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Okanagan, BC, Canada
Welcome to my crafting blog. After retirement, my husband and I moved to a beautiful location in the Okanagan area of British Columbia. I love all paper crafts including mixed media, journaling and cards. I also dabble in papermaking, photography, fibre art, and altered books. I am an active member of several card and mixed media groups and on the design team of several challenge blog. I love the world of blogging, it has opened many doors for me. My favourite quote is by Maya Angelou. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” I hope you join me in my search for my creative side. Thanks for stopping by!

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Monday, June 29, 2015

Colour Inspiration Challenge



This is my card for this week's Incy Wincy Design's colour inspiration challenge.  

This is the colour inspiration picture.   


Art by MiRan is the sponsor for this challenge and they are offering a wonderful prize to the winner. 


My image was coloured with Copics, glitter gell and a Pitt Artist pen.  The flower was made from a Cricut cut flower, small silk flower and gem.  Thank you for stopping by and have a great day.  


Saturday, June 27, 2015

Cute Card Challenge



Thank you for stopping by.  This is my card for this week's cute card challenge at Come and Get It Challenges. I made the card with an image from one of our fabulous sponsors, Crafty Sentiments.   The image I used is called mushroom bear and can be found here. I think he is adorable.


Along with my crafty sentiment image I used a could of small mushroom stamps by Stampin Up and a rubber stamp sentiment from my stash of unmounted rubber stamps. The card was coloured with Copics, Panpastels, and glitter   I added the silk flower to complete the card.   Visit  our challenge blog to see the other cute cards our fabulous design team, created to inspire you.

Monday, June 22, 2015

Tag It



Tags are the theme of this week at  Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges and I have made my tag with one of our sponsor's image, Christmas Candle by Stitchy Bear


My background for the tag is made with a collage of Hampton Art rubber stamps, coloured with Distress Inks. I used distress inks and Copics to colour the candle and then added some pearl Ex for some shine. I added a ribbon and Peace die cut to complete the care.  Thank you for stopping by and have a very creative day.  

Bag full of Love


I made this little girls bag for a challenge this week at Incy Wincy Design challenges.   The theme of the challenge is anything goes.  

Our sponsor this week is Ppinky Art Dolls and I used an image called  Chrishanthi's art,Alice.  The bag came out of my recycling and I thought it would make a nice little gift bag for a little one in my family.  The image was coloured with Copic, I added a wire heart, bling and ribbon to complete the bag. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day. 

Sunday, June 21, 2015

Key to Life - Hope


I just purchased this Element Rubber stamp by Lazar Studio Werx and decided to use the stamp to make a collage card for an upcoming card swap I am participating in.  The stamp was on sale because unfortunately the company has gone out of business.  

I used a piece of Gelli paper that I had created earlier that had a lot of colours on it and it looked like peeled paint for my card base. I stamped a music stamp over the background to give ore interest. I layered a piece of coordinating scrapbook paper on it along with a piece of lace and doily I tea dyed.  I coloured the image with Copic markers and distressed the edges with walnut Distress ink.  To complete the card I added a metal piece saying hope along with some brads and a key from my stash.  

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a creative day. Remember my favourite saying  by Maya Angelou. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” I hope you join me in my search for my creative side.

I am entering with card in the following challenges:

Eclectic Ellapu - Anything Goes
The Mixed Media World Challenge M, Must be mixed media  - Vintage
Open-Minded Challenges - vintage 
Simply Create Too - Old, Vintage, Shabby Chic
Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Always Anything Goes (Cards only)



Saturday, June 20, 2015

Purrfect Together


Come and Get It Challenges this week has an animal theme challenge. I used a digi by one of our sponsors, All Dressed Up for my CAS card.  The digi is called Purrrfect Togther.

I coloured the image with Copic Markers and added the image to different layers of fancy die cuts and a doily and to complete my card I added a bow.

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.

Monday, June 15, 2015

Tag It


This is my DT tag for this week's challenge at Incy Wincy Design Challenges.  The them of the challenge is Tag It,  The sponsor of the challenge is Limited Run Stamps

Limited Runs Digis

The image I used for my tag is called Bird House #3.   I printed my image on Yupo paper and used my watercolour crayons to colour my image. I stamped a music stamp in the background and added a ribbon and sentiment to complete this tag.  Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day. 

Saturday, June 13, 2015

Ooh La La


I made with tag for a tag swap for next month at a Yahoo Group I belong to called, Inky Fun Stampers.   The tag swap required the use of embossing paste which I used with a Tim Holtz stencil for the background.  I tinted my embossing paste with PanPastels chalks.

