TAWS january release blog hop

Well good morning!

I must say I am in complete disbelief that today is the last day of 2012.

Where did it go?

Crazy!!

Today is a big day because it is the TAWS release blog hop.

All of the ladies will be showcasing a set or maybe two!!

I chose to use Lighter Than Air.

I am in LOVE with this set.

Now don't get me wrong, they are all fantastic, but the images in this set are just so me!

I used an older RetroSketch for the layout.

Isn't that robot ADORABLE????!!!!

Love him!!

Now being that it is blog hop day you have a chance to win some stamps.

Here are the deets:

One person will win ALL 3 NEW SETS!!  So if you want that person to be you.. all you have to do is comment on the hop! 
Here are ways you can win.. You can pick and choose which ones you want to do.. but the more you comment, the more chances you have to win.. 

1-Comment on The Alley Way Stamps Blog

2-Comment on the DT girls blogs (below)

3-Post about it on facebook or your blog

4-Like us on Facebook
(leave a seperate comment for each that you do)

 

You should now be off to see Kim!
(click on her picture above or her name!)

 You have until tonight, December 31st by 10:30 PM TAWS time (MST) to leave comments.

Be sure to stop by all of the blogs, not only do you have more chances to win, but they contain some AMAZING inspiration. 

Seriously!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

TAWS sneak peek #3 lighter than air

Hello there!!

This is officially my first post as a member of the TAWS DT!!!

My job today is to share a sneak peek of the 3rd new set to be released on Tuesday, January 1st.

The set is called Lighter than Air, and it is absolutely adorable!!

There are so many cute images.

Be sure to head on over to the TAWS blog to check out the sneak peeks from the other DT members.

The cute little birdies and the sentiment are from the set, the frame is from an older TAWS set Framed.

Head on over to the TAWS blog to see how you can win yourself this fabulous new set.

But you only have until 930pm MST today to enter, so hurry!!

Aaaaand be sure to stop by tomorrow for the January release blog hop, where you have the chance to win yourself ALL 3 sets!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

RetroSketches #44

Good Morning!

Yay for the weekend!! 

I'm so excited for it to be Saturday, the weather is a bit warmer, and there is nothing to do but finish up the last few things before the baby comes.

It is time to share another RetroSketches sketch with you.

This week's sketch is from the fabulous Arielle, you can see the original here.

What is even more fun, is that yesterday our FABULOUS and AMAZING leader, Arielle, celebrated her 40th birthday!!

So it was decided that we would dedicate this sketch to her and all make her a birthday card.

Wishing you a most wonderful Birthday Arielle!!

I used some Paper Smooches sentiments and flower, and some MME paper.

I hope you have a great weekend.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

some exciting news and a birthday!

Good Morning!

I hope everyone has had a wonderful Holidays!

It has been fairly low key for us which is lovely. 

As I feel from now on the holidays will be much more hectic!!

I have some exciting news to share with you, I have been so lucky to have been asked to join the AMAZING team of ladies over at The Alley Way Stamps!

How fun is that?!!

Alison is an amazing artist and designer and has assembled some pretty amazing women to showcase her designs.

I can't believe I get to be a part of it all. :)

 

Check out the blogs of these wonderful ladies by clicking on the pictures.

They have some really wonderful creations to share!!

Also, The Alley Way Stamps is turning 1!

And starting Jan 1st there will be 13 days of prizes to be won.

Head on over to the TAWS blog for all of the details. :)

Thanks so  much for stopping by.

Have a wonderful day. :)

RetroSketches #43

Good Morning!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend.

As you wrap things up for the coming holiday season!

It's Saturday, so I have another RetroSketches sketch to share with you.

This one comes courtesy of our fabulous guest this month, Brandi.

You can see her gorgeous original here.

In keeping with the same Holiday theme, I made one more Christmas card.

This one is just a mini one.

I used some old Basic Grey paper and some Paper Smooches stamps.

Head on over to the RetroSketches blog to see what gorgeous things Arielle and Brandi have in store for you.

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!

Thanks so much for stopping by.

RetroSketches #42

Good Morning!

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend so far.

It's Saturday which means another yummy RetroSketch.

This week's is based on an absolutely GORGEOUS card by Laurie, 

found here.

