My neice's bday card

Hello,
Hope you're having a super week! Last saturday I had some time to stamp while Jacob was napping so I for once planned ahead and made my adorable Neice, Katie her 1st bday card. My sister adopted her this past December and she's the cutest, little bundle EVER!

Thanks for dropping by,
Kerry

teacher gifts

Greetings!

Well with the end of June comes the job of making teacher gifts. If I can, I try to make a gift as a small thank you for being wonderful teachers to my 3 girls.
This year I came accross this wonderful idea on SCS. I bought the frames at Michael's and altered them to be a Dry Erase Board!! I'm hoping the teachers can use them on their desk to write quick notes to themselves....Its earth friendly too as they're saving paper!
My only wish is that the Dry Erase markers would have come with prettier lids...LOL! The bold bright lids just don't coordinate with my lovely designer paper!


Happy Stampin'
Kerry

Happy Easter!

Here are the bunnies the girls made today. I got the idea from Fran Sabad's blog. Aren't they cute! They use the Pick a Petal set, scallop circle punch and oval punch. Add a bit of chalk and - voila! your done!

I showed them how to make one, and they went from there. I actually left the room and continued on with my tasks around the house. I was so surprised they got so many made (There were so many to photograph!). I esp loved the little brown bunnies Mikayla made. She went into my scrap bin and made them!

Have a wonderful weekend!
Kerry

teacher's gifts

Hello!

Finally some crafting done in my home! I'm sure like many of you June is such a super busy month...Combining it with a newborn and its been a whirlwind to say the least :)

I managed to make the teacher gifts last night. Nothing fancy this year, that's for sure but I saw this huge chocolate bars last week and thought this would be a perfect thing to wrap this year as a small token of our appreciation. Used the Bali Breeze DSP, flower fusion felt flowers and die cut flowers. I love how it all coordinates and makes my job easy. Also a Rhinestone brad just finishes it.

I have so many photo's to share of what as a family we've been up to the last few weeks....
Ballet costumes, Jacob growing, Father's Day, Kylie's fun day at preschool, Kylie's graduation from preschool, Mikayla's art show (her work was on display) and my baby shower. I'll try to get them up asap.

Jacob's doing really well. I have a Dr app't tomorrow so i'll find out how much he's gained. Also he still has his jaundice a bit still....going away though which is great. He's on a 3 hour cycle now - almost to the minute it seems! Its amazing how babies can regulate! Speaking of which, its 10:57am and he's due to eat at 11am...I can hear him starting to wake now. See, told ya!

Until next time,
Kerry

journal

Hello!

Well I"m just about to run Kylie to preschool. (not literally LOL), then I'm off to meet with my mentor, Edna. I havn't seen her all summer so I"m super excited to visit with her today. Plus, with Kylie at Preschool now, we'll be able to visit just the 2 of us....no cartoons in the background! Here's a journal I made when my friend Michelle was here a few weeks ago. I'm going to take it with me to Edna's and use it as a prayer journal, and to record my thoughts, and bible verses that she shares with me. She is such an amazing, Godly woman!

I have my Holiday Card Class here this evening. I'll post the 2 cards this weekend that they make!

Have a great weekend,

Happy Stampin'

Kerry

Another one

Good Morning!

Here's one of the cards we're making at my 'Just Punchy' card class tonight! We use the oval template again to make a base for the basket. (small oval this time though) Also used the round tab punch for the basket and the 2 ovals to make the handle. I have quite a few of the wheels retiring and this card uses one of them - Twinkle. I've always liked Twinkle as its so easy to line it up and the rolling doesn't have to be 'perfect.' The gals tonight can choose which sentiment they want but I used this one as I need to use this card this weekend.

I'll upload the other cards after tonight's class.

Hope you have a wonderful day!

Happy Stampin'

Kerry

New use for the Oval Punch!

Good Evening!!!

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

My weekend was good. I had my team meeting this past Saturday which I always enjoy! You know what happened though? In the rush of getting out the door with my make n take, samples from the cruise, swaps i've rec'd, gifts from SU on the cruise, door prizes etc...I totally forgot my file folder with all my paperwork in it! It has my agenda, notes I took from the cruise etc.....

It also had this card in it that I had made to show the gals. On the cruise they mentioned another great idea for the oval stamps....and here is a card I made using that idea! I stamped in black stazon and used my aqua painter and reinkers to colour in. Then stamped the image on a 'post it note' and placed over the coloured image....(esp the lower half of the watering can) On a piece of vellum cardstock I punched one large oval punch out on the bottom, and turned it around and punched a small oval out. (this is my template I can use over and over) I then layed my template over the bottom of the watering can and sponged green stazon over it. When I lifted the template I was left with this perfect anchoring oval!!! If you have any questions about this please feel free to ask away.

