Card of the Week

Ceci used this Hollyhock stamp from Penny Black to create a lovely side step card. She stamped it twice using Rich Cocoa Memento once on blue card and the other on white card stock which she coloured in with Copic Markers. Stop by the store, Ceci will be glad to give you a quick demo on how she made it.

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This adorable stamp set from My Favorite Things is the inspiration for this card of the week. A little stamping, a little paper piecing, a little copic colouring and VOILA a birthday card. Yes, its that easy with these adorable cling set of stamps called 'Cupcake Cutie'

Card of the Week

This week's card started a with a a white card.  We added a red mat that we cut a heart out of using Cupids Heart a Memory Box Die. The next step is to emboss with Cuttlebug's Textile Texture and then sand. We then also used Memory box dies Grove Branch and Perched Bird to create the birds and the branch.

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Card of the Week

I know with all this gorgeous weather it's hard to think about Christmas, so here's a little inspiration.

Another great die from Memory Box and a elegant stamp from DeNami Design

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More Memory Box fun with our Santa Owl Card! We used  the following dies: 

Tall Birch

Santa Hat

Classic Alphabet

Lorelai Leaf

Clever Owl

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A Little Halloween Fun

 Last week, Eleonor blogged about finding a spider in the bottom of a box of craft supplies, it was very amusing.  So in honor of her bravery, I created this as card of the week. The paper is from Memory Box stamped and distressed in black.  The glittered spider (a Martha punch) is dangling in a foam tape mounted window created with a Poppystamps' die. 

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The first thing I did was cut out "MERRY" in red card and "CHRISTMAS" in white card using the Memory Box Classic Upper Alphabet.  Mount the "CHRISTMAS" on a strip of red card.  I recommend using something like Aleene's Tacky Glue, the drying time gives you a chance to finesse the letters.  I then positioned the red strip on the card, where I wanted it,  and drew a pencil line across the top before I set the red strip aside. I stamped the middle bear first with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and then positioned the other bears accordingly at slightly varying heights. To finish, I glued the red letters and the red strip in place. 

Don't Forget DAD!

Stamp D-A-D on three different colours of card stock.  Line up the D-A-D as shown, then FLIP OVER and cut the green and beige pieces to match the brown. Set Aside.

Stamp D-A-D on three different pattern papers.

Cut out the D-A-D on the printed paper.  Cut the right side of the DAD on the green , beige and brown paper making sure to leave it attached (this step may be omitted for younger crafters). Glue the patterned D-A-D over the matching green, beige and brown D-A-D.
Line the D-A-D up so the ends match.  Punch two holes, use eyelets to reinforce them if desired and thread the brown ribbon through and tie.
Now the base of your card is finished and you can add photos, coupons and Father’s Day greetings.  HAVE FUN!

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 This week we're back to basics!  With all the toys and tools that are available to us these days we forget how effective simple things like pencil crayons can be.  Here we've stamped   'Dogwood Branch' and 'Create Art' (one of my favourites) from Memorybox, on kraft cardstock using Tsukineko Rich Cocoa. Next, we dusted off the pencil crayons and coloured in the branch. Trim the cardstock, to the sizeof the word background, before mounting it on a chocolate covered mat. On another piece of kraft card stock, stampand colour 'Dogwood Branch' again as shown.  Mount the smaller mat on top and adhere the whole thing to a coral card.

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An elegant navy and blue card with snowflakes stamped with White stazon is this week's card of the week. A touch of twine finishes it off quite nicely!

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Not quite ready to start thinking about Christmas.  Using a printed card from Hampton as her base, Eleonor has created this is the card of the week using Hero Arts Flowers & Butterflies stamp and die set.

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Here's a sneak peek at one of the cards I'll teaching during my "Treemendous Christmas Cards" class at Crop for Kids October 2. Thanks to Hero Arts who donated the clear set of stamps for the class. The kit  for this card is available on line at I'm Impressed.  $5 from the sale of each kit will go to Crop 4 Kids.

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This week's card features Fluffles the cat! Eleonor used this cute stamp from Stampendous to make a quick and easy birthday card. 

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This week's card of the week is elegant and simple.  Sometimes less is more and nothing translates into elegance more than gold.  This card features a focal point of gold embossing, done using our design adhesive transfers.  All you need to do after applying the transfer is sprinkle on your gold embossing powder, heat with your heat tool and presto!  Instant elegance.

The kit for this card will include all the cardstock you need to create 4 cards as well as a design transfer sheet and half back pearls.

Card of the Week

Hello all!  It's the middle of July already -- can you believe it??  This week's Card of the Week is all about flowers.  Isn't it just bee-yoo-ti-ful??  It's so cheerful!  The background butterflies and flowers are done using adhesive transfer from Clearsnap.  As always, this will be available in a kit.  The kit for this card will include all the supplies to make 4 cards, as well as a package of the flowers and package of the design adhesive transfers -- packed full of goodies! The kits with all the product cost $19.99

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Hello stamping friends!  It's a beautiful sunny day here in Granville Island so what better way to finally welcome summer than with a flower card!  The card of the week uses the Stampendous set called Happy Flowers.  It is an unmounted set made of over 15 stamps that can be mixed and matched to make many different flower designs.  This is what we made:

The summery mix of lavender, green and golden yellow makes this the perfect card to celebrate summer!
The kit to create this card is also available for purchase -- it will include instructions and full colour pictures so you can make your own set of 4 cards.  Kits are available in the store as well as online.

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A peony of a different colour!  So, what is your style?  Do you like all chose a colour palette when stamping like in this sample.  Or are you a purist and peonies have to be pink? 

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A little inspiration now that the cherry blossoms are finally out in full glory.  We've taken this lovely Penny Black image and stamped repeatedly on sage green card with Versamark to create this matching watermarked backed ground.  It's one of those simple techniques that so effective.  The image has been stamped in black on white card and coloured with Copics.  For that little extra pearls were added to the center of the flowers.

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Don't forget that Mother's Day is just around the corner. All the black and white on this card really makes the pink pop.  The kit is available, it includes an hand stamped sample and all the supplies you need to make four more cards.  Don't have four moms?  It also works as a birthday card.

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The Easter bunny is coming!  We used a basic iris folding to make him a special nest! Click here for more images or to order the kit.  We hope you have a Chocolious weekend!