A recipe for forgiveness?

Or a recipe for Strawberry Rhubarb Pie!?

Hello all! I'm back after....how many days!?! EEK!

This working stuff is truly overrated!

On the upside......

I found out yesterday that I won a $20.00 gift cert from Magnolialicious Store from a the Magnolialicious blog hop last month! WOOT! WOOT! I am off to shop! Thanks Sharon!

I have created something for a few challenges around blogland. You can find the list below.

As for the recipe (of my card) it goes something like this:

I have used the sketch the from Magnolialicious Highlites Blog, the GIGANTOR Pie is form Prairie Fairy Designs, Tilda is from a swap in the Magnolialicious Yahoo Group, recipe papers (incl. chipboard conversion chart,  chipboard strawberries & leaves,  & ribbon) is from a candy I won from Eulanda! (MWAH! TY), frame is from SU Hodge Podge hardware, sentiment words are from JUST WORDZ

In the pic below I tried to capture the bit of sugary topping on top of the gigantor pie as well as the pie in Tilda's hands. Do u see it!?!

I hope you are all having a great summer enjoying the weather like we are here in Manitoba Canada!

Other Challenges for my card:

Simon Says Stamp- anything goes

Fab & Funky- bakers'  dozen (anything with food)

Magnolia Down Under- in the kitchen

Aud Sentiments- at least 2 words

Do U Stack Up- chipboard

Magnolia-licious Highlites blog- sketch (see below)

Tickled Pink Challenge #27- Use a doily

WOW!!! I have been missing my blogging..... :-(
*thoughtful* hmmm....this is my hard week at work.....5 days....12 hr shifts....so don't expect too too much from me my friends, I will be back visiting as soon as I can!
Mwah!
Onto my creation!

 It's my 2nd week as the GDT at the Tickled Pink Stamps Challenge and I am pleased to present you with the next challenge .....which is to :

USE A DOILY

I have used the image Lil  Little Lolita Lilith from the new Tickled Pink Stamps Range 'Lil Little' Collection  .

She is so cute & mysteriously elegant with her wee umbrella & daunting facial expression!

I have used two doilies on my tag. The skull & crossbones (to match Lilith's dress) & the heart shaped doily behind Lilith's nestie shape.

I have also added lotsa extras.....cuz i LURVE my extras!!!

Pearly stems from Bizzy Becs, chipboard frame & tag from eBay, white puffballs from Dollarama, ribbons from Really Reasonable Ribbons, flowers from WOC and Micheals, cheesecloth, butterflies & glitter.....just to name a few others!

You simply must head over the Tickled Pink Stamps Store & check out the newest line of Tickled Pink Stamps............so u too can get in on the action for this doily challenge. C'mon, who doesn't use doilies!?!!

have a great day!

{{Tickled Pink on Facebook}}

Challenges for my tag:
Bows'n'Berries- use kraft
Papertake Weekly- anything goes
Charisma Cardz- all about flowers
Do U Stack Up- chipboard
Digital Tuesdays- bling it up
Craft Us Crazy- distressed/vintage
Flutterby Wednesdays-open

EEEEK...............TICKLED PINK Christmas Challenge

This is my first DT card for the

Tickled Pink Monthly Christmas Challenge !!
How ExCitEd Am I!?!:?! ?

Our theme this month is a great one!!!

ANYTHING GOES!!

Anything from the Tickled Pink Stamp Ranges, that is!

Go check out the Tickled Pink Stamps Store & grab an image or order a piece o'rubba & get in on this challenge. Heck while your at it come on over to Tickled Pink on Facebook & become a fan in order to win a stamp or two with the fun monthly challenges over there too! So many places to win, it makes me do  a happy dance {{now doing the happy dance}}.

I have used my rubber stamp called Cherrie with a  tag. She is actually found under the Valentine section of Cherrie, which is under the Tickled Pink Stamps line.
The sentiment is Magnolia.
large blue flower I got at Micheals (on sale), a whole bunch of them.....they are so PRITTY IRL!!
 The golden accents beside the flower are from my blogger friend Dora! Told ya I would use your stuffs eventually!
The blue frilly ribbon at the top of my tag & the blue ribbon on the white lace were a b-day gift from Dawn! Thanks girly!
 A bit of Vintage Photo ink for distressing and VOILA! I BE DONE!

