RTB81 - Sew What!

Woot woot!! It's the Friday before Halloween!


Hope you've all had a great week, readers. :) It's been a fairly busy one at my apartment, but everything is coming together. I'm getting gussied up in my costume tonight and going out for the first of the festivities this weekend. What do you plan on dressing up?


This week's Raise the Bar challenge is titled SEW WHAT?!! LOL


We want to see stitching or anything sewing related on your projects. 

Hope to see you playing along with us! If you upload to any online galleries, please label RTB81 for your keywords.


To see what the other Bar-tenders have created, please check out all of their blogs below:

Miss Julie will be taking a break for the few weeks.

Please visit Jan and send her some well wishes, she has stepped down from the Raise the Bar Challenge Team... All the best Jan!
Jan

Joni

Wanda

For further information and to see what our Guest Designers have made, check out the Raise the Bar blog.

I used Jen's Deconstructed Sketch as seen below:

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you have a fun and safe weekend!

Supplies:
Stamps - Crafty Secrets
Paper - Basic Grey, Stampin' Up
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Cyan Versacolor
Accessories - Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), adhesive lace ribbon & brads(Basic Grey, Stampin' Up), bobby pin & twine (Stampin' Up)

Happy Owl-oween!

Hiya friends!


I am finalizing the details and decorations of my upcoming Halloween party and look forward to having a spooky ol' time this Saturday. Perhaps I will post photos, yes? :) What are you going to be doing this year for Hallow's Eve?

I didn't get to making as many Halloween cards as I had hoped, but this is one that I have been wanting to make using this My Mind's Eye line for awhile! I love the die cut stickers; they are just so easy and quick to make cards.


I'll be back tomorrow for the Raise the Bar Challenge. See you then!


Supplies:
Stamps - Essential Sentiments (Amuse)
Paper - My Mind's Eye, Bazzill
Ink - Tuxedo Black (Memento), Pumpkin Pie (Stampin' Up!)

Accessories - circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), ribbon (Michaels), rhinestones (Forever in Time), picket fence punch (Marta Stewart)

Night Out with Sparkle, Peggy and Spike!

Hiya readers! Hope your week is going well. :)

Just wanted to shout out to Sparkle and my new friends Peggy and Aileen (AKA Spike). I hung out with these ladies this past Saturday evening and we were chatting about papercrafting, stamps and Copics through the wee hours of the morning! LOL 

Thanks for the laughs, ladies!

RTB70 - Black and Orange

Welcome... and happy Friday!!!

The day that I have been patiently waiting for is here! LOL The leaves are certainly turning as you can see in the background of this photo and Halloween is literally just around the corner now. It is my favourite holiday of the year and as always, I like to go BIG for it. ;)

This week at Raise the Bar, Joni has challenged us to make black and orange projects. That doesn't necessarily mean you need to make a Halloween related project, but hey why not? LOL

Hope to see you playing along with us! If you upload to any online galleries, please label RTB80 for your keywords.

To see what the other Bar-tenders have created, please check out all of their blogs below:

Julie

Jan

Joni

Wanda

For further information and to see what our Guest Designers have made, check out the Raise the Bar blog.

Recognize the layout; I played along with Jen's Deconstructed Sketch last week. :)  

While I had planned to relax and enjoy some reading time, my weekend has now been filled with a dinner party, meeting up with the amazing Sparkle and Peggy as well as attending a baptism!! It's going to be another go-go-go weekend, friends! Hope yours is less hectic. ;) Take care.

Supplies:

Stamps: Magnolia, Paper Trey Ink

Paper: Making Memories, Stampin Up!

Ink: Pumpkin Pie (Stampin' Up!), Tuxedo Black(Memento)

Accessories: Martha Stewart punch, Copics, orange paperclips, circle Nestabilities, rhinestones, corner rounder punch

Farm Fresh Spy Day - Yoga Anya

Hello readers! Can you believe it's already Thursday and that I will be back tomorrow with the Raise the Bar Challenge of the week?!! Geesh, how did the week go by so fast? 

This past weekend I was up in Whistler celebrating a girlfriend's birthday. She is a fellow yoga guru so I knew that I wanted to make a birthday card that was empowering the body and at peace with the mind. Her favourite colour is purple and so I had a colour scheme in mind.  

Doesn't she look like she is in such a relaxed state... and she's glowing!

The inspiration for this layout came from the Farm Fresh Challenge Blog. This week's case came courtesy of Rachel's card as seen below:

Thanks so much for stopping by... your comments ALWAYS warm my heart. 

Supplies:

Stamps - Yoga Anya (The Greeting Farm), Mixed Mega Messages (Paper Trey Ink)

Paper - Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Rich Razzleberry (Stampin' Up!)

Ink - Crumb Cake (Stampin' Up!, Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Accessories - Copic markers, linen thread (Stampin' Up!), twine (My Mind's Eye), Labels 17 & circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), buttons (Basic Grey), border punch (Martha Stewart)

Deconstructed TGF Savannah

Hey there, blog readers! I hope your week is going well so far...

Mine sure has with this card I have going on here! I needed to make a card for a friend for her birthday and last year, she was a burlesque girl for Halloween. When I saw this image from The Greeting Farm, I knew I had to have it! It's been in hibernation for the past while and I'm so glad that I was able to ink it up and colour with my Copics. 

