Good Evening,

Again, its been much too long since I've posted!  I've been busy sewing, stamping, working and we've done a few renovations on the house, that in itself has taken a lot of our summer!!

Today I have an Anniversary card to share.

 Our daughter and her husband have been married three years this month, I don't know where the time goes! Each year I make them an Anniversary card using the designer paper and card stock that I had left from making various paper craft items for their wedding.  I hope to have enough stash to do this for several years to come!!

This sweet little card uses a House Mouse design, along with Black Berry Bliss and Whisper White card stock from SU!,  and designer paper from Michael's from three years ago. The image was coloured using Copic Markers, and I added a bit of glitz with my glue pen and Dazzling Diamonds along with a few rhinestones.  The Happy Anniversary was in my stash of dies, I can't remember where I bought it LOL

Hope you have a great weekend and enjoy August to the fullest!

Deb :)

•  Good Evening, its definitely been awhile since my last blog post. I'm still stamping, just not as much as I'd like. 
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•  Christmas has been on my mind lately, with the weather having turned cool and snow arriving a little early. I made several of these to have on hand, I love the sweet buttons and shiny "buckle".  
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•  Thanks for looking :) 

Baby Cards for the stash!
Hi again :)  Today I spent a bit of time in the crafting room making a few cards for the stash.  This sweet little baby card was fun to make, as all girly things seem to be lol

I've got a few more to upload, which I'll get to soon.  And with that I'll add the details of this card as well.

Have a nice evening,
Deb :)

Good Evening!
Today's card share was created with the Botanicals for You set, one of Stampin' Up's SAB sets for 2016.  I love this stamp, its a great font and fills the card so nicely.  The small flowers and steams fill the white space.

I used Daffodil Delight as my card base; the flowers were stamped in Daffodil Delight, Caju Craze, Coastal Cabana, the stems in Old Olive.

Deb :)

Good Morning! Its a bit of a cooler day here in Alberta but we certainly can't complain, its been a fabulous winter. :) And its mid February! Spring is just around the corner…well maybe a few corners, but its coming!

For today's card share I've used the Birthday Blossoms Stamp Set.  This set is such a joy to colour. Whether you use markers such as Copics, or even watercolour crayons or watercolour pencils with the baby oil technique, you're sure to get a beautifully coloured image, its just one of those that's easy to work on.

 The butterfly punches, both large and small, add a whimsical touch to the card.  I also used the glue pen and a bit of Dazzling Diamonds to jazz up the image and give it some sparkle.

Enjoy your Friday!!
Deb :)

• Good Morning! Today I have a totally CASED card.  I found this on Artfeltimpressions.blogspot.ca and added just a few small details of my own. 

Love the colours in this card, its so fresh and clean looking.  This is the first time I've used all the stamps within the set Butterfly Basics.  Such a great stamp set!!

Recipe for the card:

Cardstock: Basic Black, Wild Wasabi 

Ink: Black, Crumb Cake, So Saffron, Wild Wasabi, Coastal Cabana 

Stamp set: Butterfly Basics

Die Cut: Butterfly Die Cut, SU

Have a great Thursday!

Deb :) 

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Today I have a couple of wedding cards to share. I love using the Bird Builder Punch, its so versatile!

All three cards are on a Black Base and then an embossed White background.

The white hearts are die cut from Lace Hearts by Spellbinder, such a pretty die!!  I bought it to do a scrap page for my Daughter's Wedding Shower.  

The sentiment is an SU! stamp set and both the
 Bird Builder Punch and Heart Punch are from SU!
as well.

Hope you have a Great Valentine's Day!
Deb :)

Wonderful You Butterfly

Today I wanted to share this pretty card I recently made using leftover designer paper and Melon Mambo card stock.  The embossing on the whisper white adds a bit of texture and the pearls fit perfectly in the center of the butterfly.  I really like this Butterfly die from SU!, I've used it a lot.  Have a great evening :)

Dress Up in Blue and Saffron

Hi again! This is another card I created using the Dress Up die and that ever plenty designer paper that I seem to have leftover in my stash!!  I love this little dress die;  often I'll sit at night in front of the tv and just roll various dresses through my Big Shot, using up that dsp.  :)  Kind of like playing with paper dolls I guess lol.  Its alot of fun to coodinate the dresses, skirts and little coats!

