HAPPY FATHERS DAY

Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there. Darren, Isaac and I had a great 'family' day yesterday. We headed out first thing in the morning to the old Historical Site on the hwy, (can't remeber the correct name for it...). We enjoyed multiple rides on the miniature trains along with a tractor ride around the little village. Isaac enjoyed every moment of it. We will definitely go again!

Afterwards we enjoyed a wee bit of sunshine on Grandpa and Grandma's deck and then headed to Uncle Nelson's for dinner. A very good dinner I might add!

Isaac ended his day with a bike ride to the school yard and back. He sure does a great job of riding his big bike!

These are a few of the fun Father's Day cards I made. I cased the little oragami shirt on Splitcoast stampers and then found instructions on this very easy fold.

The above card is created with Always Artichoke, Mellow moss and Naturals white cardstock. I did some faux stitching along the edges of the mellow moss and then lightly sponged the naturals white with mellow moss ink. The designer paper is from Four Seasons. I made the little tie with Sahara Sand.

The other two cards are created with a combination of Bashful Blue, Night of Navy, Vintage Violet, Naturals White and again, the Four Seasons designer paper.

The background on the card on the left was stamped with one of four stamps from the Fresh Fillers set. (this set is retiring). This card is also folded differently than the other - the front of the card is folded in half again. The remaining block of paper with the shirt and tie on it is like a flap on the front of the card.

On the other card I did some faux stitching again but used the Night of Navy stampin' write marker to connect the holes to make it look like I sewed it with navy thread. (just not handy with a sewing machine so faux stitching works for me!!)

I had a lot of fun making these cards and in fact sold all of them but one! So this one will go into my favorites folder. The first card made with Always artichoke and mellow moss was created with that specific layout in mind as it follows my latest demonstrator challenge. Each month, we as demonstrators in my group, have challenges to keep us 'challenged' and allows us to get creative in ways that we might not always think to do. This also gives us lots of ideas to keep our customers interested.

Wishing the sun would shine,

Alicia

Three for You

Another little something to get excited about - the Three for You Punch Box. You can see what's included here; 3 stampin' spots, 9 piece stamp set and the trio flower punch. I seem to always gravitate to anything floral. I quickly took time yesterday morning to create a card with this set. Hope you like what I came up with!

The card is created with Almost Amethyst cardstock, coordinating paper from the Palette O'Prints, and the whisper white is blocked on Lovely Lilac. I stamped the flowers with Almost Amethyst and Lovely Lilac. The words say 'just for you'.

Enjoy your day!

Alicia

Rhinestone Sparkle

Check out these pretty little gems - rhinestone brads! Now we can add a little bling bling to our cards and scrapbooks! I can not wait for some spare time to go and get creative with these hot little numbers!

This is just one of the many many things that our new catalogue has to offer! The brads are offered in two shapes - squares or cirles, and two colour families - Fire or Ice! Here's a little preview...

Ok, I am having some major issues blogging today - can't seem to get the photos placed where I want them so its time to move on...I hope you're excited about what you've just seen!!

Enjoy your day,

Alicia

One month to go...

till we bid farewell to our current catalogue. Remember to contact me if there is anything you would like to order from the current catalogue.

I must also mention that we have been notified from head office that there will be a price increase in the next catalogue, due July 1. The price increases are largely due to Stampin' Up!'s increased costs for supplies such as; paper, rubber and wood, along with the increased cost of producing the finished product.

Stampin' Up! has assured us that there will be no increased shipping costs which is nice to know since we all know how expensive it is getting anywhere these days!

I stamped the card to the right about a month ago. I used the Autumn Leaf Prints stamp set. I have only had this stamp set for a short time but it has become one of my favorite! I am sad that it's retiring. I made this card for one of my monthly demonstator challenges. The challenge was to use paper from the In Colour family since it's retiring also. So the colours used are True Thyme, Cranberry Crisp and Marigold Morning cardstock. I used a word window frame from the Hodgepodge Hardware set. I applied some white craft ink to the metal tag and let it dry for a minute or two and then rubbed it to give it a more weathered look (kinda hard to see in the picture). I also added a clip from Hodgepodge Hardware and a piece of ribbon to the top corner to finish the card off.

Time to tend to my son...

Happy stamping

Alicia