those of you that have been so loyal to stick around through my blog posting delinguency

Here I put some of the occassion mini and Sale-a-Bration mini. Can I just say I am loving both of these minis. from the SAB I just love the ribbon and brad bundle. The ribbon is gorgeous and the brads are adorable.

Oh have noticed the framelits and edgelits in the mini they are such a staple especially for those of nyou that own the Big Shot.

Well that is all for tis evening I hope you liked my card and thanks for stopping by
Happy Stamping
Crystal

SO Much for my Posting more often!!!!!!!!!!!!

2012-01-24T20:22:00.000-05:00

Well I think I may be back!!!!!!!!!

Even though this is my first post in over two months it is going to have to be short sie the battery on my computer is very low and it cannot be plaugged in due to a shorted wire.
Nontheless here is a card from a class way back in September if I remember correctly I was inspired by Diana Gibbs ( she is amazing with the vintage as far as I am concerned)
i hope you liked it and I do have more cards to show so I should be back again tomorrow.

Happy Stamping
Crystal

Do you still remember me???

2011-11-19T09:52:00.000-05:00

Well guess what? It is November and I have not been on this blog for over 6 weeks, and for that I am sorry.
What has been happening over here in Crystal's life you may be asking....well lket me tell you. The day after my last post I put in an application with a bus driving company. Well the next day I was called for an interview and two days later I started my training. As of he 14th I was officially a licensed B driver.

Now though that I am all done my training I am so hoping I will be back to posting more regularily.
In the meantime my dad got a card with a monetary gift from the guys he works with and he wanted to send them a thank you card , two actually for each of the lunch rooms. This is one of the two that I made up for him. The horse unfortunately is not Stampin Up ( I so wish we had just one really nice horse set) I then used the hat and boots from the westerny set we have that the name has slipped my mind. I in the past had a friend (Gloria from gloriousgreetings) that made me a card and she made the twine into a lasso look and I just thought how lovely it would be to add to this card.

I hope you enjoyed and thank you for oming back for a visit.

Until next time
Happy Stamping
Crystal

2011-10-01T12:58:00.000-04:00

WELL September sure was a right off and I am so sorry to left any of you that come loyally to see me. However we have had some issues within the household. Those o you that know me personally know that we have four generations living on the property. Myself with my husband and kids, my parents and my moms mum ( aka grandma). Well my father a week after labour day was on a bike tour with a couple of guys from his work and 5 other men ( 8 in total) well he had an accident and broke his leg in three places. Oh and did I mention that he was in Wiarton. Yep needless to say Tuesday mom and I were on our way up to Owen Sound once they knew that was where he had to be sent to since London would have had him waitting 5-10 days for his surgery. The hospital was so good to us calling us a hotel and getting us a less expensive rate since we were up the for a loved on that was going to be having surgery.

Then we have my poor grandma ( she is 85) well she has to do her driving test and she failed and has to wait for another couple weeks before she can try again. What does this mean it means my grandmother that drives herself everywhere and is SOOO independant needs to either have you drive her or be with her when she drives.

Needless to say it has been interesting around here OH and me...yes me it is my blog,I am terrified of horses well because Richard works shift work and dad is not able to walk on his leg I have been doing the nightly chores. I know funny huh!!! My mom comes out as well so we have each other as support ( I have an ankle replacement and metal up the leg and my mom has two knee replacements).

All this said I still have fit in a card class, got the first month of hotfood orders for the school made, copied and sent home. I have not though gotten any pictures of the new stuff I had made so ....yes I am finally to the card part of the blog...giggle

This card I made back in the summer and I do not believe I have shown it to you yet.
It uses the Flirtatious DSP and Greenhouse Garden stamp set.

So thanks for coming by and listening to my excuse for not being around....but it was all true and well family will always come first, BUT believe me I am excited to get my pictures all loaded up and show them to you all.

Until next time
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Field Flowers are one of my Favorites!!!!!

2011-09-06T22:50:00.000-04:00

Good Tuesday Evening,

It is late and on a school night but hey that is how the cookie crumbles around here on Tuesday evenings.
So is it wrong to be in love with a stampset????.....not if you are a stamper...smile

Well I am a stamper and I am in love with one set in particular and it is Field Flowers.....oh my. I am thinking I should really pair it up with my other love and that is the Mocha Morning Specialty DSP...Oh all the ideas....

This card however is paired up with the other delicious paper in the holiday mini Spiced Cake DSP I personally would never have thought to put BBreeze with MMustard but hey guess what it is beautiful!!!!!! Add the feild flowers and a few pearls and a little CChip scallop dotted GGrain ribbon and you get a fairly pretty card if I may say so myself. Well actually me and the 4 other ladies in the club thought it was pretty too...so there...LOL

Now that I am done bragging ( sorry if it really came across that way by the way....so not me) I am going to hit the hay. My baby is having her first day of SK tomorrow and the hubby and I are going for a much awaitted breakfast...it is my favorite meal to eat out ( unless of course you are taking me to the Keg or Ruth Chris's Steakhouse...yuummmm, expensive but still for a treat yummmm.

Until another day
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Mocha Paper....oh my!!!!!!!!!!!!

2011-09-04T23:25:00.000-04:00

Good Sunday Evening!!

Well can you believe that there is only 2 more sleeps before all ( most ) of our kiddies are back to school and the routines get back into motion. I myself like to have some routine in our life and both my kids so love school so sending them back and the first day of school is not as stressful as it can be for others.

Anyways onto the card I am so in love with this DSP everything about it screams " I've got class" and richness. This is one of the cards we made at the club of ladies on Wednesday. This was pretty much the favorite of the day...I will show the other two in the next couple of days.

Well it is late I am tired and have an exciting day tomorrow as I get to see my BFF. We have not been able to get together too much this summer because she and her family have had a couple really exciting and big trips planned. We are also due to the holiday all being able to get together as whole famillies not just her and I with the kids, hubbies actually will be there. I always like it when we ge together with everyone. So I look so forward to tomorrow afternoon.

Until tomorrow
Happy Stamping
Crystal

A complete CASE from convention

2011-09-01T13:05:00.001-04:00

Hello and good afternoon,

Yep it is Thursday and there is only 5 days before my son goes back to school and my daughter has 6. She has made my summer go by way to fast by making me do a countdown of how many more sleeps before she gets to go back to school two weeks into summer holidays. Do not get me wrong I love my little girl and how much she loves school but let me just say it has been EXTREMELY annoying.

Anyways enough about how she cannot entertain herself but onto the the card I got as a swap from convention I thought it was so cute and I know I have seen similar out there in blogging world but I was happy to have one in my hand so thank you Carolyn Dobie from NY for swapping with me and this is my take on it ....LOL the only thing I changed is the extra layer under the strawberry and my words otherwise it was all her.

I hope you all like it, I know I just love it when the smart, creative people out there who show me how to use my punches in different ways than the obvious.

Until Tomorrow
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Oh and just incase you were unaware the Holiday Mini is current as of NOW so enjoy writting out your wish lists and if you would like to give me a copy I will have a copy for those phonecall I just may get in about 2 1/2 months from now....no worries though as we will keep them updated if there are those items you just have to have now.....smile
If you have not recieved a Holiday mini as of yet and you are in Southern Ontario and do not already have a regular demonstrator send me an email and I will be sure to get one out to you right away

Sending a Kiss

2011-08-30T10:14:00.000-04:00

Good Tuesday Morning to you all!!!!!!

I have been a busy little beaver in my scrap room and I am not able to show you any of the new stuff as of yet. I have a swap I am doing with a lovely demo in Cambridge Ontario that I am just about finished and rea to send out to her. I have a club meeting for the first time out of this catalogue on Wednesday. Another class in September I am just starting to get the product cut up for so in the coming future there will be lots to show you. However today I am showing a card I did at a camp early this month.

I made mine a getwell as we had an aquaintance that fell and broke her hip and has been recovering, she is tough lady and I know she will do well but still everyone loves to get a card while still in the hospital don"t they!!!!

I used the new set Petite Pairs (LOVE IT) it has sayings that go nicely with 1/22 on outside and 1/2 inside....it is just perfect. So her's said "Sending a Kiss"......"to make it better".

Hope you liked it
Feel free to come by and visit again
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Totally inspired by Lyssa

2011-08-26T17:56:00.000-04:00

Good Friday Afternoon!!!!

Boy does a week fly when you are making two trips to London everyday....that is a 45 min drive to and home in the morning and yep again in the afternoon. It is so worth it though as my son absolutely loves going and it is educational and good for him as well. However it sure makes the days go by fast when you are always watching the clock so to not be late getting him.

Anyways on to the card I was so totally inspired by Lyssa here is her blog http://songofmyheartstampers.typepad.com/song_of_my_heart_stampers/

My card looks nothing like hers but go there anyways and you will see why I have been inspired. She has been doing a 31 day of delicate doillies stamp set but there is a few hello doily cards thrown in there as well....enjoy

In the meantime thank you so much for stopping by today
Have a great weekend and Happy Stamping
Crystal

Medallion Thank You

2011-08-21T13:16:00.001-04:00

Good Sunday Afternoon

I know I was supposed to have done this yesterday but my mom and dad had gotten tickets to take our family and my brother and his wife to Toronto for dinner at Midevil Times. Talk about some excited kids, we did not tell them where their Nana & Papa were taking them but they were so pleastantly surprised.

Anyways about the card I had gotten a couple swaps from convention and have seen it done a few times since then on some blogs I have been known to stalk...smile. I though had not put my first order in from the new catalogue until I got back from convention so for one of m classes I had not yet recieved the Hello Doily stamp so I used the Medallion background and took it from there. It is hard to tell but the green layer in the center of the medallion is our 2 3/8 scallop circle and has rhinestones on every other bump.

I really enjoyed the simolicity of this card and yet being able to use so many different accessories was lovely.

Well thanks so much for stopping by and until next time
Happy Stamping
Crystal

I am in LOVE with making the Pop Up cards

2011-08-19T23:21:00.000-04:00

Hello there my friends,

I am so excited about this card. My girlfriend called me wanting to know if I would make her three cards larger than the standard size since all of them were going to be hand delivering them.

The first one she wanted is this one, we have a mutual aquaintance that on her wedding day last year got really sick and had to leave fairly quickly after the meal so there is going to be a little wing-ding of something for them this year on their first anniversary.

Okay so here is some of the info you are likely wanting to know

The front uses dsp from Timelss Portrait, Cherry Cobbler 1 1/4 grosgrain and NEW quilted satin (from the Holiday Mini) and the most lovely set called Feild Flowers

The inside the whole bride was made using the heart punch I am sure if you are visiting my blog you are a blog hopper kind of person and I got the idea from many different blogs out there certainly not thought up on my own...smile her bottom half was run throught the embossing folder called Elegant lines then rhinestone gems were added sparatically and our new Dazzling glitter glue stuff that is as well new in the holiday mini to give it some shine and then the pearls all along the neckline.

The groom I found rather hard but he too is made on top out of a heart punch.

I really enjoyed making this card and I hope you found something inspiring

Until tomorrow (yes I have another)

Happy Stamping

Crystal

Sailling Away will soon be sailling off

2011-08-15T16:46:00.000-04:00

Good Day everyone!!

So I am going to start off right away by reminding you all there is only a couple more weeks and your chance to get this lovely boat will be gone....your boat will have set sail...hee,hee

I know lame but hey it is Monday and well that is my only excuse. In all seriousness though really this a la carte stamp will be gone due to the Summer mini being done as of Aug 31st. I have so enjoyed it and the Nautical DSP what a great opportunity for camping scrapbooks, just male scrappages, manly cards there was so many perfect opportunities for it and I will greatly miss using it my classes.

Now as for the layout I have used this a few times it seems to be a go back to one from SCS that I just loved when I did the weekly challenges there...haven't been there in awhile maybe I should head back for some new inspiration...smile

Well I wanted to get this card on and now I need to go and finish dishes before going to the cleaning job....that pays me....LOL

Until next time
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Easy Events...."for baby"

2011-08-13T21:44:00.000-04:00

Good Saturday Evening to you all.

So how small of a world is it when your husband's family has a family that are close friends since he was little. Then he gets married and his wife tries to starts a business and goes to some wonderful ladies house for a workshop and guess what..... her son is dating the daughter to this family that has been my husband families friend how small of a world is this. Well to make this short story long... they have gotten married last summer and they are now expecting their first child...so here is one my first attempts at a baby card for the baby shower. It is also one of the cards that we did at a current stamp camp...it is one of the easier ones we did, which it is always nice to have at least one or two of these so to keep class on schedule and then allow for a couple of complicated cards.

