Owl Always Love You-DDCC#69

I just think this is the cutest lil' guy. He is only available from the Little Paper Shop Forum, so go on over and register yourself and then have a peek around at all of the fun things Julia has going on over there.

This card is made using the great sketch for this week's challenge over on the Dutch Dare Card Challenge blog.  Hop on over and see the rest of the DT's fabulous creations and have a go yourself.  There's a great prize up for grabs for one lucky participant...and you have 2 weeks to enter!

I used my new Copic Airbrush system that I just received from Magnolia-licious.  Dianna has such a great store, fab customer service not to mention the best selection of Magnolias!!  It looks like she must be out of the airbrush system as I can't find it right now, but I'm sure it'll be back in stock soon!

Landon and I are off for a busy day today, then home and to town for skating and then the kids, Lance and my FIL are going out for supper while I have a skating meeting...it'll be a busy day! 

I'll be back tomorrow with my Prairie Fairy Fun Friday's card!

Thanks for taking the time to visit!

**The Big Things** DDCC#57-MTSC32

Yay for Thursday, that means we leave tomorrow morning!! For this weeks Dutch Dare Card Challenge, we would like you to use lace on your card/project.

I just had to use my new lace from Nikki's store Bunny Zoes Crafts, it's fabulous! I also used some new MME papers and a quote from A Dream by Little Paper Shop. The fabulous crochet flower is from my winnings at the Scrap Online challenge blog, thanks Karin, they are beautiful!


The sketch I have used is by Mercy for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge #32. She is back with her sketches and they are wonderful!

That will do it for me for today, just running around with some last minute things to get done, groceries and that.

Thanks for visiting and I wish you a wonderful weekend!

Clock for my Dad

I am finally finished working on the clock for my Dad. I really love the way it turned out and I am hoping he'll love it just as much. I still need to find an easel type thing for it to stand on but other than that, it's done.



I bought this super fun frame clock from Funked Up Crafts here in Alberta. It's made by Kaiser Craft and is part of their Beyond the Page line.

All papers, buttons and hemp twine is from CTMH, the grandchildren sentiment is from Little Paper Shop, Robin's Nest dew drops and the perfect in every way piece was just cut from one of the sheets in the It's A Guy Thing paper pack.

My Mom is headed out here this afternoon for a visit and a sleep over. Tomorrow I am going to the zoo with Kirsten's kindergarten class along with 5 other classes from her school, so Mom will hang out with Landon here while we are gone. Kirsten is excited about their trip, me too, it's my first time going on a school field trip...well it's her first field trip too!!

Wishing you a wonderful day, it's beautiful here again today!

I'm Glad There's You-SOA Challenges-LPS

Wow, Stampin Out Alzheimer's has a ton of super challenges going on right now. For a minimum $5 donation you get access to some super fun freebies and a ton of challenges with super prizes, not to mention the money goes to a fantastic cause.

This card is for the Little Paper Shop sketch challenge. I used one of the sweet digi images from Little Paper Shop called Katie Swing.



I used some gorgeous new paper from CTMH called Bella and I love it, so very pretty! My sentiment is from Aud Design and the fabulous rhinestones are BG Bling It in lilac/violet I bought from Summer at Roses on Paper. I covered the butterfly and the flower in Katie's hair with Shimmerz.

If you have a chance and $5 to spare, you should definitely head on over to Stampin Out Alzheimer's and check it out. I believe all of the challenges are open until May 31st at midnight, so there is still lots of time to get crafting!

Have a wonderful day and thanks for popping in!

Little Paper Shop-Katie Mushroom

I'm not really sure when this ends and I may be too late, but over at Little Paper Shop, they have a fab sketch challenge on right now and you could win your choice of 3 digi images.

I used one of the adorable digi images from their online store called Katie Mushroom.


