Canada Day Blog Hop 2012

Welcome! Thanks for stopping by! I am soo happy to be part of a Canada Day blog hop today.



I think that with the right color paper scraps and some great stamps anything can look "Canadian".

All of these sentiment stamps are by Pink by Design

This layout is all done on my Gypsy. I saw a poster with this sentiment on it and immediately thought it would make a great layout. This would be easy to make with many different Cricut cartridges. I used Opposites Attract and Create a Critter.

We have some great Canadian sponsors and Canadian themed products lined up for prizes!

Prize #1 Stamps from Your Next Stamp
Prize #2 Choice of a rubber stamp from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps
Prize #3 $30 from Bugaboo Stamps
Prize #4 Choice of a digi stamp from Redonkulous Designs
Prize #5 Proudly Canadian Stamp set from Scrappy Moms - see previous post to check it out

All you need to do is hop along with us leave all that participants a comment and pick up one "clue word" from each blog along the way. My clue word is "OUT". Once you have all the words then you will have a special question. Leave your answer in the comments on Heather's blog and, easy peasy, you are entered to win one of our great prizes!

Have fun hoppin'!

Your next stop is : KATE

Here is the order of our blog hop just case.
Tara
Mary
Kim
Nicole
Kerry
Michelle
Me
Kate
Shari
Avril
Heather

HAPPY CANADA DAY! (wherever you live)

Canada Day scrappy stuff round-up

I have been looking around this spring to purchase some "Canada" type paper. I love to take pictures of our kids in their red and white clothing. It's a very important day in our family! There does not seem as much around my city this year. I found these at Ms.





There are some cute stamp sets out this year that would be perfect for cards or layouts.





Of course there is the new Go Canada Cricut cartridge.



This cartridge has tons of different cuts for a Canada Day project!

Please be sure to check back here on Canada Day (July 1st) where I will be part of a blog hop *with prizes*. There will be some great projects along the way, I promise.

Graduation centerpieces take - 2

Two years ago, I made these centerpieces for my son's grade four graduation. Now it is time for my daughter to leave for middle school. I tracked them down in storage at the school but realized that they needed some repairs. Of course, I couldn't leave well enough alone and changed them up a bit.



These pots were only 50 cents each to begin with, so I didn't mind purchasing some pencils for an added element as well as some acrylic paint to jazz them up. I recruited my MIL to help with the painting while I re-cut a few school supplies and re-glued a few more. The ruler idea I got from here My Happy Place
I love the new look but can't believe how quickly my children are growing.

At the Ball Park

What is a perfect way to spend a Sunday afternoon? It could be cheering on a baseball team. Even better with tickets won by my daughter and her colouring skills. We had a wonderful time with concession goodies included in her prize package.



I think this is the first time I have scrapped anything baseball. I had to even pick up this baseball paper, knowing that I had this pictures.
Have a wonderful day!!

Happy Father's Day card

I used all Core'dinations paper (Whitewash, Jillibean Soup and Tim Holtz) for this card. I cut out the number one and the stars out of pre-embossed Core Impressions paper with my Cricut machine (not always easy to do). I got the idea for this card when I saw the paper embossed with numbers in a manly colour. The button is from my assortment from the fabric store. The alphas are from my stash from years ago...
I am entering this card at the following Father's Day challenges:

Die Cutting Divas
Celebrate the Occasion
More than Favors
DL Art
Have a wonderful Day!

Let your light shine card

I love this sentiment!

For this card, I used Core'dinations Black Magic paper as my background and sanded out the "light". I hand cut the lampshade and then folded it. The lamp base is actually an oil lamp from the Old West Cricut cartridge. I hid some cuts so it would look electric. The sentiment is from the Country Life cartridge. The alphas are by Authentique.

Mother's Day Cards

Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms out there!

I think I have used every teeny, tiny scrap left of my crop and create kit.