Bonjour

So, I totally missed posting yesterday. I thought about it, but I was so sick so it just didn't happen. I spent most of Monday and Tuesday flat out in bed. It was crazy. Yesterday morning, I was dizzy and weak and we almost headed to the hospital for IV fluids, but the nurse I spoke with said to try small amounts of fluids for a few hours first and thankfully that worked. I can't remember the last time I stayed still for 2 days. Needless to say, the house is a disaster and I have a pile of paperwork screaming at me, but at least I can sit upright today, although I'm feeling pretty tired still.

I just had a delivery at my door: a box of stamping and scrapbooking supplies. I can't wait to see what's in there. I know that I should know, but half the time I forget what I ordered.

I am offering a pre-order special for the Distress Marker sets: the set of 37 markers for $110. I have a bunch of people interested in them, so let me know if you want a set. I think they are supposed to ship sometime this month.

In the meantime, here is a simple card I did with the Spellbinders Edgeabilities die. I love them; they're so cool!!


And yes, that is Candi on the card. I got mine all organized the other day and then came downstairs yesterday to discover that Nathalie unorganized some of them. Oh well, it could have been much worse!!

Giggle Candi

I loved the little flower Candi card I posted last week so I wanted to try to incorporate that into a scrapbook page. I worked on it on Friday, when my sister was over, and we were in play mode (as opposed to get it done mode). In the end, I love how it turned out!!

I stamped a bunch of flourishes and added the flowers. Then I knew I needed something along the top, so I just cut three pieces of coordinating paper (I love paper packs!). I wanted something along the right side, so I added more Candi (this time in black) and then a rub on on the left.

Not Coming Home Outfit

My sister came over on Friday and we scrapbooked most of the day. We haven't done that in so long! And there was no pressure. We just played and created. Neither of us were trying to finish a project under a looming deadline and so I just putzed around more than I would have.

My mother has always bought the coming home from the hospital outfits for my kids. And since the first two were 9 lbs 3 oz when they were born, she figured a 3-6 month size would be fine for #3 since aren't they supposed get bigger each time?? Well, Nathalie was 6 lbs 13 oz, so the cute little dress was way too big and didn't fit her until she was 8 months old. But we had a fun photo shoot then.

I really like the look that some people can do with their titles using different fonts and different chipboard letters and stamps. I'm not very good at it since I don't have a huge collection of chipboard letters and it takes so much longer. But I attempted it with this layout and I love how it turned out. The NOT was done with chipboard. I wanted shiny white chipboard, but couldn't find the right letters in my white stash. So, I inked them with Versamark and then embossed with white embossing powder. Since I almost never emboss, I didn't have a nice white; it was more of an off white and I wanted it to be shinier, so I ended up adding some Irridescent Peacock Powder that added a bit of shine to it, so overall, I like how it turned out. Then the rest of the lettering was done with various rub ons that I had in my stash.



The collage I did in Photoshop so I knew that the pictures would be cropped exactly as I wanted them. And it's so much easier to make sure everything is even that way. Then I just upload it to Costco and have them print it.

Almost Missed It

I was sick again today and spent a good chunk of it sleeping in bed which is quite unlike me. As a result, I almost missed posting today. As it is, I just remembered and it's almost midnight, so how about a quick one.


It opens up which doesn't show in my scan. I might have to start taking photos of my cards. I see pretty photos on other people's blogs, but I guess I just need to figure out how to set up a nice little area to take pictures of them.

But that's food for thought another day.

Distress Flickers Again

I am running out of time to get my post up for today, so it will be another quick post. The good news is that my sister came over today and we scrapbooked and I got another two layouts done to share with you. Yeah!!

Here is another card I did for January's Kayric Technique Club (Distressed Flickers).

Drop a drop or two of Distress Reinkers on a non-stick craft sheet and mist with water. Then dip an old toothbrush in and using your thumb to "flick" the colour on to your paper. I did this years ago with Twinkling H2Os and loved the result. I do wear gloves for this though since you will get rather stained hands. And make sure all your cool projects are away so that they don't suffer collateral damage.

And because you are using Distress Colours, you can stamp with your Distress Inks and it will all match. I love that system!

Simple Candi

Have I mentioned that I love the new Candi dots?? I thought so. I've been playing with them all week and they're so cool. I've been waiting to share this card all week. I taught it in my Quick Cards class and so wanted to wait until after that to share.

You could put whatever sentiment you'd like on it and it's so quick. The stem of the flower is just a flourish (Autumn Leaves).

More Candi

It's been a busy day, and I have a meeting tonight, so just a quick post to show a really simple card I made the other night while I was playing with my Candi.

I've made a bunch of other stuff with it too. So much fun. I love how they're dimensional!!


And if I was debating before about getting the Distress Markers, I'm totally sold now. Of course, watching a video of Tim Holtz using them is pretty good motivation to shift me to the dark side. Yup. Definitely ordering these when they become available. I'll be able to get the sets for sure; I'm just not sure if they're going to make me order the markers in multiples. I'll post cost when I get confirmation. And they're supposed to be shipping in February!!!

Check out the video for yourself!!