Corner Bookmarks

I have seen these corner bookmarks on quite a few blogs, Denise Marzec's The Paper Landscaper, in particular. She has posted about seven or eight beauties on her blog, and I finally gave in and decided to try one.  You can find a tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers here.

I kept mine pretty simple, with minimal embellishments, as I wasn't sure how bulky it would be in the book.  After trying it in one of my books, it is just fine, so I may go ahead and add a few more gold half pearls to the tree to glitz it up a bit :)  

They are really simple and a lot of fun to make.  When I showed this one to my daughter (who is an avid reader), she told me she wanted a few for herself.  I now have a perfect stocking stuffer for her :)   

We had a great Thanksgiving weekend with lots of family time and a great feast cooked by my hubby, the gourmet chef in the family.  Turkey soup is made and we have a fridge full of leftovers to keep us going through the week LOL!

Back tomorrow with my Color Dare card.  Have a great day :)




What's In It?
Stamps:  (SU) Contempo Christmas
Paper:  Mellow Moss, Real Red
Ink:  Real Red
Accessories:  Oval and Scalloped Oval Nesties, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Martha Stewart Border Punch, Gold Twine, Gold Half Pearls, Dimensinoals

Just Adding Ink To My Mojo

It's the first Monday of the month so that means it's contest time with a chance to win some free Verve over on the Mojo Monday Sketch Blog.

I combined this week's sketch with a Just Add Ink colour combo from last week.  I somehow never seem to get to this challenge in time...maybe next week!

This wonderful Verve flower hasn't seen some ink in a while so out it come.  Love how you can turn it into a flower or a butterfly.  The sentiment was a perfect fit for the white space that was left and since I don't own any Rose Red ribbon I crimped a strip of paper to use instead.  I played around with a ton of options for the artichoke panel and nothing seemed to work so I defaulted to my card making crutch, Swiss Dots.  Not thrilled with the look, but I just couldn't get anything else to work so they stayed.

This weekend is Thanksgiving for those of us who life in Canada.  I always love reflecting on what to be thankful for - especially easy and enjoyable for a "glass half full" type of person :)

Since I don't know if I'll have time to create and post this weekend, I just want to tell you how thankful I am  for each and every one of you who takes some time out of your busy day to drop by and read my ramblings, leave me a comment, or simply just drop by (((hugs))).  It is food for the card makers soul :)  You bless me daily, and I have so enjoyed getting to know many of you on a deeper level.

Have a blessed weekend and I'll make sure I eat some turkey, sweet potatoes, cranberry, cherry pie etc. for those of you who aren't celebrating this weekend :D
    



What's In It?
Stamps:  (Verve) Enjoy, Feel The Sun
Paper: Always Artichoke, Old Olive, Rose Red, Pumpkin Pie
Ink:  Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories:  Circle and Scalloped Circle Nesties, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, Crimper, Black  Half Perals, Dimensionals

Not One But Two Off Angle Panels!

I saved this Verve sketch for last because off angle panels and I don't get along very well...they just mess with my anal side something fierce!  However, due to my desire and quest for a chance to win some Verve, I will deal with it and make it work even if it I get worked over by a sketch LOL! 

This week's Our Creative Corner colour challenge as my spring board into this sketch.  More yummy fall colours to work with :) I pulled out some October Afternoon DP and the rust/cajun polka dotted Recollections DP I got at Mike's and went to work.  Then the hard part began as there wasn't just one off angle panel to deal with but two!

First one was easy as the sentiment went on it but then I had to figure out what the heck to do with the second one.  I was doing a happy dance at having two DPs on one card (though it doesn't really count as they are both the same pattern just in different colours LOL!) so it was back to card stock for me.  I pulled out my crimper to add some texture and interest to the panel and used a prima I got from Stacy (aka Twinshappy - yes, I still have some, Stacy!!) for the circle element of the sketch.  The top left corner looked a bit empty so a few half pearls solved the issue.

Phew!  I've completed all five sketches and even survived this one LOL!  Now, I get to wait and see if I'm one of the lucky winners announced this Friday at the release party.

Thanks for listening to my complaining today and have a fabulous day!




What's In It?
Stamps:  (Verve) Hebrews 11:1 Plain Jane
Paper:  Old Olive, More Mustard, Chocolate Chip, Vanilla, October Afternoon DP, Recollections DP
Ink:  Chocolate Chip
Accessories:  Crimper, Prima, Button, Glue Dot, Twine, Half Pearls, Dimensionals

Color Dare 79

COLOR DARE 79

Marina Mist

Wild Wasabi

Early Espresso

I have been wanting to make a button tree for some time now after seeing the great ones my blogging friend Maureen makes.  This week's Color Dare was the perfect excuse because I paired it with one of Taylor's sketches from a few weeks back that had a large circle, perfect for the tree image.  

