Sneak Peek

It has been ages since i've had the time to get crafty, 2 kids and a day home have really eaten up the hours in my day! This weekend though I got to play and i'm crossing my fingers that once a week i'll make the time to sit down and create some cards and scrapbook pages. Wish me Luck!

The new Stampin' Up! catalogue is going to be here in August and the sneak peek items we were able to preview have gotten me very excited. New stamp sets, new colours, new accessories- woohoo! Here are some samples with the goodies I got.

Sock Monkeys are everywhere! People seem to LOVE them or HATE them. As you can see I LOVE this little guy. He comes with a banana, cupcake, party hat, flag, balloon, flower and a couple of sayings.

Glitter is always good. These sock monkeys are accented by the new Riding Hood Red colour.

Fresh cuts- new stamp set and also lazer cut note cards. This is a very pretty set and makes it so easy to put together a card you may need at the last minute.

Lazer cut note cards come with envelopes too, I used the new colour Pink Pirouette.

This stamp set isn't new, its Pun Fun in the current catalogue but all the colours are! Riding hood red, Tangerine Tango, Pacific Point, and Kiwi Kiss. On the bottom of this card I used the new scallop edge punch. You can't tell from the picture but I have the bird and each of the layers on dimentionals to pop the image up a bit. I coloured the image with the new colours using a blender pen.

Valentine's Day Card Night

Some very cute ideas for projects using the Happy Heart Day stamp set that I found on one of my favorite sites- Splitcoast Stampers. This little bag of goodies is perfect for any occasion, easter, halloween or birthday goodie bags. The scalloped punches are decorating peppermint patties- very cool idea!

I love this card, it can be difficult to come up something nice and masculine. I think the layout is very nice and I'm planning on replicating this again! Colours- Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Not Quite Navy, and Certainly Celery patterned paper.

Colours- Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red

Also uses stamp sets- Little Pieces and Wonderful Words

Altered Clipboards

These clipboards were Christmas gifts this year. You can easily place 3 photos on the clipboard and swap them out as often as you want. They are fun to make and you can really personalize the colours and style of them to suit you or someone you're gifting to.

Christmas Cards

I did not send out Christmas cards this year, being pregnant and running a day home was just enough on my plate to keep me busy. I made an assortment of cards for my friend Melissa as payment for the beautiful jewlery she made me, these are a few of the cards.

Another Altered Tin

These tins are very easy to make and they can be gorgeous even with very little embellishments. I did this one with one sheet of 12 x 12 and various ribbon.