I hope you liked it and it was inspiring in some way for you
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Convention Inspired Pop-Up card

2011-08-12T17:23:00.000-04:00

Good Friday Afternoon!!!

Can you believe it, because I cannot....LOL I have a post two days in a row...I know WOW

So with this card I did it in a class in July and then because some ladies that did not come to that one were able to come in August I just repeated since it was new to all of them and I was 100% inspired by Shalae and Shelli's demo at convention. I know that any of you that had been there, theirs was an over the top WOW and well mine is not as wowwy but the ladies all loved it all the same and were inspired to be able to add to it on their own (class it just would have been too long when there was 3 more cards to be made).
I did change it up in so many ways as it is not a birthday gift card holder, I did mine as a 5x5 card, made it a belly band to keep it closed, used flowers instead of the bright HBirthday colours the demos used as it was for a child, and I left mine open to be what I thought would be a great get well or thinking of you card.
Back to the how you could take it to the next step would be that you could do a couple more pop outs with butterflies or a flower that fell out of the pot etc, etc....
So I hope you liked my card today and found it inspiring in some way

Happy Stamping
Crystal

I told you, you would see Raining Flowers from me again!!!!!!!

2011-08-11T21:39:00.000-04:00

Wow Happy Thursday to you all,

I cannot believe that my parents were so right on the money when they used to say the older you get the faster time goes......it really rather stinks if you ask me....smile

Anyways as I said in my last post which I know have been very sparatic lately but it is summer and well I can only get better at it. I have to sa I liked this set when I saw it in the catalogue but then thought you know I may be kind of limited with it but then when I got it into my hands at convention and saw some samples made with it I really felt it growing on me again.

This card actually came to me when another one flopped for a camp and I LOVE it myslef I was so happy with how it turned out. It is definitely a very blingy (new word) card but I am sure I will find the perfect opportunity for it.

Hope you enjoyed it and found some inspirations.
Also as a last reminder this month is the 3 designer papers get 1 free promotion.

Happy Stamping
Crystal

Convention Swap & August's Promotion

2011-08-01T23:40:00.000-04:00

Good Monday to you all,

I have not had the opportunity to upload too many pictures from convention and I am soo sorry about that BUT for some reason any of the really fun photos from Main Stage did not turn out at all....so instead I happened to remember to take a picture of one of the swaps I made and this is it.

I wanted to use something new from the new catalogue and having gotten this set from the pre order ( a fun and awesome advantage to being a demo) and this is what I came up with. Pretty much anyone thaat I handed this card to in a swap situation said they loved which was so nice to hear and I hope they are really happy with it and proud to show it off with the rest of the swaps they would have recieved.

Now one more thing before I go just so you are all aware that Stampin Up has a WONDERFUL August promotion, we have had it before but here it is again.....Buy 3 Designer Papers and get 1 for FREE!!!! Awesome , huh?....told you
Just as a side note though this does not include the Specialty Series

Well thanks for stopping by
Hope you come back again
Crystal

P.S I have a couple seats left on Monday and Tuesday Aug 8&9th....email me to save you a seat if you have not already.

Rainy Days deserve Raining Flowers

2011-07-28T15:35:00.000-04:00

Hello my friends,

Finally I have some pictures of cards...phew really need to get a new camera so bad it is not funny.

Anyways on Monday I had my first class since convention and wow it was almost hard to do as I had so MANY ideas running through my head from conventipn I did not know where to begin...smile.
Eventually though I did come up with three cards of my own and one that just had to be cased from a swap I recieved while in Utah. No worries you will be sure to see them all in the coming days I just have to get them downloaded and the Cased cards originators info.

Now to the card it is a larger than average card which I have grown to really enjoy making and the ladies that come to the class are also in favour of having a card that is a little bigger for certain occassions.
I used the new set form the catalogue that we also recieved in our convention bag called Raining Flowers at first it may seem not your type but believe me it will grow on you quickly and there is so many possibilities, you will definitely see more of it from me anyways. The other set is Occassions Alphabet, I SO enjoy this set and love it so much more than the old Defining set we had with words and their definitions.
Paper are from the collection of new In Colours for this year and of course a little bling, having the pearls along the scallops of the Scallop Trim Border Punch.

Well I sure hope you liked it and found something about it inspiring, and I will try to do my best and be a more regular pposter on this fun thing called a blog.

Until later
Happy Stamping
Crystal

I AM BAAAACCCCKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2011-07-20T13:59:00.000-04:00

Can I just say WOW, what a whirlwind of fun, info overload, and FUN oops already said that....giggle.

I must say I do understand why demos make this a yearly event, there is so much inspiration, tips, swaps, ideas etc that gets put into the 4 days of convention. Gloria and I found out that we can travel together just fine. Considering she got to hang out with me the whole flight home while I was so not feeling well. Thankfully the throwing up and such came the day we were coming home and not at the the beginning of the convention like another lady had that was sittting in front of us on the plane back to Detroit had happen to her....yuck!!

I am anxious to get some pictures on here and I am sure if I just ask Richard will burn the camera onto a CD for me since the camera and my computer are not friends and I will share.

So until tomorrow, I am off to get my class ready for Monday
Crystal

So here is the Deal!!!

2011-07-08T23:03:00.001-04:00

So I have so not been a reliable demonstrator with my not posting BUT in my defense it has been SOOOO busy here and I really do not know how some other demos/bloggers do it....keep up the house , stamp everyday and have stuff to show on their blogs. All I have to say is kudos to them as I am not as organized as I should be.

Now as for today no I do not have anything to show you BUT again it has been an extremely busy first week off of school. My son has a severe speech delay due to a hearing loss in one of his ears and he is usually scheduled two weeks of speech camp at an amazing place called London Speech and Language and as much as it is good for him it is an 45-60 min drive to it then home, then at 3:00 it is trio to London again and then home. He is done now for a week then he gets another one and then a last one in August.

So it has been busy and then tonight went from hectic to sad. Anyone who knows me or has been following me for the little while that I have been doing this knows that I live in the house I grew up in and that we are on a small farm. Well 22 years ago my dad got his dream when he got his first horse and tomorrow morning her and one of the others that has been here for a good 15 years are having to get put down tomorrow. We have never had a dog or cat live for as long as we have had these two horses.
Anyone that is animal lover even if it is not a horse per say will understand the saddness that our two households are going through so please forgive me but I will not likely be back for over a week because after tomorrow and our having our weepy day(LOL like I am not already having a weepy evening) I really need to get my act together and get my swaps done for convention and then Wednesday am my girlfriend/downline and I will be off to Utah for some major stamping excitement. So when I return I will be sure to share all the fun and exciting things we did.

So until then have a great week + and
Happy Stamping

Crystal
My daughter riding the beloved Cheyenne who needs to be put down....she is three here and only 5 now...and certainly not understanding the whole thing but she has her memories.

MIA.... Yes I have been missing, BUT very busy!!!!!!

2011-06-16T17:49:00.000-04:00

I am so sorry that I have been so busy to post but my downline and friend well we are in a local craft fair so we have been so busy creating craft gift ideas and etc that I have not been abkle to get to the posting. I have the 4 cards we made at the last camp/class but I have not even took pictures of them yet so they will be coming soon.

Sadly I will not even be able to post any pictures of the craft fair either because my boys (son and hubby) are off to the north for a manly camping trip for four days and Caleb being only 8 (almost 9...oh so sad) pictures are a must and we of course being such a non-tech family only have one camera. No worries though in a couple weeks I get to take the camera for 4 days to Utah for the Stampin Up convention so craft fair will have to be the sacrifice...hee,hee.

Here is solution to not getting any pictures...IF you are in the southern Ontario region and would like to come for the fair it is on Hwy 19 (Plank Rd) at the coolest store ever...makes me think of those Plantation stores you see in the south on I-75 on the way to Florida. The name of this place is Coyle's, it is supposed to be a lovely weekend, why not get out for a drive and come see myself and Gloria, we would love to see you.

Off to finish labelling
Until later
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Did you know Teachers Appreciation Day was in April??????

2011-05-30T23:01:00.001-04:00

Okay first of all this is so far from my own idea...I first saw the idea on Patty Bennett's blog and then many other places after.
Now I have for the last couple of years done stuff/ helped around the school for Teachers Appreciation Day and Caleb's teacher has always gotten a gift well this year guess what .......IT WAS IN APRIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so not happy I have been wondering why I have not been approached and when I went to the office Friday I found out I was not going to be approached since the day had been and gone ( I will defend myself ...we were in Florida...ooops).

So anyways I thought I had better get cracking and get the kids teachers something so I made this one for my sons teacher....not sure IF a man is really interested in an item like this but hey he can give it to his wife. My daughters teacher gets one as well but my picture will not upload but hers is made with the Love Letter DSP and I stamped the Ornate Blossom and did some layering of it.....hope they like them.

Now that I have done my little vent and showed you my project I am off to bed....head is throbbing like crazy.

Happy Stamping
Crystal

First time button user!!!!!

2011-05-23T12:59:00.000-04:00

I have no idea why i am so intimidated by these little guys but for some reason buttons and I have always shied away from each other....smile

So this is one of the four cards made at my last class.

I really do not mean to be short but it being a holiday still and my house is in desperate need of some tender loving care.

Have a great rest of the weekend
Happy Stamping
Crystal

I am so in love with this set!!!!!!

2011-05-22T11:43:00.000-04:00

Okay here we are Sunday already!!

Tomorrow we get to all be together one more day off before everyone goes back to the old grind.
I have been very busy in the craft room lately. I am part of a craft fair at a local bulk/country store (Coyle's) in June. I am so excited for it and so I along with another demonstrator we are busy little beavers making all kinds of samples and 3D items to show off. So if you would liketo come and see us and all the other vendors come on by on Hwy 19 ( Plank Rd) in Tillsonburg, Ontario.

Now as for todays card I have made one card similar back in April, it was different colours and a different stamp set but the layout is the same. I also was inspired to make this card for a friend that comes to all my classes ...she loves blue, she loves flowers and I knew she was interested in making a larger card as oppossed to the standard size. Since we have already made this card I can tell you tat she loved it as did everyone else....phew!!!! It is funny how you make cards for these ladies monthly and yet everytime I worry what if they don't like them.

Well I gotta go, have a great rest of the long weekend
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Sail Away Twisted Easel Card

2011-05-17T23:09:00.001-04:00

Okay so here is the deal. I have seen many of these easle cards and they are not something I was really all that interested in them then my friend and fellow stamper showed me one of the twisted easle cards you can see hers her blog http://www.gloriasgreetings.blogspot.com/ and I fell in love ( with the card ...smile)

Now if you go to the gallery on splitcoaststampers you are going to find that a great portion of the cards sampled are the square 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 cards and one of the larger fronted cards is Glorias and I personally liked it much better than the square and for a couple reasons....1) it is a standard shape card that fits in the regular standard envelopes....2) you can mail it where the smaller square is not ideal for mailling. Okay and one more reason I like decorating the front of a standard card.

Lastly this card when we made it in the class I after putting this one together thought it would look a little nicer with some brads in each of the corners so that the white did not look so bare, we put not quite navy brads but the silver brads would have looked lovely as well.

I sure hope that you liked it and thanks so much for stopping by
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Not Missing just being a Deliquent with the Blogging

2011-05-15T22:38:00.000-04:00

So 5 years ago I signed up as a demonstrator coming this July and the year before then is when I was first introduced to this company and certainly celery was one of the first inks I ever recieved and it has been a very, very long time since it and I have gotten together.....and well, yep still like it and pretty happy with my monochramatic card too.

I will be demoing this card tomorrow for my summer mini class....sure hope the girls like it as much as I do.

Well it has been a long dreary day here and I have a little more house work to do in the morning before
everyone comes.

Hope you all had a great weekend
Thanks for stopping by

Happy Stamping
Crystal

Fabulous Florets

2011-05-07T10:55:00.000-04:00

Saturday ...it is Saturday!!!!!

So I have been awful at being here every day as I thought I would be but life gets in the way and then it
does not help when i NEED a new camera as mine is still annoying me to no end.

This though is one of the few cards I have made with our new Summer mini....is it not really cute!!!? ( the mini not the ..LOL)

Now with two extra boys here and a little girl that is doing all in her power to fit in I had better make this short so to give the boys a break and let Sarah know she is still special....smile

Happy Stamping
Crystal

Countryside....last couple of days to get it!!!!!!

