Argghh!

It it is tax time here in Canada and the deadline for filing your taxes is April 30th! I spent a good part of the day today and yesterday compiling all my receipts and entering them into the program. My mom and dad have also enlisted my help with their taxes as well. Hmm, I guess if you know me, I am a procrastinator and for the most part, it doesn't do me any good to leave things to the last minute! Needless to say, I am still not done, but here I am posting to my blog! Umm, is something wrong here? Don't worry, I will get it done. I just needed a bit of a break from all those numbers! Stay tuned, as I have been making up some projects that I will share with you!

Pat

In the New and Out with Old

As most of you are aware now, SU is bringing in 5 BRAND NEW colours and will be bring back some of the old in-colours. The new colours are as follows:

Daffodil Delight, Early Expresso, Cajun Craze and Cherry Cobbler

The following IN COLOURS returning are as follows:

Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango,

River Rock, Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Baja Breeze, Wild Wasabi and Soft Suede.

To print the New Colour Collections, press here.

Farewell to some SU Colours

The other day, SU announced that they would be making some changes to our colour pallette! While understandably that some people will be disappointed or bit miffed, I think that the new colours to come will definitely make a positive addition to the existing colour pallette.


I've attached a list of the colours that SU will be retiring in July. http://204.228.150.61/color_revamp2010/CAENG/Fond_Farewell_Colors_CA_0310.pdf


These retiring colours will only be available while supplies last. So to avoid being disappointed, order early. All the retiring products include: Inks, Craft Inks, Cardstocks, Ribbons, Buttons, SU Markers, Crayons.

Extreme Cards

Ok, so here is my card that I created using my own homemade DS Paper. I have three nephews and two boys of my own, so coming up with masculine cards are especially difficult for me -and when they are all growing up so fast! I can't really get away with robots and choo choo trains anymore! This a money holder card - I got the template from the very talented Amy Celona. Thank you Amy for sharing this great card!

Never mind trying to come up with masculine cards, but try to figure out what a teenager would want most is another - so the best thing - give them cash!

Rather than punch the side, I tore the edge to make it more rustic. I used Chocolate Chip Craft Ink. Once stamped, rather than lifting the stamp completely off of the cs, I tilted it a bit to the left and swiped it to the left to give it an illusion of the skateboarder going fast or flying through the air. Although you may not be able to see it clearly, but I did sponge some Bashful Blue around the skater to act as clouds.

I then roughed up the edges and curled the corners and added the linen thread.

So here is the inside of the card.












This is the other card I made using the Extreme Biker. This one will be for my son's best friend, whose birthday is next week.

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Extreme Elements, Extreme Biker, Extreme Skateboarder
Paper: Not Quite So Navy, Old Olive, WW, Summer Picnic DS (retired)
Ink: Not Quite So Navy, Old Olive, Bashful Blue, Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Orange
Accessories: Linen Thread, Brads

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have enjoyed my take on the money holder card!

Have a wonderful Easter!

Pat

Extreme Elements DS

I wanted to show you my own DS paper that I created using the Extreme Elements stamp set. I've been trying to find some DS paper to represent some masculine colours, but with no such luck - maybe I just need to have more patient - so I created my own. What do you think?

The colours I used here are as follows: Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Not Quite So Navy, Tangerine Orange and Sahara Sand.

Matching Cards to Memo Pad Holder

As promised, here are the matching cards to my Memo Pad Holder. It did take me a bit longer
than I expected, but at least I got it done in time to give to the teachers for Easter! LOL! When you have four teachers to give to, it makes life a bit tougher and a bit more expensive. So when giving the teachers gifts, I try to keep it to a minimum and I know that they always enjoy homemade gifts!

I put the cards in a card portfolio shown here - each holds five different cards and envelopes on the left side. I left the front cover fairly plain - again I ran out of time and it was fairly late by the time I had finished completely and wanted to take pictures before giving them away. I kept these cards fairly simple and even left the sentiments off of some of the cards so that the teachers use them for whatever they wanted to. Rather than running ribbon from the front cover to the back, I attached the ribbon to the inside where I attached the brad to hold the outside of the flap together to the main section. You should punch your ribbon to make it easier for the brad to go through.

I also found these cute little watering cans from the Dollar Store. I filled them with Chocolate Easter Eggs! I don`t know who doesn`t like chocolate! I packaged all the goodies in a little easter gift bag and am sorry that I didn`t get a chance to take pictures of them. But I think you get the picture.

Card 1 - Although you cannot see it in this picture, I used Crystal Effect on the strawberry to give it a wet look. It does look much better in person. I also cut out the leaf and popped it up to give it a 3d effect.

