2018 Calendar - December

Everything: Close to My Heart

2018 Calendar - November

Patterned Paper: SEI
Leaves: SEI
Cardstock: Rellections

2018 Calendar - October

Patterned Paper: Echo Park - Arsenic & Lace
Stamp: Tim Holtz
Stencil: Tim Holtz

2018 Calendar - September

Patterned Paper: Authentique
Die (together): Sizzix Tim Holtz

2018 Calendar - August

Patterned Paper: Echo Park - This and That
Washi Tape: Amy Tangerine
Wooden Piece: bought at Michaels

2018 Calendar - July

Patterned Paper: SEI
Diecuts: SEI
Leaf: ???
Bling: Queen and Co.

2018 Calendar - June

Everything: Diecuts with a View - Once Upon a time

2018 Calendar - May

Patterned Paper: Prima - Heritage
Chipboard: Prima - Heritage
Sticker: Prima - Heritage
Diecuts: Prima - Heritage
Ink: Close to My Heart

2018 Calendar - April

Patterned Paper: Jillibean Soup
Stickers: Jillibean Soup
Rhinestones: Want2Scrap
Cardstock: Bazzill

2018 Calendar - March

Patterned Paper: Kaisercraft - Ubud
Diecuts: Kaisercraft - Ubud
Stars: Close to My Heart
Twine: ???
Ribbon: ???
Gems: Kaisercraft
Cardstock: Recollections

2018 Calendar - February

Patterned Paper: Prima - Rossibelle
Diecuts: Prima - Rossibelle
Ribbon: ???

2018 Calendar - January

Patterned Paper: BoBunny - Whiteout
Stickers: BoBunny
Diecuts: Bobunny
Rhinestones: Want2Scrap

2018 Calendar

I made a calendar for Mom as a Christmas present.

Twelve 8x8 scrapbooked pages with photos of immediate family members.

This is the cover:

Everything: Diecuts with a View
Except
Alphabet stickers: Simple Stories
Cardstock: Recollections

USE YOUR STUFF - Merry Christmas

Here's a Christmas ornament I made.

Medallion die: Tim Holtz
Premade bird: bought at Michaels.
Noel die: Recollections
Patterned Paper: Tim Holtz
Gold fussycut piece (under Noel): Paper Studio
Tulle: ??
Twine: ??

MERRY CHRISTMAS! 

USE YOUR STUFF Challenge #293 - Holiday Stamp

Everything: Close to My Heart
EXCEPT
Gold Embossing Powder: Recollections
Turquoise paper: unknown, a left-over piece on my table

Let's see what else the DT gals have come up with HERE. 

USE YOUR STUFF Challenge #292 - Christmas is Coming!

Everything: Close to My Heart (using PML cards)

Let's see what the other DT members have come up with HERE.  

USE YOUR STUFF Challenge #291 - Woodgrain

It's my turn to host the challenge and this time it's all about woodgrain.  My background paper looks like wooden panels and I've used wooden hearts.

Patterned Paper: Crate Paper
                            American Crafts - 1canoe2
                            Carta Bella - Flora
Stamp: Blue Ridge Impressions
Watercolour Paint: Close to My Heart
Wood hearts: Studio Calico
Twine: ???
Cardstock: Close to My Heart
Sentiment Stamp: ???

Let's see what the other gals have come up with here.

USE YOUR STUFF Challenge 290 - Heat Embossing

Majo wants us to do some heat embossing, preferably in GOLD.

Here's a Christmas card using all Close to My Heart products and designed by our CTMH guru, Julie Carriere.

Check out what the other gals of the UYS Design Team has come up with here.

USE YOUR STUFF Challenge #289 - Thankful

A Thanksgiving card for an American friend.

Patterned Paper: Simple Stories - Harvest Lane
Stickers: Simple Stories - Harvest Lane
Twine: Hemptique
Buttons: from my stash

Let's see what the rest of the gals have come up with here.  

USE YOUR STUFF Challenge #288 - 5 or more patterned papers.

Karrie would like us to use lots of patterned paper on our project so I made up this simple masculine card from some scraps.

