Vintage Week

Creating card candy is much harder than I first imagined. I started an Easter themed one but could only come up with 4 out of 5 embellishments. For now it goes in my half finished project drawer. I took most of the week to design my mother in-law's 60th birthday card. We were suppose to join the rest of the family on Sunday for lunch downtown but alas Evan woke up with pink eye. Poor little guy, mommy still has to poke him in the eye four times a day to administer his medication. Anyways, here is the final product. I'm on a vintage kick so my next few projects are likely to reflect that.

 The pendant tops were really hard to glue together.  I took inspiration from this card to create my next card candy for Etsy. https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/180001192/card-candy-vintage-birthday?

The pendants are much easier to affix this way. Next on the agenda, 8 thank you cards for the lovely volunteers at our church who look after Evan every Wed so I can get in some alone time with other mommies. And more card candy of course :)

My Week of Romance

My creative juices are flowing this week.

I've created and posted my first (of many) card candy on Etsy. I have so many stamp sets that my options seem almost unlimited. Since I had the stamp set Artistic Etchings out for the coasters, I decided to start with Paris themed embellishments.

https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/179181408/card-candy-paris

I think my next few will be Easter\spring themed.

 Also my valentine crafts have come to a close.  I've always brought small gifts to my coworkers on Valentine's day. But since I am on Mat leave, I got to treat my mom's group at our church. 30 little goody bags with cookies and chocolates. The heart shaped chocolates were SO good, that I had to send my husband for more since I kept eating them :) These are the left overs going in with my husband to work tomorrow.

Next on the list.... 60th Birthday card for my MIL and more, lots more card candy!

Mojo Monday 331

I am feeling the romance in the air :)  My monthly open house is this Sunday, normally there is no format but this week there will be a few ladies that are new to scrapping so I offered to provide a free card kit to get them started. This Mojo Monday challenge was the perfect layout for what I wanted to do.

A lot of the embellishments are from last years Artisan Kit. I love the overall romantic feeling the lace and flowers provide.  I also stained a bunch of doilies with tea but decided not to use them; however, now I have stained doilies that smell like chocolate for future projects :) 

I am also working on a 3D project for a friend. These cute little drink coasters are just waiting for me to pick up the sealant.

2014 Already?

Where the heck did the time go? The past six months have been extremely busy, today is my little man's 6 month birthday. Isn't he a cutie :)

He is the most amazing child, so easy going and well behaved.  Which gives momma time to do her crafts. 

I'm trying to do a lot more 3D projects. Here is one of my favorites I did for my niece. Believe it or not it took about 3 hours to make, the ruffles on the dress are harder than they look.

Have a lot on the go so will have to update more regularly.