It's so hard to say goodbye...

...to your favourite stamps from the 2010-2011 Idea Book and Catalogue!!!  (For all you Boys II Men fans out there!!!)

 Anyway, as a new catalogue will be starting July 1 (we got a sneek peek today!!! YUMMY), items from the old catalogue will be retiring - NO, not all but some!!! So, you have until June 31, 2011 to order them!!!  Below are the links to the pages where you'll find the lists!!!

Click here to download and print the Last Chance Stamp List PDF.

Click here if you'd like to download the Last Chance Accessories List.  Please remember this list is while supplies last.  I'll try to update it everyday or two!

If you'd like to see the Definitely Decorative items that are retiring here's the link to that pdf Download Def_Decorative

If you'd like to place an order for any of the retiring items, email me at christinewells@nf.sympatico.ca

A Leader I admire!!!

Well at our Stamping Get Together a couple of weekends ago I met a demonstrator from out of town and she ROCKS!!!  She is a military wife in Gander, Newfoundland.  She is originally from Ontario and is a mother of two.  Every four years or so her husband gets stationed in different places!  She enjoys scrapbooking, cardmaking and stamping.  PLUS, she is a Weight Watchers leader - she lost about 90lbs in a year!!! WOW!!!  I greatly admire her and her energy and devotion to her family!!! YOU ROCK!!!  I am not going to mention her name because I never asked her if I could, but I will show you what she was working on that weekend! A-MAY-ZING!!!

Two picture frames with both her children's name in them!!! GORGEOUS and I am CASING this for sure ~ that is Copy and Share EVERYTHING!!!  Now the first two pics would change for me so you'll have to tilt your head a bit to get the jist!!!

Close up

Turn your head sideways..daughte's name.

Picture Frame with Name

Up Close

Until tomorrow...

Happy Birthday...to ME!!!

Wow!!! Today is my birthday!!! YAY!!! I woke up this morning with my son Aidan giving me a card with an Itunes gift card in it (bought the new Lady Gaga!!!) and my other son Nicholas bringing me my morning coffee!!! Then myself, hubby and the boys sat and chatted in bed!!! My fav way to wake up!!!

I'm going to leave you with another scrap page I did last weekend and then go spend the day with my family!!!

Enjoy your Victoria Day!!!

Me and My Dad!

Good day all you wonderful people!!! How has your day been going?  Well, here in St. John's the weather at one point was 23 degrees!!! WICKED!!!  That has been the warmest by far!!! But, now...it's raining, but still somewhat warm!  Can't complain though!!!

So, next page of my scrapbook is with my son and my husband, titled "Just me and my Dad!"  So beautiful!!!  For the title I used my friends other machine that starts with a "C"...first time using it and I was IMPRESSED!!! HAHAHA!!!

The paper is from the Sweet Pea Paper pack from last year, old olive satin ribbon and the large buttons from the last couple of minis.  LOVE IT!!!  See you tomorrow with more fun stuff!!!

I'm Back!!!

HI FELLOW STAMPERS!!!
  I am BACK!!! Woohoo!!!  So, it has been since October that I posted last and honestly, I MISSED YOU!!!  Anyway,  I have my first year of Nursing School completed, YAY ME, and will be home this summer with my boys!!!

  I can't tell you how much I missed stamping...the first time I stamped since November was only a couple of weeks ago! I KNOW!!! Can you believe it!!!  Then, this past weekend I went to our Strawberry SUperstampers get away and stamped and scrapped ALL weekend!!!  I can't believe how much I missed it!!!  So, I figured that the best thing to keep me on my toes it to share with you guys the stuff I'm doing!!!  Starting with....items from my getaway weekend!!!

So, what I was working on this past weekend was my 3yr old son's scrapbook from when I was pregnant till he came out of the hospital (I know, I'm slow!!!).  This was one of the pages I did.  I was inspired by our gracious leader, Kay, which then went on to inspire two more people.  Two girls saw my layout and then ran with it and made it their own.  Their creations are below!!!

                    

                                                Created by: Rose (new demo since Dec)    

                                                     Created by: Danielle (new demo also)

I'll be back again tomorrow with more from the Strawberry SUperstampers Demo Getaway!!!

   



A Sad Goodbye!

Hey everyone.  As you can obviously tell,  I haven't been able to post.  The reasons are numerous, but mainly between school and family I have had anytime to do anything.