Don't forget about the weekly Tickled Pink Stamps Challenge as well- where the current theme is FLOWERS !! Heck, you may as well make a card for both!

ooooooooooo and before I forget you may want to pop on over the Tickled Pink Stamps (Inspiration) Blog & become a follower, cuz Kellie JUST finished a 24 hr giveaway of 2 free digis! DON"T MISS OUT ON THE NEXT ONE!! Go now!! Quickly! lol

Challenges for my card:

Winter Wonderland- Christmas Buffet (patterned paper, ribbon & snowflakes)

Christmas Card Challenges- T'was the night before Christmas

Creative Inspirations- red, white & blue

Stamptacular Sunday- two of the same thing (2 accents on either side of the flower, 2 dlbe matted square layers)

Crafty Sentiments- Christmas in June

Totally Papercrafts- BINGO (punch/dicuts, flowers, gems)

One Stop Craft- use a tag

Bling it on- anything goes

Totally Tilda DT- Distressing

Good Morning! How are you all this fine morning! We  are celebrating the last of the Canada Day celebrations here in Canada. We had a parade on Friday, the fair on Saturday followed by fireworks at dusk! Lotsa fun to be had and junk to be eaten! Yay!

Let's get to it shall we.

This fortnight at  Totally Tilda we want to see your creations:

DISTRESSED

Use some ripping , sponging, crackle paint,  tearing, crumpling, spraying with water, smudging, whatever you do to distress, use it and get it into Totally Tilda but don't forget to

HAVE A TILDA FRONT & CENTER ~

I knew exactly what I wanted to do when this challenge presented itself and I think I pulled it together just like my vision with the help of some newly acquired Tim Holtz grungeboard shapes and crackle effects (on the windows)!

I sponged & glittered up the Tim Holtz swirls, added crackle paint to the shape at the top of the card that the charm is hanging from.......I ripped my edges with my Tim Holtz distressing tool and sponged all the edges of all my papers. If this isn't distressed, I don't know what is !

The window image was stamped & I used my craft knife to cut out the window parts but leaving the panes in place......does that make sense?

What isn't distressed is pretty lil Tilda sitting inside the window!

A side view!

The complted inside.

Please, please come get distressed with us at  Totally Tilda . The team has some great inspiration for ya!

Challenges for my card:

Magnolia Mania- distressing

Just Magnolia- anything goes with optional shabby chic

Sir Stampalot- anything goes
Magnolia Stamp Lovers- summer flowers
Craft Your Days Away- vintage

For a BEARY good cause!

Happy Canada Day & Happy July 4th to my USA neighbors.
This weekend we are having Canada Day celebrations in our neighboring town.
 This picture is of my kiddos at the parade yesterday collecting candy (Hannah front & center in the striped hoodie, Reade to the right with the sideways hat & Merik in his blue sweater & blue crocs behind Hannah).............
Today we are going to the fair & watching the fireworks! YAY!

Now onto my card:

 

I was touched.....totally & completely touched with a challenge going on at Whimsical Wednesdays, I knew I just had to create a little something for it......more importantly for Angelo, "who is a 15 month old grandson of a fellow blogger who recently had a brain tumor removed & who is currently undergoing chemotherapy". You can read the little blurb on Margie's blog.
This touched a nerve with me as my youngest is 15 months right now & I could just cry thinking about him undergoing surgery & chemo, spending his days in the hospital.
[ below- My son, Merik. 15 months. ]



I immediately knew I wanted to use an image by the Stamp Fairy called Chubby Scarecrow & once I had the image, I remembered the little straw hat embellies I bought ages ago......I quickly sewed it in place after I had my sketch all laid out. I added some real & faux stitching and a heart doily inside & out.

This card will be on it's way to Angelo sometime next week.

I'm off to hug my loved ones........you should too!

Thanks for stopping by today.

Challenges for my card:

Stamp Fairy- teddy bears picnic
Top Tip Tuesday- letter T (Teddy Bear)
Flutterby Wednesdays- open
Stamp Something- digi day
A Spoon Full of Sugar- get well soon
Really Reasonable Ribbons- Picnic/Summer fun Theme
Bearly Mine- summertime

Whimsical Wednesdays-special get well wishes

Sweet Stamps- sketch (see below)

SHUT UP!!! NEW DT & CARD

LITERALLY- These were the words I spat out (on my keyboard whilst typing) when Kellie Winnell asked me if I wanted to be a Pink Lady for the next 6 months!

She laughed. I laughed. OMG I actually almost peed my pants, but that's neither here nor there.

I'm so TICKLED PINK to be on this team with all these amazingly talented girlz!