2011-04-27T22:16:00.001-04:00

Happy Wednesday!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW we are having the most peculiar spring ever with tons of rain, I know I should not complain as there are places in the world that would just love to have even just a little bit and here I am complaining
All the same I would really enjoy a sunny warm beautiful day...anytime now.....whatever

Okay so I have been very bad at posting regularily and I promise this is going to stop...things are settling down around here, my father who is only a young 61 has been giving us all a few scares but he seems to be on the mend and I feel more relaxed with him feeling more relaxed so I look forward to getting into my beloved scraproom and creating again.

I am excited to be able to go to a craft fair very soon sooooo I have tons of ideas going through my head ( doesn't help that I just looked over all of my BFF and fellow stampin up demo and well lets just say WOW) anyways June is going to come very quickly so I need to get my butt in gear.

First though I need to get some sleep as I have an early morning at school to make some fruit kabobs for the snack program.

Good night and happy stamping
Crystal

ANOTHER APRIL SPECIAL CARD

2011-04-21T20:56:00.000-04:00

Happy Thursday to you all

Happy because we get to have kids home and hubby home for an extra couple days. Kids and I will be having a little campout in the basement with movies, monday we will be getting together with my BFF who just happens to be the mother of my kids friends as well. We have not gotten together for almost a month now so it will be great to see them all.

So if you have not heard of this awesome special for April you have got to go and check it out otherwise you will have to wait until July to be able to get this paper and stamp set .... however you could have it now you are free to order them Stamp set and DSP after a $25.00 order. Can I just ssay the paper all on its own is absolutely stunning

Anyways this is one of the 4 four cards that a group of us made on Monday at my class.

Hope you like it and I will hopefully be back throughout the weekend, in the meantime
Happy Stamping
Crystal

A 40th Anniversary card

2011-04-20T17:25:00.000-04:00

I had a friends mother call me up and ask for a couple cards as she had some siblings that were having their 40th anniversaries this year....one being May 1st she needed it pretty quickly. Now with 40th being ruby the closest I could think of was Burgundy and because she was not going to be mailing this card but giving it to them personally she had asked for a bit larger card than the average standard card.

Since there has been a few occassions lately for me to have to make the little larger cards I find they are getting alot easier to do.

Now as for the card I was rather proud of it and happy with the results....not to sound braggish but I think alot of it is becasue I really do like Bravo Burgundy but do not grab it very often....may need to change that.

I took the opportunity of it being a larger to do a little more decorating inside as well

It is a bit of a sneek peek of a coming embossing folder you will have the opportunity to buy from the Summer mini that is available as of May 1st. After I embossed it I then took the sponge daubers in Burgundy and Artichoke and lightly coloured embossed sections. I used the burgundy marker then to print in the #40 to make the card more personal.

So I hope this has inspired you in some way and that you liked it.
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Finally back!!!!!!

2011-04-19T13:22:00.001-04:00

Good Afternoon

Well finally I am getting my card uploaded. I got a bunch of pictures taken and uploaded so I will finally have some cards to show you.

So when I got back from Florida as I was telling you the other day I had a hard time coming up with some ideas so I went surfing and I just loved this layout and I can take no credit other than to say thank you to stampcrave
http://www.stampcrave.blogspot.com/
She is absolutely amazing you really need to check out her blog.
You will find it dated April 4th on her blog

Well I am starving and so is my daughter so I shall say good day for now and I promise to be back tomorrow with another card.

Till then Happy Stamping
Crystal

Sorry for my disappearance!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2011-04-17T17:16:00.000-04:00

I have no excuse other than that we got home from Florida Thursday evening, I have a class on Monday that I just nicely finished making the cards ( cutting close aren't I...smile) I seemed to have lost my mojo in the travel and needed to get out the catalogue for some inspiration, etc. Then while we were gone My father got really sick and has been giving us a bit of a scare lately and then I had an order for a couple of 40th anniversary cards and well the next thing I knew it is Sunday . Oh and did I tell you all that I hate my camera, until we get ourselves a new one I have to have pictures taken uploaded to my hubby's computer and then he burns them onto a cd that I can then upload onto my computer....now I know you are all thinking why not just use his....well because there are somethings this lady does not like to share and that is computers, his is all different from mine and honestly it is faster for him to burn and give me the cd....pathetic I know but hey we all have something about us that is weird .....right???!!!!! ....LOL

Well to get to my point I have gotten some cards now made up to show you but we also are in the process of getting me our Florida trip pictures so I can make the kids each a book with my MDS about what was hightlights for them from the trip......so please bear with me and I should have one to show you a little later today if not first thing in the morning.

In the meantime have a great rest of the day AND
Happy Stamping...( I have been)
Crystal

AND THE NEXT SET OF WINNERS ARE.......

2011-03-27T22:22:00.000-04:00

Well yet again it must have seemed that I went into hiding but in all actuallity we just lost our internet for a day and a half, I have been busy cleaning house, packing for Florida, preparing for the last two classes I have this week BUT I have taken the time to have my daughter draw the three names. As I had mentioned last week I was unable to get to the Home & Rec show this year but I was going to do a draw for each day anyways for the customers that have bought from me in the last couple of years.

So with no further delay......

#1 Winner of the Lvl 2 Hostess set Slice of Life goes to .....Donna Moore

#2 Winner of the Lvl 2 Hostess set Apple Blossomsgoes to.....Aldora Kitching

#3 Winner of the Lvl 1 Hostess set Silhouette Sentiments goes to ....Manuella Kitching

Congratulations ladies, I will do my best to get these out to you before I leave.

Until Tomorrow as I have few cards to show you that have not been uploaded yet.
Happy Stamping
Crystal

AND the WINNERS ARE....................................

2011-03-20T19:15:00.001-04:00

First let just say that for you that are saying ...WHAT??????

I had sent out an email to all the customers that have bought from this year telling them since I was unable to go to our Home and Rec show this year as a vendor...long story and really not the important part. Anyways I was going to do a draw anyways and since I saved the fee to set up I thought I would do some extras. My customers are SOOOO worth it all anyways and what fun emails I had gotten back about so I know they are excited and appreciate it.

So with no further delay here are the winners

The name drawn for Wednesday...she will be the winner of Fabric covered brads from the current mini and a spool of 1/8 Expresso taffeta ribbon......Congratulations Diane Hutchison.

The name drawn for Thursday.....she will be the winner of a Cajun Craze ink pad and the a la carte stamp Tiny Teacup Stamp.........Congratulations Cindy Parker

The name drawn for Friday......she will be the winner of Punch Bunch (sale-a-bration set) stamp set and a package of Whisper White cardstock.......Congratulations Linda Moore

The name drawn for Saturday.......she will be the winner of the Love Letter Designer Paper.....Congratulations Shirley Magoffin.

and lastly the name drawn for Sunday...she is the winner of a package each of the rhinestones and pearls........Congratulations Sonja Sousa

So congratulations ladies I will get these out to you all ASAP, now the rest of you do not give up on me yet since the Home & Rec show is actually this weekend coming I will be doing a draw for those actual days and again announcing on Sunday so you still have a chance to win something

Thanks for stopping by and....
Happy Stamping
Crystal

My 2nd Workshop Card

2011-03-19T11:23:00.000-04:00

Okay first let me just say you are not seeing it wrong .... yep it is crooked....ooops, I will be sure to make sure everyone else gets there's on straight.....LOL

Anyways this is for a young lady's workshop and even though approx 5 of them are more advanced than this card she is likely going to be having a couple ladies that have not ever done this before so I was trying to make cards that are a little easier and yet have some wow to them.

However it is the last couple days before March Break is over so I am going to make this a fast post....hope you liked the card I was inspired by some talented lady from a demo only site.
Happy Stamping
Crystal

A card for an upcoming camp and workshop

2011-03-18T10:59:00.000-04:00

This is a complete case of card from Stampin Connection Eileen LeFevre I mean I changed a little but very little. I loved the freshness and springy feeling of it. 7

Well it is Friday of March break, the week went by quite quickly and we did nothing overly exciting as it was not a good week for some of the families that have kids the same age as mine. You know what theough really there is no reson for them to be on the go all the time just because it is a break from school....also since we will be leaving for Florida in another couple weeks they will have all their fun then....smile

Our fun plans for the day is getting groceries and vacuuming...wohoo do I know how to have fun or what!!!! Maybe I will get to have my own kind of fun in the form of stamping a little later....hee,hee

In the meantime hope you all have a fantastic day
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Sketch challenge #324 from Splitcoast.

2011-03-17T19:48:00.000-04:00

One minute it was Monday and the next thing it is Thursday, so I am a couple days behind on my sketch challenge since I have finally got myself on a bit of a schedule again....yeah!!!!!, but i am sure no one will really care

So I am loving the April special that we have just heard about from SU. The April special is a sneek of a stamp set and designer paper. I will share more with you soon. Just so you know though this s some of the paper and one of the stamps....hee, hee .... hate to rub it in but there are some definite perks to being a demo.

In the meantime you have 14 more days before the ending of Sale-a-Bration. For any of you in the Southern Ontario area and would like to come by and make 4 cards and have a fun afternoon Monday March 28th at 1:00pm email or call me to save you a seat and get your supplies all put together for you.
Saturday Mar 26th is still open as well but unless you call me it will be cancelled since most replies have been for Monday's class.

Well for now that is it for now and I hope you all have a lovely evening
Happy Stamping
Crystal

My mojo got rejuvinated at Mojo Monday #182

2011-03-14T17:05:00.000-04:00

MONDAY!!!!!! The first day of March Break and my kids have already been at it..ahhhhhggggg...LOL

Actually they have been no different than any other day...it is the love/hate relationship that most siblings have, however I do not remember it too much with my own brother but I am sure he remembers it different...smile
Also they cannot be that bad if I was able to go to my beloved craft room (that is under some major purging ( three arbage bags worth), rearranging and soon to be construction...love having a handy hubby)

Okay so I have so many thoughts going through my brain lately that it is been getting a little oerwhelmed that I needed some help SOOOOO I have gone onto the almost forgotten about site Splitcoaststampers and printed off a bunch...and I mean a bunch of old sketches
, because well I know the papers I want to use and usually the stamp I want to use but then I come to a halt so I printed of the sketches to give me a starter and I just build on it from there, sometimes the outcome looks nothing like the sketch that gets me started...LOL

Now today I thought hey why not do a MOJO Monday sketch , and so I did if you want to see it just go here: http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/ you will see the challenge, the teams cards and then anyone else that wanted to post their project is below....FUN huh?!!!!!

So I hope you liked it, again I pulled out a set I have not played with for awhile as it was feeling a little neglected....kind of like that little salt shaker from the Uncle Bens commercials..my kids are so sad over that commercial and are so happy that pepper is putting up signs to try and find his friend...LOL kids are very funny!!!!! Now that I have gotten way off topic I am going to let you all go, hope you found some inspiration from my card in some way and thanks for stopping by....come back anytime\

Happy Stamping
Crystal

My Friday Mash Up submission

2011-03-12T17:32:00.000-05:00

Well I am back sooner than I thought I would be but I need to post my card on the blog before getting it onto the home website of http://fridaymashup.blogspot.com/ this Friday they gave us a sketch challenge. I had this great intention of playing along every week and then life got in the way so here I go again....start the week with mojo monday and end with the friday mash up....LOL

So go to the website you will see the challenge for the week and a few samples, up load your sample and well it is just fun.

I have been trying to grab some stamp sets I have not played with for some time and this is one of them...I LOVE this set but for some reason with all the new ones in the mini and the awesome sale-a-bration sets I seem to have been neglecting the good old reliable ones from old...smile

Well since I just posted my last card all of 20 minutes ago I am fresh out of stuff to talk to you about....hee,hee....will never happen, those that know me I never run out of things to talk about.

All the same I am off for now and I think with all the ideas running around in my itty bitty brain I will go do some more creating before it is time to go to the basement for our family pizza, movie camp over.

Happy Stamping
Crystal

Here is the 2nd card as I promised

2011-03-12T17:12:00.000-05:00

Good Saturday Afternoon

Yep I blame it on Corrine Sommerville the grey sky, wet snow and cold weather it is all her fault.....sorry Roxy :)
Really lets be honest it is no ones fault but I am sooooo ready for the green grass, leaves on the trees and all the humidity that summer brings just to get away from this gloomy weather.

On a happy note though here is the second card that I was telling you about yesterday....not to sound braggish but I am really happy with the turnout of this card, I still find that I struggle to make the cards bigger than the average size. I don't want to have to much open space but also do not want to over accessorise so I hope you all like this card as much as I do and find some inspiration from it in some way.