I have my 'Just Punchy' card class this thursday which will be a fun class...

Anyway lots on my 'to do' list tonight so that's all folks.

Happy Stampin'

Kerry

new home card

Hi there,

Well I can see the light at the end of the tunnel!!!

My swaps are all done for the SU cruise!

My long time friend Michelle is moving this weekend into a new home so I wanted to make a special card for her to congratulate them! Here is a card I made using the 'Right at Home' set. Also, I knew those little keys from the dollar store would come in handy one day!

Sets - Right at Home, Warmest Regards

Cardstock - Choc Chip, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue

Classic Ink - Choc Chip, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink

Soft Subtles brads, linen thread, celery grosgrain

Once my club night is all done tomorrow I'll upload the project we're doing then. I want it to be a surprise for the gals!

Hope you have a great day!

Happy Stampin'

Kerry

Coaster Box

Hi gals!

Just wanted to share a coaster box that I made with my cousin Ruth on Saturday night. My idea is to fill it with Easter 'grass' and then put some Easter eggs in it - chocolate of course :) I modgepodged the designer paper over the coasters. Used Apricot Appeal craft pad on the On Board accent flower then sprinkled clear EP over and heat set. Used the Hostess level 1 Tags n More stamp set for the tag. There's a Mellow Moss eyelet in the centre of the flower too.

I sure love these coasters! I didn't realize you could do so much with them!

Happy Stampin'

Kerry

Storm on again

Good Morning!

Well the rain and wind is coming on strong and I feel so nice and cozy in my home today...no plans to go out so taking it easy. Here's a very quick card I made last night as I wanted to use my new stamp set from my cousin Ruth that I got for Christmas. Hard to make out but I used shimmery white c/s on a pretty in pink pocket note. The set is called Because of You. I used one of my fav colour combo's - pretty in pink, certainly celery and apricot appeal. Nice and 'springy'! The bottom is tied with pink gingham. Did Faux stitching around the edge too.

Anyway I hope you all had a Wonderful New Year's Eve & Day! We spent both nights with friends - both nights playing games and it was alot of fun! New Year's Eve we were up until 3am!! Yikes - don't do that too often but the time just went WAY too fast!

I have 2 new classes listed on my website if you're interested.

Have a great day, Kerry

Window Sheet overlay

Missed me? I'm sorry for being absent...its been such a crazy week! Won't bore you with the details...I'll just talk about fun things like Stampin'!

Here's a card I made this past summer. It was first my try at using a window sheet to make an overlay. Stamped a bunch of Birthday saying's on it and layed it over the card. I recommend using Stazon though on the window sheets as its dries alot quicker and doesn't smudge.

I have my tag making class here this thursday and then I'm really excited about my First Level downline Christmas party this sunday at my house! We're doing a shoe box swap and also i'm going to provide the make n take of a chipboard coaster mini book. Lots of food, friends and fellowship (and of course stampin') what could be better than that?

After that I'm taking a break for a few weeks from the business side of stampin' and concentrating on getting my Christmas cards done (and started) and also some gifty type things I want to create done. I have the cutest little tins from my local scrapbooking store that I want to decorate and fill with cards for my mom for Christmas.

My Mystery Hostess Event ended last night and it was a huge success! Thank you to everyone that participated. I had a whopping 8 prizes to draw for and was so happy to let the gals know that won! 4 free hostess sets and the Free merchandice was broken up into 4 amounts so there were more winners....

Hope everyone is staying warm and cozy and not going too crazy with the Christmas rush yet...

Take care,
Kerry

p.s. made a cute gift but can't upload it until I've actually given it to my friend..don't want her to see it here first! Will upload later this week.

Joy Fold card - Misting technique

Good evening,

Well the kids had school after all....boy was it a good workout pushing our jogger stroller thru that thick, wet snow! Uphill on the way to school, then thankfully downhill coming home....did it 2x, plus shoveled for an hour! I'm sure i'll feeling those muscles tomorrow!

Here is one of my favourite cards that I made quite a few months ago with my clubs. It is a Joy Fold card and we used the misting technique. Worked perfectly with the Roses in Winter stamp set. I thought it might be a nice change from Christmas cards having this on my blog today. I'm going to spend the evening with my hubby so no stampin' tonight!

Have a great night!
Kerry

Chipboard Coaster Mini book

Hi there!

