Come on, Summer!

It seems like, while we’ve had exceptionally warm weather in Southern Ontario this March, summer can’t get here fast enough!  So while I wait for the hot weather, I’ll keep myself warm by scrapping summery beach photos from our trip to the shore a few years ago!
I created this layout fairly quickly, using a coordinated…  |  read more »

Altered cotton reel

A very very long time ago I visited a craft fair in Wiesbaden Germany and on a ribbon stall they were selling giant wooden cotton reels.  My friend and I just looked at each other and said simultaniously, “we have to get one of those”.  I had absolutely no idea what I would do with…  |  read more »

Card Sketch

Today I have a card sketch from Becky Fleck at Pagemaps.com.  In most cases I don’t stick quite so rigidly to a sketch, but when I saw this one I knew the exact myStamp BOX sets I wanted to use.

Here’s what I made:

A friend of mine was shocked and saddened by the sudden loss of…  |  read more »

Colour Challenge

We’ve been blessed here in SouthWestern Ontario this winter – the weather has been unseasonably warm!
Up until this week, anyways!  Brrrrr… temperatures have dropped and already, I can’t wait until summer!
So, to warm up our spirits and brighten up our days until it arrives, I have a bright and cheery colour challenge to share with…  |  read more »

Lunchbox Love Notes

Last week, I made the mistake of making my kids a few cute lunchbox notes. They loved them. I say mistake because now they want me to make them for every lunch! And I am not permitted to reuse them lol! So I need to make stacks at a time. I pulled together some basic…  |  read more »

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!

Howdy all!  Ally here! As crafters we all collect crafting supplies that contain some kind of packaging.  Some packaging remains with the product we buy until it’s all used up and then others can be re-purposed and used again right away upon opening it.
Today I’m going to show you a quick way to reuse a…  |  read more »

Sketch Challenge!

Hello, my happy little stampers!  Today, I’m bringing you a sketch challenge, to help motivate and inspire you:

And here is my bright, colourful take on the sketch:

Stamps used:  Mini Alphas, Wishing You Sunshine, Just Add Notes
Using the Wishing You Sunshine stamps, I stamped various cloud shapes in bright ink colours on white cardstock, embossed them…  |  read more »

Taking inspiration from Nature.

I do like to keep up with Interior design trends and one which keeps coming back to me again and again is a colour scheme inspired by lazy summer holidays spent on the beach. Beige, turquise/blue and touches of green.
I’ve put together a mood board to emphasize my point.

So here are a few projects using the…  |  read more »

Wrap it up!

Hello everyone,
I’m here today with a challenge for you! This weeks challenge is to create your own wrapping paper using your stamps. Even if your gift is ready made bought you can add a personal touch by making your own wrapping paper.
I will share 3 examples I made using “He loves me“, “Repeat after me”…  |  read more »

Just because….

Whenever I have some free time the first thing I reach for is my art journal.  I love  art journaling  as it’s the best place to play and try out new techniques or materials with no restrictions, rules or deadlines. I can truly feel free to create.
Here I’d like to show you a few of…  |  read more »