In case you are not familiar with Kellie, she is the owner/operater/mastermind behind Tickled Pink Stamps
A bit of history:

"Tickled Pink Stamps first started out as Magnolia Down Under in 2009, but in April 2010 Magnolia Down Under was taken over to Tickled Pink Stamps and supplied a larger range of stamps. What was the reason for this? I am Kellie the owner and founder of Tickled Pink Stamps and when I first started stamping I fell for anything and everything Magnolia, I had to have them. While I still share the same love for them to this day, I started to see more amazing stamps by talented designers world wide and I just had to share them around Australia and this is how Tickled Pink Stamps was born, aiming to be Australia's No. 1 Stamp supplier of all things cute and Tickled Pink.... Tickled Pink Stamps now has their VERY own range of cute and They are a tad different from the normal cute but we all LOVE to be different and stand out, and these amazing designs will make any creation GORGEOUS!"
Tickled Pink Stamps is home of the fabulous Lil Lolita and Lil Lad Ranges (as well as the all new line of Pinkettes). You can see all the newest products available by clicking the Tickled Pink Stamps blogs listed below!  



HERE is the Tickled Pink Stamps Challenge blog.
HERE is the Tickeld Pink Monthly Christmas Challenge.
HERE is the Tickled Pink Stamps Inspiration blog.

So as I sit here today at my computer, i am pleased to say I am a TICKLED PINK LADY!
Pls pop over to any of the above links to get inspiration from some more incredible Pink Ladies!

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Soooooooooooooo..................
Today also brings me to my first DT card as a Tickled {Pink} girl.
This weeks challenge is :

FLOWERS

I have chosen Lil Victorian Lylah & Luca to use on my card. 

I used some wee flowers that I got from Linda's Etsy Store. The big pink homemade flower in the corner was a RAK (I think).....although can't recall from whom! TY to whomever created this beauty! 

I also used some metal embellies from my busted up spellbinder nestie.......it is now my 'spare parts'. lol.....a coupla flower stickers on the purple ribbon & a string of ribbon roses on the bottom (from Suzi), max me out with fleurs! Hope you like!  

The inside has a sentiment stamped that says 'imagine'!

Challenges for my card:

Deep Ocean Challenge- flowers

Digital Tuesdays- flower power

Anything goes- the letter D (doily, damsille in distress, double image)

The Crazy Challenge- beautiful women

Oh La La- summer flowers

A few ODD things

I have been sooooooooooooo MIA lately......this is what summer is all about I guess.{ Also this is what happens when I don't have a buncha creations stockpiled for posting daily....heehee. }

I worked two 12 hr days, Thurs & Fri, then went to the big city on Saturday to see CARS 2 with my 3 yr old (& truth be told it was still action packed but a bit difficult to follow for me, never mind my son) . Came home, had supper & finally got to sit down & start this creation & also had a chance to visit with hubby (after not actually seeing him for 2 days straight). He runs his own business & needless to say, he was busy running like a mad man!

Then today (Sunday) left me waking up at 5:30 am with my 15 month old, then my 5 yr old shih-tzu escaped from our back yard........Missing for about a half an hour before anyone noticed. OMG was this a traumatic experience! There were tears of sadness when we thought she was gone for good (after an hour of searching the town high & low) & tears of happiness when she was found. Thanks to Roberta & her son & our other two sets of neighbors who gave a concentrated effort in looking for her! We owe you our lives! I was so emotionally drained, it hurt.

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Speaking of Roberta, aka: The Prairie Fairy (of Prairie Fairy Designs) - aside from being my BFF & shoulder to cry on (such as the above instance) she is a multi-talented artist who enjoys dabbling in many different styles & mediums & as such she has a bit of candy on her ART BLOG........if you are interested in winning this magnificent canvas painting, pop on over to her ART BLOG to leave your name!

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As for my creation......this is a commissioned card for a girl at work, who asked for an extra special baby shower card for her maid of honor's new baby. First image that popped into my mind was this adorable digi stamp called Tiny Baby from Some Odd Girl, who BTW are having a DT call until July 17. This is another one of those teams that I would LOVE to be on...........we'll see how the crossing of my fingers & toes works out!

This butterfly punch & little bottle (Tim Holtz set of 10 or so in different sizes- empty) I bought on Saturday at Micheals with the help of a 40% off coupon  & 15% off entire purchase coupon, including sale items. Ahh!! Gotta love those dealeos!  

 I know you can't see it but behind the acetate sentiment I embossed the white paper with baby feet & hand prints. Hope she likes it.

