Stampin' Chez Moi

I found myself so busy just before Christmas creating card after card in order to finish up all the cards that I wanted to send out for December 2020 ~ well, not in 2021 ~ I was SO excited when I found a new blog challenge to follow..and so here is my first entry with the challenge from  Christmas Kickstart Challenge #45 Measurements & Recipe Card Base ~ Whisper White ~ 8 1/2” x 5 1/2” ~ score at 4 1/4” Pool Party ~ 4 1/8” x 5 3/8” ~ set aside, to be adhered to the Basic White panel once completed and adhered to the card base using Dimensionals Scrap CS ~ 4 1/2” x 4 1/2” Die cut the larges Snowflake from So Many Snowflake Dies (I use just an inexpensive piece of Staples SC and keep this in the stamp case as a mask for future use) ~ using your Blending Brush, blend in some Pool Party Dazzling Diamonds ~ 3 1/2” x 3 1/4” ~ cut three Snowflake from So Many Snowflake Dies Basic White ~ 4” x 5 1/4” ~ adhere the above mask using removable on the top right corner of your panel ~...

First I would love to wish you a Very Merry Christmas and all the best in the New Year! May you be blessed by His presence as you celebrate this Christmas season! Did you get your December Paper Pumpkin yet? Have you peeked inside to take a look at the goodness that is in the PP box ~ I sure hope you did!  Come and join me in my studio and see what I created with mine ~ and then stay to the end as I also created a little Christmas Ornament ~ enjoy!!! Here is my PP Alternative! Card Base ~ Soft Sea Foam ~ 11” x 4 1/4” ~ score at 4 1/4” ~ score at 2 3/4” on both sides or use the trick Rich Razzleberry ~ 2 5/8” x 4 1/8” ~ cut 2 ~ card front panels DSP from card base in PP Kit ~ 2 1/2” x 4” ~ cut 2 ~ card front panels DSP scrap for inside ~ 3/4” x 4 1/8”  ~ cut 2 Here is the last of my three Christmas Ornaments that I created ~ you will find the other ornaments on my YouTube Channel You can find this ornament HERE !      the Spiral Ornament is HERE ! the 3D St...

I was SO excited when I came across the fabulous challenge at the Paper Players#521 ~ and I'm getting in just under the wire!  Thank you so much for the wonderful challenges throughout the year! I love playing along ~ why don't you jump in as well and join in the fun!!! I hope you enjoyed this super quick post ~ I used the fabulous Poinsettia Petals bundle ~ stamp set & matching dies ~ my card base is Whisper White ~ Black & Sparkle Glitter paper ~ I also used some random dies for the back of this beautiful Sliver Foil Poinsettia and kissed the top of the Poinsettia with a Beaded Pearl ~ I sure hope you leave inspired !!!  I'd like to wish you a Very Merry Christmas and God's richest blessing to you and yours in the New Year!  So glad you popped by!!! So with all this, I bid you adieu ~ May the Lord bless you and keep you, may the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord turn His face towards you and give you peace.   If you...

It's been so long since I've entered any challenges, so I was thrilled when I came across the challenge at SUO as well as Try Stampin' on Tuesday ! There is still time to play, so why don't you join in the fun too ~ it was so good to take some me time and play along...it was great therapy for me! Who doesn't LOVE this little guy ~ seriously, Olaf, you are so adorable ~ I had so much fun putting this little guy together for our kids Christmas cards ~ each family has little ones who are obsessed with the "Frozen" movie, so, each family is getting the same Christmas card! thanks so much for stopping by and having a quick peek! If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask ~ Have a Very Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year ~ If you live in Winnipeg or the vicinity and would like to host a party I would love to come and stamp with you and your friends!! Or, come here and create with me at one of my many clubs or class...

I have been wanting to join the Merry Monday Challenge on a regular basis, but life just won't seem to allow me the time....so when I do get to play along, I'm giddy like a little girl on Christmas morning ~ how fitting!!! And now that I see the sketch challenge, I realized that I forgot my bow at the top of my card...I sure hope that's okay Lesley! I really enjoy putting this together and it sparkles like crazy...although the picture doesn't do it justice at all!...I used my homemade shimmer mist using rubbing alcohol and Frost White Shimmer Paint, I misted the card and the ornaments! I also used my Dazzling Details on the ornaments on both sides, take a closer look and you'll see the sparkle...see!!!!!  These ornaments where stamped twice, used my Framelits Dies adhered my gold cord and then kissed these ornaments together! Then I got out the bling!!! Love it! And as you can see below, these ornaments are free flowing on the card! I masked the inside...

Call me crazy....I'm thrilled that it's pouring rain out today...my garden & flowers are getting watered...and I'm in my studio, playing, creating, singing to some favourite tunes and loving this day. I went on a hunt to find some challenges that I'd love to take part in and came across Lesley's Merry Monday Challenge ...I've always wanted to play along with this challenge, but never seemed to have the opportunity...but everything changed today! You really should pop by for some great inspiration!  Oh I had So Much Fun...so here's my card Thank you so much for stopping by today ~ I hope you have a wonderful day...I'd better run, it's still raining out, I just may get another card created! Stamps: All Holidays, Christmas Collage, Bells & Boughs w-120831 c-121142 Paper:  Whisper White, Cottage Wall DP, Ink:  Basic Black, Old Olive, Staz On, Rich Razzleberry  Acc: Labels Collection 125598 , Scallop Trim Border 118402 ...