Wow, its almost midnight! I can't believe it! I was so excited as I just finished my first chipboard coaster mini book. I was inspired to try it as Beate on SCS gave a wonderful tutorial here http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/coasterminibook.php so I had to try it! I even was able to nab some coasters at Red Robin restaurant a few days ago so I was ready to go. I used a flower chipboard from On Board Accents and also the new stamp set Sweet on You from the new Winter Mini catalog (available Dec 1st). I love the new designer 2 sided paper from the Winter Mini as well called Loves Me....worked perfect for this gift i'm going to give my hubby for Valentines Day. I'm planning on journalling special things I love about him in it.

On another note the snow is just falling again! Looks like school will be closed yet again. Wouldn't you know it that Friday is a scheduled day off already so that makes a total of 4 hours of school this week since today was early dismassal due to Parent/ Teacher interviews......girls are sad as they miss school and their friends.

Hope you're all staying safe and getting some stampin' done!

Looking forward to teaching this as a class in the New Year.

Kerry

Artwork shared...

Good Afternoon! Just sitting down with my cup of hot chocolate after some sledding at our school awhile ago....its a beautiful, crisp, sunny afternoon...

Since I decided to remove my slideshow with the artwork that has been shared by my customers I thought i'd post some now....I have approval from all the gals that have submitted to me. (thank you Lori, Chris, Amy and Annette!) Thank you for sharing and keep it up, I love to see what everyone has been creating at home!

Stay warm,
Kerry

White Crayon Resist card

Hello there!!!
Finally having a moment to upload a card that I had made last year! I've been busy prepping for 2 clubs this week and don't want to upload those yet, until next week so found this card that I liked.
Its using Lovely as a Tree and the technique White Crayon Resist. I stamped the trees on glossy cardstock with Hunter Green. Dried using heat gun. Then with my China White marker (instead of a white crayon which break easily) I outline the brances and ground of the tree....Then you pounce over the whole thing with Amythyst classic ink....(OH, before doing that make a mask of the moon and stick it down...then pounce with the ink)....Once don't wipe whole thing with a kleenex to remove the white crayon residue...Voila!!!
I love this technique and its easy and mess free to do! Try it, you'll like it :)

On another note we lugged all our Christmas totes in the house today so I've been busy decorating my house for Christmas! I love this time of year..getting it all out with my girls (and hubby)....

Have a great day,
Kerry

What a STORM!

Hello there!
WOW, we had a wicked wind/rain storm yesterday! I had slept over at my Mother in Law's the night before last to help take her to an app't that was yesterday morning..and boy did we wake up to alot of rain and wind! Stayed with her until around 3pm and then slowly made my way home along the freeway! Slowed to a crawl at one point as there was a huge tree that had fallen blocking the slow lane so we all had to merge. I felt like my van was going to be swept away but white knuckled it home to find our power was out. Picked up my other 2 girls at their playdate and made my way home...As dark was approaching I got all the candles and flashlights ready..girls in their PJ's etc.....after our yummy dinner of PB&jam we got out the craft/stampin' supplies and craft'd by candlelight!!! I've included the projects I made last night.... One of them is a candy pouch holder (the blue one)....and the other 2 are 2,4,6,8 Boxes...I used my new set - The Snowflake Spot and added some 'bling' stickers I had...(hard to make out in the pic)....also used my uno signa white gel pen and added white dots to fill in the background.

It was actually a very special time with my girls...so quiet and peaceful.

Let me know what your experience was....I hope everyone is ok.

Kerry

Good Morning!

Well not so good around here as my whole family has a rotten cold. Sooo I found a nice, bright, cheery card among my samples i've made and decided to load that. Its using Basket Full of Fun which is a Level 3 Hostess Set. I used Watercolour Crayons and an Aqua Painter and coloured it in. Bashful Blue, Pixie Pink and Barely Banana are the cardstock colours. Tied with a bit of Celery grosgrain ribbon.

Hope you find something to brighten your day today. Just a peek of sunshine would sure brighten mine!

Oh, one good thing is that last night I started doing a 'clean sweep' of my stampin' room. I have so many old magazines that i've kept - old Creating Keepsakes, Paper Krafts etc...also old Stampin' Success's from Stampin' Up! I never go thru them anymore so i'm going to skim thru them and give away old ones. If anyone is interested in them let me know. Shipping could get costly as I'm in Canada but i'm open. If you're local you could just come by and pick them up.

Off to get the girls to school...I usually walk but today is a driving day! (and stay in the car day)....I look like Rudolph LOL.

Talk soon,
Kerry