I haven't posted for awhile because my heart was just not into it. With all the trouble going on in the world I decided I needed a break. And then Donald Trump decided he wanted to annex Canada, which is NEVER going to happen, but it was the final straw. I'm closing down the blog for now.
In the meantime, please, be kind to others.
I had this post all typed last night and lost it as I tried to
post it on the blog. So annoying. Trying again.
This was definitely a quick and easy card to make. I bought
the 8” Stamperia paper pack called Lavender. Love it but like most paper packs
there are two sides to each page so you have to talk yourself into cutting one
or the other. I really liked this part of the page so I trimmed it down to 4 x
5.25 so it would fit on an standard A2 size card base. Before gluing it to the
lavender card base, I wrapped a ribbon around card near the bottom and tied a
small bow on it. Once it was glued down tiny silver gems were added.
That’s all for a very mild Wednesday.
Cheers
Violet
We are having terrible weather. Snow, rain and freezing rain
one after the other. It started in the middle of the night last night and will
not likely end until late tomorrow night. Monday is a holiday in Canada called
Family Day. A day when families are to spend the day together doing something fun.
The trouble is pretty much all family activities are closed because of the
weather. Even our church has canceled services tomorrow. I’ve had more than
enough of snow and winter this year. Bring on the sun and heat!
Today’s card was one of those ‘lets see how this looks’ without
much preplanning in mind….okay, no planning in mind.
I had those flowers die cut and the edges inked but had no
real plan for them. I also was looking for some paper scraps to use up….still
trying to reduce the scrap stash. So, the background is just two pieces of
paper, cream on top, blue on the bottom, with strips from the strip stash glued
together on an angle.
Then I just started gluing on the flowers. I didn’t add a
sentiment as this one could be used for many occasions.
That’s all for a snowy, icy February night.
Cheers
Violet
We barely missed the massive snowstorm that hit areas about an
hour from us over the weekend; but, it looks like we are in for one on
Wednesday night and Thursday. The older I get; the longer winter seems to last.
Well, my card that was nominated for card of the month did not
make it to the second round - again. This is about the 4th or 5th
time one of my cards was nominated but didn’t last past the first round. But I
do thank any of you that happened to vote for it.
Today’s card is a quick and easy masculine card.
This focal image came from a cut-apart sheet in a 6” card
pack. I cut them all apart and filed them in my binder, so I had easy access to
them. I picked this out and stamped the sentient and the swirl on it. Then I
picked another one that was darker in colour but I didn’t like the saying on it
so I glued that one on an angle to a brown card base and then glued on the focal
image. Definitely a quick and easy card.
That’s all for a typical cold February night.
Cheers
Violet
We just had the worst winter weather system…at least in my opinion
it’s the worst….freezing rain. When the temperature is right around the
freezing point and it starts to rain, it freezes on contact with whatever it
hits….trees, houses, streets, cars, etc. So the streets become a skating rink with
lots of fender benders. School buses
were cancelled and even some schools in some districts. I had to take the recycling
out to the curb tonight and our driveway was still icy. I truly hate winter.
But, I do have more time to craft in the winter and I can’t seem to stop making cards using the Big Bloom die set. So, here’s another on.
Once again all the flowers and buds were die cut with white
cardstock and then ink with blue ink. I think this is Blueberry from Stampn’ Up.
The background was created with a stitched embossing only die. It doesn’t cut
but makes the impressions only. The circle element is all one piece. Sorry, no
idea where I got it from.
That’s all for an icy Thursday.
Cheers
Violet
It was an
honour to have one of my cards chosen to be in the card of the month contest.
One of my
cards was picked to enter the Card of the Month. If you would like to vote for
me, it would be very much appreciated. You do have to sign in to Scrapbook and
Cards today but nothing to pay. I would suggest you click on the "remind
me to vote" and they will send you an email message when the next voting
takes place. If you don't sign up for their newsletter, you probably will not
hear from them when the voting is over.
Here is the
link and my card is attached.
https://creativescrapbooker.ca/card-of-the-month-feb.../...
Thank you
Cheers
Violet
The last two days were wonderful with balmy weather right
around the freezing mark. After last week’s record-breaking lows, this is
balmy. Tomorrow will be a wet one with a mixture of rain, sleet and snow.