I just got the Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink Applicator Tool and thought I would use it for the sky and grass, but things didn't really work out the way I was hoping they would. The little felt pads are smaller than the velcro piece and they were causing me trouble...maybe I just need more practice.

Anyway, I am going to run and get Landon to have a little snooze, Lance is back in bed sleeping again. I think he is starting to feel a smidge better but we have decided to cancel Easter dinner at our house and maybe the kids and I will go over to my parents. I have a cousin out from BC that has never met my kiddos, so it would be nice if we could visit.

Have a super Saturday!

Thinking of You-ASFOS#40

Since Julia from Little Paper Shop released her adorable digi images, I knew I wanted some!! These girls are just adorable! I have used Kaite Swing for this card, but they are all fabulous, some really cute Easter ones too. So affordable and easy to use. Luckily, I didn't have any issues when coloring with my Copics, I did nothing different than with my Anya & Ian card, but I take it. I made this for Kirsten's teacher as she has been on medical leave for a bit now due to some major back problems. Kirsten really misses her and school just isn't the same without Mrs. Ballance. This is also my entry for this week's A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge #40 which is called Shape Shifters. You are to make a card that is something other then a square. I had some of these scallop circle pieces that I had bought from SU a while back and thought they would work perfect. It's so much harder figuring a layout with a circle than it is a square or rectangle!

I drew a line and added some funky grass cause I thought she needed to not look like she was swinging in mid air and didn't really know how to do that. I then just used my SU pastels for the sky and grass around her. The grass I did with my marker looks a bit wonky, maybe I should of just left the line instead...oh well, next time maybe:-)

I did start my organizing project a bit today. I am still in the assembly mode though. Buying everything from Ikea is great, but now I have to put it all together!! I just have one smaller box done so far, I was going to put all my Copics in there, but I think I may have changed my mind. I'll still need it anyway though so it's a good thing it's already assembled. My Expedit unit will probably be the last thing I put together. I will keep you posted and when everything is good to go, I'll post some picts...not the before ones though, it's a disaster in here:-)

Hope the rest of your weekend is fabulous!

~Kelly

Birthday card for Lance~Friday Sketchers 15

I decided I better get my butt in gear and get a card done for my wonderful husband who's birthday is on Tuesday. The kids and I are going over to my Mom and Dad's tomorrow night after supper and will be there all week, but we are hoping to meet Lance for supper and such for his birthday on Tuesday. I used Friday Sketchers Blog Sketch #15 from yesterday for my card layout!


It's a really fun sketch and the DT has awesome samples...as always I might add!! The tractor and sentiment is from Little Paper Shop and the paper, circle/brad embellie thingies and the hemp twine are from CTMH. I love these images from the Little Paper Shop, they have great vehicles and such to use for masculine card such as an old truck, old car, ATV, monster truck and this tractor...check em out!!

Off I go for tonight. I have inked up one of my cute Whiff of Joy stamps for an ATC swap with my SBS sisters, so stay tuned for that:-)

~ Kelly

Thankful-Buttterflies & Blossoms

Here's another card using the same sketch and stamp set from the other day, just different papers. The leaves that are stamped in SU Wild Wasabi on Whisper White are also from the Butterflies & Blossoms set which is now sold out, but more will be available next week! I forgot to add the antennae back on before I took the pict, but they are back now:-)

I ordered some Twinkling H2Os a while ago from a local company that was blowing them out...I only got 2 sets as the rest had sold out already, so my colors are limited, but my goodness, they add such a pretty shimmer. I'm not sure if you can tell or not if you enlarge the picture, but it really shimmers IRL!

Looks like a beautiful day out today, the kids and I are headed to town to get some groceries and run some errands. I hope you have a beautiful sun-shiny day!!

Stamps: Little Paper Shop

Paper: SU Wild Wasabi, Whisper White, CTMH Star Spangled Blue, Kaiser Scrapbook-Garden Party Line, Canson Montval Watercolor Paper

Accessories: CTMH Markers, Twinkling H2Os

BLOG CANDY WINNER!!!!!