I had to substitute all the colours (said hanging my head in shame...) but I think I caught the essence of the dare and I love how these colours work together.  The splash of blue against the earth tones is wonderful :)

I used the leaf image from Stampin' Up's Season of Friendship to make a background on the olive panel, Swiss Dotted my white panel (yes, I'm signing up for Swiss Dots Anonymous again LOL!), added some twine to the ends of the sentiment panel and a few pearls finished things off.  I can see why you love making these so much, Maureen - they are fun!

The rest of the Team has lots of inspiration for you.  You can check out their creations here:

• Glenda Wyatt at Paper, Scissors, Rocks 
• Heater Prince at Princess Scrapper Stamper
• Joan Jeffery at JJ's Creations
• Melissa Hubert at My Paper Obsession
• Nance Lempinen-Leedy at Canopy Crafts
• Riley Fitzgerald at Stampin' With Riley  (our leader)

We'd love you to join us!  Simply create a card using this week's colours and add your card to InLinkz on the The Colour Dare Blog.  If  you are uploading to a public gallery, please make sure to use the keyword CD79.   Each week, Riley will select a Featured Stamper and showcase your card on her blog, as well as noting two honorable mentions.

Have a great day and I'll be back with another Verve Release sketch card soon.

What's In It?

Stamps: (SU)Season of Friendship

Paper:  Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue, VersaMark

Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Old Olive

Accessories:  Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Circle and Scalloped Circle Nesties, SU Scalloped Border Punch, Half Pearls, Twine, Buttons, Dimensionals

Going Crazy For Verve Challenges

When I first saw this Verve sketch the circle part threw me off a bit. However, once I got to working on the card, it wasn't as bad as I'd made it out to be.

I combined the sketch with this week's Crazy 4 Challenges colour combo. So many wonderful Fall colour combinations out there right now - love it :)


I couldn't wait to use the flower from the Kind Words set as I have neglected it in lieu of the flowers from Dream Big and Great friend which I have been using so often.  Now it was this darling flower's time to shine :)  I used one of the leaves from the Dream Big set to create a flower bed and added some black half pearls to the flowers to make them Black Eyed Susans :)  A few more black accents and my card was done like dinner.  Four down and one to go.

Foot is feeling much better today so I better get to the last sketch today as I won't have the excuse of  not being able to do much so the foot can heal LOL!

Have a fabulous day :)





What's In It?
Stamps:  (Verve) Kind Words, Dream Big
Paper:  Basic Black, Old Olive, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie, Wild Wasabi, Kraft
Ink:  Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive
Accessories:  Circle Nesties, Stampin' Up! Scalloped Edge Punch, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, Black Half Pearls, Dimensionals

Inkspirations A La Verve

The good news is I've completed three of the five Verve release sketches -- said doing a happy dance.  The bad news is I ended up with extra stamping time today due to a middle of the night injury - ugh!  I got up to go to the bathroom, and unbeknown to me, my leg was asleep, so when I went to take a step it totally gave way under me.  Result, one very badly sprained foot - double ugh!!  A total inconvenience, to say the least!  So, here I sit, with an ice pack on my foot and my leg elevated typing this post.

I paired this sketch with this week's Inkspirations Colour Challenge.  This is such a yummy colour combination!  I am really getting into Not Quite Navy these days and loving it :)  Couldn't stay away from me new Verve flowers for long LOL!  Out came my Dream Big set - just love this flower and the script of the sentiment.  I had a great score at a local dollar store this week too!  They had all sorts of little packages of buttons for $1.25 and I took one of each of the colours options :)  The button on this card is one of them - a pretty close match to Night of Navy.

I think the next two sketches are going to give me some grief....hopefully not too badly LOL!  I'll be back when I have mastered one of them! Have a fabulous day and thanks for dropping by :)




What's In It?
Stamps:  (Verve) Dream Big
Paper:  Night of Navy, Old Olive, Real Red
Ink:  Old Olive, Real Red, Black
Accessories:  Diamonds In The Rough Embossing Folder, Crimper, SU Scalloped Oval and Large Oval Punches, Button, Glue Dot, Half Pearls, Dimensionals

World Card Making Day Pumpkin

Julee over at Verve Stamps is providing us with some wonderful pre-release sketches to work on (release party is on Friday, October 8th on the Verve forum at SCS).  With the sketches come the chance to win some free Verve so no need to ask me twice if I want to participate LOL!

I combined the first sketch with this week's Curtain Call colour challenge.  Just love the fall colours Stacey came up with, and when I saw the mustard, I decided to make my very first punched pumpkin.  I have seen these around SCS and blogs for a few years now and have always wanted to make one.

Since the square was on the smaller size, I used the large oval punch for the job.  Five punches and some assembly of ovals later, and I had my very first pumpkin :)  I cut out a stem and curled some thin strips of Old Olive for the vines.  Darn vines took longer to curl and make than the card as the paper kept ripping!  Some mustard coloured ribbon from one of my Michael's ribbon bin diving adventures finished things off nicely.  Yes, I do check that darn bin (my polite name for the bin LOL!) every time I'm in there.  Now if they would just leave a "discard bin" from my prior visit out it would make life so much easier LOL!