I tend to forget to add supplies used so since I am thinking of it here they are:
STAMPS: Easter Blessings
INKS: Basic Grey
PAPER: Pretty in Pink, Newsprint DSP, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Vellum paper
ACCESSORIES: Pearls, Flower punch from the Itty Bitty Pack, Scallop edge punch, rosettes (coloured with the P in Pink marker) P in Pink Satin Ribbon, Vintage Wallpaper EF, AND the BIG SHOT....you just have to have one of these.

Well that is it for all.....I may be back later with my Friday mash up card a little later
In the meantime
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Green House Garden

2011-03-11T21:51:00.000-05:00

Okay Lady Winter is so not wanting to leave us this year....we went from tons of rain over a two day period to an blanket of snow this morning....uhggg.

Although this is the kind of weather that gets me into the craft room and gets me creating.

We have another couple of people leavingour congergation to go to a sign language one in another town...we will miss them but what an experience to help ones with such a hardship to deal with in their lives. We wish all the best to these two famillies and know they will be welcomed with open arms but we still need to give a proper goodbye. They will have their going away party this Sunday and each will recieve a card....this is one of them.

Again this card is larger for the purpose of having more room for many to write them a note. It is a whole sheet of 81/2x11. I will post the other one tomorrow.

Hope you liked it and found a sense of inspiration
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Sweet Summer....I only wish!!!!!!!

2011-03-08T16:16:00.000-05:00

Good Afternoon....and good it is!!!!!!

It is such a beautiful sunny day here in Southern Ontario....cold BUT oh so sunny.

So I had not gotten my last card that we made at Mondays class and well it just seemed to fit the day of being bright and sunny looking.

This whole card was made using items that you can earn for FREE from the Sale-a-Bration promotion.
Paper is the Ice Cream Parlour paper and the stamp sets are the Sweet Summer and/or Hello Again.

The ribbon is ot the Sale-a-Bration ribbon but is the still adorable daffodil pom-pom ribbon

So I hope you enjoyed and you still have the opportunity to receive some of these items with every $60 purchase, be sure to give me a email or call if you do not want to miss out

Happy Stamping
Crystal

Well this is all the pictures thaat will download to the computer....UHGGGGG

2011-02-27T21:28:00.000-05:00

So I took all kinds of pictures but for some reason there is something wrong with the camera OR the laptop that I can never get the whole lot of pictures taken to load into the computer....oh well I get a couple of them for you to see our quaint little Stamp a Stack. It may have been small but it was FUN and really for a first time around 13 people making 10 cards each it was a good size to find out what you would like to tweek if anything.

Now here is a card that was supposed to be done tomorrow at a camp but since the flu has hit a member of the family we are going t keep the germs confined to our house and the class has been post poned till next Monday March 7th.

Now I know what you are all thinking, this looks awfully familliar to the one shown a couple days ago for the family moving away....you're right I find the larger cards a little tough so I took the smaller card and worked around it to ake it bigger. This particular card though was totally inspired by a Laura ? from SC ( a stampin up website)

So that is all for now, it has been a busy weekend, SAS yesterday and today was a party for a family leaving for Yellowknife from our congergation

Happy Stamping
Crystal

A Total Case

2011-02-26T20:09:00.000-05:00

I really need to make a better effort to look at the names of cards that I like when looking through the Stampin Connection. I usually scan through and it is a major blur of cards with all different things I like but I will from now on be sure to make sure that I have their names wrote down as that is what this blog is supposed to be all about showing you who and where I am inspired.

So tomorrow I will be posting some pictures from the Stamp a Stack today. Unfortunately Gloria had some last minute sicknesses, and things come up so she ended up three people sort from the original number and I had one, however for our first ever stamp a stack we still had 15 of us.

We handed out six little door prizes and then a real big one at the end and our winner Meghan was REALLY HAPPY to say the least ( as were her friends knowing that they would be able to share it with her...smile

So as I said I will get the pictures from my camera to the computer and upload some of them for you tomorrow.....little tired tonight.
Till then Happy Stamping
Crystal

A Farwell Card

2011-02-25T23:19:00.000-05:00

Well we are having a going away party for a young family from our congergation. The fathers job has relocated him and they are moving away from our little country farming town of Tillsonburg, Ontario to ...you'll never guess.....Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Talk about a shock to his family and what a lifestyle change it will bring. (Personally you could not pay me to go there).

It is not very often that I make a card this big but since the whole congergation is going to want to sign it so I needed bigger than the standard size card.

Well I am off to bed as I have my first ever Stamp-a-Stack tomorrow morning, I will try to remember to take pictures and post them tomorrow and tell you all about it.

Happy Stamping
Crystal

So many Blogs have inspired this one

2011-02-25T08:09:00.000-05:00

Good Snowy Friday Morning!!!!!!

Is it just me or is anyone else tired of the snow? I am not a fan of any winter sports, having a bad leg and weak bones in it because of the trauma done to it in the past and well I am just ready to hear the birdies, see green grass and leaves on the trees again. The smell of reshly cut grass and sunscreen....ahhhhh

Well you all know that is Stampin Ups most loved time of the year when you are able to earn free stamps just by spending $60.00. This seems to be the most popular stamp set that people are picking for free and well I thought that since I am having my monthly camp on Monday I would take the opportunity to use some of the freebies I have chosen.

I was totally inspired by a number of demos out there that have posted their cards of this beautiful set and this is what I did with it.

I hope you like it and if you live in the southwestern Ontario area and do not have a demonstrator and would like to earn this stamp set be sure to contact me IF you do have one please do not miss out on this fun time of year, and call/email him/her....go now...smile

Hope you all have a great day, I all ready for the Stamp a Stack on Saturday so I will try and get back today and show you another card planned for Mondays class.

Happy Stamping
Crystal

Thanks Yolanda and Cassie

2011-02-24T21:37:00.000-05:00

Well thanks to Yolanda I finally got it on here and now here is the next part of my job to thank the ones that gave me this award:
1. http://yolanda-tryingtobecreative.blogspot.com/
2. http://cassiescraps.blogspot.com/

Now to tell you 8 things about myself that you may not already know:

1. My husband and two children live in the house that I grew up in from the time I was 12 yrs old
2. We live in the country with a small farm.
3. My parents live only a closet away as they are in a attached apartment.
4. I love our horses at a distance, I will brush and give them treats, BUT I will NOT ride them...smile
5. My left leg from mid calf down to the ankle is all metal.
6. I was the youngest in all of Canada to get an ankle replacement...this however I am not totally proud of but hey it is the truth...LOL
7. My family is everything to me, Hubby who has stuck it out with me for 11 years and my two babies that are now 8 1/2 and 5.
8. I have MDS (from SU) and I think I am the only one that is still not sure if she in love with it yet, BUT has an addiction with buying the downloads anyway.

Now to nominate this award to 8 other blog favs of mine:

1. http://butternutsagedesigns.blogspot.com/
2. http://inkingoutofthebox.com/
3. http://dianagibbs.typepad.com/stampin_with_di/
4. http://www.stampinchic.com/
5. http://mytherapymycreations.blogspot.com/
6. http://stampingwithroxy.typepad.com/
7. http://www.inkingidaho.blogspot.com/
8. http://gretchenbarron.typepad.com/my_weblog/

Okay that was hard as there are so many blogs that I do enjoy out there and to narrow that down to only 8.....phew!!!!!

Well that is it for this post....I still feel so honoured to be given this award
Hope you continue to stop by and find inspirations
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Stylish Blog Award

2011-02-22T23:04:00.000-05:00

Okay so I am really new at this but it has been a fantastic week, I have been awarded ntwo Stylish Blogger Awards. Now as soon as I figure out how to paste them on to here I will do the required things of naming 8 things you do not know about me and 8 blogs I love to follow

So until tomorrow as it will likely take me that long....smile

Happy Stamping
Crystal

Nature Walk

2011-02-20T10:55:00.000-05:00

Good Morning and Happy Sunday to you all!!!!

Well I know I already have a card on here that is extremely similar to this one in the sese that it is the same exact layout ad technique but it is all new colours and DSP.

I have found with this journey on the Stampin Up road that I have a very short attention span. I try to make the same cards for all the differet fuctios I have in a month and well after only the second time I fid I do not want to make it i the same colours or same stamp set for that matter.

Well this is a bit of a short post but I have company coming over tomorrow for diner and I have a house to get cleaned and some dessert started so there is less tomorrow.

Have a great day
Happy Stamping
Crystal

A Couple Days Late but here is another Sneak Peek

2011-02-18T22:34:00.000-05:00

WOW Where do the days go? For some reason they are all starting to blur together...really looking forward to the long weekend. Unfortunately my dear hubby does not get it but he atleast gets this Saturday off (usually works six days)

We are taking our children for a movie date....they have not been for awhile and so we are going to take them to see Gnomeo and Juliet, hope it is as good as hear it is.

Now as for the card this is one of the more detailed cards we are doing for our Stamp a Stack on Feb 26th, we will do it last so that the inexperienced ones will have had some warming up to it, but this way our advanced ones will leave with a layered fun card.

I hope you like it and it can inspire you in some way as I was inspired by someone as well ( just have no idea what her name is...sorry)

So until tomorrow .... YES I do actually have another one for you tomorrow.

Until then
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Two are missing but here are three of them!!!!!

2011-02-15T17:32:00.001-05:00

So did you understand the title...not likely I know but let me explain.

I have a group of 4 ladies that are part of a club they come every three months and spend a set amount and then they all draw a month and they are the hostess for the month and reap those rewards.

Well for awhile now I have given them homework, I get a sketch challenge from SCS and then I give them some cardstock and DSP, from there they choose what accessories, stamps, etc that they want to use. So I took a picture of three of them including mine and for some reason my camera is not loading one of them and one of the ladies was unable to make it so I will get another picture of the one not loading and the lady who was not there, I will get a picture of hers at a later time and I will post them at a later date in the meantime here are the three I do have.

I am always so amaed how we all use some items that are similar but the actual outcome is so different...I LOVE IT, it is such a personal craft and really shows our personalities.

So with no further delay here they are:

This one is mine using the Baby Blossoms from mini

This one is Gloria's (she is a new demo...smile)

                                              This one is Loretta's....so cute!!!!!

So I hope you enjoyed them the one I took a picture of that will not upload uses the Curvy Verses set and she made a really cute flower with the 5 petal punch.   The other two will get on here when I get them back to get pictures.
Now was it not fun to see how everyone took the layout and the paper and changed them all up and made them their own...I LOVE IT!!!!!!   This is such an awesome craft.

Any of you that think you would like to be part of a club let me know you are interested and we will see what we can do to make that happen.
IF you think you would like to join my team and become a demonstrator and make some extra cash, save on your purchases NOW IS THE TIME...let me tell you why:

It is 15% off right now first of all, secondly you get an added on package for FREE (totalling 50.00+) AND because it is Sale-A-Bration time you (and I ) get an extra free stamp of your choice form either the mini or the current Idea Book and Catalogue (up to $63.95 value).   SO if that is not enough incentive I do not know what is!!!!!
If you have any further questions or concerns about joining or anything else for that matter feel free to contact me anytime by emial or phone

Hope you have a great rest of the day
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Oh and another sneak peek of Stamp a Stack coming tomorrow

Feb 26th is coming quick......here is another sneak peak!!!!!!

2011-02-11T10:29:00.000-05:00

Good Morning!!

It is a very cold morning here in Southern Ontario, however the sun is shining and all is good.

So I am so excited about Gloria and I's first ever Stamp-a-Stack that I thought that I would give you all another sneak peek. This one has no sentiment and we will have a bunch of sets there for people to add to this card if they want to. I loved the simplicity of this card and I will be the first to ay that I totally CASED this card from someone on a demonstrator only site. I am not embarrassed that I cased however I am very embarrassed that I forgot to record who it was so now I have no link for the creator....sorry.

For those of you that are coming to this event please check your emails as there has been a change of location due to the lack of numbers that could make it. It is no longer at the conference room in the library, if you have not recieved your email for some reason please be sure to contact me for a new location address.

Well I am off I have a a friend that cannot come to the club meeting tomorrow AND the poor thing is the hostess this month too, so she is coming this afternoon to make her cards. So need to freshen up te bathroom and get my dishes done...smile

Thanks so much for stopping by
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Are you interested in a Sneak Peek of the Stamp a Stack Projects?????

2011-02-08T19:15:00.000-05:00

HELLO!!!!!!......I have been MIA but for no other reason other than I have been very busy with some workshops and the prepping for them.

I should follow other demos example and make them the same BUT I must have a short attention span becuause I just can't do it I need to make them different to keep myself entertained...smile.
I guess I know who my kids got it from....giggle

So back to the short attention span well I blieve that it must be linked to my not being patient....so that is why you are getting a sneak peek of one of the cards we will be making at the First Ever Stamp-a-Stack being put on by another dem and myself. You will get two of this card because we are making 5 different cards and two of each of the 5.

