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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

A Stampin' Up Scraplifted Card

Hi Crafters,
I finally got a few pictures taken tonight of cards that I have made recently. Here is one that I made for a class I taught recently. This card is scraplifted but I have been terrible about writing the sources down lately. I just save the picture to my computer to attempt later and totally forget where it came from. Do you have a system for this that works for you? If so let me in on your secret because I need help here.

 Anyways, I feel right in love with the original to this card which is weird because the colours are not my usual at all and I would have never thought to even use them together to tell you the truth but seeing it all together it just works! I did change up a few things from the original so I could use the supplies I had on hand but I kept it for the most part the same.

Thanks for stopping by today and don't forgot to pop back on Friday for another countdown to Christmas blog hop. (Can you believe it is almost the 25th again)!
Happy Crafting!
Tara



Details:
All papers and products SU
P.S. 3 of the items I used on this fabulous card are all on the retiring list. 2 punches and the stamp set. Get them while you still have time. Only available until May 31. Here is the link to my website for those of you in Canada if you wish to order something you can have it mailed directly to you :)

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Update

Hi Blog Friends,
I promise I have not forgotten about you! Life has been crazy busy as we are in the middle of purchasing a house! My days have been filled with house viewings, visits to the realtor's office and house hunting for hours online. We finally found the one though and our offer has been accepted! Now as long as the house passes the home inspection we will officially be home owners! The closing date is not until July 18 though which is a bit of a bummer (moving in the middle of the summer...blah) but that also means I will not have to pack up my craft room right away ;) Oh and the new place has a bigger craft area for me :)

I did get a chance to to get in my craft room for a few minutes this weekend but on top of everything else I have also come down with a virus that is kicking my butt and leaving me with less then zero energy it feels :( I think I am finally on the mend though and hopefully will have something craft to show you soon!
Happy Crafting!
Tara

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Card Organizer

Hi Crafters,
Last week I showed you sneak peeks at a card holder/organizer I had made and was teaching a class on. The class was on the weekend and a success! Here is a finished booklet we made. It is made from file folders and has 6 double sided pages with a total of 12 pockets in it. All the inner pages are also stamps ramdonly with the doilies making the inside as fun as the outside :) Sorry I didn't take any pictures of them.
Happy Crafting,
Tara


Details:
Stamps: SU
Ribbon: Offray + Celecbration
Cricut cut: 1" Plantin Schoolbook
Gems: Offray + Dollarama
Glossy Accents
Bind-it-all

Friday, May 11, 2012

Remember Gus?

Hi Crafters,
Remember Gus? Well....I played some more.... I just love changing up the colours!!! It is so awesome to see how the same image and same layout can change so much by just changing up the colours. What do you think? Do you do this too?
Happy Crafting!
Tara



Details:
A2 Size card
Cardstock: scrap pile except Staples Brand white for my base
Patterned papers: again scrap pile
Digital Stamp + sentiment: Bugaboo
Ribbons: Offray
Embroidery floss + Buttons: my stash
Glossy Accents: his glasses
Prisma Coloured pencils + Gamsol

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Baby Boy Banner

Hi Crafters,
Well, I am not sure why but blogger was not letting me post any pictures earlier in the week saying I was out of storage space and when I looked into it I still had 63% left and now all of a sudden it works again..... I'll keep posting I guess until it tries to mess with me again!

I am so excited to share with you a project I created on Sunday! It is for a special little guy I know! He is almost 2 months old and such a cutie pie! He room is done in a John Deere theme. His Daddy is a farmer ;) I noticed last time we went to visit the walls in his room where a little blank so I decided to help fix that! What do you think?! I can't wait to go visit again and hang this banner up! I just know baby and Daddy will love it. I can already hear the request for one for Jeremy's garage now lol.
Happy Crafting!
Tara


Details:
Cricut cuts:
Circles from Plantin Schoolbook - Green cut at 4", Yellow cut at 3.75"
Letters cut from Boys will be Boys cut at 2.5"
Tractor cut from Boys will be Boys cut at 2.5"
Baker's Twine - Twinery

Sunday, May 6, 2012

National Scrapbooking Day?!

Hi Crafters,
So I must admit I sort of missed National Scrapbook Day this year. I was busy all day yesterday with errands and my sister in-laws wedding shower (clearly she is not a scrapbooker or she would have realized the holiday she was interfering with lol). I did get a chance in the evening to spend a few minutes in my craft room but only long enough to bind a booklet I have been working on. I will be teaching a class on this booklet next weekend. Here are some sneak peek photos and I'll be sure to show you the actually book next weekend after the class.




I did get some time in my craft room this afternoon and even fired up my poor neglected Cricut! I just love the project I created but it is too dark to take photos right now so I'll share that another day.
Happy Crafting!
Tara

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Another scraplifted idea


Hi Crafters,
Here is another card I created over March Break when I was MIA. It was a card that I scraplifted from a picture I found on the internet. Sorry I don't know the source right now. Don't you just love how elegant black and white cards look!?
Happy Crafting!
Tara



Details:
Cardstock: Recollections
Ribbon: Offray
Gems: Offray
All other supplies - SU