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Sweet Summer Cherries

This card was created mid Summer and I'm a wee bit behind in posting. The cherries and shaped card base are cut with the Cricut Preserves Cartridge, the background text is an old fave from Hero Arts.

Added some detailing with a white sharpie marker & glossy accents. The card is sprayed with Glimmer Mist for a shimmery effect.

Since I used the Preserves cartridge to make the cherries card I thought I would share some preserves made over the weekend :)

yep lots of peach and mixed berry jam!

thanks for stopping by. have a great day :)

Summer Deer

It's been a while since I last posted here on my blog. Been painting and cleaning the house for weeks now and it's finally finished..... I hope!

This card was made a while back and I wanted to share and hopefully get back into the swing of blog life that I miss so much.

The deer stamp is a Wild Rose stamp coloured and with Copics. The gingham background paper is from an old 12x12 Anna Griffin design and the added floral ribbon is from Craft Smart at Michaels.

Close up :)

Hope your Summer has been a good one, just cant believe its almost over. Still working on making jam and have 4 baskets of peaches waiting to ripen.
Hope you enjoy the rest of the week!

Smiles :) Nat

I'm on holidays right now and still have another week off of work. Been doing lots of painting around the house, organization and gardening too. Made a card with the Cricut Preserves and Bo Bunny Lemonade Stand Summer paper pack.

The strawberry was cut with paint chips from Martha Stewart! :) picked up at Home Depo!

Wishing you a wonderful day!

Made with...

Sew Mini Janome

Bo Bunny Lemonade Stand paper

Paint Chips

misc lace trimmings

Hero Arts stamp set CL599 Picnic

Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing

Memento Ink rich cocoa

various buttons

Coats button thread white

Summer fishin!

Super quick post before work this morning. Created this card using Kraftin Kimmmie's Cherish stamp set designed by Rachel Ann Miller. I totally love the little frogs in this set and sweet Summery details :)

The card is coloured with Copics with an airbrushed sky. The pattern paper is Bo Bunny's Lemonade Stand which has some wonderful papers for the season that are perfect for card making.

Card made for Kraftin Kimmie's Sketchy Challenge found here

Thanks so much for peeking in :)

Have a great week!

Made with...

Copic Markers

Kraftin Kimmie Cherish Stamp

Stampin Up Paper piercing template

Dollarama Daisys

Various flowers

Copic Airbrush

MFT Cloud die

Bo Bunny Lemonade Stand Papers

Recollection Card stock

Cricut Plantin School Cartridge

Hot glue

Popdots dollarstore

Have a sweet Summer!

Wishing you a sweet Summer! We've been having some hot weather and it's perfect for gardening and relaxing in the back yard! I've been on a bit of a berry kick and just made some Strawberry Jam. Thought this card would be fun to send off to a friend with a jar of yummy goodness :)

Made with Kraftin Kimmies Good Vibrations set for Kimmies Anything goes challenge found here

Thanks for stopping in and have a great week!

Made with..

Kraftin Kimmies Good Vibrations Stamp set

Stickles Diamond

Copic Markers

Stampin up paper piercing template

green gems

Lemonade Stand paper BoBunny

craft smart strawberry ribbon

Tim Holtz Festive Berries distress ink

pop dots

recollections card stock

Spellbinders scallop die

There's magic in the air!

Made with Kraftin Kimmie's Rosabelle stamp for the All things shimmery challenge found here and One Crazy Stampers anything goes challenge found here. The image and background are coloured with copics.

Stickles added to the wings, butterfly and frame layer. The frame is a Cricut cut from the Cindy Loo cartridge.

Thanks for stopping in, have a great week!

Sew Stylish Atc

Just playing around with a few scraps and sewing stitches on this ATC. Added touches of Tim Holtz Walnut stain for a more vintage look.....

and some tulle to spice up the dress form!

Thanks for stopping in . Its a long weekend here which means an extra day off work :) Yippee!

Made with ...

Janome Sew Mini

Coats Button and Craft thread

scrap paper and doily

dress form unknown

May Arts ribbon

Hero Arts Sew Stylish

Tim Holt Walnut Stain

Tim Holtz Sew Stamps

Creative Memories Corner rounder

misc tulle

Memento tuxedo black ink

Happy Mothers Day

It's been a beautiful warm Spring day perfect for a drive and visit to my MIL's on Mothers Day. Yesterday evening was spent with my Mother crafting until about 3am. Yes ... I did say 3 am and oddly enough I was the one that was tired and ready for sleep?!!

Lots of lemon Tea, chatting and crafting supplies everywhere!

Created this little tag using a sewing stamp set's sentiment and this sweet image picked from Ma's stash. The tag was just cut with scissors and pleated a ribbon using the sewing machine.

Thanks for stopping by, Happy Mothers Day:)

Made for Simon's spring flowers challenge found here

Made With ....

Janome Sew Mini

Coats Button Craft White Thread

Recollections Sewing Stamp set

Yellow cardstock

doily

Craft Smart Ribbon

Pop Dots (dollar store)

Misc Buttons

Misc Image

Ranger Archival Ink

Tim Holtz spun sugar distress marker

fiskars hole punch

Thinking of you

Been water coloring or at least trying to. There are two different types of watercolor paper, Cold press which is very textured and that's what I've used here. Also there's hot press which has a smooth finish and is good paper for fine detail.

Something different and it was fun to play with the watercolors :)

Sending these flowers to all the Mom's out there. Happy Mothers day!!

Made with ...

Strathmore Watercolor paper

Derwent Watercolor Pencils

Ranger Stickles

Stampin up paper piercing template

Recollections Cardstock

bead twine (from dollar store)

Hero Arts CG434 Floral Blossoms and CL434 Just Find Me

Sending Smiles your way

I came across this sweet Hero Arts stamp set while organizing my stash called CL444 Sending Smiles. The background is created using Copics for the grass and sky details. The ribbon is from May Arts and card stock from Michael's.

I left this card along with these lavender rosettes on a fellow scrapbooker/friends desk at work this morning. Hope it made her smile :) !!

We went to Curry's Art Supply on the weekend, Lots of eye candy.... beautiful hand made papers and yummy Copics :) Such fun to look around and get inspired!!

Thanks for stopping by, have a great week!

Forever in my Garden

Been creating a few ATC's this week. I love this sentiment and thought it could be a nice compliment to this big Hero Arts flower. Prismacolor pencils and Tim's walnut distress ink for a splash of color.

Used an ATC stamp for the back which really comes in handy when creating multiple editions.

Recently decided to stamp out all the clear and rubber stamps into a journal to help organize and also help decide the stamps used for a project. While I really like the idea its turned out to be a really big task...

The journal is an old Address book with a sweet front cover. I plan on numbering the tabs and sort by specific themes and seasons.

Trying to stamp a few images each morning over coffee and after dinner too.

Have a great weekend! Thanks for stopping by :)

Made with ...

Hero Arts Flower H5481 classic bloom

Hero Arts circle foliage AR165

ATC stamp

Prismacolor Pencil Crayons

Tim Holtz Walnut distress Ink

Stamping Up Paper Piercing Template

Michaels Studio Address Book

Orange bakers Twine

Ranger Enamel

pop dots

Tim Holtz Distress markers

Momento Tuxedo Black Ink

Copic YR11 marker

Life is an Adventure! Scrapfest Kitchner 2014

Hope you are doing well. It's been a while since I have posted as work has been super busy in the past few months and crafting was put on the back burner! Well I'm back and have a little post about my Scrapfest adventure. Picked this Kraftin Kimmie Stamp up in Kitchner while I was at the show :)