Cut 'n Paste

Hello Friend

(Supply List: Pink cardstock and Red patterned paper: 'Sweet Nothings' Simply Scrappin' KitI by Stampin' Up!, Aqua Chipboard: Making Memories, Stamps: flourish - Heidi Grace by Fiskars, thank you sentiment - Technique Tuesday, Pearls & Button: Melissa Frances, Ink: Versa Magic Chalk ink, White Cardstock: WorldWin, Ribbon: May Arts, Other: aqua and white thread, sewing machine. Scallopped scissors by Fiskars and scallopped border punch by Stampin' Up!)

I hope your week is going well. I'm in a cleaning mood and have been cleaning out my workspace.

Here's a little something I whipped up for a friend.

I'm really looking forward to tonight as the Canucks (my hometown and favorite NHL team) is beginning their second round playoff series. You can bet I'll be in front of the tv cheering on my team come game time :)

Happy Tuesday...

 

(Supply List: Cardstock: Worldwin. Patterned Paper: K&Co., Anna Griffin, Making Memories. Buttons: Making Memories, Rub-on: Creative Imaginations, Stamp: Stampin' Up!)

Happy Tuesday! I'm recovering from a knock-me-flat case of the chills, sweats, lethargy and fever that I was hit with late Saturday night. I had the pleasure to teach all day at one of my local scrapbook stores annual Spectacular event which hosts 225 women all getting together to scrapbook and take classes. It was a delight. It was my third year of teaching Melissa Frances classes at this event, so it's been really fun to see familiar faces each time. I arrived home at 9:30 PM and that's when the sickness began...I had goosebumps, then fever, then goosebumps, etc. So the rest of the weekend consisted of me trying to sleep the 'bug' out of my system. I'm doing much better today, and am hoping that the trend continues as Rick has planned something exciting for this coming weekend. I'm crossing my fingers that I'll be up for it!

In the meantime, I've been spending a lot of my recoverytime on the couch, looking at my house and planning upcoming DIY projects. Does spring get you in the home improvement mindset too???

Cherry Blossoms

 

Today was the perfect spring day. Mild, sunny and perfect for a mini road trip. I decided to bring my camera and seek out some Cherry Blossom trees to photograph. I knew exactly what kind of photo I wanted to take. One lone branch against the sky. I found the perfect tree and took my photos.

This evening while watching game number four of the Canucks vs. Blues hockey series I played around with the image in photoshop. It still isn't exactly what I saw in my head, but I realized that the texture and post processing action I had in mind to use are loaded on my other computer. oh well :)

I hope you've enjoyed this little piece of Spring from the Northwest!

The winners and a weekend pretty

 

Image credits: 1. Studio Chalkboard, 2. Pink Flowers, 3. nest, 4. shades of white

Thanks to everyone who entered the draw for the stamps. The winners are:

1. Cass who posted on April 15 at 2:34 AM
2. Allison Priputin who posted on April 16th at 8:12 AM

Both gals have been emailed, so check your inboxes ladies!

I hope each of you has a nice weekend. We are all excited here about game #2 of the Vancouver Canucks vs. St Louis Blues playoff series which starts at 7 tonight. Crossing our fingers that our team wins :)

Spring Stamp Giveaway

I hope you each had a lovely Easter weekend.

It's my pleasure to have wonderful relationships with many other companies and women who also work in the paper crafts industry. A few weekends ago I was in Boston for a trade event and had the pleasure to connect once again with Dani from Rubber Soul. Although we don't live too far from each other, it's trade events like this where we seem to catch up. 

I was really excited to find the above two stamps added to her product line. As a lover of history, I appreciate so much the back story behind these images. Here is a synopsis from the Rubber soul blog: 

In 1939 (during World War II) the British Government’s Ministry of Information had 3 posters designed to be used to reassure the public during this very dark period of its history. The first 2 were quickly created and ended up in shop windows and everywhere where posters could be displayed. The third poster (“Keep Calm and Carry On”) was never officially distributed and was unseen by the public for 50 years. It showed up at Barter Books (Northumberlandin, Britain) in the bottom of a box filled with old books purchased at an auction. The owners of the shop, Stuart and Mary Manley, liked it so much they displayed the newly found poster in their store. Customers wanted to know where to get it, so then Stuart and Mary decided to produce the “Keep Calm” posters and have sold thousands. 

With the permission of the Manley's Rubber Soul has licensed the use of the image to make the stamps.

As soon as I saw the images I begged Dani to let me purchase the stamps for my collection. She not only agreed to sell them, but then graciously sent me home with an extra set to give away here on my blog. What a sweetheart! 

The sentiment of these stamps feed a place in my soul that relishes peace and calm....I'm sure that they strike the same chord for many of you.

So here's the deal, simply leave a comment to be entered in the draw. There will be two giveaways, one for the stamp on the right, and one for the stamp on the left.  The stamps are fairly small which means that shipping will not be too costly, so I'll leave this giveaway open to everyone no matter where you live!

Edited to add: I forgot to mention when the giveaway closes! silly me :)

I'll accept names until 9AM PST Friday April 17th and will post the winners later that morning.

Our Lady of Rubercy

(Supply list: All items from Stampin' Up! 'Sweet Nothings' Simply Scrappin' KitI with the exception of vintage ledger paper, Stampin' Up! buttons, sewing machine and red thread, whisper white and baja breeze cardstock from Stampin' Up!, brown seam binding. Tools used: Silhouette to cut chatterbox Heber font for title, Top Note die cut from Stampin' Up!)

During my blog break I visited San Fransisco and Boston, met some lovely store owners, did some spring cleaning, and purchased a Silhouette to add to my scrapbooking tools. One of my local stores has the original Silhouette on sale for $129 as the manufacturer is coming out with an updated machine with a few more bells and whistles. In my opinion those extra features aren't enough to offset the  difference in price, so I have decided to go with the older version. I have been very pleased and look forward to getting more comfortable with the tool.  If anyone is looking for one, I would be happy to pass on the contact info for the store as I'm sure that they'd ship to you.

Over the past few weeks I have been enjoying scrapbooking photos from our vacation in France last fall. The layout above commemorates the church that was right behind our gite and our interaction with the local mayor. I have worked on a number of other layouts from the trip which will have to be kept under wraps right now as they are for an upcoming article.

For this layout I used pretty much exclusively Stampin' Up! products, with the exception of vintage ledger paper, seam binding, thread and afore mentioned Silhouette machine.

Does anyone have any special plans this Easter weekend? I'm sure our plans will include family time and church celebrations. 

Check back next week for a blog giveaway!