I should be sleeping...

Hey it's late and I am up stamping. Are you shocked? {me either}
I just put this card together for a few challenges and one is almost over...YIKES!
Challenge # 11 - Sketch Challenge
Lacy Days...
colourQ challenge #25...
Challenge # 11 - Furry Friends
I may add details later but for now...I am sleepy.

Here is a clearer photo of the colors!

Happy Krafting, Shaz

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Don't forget about the Blog Candy giveaway! Go here to enter.

Valentine R.A.K and more...

Here is a book mark I made last week It was for the Mojo monday and the Anya and Friends  challenges but I miss the deadline...Oops! I started a new book and need a new bookmark. I loved the sketch Mojo had last week. It was fun to work with.

Check out the great R.A.K I got for Valentine's day! Super cute eh? The pretty blue box had a new stamp set in it Yahoo! Thanks Dawn!

Also I added a bunch of stuff to the shop today like STAMPS!

I am selling some of my old stamps at great yard Sale prices.  All of the sets are CTMH sets. I also lowered the prices of some cards and added a view cart button.

{click}Stamps&Cards on sale

Happy Krafting!

~,Shaz

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Love Cupcakes

The Lovely Ladies over at the Verve Stamps have been parading Tags Tins and Treats ideas.
I made this tiny treat box for a Mini cupcake.

{cupcake box with tag}

{inside box}

Happy Krafting!

~,Shaz

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My guy Ian in the woods

My guy Ian has been one of my favorite stamps from the Greeting farm.

He is too cool for school! I have used him on card for both men and teen and it look good every-time. I have even used him to make an engagement and anniversary cards. This My guy Ian card was made with a sketch #5 from the 12 Sketches for Christmas. I use lots of natural embellishments to accent this cart: wood button, twine mesh, maple and birch bark pattered paper

I think that wooden buttons are my favorite buttons to embellish.

Since they are neutral so the match with everything.

My Guy Ian in the Woods

The Splendid Stamping with the Greeting Farm Blog is asking what our craft rooom/area looks like.

Pictures of the real Kraft Nook!

~*~Good day~*~         ***BAD  DAY***

L.O.L... I hope looking at my messy craft area is an encouragement.

I find it hard to keep me "creative energy going" when I stop to tidy.

That being said, I also find that tidying up give me lot of ideas of what I could be creating!?!

Happy Krafting!

~Shaz~

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Monochromatic Guy card

I took on this challenge "Mono et Mono"!

Well... not really I used more than one challenges to attack  this card.

Caardvark Sketch Challenge by Page Maps

Stampin' Sister's in Christ new Life theme: I used yellow as a color of light to symbolize God presents and the word "Life" as a sentiment.

Club Anya  Monochromatic color: YELLOW everything is yellow! crushed curry, barely banana, so saffron and apricot appeal. The stamped image is Ian.

{materials} Copic makers. Stampin' Up! stamp and write markers. Stampin Up! card-stock. Image of boy is "Ian" from The Greeting Farm Miss Anya collection. Sentiment stamp,"Life" is from Stampin' Up!. Eyelets are from Close to My Heart.

{tools} Crop-o-dile to punch holes and set eyelets. Cutterpede paper trimmer.

If you have any question please feel welcome to leave a comment.

Happy Krafting!

~Shaz~

Narnia inspired card.

The Cinema Saturday gang is back with the first challenge of 2010, and it's all about Narnia.

I tried to color Anya to look like Susan in this picture. The designer paper has distressed scrolls and the pewter crested button I used for embellishing create a regal looking.

This card is also a 12 days of Christmas Sketch #10 and a Pile it on Anything Clear card!

{materials} Razzelberry purple card-stock, designer paper "Day and Night", Sentiment Stamp "Glad we're friends"and markers by Stampin' Up! Image of girl is part of a stamp set called Dressy Anya from the greeting Farm Miss Anya collection. Button and Ribbon Found Items. Iridescent Glitter from Close to My Heart. {tool} Liquid glass for clear embellishment on dress. Sewing Machine for pleating the ribbon and the paper piecing around the card. Paper Punch for edge of card stock "Victorian"by Fiskars. 

New Years treat Anyone?

Here is little gift I made for my next door neighbor.

These yummies are decorated with a 12 days of Christmas Sketch #8 and a Pile it on Anything Digi!

I printed this digi Image from The Greeting Farm with my laser printed on Textured Card stock... I would not recommend this to anyone. it was very tricky to work with. I should have stuck to my regular smooth card stock the imaged are much sharper.

{material} Sentiment "To you from me" stamp, Brown ink, Blue and Brown Card-stock by Stampin' Up! Ribbons and brad are found items.  {tools} 1-1/2 and 1-38 inch circle punches by Stampin' Up!

If you have any question please feel welcome to leave a comment.

Have a wonderful day

~Shaz~

Christmas gift package

The Greeting Farm had a great Challenge for "the complete package", and boy was I stumped. After much thought I came up with this ...