There are to options for this stamp a stack.
#1 Pay $25 and go home with th 10 cards and matching envelopes...this is great for beginnersas most of you are not sure if you are going to get hooked (hee, hee little do YOU know)

#2 Pay $40. and you go home with the 10 cards and matching envelopes BUT you also get to take home the Artistic Etchings set that we are using on all the cards that day.

You need to bring nothing as we are going to supply all the necessities to make them and we will also supply you with a lunch.

It starts at 11:00am and ending time will entirely depend on how many people come.

RSVP is needed by Thursday Feb 10th so we can have a final head count.

Well that is all for today, I sure hope you like it and if you are in the London to Hamilton area be sure to contact me by leaving a comment or emailing me at www.crancourt@execulink.com

Well here it is

2011-01-30T11:25:00.000-05:00

Happy Sunday!!!!!!!!!!

Well here it is I would like to take 100% of the credit , however any of you demos that have been on Stamping Connection will now that a lady named Donna that made the amazing swan card. Well I was in awe and thought why is it that I cannot do that too...so off I went to stare blankly at some of my stuff and then there it as a skirt, so I made a mental note to find the right set to put a dress on. THEN off to life and before sitting down and creating this card I had to go onto Stamping Connection and there it was the amazing Donna beat me AND she knew the perfect stamp to add it to....the girl from Easter Blessings in the Occassion Mini....aghhhhh.

So needless to say this has now become a CASED card to a degree I did a whole different layout and I think I did some different colouring but I still cannot take the credit....however I am still really happy about how this card turned out.

I actually am going to a workshop on Thursday and because it is a smaller group of ladies that meet at this workshop we are going to make this one. I hope they all like it as much as I do.

Well I must be off got plans this afternoon and then off to my in laws for a visit...we always try to go IF not once a week at least by the second week we get there for our updates and the chance for the kids to see Grandma and Grandpa.... who doesn't love to see there grandparents.

Hope you all have a lovely Sunday.
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Thanks Di from "Stamping with Di"

2011-01-29T10:04:00.000-05:00

Good Saturday Morning!!!!!!

I am so happy that the weekend is finally here...it was a hectic week and I was really excited to have all of us (except poor hubby who had to work today) sleep in...yep I am so spoiled to have children that obviously felt it was a hectic week as well and slept in...only to 8:30 but since we are ususally up and on the bus by this time it was so lovely.

So this card was completely inspired by Diana Gibbs she did hers in blues from the Vintage Springtime DP and it was stunning, but well I did not want to copy exactly so I changed the colours and I did not have some of the same accessories as hers so I improvised either way I am still happy with it and thanks for the inspiration Diana....here is her blog address if you would like to be ispired from her as well.

http://dianagibbs.typepad.com/stampin_with_di/...... go now you will not regret it.

Well they may have let me sleep in I do have a little boy staring up at me with some sad looking blue eyes because he would like to play a game so I shall sign off and I promise to be back tomorrow with a card that I am exceptionally proud of. Any of you demos that have been on Stampin Connection and were able to view the Swan card that Donna did with the Build a Blossom stmp set and punch well she inspired me to think out the box and unfortunately beat me to the punch and making a dress but I will show you what I came up with ..... tomorrow.

In the meantime have a great day and until tomorrow
Happy Stamping
Crystal

I Heart You!!!!!!!!

2011-01-26T22:03:00.000-05:00

Good Evening All!!!!!

I am pretty late doing a post so it again will be uite the short one. This was another card done on Monday.

Hope you all have a great sleep...I will be back tomorrow

Happy Stamping
Crystal

What a Sweetie!!!!!!!!!!

2011-01-25T12:16:00.000-05:00

Good Afternoon all of You!!!!!!!!!!!

This is one of the 4 card that a group of ladies and myself made yesterday afternoon. I just love these little greeeting card kids...they are all so cute and I really do think that this little girl is my favorite of them all.

So I so badly wanted the pom pom ribbon but I am not a big big fan of the brights so of them all Daffodil Delight is one of my favs and well it was the inspiration for the colours chosen for this particular card.

Now I am off to the scholl to do the crafts with my daughters early years class today and need to be there for right after lunch so I will be going now...sory for the extra short posts lately but well that is how it goes...smile

Hope you all find your inspiration today
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Baby Blossoms

2011-01-22T20:41:00.000-05:00

SO did you think I disappeared yet again????????

Well I did not, I just was trying to get a bunch of workshops, camps and of course the first ever stamp a stack all prepared and out of the way that I knew what I was doing, what I still needed etc.

Now here is the funniest of all this is that you have not heard from me for a few days now and well I don't have much to say other than I sure hope your ready for the greatest event Stampin Up has every year....SALE-A-BRATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There is only 3 more days.....YEAH

Feel free to contact me IF you are wanting some free goodies ....OR if you would like to book a workshop to eaarn even more.... (519)842-7739

Happy Stamping and have a lovely safe, warm evening indoors with those you love

Crystal

L is for Lollipop

2011-01-15T22:52:00.000-05:00

Good Evening All!!!!!!

What a day it has been I have been pretty much lockd in my craft room all day BUT oh all the things that I got accomplished makes me sooooo HAPPY

In less than 1 1/2 weeks I am so excited to be going into my daughters class as always BUT this time when I go in I am doing the craft with the teacher we decided on a particular letter and since U is taken ... making umbrellas, the next letter was L's and well what is better than a Lollipop for L's.

This is what i was able to come up that 5and 6 years old could make in a 20-30 mins time frame.
I practiced it on my daughter and she was able to do it so I figured that it would work...not the fanciest but my daughter was so excited that Daddy, Nanny, Papa and Great Grandma had to see it so I figure if she is impressed 21 other 5 and 6 year olds should be good with it.

Needless to say they are all cut out and ready to be assembled everyone will have some different colours ( was great way to use up some major scraps) that way it will be there own as any regular craft would be.

So anyway it did not take me all day just to that, I had some orders of cards to fill, it nice that I had all these phonecalls out of the blue BUT wow makes for a long day to get them all made and ready when I don't always have enough extras just sitting around or the specific kind ordered. Then of course because I got my daughter in there to make the lollipop she thought that she should make a few more things and well here I am at 10:50 pm finally getting pictures into the camera and uploading something for you all to see.

Now I am sure many of you out there are thinking whoopie she made lollipops but hey I will try and get something a little more exciting on for you all to see tomorrow.

Have a good sleep....don't let the bed bugs bite ( ewwww)
Happy Stamping
Crystal

So are you Excited to Hear the News!!!!?????

2011-01-12T18:09:00.001-05:00

Happy Wednesday to you all!!!!

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I have some really exciting news.

A friend and fellow demonstrator and I are going to do our first ever Stamp-a-Stack.!!!!!!! I know exciting right.

Well the flyer up above will be going out to all my current local customers and we will have it advertised around town and in the papers but any you that are out of town and are in the Southwest Oxford region and would like to come please contact us by phone or email. We have limited seating at the library so be sure to save your seat quickly.

As I already have mentioned I am so excited about this and the idea of being in a room full of ladies that want to learn or are die hard stamping gurus is just intoxicating...... sure hope some of you can come for a fun afternoon.

Until tomorrow have a great evening and....
HAPPY STAMPING!!!!!

Crystal

HUMMMMM????.....Windowpanes

2011-01-11T11:38:00.000-05:00

So it is Tuesday and I feel like it should be Friday....WOW!!!

You would almost think that I had been going all day yesterday BUT in reality all I did was laze around all morning go to the school to be a part of my daughter class....which I so love doing the JK/SK students in her class are just too sweet. Her teacher as well is such a beautiful person....I hope she gets her again next year :)

Now about this card IF any of you viewing this card have any suggestions as to what is wrong please do not be afraid to tell me. It is the first time using the new windowpanes from the Occassion mini and I see other demos and talented women using it and they look awesome BUT mine well it is just not screaming ..GORGEOUS to me. If you are to nice to leave a truthful comment feel free to email me what I am doing wrong ( www.crancourt@execulink.com

Friday Mashup #26---Get Well

2011-01-10T10:11:00.000-05:00

Happy Monday!!!!!!!!!!

Today I am so happy to be going into my daughters classroom. With all the snow days we had in December and then having the two week holidays from school I have not been into the class for over a month.

Now I just heard about this challenge called Friday Mashup you can find it here http://www.fridaymashup.blogspot.com/ It was #26 on the 7th so I thought why not I'll play along. So this is my sample. It also called for adding some bling/glitter, So I added some gems to the center of my flowers.

I felt that I had not used my Flower Fancy for quite some time and I had been asked to make a get well card for a friend who needed one for a female friend that had a heart attack so this is the one I came up with.
I used Flower Fancy, Sincere Salutations
Night of Navy, VVanilla, Bashful Blue, NQNavy Garden Botanical DSP
Night of Navy , Bashful Blue, and Old Olive inks
Rhinestone Gems,

So I hope you like and if you are looking for a challenge stop by the Friday Mashup challenge on Friday

Happy Stamping
Crystal

Here it is.....Time for my Man!!!!!!!!!!

2011-01-09T21:38:00.000-05:00

So here it is Sunday Evening and I hope you all had a great weekend!!!!!!!!!!!

I finally felt good enough and had the time to get to go into the loved craft room, I was behind in some cards , especially the most important anniversary card for my man. So I am very embarrassed to say that I was a day late, not thaat he was overly upset BUT I was.

I knew what I was wanting to do, I knew I wanted to use the Sense of Time because of the clock and how even though time flies in real life my love has only grown.....I know a little sappy

Anyways here are the products:

STAMPS: Sense Of Time, Your a Gem
INKS: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso
PAPER: EEspresso DSP, VVanilla, Early Espresso
ACCESSORIES: Extra Thick Embossing Powder, Neutral Brads,Vanilla Satin Ribbon, 3 1/2 circle Die, Owl Punch (heart) Modern Lable Punch, 1 3/4 Circle Punch,

Thanks for coming by
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Happy Wedding Day to Me

2011-01-08T22:18:00.000-05:00

Happy Saturday to you all!!!!!!!!!

Well 11 years ago today my hubby and I said our vows in front of friends and family and started our lives together as husband and wife. Now I am not going to say that we are the perfect couple but I will say that I would not change anything, nor would I pick anyone but him.

So as much as I would love to show you the card that I made for him...well having been sick the last few days I have not gotten his made....I know I am bad, and well to make it even worse this card that I am showing you today well guess what? YEP my sweetie while I was out one day sneeked into my room and made me an Anniversary card, he even decorated the inside (which I am not going to show you). If you are wondering what the lace bows are on the top well he even made me a pocket and put in three individual coupons. Now do you see why he could never be replaced...smile.

So here I am the crafty one, the one that love creating cards, and he is the one that this morning wakes up hands over his handcrafted card and got nothing in return ( well a kiss but no card...LOL)

So I hope he was able to inspire you .... he certainly has me in so many ways

Happy Stamping
Crystal

I am not MIA..will be back soon

2011-01-07T17:45:00.000-05:00

I am so sorry that I have not been posting I am getting over a cold and did not feel like stamping. I have so many ideas going throught my head though that if I do not get in there soon I am afraid my brain just may explode. Try to get on here tomorrow

A Sad Occassion

2010-12-28T16:39:00.000-05:00

Good Afternoon!!!!!!!!!!!

Well I went from having 2 children to having 4 children and now back to 2...phew
I had my BF's kids over they are the same ages as my kids and they are all becoming very good friends...each year gets better and better. My daughter is the youngest by one year and our boys are only 4 months apart so she feels like she is left out more than she really is just the age. That being said I know my girlfriend will understand when I say am I very happy that I quit at 2 it felt like I had twins and two one year apart and .....no thank-you....smile

Anyways I figured that mommy mad time for her kids to have some play time and now that it is a little quieter here I thought it was time for mommy to have some play time and really not for the best of occassions, We had a family friend whos son-in-law passed away suddenly so I unfortunately needed to make a sympathy card for his father. It doesn't matter that this man was approx 50 yrs old no one should have to bury their child, oh and the wife left behind it is awful in every way.

So this card is made with the new set from the Occassion mini Plane & Simple along with the Vintage Garden DSP I also used the caring set form the mini as well that has some wonderful stamps for sympathy

So thanks so much for coming by today and take a little time to find your inspiration
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Build a Blossom Bloom

2010-12-26T20:09:00.000-05:00

Happy Sunday!!!!!!