Just noticed my poor little pumpkin hasn't been sponged, but that will have to wait until the next one I make as I am on a mission to get four more sketches done.   Off to work on the next one!  See you soon :)




What's In It?
Paper:  Recollections DP, Stampin' Up! Old Olive DSP, Vanilla, More Mustard, Sahara Sand
Accessories:  Scalloped Square Nesties, Stampin' Up Large Oval Punch, Double Sided Tape, 1" Mustard Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensionals

Color Throwdown A La Verve

This is my second post of the day as I'm making good progress on the Verve sketches :)  I combined the second Verve release sketch with this week's Color Throwdown.  I just love fall colours (happy sigh...) and and this one reminded me of the colours of the maple trees on our street.

I created the background panel using the leaf image from Stampin' Up's Season of Friendship set and this wonderful Plain Jane was the prefect sentiment for a Thanksgiving themed card, especially since next weekend is Thanksgiving up here in Canada.

Since the leaves had dots on them I used my Swiss Dots embossing folder on the vanilla panel to tie things together and added this yummy red, satin ribbon for a pop of color.  A few half pearls on the sentiment panel and I was good to go.

Two down and three to go LOL!  Back tomorrow with my next card.




What's In It?
Stamps: (SU) Season of Friendship, (Verve) Plain Jane 
Paper:  Old Olive, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie
Ink:  Old Olive, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories:  Oval and Scalloped Oval Nesties, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, 5/8" Red Satin Ribbon, Half Pearls, Glue Dot, Dimensionals

Curtain Call Act 49

I just love the colours Stacey chose for this week's Curtain Call challenge.  However, when I got to trying to put them together, they gave me the gears!  I must have tried fifteen different sketches to no avail - ugh.  Thankfully, this wonderful OCC sketch came to the rescue!  I used it on this week's Color Dare challenge and loved it and am loving it all the more now LOL!

I dug into my sloooooowly dwindling Costco DP pack and came up with this DP. I must admit, I have shied away from this striped pattern for a long time, but it worked wonderfully for me today.  My SU ornament punch and coordinating stamps arrived yesterday, and since it is a crime to leave new rubbah unattended lest it feel unloved, I made sure it got some love :)   

I stamped the ornament image in red ink on red card stock and outlined the image on the ornament with a white gel pen.  Why you ask?  Okay, even if you don't care, I'll tell you LOL!  I didn't like the white outline around the ornament when I stamped it in red ink on vanilla card stock and then punched it out.  I wanted a dark red image and the paper gave it to me better than a stamped image.  Some half pearls added a bit of "oomph" to the ornament and the embossing folders added some texture.  A ribbon and a button and another Christmas card is done :)

I'm thankful our glorious weather is still here because that means I get to watch my son's soccer game tomorrow in the warm sunshine - oh happy, joy, joy LOL!   Soon enough we will be dressed in mittens, scarves, rain gear etc. in order to watch the games so cheers to warm weather and sunshine :)

Thanks for visiting today and have a fabulous weekend!





What's In It?
Stamps: (SU) Delightful Decorations
Paper:  Basic Black, Linen Vanillaa, Sahara Sand, Real Red, Costco DP
Ink:  Real Red
Accessories:  Snowflakes and Swiss Dots Embossing Folders, Nesties Label 4, SU Ornament Punch, White Gel Pen, Half Pearls, 5/8" Brown Satin Ribbon, Red Button, Twine, Glue Dot, Dimensionals

ColorQ's First Anniversary

This card is in celebration of ColorQ's first anniversary.  The twist is you have to use this sketch and one of the past year's color challenges to make a card.

I chose the very first ColorQ challenge as it had green and pinks, which screamed flowers to me!  I know some of you must be getting tired of these Verve flowers, but I just can't put them down!!  I'll try to branch out, I promise LOL!

I didn't have any DP that matched the colours so I used my French Script background stamp to create a pattern.  The rest of the card is pretty self explanatory.

We have another fabulous sunny day here.  The leaves are starting to turn some beautiful colours, which just makes my heart sing :)  Even the cat is friskier than normal LOL!  I'm off to enjoy a big walk in the sunshine because the rain will be coming soon enough!  Have a fabulous day :)




What's In It?
Stamps:  (Verve) Dream Big, Because of You, (SU) French Script
Paper:  Basic Greg, Rose Red, Pretty in Pink, Old Olive
Ink:  VersaMark, Black
Accessories:  Circle and Scalloped Circle Nesties, Martha Stewart Leaf Punch, 5/8" Pink Satin Ribbon, Button, Glue Dot, Half Pearls, Dimensionals