All My Life Suite

Every month we Westcoast Creators get a lovely package in the mail and we attend a meeting by Zoom!  This card was designed by Ronda Wade.  I love the paper in the All My Love Suite.  I like the simplicity of this card as well as how pretty it is!

More than 3 Little Pigs

This was my favourite swap in Orlando.  It was an organized swap!  We had to make detailed cards for this swap.  My sister and I marvel at Rebecca Pfeifer for making 15 of these because it took a whole day to make four of these with two people working.   The Wood Crates Framelits Fold nearly in this card and This Little Piggy has many piggies to spread out in this neat Z fold card.

Birthday Cake!

Making this card was a piece of cake!!   I made it with the new Cake Builder punch in the new 2019 Occasions Catalogue and the Piece of Cake Stamp Set!!

Christmas Crackers

We had our Christmas dinner today and my sister and I made these Christmas Crackers using the last of my Christmas DSP!   We filled them with chocolates.  Thanks to Angela McKay for the design!

Pine tree Gift Certificate Holders

I loved this DSP so was glad to be able to show so much of it on these gift certificate holders.

Nifty Gift Holder

My sister brought this nifty gift certificate holder that someone gave her.   I thought it was pretty and a very good idea!

Hold Onto Hope

I needed some cards for a craft fair at my church so I pulled out my Hold onto Hope Set and found a design by BJ Peters which used a thinlit from the Window Box Set.  I did mine differently but I loved the idea of cutting out the background.

Cleaning up my desk!

Sometimes it really pays to clean up your desk!  I had the white dashing deers left over and the snowflakes too from another card.  Then I found these red embossed sheets made with shimmer paint which I had made a few years ago and made this lovely card!

Paper Pumpkin

I took my kit apart and stamped all the months.  It was fun just being artistic and making my own designs.   Now to put the ribbon in and put it in the box and voila!  A nice little gift

Paper Pumpkin

I just decided to take a picture of the kit and show you what you get when it comes!  The ink and stamps, and all the pieces to make a great calendar gift for someone!

Santa meets Sketch Challenge

I designed these cards for a sketch challenge put out by Angela McKay.  
This is the sketch and I used DSP from Santa’s Workshop and took a few liberties with the design but it was fun to do!

Beautiful DSP

We sure had some beautiful adSP this year from Stampin’ Up!  Combine that with lovely stamp sets and Framelits from Winter Woods and you can easily make a wonderful card!

Paper Pumpkin Alternate

I am cleaning up my messy desk after so many weeks of preparing for craft fairs.   I found my paper Pumpkin kit I hadn’t finished and another stamp set - His light and put them together.

Rejoice!

Night in Bethlehem is one of my favourite Christmas sets!  I was given another set - His Light and I used it as well to make this lovely card!

Favourite swap

This was my favourite swap card from when I went to Orlando!  I love the daisies to begin with but this card by Amy Shihinski is so gorgeous!   

First mom and me Class

Everyone enjoyed this class.   This was the first time this mom and daughter had made cards and they loved it!   They were a joy to teach!  We made3 each of four designs!

Humming Along in Highland Heather

Today I tried out the flower to the Humming Along Stamp Set.  You are going to love these new Cling stamps.  They just adhere to your block and you just start at one corner and peel them off.... carefully!   I wasn’t sure which colour I liked best and I thought it might be too much Highland Heather but I like the purple flower better!  Which one do you like?

New Set! Humming Along

I had to play with a new set this week.  We were all given this set when we went to Convention - all 7,000 of us.  This set will be available in January. 

A Tin for Your Cards

I have decorated this tin to enter into our Westcoast Creator challenge using excess product.   Here is the Red tin which I decorated and actually holds a lot of cards.  I thought the tin went well with the Farmhouse Christmas set!

Night in Bethlehem

I love this set!  I love the message and thinlits too!

Craft Fair

I did another craft fair at the Surrey Museum today.  

Christmas Card

I got this beautiful Christmas card in the mail today!   Thank you Jacqueline Laburda!   It is my first and it is gorgeous!

Tags

Ever given someone a bottle of olive oil for Christmas??  Here is the tag for you!!!😂😂. I didn’t have a wine bottle. I got the idea and materials for this tag in my team meeting designed by Ange McKay

Christmas Trees

I got this card from Stefanie Pletscher in a swap.  I liked its pretty simplicity so made a few for my craft fair tomorrow!  They are so pretty and easy to make with the Woods Framelits dies.

Craft Fair!!!