Challenges for my card:

Crafts & Me- stitching

A Spoon Full of Sugar- ribbons & bows

Crafty Calendar- things with wings

Pile it on- going in circles

Simply Create- fly with us

Dream Valley Challenge- ribbon

Creative Inspirations Paint- inspired by babies

Paper Sundaes- pick two toppings ( I chose paper piercing & gems)

Some Odd Girl- White plus 2 color pop (pink & fushia)

Card Patterns- sketch (see below)



Edwin as a teacher gift & an award

Welcome to another day here at my blog.

How is the weather where you are?

We are struggling to get some sun now that it is officially 'summer'.  If only it would stop raining!

Today (Wednesday June 22 ) is my 3 yr olds last day of pre-school, so I whipped up this little creation for one of his teachers, on Monday. Cuttin' it close much!?

This is the first time I have ever made a tealight candle card & I had to google it to find some YouTube videos & Voila!

I used some papers that I recently bought where I work. You see we have little book clubs that come to the hospital & leave stuff for either "pay & takes" or " to order from". This school paper pad was a "pay & take"  (& yes even though I grounded myself, I could not pass this up) lol.

I have used my Edwin with an Egg Basket & put apples in the basket & one in his hand. Teacher......apples.....see where I'm going with this! LOL 

 I am TOTALLY IN LOVE WITH THIS EDWIN!

 He can be used for anything.

At Easter I put flowers in the basket!

Perhaps some snow balls at Christmas!?!?!

SO versatile. For sure my best purchase to date!

These letter blocks are a funny story, first off because the N's are actually Z's....cuz I got no more N's & secondly because the name says Mr. Nancy. When my son first started preschool he came home & told me his teachers names were Mr. Nancy & Mr. Janet! I laughed so hard I cried!

I added a wee apple charm at the top of the tag with some suede ribbon to pull it out with.

Acetate was stamped on with Staz-On ink with one of my CTMH stamp sets.

The faux stitching around the tag was inspired by Lou who recently 'lost her sewing machine'. RIP. I never think to do cute little faux stitches like this...............& although I'm sure many of you have used this same technique before, it was Lou Mac that pushed me over the edge! LOL

Yup the tag was also in the school paper pad purchase, I just added lined paper to it!

This & another wee gift should get those teacher smilin'!

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Now onto my sweet blog award given to me by the sweet, sweet Margreet!

Mwah! Thanks m'lady!

Rulz for this blog award are to tell you 8 things about myself (although I think I read somewhere, it is 7 things....so to make it fair, I'll just tell you 15 things----bwahahha! NOT! ) & pass onto 8 bloggers!

Things you may like to know about me are:

1. I have a bad temper. I blame my dad (bless his soul)

2. I want a hot tub!

3. If I had a million dollars, I'd be dangerous!

4. I always order the same thing when I go to restaurants I am familiar with (afraid of change I suppose)

5. When I had my first child I wanted a total of 5

6. I have 3 children (NO MORE) lol

7. My motto: Everything happens for a reason!

8. Our fishes just had babies....Yay!

I'd like to pass this to:

Ruby

Eulanda

JulieP

ZuZu

Stacie

Sara

Coops

Donna

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Challenges for my card:

Magnolia Down Under- acetate

Just Magnolia & hAnglar stAnglar-paper piecing

Tuesday Throwdown- masculine

Craft your Passion- paper piecing

Stamp'n'Doodle-masculine no flowers

Kaboodle Doodles- food & drink

JUSTWORDZ !

There's a new place in town to get some lovely sentiment stamps................

...........& I have been lucky enough to have got chosen for the DT to display these sentiments!

 

Over at JUSTWORDZ the lovely Kimberly has decided upon a DT to work with her sentiment stamps. She has used these stamps on many of her own creations & I can't wait to get my hands on her collections.

We'll be gettting our first set of stamps as soon as this darned postal strike is over in Canada!  

Perfect for making your own mix & match phrases, for those times when other sentiments just won't do 

Hop on over to take a look at the very first JUSTWORDZ Design Team!

You may just know them!


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Dora

Tara

Anniebee

Tammy
&
Me

Have a CRAFTY DAY!



Totally Tilda DT- Tilda Where?!?!?!

On Anything But a Card! 

That's right at Totally Tilda this fortnight, this is what we want!

Now if you're like me, your immediate first thought is UHH!! NOT a Card! As IF>!>!>

Then the shock will wear off & you too will be able to create something fun, as I have.

I started with these chipboard letters that spell LOVE from Susie Sugar's Die Cut Dreams Store.

What to do with them once I had them?

Then I remembered my friends wedding back in 2009, that I had yet to scrapbook.