Well I guess tomorrow I am going to have to get myself back into the craft room....I mean I really want to it is just I am sure I am going to have to share....however I am going to go in again since this is that last of the few I was able to make the other day.

As soon as we previewed the Occasssion mini as demonstrators I KNEW I had to HAVE this set and matching punch....oh my I love it and I think it has many possibilities.

I also had to have the vintage gardern designer paper.....ahhhhhhh

Anyways I hope you enjoy and find some inspiration in your blogging travels.
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Classy Occassion Mini CASE

2010-12-25T12:58:00.000-05:00

Hello, Hello

Is it not amazing just how much you can get done without two extra pairs of hands getting in the way. I actually got a few cards made up.....this one was totally inspired by an example in hte Occassion mini....I did not have the thanks stamp used in the sample so I improvised, I also did not have the safety pins and I made my card a 5x5 size.
Otherwise it was a very fast and easy card to duplicate and I really like the classy look it gives with the Black and vanilla.

I sure hope you enjoyed and I hope you are able to find an inspiring picture in the mini or catalogue as well.

Happy Stamping
Crystal

Clearly for You Vintage style

2010-12-24T18:30:00.000-05:00

Good Evening to you all!!!!!!!.

So I know what you are all thinking here is a lady that goes and starts up a blog...has me coming every couple days to see what she has been up to and well I have been MIA.

I have no excuse other than my children are home from school for the Christmas holidays and well my daughter (age 4..almost 5) well lets just say there is a good possibility that she could be a future recruit...smile. I gave her a taste of what stamping can be like when she made her teacher a card. Well she loved the making of it and especially the gratification of giving it to her....so my short story made long (LOL) is that whenever I even get near what used to my private haven I have this litle shadow that follows me in there, and then well it is not about what I want to do or the ideas going through my brain it is all about making this little monkey with big blue eyes, and the making her happy. Today however it needed to be about ME and the wonderful man that I said "I DO" to took them out to do some errands....today. Does he deserve an award or what?!!!!!!

I went a little crazy with this Occassion Mini, I don't know if it because our family chooses to not celebrate the holidays that there was just not a tremendous amount of items I wanted or needed from the Holiday mini.....AND I was ready for some new stuff and I just seem to want everything I thought I had gotten lots and then silly me missed the one set I really wanted...BUT hey the mini is good for a few months it will still be there for later.

So onto todays card I was in the mood to make a 5x5 cards (probably because I finally remembered to order more 5x5 envelopes) I had no occassion to stamp for and no offense to all you WONDERFUL ladies that come stamp with me on a regular basis it was just nice to stamp for me not because of a class or club....just for the sake of stamping....ahhhhhh, it was lovely

Now here are the supplies needed:
STAMPS: Notably Ornate, Clearly for You
INKS: Baja Breeze, Pear Pizzaz, Marine Mist
PAPER: New DSP from Occassion ( not sure if I am allowed to be telling), BBreeze, MMist, PPizzazz
ACCESSORIES: Scallop Circles #2 die, Big Shot MAchine, Wallpaper EF, Victoria, lace, wide oval punch, half pearls

So I hope this wets your appetites for the Occassion Mini if you have not recieved yet. As for my customers ...you all know who you are IF you have not recieved your mini in the mail along with the Sale-a-Bration mini let me know and I will get one out to you ASAP
Also hope you found some inspiration that you can use with your own supplies and thanks so much for coming by and visiting.

Happy Stamping
Crystal

What a Fun Promotion

2010-12-21T11:28:00.000-05:00

Hello there all my friends

This promotion goes from December 17th to January 24th to see prices and more information go to the following link at my website http://www.layerqueen.stampinup.net/

As promised I will be back later as I will be going to my beloved crafting room to do some long awaited stamping....smile.

Until later hope you are finding inspiration and I would love to hear what it is that inspires you.

Happy stamping
Crystal

I have not forgotten you ALL

2010-12-20T20:45:00.000-05:00

I am sorry I have been missing in action, BUT with 5 snow days and now the kids officially out for the holidays, i just have not gotten the opportunity to get back into my room other than to make some Gift Certificates

Believe me I will be scheduling myself some me time back there in the next couple days, and will have some things to show you from the upcoming Occassion Mini real soon....my new stuff is crying out to me to be played with!!!!!!!!!!!!

Until then i hope you are able to fit in some stamping time for yourselves

Trying Something New

2010-12-15T22:18:00.000-05:00

Good Evening!!!!!!

Well we had yet another snow day with buses cancelled and so I had promised both of my kids that they could make a card BUT I thought that it would have been after I got to make mine and they had been gone to school all day...smile

So this is the reason for the late post.....finally got them into the bathtubs, washed and to bed.

Now for the card some time ago while blog hopping I saw the incredibly talented Michelle Zindorf use a stencil on her card in the background...it was a flourish shape and I thought WOW. I mean I had seen the christmas ornamants done on cards ut there was something about the flourish that just set it apart.....SOOO I have a stencil but did not want to case anything I wanted to just use that as an inspiration.

So on one of the last orders I had put in I had added a package of the Elegant Notes and took one of the cards popped out the pieces and used that half flourish as a stencil.

I sure hope you like it and it inspires you in some way...if you have no idea who Michelle Zindorf is you have got to check this lady out....she is the queen of scenes and brayering http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/ go visit you will be glad that you did

Thanks for coming
Crystal

STAMPS: You're a Gem (Occassion Mini)
INKS: Blushing Bride, Basic Grey
PAPER: Blushing Bride, WWhite, Basic Grey, BBride DSP (LVL 1 Hostess)
ACCESSORIES: Blushing Bride Twill, half pearls, Scallop Square Punch, Sponge Daubers (LOVE those little things)

This is for your Ruth

2010-12-13T19:20:00.000-05:00

Yep that is right this card is for Ruth ...not literally BUT since she put her order in for our Occassion mini before me and I just got mine today and hers is still delayed because of the weather here in Southern Ontario, I am uploading a card done with a small section of the product I chose and since I believe she did not order this set I thought maybe she would like to see it.

I just LOVE all that came in my delivery today and cnnot wait to get my hands deep into everything

I though cannot post certain stuff about what is coming in the Occassion so to not give to much info you are going to love it AND if you are one of my customers your should be out in the mail shortly and if you do not have it by Jan 4th let me know and I will get you another one. You should be getting a Sale-a-Bration mini as well.

Lastly you cannot see it clearly in the picture but I put a medium pearl on each tulip and sponged along the edges in crumb cake...it does look a lot more soft and sweet in real life.

Hope you enjoyed and it has wetted your tastebuds for more!!!!

Happy Stamping
Crystal

My First Time with Decor Elements

2010-12-08T13:10:00.001-05:00

Alright enough is enough....I am the first to enjoy and love my children however 3rd day of snowdays and I am starting to remember why it was I didnèt continue into my teaching career....and I only have 2!!!

Oh Well better them with me than on the road in the bus and end up in some form of accident...that would be very bad.

So my point is this, since the first two snow days I still had some very brave ladies that did not let the snow stop them from coming OR had not come down with some kind of bug came to the scheduled classes. Which then means that the kids had to miss out on my attention...SO today it is all about them and I have told them I would stay out of the craft room. However they did go outside with daddy while I did some unfinished cleaning up from the last couple days of card making.
Of course I got that finished before they were ready to come in which allowed me some time to try my hand at some of this Decor Elements.

I have not, not liked it from the beginning I just did not know where exactly I would put it and what I
liked well enough that I wanted to put it on my walls. So I started with getting a couple smaller ones and adding them to the front of my scrapbooking albums, and then proceeded to buy some just recently since the customers were starting to show more curiousity with it.

My choices were this HOME swirly item and I have really liked the Butterflies from the beginning so I put them on the wall in my kitchen, we do not really have an entrance way ..you just come directly into the kitchen and then above our kitchen cupboards instead of it being open we have a large bulkhead so along it I will continue more butterflies and another verse of some sort (about family).

So far I am rather happy with it and My daughter thinks the butterflies are sooooo beautiful..cute!!! :)

So I may not be going into the craft room but I was able to still do a little crafting...I did the medium size medallion up in our 2nd bathroom but I will have to show you that later I need to get the clock hung in the middle of the medallion first.

So that is it for today... I hope all of you in Southern Ontario that are part of this snow squall are staying warm and not going insane with the kids home and if you need to go on the roads I hope you get to where you are going safely. For all the rest of you I hope you have a great day and you find a little inspiration

Happy stamping or crafting
Crystal

Butterfly Pansies

2010-12-06T20:28:00.000-05:00

Wel well well what a snowy Monday!!!!!!!!

I am not a snow lover as I have mentioned before but I am a huge fan of the Snow days. It looks as though it could very easily be another tomorrow.

Great days for sinking into the craft rooms...except that I had a couple very enthusiastic ladies that braved the weather and came out for a class I was having today and we'll see what the weather brings tomorrow as I am having my last class of the year 2010. Sure hope the adies can make it BUT really it is all about safety first.

Now I have admitted it before and I will admit it again when I look at the butterfly punch I saw a butterfly but someone out there looked at it and thought hey lets make it a pansy ..... so I said okay!!!

This is my take on a pansy as I am not a lover of winter in any way I decided to make a springy card just to pretend.

I sure hope you enjoyed and was inspired as I have been from others

Oh and the supplies are as such

Garden Greenhouse DSP, Pear Pizzaz, Pink Pirouette, So Saffron, Whisper White papers
Bashful blue, marine mist, concord crush,pear pizzaz, so saffron, pink pirouette inks
Wide striped pretty in pink grosgrain, Subtles glitter brads, butterfly punch, modern label and word window punches
The only stamping was the Flower fancy stem.

Thanks for coming by and come back any time
Happy stamping
Crystal

Club Girls Homework!!!!

2010-12-05T17:55:00.000-05:00

Happy Sunday to you all!!!!!!!!!!!

We have begun to get some of that yucky white stuff!!!! Sorry Corrine I know you love the winter but as much as I am a fan of your stamping style I am not in agreement with you when it coimes to loving the snow....smile

Anyways I have a great bunch of ladies that come and stamp with me on a regular basis BUT one group in particular becasue they are part of a club that has them come once every quarter and spend minimum of $50.00, they then each get a month assigned to them to be the hostess and reap the rewards in free hostess sets and free $ amount. However they are also given homework, because they only meet every threee months they are given a random sketch challenge from SCS and then I supply them with some DSP and cardstock....I think it is so much fun to see everyones take on both of the challenges. Now IF I were a smart women I would have remembered to take a picture of everyones to show the talent I have in this group of ladies...I am not sure exactly if they are happy to get homework but hey I am the teacher and that is one of the perks...giggle

SO I may not have everyone elses but I do have mine and next time I will be smarter and take a picture of theirs as well.

I had given them each some of the Greenhouse Gardern DSP and a half a sheet of Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzaz, Cherry Cobbler and Early Espresso. The stamp set and accessories were up to them.

I had chosen the Flower Fancy, Daffodil Delight Taffeta ribbon and some Cherry Cobbler brads. I used my blender pens, and dimensioned up two of the flower

Thanks for stopping by and I sure hope you liked what you saw.
Come by again
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Bird Wing Tulips

2010-12-04T11:48:00.000-05:00

Good Morning and Happy Saturday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so excited it is sunny (cold but sunny) and I get to stamp with some great friends today.
These four ladies in particuar today we have all known each ther since I was 12 years old and moved to this quaint town. They have seen me grow up move away, come back get married, and have my two children...who can get that in the big cities????!!!! I am sure some can BUT I never would have

So this is one of the cards we are going to be making today I had told them we would do some punch art and having so many of you out there that are so nice to share your talents in this way I was able to CASE and show these customers/ friends

Thank You to all of you out there that inspire me in so many ways
This card uses the bird/branch punch, you use the wings of the bird to make the petals....how sweet is that.

Thanks for stopping by
Happy stamping/ Punching
Crystal

From Hearts to Hydreangas

2010-11-30T17:21:00.000-05:00

Happy Happy Wet Tuesday to you all!!!

I will take a wet day over a snowy day any day, especially when I had to drive to Kitchener to see my surgeon that did my ankle replacement 4 years ago, snow is pretty but not on the road. For those that know me well I am happy to say that I can put the surgery off for a little longer and doing so will maybe allow me an more up-to-date newer replecement for my replacement...giggle

Now on to the card, this is first version to a punch card we are going to be doing on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday having had it done and looked at it for awhile now so there will be a couple tweeks but you get the idea. Now I cannot take credit in any way for knowing how to take a heart punch and make a hydreanga the credit definitely goes to http://www.vatitasfreshfolds.blogspot.com/ if you have never been to her site well go there now and be inspired.

