Notebook Challenge

So I finally posted something here again :)

Carrie and Pam over at 3-D Design Challenge put out a great challenge this week(as usual). And this time I actually did it!!! So what if the kids didn't get fed and the laundry piled up! Occasionally the paper and stamps call louder than a toddler(and that is really saying something).

First off I have had this book sitting in my stamping cupboard for almost 2 years - meaning to do the cover. So thank you Carrie and Pam for making me get off my stamping toosh and finally do something with it.

I have created a book to write down the special memories that happen at Christmas. Such as who was at Christmas dinner, who read "Twas the Night Before..." etc. That way in a few years we can look back and remember who was here and how much of a disaster it was ;)

Recipe : This the book of retired things!! Ski Slope Design paper, I Wish Scrap Kit, Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon are all retired(booooo hoooooo) Paper colours here are Baja Breeze, Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, and Whisper White. I used the Snow Burst stamp set - because if there is no stamping how can it be finished??? There is also a few scallop punched pieces and big shot scallops on there(yum I love scallops!)

I am still not sure I am 100% happy with it but the toddler and preschooler yells are getting louder!

3D Design Challenge - One Sheet Box

Soooooo I finally got around to doing something - LOL

First up is this weeks challenge and secondly is my milk carton that never got posted on time!























I gotta give props to Carrie for the idea with the taffeta ribbon. She will be posting a how-to over on her blog. Extreme close up here for your viewing pleasure.























I love these milk cartons - I plan to give them to J-man's preschool teachers - filled with Purdy's of course.

Finally something new(sort of)

Before it is retired for good - I made a card from the girl scrapbook kit.

Flip Book

Whimsical Swap

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This was my contribution tot he Whimsical Impressions swap last week. (Whimsical Impressions is my upline in Stampin Up) We have a meeting every other month and chat business and make cards ;-)

This is Tart & Tangy with the Summer Picnic DS. Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Real Red, Whisper White, and the red striped grosgrain ribbon. We had a shoe box swap this time - everyone brings the paper precut and the stamps and then everyone puts the cards together on their own. Lots of fun!

Nursery Fun

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Embrace Life

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Getting Married??

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This card can be a bit hard to see in the photo - sorry. The colours are very light.

Card Stock : River Rock, Barely Banana, Blush Blossom, Whisper White, DS Ginger Blossom
Ink : Blush Blossom, Barely Banana
Stamp Set: She's All That
Fun Stuff : White Grosgrain ribbon, Dazzlings Diamonds glitter, Rhinestone Brad

Playing with Bloomin

I admit I hated this set the first time I saw it. I purchased it as I thought it was a good 'mother in law' set. Once I got it though - I have fallen in love. Just goes to prove that sometimes the best sets aren't the ones that grab us first.

Recipe :

Card stock: Close to Cocoa, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White

Ink : Black Stazon, close to cocoa, purely pomegranate(with a blender pen to colour the flower)

I sponged the edge of the card which you can't really see here.

Rub on Fun and a Man Card!

Up first - I am in love with this Beyond Grey paper! I gave myself the challenge of using only neutral card stock in these two cards - so you have black, Basic Grey and Whisper White. Grey taffeta ribbon is my other new favourite. White 'just because' and black flowers are rub on from the Sale-A-Bration mini, as is the stamp set.

























More of the same here - but the stamp set is Embrace Life, and the Canvas BG stamp