The Paper Players  # 71 challenge brought to you by the fabulous Anne Marie was so much fun! If you've never been to Anne Marie's blog....well.....you have to! So I guess I'm suggesting (strongly!!!) that you play along with this challenge and check out the other DT members (I promise, you won't be dissappointed, these girls are amazing!) This is what Anne Marie is calling out for ~ I think I can do this? I saw this one day as I was strolling through blogland and knew I wanted to recreate this altered milk carton. Another one of my many favorite blogs is Elaine's, she is so creative and I love to pop in on her, here is where I found my inspiration, and she also put together a fabulous youtube tutorial! So let's get busy..... as you can see, I can't create a gift box without a matching card  ~ and this one is just a sweet litte 3 x 3...super fun to create ~ In following the recipe, my 3 patterened papers are from the Candy Cane Christmas found in last yea...

Fall has definitely been ushered into my neighborhood ~ the trees are glorious, the air is crisp and the garden has fallen into it's winter rest....did I say winter!!! You bet, and I've been busy getting ready for my Christmas Stack Class ~ here is a peek at just one of the cards that we will be creating ~ I flipped the sketch from {Freshly Made}   and loosely followed it and my card also qualifies for the Friday Mash Up , as they called out for snowflakes!  ~ thanks girls for these wonderful challenges ~ please visit these gals and join in the fun! And the card..........I sponged just a tad around this wonderful tree found in the Christmas Lodge stamp set ~ what a beautiful set and a must have in my studio! The snowflake was created using the Northern Frost Die, sticky tape & Dazzling Diamonds....a girl can never have to many dazzling diamonds! It's really hard to tell in the photo, but I used Shimmery White CS ~ there is a very subtle misting of snowflakes across th...

Finding balance is usually difficult me for ~ it means I can't ALWAYS do what I'd love to do but also what is needed. So in trying to find balance in my present world, I've had to make some very hard choices, first being my classes...I love getting together with my friends to create, but needed to cut my class time in half...and the other was the posting on my blog when I'm able to and not a daily thought and hope to get to it event! Both of these decisions effect my studio time and playing along with challenges...so today I feel SO priviledged that I got to play and my card went along with the challenge that I found at PPA113 which was to Heat Emboss. I definetley agree with the DT, heat embossing just gives everything a pop! So here is a picture of my card which was heat embossed using Dazzling Diamonds...haven't played with that for such a long time and I had a blast ~ it was so nice to create...I miss doing this daily, but....well, you know... These cuties we...

Good day! After weeks of no play, I found it really difficult to get my mojo on! I think I spent more time wandering than playing! I started with a challenge from Stamping411  #184 My color inspiration came from the The Color Throwdown  #123...put my head down and got to work! So here is the card that I created....a Christmas card in January, this is definitely a first for me, I've never created a Christmas card at the beginning of the year. the little ornaments are the punch outs from the border and then I applied Crystal Effects to them, after I adhered them, I wish I had just left the banner clean...too late....that's on there! I also applied Crystal Effects to each of the ornaments on my DP. I really liked the effect, I'll definitely be keeping that in mind, just really adds a subtle punch to the card. Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope you have a great day today in whatever you do! Stamps:  Love You Much, Teeny Tiny Wishes Paper:  Always A...

Welcome to Inkspirations Christmas Gift Blog Tour !!!  I'm sure you're overflowing with great Christmas gift ideas now ~ These gals are so talented and I count it such a privilege to be apart of this tour ~ I'm sure you enjoyed your time with  Gardenia ...isn't she amazing! I hope you have a great visit with me and feel inspired as you take a peek at just a few creations that I've been busy with!  I created this gift box for a dear friend ~ I had a personalized mug painted for her and this was the perfect way to wrap it up ~  I had so much fun creating this gift box ~ now it's wrapped up and ready to be gifted! Here are a few snaps of her Gift Tag ~ I found this on Tammy White's blog and knew I needed to create this to go along with my Gift Box! I pulled the ornament up toward the knot of my ribbon..... ...Then back down toward my Gift Tag, that has now become a Star! Isn't that adorable! My last creation that I'd like to ...

It was so much fun joining in the challenge from  Color Throwdown  today ~ I've been so busy with Christmas prep, caring for my in-laws who have been quite ill for the past few days and just keeping up with daily needs ~ my DH was home sick today, I wasn't 100%, but well enough to play along, so this consumed my day and I had a blast! So when I grabbed my colors I couldn't believe that I don't own Pear Pizzazz in Write Marker or Stamp Pad, so I improvised the coloring of my holly leaves with Wild Wasabi ~ sure hope that's okay! My little jewellery tags were punched with Pear Pizzazz and stamped using Riding Hood Red. The ornament was stamped with Versa Mark and then embossed with Iridescent Ice EP, it looks amazing IRL, but I'm not totally pleased with the out come of the card....I feel like there's something missing ~ not sure what that is....any idea's, I'd love to hear them! Here's a quick peek of the inside of the card Thank you so muc...