Well hello there!  I've found my stamp room again and have been enjoying some down time in there, just puttering and creating with some new goodies from SU!.  This card uses up some old SU! designer paper, Soft Suede, River Rock and Vanilla Cardstocks, the fabulously fun die set "Dress Up" and Round Array stamp set from the new catty.  I used various round and scalloped punches to punch out the circles.  Love the new small sized scalloped punch that pairs perfectly with the Round Array stamp set.  I think I'm addicted to any word set, and if there's a punch to match, well I'm sold!!  Have a great afternoon :)

Fabulous Florets Friend Card

Good Morning!! Yaaah, I have yet another card to share!! I dug into my new supplies and used the Fabulous Florets stamp set from the Summer Mini. This beautiful stamp set also made  the new Idea Book & Catalogue, which we were all very pleased to see.

My card share today was created with Melon Mambo, Pacific Point and White cardstocks. I used Pacific Point ink to stamp a random design on my white cardstock, then filled in the white background with one of the Itty Bitty backgrounds stamps (this set is now retired but forever lives upon my stamping desk!!! Its always one that I reach for, perfect for filling in those white spaces when needed!)

The flowers and leaves were stamped with versamark and embossed with Melon Mambo and Wild Wasabi embossing powders, cut out and popped up with a dimensional.

The Melon Mambo cardstock was dry embossed with the Tulip border.....another staple in my stamping room it seems!! Just love this embossing folder. The "friends" sentiment is from the Just Believe stamp set.

Thanks so much for dropping by, hope your Wednesday is a good one!! Middle of the week....yaaah!!

Deb :)

Sweet Friend Butterfly Card

Good Morning! Well, I'm back as promised with a Sweet Friend card to share.  This card was created with Kraft, Espresso & White cardstocks, along with Greenhouse Gala dsp. The card was embossed with the Elegant Bouquet folder, then sponged with White and Kraft ink to enhance the raised texture. (I used both inks because the white was too bright, so I toned it down with the Kraft)

The Butterflies were die cut with the Butterfly die and the Big Shot.  I really love this die!!! I can see me using it alot, not only for cards but wall art as well. I have several canvases I've been working on and the butterflies are the perfect size for embellishment. The dsp for the butterflies is a retired Hostess paper pack.

I also used the Eyelet Border punch along the bottom of the dsp and half back pearls from my stash.

Thank you so much for dropping by and I hope your Tuesday is warmer & dryer than ours seems to be!!

Deb :)

NYC MDS :)

 Good Morning Friends!! Today I have a couple of MDS pages to share with you. I've been working on completing the pages from our NYC trip (from last October...ummm, I know, a little behind but as they say, better late than never, right? lol)

These 2 pages are from our visit to Central Park, which I have to say was one of my very favourite days in NYC. Such a beautiful park!! Central Park is huge, and we didn't even see half of it, I'm sure. All the more reason to go back, right?

Thanks for dropping by and I hope to have a few cards to share in the next few days so be sure to drop by soon.

Hope you are having a great summer!
Deb :)

Last Mel & Deb Challenge :)

Hello and Happy Wednesday, hard to believe its midweek already!!

Today's card share is the last of the cards my friend Melody and I made a couple weeks ago. I've left the upper area of the card open for a sentiment, if you're wondering why it looks so bare along the top :)

Isn't this a pretty card sketch? I just love how simple it was to create, and the Petals embossing folder from SU! is my new favourite, its so versatile. The half back pearls add that little bit of extra to the card, although if you were sending it through the mail, smaller bling might be a better idea!!

Thank you so much for dropping by, I'm off to check out all my blogging friends this morning, I love seeing how creative you all are!!

Deb :)

Tea Party DSP

Good Morning! Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend???  Ours was extremely windy, but the temps were nice and the sun shone, so no complaining here! We went down to Calgary for the day on Saturday and I was amazed at how many trees' buds had not yet fully opened and how brown it was there compared to our area....usually its the other way around, as they seem to get more precipitation, especially late Winter & Spring.

Today I have another card share from my stamping date with Melody. This is another card Mel found on SCS, isn't it just gorgeous???? So easy to create yet so pretty, I loved the how dimensional it is.

This card used Old Olive as a base, Whisper White and So Saffron, and Tea Party DSP for the rest. We cut out the flower from one of the dsp sheets, then cut the smaller flowers and layered them on top. The leaves are an SU! Sizzlet, the tiny flowers were punched out and adorned with tiny half back pearls.

Thanks once again for dropping by and enjoy your Monday!!
Deb :)

Poinsettias in May!



Hi there and Happy Thursday!! I've been a day ahead of myself this week, woke up this morning thinking it was Friday, hoping tomorrow was sleep in day....I guess I'll have to wait one more day!!