Thank you to everyone who entered and all the new subscriber's to my blog. The winner of the Birthday Surprise stamp set courtesy of Julia from Little Paper Shop is.....

Here are your random numbers:

32

Timestamp: 2008-06-24 18:05:37 UTC

So comment number 32 is....................

Bobbie!!!

Congrats Bobbie, please email me with your mailing address and I will pass it onto Julia so she can send out your stamp set!

Butterfllies & Blossoms-Little Paper Shop

I LOVE this set!! tThis is the last but certainly not least Little Paper Shop sneak peak. All 5 stamp sets will be available at Little Paper Shop tomorrow and I will draw for my blog candy as well. Don't forget to get your name in there:-) I made this sample with the Friday's Sketchers Sketch #7! I am really happy with the way it turned out...other than the placement of my knot on my ribbon...but with my new ATG adhesive, once it's stuck, it's not movin' so I didn't really have much choice! I needed some more thank you cards, so I used the thankful sentiment, but there are more great sentiments included as well as more fun images...but I'm not gonna tell you...you'll have to check out the store tomorrow!!

The pp I used is from the same company (Kaiser Scrapbook) that I used on "Swell News" just a different line. I really love the colors in this one too and the line is called "Tudor". I used Picadilly (the red background flowery one) and Hampton (the mat behind the white panel and the backside is the blue funky flowery one) very fun papers!! Colored the butterflies in with my CTMH markers, added some stickles to the blue part of the flower as well as the main body part and voila!! Oh yes...I cut the butterflies out of the watercolor (I used this because it is really heavy weight paper and thought it would make the butterflies more sturdy) and then scored on either side of their body and folded them into the centre to make them pop. I just glued down the main body part and that's all. Here is a look from the side...
Please take a look at the other fab gals on the DT and what they have made with this set. Their blog links are just to the right. Bonnie has some blog candy up for grabs as does Silke, check it out for your chance to win.

Well that's all for me for today, the kids and I are going to my friend Brandi's for a tea and a visit. The kids love playing together, so it's a good play date for them and catch up tea time for Brandi and I. Thank you so much for poppin' in and I hope you have a splendid day!

ETA: Sarah has Butterflies & Blossoms up for grabs in her blog candy today...check it out!

Sweet As Honey~Little Paper Shop

Preview # 4 from Little Paper Shop bring us this cute stamp set called Just Bee-Cause. I made this especially for my sister Kimberley. Kirsten decided a couple years back that she would call her Auntie Bee...not sure where it came from, but instead of Auntie Kim, Auntie Bee or Aunt Bee is what both her and Landon call my sister Kim. So I thought it was a perfect stamp set to use to make her a birthday card. For her birthday she got a bee lantern and 2 sets of copper bee lights for her deck! Perfect gift I think for Auntie Bee!!

I popped the little flying bees up on dimensionals so it looks like they are really flying! Too cute, I really like this set and I am sure it will get a ton of use. I also wanted to show you the card Kirsten made for Auntie Bee as well...She had the card I made sitting beside her and used it for an idea and this is what she came up with...

I am pretty proud of her creation!! I had the black piece already cut and the CTMH Honey piece, had stamped the honeycomb pattern on a different yellow while trying to figure out a pattern I liked, but she did all the rest by herself: cutting, stamping, corner rounding, gluing together!

Check out the DT blogs on the right hand side of my blog and don't forget to enter my blog candy at the top of my blog...you still have a couple days left!

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful Sunday!

ETA: Check out Silke's amazng blog candy up for grabs!!

Swell News-Little Paper Shop

How cute is this pregnant lady!! Here is the card I made for Swell News by Little Paper Shop. I also used last weeks sketch from Our Creative Corner by Cindy Haffner. I love it!! I used some fun new paper I got at my LSS the other week. It's double sided and is from the Garden Party line by Kaiser Scrapbook from Australia! There is a total of 4 different pattern papers on this card...very busy, but fun and not typical "Swell News" colors, but I still like it.