I will have a table at this craft fair.  Come and join me!!

Online Extravaganza

There will be 3 sales beginning Nov 22 which will actually cover every item in the catalog by the last day!  If you are needing paper, ribbon, etc you place an order Nov 22 or 23!

Stamp sets and kits will be on sale Nov 25 and 26.  Ink pads,thinlits, blocks, markers, will be 10%off on November 27 and 28!

Boxes to hold cards

I made these boxes for my craft fair.  People can choose 6 or 10 cards to fill this box to give as a gift.

Chocolate Treats

I have made these cute little wrapped Hershey’s nuggets for my craft fair next week!  It is a great way to use up the odds and ends of DSP.

November Paper Pumpkin

I love getting my kit every month.   I just open it and begin and voila!  All the pieces are there and this great kit makes eight cards!!!  With matching envelopes!

New Tooth Box

My grandson came up yesterday to show me that he had lost his first tooth.  I asked him if he would like something for being so brave and he ran right to my craft fair stuff and picked out a little box with a bow so I made him one last night that he could keep little things in!

Marvelous Loot!!

Onstage was wonderful!! Stampin’ Up is a marvelous company with marvelous products!  I got to know some of my WestCoast Creator team members and we had fun together!  Here is a picture of some of my “loot”.  Every attendee got at least four stamp sets, some DSP, a tool bag, a big bag, treats from fellow demonstrators and I put in some swaps.  It is great fun to trade cards with everyone as you are going to different classes!  And then of course the new catalogs for January!

Hedgehogs

I made this card awhile ago for a friend whose puppy was sick but is now better.  Don’t you just love these little hedgehogs?

O Canada

This was one of the many highlights of Onstage for me.  All of these demonstrators were from all across Canada and when we spontaneously broke into singing O Canada- well....it was an amazing experience!

New Lovely stamps!!

I think this my new favourite set of all we have seen at the Convention!!!!

Onstage!!!!!!

Here is our Lower Mainland contingent here at Onstage!   It is so much fun and we learn sooo much.   We are posing here with Sara Douglas our CEO!

Treat Boxes

Two more of these cute treat boxes which also hold a gift card.  I am working on some secret things for Onstage and so will have more to share next week!

Treat Packages

I love this little Joy Stamp in my Snow is Glistening Set.  It will s only available this month!   I made these for my craft fair but then thought they might be good to trade on the floor at Onstage next week.  What do you think?

Snowflake Showcase

I have used the small snowflakes and my friend and I tried the big one.  We wanted one that might not have to be Christmas with this set.  I sprayed the snowflakes with shimmer paint but it is hard to photograph.   These thinlits are now available for purchase.     The Snowfall Thinlits are $53 Canadian but are worth every penny with all the pieces. I am going to offer 10% discount on this set if you purchase two or more pieces of it.      Hostess Code for this month is 42HXNSBA

More for a Craft Fair

We had this idea in our kits for our monthly demonstrator meetings.  I am still on a quest to use up retired product and I thought the nutcrackers are really cute.  These are just a 2” X 11” paper punched with the scallop tag punch on both ends scored at 5 and 6 inches!  Leave a comment if you would like further directions!

Look at these!!!

Oct 30 and these were “crafted” in my garden!  Amazing!! And sooo deliscious!

Tic Tac Crafts

I don’t usually use up all my Christmas DSP but this year I might this year.  Santa’s Workshop DSP has so many sides it matches so many things.  I got this idea from Pootles.  I subscribe to her blog.

Men’s Birthday

Not quite finished with this swap card yet but basically I think it is a good design.  Is it something you would love to have as a swap?  I think this Winter Woods Set is a must have set - so marvellous for various cards.  

Swap Cards

First swap is done.   I have had this set for a bit and am finally getting to play with it.  I am preparing some swaps for going to Orlando (yeah!!!) for Stampin’ Up Convention.   Time for Tea makes a perfect friendship card!

More Lip Balms

I made three more of these with Night Of Navy and some retired silver paper and DSP.

“case”ing Fall Cards

Thank you to Nancy Fern for sharing this design on Pinterest!  My friend and I made a few adjustments and I have had the brilliant idea of making a few sentiments so I can put on the card whatever I need when I need it!  The Painted Harvest Stamp Set makes beautiful flowers and the new Itty Bitty Greetings allow for every sentiment needed.

Cute! Cute! Cute!

These are just the cutest little boxes and have always sold well at craft fairs.   The Santa’s Workshop DSP makes these boxes.  These boxes also hold a gift card at the top.