Have a great night and thanks for stopping by
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Owl Tulips: Who would have Thought!!!!!!!!!!

2010-11-29T12:26:00.000-05:00

Good Monday Afternoon!!!!!!!!!!!

I am putting a sneek peek of a card we will be making at my next class on Dec 4,6 and 7th I believe we will do a little more sponging on it but I was happy at how it turned out and was 100% inspired by my go to http://www.gretchenbarron.typepad.com/

But this is a short post due to the fact that I have to get to my daughters school for the afternoon.

So I hope you were inspired by Gretchen and myself
Happy Stamping
Crystal

2 MORE DAYS LEFT TILL NOV 30/10

2010-11-28T22:39:00.000-05:00

JUST A QUICK REMINDER LADIES AND GENTS

TUESDAY IS THE DEADLINE FOR ANY OF YOU THAT ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING MY TEAM WITH THE HALF PRICE STARTER KIT. (yes you can even get it for the great deal and who knows you may be surprised by who all is excited to buy from you and start giving you orders..smile). JUST ANOTHER ADVANTAGE IS THAT THE PRICE HAS NO HIDDEN SURPRISES...THERE IS NO TAX AND NO SHIPPING CHARGES.

IF THE STARTER KIT IS TOO DAUNTING FOR YOU WELL THEN BE SURE TO GO TO THE WEBSITE AND LOOK AT THE 30-50% OFF ITEMS THAT AS WELL ARE NOT GOING TO BE ON SALE AS OF TUESDAY AND GIVE ME A CALL TO PLACE THE ORDER OR DO IT ON-LINE YOURSELF....A REMINDER TO THIS AS WELL IS THAT ALL ORDERS $200.00 OR MORE WILL BE FREE SHIPPING

HERE IS THE WEBSITE: http://www.stampinup.com/ or go right to my website at http://www.layerqueen.stampin.net/

HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU
Crystal

Penquin Time

2010-11-28T22:19:00.000-05:00

Did you all think that I forgot about you all???!!!!

Well let me just say that I did not forget I just kept running out of hours in a day, and just could not get myself into my room.

However tonight the kids and hubby all seemed to be looked after fine, all were in the room of choice and well it freed some time for ME!!!!

I have promised tht the next class I did I would do some punch art however this particular card I am not pleased with enough to do for a class, it just did not turn out the way I thought it was going to but I did still think that it was rather cute and will work for my son to give to one of the few people has yet to give a thank you card too from the summer.

So I sure hope all of you had a great weekend, it certainly was a mixture weather wise.
Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you were inspired in some way
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Thanks....I needed that

2010-11-24T11:49:00.000-05:00

Good Wednesday to you all!!!!!

This card was most definitely a SCS sketch challenge from over a year ago BUT sometimes I get a brain fart and do not know what to do, so the sketches help me to get the mojo going and this is what I had come up with.

The little bird was stamped twice and just dimensionaled up then he and the flower got some of my other favorite thing and that is the Crystal Effects to make them really stand out (does this more in person than in this picture) the main background was the Bella Toile BG in Pink Pirouette. The other backgrounds are the En Francais done in versamark then brushed with some of our pastels (chalk).

Well hope you are having a fantastic day where ever you may be.
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Thank Ewe....smile

2010-11-23T17:53:00.001-05:00

Yep so it is Tuesday and I already feel like it should be the end of the week.

Everyone seems to be feeling a little better the voice is slowly coming back...still have a few letters go missing in a word occasionally but hey I can handle that. My son has gone 12 hours with no throwing up so all is good!!!!

This little sheep is pretty much the reason I got the Pun Fun Set I just thought that she was just as cute as can be. I had made up a whole bunch of these for a friend that had a baby girl as part of her gift to hand out as her thank you cards

Well I have not much to say, other than IF you have not had a chance to sit down and look over the FANTASTIC deals over at Stampin Up I am telling you YOU need to get a coffee, diet coke, tea whatever is your preference and sit down and look it over, it is done in 7 days. I mean any of you thinking about the MDS (My Digital Studio) well how is 50% off...yep you read it right $53.48 instead of the regular $106.95 and so much more go now ...... I mean it right now, then give me a call or email if there is anything that you just have to have

So thanks for popping on by, hope you liked the card and was inspired in some way
Hope you can come back again real soon
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Love you Much

2010-11-22T15:05:00.000-05:00

I'm Back!!!!!!

So what did you think of the fantastic sale items, did you make your list....I know I did

Now on to the card you know I made this card eons ago and found it while cleaning up my scraping room and thought WOW I forgot all about this set....is it even a current set.....I have no idea actually but thought I would load it up for you anyways. I will not be getting any stamping done only because I do not feel like it I have had a windinger of a weekend with the not feeling so hot and now my little boy has been home throwing up and is finally getting some much needed sleep....I too would love to sleep but my little girl is not yet sick and well I just cannot sleep and leave her alone. Hopefully when her daddy gets home he will let me have an hour. Although he is the one that went out to work this morning BUT I was the one up in the middle of the night giving puffers, getting buckets and medicine...do you think he will go for it....smile
I KNOW he will he is a great guy.

Hope you like the card, if I remember correctly this was a sketch from Splitcoaststampers from long ago.
Thanks for stopping by
Happy Stamping
Crystal

WOW!!! Stampin Up has out done themselves again!!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-11-22T09:43:00.000-05:00

So here is the deal not only can you get the starter kit for 50% OFF now we have even more deals for all of you. Click the link below get yourself whatever morning cup of whatever and sit back and make your list....some of the deals are outstanding!!!

http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/CategoryPage.aspx?country=CA&categoryID=777&dbwsdemoid=2008123

Be sure to contact me quick if you are wanting any of these deals because they are gone on the 30th as is the starter kit promotion.

Happy Shopping!
Crystal

Flight of a Butterfly

2010-11-20T14:32:00.000-05:00

Well, well Happy Saturday to you all!!!!!!!!!!

This week just seem to fly by and I was able to make a couple new cards for you all but the last couple of days I have been feeling a little under the weather and todays the first day my throat is not hurting BUT to my hubby's great joy I have lost my voice, I sound like one of the mice from Cinderella...smile

However we have an intimate surprise party to go to this afternoon and my husband and I wanted to give this young lady a gift. She is going to be going to Honduras to do some missionary like work and will be gone for a couple months, and I needed something to put it in so here is my version of a flight of the butterfly and no it does not even use any of the stamp set.

One of my old favorites is the Thought and Prayers ( and yes it is still double mounted...aghhhh) I have not used it for some time only because I had used it so much I was afraid some of my customers would think I owned no other stamp sets.....giggle.

So here are the ingredients...yes I have recipes on the brain as I just finished a triple chocolate decadent cake to take to the hostesses house as a contribution to the buffet.

STAMPS: Thought and Prayers, En Francias
INKS: Concord Crush, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzaz
PAPER: Same as inks as well as the DSP that has these colours in that I cannot remember, Vellum cardstock, and Vanilla
ACCESSORIES: Eyelet Border punch, Lots of Butterflies die, pearls all different sizes

So I hope that you all have some wonderful plans for the weekend and that you enjoyed the card I showed you today
Happy Stamping
Crystal

WHOO...would have thought

2010-11-18T16:57:00.000-05:00

Well Good Afternoon to you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am the first to admit that I was not even remotely excited as some of the others out there about this owl punch...I sat there thinking what on earth would I do with a bunch of owl punch outs......yeah okay so here I am ordering the silly thing. You know why I got it BECAUSE all you talented ladies out there that see more than just an owl...you see a ghost, penguin, tulip and so on and so on.

So anyways I had gotten a download from another demo named Amy Taylor at http://www.justalittleink.com/
for the calendar and thought that it would make a really cute magnet for the fridge. I had gotten one from a secret sister last year and loved it on my fridge and with the year on its way I made one up to replace the old one.

I used the clear scallop die after glueing som DP onto the magnet sheet. I then cut a lattice from Whisper White paper. from there it is pretty self explanatory...however if you do have a question feel free to ask.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you can come again soon
Happy Stamping
Crystal

PHEW>>>finally here is the card

2010-11-17T20:09:00.000-05:00

Well I said I would be back and well better late than never.....and I am later than I thought I would be.

So I was inspired from a card on http://www.gloriousgreetings.blogspot.com/ she had done a black and whote card for her nephews wedding and it got me to thinking that I have a whole package of Newsprint DSP that I had not used yet so this is what I came up with. The really funny this is I had the colour challenge paper out on the table to use and the Sense of Time stamp set and as you can see neither of them were used....go figure

I really should have made this into an anniverary card but hey you can never have to many thank yous either....smile

Well time to get the kiddies to bed so that is all for now
Thanks for stopping by
Happy Stamping
Crystal

STAMPS: Elegant Thank you, Tea Party BG
INK: Basic Black
PAPER: Newsprint DSP, VVanilla, Basic Black
ACCESSORIES: Black Satin Ribbon, Clear circle Die, Lrg Scallop Punch, 1 3/8 circle Punch, Scallop Circles Die, Big Shot Machine....and yes it is a must have...smile

Here is the Breakdown...I'll be back with a Card later

2010-11-17T13:23:00.000-05:00

Ok, by now you've all heard that the Starter Kits for joining Stampin' Up are HALF PRICE from November 15-30, 2010. The kit costs $107.50 total. Here's the deal:

Here’s what is in the CUSTOMIZABLE Standard Kit and the value of each:
1. Any $41.95 or lower Stamp Set
2. Any $35.95 or lower Stamp Set
3. Any $22.95 or lower Stamp Set
4. Any $9.95 or lower Stamp Set
Before we go on, note that the $107.50 kit cost has already paid for the 4 sets above valued at $110.80. That means EVERYTHING BELOW THIS LINE IS FREE!!!!!!
5. $24.95 Brights Patterns Designer Series paper stack (OR color of your choice) FREE
6. $20.95 Stampin’ Scrub® FREE
7. $12.25 Whisper White 5/8" satin ribbon (OR ribbon at the same or lower price) FREE
8. $9.95 VersaMark® pad (OR ink pad at the same or lower price) FREE
9. $9.25 Card stock 8-1/2" x 11" (Whisper White OR color of your choice) FREE
10. $9.95 Small Chocolate Songbird Tile Décor Elements® (OR Décor Elements item at the same or lower price) FREE
11. $8.50 Assorted color card stock 8-1/2" x 11" (Getting Started OR assortment of your choice) FREE
12. $8.95 Clear Block C (OR clear block at the same or lower price)FREE
13. $9.75 SNAIL Adhesive® (OR adhesive at the same or lower price) FREE
14. $7.25 Fast Flowers Stampin’ Around® wheel (OR standard wheel of your choice) FREE
15. $4.95 Stampin’ Around Self Inking Handle (standard) FREE
16. $7.25 Classic Stampin’ Pad® (color of your choice) FREE
17. $7.25 Classic Stampin’ Pad® (color of your choice) FREE
18. $7.25 Classic Stampin’ Pad® (color of your choice) FREE
19. $7.25 Classic Stampin’ Pad® (color of your choice) FREE
20. $6.50 Uninked Cartridge (standard) FREE
21. $5.50 Stampin’ Mist® (OR StazOn® Cleaner) FREE
22. $5.25 Stampin’ Dimensionals® FREE
23. $4.50 Stampin’ Write® marker (color of your choice) FREE
24. $4.50 Stampin’ Write® marker (color of your choice) FREE
25. $3.32 Blender pen (single) FREE
26. $2.95 Marina Mist Classic Ink Refill (OR color of your choice) FREE
27. $1.95 Décor Elements Applicator Tool FREE
28. $1.17 Stamping sponge (single) FREE
29. Catalogs ($34.95 for 8), business forms, and other printed materials to get your business off to a great start! FREE

And were you thinking about getting My Digital Studio, maybe for Christmas?
The kit costs $107.50 total. Here’s what is in the CUSTOMIZABLE Digital + Kit and the value of each:

1. $106.95 My Digital Studio™ software
2. $5.25 Stampin’ Dimensionals®

Before we go on, note that the $107.50 kit cost has paid for the My Digital Studio software & dimensionals above.

That means EVERYTHING BELOW THIS LINE IS FREE!!!!!!

