PPA Inspiration Punch Pourri

This is another card I am doing for my "Love Letters" Valentine class. I was inspired by this card. I love the way this card turned out. I must admit that of all the new colours SU! has introduced, Cherry Cobbler is my favourite. I thought this would also be a good entry for Pals Paper Arts Inspiration Challenge this week. I think that on Valentine's Day we should focus on all types of love, not just romantic love. Thanks for visiting and please let me know what you think of my creation!

Happy Stamping,
Meg

Card Recipe
Stamp set: Punch Pourri, Fabulous phrases
Cardstock Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler
Ink Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Versamark
Accessories Basic Pearls, Cheery Cobbler seam Binding, Vintage Wallpaper EF, 2 step bird punch, Large Heart punch, small Heart punch, White EP,

Birthday Bonanza

Hello Everyone,
I have another card to post. This one is for my Birthday Bonanza class - we will be making some birthday cards. This is my masculine card selection. I cased it from this card. As you can see I changed it up a little. I love this embossed effect. I did all the stripes, then ran it through the Big Shot in the Square Lattice EF. I love this technique because it makes stripes looked stamped or embedded in the paper. I did this with a Christmas card, using a snowflake. Anyway I think it is a simple and effective technique. Hope you like it!

Happy Stamping,
Meg

Card Recipe:
Cardstock: Whisper WHite, Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy, Tempting Turquoise, Basic Grey
Ink: Cherry Cobbler and Tempting Turquoise Markers
Accessories: Pewter Jumbo Grommets, Scallop Square punch, square lattice EF, 1 3/8" square punch.

Valentine's Class

Boy it sure doesn't take long to let a resolution fall by the wayside! I had said in my previous post that I was going to try to stay on top of posting by doing at least 3 a week. That worked out well - but then again this is a new week and there is lots of time to do three posts. I guess I enjoy surfing other people's posts more than spending the few minutes it takes to put my own together! Well, I have a couple of classes coming up and some challenges I would like to enter, so here I am posting. These two cards are for my upcoming "Love Letters" class. We will be making valentines of every kind. The "Pink Sparkler" - as I like to call it - I cased from the amazing Northshore Stamper. I changed it up a little bit, since I don't have the red glitter paper that is in SU!'s new mini-catalogue. I did however happened to stop at a big box crafting store and buy all kinds of other colours of glitter paper (currently 2 for 1). I stamped the bottom of the card base with crumb cake and the En Francais, then tied some of the delicious new crumb cake seam binding (occasions mini) around it, layered the heart and Voila!
The second card I used the new letterpress from SU! It says to use craft ink, but this is inked up with Melon Mambo classic ink and I think it turned out just fine. I punched a hole with my 1" circle punch in one of the O's and backed it with turquoise glitter and then popped a small punched pink glitter heart in the centre. I love the way it turned out.

Happy Stamping,
Meg

Stacey's Stamping Stage Curtain Call Act 62Two-Step Owl - What a HOOT!

Happy Holidays everyone. Now that the New Year is approaching, I have made my first non-Christmas card! It felt great! I eyed this cute little owl, for a long time. Finally, I purchased him last month and this is the first time I've used him. I just love his look. He is a little finnicky to work with, but I am sure with time I will get faster. I needed a Thank You card for our friends who looked after Phat Cat while we were away in Florida. So I cased this card. I also drew some inspiration from Curtain Call Act 62 . I added my own little twist of Megness - the lettering is from a sizzlets die I bought a while ago and had yet to use. The branch on the inside is another sizzlets die that I got at Joann's while I was in Florida - I love the prices at that store - I bought this die for $7.99 and I got a set of nesties (classic scallop circles small) for 17.49 - they are 29.99 here! Using dies is so easy and always adds that extra detail that makes people say: "Wow!". Gotta love it.  TFL.

Meg

It's been sooooooooooooooooo long!