Isn't it stunning?

This is yet another extremely versatile sketch. 

I just love it!

I decided to opt for the Holiday theme again, using PTI's Stylish Sentiments: Holiday set. I also used some May Arts chevron twill, and some Echo Park paper from their Holly Jolly line. I believe you can still at least get the digital papers here.

Hop on over to the RetroSketches blog to see what Arielle, Laurie and Brandi have created for your inspiration.
Then link up your crafty project. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have you heard?

Hello!

Have you heard?

Avery Elle is starting up a new challenge!

And the fabulous part is the winner will get to be the guest designer for the next month's release!

The AEI♥U challenge begins today!
Here are the deets:

The challenge for this month is to create a project that sums up your personal paper crafting style.

Here are the challenge details:
1. Avery Elle stamps or our free digital stamps must be used in each entry.  To use our digital stamp, right click on the image and save it to your favorite photo editing program. You may re-size it slightly if you wish.  Please note that our free digital stamps are copyrighted and are for personal use only.  Please credit Avery Elle when using them.
2. You may enter as many times as you wish.
3. The winner will not be chosen randomly.  We will be looking for entries that include great use of color, design & creativity.
4. You will have three weeks to enter. We are adding an extra week this month due to the hustle and bustle of the holiday season.  

Make sure to check it out and play along for your chance to win!

Post your card to the Avery Elle blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

RetroSketches #41

Good Morning!

I hope everyone had a fabulous week.

I am here today to share with you the new 

RetroSketches sketch for this week.

It is based on one I made earlier this year, 

you can see it here.

I decided to keep with the polaroid frame and use an adorable pic of my pup!

I cut the polaroid frame out using my Silhouette and the arrow is from

set from Splendid Fiins.

Be sure to pop on over to the RetroSketches blog to check out what Arielle, Laurie and our fabulous guest this month Brandi have to share with you too.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Avery Elle December Release

Good Morning!!

Well, it's the final day of the Avery Elle December release.

All sets are now available over at the Avery Elle store.

Lots of Love

Fun With Letters

Knotty

All Occasion Tags

Here are a couple of cards I made using the Lots of Love set.

My fabulous neighbour gave me some washi tape for my birthday and I am loving it!!

I just pieced together some of the fun elements from the set to make this card. The speech bubble is from  Avery Elle's Picture It set.

Thanks so much for following along all week with us.

Don't forget to pop over to the Avery Elle blog for one last dose of inspiration from Jamie and the rest of the DT.

Chunyuan Wu

Heather Campbell 

JJ Bolton

I hope you are having a fabulous week!

Avery elle December Release Day 4

Good Morning!!

Welcome to Day 4 of the Avery Elle Decmeber release.

The last set for us to share is 

All Occasion Tags.

I just love those tag tops!

I wanted to try something different with them so I stamped them together and used it as a background.

I also used one of the fabulous hearts from the Lots of Love set.

Well tonight is the night that all of these awesome sets will be available for purchase at the Avery Elle store.

You still have a bit of time to win yourself a $25 gift certificate to the store, so head on over to the Avery Elle blog for all the details.

Pop on by the rest of the DT's blogs as well!

Chunyuan Wu

Heather Campbell 

JJ Bolton

And come back tomorrow for one more day of inspiration, we will all be posting a few more projects to inspire you.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Avery Elle December Release Day 3

Good morning and welcome back!

It's day 3 of Avery Elle's December release.

The super yummy set we are showcasing today is called

Knotty.

Isn't this set just too darn cute!

I absolutely LOVE the sentiments. 

"let's get knotty", "you float my boat"

How awesome!!

I just had to use those fabulous stripes.

And of course since I am so in love with the Lots of Love set I used one of the fabulous hearts from it to embellish this super simple card.

A new feature that Jamie is starting with this release is a Tips & Ideas sheet that will be available (and downloadable) for each set. 

How fabulous is that??!!

Head on over to the Avery Elle blog for some fabulous ideas courtesy of Jamie and don't forget to hit up the rest of the DT's blogs.

Chunyuan Wu

Heather Campbell 

JJ Bolton

Also on the Avery Elle blog are the details on how you can win yourself a $25 gift certificate for the store. So don't miss out!!