A summer wedding with sunflowers & the colors of gold/yellow, brown, black & green as the focus.

Then I made a trip to Micheals in search of the perfect papers & embellies to match.

 Then I came home after almost purchasing a sunflower stamp for $17.00 and asked a friend to whip me up a digi...........more about that later!

The result:

Front View

TA-Da!

Now let's see the deets.

BEWARE- You will see a lot of pictures below, so feel free to just skip to the bottom if you get bored along the way!

Top View

Now let's take a look at each letter of the book, shall we!?

L- front view

Ric Rac- from Really Reasonable Ribbons

Heart Charm- from Bizzy Becs

Paper- K & company (small pad on sale at Micheals - SCORE! :-)

Sunflower- K & company

Buttons & suede straps- misc

L- back view

Paper- misc

Satin ribbon- Really Reasonable Ribbons

Sunflower & TRUE LOVE tiles- Micheals

O- front view

Paper- Micheals

2009 felt stickers- Micheals (half off rack- SCORE AGAIN :-)

Jute- Really Reasonable Ribbons

Pins- Wal Mart

&

Sunflower image- HERE IT IS- Prairie Fairy Designs

Yes, I asked Roberta (owner of Prairie Fairy Designs) if she could whip me up a digi -sunflower specifically for this creation. Within 48 hrs she had this beauty all done up & is now available for purchase in her store (see link above). Thanks g/f !!

O- back view-

Sunflowers- Micheals

Tassle & gems- Dollarama

Chipboard journalling piece- Hobby Lobby

V- front view-

Ribbons- Really Reasonable Ribbons

Papers & small sunflowers- Micheals

 Large Sunflower & pearls- Dollarama

Leaf- gift from Dora

Chipboard birdcage- Prairie Scrapbooker in Beausejour, MB

Butterfly in cage- Micheals (ON SALE TOO :-)) I M SUCH A BARGAIN HUNTER)



Closeup of Birdcage- sponged with Vintage photo ink & stickled up!

V- back view-

Bling swirls- Dollarama

Heart doily- eBay

Wedding rings & chipboard branch-Hobby Lobby

Sunflowers & papers- Micheals

Scrapbooking journalling paper- CTMH

Stamps making sentiment- SU

E front view-

Ribbon- Really Reasonable Ribbons

Sunflowers (including the one Tilda is sitting on)- Micheals

Corner adornment on picture- eBay

Butterflies & papers- Micheals

Silver Clip- SU

Let me tell you a story about this letter "E" page!

You know how we crafters get into a zone that nobody can mess with? Well, there I was happily creating my "E" page, when hubby decides he is going to join me at the table. He pulls out his laptop (I betcha thought I was gonna say something else huh?)......and opens it up pushing past some sort of OBVIOUS obstruction.....thereby spilling a can of pop all over the table.......dining room table yes, however at this point in the day it is officially my craft table. I look, do a double take & as he stands there staring......I proceed to curse like a sailor & throw everything off the table onto the floor, just to get it out of the liquid that is soaking into everything. F, F, F ......that's how the conversation went!! I don't think I talked to him for the rest of the night....I went to bed & arose with a fresh outlook the next morning.....thereby creating an EVEN BETTER letter "E" than the day before! Thanks honey! (he still loves me, I think). lol

Large stem with leaves & accents below Tilda's sunflower- gift from Dora (I ended up sponging the already pastel green stem with mellow moss SU ink to match the rest of the greens)

A profile view of the completed "LOVE" Chipboard Book!

Finally I have it all packaged up & ready to go to my friend........now there's a postal strike! LOL Hopefully one day she will get to see what I've done with pics of her wedding day!

Challenges for my LOVE book:

Frosted Designs- Fabulous Friday Challenge- use journalling tags

Just Magnolia & hAnglar stAnglar- Paper piecing.......( I took a page out of Bev's book & agree that paper piecing this many Tilda's is a feat all it's own).

Fussy & Fancy- Case a DT member (I am obviously choosing Mindy)

Really Reasonable Ribbons- handwritten sentiment (with stamping on the "V" page above)

The Stamp Man- butterflies & dragonflies

OSAAT- things with wings

Pile It On- show me some metal

CRAFT- include stitching

The Crafty Pad- something new- New Beginning

Stamptacular Sundays- fun in the sun

Stamp Something- Something with pretty papers

Simon Says Stamp- BINGO (diagonal- flowers, lace & shape)

Magnolia Stamp Lovers- buttons

Whimsical Wednesdays- fun with color (see pic below)