Be sure to check out all the other DT members creations, the link to their blogs is on the right sidebar. My fantastic SBS sister Sammi enlightened me on how to make my blog candy post stay at the top...and ya know as soon as she started to explain it, the light bulb went off and I knew it:-) You still have until Tuesday to enter as well.

Lance went team roping at a rodeo this morning and left really early, so the kids and I are going to hang out at home together today. Hope you have a fantastic Saturday!

You're Invited-Little Paper Shop

Yahoo!! You're Invited to a party!! I thought these would be fun birthday invites for Landon's birthday this fall. He loves anything horse related so I used the horse and fence from Little Paper Shops Farmyard Fun as well as stamps from "You're Invited". All the new Little Paper Shop's stamps will be released next Tuesday, June 24th!! I made them as a postcard type invite in stead of a full card. Hope you like them and come on back tomorrow for another sneak peak!! Be sure to check out the other DT creations by clicking on their blogs found here.

Don't forget to enter my blog candy for the Birthday Surprise stamp set from Little Paper Shop, enter here!

Oh and another thing...Dawn Easton is going to be the guest Deisgner for July...yahoo Dawn, I'm sure y'all (no, I don't have a southern accent, I just thought I might as well stay witht he westernt heme from today:-) know Dawn's fabulous work and I can't wait to see her creations next month!!

Have a wonderful day,

Stamps: Little Paper Shop

Paper: SU Whisper White, Cranberry Crisp, TLC ( now Breezy Designs) Brown CS, Chatterbox pattern papers

Inks: Pallette-Burnt Umber (stamped off once for the horse and the fence), SU Cranberry Crisp

Accessories: Ribbon- TLC Caroline Collection (cranberry color), Brown & White Gigham from Jascksonbelle Embellishments

Little Paper Shop-Birthday Surprise

I am so excited that today is the day to start showing you sneak peeks for the upcoming Little Paper Shop release. Every day until the official release date of June 24th, I will show you a new sample with a new stamp set! Today's feature is Birthday Surprise. I made girl cards as I need them soon enough but there is also the cutest little boy in the set as well. I actually used the sketch from Friday's Sketchers for this one and am really happy with how they turned out. I am lovin' the new Little Paper Shop stamps as well as my nesties!! I used lime green stickles on the ribbon and bow of the bottom card and stardust stickles on the ribbon and bow on top card as well as on the little girl's earrings!!

Please go on over and have a look at our other very talented ladies on the design team!! Julia, Renee, Elyssa, Chelsey, Allison, Silke, Bonnie, Sarah & Laura!!

Off I go for today, but tune in tomorrow for another sneak peak!!

Stamps:Little Paper Shop

Paper: DCWV Nana's Kids Stack, TLC (now Breezy Designs) Textured cardstock (green & pink), SU Whisper White

Ink: Momento Black, SU Pink something or other...I can't remember:-)

Accessories: nesties, CTMH markers, lime green and stardust stickles

Last Father's Day Card

Here is my last Father's Day card for this year. I made this one for my husband. I used SCS sketch this week, SC180, but just didn't add a sentiment on the outside. It says Happy Father's Day on the inside though. I also added Crystal Effects to the headlights and the windows to have the glass look and feel. I love these stamps from Little Paper Shop, you can find this one there. I used to only have two SU horse sets and one old truck from TAC for masculine cards, but now I have added this truck, the tractor as well as the quad to my collection (all from Little Paper Shop), so at least the men in my life won't get the same image all the time;-)

Just a quick post tonight as I am getting the kiddos ready for bed!! Thanks for stopping by and see you soon:-)

Stamps: Little Paper Shop- Truck and inside sentiment as well

Paper: Chatterbox PP, SU Cranberry Crisp, Blue Bayou, Wild Wasabi and Whisper White

Ink: Black Staz On

Accessories: CTMH Markers, crystal effects

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to all you wonderful Dad's out there...not that any read my blog, but still, I hope you have a great day!!