3. Any $32.95 or lower Stamp Set FREE
4. Any $22.95 or lower Stamp Set FREE
5. Any $9.95 or lower Stamp Set FREE
6. $20.95 Stampin’ Scrub® FREE
7. $10.95 Brights Designer buttons FREE
8. $9.95 Small Chocolate Songbird Tile Décor Elements® (OR Décor Elements item at the same or lower price) FREE
9. $8.95 Clear Block C (OR clear block at the same or lower price)FREE
10. $8.50 Assorted color card stock 8-1/2" x 11" (Getting Started OR assortment of your choice) FREE
11. $9.75 SNAIL Adhesive® (OR adhesive at the same or lower price) FREE
12. $7.25 Classic Stampin’ Pad® (color of your choice) FREE
13. $7.25 Classic Stampin’ Pad® (color of your choice) FREE
14. $7.25 Classic Stampin’ Pad® (color of your choice) FREE
15. $7.25 Classic Stampin’ Pad® (color of your choice) FREE
16. $6.75 Real Red 1/4" grosgrain ribbon (OR ribbon at the same or lower price) FREE
17. $4.95 Glue Dots® FREE
18. $5.50 Stampin’ Mist® (OR StazOn® Cleaner) FREE
19. $4.50 Stampin’ Write® marker (color of your choice) FREE
20. $4.50 Stampin’ Write® marker (color of your choice) FREE
21. $8.50 Card stock 8-1/2" x 11" (Whisper White OR color of your choice)
22. $1.95 Décor Elements Applicator Tool FREE
23. Catalogs ($34.95 for 8), business forms, and other printed materials to get your business off to a great start! FREE

So I know you want it so just give me a call or go to my website at http://www.layerqueen.stampinup.net/ and hit the join now button and start picking your kit.....my password is: starterkit
Hope to have some of you join my team

Crystal

AMAZING OFFER!!!!!!!

2010-11-16T14:23:00.000-05:00

Vintage Anniversary

2010-11-16T14:11:00.000-05:00

Happy Tuesday to you all!!!!!

I am really behind on getting my parents their Anniversary card, it was on the 4th of October. I have a really good excuse though and my mom is aware of the reason so it is okay.

I was really nervous about this card because when it comes to clothes my mom is not a fan of browns and pinks going together BUT I had just gotten my wide striped grosgrain in the pink and it was screaming out to me to be used.....so needless to say she got a pink and brown card. Guess what though.....SHE LOVED IT apparently it is okay on cards..smile

Anyways they have been married for an amazing 41 years and still in love which is soooo great and a true inspiration that even though every marriage can have its ups and downs, it can be done and love will always win.

Now that I have rambled on long enough here is some supplies needed:

STAMPS: Friends 24/7
INK: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Certainly Celery
PAPER: Pretty in Pink DSP, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla
ACCESORIES: Pearls, Crystal Effects, Top Note Die, Big Shot Machine...IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ONE YOU NEED THIS MACHINE!!!, Log Cabin smooch Spritz, Scallop Border Punch

Now one last thing just a reminder that yester was the first day of a two week promotion to get your never before offered starter kit for 1/2 price.....that means for $107.50 you can get all the supplies in either a digital starter kit or standard. You can sign up to get the kit and if you end up not wanting to sell or do workshops you can just drop with no charges to you and you will not have to give anything back.
So if you think you would like to become part of my team then feel free to contact me and I will help you get signed up or if you just want to do it on your own go to http://www.layerqueen.stampinup.net/ and my password is: starterkit

So that is all have a great rest of the day

Happy Stamping
Crystal

Just Because

2010-11-14T08:53:00.001-05:00

Good Morning and Happy Sunday!!!!

A little on the grey side for the weather but it is only 8:40 am so we see what the rest of the day brings.

So my weekend has passed me by with lots of fun things but WOW when it is busy it goes by too fast. The evening at my BFF's house was so nice as I had said that day we never have to opportunity to get together with both of whole family. The kids miss each other and our husbands surprisingly have lots in common so it was lovely to have us all there....Thanks Richard and Ruth

Yesterday was one of my cousins 25th anniversary and their children put on a little party/dance for them we went for the dinner and a little association it was lovely, we did leave at the dance part though because some other dear friends were looking after the kids and we wanted to get them home before they got to tired. It was the first time leaving our kids with anyone other than grandparents so they had great fun and Troy/Manuella thanks again.

Now onto the card, due to the weekend being so packed full guess what got sacrificed....yep the stamping!!! So this is a card done at a camp in September, a with all the other matchy cards that have posting. I really hope to find time to get back in my room and making a new card today.

Until tomorrow, hope you have a great day and happy stamping
Crystal

Just a Fabulous Promotion

2010-11-13T09:23:00.000-05:00

Can you believe this promotion!!!!!!!

In all honesty I have been a demosince 2006 and I have never seen a promo like this, I mean they have had great promos like extra stamp sets, a whole family of classic stamp pads, 20% off promos BUT never have I seen a half price starter kit.

You could not get a better opportunity either to join and here is a couple reasons:

1. Your quarter would not be up until Mar 31/11 which gives you the Sale-a-Bration opportunity to earn extra free sets, and who does not have a friend that would not LOVE to host a party for you at tht time of year since EVERYONE wins.

2. You will get a 30% income on your first order.....SO anyone celebrating Christmas you can get gifts for 30% off.

3. You will have me to answer any questions along the way

4. Lastly you have the opportunity to work for a really fun company...if it ends up not being something you want to do there is no fee to quit, BUT eally if you can even get just one workshop a quarter it is fairly easy to get your expected $400.00.

So if you think this is an opportunity you would like to take advantage of OR just want all the goodies for the 50% off then contact me by phone or email and I will help you with the joining...IF you are computer savvy and just want to do so your self head on over to my website http://www.layerqueen.stampinup.net/ and go to join now and my password is: starterkit.

Looking forward to some you maybe becoming part of my team.

Have a great weekend and Happy Stamping
Crystal

Believe in Neutrals

2010-11-12T09:42:00.000-05:00

Good Friday to you!!!!!

I first of all have told you all how much I love this set and the Elegant Soiree paper is just gorgeous. I was hoping that htis card could pass for a manly card.....then I went and addeed the Filigree and Vintage brads and voila I made it not so many...smile

Either way I was very happy with the simplicity of this card and the neutral colours of it.

I however am going to have to keep this post a short one as I am so happy to be going over to my BFF's house for a visit and dinner....what is even better is that today is a PA Day here in the Thames Valley School Board region, my hubby is on holidays so we will all be getting together as famillies which is not as easy to do.

So have a great day...I know I will and thanks for coming by
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Happy "I do" day

2010-11-11T09:16:00.000-05:00

Pretty catchy title huh??!!!!

I am always in short supply of anniversary cards so even though most would think this to be a wedding card I figure it can be used for anniversary day as it the anniversary of the day that you said 'I Do'......I know, I know I am pushing it, but oh well that is my reasoning even if it stretching it.

Anyways, on to the card the Saturday I made this with a group of ladies we made four matching (in colour and DSP) cards and a box to put them in.
It was fun but it uses a whole package of DSP and then I was a little bored, I think I prefere having ore of a variety.

So here are the supplies:
STAMPS: Fifth Ave Floral, Word Play
INKS: Baja Breeze, Pear Pizzaz, So Saffron, ary Espresso
PAPER: Elegant Soiree, Cmb Cake, V Vanilla, Soft Suede
ACCESSORIES: Scallop Oval Frame, Vanilla Taffeta, Rhinestone (on top of O as a ring)

So I hope you liked it and found some form of inspiration
Come again
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Get Well Beary Soon

2010-11-09T19:02:00.000-05:00

I am awful for not having enough get well cards for little ones and it never fails that some little guy/gal at our childrens school gets hurt or very sick and is in need of a card so I thought I would make a couple to have on hand just incase

I am not a real fan of the cutsy stamps BUT this is one I just could not, not have with kids in school and alot of friends of ours having small children still, it got itself into my hands very quickly.

I love the row of brads it is not something I ususally do in a class only due to the fact I would run out of brads very quickly but I do love the look.....not to toot my own horn.

So I really hope that you enjoyed the card an here are the ingredients:

STAMPS: Beary Best Friends
INKS: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, River Rock, Daffodil Delight, Baja Breeze
PAPER: Greenhouse Gala, Daffodill Delight, Pear Pizzaz, WWhite
ACCESSORIES: Daffodil Brads, Daffodil Taffeta,

Well got to go
Have a great night and Happy Stamping
Crystal

Elegant Happiness

2010-11-08T21:09:00.000-05:00

Well here I am it is almost time to be getting the kids into bed and thought that I would quickly put a card on. This card was one of the four that I pictured with the box as one of my first couple posts I juist thought that I would put each of the cards on individually with more of a closeup.

This card was done with a fantastic stamp set that is great for stamping in one colour or colouring in, it is also great for making writting paper, I love stamping it in almost any colour for my notes to the school whether for the teacher or office staff, just pretties it up a little.

So here are the ingredients: (again I think that makes the cards sound so yummy)

STAMPS: Happiness Shared
INKS: Baja Breeze, Pear Pizzaz, Early Espresso
PAPER: Elegant Soiree, Baja Breeze,Early Espresso, V Vanilla, Watercolour
ACCESSORIES: Scallop Square Duo, Marina Mist Striped Grosgrain, Pearls, Neutral brad, Elegant Lines EF

So there you have it, hope you enjoyed and found something that you could use on your next card
Thanks for stopping by

Happy Stamping
Crystal

Cowgirl PG 2

2010-11-07T21:53:00.001-05:00

Happy Monday!!!!!

Really it is Sunday evening but I am afraid that my day is going to get away from me tomorrow....it is the first time ever I am getting to go into the classroom, with my son I was never able to get in there with my daughter being a baby, so this year I am excited to participate in both of their classes.

So I know I have not this blog for long but if any of you remember a previous post I had a scrapbook page of my cowgirl this is the first of the two when in the book hence the title only having "MY LIL". I am not one that ususally uses anything other than Stampin Up product but I was very intrigued with the flower soft accessory so that is what you are seing on part of the title.

I had not scrapbooked for quite some time so I was pleased with the outcome.

My ingredients are:
STAMPS: Headline Alphabet (retired)
PAPER: Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Close to Cocoa (retired), Chocolate Chip, Handsome Hunter (retired), WWHite
INKS: Pretty in Pink
ACCESSORIES: Crystal Effects, Eyelet Border Punch

So I sure hope you enjoyed and hopefully after my day at school I will get home and the opportunity to stamp so to have something new for you tomorrow.

In the meantime thanks for coming by and Happy Stamping
Crystal

Newsprint Anniversary

2010-11-07T08:24:00.000-05:00

Good Morning!!!!!

Do any of you feel WOW after gettting your extra hour last night.....I will have to say YES!!

So here is another anniversary card that I made for the many I seem to have in the next few weeks and I am no photographer and have never tried to pass off as one but this particular picture frustrates me since the flowers in reall life are not htat dark and do not look like red blobs as they seem to look on here but if for nothing else maybe you could use the card as a different layout...smile

I always like it when I have gotten cards and the maker has folded over a corner and never remember to do it so this one I did the flower from the Friends 24-7 has been cut out and dimensioned up. The papers are from the Newsprint and the Love Letter. The ribbon is the Cherry Cobbler seam binding and for us demonstrators we were able to see the upcoming Occassional and Saleabration minis and I was happy to see this ribbon carried on and in a new colour as well.

So anyways I sure hope you all have a great day...we in Southern Ontario have not gotten the possible snow that they thought we may get this weekend at some point....yeah, I mean I would rather put of the inevitable as long as possible.

Happy Stamping
Crystal

Greeting Kids Anniversary

2010-11-06T12:10:00.000-04:00

Good Afternoon and Happy Saturday!!!!!!!!!!!!

I really should not say happy Saturday since I have a funeral to go to today, my cousins grandmother passed away and we are going to the service at 2pm, but other than that sadness it is a sunny autumn day here in southern Ontario so I really cannot complain.

You would not necessarily think of November as being the ideal time to get married but I have quite a few anniversaries this month and a couple from last month that I still have not gotten out, so here is one of them. I just love these Greeting Card Kids they are to cute for words and so I decided to use this little girl for my brother and his wife as they do not have any children of their own and do not really have a lot of nieces, the boys sin, and as for my brothers side it being only the two of us and my husband and I only having the two children I am going to have this be from my little girl that was only 8 months at their wedding.

I am so happy for him since he and I both waitted till we were older to marry (I was 26 and he was 29) and him doing so got him a good woman, she loves him dearly and treats him good ( and he her) so the sentiment is fitting that they have many more to come.

Happy Anniversary you two!!!!!!!!!!! ( they are not readers of my blog as far as I know so I they will not see it here before recieving...smile)

So I sure hope you all have a great day and come on back soon
Happy Stamping
Crystal