HI Everyone,

I have been negligent for a long time - my apologies. Since the new school year started, I have not had the same time or motivation to keep posting. This is an early New Year's Resolution - to post three times a week or more. I mean really - in the end, it takes about fifteen minutes and I think it is time well-spent. So today I am posting a card for the PPA72: Winter White. Winter is my favourite season; having been born and raised in Ottawa - our wonderful snowy capital - you learn very early on to embrace winter. So for this card I layered white on white with a little gold and a little glitteriness thrown in! The snowflake is a sizzix die, and I used the Petals a Plenty EF to add a bit of texture. The snowflake is embossed with irridescent ice EP and is very sparkly in real life. The sentiment is from the retired SU set Peaceful Wishes - I sold a lot of my retired sets, but this one I wanted to hang onto. TFL

Meg


Card Recipe:
Stamps: Peaceful WIshes (retired)
Ink: Versamark, Gold EP, Irridescent Ice EP
Cardstock: Whisper White, Brushed Gold
Accessories: Gold bead, Sizzix snowflake sizzlet, Petals a Plenty EF

Mug Card

Hello Everybody,
I have seen these mug cards quite a bit on the internet and decided to try my hand at it. I thought it would make a great project for my technique club. So I downloaded this template and was off and running. I had seen this card on splitcoast and knew that I had to case it, so I married the two ideas and love how it turned out. I also realized I have another entry for the Paper Players colour challenge this week! Gotta love that.

Happy Stamping,
Meg

Stamps: Christmas Punch
Ink: Real Red
Paper: Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper WHite
Accessories: Cropadile, scallop edge punch, mug template, scallop square punch

Christmas is coming...

I know it is still a ways away, but it is never too early to start stamping Christmas cards. This year I am really trying to keep my cards simple and easy to produce. I cased this card by Teneale Williams - I just loved the soft vintage look of it. Lovely as a  Tree is probably my favourite stamp set. Each year SU! comes out with a new cattie, I am worried Lovely as a Tree will retire - it is the one set, retired or not - I will never part with. My other card, I cased from somewhere, but I can't remember where. I tried to look for it in the blogosphere, but to no avail. The original had used a different sentiment and a different bird image, but the basic layout is the same. Very easy to make. TFL.

Meg

Card One
Stamp: Lovely as a Tree, Curly Cute
Cardstock: Sahara Sand, Whisper White
Ink: Crumb Cake, Iridescent Ice EP, Versamark and White EP
Accessories: White Grosgrain Ribbon

Card Two:
Stamps: Peaceful Season
Cardstock: Whisper White, Sahara Sand, Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede
Accessories:  Vintage Wallpaper EF, XL Two-step Bird Punch, Scallop Border Punch, Black mini brad

I found the card I used to case the second card: http://nanceleedy.blogspot.com/2010/09/muse-inspired-csc07-cccc49.html

Paper Players Challenge: Real Red, Basic Black, and Whisper White!

Hi Everyone,

The school is off to a very busy start, and as a result I have been a little negligent with posting! So, I am back in action with an entry for this week's Paper Players challenge. I made this card a while ago, but never posted it here. I used this colour combo in an attempt to belnd a non-traditional Christmas colour with a traditional one. I love the way it turned out. TFL.

Meg

Stamps: Holiday Line-Up, Short and Sweet
Ink: Basic Black, Real Red ink and Stmapin' Write Markers, White gel pen
Paper: Whisper White, Real Red, Basic Black
Accessories: Snowflake EF, small oval, large oval and scallop oval punches, black and white ribbon from Michaels

PPA 58: Pearls, Pearls, Pearls (and a few rhinestones too)!

Happy Friday Everyone,
When I saw that the challenge at Pals Paper Arts was to use pearls, I knew I would have no problem meeting this challenge. I am making a box set of cards for my sister's birthday and this is one of them. Of course, I couldn't just use pearls - I had to add some rhinestones too! The seed pearls on the Eiffel Tower are hard to see, but if you click on the picture, you can see them. I love Chic Boutique stamp set, there is something fun and feminine about it. Thanks for looking and stop by anytime!

Meg

Stamps: Chic Boutique
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Basic Gray
Paper: Pink Pirouette, Basic Gray, Whisper White
Accessories: Basic Pearls, Pink rhinestones, Elegant Bouquet EF, Corner Rounder punch

Back To School

Hi Everyone,
Today I head back for my first day of the school year. The students are not in until Tuesday next week, but we teachers have meetings and PD all day today. Each year I get myself a new notebook to record planning and ideas etc... This year was no different; I love my pilgrimage to Staples, I love wandering up and down the aisles, and I love looking at all the new designs of notebooks - I take my time choosing which one will hold my thoughts for the year. This time out I chose a plain black spiral book and altered the cover. Who can resist the delicious Elegant Soiree DSP from SU! I love the way my notebook turned out and I can't wait to put pen to paper!

Meg