So, instead of posting here and there I have come to realize that it isn't fair to you nor is it to me.  Therefore, I will no longer be blogging anymore.

I've really enjoyed this past year and a half blogging for you all and your wonderful support and comments.  Thank you all...

Stamping Hugs and Wishes...
Christine

More Wicked-ness!

So, as you can probably tell, I have a bit of a fascination with the set, Wicked Cool!  Believe it or not, I don't actually own this set...I borrow it!  The two projects I'm going to show you was on display at our demo meeting!  I don't have the slightest clue who made them, so, girls...if it's yours let me know! 

OK, this card would be a great card to give to someone for Halloween, with a little treat of course!  How about this next project?

This AWESOME treat bag uses the new brown bags from the Holiday Mini!  PLUS, my new fav embossing folder, a spider web!!!  Too cool, eh?

That's all for today!  I'll be back tomorrow with some more great Halloween treats!!!

Wicked!

Hey! How are you guys all doing?  I've missed all you FABULOUS people!  I am back and with a vengence!  So, this past moth has been crazy busy for me.  I started Nursing School, Aidan started kindergarten and Nicholas is now in daycare. But, things are now a bit back to 'normal'!!!

So, I've got a little Halloween something for you...a nice treat holder.  I CASE'D it from a fellow demo who had one of these on display at our last Strawberry SUperstampers Meeting. I really think I'll be doing this for Aidan's Kindergarten class this year!

Pretty cute, eh?  And SUPER easy to make!!!  It's just a rectangular piece of cardstock scored, folded and the candy stapled together, then decorated.

Supplies

Stamp Set: Wicked Cool

DSP: Wicked Fun

Cardstock: Basic Black

Ink: Basic Black and Pumpkin Pie Classic & Pumpkin Pie marker

Bling: Basic Black 1/8 Inch Taffeta Ribbon

Tools: 1 3/4" Scalloped Circle, 1/16", 1 3/8", 1 1/4" Circle punches

See you all tomorrow!

Some-beary Special Mask!

Hello, again!  Sorry I'm a so late with this post, but just as I was sitting down to write my post...Nicholas woke up with night terrors!  And, that usually last awhile, with crying, screaming, thrashing and so on.  He won't even let me touch him, so all I can do is sit on the floor and make sure he doesn't hurt himself... tthen Glenn was out of town and once the boys went to bed...so did I!!!

Anyway, did you guess the sneak peek items from the previous post?  Well, there is a punch under the oval verse, called " decorative punch!  LOVE IT!!!  And the scalloped square is a new Big Shot Die that also has a smaller scalloped square as well!!! 

So, today's post has some more sneak peak items in it, plus a mini tutorial on masking.

So, first what I did was stamp my bear and hat on some scrap paper.  For me it didn't have to be cut perfect, jus the head and hat.

Next, using dotto, I stuck both the scraps down on my waterpaper, to get the position of where I wanted them.

Then I took away the bear.  Why, you may ask?  Well, let's see...

So, using my St amp-a-ma-jig, I stamped by bear.

Then positioned him OVER my hat, took away the imaged bear WITHOUT moving my S-A-M-J and stamped my bear.

Once you remove the hat, this is what you have!  A space to stamp his hat without having his head exposed!!!

Next, I'll S-A-M-J the hat, an apple and lunch box.

Volia!  Now for my watercolouring!  I like to use my aqua-painter with my classic ink pads.

Once I get all my coloring done I go around my object on one side with my fine tip Basic Grey marker to make my shadow.  So, I'm thinking that my 'light source' is coming from the right so my shadow will be on the left.  Once I have my grey lines done I go back with my aqua painter and smudge the grey.

See how faded the shadow is!

Thanks for stopping by!!!

An Anniversary Sneak Peek!

So, today is the first in a series of things I'm going to show you as Sneak Peek items from the Holiday Mini!!!  Trust me, your going to LOVE IT!!!

You wouldn't believe how easy, and quick, this card was/is to make!!!  Can you guess what the 2 items I used from the mini?

So, basically I used my Big Shot, some punches, ribbon, a background stamp and the basic pearls!!!  I think it took me 15min to make!!!

For the inside I used a stamp from the new set called "Word Play," so it reads 'You mean the world to me, Happy Anniversary.'  This is the card I'll be giving Glenn for our 8th anniversary on the 31st.

I hope you've enjoyed today's post and I'll be back tomorrow with another sneak peak and to let you know the items from the mini I used today!