We have beautiful weather still, the sun is shining and its warm, although still pretty windy out there. I might just head to the garden center today and see what I can find to put in the large urn pot at my front door.

Well, today's card share is another that Melody and I made during our stamping day. Melody brought this card to CASE, she found the original on SplitcoastStampers.  Isn't it pretty? It was a thank you card but we decided to change up the background by embossing it with the petals folder (which really mimicked the poinsettia flowers nicely!) and we added a Christmas sentiment. I don't even remember what stamp set the flowers are, you'll have to remind me Mel!

We embossed the flowers onto red cardstock, cut out and layered 2 for each flower.  We secured them with a large silver brad.  It was a pretty simple card to do, yet very striking, I really loved the Black, White and Red combination.

Thank you for dropping by, I hope you have a great day today!!

Deb :)

One More Fabulous Flowers!

Good Morning!!

Today I have another card created with my dusty, unused stamp set Fabulous Flowers. 

We used Daffodil Delight as our base, along with Basic Black and Pink Flamingo dsp. The scallop was created with the scalloped border punch, the ribbon is from my stash and the center button is a clear SU! button, again from my stash of goodies that I seem to always forget I own..... :)

Thanks for dropping by, and have a Wonderful Wednesday! :)
Deb

Hurray for Spring!!

Good Morning!! I had the wonderful pleasure of stamping with my friend Melody last week, we had so much fun!!  Melody and I don't get together as often as we'd like to. When we do finally schedule a day, well we end up talking so much we don't get much creating done.

In order to combat the lack of "creating" during our visits, we've come up with a few challenges for ourselves. This past week our challenge was to pick a stamp set we've purchased but never really used or found ourselves  disliking. We were to also pair this unwanted stamp set with retired dsp that needs to be used up.   What a great idea!! I'll be showing the cards we made over the next few days, I was so happy with the results.

Today's card was my contribution to the day, using Fabulous Flowers stamp set. I loved this set when it was in the catalogue, bought it and used it only once. Its not that I don't love it, but I've never felt overly inspired by it.

I do love this card though, the pairing of Basic Grey & Blushing Bride are fabulous together. What a great colour the In Colour Blushing Bride is, so very different from the other SU! pinks.

Thanks so much for dropping  by and I hope your Spring Day is as nice as ours is supposed to be!! I can hardly believe we are seeing such beautiful days now, the grass is greening up, the plants are growing above ground now and it just feels HAPPY out there!! We've had such a long winter, its really a blessing to enjoy the warm weather of spring, even if its almost mid May!!

Deb :)

Hello Again!!

Well, hello everyone, I'm back from a stamping hiatus!! Not by choice though, the flu bug found me and took over just about everything in my life! I don't usually get the flu, if anything I get a mild cold and then I'm done. Humph, not this Spring. Its taken me 3 weeks to get over being sick, I finally felt close to normal on Monday, so here's hoping this cough finally disappears and I'll be back to my old energenic self in no time. 

We are beginning to enjoy Spring here in Alberta. The weather's been fantastic lately, the snow is mostly gone and I keep looking within the rocks and grass, waiting for the first few plants to start poking through. What better time than the present to make a Spring like card? :)
Today's card share uses the beautiful (almost retired!!) Sprintime Vintage dsp, along with Rose Red and Very Vanilla cardstocks. The leaves were stamped with the Build a Blossom stamp set, then punched with the Blossom Petals Punch.  The "ribbon" along the bottom was punched with the Ribbon Punch.  I used "Oval All" for the sentiment, along with the oval punches.  I just love the large Rose Red  button in the center of the flower, I do think I'll be hoarding these buttons, they are SO pretty!

Thanks for dropping by and hope you have a great Thursday!
Deb :)_

Christmas Cards in March! :)

Hi there! Today is such a beautiful day outside, its completely uplifting to be out there and basking in the sunshine, even if everything is melting and mucky. We've been walking the pups on a regular basis but now that its warmer we can go further each night ~ and the best part is that its light outside when we go! Funny how the weather can really affect our spirits, isn't it?

Ha, and after all that talk about beautiful Spring weather I have a Christmas card to share with you, ah the irony of it, hey?? :)  This card uses Home For Christmas, one of my favourite SU! Christmas stamp sets.  The cardstock is Real Red, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip and of course, you know me, an unknown piece of leftover retired designer paper that was just begging to be used up. 

Thanks for dropping by and I sure hope your weekend is fabulous!!  Take care,
Deb :)