These tins and book clip coordinate with the gift holder I made on my blog-aversary post. {here}

They are a Christmas Gift for my "Mommy-Buddy".  I stamped and colored Anya's head for tags to embellish the tins. I put a eyelet in the hat  to lace the tags to the tins.

The packaging is a re-use package from my birthday. I re-moved the original labels and replaced them with hand-stamp labels. {check out the close ups}

I also wanted to let you all know that there is a sale over at Purple Onion Design Stamps are 25% off until Dec 15th! You could also enter a draw over at the blog by post the blinkie like me. Head on over!

If you have any question please feel welcome to leave a comment.

Have a wonderful day~Shaz

piles of glitter

Why is glitter so messy? I have done an other Pile it on challenge... and this was a messy one. Check out the pile of Challenges I used:

{1}Pile it on challenged us to use Glitter.

{2}  Sketch Saturday gave us the layout

{3} Farm Fresh Friday Color combo

{4} Crafty Cardmaking Non Christmas image on your Christmas card.

I had the grand idea to use the Laundry Hope {see the original image here} to make a tired gift wrapper.  I am sure I will look like this next week, all strung out on wrapping, apple cider and curly ribbon. Can you see her tiny slippers? I have not seen a challenge for flocking but if there was one I would qualify. I dusted her little house slippers with soft white fluff. So while "Hope" pulls an all-night-er, wrapping gifts, her toes will keep toasty.

{material}

Baja, kiwi, real red, choc chip and whisper white card-stock from SU! Laundry Hope stamped image is from TGF and embossed with stazon and SU! clear powder.. Gold glitter is from White Rose{if you even know the place I have had this glitter forever}  Christmas sentiment, ribbons and strings are random from my stash. Colored with Copic markers.

{tools}

Crop-o-dile to punch hole in tag. Making Memories Slice and Noteworthy SD card to cut dies.  Glue pen and Liquid glass from CTMH to adhere glitter and flocking. Heat gun to set the embossing powder and glues.

If you have any question please feel welcome to leave a comment.

Have a wonderful day~Shaz

{raspberry} peace

Only a few more days to enter for my Blog-aversary giveaway!

HERE is the post to enter with.

I am starting to get into all the Christmas stuff that is swarming around me. I put up a few of our decorations last week. I was having those"leading" conversations with the kids about what they see in the store advertisements. Christmas is just around the bend!

I made this Christmas card with two great challenges!

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #19 & Pile it on challenge #26

{material} DP and Brown card-stock by SU! Ribbon, brads raspberry and Lavender card-stock are found items. Brown ink is by CTMH. Brown marker pen by Memories.

{tools} Curly punch by SU! and hydrangea trio punch by Martha Stewart.

Don't forget about the Blog-aversary giveaway here !

Have a great day,

Shaz

mark my {book}

I need a bookmark for my book so I whipped this one up...lol.

It has a long velvet ribbon and a vintage frame charm on the top. Edward is colored with copic markers. I embossed with clear powder on black ink before I heated the powder I sprinkled Iridescent glitter for "dazzle". The Quote is from New Moon and says: "you know, I never had much patience for Romeo".

{materials}

Real red, Basic black, Vanilla Card-stock from SU!.  Edward sprout stamp from The Greeting Farm. Markers and blender from Copic. Multi-liner black marker pen from Zig. Vintage frame charm, large eyelet, hemp twine and Velvet ribbon are found items.

{Tools}

Crop-o-dile by We R Memeories. Zig-zag Eyelet edge punch by Martha Stewart.

Don't forget about the Blog-aversary giveaway here !

Have a great day,

Shaz

Ian{stein}

Hey there, Today I have a really good one for you!

My new favorite stamp company {the Greetingfarm} is having a few challenges this week.

On Farm Fresh Friday they announced A "Punch Drunk" challenges at Splendid Stamping with the Greeting Farm. And.... Mystery Monday they announced a "Spooktacular"challenge at Club Anya.

Well, I was really stumped! I don't really "love" halloween but I had this super idea!

Frankenstein meets Ian. 

I used the Amy R Friday sketch for the lay out. It was my first time using her sketch.

 I found it simple and sweet.

I am going to drop this all off at the pile it on: Challenge #21 too for a blue green and yellow card!

{material}
Basic grey and Tangerine-tango card-stock{SU!} "Ambrosia" designer paper{Basic Grey}. "Jet Black" ink{Staz-on}. "Small oval" punched X3{SU!} "Hydrangea tio"{Martha Stewart}. Round and square brads "pewter accents" {CTMH} Multi-liner pen for drawing stitches and Jack-o-lantern {EK success}. Lots of copic markers....especially Yellow!

Hava Spooklacular day!
Shaz

{new}look

So... did you notice anything different?... I gave my blog a new look!
What do you think?
Yeah, I think it is pretty too!

I also gave this Anya a new look.
I added a peek on her hat, to make her look like a witch.

