Saturday, October 31, 2015

October 2015!!!!

Can you tell I'm not much of a blogger lol.  Ever since having little man I barely have time to shower, let a lone blog, but here I am, one year later. I've reopened my Etsy shop, please if you have a minute check it out > https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/JoJosCreations613?ref=hdr_shop_menu

My newest passion this year is cupcake toppers and banners. I've done quite a few for clients and I just love the diversity in tastes.  It really keeps me challenged.

I just did up these ones for a guys birthday party.
Really fun, I'm thinking that I will have to expand and do a few other ones like Captain America, Flash, ect..

They also have these matching table top or cake top word bubbles. I think I still have to redo them. The letters are very delicate and I think my blade is getting a bit dull.




Here is another order ready for Etsy. I'm thinking Bachelorette Party!!

I hope to keep things up to date going forward.  Cheers for now!

Saturday, October 11, 2014

October Highlights

These past few months have been the busiest. I started back to work over a month ago and it has been crazy busy. Since we only have a few short hours with the little man, crafting has to be done after he goes to bed or on weekend. I've taken on a few personal challenges.

I've started hosting a monthly crop class. October 21st will be my forth and we'll be doing two scrap book pages. There is still room if you want to join us.

https://www.facebook.com/events/521498904622596/

This weekend we are celebrating three birthdays along with Thanksgiving.

First birthday was my niece Elizabeth. I fell in love with this Silver fairy stamp and had to use it. I ordered the pdf online because I could not wait.
This is only my third card in a box, they are still very hard as there is so much space to file.

The second card, finished just tonight, is for our nephew Isaac. This one was hard because its for a boy, but I forgot I bought this DSP a few months ago. I love the googly eyes. This will also be my entry for Mojo Monday #366.

Then on Monday we celebrate my Dad's 60th.  This was also my first attempt at a napkin card. 
I hope he likes it, I had so much fun coming up with the embellishments, really proud of how it turned out.

Cheers for now!

Sunday, August 17, 2014

Birthday Cheers

This past weekend we celebrated the 60th of my mom's dear friend Mary. A woman with such kindness and full of love. She is also very crafty, especially crocheting. For my birthday she made me the cutest little bird decor in my all time favorite color pink.
Last year, you may recall, I gave her a white butterfly mobile.  She still proudly has it displayed in her living room. This year there wasn't enough time to make something hand made other than the card.  One of my facebook groups was talking about using acetate in cards, I had seen it done but never really tried. Here was my first attempt and also the birthday card for Mary.
 Front of card
Once opened to display on mantel.
Sorry about the picture quality, I am down a camera and had to use my phone. The big black 3 layer flower is on a small piece of acetate so it wobbles a bit. Each butterfly is rimmed with sparkle as well. 

I was also commissioned to do up a card by one of the other guests at Mary's party. She wanted pink and girly.
I'm thinking this covers those requests :)
This is the first time I've used feathers, very hard to work with but I love the end product. I have several colored feathers in my craft room, I will be sure to use them again. 

And last but not least, one of my FB groups were also talking about a new technique using napkins. We had a wedding in July of a longtime friend of mine. Their reception decor was very nautical, and I snagged a couple of the schooner napkins. I think they turned out nice, perfect for a man's birthday.
Cheers for now.




Thursday, July 3, 2014

Snowflakes in the Summer

My niece is turning 5 next week, although she acts like she is 30 :) I can't believe it's been 5 years, she is truly an amazing angel. She has been sending me Pinterest boards related to the movie Frozen. So I figured she would probably love a Frozen card in a box. I purchased the clip art on Etsy and dug out my Festive Fluries bundle and DSP Winter Frost, which was one of my favorite SU DSP ever!

Elsa's dress and head stick out a bit so I will have to make a custom envelope.
You can't see it but I loaded up Elsa's dress with sparkle :)
I like how it turned out but again, very hard to come up with the embellishments. There were only two other Frozen card in a box online. 3 now!

On to my next project........


Friday, June 27, 2014

Love Trying New Things

This week seems to be a good one for new challenges.

I received an order for a personalized graduation card. I thought what better time to try out the grad hat cards that I have seen so much on Pinterest. I incorporated the school colors of blue and yellow. Next year, I'll probably have a few available in my Etsy Store.
 Sorry for the blurr, my camera died yesterday :(

Once I finished with the graduation card,  I was so filled with inspiration that I decided to try out one of those cards in a box that I've been seeing so much of. The assembly was pretty easy to do but the embellishments took a very long time to design. I spent quite a bit of time staring at my unfinished work searching for ideas on unique embellishments. Here is the finished product.


The paper and flowers are a Micheal's find but they matched very well with SU Calypso Coral and Pool Party. I think my next one with be a 'Frozen' themed one for my little niece's birthday.


Thursday, June 19, 2014

Happy Birthday to ME!

Yes it's my birthday today, 38 yikes. I sure don't feel that old, although physically sometimes much older :)
In celebration I may do up a few birthday cards for other people, this Mojo Monday sketch seems like a good start.

We're attending a friends wedding this weekend, my parents are looking after the little man. It will be his first overnight without us, very anxious but it will be nice to spend the night as a single couple and not have to worry about him.

I prefer to give gift cards for weddings so the couple can buy what they want. But just a plain old gift card is no fun, my gift cards are always delivered in a box. I made a second one to sell at the next craft fair.  To my dismay I used up all The More Amour DSP from Stampin Up. Pitty, since I really like how these turned out, would have been nice to do a few more.
 The lid is embossed with writing.
 And pop open to reveal the gift card and all the decor. This is not the one I made for the couple, I added their initials on the left hand side instead.
I haven't done on of these in ages (since my last wedding) but it was fun.  I may do a few more just for kicks this summer.

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Love a Challenge

I received an order this week for a custom card. I love when clients put me to the challenge. She loved my purse cards and wanted something similar in a light pink and gold. Now for anyone that knows me, I don't do gold, I mean that, I am a silver girl.  So looking for gold in my craft room was a challenge. I ended up having to run to Micheals for gold ribbon. Here is the final outcome, I'm loving it, I may have to increase my stock of gold embellishments.


I'll also be posting to Etsy a Masculine/Father's Day package. The following 3 cards for Dad. I kept them generic so that they can be used after fathers day but my dad is getting one this June :)