Here is another card I made for today, this one is for my FIL Larkin. We invited him down for supper tonight, so he'll get this just a bit later. tractor from Little Paper Shop and the sentiments from the All Occasions set from Little Paper Shop as well.

I stamped the Cranberry Crisp and Blue Bayou pieces with the weathered background. I started off with the Friday Sketcher's Sketch this week, but my tractor image is rather large. Although it still uses the sketch...I think it looks a bit wonky because it's not really proportionate, but it's a tractor and a green one at the so I know Larkin will like it.

Oh, we went to Lethrbidge yesterday to pick up our new 5th wheel...I'm so excited. We even slept in it last night. Kirsten was so excited to have it home so we got all the beds made and we had a sleepover. Landon was up at 5:45 am this morning, so him and I came back in the house for a little more sleep, but Kirsten & Lance were out there until 9:30!!

Anyway, off I go to get some stuff cleaned up and ready for supper later today! I have one more Father's Day Card for you as well...stay tuned!!

Stamps: Tractor and sentiment-Little Paper Shop, weather background-SU

Paper; SU, Cranberry Crisp, Blue Bayou and Whisper White

Ink: SU Cranberry Crisp, Black Staz On, Blue Bayou around the edges of the sentiment circle

Accessories: Circle and Scallop circle nesties, CTMH Markers

Father's Day Card

Hey there, sorry I've been away so long, but I'm back now:-) I have been working on some fun projects, but they are top secret for a bit longer;-)

I made this card for one of the 3 men in my life, just not sure who's going to get it yet...Lance, my Dad or my FIL Larkin. I still have 2 more to do.

I used Little Paper's Shop's quad and sentiment for this one...colored it in with my CTMH markers and added Crystal Effects to the headlight. I pierced the top and bottom of the Wild Wasabi piece of CS. Added SU Double Sticthed Wild Wasabi ribbon, the tag and sentiment and it's done:-)

Hope you have a great evening and a wonderful weekend! Stay tuned for a couple more:-)

Anniversary Wishes

Hey there!! I really love Lily & Milo and thought they work perfect for lovey dovey cards such as anniversary, engagement would be great too, but I don't know anyone that is newly engaged...so anniversary it is!! Quick question...I stamped the image with Black Stazon but had a really hard time when it came to blending with OMS and the ink smearing...anyone else have these troubles? I usually use Timber Brown Staz On and have never had a problem...I do have Archival Black Ink by Ranger, so I may try that next time, but just wondering what you use for a black ink.

Lance has gone on another cow/calf finding mission. He would like 30 pairs to put on our place down at Seven Persons. We have just bought 26 pairs for our place here where we live and added them to the ones we already have, but we have a grazing lease down at Seven Persons that is in desperate need of some critters. He has bought some, they just need to be branded and vaccinated and the cattle liner to pick 'em all up and take then the their new home. The kids and I were going to meet him, but the city closest to Seven Persons is Medicine Hat and they are having a province wide track meet all weekend, so there is not a hotel room available anywhere!! Unfortunately we haven't had a chance to buy a new 5th wheel yet either, so it looks like we're staying home:-(

I hope you have a great weekend, thank you so much for visiting!!

Stamps: Lily & Milo-Rachelle Anne Miller- Available at 7 Kids College Fund, sentiment from Little Paper Shop

Paper: SU Wild Wasabi and Ballet Blue?, PP from K & CO Slab from Costco, Canson Montval watercolor paper

Ink: SU Wild Wasabi, Black Staz On

Accessories: Diamond & fruit punch stickles, Doodlebug Shimmery Brads, Prima Flowers and American Craft Flower, corner rounder for scalloped piece