We still have one more set to share with you so check back tomorrow for one more fabulous set. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Avery Elle December Release Day 2

edited to add: I got my scrabble tile blanks from here.
Good Morning!

It's Day 2 of the Avery Elle Release week, and what an adorable

set we have to showcase today.

Fun With Letters

The font is just fabulous!!

For some reason when I saw this my mind went straight to scrabble!!

So that's kind of where I went with it.

I printed out some fabulous wood grain paper, stamped the small square, then stamped the letters that I wanted.

I used a marker to draw in the number value.

Run on over to the Avery Elle blog to get some AMAZING ideas from Jamie on what you can do with this set. And grab all the details on how you can score yourself a $25 gift certificate to the store.

Also be sure to check out what the rest of the DT has for you!!

You will not be disappointed.

Chunyuan Wu

Heather Campbell 

JJ Bolton

Come on back tomorrow for yet another showcase.

These sets will all be available at the store as of 12am December 5th.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

RetroSketches #40

Good Morning again!!

to see my Avery Elle release post click here

It's of course Saturday, 

so I have a fabulous new RetroSketch to share with you, 

aaaaaaand we have a new guest Headliner this month.

It's non other than the fabulous Brandi Hall!!

This week's sketch is based on and ADORABLE card by our fabulous creator Arielle, you can see the original here.

So versatile!!

My card came about quite innocently.

I was cleaning up my craft area and noticed some papers lying on the floor that I had just recently purchased from the sale racks at my LSS.

They looked great together, and so my card was born!!

The red bracket-y looking paper is Crate Paper, Story Teller collection, and the grey arrow/feather-like paper is Studio Calico, Abroad collection.

The sentiment is Papertrey Ink from their Stylish Sentiments:Holiday set.

I cut it up to be able to ink the different sections in different colours.

Although now looking at it I wish I had cut it just below that second line.

Oh well!!

Head on over to the RetroSketches blog to discover the fabulous wonders Arielle, Laurie and our guest Brandi have created for you this week.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

December Avery Elle Release Day 1

Good Morning!

December 1st, can you believe it?

Well, it's day 1 of Avery Elle's December Release Week and Today the design team is showcasing the new set 

Lots of Love.

I just ADORE this set. 

I have had so much fun creating with it!!

I won't be sharing my card from this set until later on this week but be sure to head on over to the Avery Elle blog to check out what Jamie has to share with you and hop on over to the rest of the DT's blog to see what they have on store for you as well.

Chunyuan Wu

Heather Campbell 

JJ Bolton

Don't forget, with this release you have the chance to win a $25 gift certificate to the store so be sure to get all of the details over at the Avery Elle blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Have a fabulous weekend and be sure to check in tomorrow for Day 2 of the release and a card as well!!

RetroSketches #39

Good Morning!

I hope that my American friends had a wonderful Thanksgiving. :)

It's Saturday, time for another RetroSketches sketch.

This week's sketch is based on another one of Laurie's FABULOUS cards.

You can see the original here.

I tried to not only use the sketch, but Laurie always uses coloured cardstock so beautifully, that I wanted to try some out.

Not overly excited with how it turned out, I think it's still missing that something.

The knit-like background is WPlus9, the rest are Avery Elle, Framed Fonts. The cardstock, and ribbon are Avery Elle as well.

Head on over to the RetroSketches blog to see what gorgeousness Arielle and Laurie have for you this week.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

christmas share

Hey there!

I finally got into my craft room for a bit, something sparked my creativity.

Although I have no clue what!!

I was thinking of buying a table at a craft fair recently but was

a bit too late in acting on it and lost my chance.

Oh well, at least I have something to share with you guys over the next little while.

This set I made using a combo of PTI dies (wonderful words: holiday) and Paper Smooches sentiments cut apart from the All Yule Need and Christmas Sampler sets.

The adorable little birdie is PTI as well, from the Love Birds set.

Sorry for the slightly out of focus pictures. 

My camera, photoshop and I are currently friends off!!

The paper is by Pink Paislee from their Snow Day collection which can be found at Jessica Sprague.

That's it for now!

Thanks so much for stopping by. :)