Awesome Deena Rutter

Guest Designer Gig

Here's my last card from my Guest Design Gig over at The Alley Way Stamps.

The set is called Petal Pushers and it's pretty fun to work with.

Colour Q Challenge #259

Well it's Tuesday and time for another challenge over at the Colour Q.

Let me explain this page a minute.  I took these photos of my kids at the beach last week.  We've been having a warm and sunny September here in Vancouver.  And there is not school yet as the teachers have been out on strike since June.  As I am both a teacher, and married to a teacher, it's been a tough financial ride for us.  But spending the morning on the picket line gives me time to spend with my own kids.  And taking them down to the beach last week gave me a lot of unexpected joy during a really stressful time.  

The great news for me was that I woke up this morning to the news that the labour dispute has finally come to an agreement in the wee hours of the morning, and on Thursday we we vote to ratify it.  So hopefully the schools will be open next week - YAY!

It doesn't matter where you live, I'm sure you can agree that we should expect our government to follow the law, and when the break the law they should be held accountable.  And this was a major part of why we were out on strike.  I did it for the future of my children's education.

So enough of the political rant, and back to my page.  I really like using the dark background.  I think it really sets of the rest of the colours on this page.

I used these kits to make this page.

 

And this fantastic template

More Deena Rutter

More Deena Rutter

Here's another card I made with this month's Deena Rutter Every Little Bit kit.

You can find these kits here

Deena Rutter New Release

Here's a cute card that I made with the latest release from Deena Rutter.

Colour Q #257

I adore this color combo this week.

And I had so much fun putting together this page.

I took some cute photos on a hike with my kids a few weeks ago.

Thanks for stopping by today

Sandra

My Girl

Here's a quick little card I whipped up for Teagan's birthday this week.  I used a kit from My Mind's Eye.  And I'm entering it in the contest at Seize the Birthday this week.

Colour Q Challenge #256

A few weeks ago we went on a multi-day camping trip.  Yes my back survived multiple days on an air matress.  It was a lot of fun.  We went to a nearby provincial park.  It was very organized for the long weekend.  This particular weekend they hold their annual lantern festival every year.  It was very organized and a lot of fun.  The parents wound up doing most of the work, but Brad kept bragging to everyone that he was married to a papercrafter so I was bound to come up with something great.  Well, it wasn't horribly original, but I made a solid lantern.

Anyway, I digress...

This week I used the latest kit from Mye De Leon, to create this great page below.

Hop on over to Colour Q and check out the great samples from the Design Team.

The Alley Way Stamps

Here are a few samples I made for my Guest Design Spot over at the Alley Way Stamps.

I used some cute paper from My Mind's Eye

and the Monster Mash set from The Alley Way Stamps.

thanks for stopping by today.

Sandra

Birthday Bows and Flags

Here's a cute card I made to add to my birthday stash.I decided to try out some cool paper I picked up while in California and made a few birthday cards.  

The stamps are from a Hampton Art/ Echo Park die cut set from Sizzix.  

I pulled together some ribbon and buttons from my stash, and some small acccessories from the dollar bin at Michael's.

Guest Designer Gig!

I was very fortunate enough to have been asked to be a Guest Designer for the Alley Way Stamps this month.  I love the cartoon look to their designs.

Here's what I came up with using their set

Petal Pushers.

and some paper from Crate Paper

Hop on over to their blog as well, and check out the challenges and samples they have up.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Sandra

Bright Birthday

Here's another fancy birthday card I put together with paper from Authentique, a doily from Michael's and a sentiment from DCWV.

Colour Q #251 - sorry it's late

So I'm not so organized this week - sorry.  Here's my sample for this week's Colour Q.

So I just LOVE this colour combo this week.  Purple is my favourite colour.  And Concord Crush is my favourite Stampin' Up color EVER!!!!!

Below you will find the kits and template that I used for this page.  The template is from Southern Serenity Designs.

Blue Soccer

Here's the final thank you card I made for Teagan's soccer coaches.  

Click here to see one of the other cards from this set.

Forever and Always

 Here's a cute card I made for an upcoming wedding we are attending.  I know that the bride loves purple.

I cut out the ampersand with my Silhouette Cameo, and I cut out the window using a die from Stampin' Up!

To make those little rows of sequins, I put down strips of double sided tape and then used tweezers to carefully lie down each sequin one by one - it took a bit of time.

I then used a paper piercer to pop the holes around the border and hand stitched the edges

The sentiment is a stamp from Stamping up.  I cut it out using a paper cutter first, and then craft scissors to make the flag ends.  Then I cut it in half to take out the & on the stamp.

Colour Q Challenge #250

Can you believe that Colour Q is having their 250th challenge???  Crazy I know.

I absolutely LOVE this colour combo.  You have a choice of using black and white and one of the colours from the dress, OR all of the colours from the dress - I chose the latter.  Hop on over to the Colour Q to see what the DT have come up with.

I had this adorable photo of my daughter and I taken last week.  We did a tour of one of the local mines.  It was a copper mine but they closed down in the 1970's and then reopened as a museum about 10 years later.  I have driven by this mine a million times as it's on the way to Whistler, our local ski destination, but I had never been there before.   It was fun!

I also happened to have just bought this great kit "Girls Time Out from" Pixels and Co.  Talk about perfect timing.

 I also used this template from Fiddle Dee Dee Designs to put it all together.

Thanks again for stopping by today!

Soccer Flame

Here's a little Thank You card I whipped up a few months back for Teagan's soccer coach.  I found the image through MS word and I coloured it with markers.

Colour Q Challenge #249

Although my son's 8th birthday was a few months ago, I finally found a colour combo that I thought worked well with these photos of him in his red shirt.  Hop on over to Colour Q and check out the fabulous creations from the Design Team.