Happy Birthday : Sisterhood Challenge

For the Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge this time around, we had birthday creations. I know I have my mom's birthday next month, so I decided to get a head start.

 

 

Using her favorite color as a base (purple), I went with some of this great Basic Grey Wisteria paper that I had yet to cut up and a layout from SCS. Other than my sponge being apparently a little grubby (which resulted in more of a peachy color than the light purple), I was happy with how this CAS creation turned out. I hope she likes it, too.

 

The sentiment stamps are both Verve, of course :)

 

Over the weekend, we headed down to Calgary for a sweet wine tasting at a fabulous wine shop (Bin 905) with some friends, then Saturday it was out to Lake Louise for some time on the skis/snowboards. What a blast! I definitely notice a difference in my ability from when I started last year.

 

Anyways, head over to The Sisterhood of Crafters to show us your Birthday crafts!

 

Thank You : Sisterhood Challenge

Well this time around at The Sisterhood of Crafters, we have the theme of Thank You for our challenge. I actually managed two cards - both pretty CAS.

 

 

I used the Viva La Verve February Week 2 sketch for inspiration, as well as the photo that Maureen provided to inspire. I went with Rich Razzleberry instead of a more pink, though. I kept with the Verve sentiment and an unused SU! image.

On the second card, I used my as yet unloved PTI dies and stamps for Wonderful Words and Wonderful Words Additions. Again, very clean and simple.

I finished my third half marathon - The Hypothermic Half - on Sunday, so it's been pretty casual around here the last couple of days. I have my massage today and I cannot wait!!

While I was initially very frustrated with my Garmin not turning on before the run, I decided to do a karma run - no pace, no assigned breaks, and came within a minute and a half of my personal best. YAY!

Again, I hope to make more time to blog surf and create....but it would definitely help if my work would fix their internet so it didn't take ages for images to load.....just saying ;) Yeah, yeah, I know I'm supposed to be working! HAHA

Happy Wednesday, everyone!

Head over and show us what you've got for the Thank You challenge
at The Sisterhood of Crafters.

From the Heart : Sisterhood Challenge

This week's challenge over at The Sisterhood of Crafters is From the Heart (meaning your creation must have a heart on it). I took the opportunity to get started on my aunt's birthday card, as I will be flying out to see her this weekend for my annual trip. I also used the Mojo Monday Sketch 277 for the layout inspiration.

Some of the new Raspberry Ripple and Vanilla made this card simple, yet lovely, I think. How about you?
We just enjoyed a weekend in Jasper with friends...and I have to say, I felt like a champion. My snowboarding skills felt like they were actually coming together quite well again....and it looks like we'll take a trip to Lake Louise in February for some fun on the hill. Can't wait!

Winter : Sisterhood Challenge

The first Sisterhood of Crafters challenge for 2013 is a Winter Themed card or project. I figured since I didn't send out any Christmas cards, maybe I'd use this as a chance to catch some of my friends while it's still cold out :)

 

 

Loosely basing my card on a truly inspired card by Maureen which I received for Christmas a year or two ago, I created this simple card with some Verve and PTI goodies, as well as SU! ribbon. The snowflake is some Michael's adhesive shimmery paper.

 

I quite like how it turned out :) It's been a busy start to the year, but I'm really going to try to at a bare minimum, participate in all of the Sisterhood challenges. Hopefully I can find time and mojo to do a little more creating.....now if only I could get some cleaning and organizing mojo, too..that room is a DISASTER!

 

Check out The Sisterhood and show us your wintery creation!

Christamas Greetings!

Wow - It's been a while! To say I've been run off my feet wouldn't be far off from how I feel, but it also wouldn't be totally true. I've been lacking some crafting mojo in a big way (and now it's left me in a bind with the Christmas season upon us). Anyways, I'm hosting the Christmas Card with a Stamped Background Challenge over at The Sisterhood of Crafters and figured it would at least get me motivated to start stamping. :)

 

I used the Mojo Sketch 271 as my starting point for the Merry and bright card. The color combination is the current CR84FN Color Challenge #68 of Burgundy, Grey and Cream. The second card, Christmas Greetings, uses the Sweet Sunday Sketch #173 and the Dynamic Duos Challenge #32 of Rose Red and Pretty in Pink.

 

 

Both of the cards feature Verve stamps - Bright Spirits and Poinsettia Christmas.

I hope your holidays have been merry and bright. I just got back from a weekend spent as my Grandma's Christmas present, which I think she quite enjoyed. Last night, MrP and I took our winter sporting gear over to a local ski hill for the second trip to the hill this season. I must say, being back on my snowboard has been a blast! I can't wait to get out to Jasper in January with some friends.

Other than that, I've been beat down with a cold for a while now, hosted the Sixth Annual Treat Exchange to some fabulously delicious results, and have been trying to figure out how Christmas managed to yet again sneak up on me :)

Happy Birthday : Sisterhood Challenge

With some birthdays coming up and it being my turn to host the challenge over at The Sisterhood of Crafters, I figured I better get my butt in gear and pump out some cards :) Luckily, I had some Viva La Verve sketches to catch up on, so this was the result...

 

First up, Sept Week 1 {8/31/12}. I thought this would work perfectly for my sister in law's birthday early next month. The Rich Razzleberry and Baja Breeze worked beautifully together, I thought.

 

 

Next up was the Sept Week 4 {9/21/12} sketch. I went with the new Midnight Muse and some old paper that I think is Soft Sky?!

 

Finally, the Sep Week 3 {9/14/12} sketch in Real Red, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery & Wild Wasabi.

 

Dustin Pike of Doodle Dragon Studio is sponsoring this challenge, so be sure to head to The Sisterhood of Crafters for a chance to win :)

No Stamps Allowed : Sisterhood Challenge

Well this was a well needed challenge for me - one to get me to use up some of the HUGE pile of rub ons that I own, but never seem to use. I used some SU! designer series paper from last season, as well as some seam binding and a button. The sketch is Viva La Verve's September Week 2 sketch.

 

 

I loved how this card turned out despite having spent much more time than should have actually been required to get the mojo going again.

Head over to The Sisterhood of Crafters to show us your stamp-free creation!

It's been busy for me around here (hence the lack of stamp time). I've got a 10K run this weekend (Terry Fox run), plus another 10K next Saturday and I finished my annual Cross Country Camp over the long weekend with my favorite lesson horse (had a total blast!). Now it's back to regularly scheduled horse jumping lessons, work and run training (maybe I'll sneak in a cycle or two if I can). The madness continues :) Have a great Wednesday!