Card 2 - I took one of my square Spellbinders and embossed the outside square. It is a bit difficult to see and I apologize for the fuzzy pic.

Card 3 - this one is fairly simple. Coloured the apple using my markers and then punched it out using the 1-1/4 inch punch and layered it onto a 1-3/8 inch circle and then onto the scalloped circle.

Card 4 - Using the polka dot cuttlebug, I embossed the top portion of the card and layered it onto the RR cs. I had these red 3/8" brads and thought that they would add a nice touch to the card.

Card 5 - I stamped three oranges in Certainly Celery and popped the middle one on pop ups. It needed a sentiment on the bottom, so I stamped "Celebrate You" from the Phrases for a Friend stamp set.

Here is the Recipe:

Stamps: Tart & Tangy, Phrasers for a Friend (retired)

Paper: Old Olive cs, Summer Picnic DS (retired),

Ink: Black, Certain Celery

Accessories: Brads, Ribbons, Crystal Effect, SU Markers

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you all have a wonderful evening!

~Pat

Decorated Memo Pads

So here is what I came up with. Although the DP is retired from SU, I really like the bright and cheery feeling you get from it.

This is fairly simple to figure out the dimensions for the cover. My memo pads dimensions were 2.75" x 11".

I cut the RR cs to 6" x 11". Scored at 2-7/8" and 3-1/8" lenghthwise. I covered the top of the memo pad with the matching DS paper as I did on the front. The dimensions for the little topper was 2.75" x 2". I used the scallop punch to give it a bit of decoration and adhered it to the front and to the back of the memo pad. Then using sticky strips, stick the memo pad to the inside cover.

Stamped the cheeries onto white scrap and punched out using the 1-1/4" circle punch and the circle scallop punch in RR.

Tie a ribbon around it and voila! You got yourself a decorated memo pad! You could also put a magnet to the back of the memo pad if you did not want to cover it with cs. If you want to ambitious, you could also stamp each page of the memo pads.

These memo pads will form part of a gift for the teachers for Easter along with some matching cards which I have yet to make. Stay tuned for more!

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Tart & Tangy

Paper: Summer Picnic (retired), Real Red cs, Whisper White cs

Ink: SU markers

Accessories: 1-1/4" circle punch, circle scallop punch, scallop punch, sticky strips, Real Red Gorsgrain Ribbon, pop ups

Thanks for stopping by!

~Pat

Never assume!

This is what happens when you assume that everybody else knows what you are talking about! I am the person that usually orders office supplies for our office and I wanted three full size scratch pads cut into three equal parts. Well they got the cutting part correct, but rather than 3 pads, I received 3 packages of 5 pads! Oh well, good thing it wasn't very expensive! My motto -- never assume! Always ask questions!

I wanted these pads to use as a shopping list pad. I find that some pads aren't big enough to list all your groceries. You are probably wondering why in the heck do I need such a big piece of paper for my grocery list. Well, to be honest, I generally do one big shop every 3-4 weeks with little shops in between for my fresh produce and dairy.

I will be back to show you what I've done with these pads shortly.

Thank You Card

This is a card I made for Susan Paterson's shoe box swap. Using Pale Plum was definitely out of my comfort zone. This is not a colour that I would normally choose - I still have a full package of cardstock. But at least, this got me to inking some stamps that were not even mounted! A fairly simple card to duplicate. You`ve gotta love how SU brought in markers to match the new In Colours! I coloured the flowers using my Rich Razzleberry marker and the stemp using Old Olive -- give it a huff and stamp onto your cardstock. I coloured the sentiment as well as the little scribble on the bottom using the Old Olive marker. I then pierced the opposite corners and mounted my cs onto Rich Razzleberry cs, and then mounted the image using pop ups. The sentiment can be easily changed to `Happy Birthday`. Hope you enjoy it!

Here is the Recipe:

Stamps: Elegant Thank You and Bella`s Bloom

Ink: None

Paper: Pale Plum, Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Cottage Wall DSP

Accessories: Small Oval Punch, Word Window Punch, gold brad, piercing kit, Rich Razzleberry ribbon, Old Olive and Rich Razzleberry markers

~Pat

MIA! . . .

Hi everyone,

I do apologize for not posting for quite some time! While life seems to take its own action, I have also been dealing with some health issues that has been ongoing since my motor vehicle accident. As this is still in litigation, I cannot disclose what I have been going through, and I am postive that most of you don't really want to listen to someone whine about their discomforts and aches and pains.

I have been working on some projects and hope to be able to get those posted for you soon. Please bear with me and thank you for your patience!

~ Pat