Today’s card is another one made with the Big Bloom set. Love
this die set.
I decided to turn white cardstock into all pink flowers and this used a lot of the
die cut flowers and blooms in the set. The leaves and the green branches are
also part of the set. Once again, I flipped the flowers and petals over and rubbed
the stylus around each petal and the flipped back again and pushed down in the centre.
This really gives the dimension in real life although not so much in the photo.
The background was plain white so before I glued the flowers down, I sponged on
some light blue ink. Once everything was adhered, a few gems were added. It was
then glued to a pink piece of cardstock and then on to a green card base.
That’s all for a warm…warmish?
Thursday night
Cheers
Violet
Brrrrr. We have been under a cold adversary for the 3rd
day. And I mean cold. Last night it was -19C (-2F) but felt like -28C (-18F).
We haven’t left the house all week. But tomorrow it will be back to more normal
temperatures at -9C (15F).
I’m switching from posting the cards using the Big Bloom flower
die to a bit of a mixed media card using products from Stamperia’s Lavender set
I ordered through Stamp Art in London, ON.
The card base is from my stash and it just
happened to fit in with the other lavender colours. All the pieces were hand
cut and the edges inked with a dark lavender ink. The tag was attached to the sponged-looked
whitish piece which was glued to the lavender piece. The bird was also hand cut
and then attached to the top of the card. The sentiment is a black peel-off.
This was definitely a quick and easy card.
That’s all for a cold and windy Wednesday.
Cheers
Violet
Unfortunately, the snow
did not miss us this time. So, we are having typical cold, snowy and windy January
weather. Our neighbour on the north of us has been using his snow blower to
clear our driveway for a few years now for a nominal fee, which is awesome.
Yesterday, the neighbour on the south side of us decided to clear our driveway.
It was nice of him but I had to explain that the other neighbour does it. He said
he needed the exercise and wanted to thank us for being good neighbours. He’s a
nice guy but a little hard to understand because he has a strong Jamaican accent.
We are blessed to have such good neighbours. Until he bought the house, it was
rented out to a variety of people, who were not good neighbours. But all is
well with both of them.
I had a friend ask me to
make her a 50th wedding anniversary card. I had the Big Bloom die set
on my desk so I used it again.
The background is shiny white paper and th
flowers are a specialty white paper which is really nice in wedding cards as
well as anniversary cards. I’m almost out of it though so I hope I can find
more.
The flowers and leaves are all gold and white
and I used the same method of flipping them over and using a large stylus to mold
the back and then flipped them over again and pushed down in the centre to really
give them dimension. I die cut some hearts and tiny circles from the same gold paper. There
are several shades of gold and they don’t always look nice together. The gold
die circle was from another die but I have no idea where I got if from. That is
one die and it cuts as shown. The centre is another piece of the same paper as
the flowers but it looks different because its flat. I had to audition several
circle dies to find one that fit perfectly behind the gold circles. The sentiment
is a gold peel-off. It needed something on the bottom to anchor it all so I added
a strip of gold. She loved it. Whew!
That is
all for Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Cheers
Violet
Well, we missed the last snow storm that hit areas about 45
minutes drive from here but it looks like we are going to have snow for the
next 4 or 5 days so doubtful it will miss us entirely. Neither one of us like
snow, cold and winter so we hibernate all we can.
Today I’m posting another card made with my new die set. I forgot
to mention in the last post that all the flowers were laid on a soft pad and a
large stylus was run over the wrong side and then flipped to the front with
pressure just in the middle of the flower to give them dimension.
Here’s a purple flowered card. You can see the dimension in
this card better than the last card.
I found this background paper in the stash and decided to use
it in a card. It was a little smaller than 4 x 5.25 so gold peel-off strips
were added around the edges with small ovals in the corners. The flowers were made
the same way as the last card I posted; but used different bits and pieces. Lots
of dies in this set. The sentiment was stamped on a fancy tag. It was then
mounted on a dark purple card base.
That’s all for a cold and windy Thursday.
I seldom get any comments on my blog and a faithful commenter, Deb, said sometimes they don't go through. Sorry, I don't know why you cannot leave a comment. I just figured no one wanted too. Not sure how to correct this either.
Cheers
Violet