The image is from a Canadian rubber stamp company called Lazar Studio Werx, from their elements collection. Unfortunately the company is no longer making rubber stamps. The rubber stamp sentiment by A Muse Artstamps which I stamped on a small tag. The flowers are from my stash and I sprayed them with Gold Glitter Mist for some sparkle. The image was coloured with Copics and Distress Inks .

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.  

I am entering this tag in the following challenges:


Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes
Stempelsonnen Challenge - Anything Goes
Chalk N Stock Always Anything Goes With Chalk (chalk to colour embossing paste)
Crafter's Cafe - Anything Goes

Card for a Guy


Come and Get IT Challenges this week has a challenge, create a card for a guy this week and I decided make a birthday themed card using an image by Eureka called Dragon Blowing Candles


I coloured the card with Copic Markers, Gell pen and glitter.  The sentiment was cut with a die cut using silver paper. Thank  you for stopping by today.  I hope you have a creative  day.  Pop over to the Come and Get It challenge blog to see the other great card the design team has created to inspire you. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Mo's digital Challenge- Anything Goes
World Art Wednesday - Anything Goes
Sister Act- Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes 
Tuesday Throwdown - Frame It
My Sherri Craft - Masculine theme



Monday, June 8, 2015

Frame It Challenge


This is my card for this week's Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge's Frame it Challenge.  The beautiful baby image is by a Day for a Daisies one of our sponsors with week. The image is called A Sign I Give.  

I coloured my image with Copics and a glitter pen then cut it our and added it to my background paper.  I framed my image and added a sentiment from my stash. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day. 

Out on a Limb



This art journal page is my DT project this month at Not Just Cards .  I used Lemon Shortbread Digis and Pages, one of the sponsor's image for my page, The image is called Bob Pixie and can be purchased here



To create my page I used a combination of water colour crayons, acrylic paint, modelling paste, stencil, distressed inks, copics and rubber stamps.  This was a fun page to make.  I hope you will join us this month at Not Just Cards.  The challenge is always anything goes, just create your project and enter it here.  Thank you for stopping by. 

I'm So Lucky


The image that I used for this cute card is called Lucky Clementine and is one of the fabulous images that you can find at Doodle Pantry.



The challenge this week at Incy Wincy Designs Challenges is to create a project with the theme of Farm Life.   

I coloured my image with Copics, and added punched grass, a sentiment and ribbon.  I hope you will pop over to the Incy Wincy Design blog to enjoy the projects of the design team created to inspire you.  Thank you for stopping by and have a very creative day. 


Saturday, June 6, 2015

Happy Father's Day


Come and Get It Challenges this week has a paper piecing challenge.  I decided to use this digi from Dr. Digi, one of our sponsors for the challenge called Ambrose Dunderton.  I thought this image made a great father's day card. 

I used 4 different papers to paper piece Ambrose's outfit and then coloured the remainder of the image with my Copic Markers. The sentiment I created on my commuter. 

I hope you will join us this week at Come and Get It challenges.  Pop over to the challenge blog and see the other creations the design team has created to inspire you.  Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day. 

Friday, June 5, 2015

Sage and Lilac Colour Challenge







I made this card for an upcoming card swap at Inky Fun Stampers this month.  The challenge was to use sage and lilac in your card.  I thought it was the perfect colours for this easel card.   The stamp is by Stamps Happens Inc.   I love the pretty fairy.

The card was coloured with Copic Markers and I added a butterfly and a crystal strip to complete the card.   Thank you for stopping by today and have a very creative week.  

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

The Book of Spells


I am  so excited to be invited to be a designer on the the Forever Dark 2 Challenge group.  This is our first challenge and it is a anything goes challenge but please no mainstream projects this is for crafters on the dark side.  

I used an image by ArtiDoodles called Corvus Coralyne.   I used an old card box that I painted purple and added my image that I colored with my Copic markers. I added a title page to the spine of the book. 


Once I had the front of my book completed I added some Graphic 45 papers to the inside of the box and added my bottles and spider.  


This was a fun projects and I know we will have a lot of fun with out creations.  Please pop over to our challenge blog and see the dark art work of the rest of the design team have created to inspire you.  Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly  Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E - Always Anything Goes
Top Tip Tuesday - All About Hair Color 
All Crafts Challenge - Anything But a Card
Not Just Cards - Anything Goes
Altered Eclectics - Anything GoesRedd's Creative Spirit - Anything Goes 

Monday, June 1, 2015

Sketch Challenge at Incy Wincy


This is my card I made from this weeks sketch at Incy Wincy Design Challenges


This is the sketch that I used for making my cards. 

I used a digital stamp by SLS Lines called Hearts and Rainbows.  I used coordinating designer papers to make my card along with a pattern ribbon.  I coloured my image in similar colours to the designer paper. Some bling completed my card. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.