Cardstock: Recollections
Patterned Paper: American Crafts - 1canoe2
                            Carta Bella - Flora
                            Crate Paper
Stamp: Lawn Fawn - Scripty Sayings
Wood deer: Southern Ridge Trading Company

Let's see what those other crafty ladies have been up to here.  

USE YOUR STUFF Challenge #286 - Halloween

On the way to my mom's last year, I came across this house out in the country that had all these wonderful Halloween decorations set up.

Patterned Paper: Echo Park - Arsenic and Lace
Patterned Paper: Martha Stewart
Stickers: Echo Park - Arsenic and Lace
Gems: Close to My Heart
Software: Photoshop Elements 14

USE YOUR STUFF Challenge #284 - Orange and/or Pumpkin

Lori has asked us to the colour ORANGE and/or a pumpkin on our project this week.

Patterned Paper and Stickers: Echo Park - Arsenic and Lace
Border punch: Fiskars
Ink: Close to My Heart
Sketch: CardMaps

Let's see what the other team members have come up with here.

Surviving Shingles - 2008

A month before I retired, I came down with a NASTY bout of shingles.  Here are three things that helped me get through it.

NOTE: If you are old enough to get the shingles vaccination, DO IT! No one should have to go through that!

Done at Crop and Create - Cornwall.

Cardstock: Bazzill
Pocket cards: (I think these are My Minds Eye)
Splat Stamps: Close to My Heart
Alphabet stickers: American Crafts
                            Heidi Swapp
                            Prima
Elephant Clip: Clip It
Word stickers: Tim Holtz
Ribbon: Recollections
Arrows: Recollections
Sketch: Creative Scrappers
Photos of ice cream and Veronica Mars downloaded from the internet.
Photo of Wicked was scanned from my programme.

New Glasses - 2017

Done at Crop and Create this past weekend.

Helping my mom and sister pick out new glasses.

Patterned Paper: Pink Paislee - Switchboard
Cardstock: Bazzill
Diecuts/Chipboard: Close to My Heart
Alphas: Prima
Stars: Studio Calico
Ink: Close to My Heart
Sketch: PageMaps

Buds - 2010

Done at Crop and Create Cornwall this past weekend.

Patterned Paper: Close to My Heart - Later Sk8tr and Cruisin'
Pen: Prima
Ink: Close to My Heart
Wooden Stars: Studio Calico
Gears: Bead Landing
Stencil: Crafters Workshop
Sketch: PageMaps 8.5x11 stretched 12x12

Toy Story Midway Mania - 2017

Done at Crop and Create Cornwall this past weekend.

Patterned Paper: Carta Bella - Toy Box
Dies/Stickers: Carta Bella - Toy Box
Washi Tape: Darice
Ticket Stamp: Unity Stamp
Punches: Disney (?)
                EK Success
Cardstock: ???
Toy Story Logo: Downloaded from the internet
Sketch: PageMaps

USE YOUR STUFF Challenge #282 - The Blues

It's my turn to host the challenge this week and I chose - THE BLUES.  It's my favourite genre of music and my favourite colour of clothing to wear.

Patterned Paper: Kaisercraft - Indigo Skies
Diecuts: Kaisercraft - Indigo Skies
Lace: from my stash
Rhinestones: Want @ Scrap
Doily: Unique
Ink: Close to My Heart
Sketch: PageMaps

Yes, the background paper looks black/white but it's actually navy/white.

Let's see what the rest of the UYS Design Team has come up with here.  

Inspriration Village - 2017

Everything Close to My Heart (including Cricut pieces)
Paper Kit: Jack
Layout designed by Julie Carriere.

EXCEPT:
Brads: Recollections or Memory Makers

Playing tourist in my own home town.

Canadian Quilt - 2017

Everything Close to My Heart (including Cricut pieces)
Paper Kit: Jack
Layout designed by Julie Carriere.

Photo of a quilt made by the Prince Edward County (Ontario) Quilter's Guild to commemorate Canada's 150th birthday.  It represents all 13 provinces and territories.  On display at the Royal Canadian Air Force Museum in Trenton, Ontario.