I needed a layout inspiration and I knew that my colour scheme was going to be black and turquoise (the colours of my friend's dress last Halloween) so I turned to the Deconstructed Sketch as well as the Farm Fresh Challenge's Monday Fun-Day challenge. Jen's sketch can be seen below and the Farm Fresh Challenge was black, white and one other colour... PERFECT! 

What are the chances that luck would be in  my favour and that I would be the winner of both the challenges!! Woot woot! But I was so busy last week that you're only seeing this card on my blog now. Ooops. 

Thanks for stopping by with me today (ahem, late in the day and all lol)!

Supplies:

Stamps - Savannah (The Greeting Farm), On Your Birthday (Stampin' Up!)

Paper - Stampin' Up!, Piggy Tales, Hammermill

Ink - Tuxedo Black (Memento), turquoise (Versacolor)

Accessories - Copic markers, lace doily punch (Marta Stewart), oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), flourishes dies (Quickutz), Swiss dots embossing folder (Provo Craft), pearls (Kaiser), ribbon (Offray)

RTB79 - Pink Is In!

Hiya all... I hope that your start of the week is going well! I've been a bad, bad girl and haven't been getting on here to blog. :(

However, I have a few blog posts lined up for you in the next little while so I hope you look forward to seeing them as much as I had tons of fun making the projects. 

Today's post is belated from this past Friday's Raise the Bar Challenge.

 

Pink is in! In honour of the month of October and what it represents, we want to see all your cards  geared towards the strength of PINK and what it represents this month.

Hope to see you playing along with us! If you upload to any online galleries, please label RTB79 for your keywords.

To see what the other Bar-tenders have created, please check out all of their blogs below:

Julie

Jan

Joni

Wanda

For further information and to see what our Guest Designers have made, check out the Raise the Bar blog.

 

I hope you have a great week and I will see you here again really soon!

Supplies:

Stamps - Bliss (Stampin' Up!), Hope for Japan (CTMH)

Paper - Melon Mambo, Crumb Cake, Pink Pirouette (Stampin' Up!), Hammermill

Ink - Melon Mambo, Crumb Cake, Pink Pirouette (Stampin' Up!)

Accessories - wrinkle ribbon (Prairie Bird Boutique), corner rounder (EK Success), Labels 17 (Spellbinders), sponge, Framed Tulips Textured Impressions (Stampin' Up!/Sizzix)

Keepin' Busy and Apartment View

Dear friends,

I haven't posted because I've been a busy gal! Every time I want to try to sit down and post - something draws me away. When I have time to post, I am too tired to get on the computer and upload and write... eek!

Have no fear though, I need to catch up SOON. How do you like the view from my apartment balcony on Saturday morning?

xo

RTB78 - Furry Friends

Hello blog land! Happy Friday to you all! 

I am heading down south of the border this weekend to visit our friends who live close to Seattle. I can't wait to have some rest and relaxation time. :)

It's the first Friday of the month and that means that Raise the Bar has a sponsor! I got to play along with Di's Digi Downloads this week and I boy do they ever have the cutest, furriest images. Our theme this week is to use your FURRIEST FRIENDS. :) One lucky winner will receive 5 free digis from Di!!!

Hope to see you playing along with us! If you upload to any online galleries, please label RTB78 for your keywords.

To see what the other Bar-tenders have created, please check out all of their blogs below:

Julie

Jan

Joni

Wanda

For further information and to see what our Guest Designers have made, check out the Raise the Bar blog.
 

Just as a reminder to all, please support STAMP OUT and abide by the simple rules of digital images. 

Does this layout look familiar? I used the Sweet Sunday Sketch 137 as inspiration. 






Supplies:
Stamps - Windy Play (Di's Digi Downloads)
Paper - Apple Cider (Imaginisce), Pumpkin Pie, Early Expresso, Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories - Copic markers, scallop punch & twine(Stampin' Up!), buttons (Basic Grey),  circle Nestabilities (Spellinders)

Have Hope

Hello blog readers; I hope you're having a good Tuesday so far. 

I was feeling under the weather today and decided to stay home from work. I had a really busy weekend that consisted of a lot of shopping, a pumpkin patch (as seen in yesterday's post), a baby shower and a dinner party. Needless to say, my body decided to tell me "I've had enough" and so I'm just resting up.

Today's card is something I made with Close To My Heart's Hope for Japan stamp set. I wanted to make something that could be altered to represent breast cancer, any cancer support or someone who is going through a hard time. I've always been attracted to pale yellows and creams for encouragement cards so this is what I came up:

A simple yet thoughtful card. I used a Stampin' Up's retired Script background and the phrase inside states:

Life doesn't always happen just as we planned, but I plan to be there for you always.

If you know anyone who is going though a hard time, I encourage you to take a moment and let them know you're there for them. For those of you who are going through something rough yourselves, I am sending an extra hug with positive vibes your way.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies:

Stamps - Hope for Japan (CTMH), Script, Hard to Say (Stampin' Up!)

Paper - Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, So Saffron (Stampin' Up!)

Ink - Early Espresso, Crumb Cake (Stampin' Up!)

Accessories - polka dot (Maya Arts)

Laity Pumpkin Patch

The Beau and I went pumpkin pickin' over the weekend :)

Indeed, autumn is here, my friends and that makes me one happy gal!