I was so proud of the way the glitter cooperated with me.
It stay in all the right places.
{material}
Dressy Anya stampset{the greeting farm}. Purple & white cardstock {CTMH}. Green ribbon & cardstock{SU!}Black glitter& brads {dollar shop} Sentiment stamp{verve}Designer paper "Razzelberry Lemonade" and markers{SU!}

Have a great week-end,
Shaz

LOST {season 4}

I finished watching Season 4 a couple of weeks ago and just had to make a Thank-you card again. But I wanted to make a little gift too! Every LOST fan has noticed that abundant DARMA INITIATIVE supplies that magically fall from the sky, right? So I thought a DARMA INITIATIVE item ... like a darma covered a Ranch Dressing bottle, would be cool.{lol} Then, I thought, the gift should last longer than a few lunches.

Notebooks are always handy. So, I covered a composition books and created a card that looks like a plane ticket. The notebook had to have a hint of drama. So it has the title DARMA INITIATIVE and a darma-like symbol decorating the front. I cut these great letters with my MM SLICE cutter. I sponged green, yellow and beige ink on the edges to make the book, look like it's been dragged through the jungle for three months.

The plane ticket has the bright paper pieced Oceanic Airline Symbol on the front of the folder. The inside holds a simple blank ticket on which I wrote my thank you note. I did not sponge the ticket or the folder. I thought the contrast of the two pieces looks sharp when I tied the leather sting around them.

Well, I am waiting for season 5 to come out on DVD. Then Season 6 of LOST will start in Jan 2010.

Only one Days left on my Giveaway!

Shaz.

mini{shutter}

Hey there my crafty friends,

I have been overflowing with creative energy. Here is the first of many crafts, it is a mini tri-shutter card.

Yes, I said mini!

Gotta love the little thing in life!

I started with the tutorial on splitcoaststampers from Bonnie. I used a base card of 4" X 6". To resize the card I divided the score lines and cuts in half. So, my score lines are at 1”, 2”, 4” and 5” with cuts 1" in between 1 and 5. I was hoping to use this as a invitation but there is not much room for the information.

This size is perfect as a tag for a gift bag.

You will have to visit soon to see the invitations I made. {wink}

{materials}

designer paper & butterfly punch by Martha Stewart,brads, ribbon, scalloped square punch & stamp SU!

Have a great week-end,

Shaz

Back to School

Around here it is the first day of school. Kids are both nervous and excited as they head back to class.

Today is not a big deal for my household, you see, your youngest is starting school next friday. That will be the day that School is a big deal!

You may have seen the double pocket cards. To make this one I used the tutorial. Of course details are all up to you! Here I used dementionals to pop out the Fhiona and liquid glass to accent the apple on her headband. This is also my first attempt with Copic markers. The whole world of Copic is new to me but ... interesting.

{materials}

Copic markers, designer paper by SU!, white, black ink, Fhiona stamps by yournextstamp, black and blue card-stock

Hope your kids are having a great day back to school.

Shaz

monocramatic{vintage}

I am not a antique hunter but I love a great find. I found these vintage stamps at our local reuse center so I had to buy them!
It was perfect for the Caardvark and Cinema Saturday challenges.

Materials:
Green and white card-stock. Back and white gingham MM designer paper. Ribbon and buttons.Vintage stamps.

Happy Stamping!
Shaz

rockin'{sneaker}

I wanted to make a really cool card for my kid's 10th birthday. Caardvark is having a shape card challenge so.... my love for sneakers and cards inspired this card.
The front looks like a sneaker and the inside looks like a sock!
{click on the picture for a closer look}
"rockstar sneaker"
Material:
White card-stock, red card-stock, SU! designer paper{i used 1 double sided page}, shoelace eyelets, black duo tip Marker, SU!"little something" stamp set, SU! " birthday wish" stamp, circle cut with MM Slice, star punch .

Happy Scrappin'
Shaz

Fatherly{quotes}

I was looking for a quote to put on some Father's day card and I found this great site. Quote Garden. It has some really cute quotes most perfect for cards. I made my picks and did some creative work with a simple word program. Printed them on card stock and made these cards for the good men in my life.

I used a stamp wheel for both cards. I wanted the images to have some depth so I rolled the wheel in tow different colors.
{you can click on the photos for a closer look}

"Father{a father carries money where his money used to be}"
Materials: Trendy trees wheel, green and brown ink green brown and white card-stock eyelets letters cut with the MM slice.

"A father is always making his Baby into a woman. And when she is a women he turners her back again"
Materials: Trendy trees wheel, green and white card-stock lite and dark green ink, large eyelets and one inch hole punch

Happy Scrappin'

Shaz

{B}it began with

Here it is: Some of the pages I scraped on my week-end away at DeerLake C&C.

"it BeGan WitH B"
Materials:
lite brown, lavender card-stock, Designer paper, Basic gray and the lettering on cricut.

"A LITTLE MAIL"
Materials:
Dark brown, Kraft card-stock, K& company Designer paper and vellum, twine, Jumbo eyelet, Circle punch{1 3/4 & 1 1/2 in},Fancy pants: daily grind and Wal-mart Letter stamps.


Happy Scrappin'
Shaz

Blog Candy!

Pink Gem has some great blog candy. Take a look at those sweet little faces.
I love the cute pup in her logo!
Hurry up don't miss the opportunity for yummy stamps!

Shaz