You Had Me At Craft Guest Designer Lala-Palooza

Hello Crafters,
I am so excited to share with you that today I am a Guest Designer on You Had Me At Craft! How fabulous is that?!!! For my guest designer project I created a thankful mini album. On here I am posting the pictures that are left over from my post there (there were just too many photos for one post and I didn't want to bore her followers lol) If you would like to know more about how I made this book and to see the rest of the photos head on over to Alex's blog You Had Me At Craft.

Have a great weekend everyone!
Tara
P.S. Thanks again Alex!

Re-do!

Hi Everyone,
Recovering the seat of chairs is something I have done a few times in the past to make hand-me-down furniture look a little more lively but I have never taken on a job quite this big and in this bad of shape before. My brothers gf was here the other day and we decided to attack this chair. It has seen just about everyone's butt in my family over the years and well it was starting to show it's hard work lol. I think it turned out awesome!!! I got the material I covered it in at Frenchy's (a used clothing store) and I got enough to do ten chairs for $5. Not a bad deal eh? I am going to link this up to I made it Myself Monday over on the You Had me At Craft blog. (I think this counts...I re-made it)!
Happy Crafting!
Tara

 

Justwordz DT Friday!

Hi Crafters,

This week for the Justwordz DT we were asked to make a sympathy project. Can you believe I have never made a sympaty card before? I guess it doesn't hurt to have one on hand. If you have been following me for a while you are probably thinking this creation is not really my style at all. I mean really there is not a stitch of pink or purple on this card! I am not sure what came over me the other day when I created this but I think it turned out wonderful in the end!

Details:

A2 size card

Cardstock: Recollections and Staples Brand white base

Patterned paper: DCWV

Cricut Cut: Home Decor Cartridge cut @ 3"

Sentiment: Justwordz Everyday Sentiments Set

Ribbon: Dollarama

Baubles: hand dyed by me!

Don't forget to head over to the Justwordz blog and check out the rest of the DT creations made with the Everyday Sentiments stamp set! Plus, Kim is having a DT call and you know you want a chance to get your hands on some of her habulous stamps! There is also an added bonus for the next term but I am not going to spoil that for you, you will just have to check out all the details on her blog Justwordz.  Have a wonderful weekend everyone and happy crafting!
Tara

I'm linking this card at:
 

Birthday Sundaes Challenge #30

Hi Everyone,

It's time for a new challenge on the Birthday Sundaes blog. This week the challenge is to make a birthday card with fall colours. Don't forget the birthday sentiment on the front of your card!

I kept it simple this week but it works. I wanted it to look like a pile of leaves but my perfectionison kept trying to make me make it look "perfect", lol. In the end it didn;t turn out exactly like I envisioned but it works :)

Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to head on over to the Birthday Sundaes blog to check out the rest of the DT creations as well as our guest designer this week.

Happy Crafting!
Tara

Details:

A2 size card

Cardstock:Staples Brand and Recollections

Cricut Cut: Ashlyn's Alphabet cut from 2" to 3.5"

Sentiment Stamp: Technique Tuesday

Twine: Twinery

Baubles: blog candy I won

Winner Alert!

Hi Crafters,
I just realized I had yet to draw for my winner from the World card making day Canadian blog hop. My winner is #20 (I took one number out as I see someone left me two comments by mistake)

lilscrappers said...haha, I love Bugaboo and especially the Gus stamps. Great blog!

Congrats!!! Please email me before next Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011 to claim your prize!
thecreativeprincess(at)hotmail(dot)com

Happy Crafting!
Tara

Birthday Sundaes Challenge #29

Hi Everyone,
There is a new challenge up on the Birthday Sundaes blog. This week the challenge is to make a birthday card and use ribbons. We are sponsored this week by My Craft Spot. If you have not checked out this store yet now is the time!!! They have that fabulous crinkle ribbon that I have been eyeing and awesome stamps. Love the inside and out concept! And guess what that is the stamp set that is being giving away as a prize this week! Fabulous!!!

This week I went back to my all time favourite theme of princesses and frogs. If you have been following my blog for a while then you have seen a few of these projects from me :) I just thought this frog from the Sweethearts cartridge was too cute!!!
Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to head on over to the Birthday Sundaes blog to check out the rest of the DT creations as well as our guest designer this week.

Happy Crafting!
Tara

Details:

A2 size card

Cardstock: White Base- Staples Brand, scraps

Patterned papers: Momenta

Cricut Cut: Sweethearts cartridge cut @ 3"

Sentiment Stamp: Michael's

Ribbon: Offray

Google eyes: stash

White Jelly Roll pen

World Card Making Day Canadian Blog Hop

Hi everyone and welcome,
I am so excited that today is World Card Making Day and that I am spending it at a crop!! Woo Hoo! I hope you are gaining lots of inspiration from all across Canada today. If you have arrived here from Jill at  http://jillelizabethsarginson.blogspot.com/ then you are right on track! If you have just happened along my blog today and would like to start at the beginning of our blog hop then you want to click here. Our hop today is actually divided into two parts so you can choose to do one now and one later or hop on through the entire thing at once.

Because we are not only celebrating World Card Making Day but also the fact that this is an all Canadian blog hop today we are all featuring projects made with products from Canadian companies. The Canadian companies I used today are Bugaboo Digital Stamps and Justwordz Stamps. Both of these companies are fabulous and I use them often!

I also used some of my homemade baubles on this card and would love to give one of you a set. All you need to do is be a follower and leave me a comment on this post for your chance to win this.....

Thanks for stopping by today your next stop is  Kim  at http://kraftinkimmieskorner.blogspot.com

Happy Crafting!
Tara

Details:

Cardstock: Staples Brand + Recollections

Patterned paper: DCWV

Digital Stamp: Bugaboo

Happy Birthday Sentiment: Justwordz Everyday Sentiments Stamp set

Glossy Accents

Twine: Twinery

Baubles: Hand dyed by me :)

Cricut: Oval cut @ 4.5" from Plantin Schoolbook (using centre cut feature)

Fiskers: circle punches