Pawprints On Our Hearts!

Happy July 4th! Just celebrating a quiet day...getting a little scrapbooking done.

This is officially my first doggy scrapbook page. Kristen and Joel adopted a rescue puppy a couple of weeks ago and she is a sweetie. When I went to Toronto to visit they already had her and she knows how to suck up. She liked the toy I bought. lol Patches, the cat is slowly adjusting and letting Lacey know who really is queen of the domain.

The octagons cut from George & Basic shapes at 1". Each piece of embossed with a heart folder separately so they would all have exactly the same placement of design. All cream colored paper distressed with Stampin' Up ink - River Rock.

Font - Letter Envy at .8"

Hearts - George & Basic Shapes 1.5"

Paw Prints - Meow 1.5"

Lace died with River Rock ink.

Lacey has certainly found herself a wonderful home.

Yvonne



Happy Canada Day!

Happy Canada Day!

Wish I was there to celebrate with all of you!

I know...I'm wearing out this cartridge! Another project completed with Wild Card 2. All three cards I completed in one afternoon with that cartridge. Remember inking or chalking your cricut cuts adds more dimension to them. These were all inked.

I spent Friday and Saturday at a Creating Keepsakes convention. I took a couple of classes. Two of them were scrapbook classes featuring Disney layouts. I've got a ahead start on my scrapbooking for next year. The layouts are pretty cute but there were no techniques to learn or anything. It was all precut and all you did was assemble.

I also took a card class from Heartfelt Creations. First I'll say I really like there product. However, I wasn't so thrilled with their cards for the workshop. One I'll throw away cause I just think it looks tacky. The other two are okay. That's just my opinion.

Hope everyone has a great day and I hope to be back soon with more projects.

Yvonne

Whisking You Well!

 Hi There Crafters,

Today's card is for a friend who recently graduated from culinary school and we had a party for her last night. Lots of good food to eat for sure!

I recently added a new cartridge to my collection. Wild Card 2. I really like this cartridge. It comes with a font, envelope, card, phrase and icon features.

The envelope and card were cut at 5" and the phrase cut at 1.25".
The pattern paper from Kate's Kitchen as are the co-ordinating colors. Cream cardstock Stampin' Up.

Tim Holtz distress inks for shading. Weathered Wood, Barn Door, Vintage Brown, Antique Linen.

Congratulations - Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake - .75"

Thanks for stopping by.

 

Love You To Death

Good Morning,

Surprised to see me around. I've had a busy month and was kinda in a creative slump. When I did create something I mailed it off before I took a photo.

I did spend last week-end in Toronto with my DD competing in the City Chase. We had a great time, the events were physical but we completed the event with two minutes to spare. We finished around 248 out of 600 teams so I think we did pretty good. I'll share some of the photos in a couple of days. I might even get them scrapbooked.

For today I have a card. I made this with the cricut cartridge Wild Card 2. This cartridge has some great features. Envelopes, cards, phrases, and a font. Used my Imagine to print and cut all the images. On a side note my Imagine has been acting up. Just wouldn't print or cut properly....well there was a piece of paper stuck inside of it and it finally popped out. Yahoo....it's working perfectly again. I'm so happy.

Pattern paper and ink choices from Imagine More Cartridge. Edges inked with Tim Holtz Distress Ink.

Today I'm off to a Creating Keepsakes convention. I'm going to take a couple of classes and maybe do a little shopping. :) Need to be in an air conditioned venue as temperatures today are heading to the triple digits.

I promise to not be gone so long this time....so see you soon!

 

Yvonne

Jake and the Neverland Pirates Birthday

Hi There,


I was recently visiting my grandson for his 4th birthday. Birthday theme was Pirates or more specifically "Jake and the Neverland Pirates. Mom did the decorating. Notice the multi colored cake. Steph food colored the batter. So cool.

The map and yellow pirate chest paper printed from Buccaneer cartridge. The images of the crab, mermaid, Happy Birthday and ship mast also cut from Buccaneer.
The sea monster cut from Pirates and Mermaids.
Old West and Black letter for font.

 

 

Cuttlebug folder bubbles to emboss sea monster.

 

Sizing
Buccaneer - Mermaid 3"
                    Happy Birthday Matey 3"
                    Crab 1.8"
                    Anchor 2.75"
                    Mast 4.5"
Old West - Jake .8"
                   Neverland Pirates .5"
Pirates & Mermaids - Sea Monster 3"
Black letter - and the .4"
Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Frayed Burlap & Rusty Hinge to ink the sea monster and red mats.
Twine, Dimensionals, misc pattern paper and cardstock
Machine Used: Cricut Imagine
Designed by: Yvonne Balmer

Thanks for stopping by.

Yvonne

For My Great Niece

Good Morning,

I made this little onsie card for my new niece almost two months ago now. I need to get it in the mail.
The sweet little babe arrived 7 weeks early but is doing very well. She is just gorgeous.

To make this I used standard instruction from the web for the onsie. It's basically a folded rectangle. Then you make the triangular cuts for the for the sides and armholes. The legs and neck edge are done with a circle punch. The pockets and oval punch or in this case I used my spellbinders and cut the ends off.  The lacey edges on the neck and legs were a circle scallop punch with the centre cut out.
I did had a bib to the onsie cause I thought it was cute. That was done with spellbinders. If you have a cricut it would be very easy to create the circles too. Placed eyelets  to look like snaps and a little stitching.

Well I really must get this project into the mail. Fortunately the outfits I've purchased she won't be growing out of them anytime soon.

To my Canadian family and friends...Enjoy your long week-end!

 

Yvonne

My Little Black Dress

Morning,

Hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day!  I've been away for awhile. I was away for a little while visiting the Grandchildren. That was so much fun. Xavier celebrated his fourth birthday and I got to see Korben start crawling. I must admit I had a hand in that one. lol After I returned home I had a knee surgery but it is doing very well.

This is just a sweet little card made it Stampin' Up supplies. Basically it is a die cut. The bodice was stamped and the rest cuttlebugged.

Hope to be back soon with another card.

 

Yvonne