USE YOUR STUFF Challenge #280 - Pets

Majo has challenged us to do a project on pets.  Unfortunately, I read the challenge incorrectly (duh) and thought it was just animals in general.  So I did a card with a couple of birds.  (well technically, birds can be a pet....just saying...)

Sorry Majo!

Patterned Paper: Kaisercraft - Vintage Timeless
Paper Tape: Heidi Swapp (this stuff has been hanging around forever)
Lace: Recollections
Twine: American Crafts
Ink: Stampin Up
Bird Die: Spellbinders (I think?)
Word Sticker: Tim Holtz

Let's see what the other gals came up with here.

USE YOUR STUFF Challenge # 278 - No cards or layouts...

I had bought myself one of those journaling books a while back, with intentions of doing some journaling pages to practice different techniques, etc. But I never got around to it.  This challenge from Amanda was the perfect opportunity to get started.

Stamp and Die and Stencil:  Stampendous
Other stencil (border at bottom): Crafter's Workshop
Washi Tape:  Recollections
Coloured Pencils: Prismacolor
Inks: Ranger
Wordstickers: Tim Holtz
Wink of Stella: Zig

Let's see what the rest of the gals have come up with here.

Christmas Dinner - 2016

Hubby, mom and I had a WONDERFUL Christmas dinner at Waring Place in Picton, Ontario.  The Victorian style house was fully decorated with each windowsill, tree and counter a different Christmas theme.  Just beautiful. And the food was delicious!

Patterned Paper: Recollections and Creative Imaginations
Cardstock: CraftSmith and Core'dinations
Die: Dienamics
Lace: Recollections
Brads: Echo Park

This layout is based on the SCT 365 sketch for the month of March.

USE YOUR STUFF Challenge #276 - New Beginnings

Kristin has asked us to create a project based on new beginnings - new home, new job, new baby.... 

I'm at the age where a lot of my friends have either retired or are going to retire soon.  I, myself, have been retired for a few years.  I highly recommend it!

Patterned Paper: Little Yellow Bicycle - Saturdays
Chipboard stickers (ENJOY banner): Little Yellow Bicyle
Lace: Recollections
Cardstock: Recollections
Rafia: unknown
Sentiment Stamp: Stampin Up
Ink: Close to My Heart
Stencil: Crafter's Workshop

Let's see what the rest of the Design Team have come up with HERE.

USE YOUR STUFF Challenge #275 - For the Love of Children

Patterned Paper: Heidi Swapp
Robot Stamp: Stampers Anonymous - Tim Holtz
Metallic Pens: Marvy Sharpie, Pigma
Coloured Pencils: Prismacolor
Ink: Close to My Heart; Ranger
Phrase sticker: Tim Holtz
Silver gems: EK Success
Stencil: The Crafter's Workshop

Let's see what the rest of team have come up with for this challenge, here.  

Close to My Heart Workshop - June 2017

We used the No Worries kit here and I did 5 pages - 2 double page layouts and a single page layout.

Extra items used are:

Alphas: Tim Holtz Carnival dies
Date stamp: Amy Tangerine
Mickey punch: EK Success
Word Stickers: Tim Holtz

All photos were taken on our Florida trip - March/April, 2017

Adventureland in Animal Kingdom - Disney World, Florida

Meeting Tarzan - Disney World, Florida

Johns Pass (near Clearwater), Florida

Pride - 2017

While we were having a girls' weekend in Toronto, the Pride Parade was on.  We weren't able to watch the parade (our hotel was too far away), but we wanted to show our support by going through this rainbow they had set up at the train station.

Patterned Paper: Doodlebug (all except for the red - Photoplay)
Journaling card: Doodlebug
Cardstock: Bazzill
Rickrack (multi coloured): Wrights (I've had this FOREVER)
Rickrack (blue): unknown
Buttons: unknown
Wooden Shapes: Recollections
Alpha Stamps: Close to My Heart
Coloured Pencils: Prisma Colour
Washi Tape (pink): unknown
Sketch: PageMaps - March, 2017 - it was originally an 8.5x11 sketch

The Wedding Party - 2016

At my niece's wedding.

Using the Close to My Heart Workshop called HELLO LOVELY. I wasn't there for this workshop and have started to do these layouts on my own.