Happy Anniversary

On Saturday (November 12th) it was my husbands and my 6th Anniversary.  For the 6th year we headed to Niagara-On-The-Lake and Niagara Falls for the weekend.  We visited many wineries and tasted some amazing wines in both 20 Valley and in Niagara-On-The-Lake - came home with 11 yummy bottles of reds, mostly from the 2007 season as that was the best year for grapes.

below you will see the card I made for my amazing hubby....

SUPPLIES USED:

* 5X7 card and envelope

* Copic paper

* Kraft cardstock (recollections)

* Green patterned paper from my stash

* Stamp- House Mouse Designs

* Stamp - Happy Anniverary (old stamp supplier unknown)

* Creative Memories paper ribbon

* Creative Memories "Love" sticker You Light Up My Life (inside sentiment)

* Chestnut Brown stamp pad (recollections)

* Clear embossing powder (recollections)

* Copic Markers

* Cuttle Bug embossing folder - Divine Swirls

* Spellbinders Nestabilities - Labels 18

The inside......

A close up of the mice....

COPIC COLOURS USED:
* MOON: E43, E42, E41, E40
* GRASS: YG67, YG63
* GROUND: E47, E44, E43, E42
* TAILS, EARS & FACES: E11, E00, E000
* SMALLMOUSE: W5, W3, W1
* LARGE MOUSE: W9, W7, W5

My Wonderful husband bought me roses - pink for my favorite colour, yellow for my favorite roses and red for LOVE :)

and i also got some BLING...with my March birthstone - G E O R G E O U S !!!

Thank you for visiting today, and I will be back soon with some other cards for you to see :)  Comments always welcome, hope to chat to you soon.

Shari

Dad's Birthday

On November 9th it was my Daddy's 62nd Birthday.  My mom runs a craft and painting business and my Dad helps her out by cutting a lot of her wood pieces for her painting classes, so when I found this stamp I knew I was going to use it for my Dad.....

SUPPLIES USED:

* 5x7 card and envelope

* yellow, denim and red star papers from my stash

* 2x yellow star brads

* blue button

* Happy Birthday Stamp

* Best wishes stamp

* Copic Markers (colours listed below)

* Stampaive Stamp - Mr. Fix It by Laurence Collection

 Inside..

COPIC COLOURS:

* BEAR - E47,E44,E43,E42

* SHIRT - R29,R27,R24

* PANTS - B99,B97,B95,B93

* TOOLS - C7,C5,C3,C1,C0,Y17,Y15,Y13,R27,R24

* PENCIL - Y17,Y15,R35

* SUSPENDERS - Y17,Y15

* GROUND - C3,0

It was really fun making this card for my Dad, I hope you enjoyed seeing it :)

Shari

My Day with Kimmie and the Krafty Girls

My 2nd post of the day, Oh my what has gotten into me, he he he.  Be sure to check out the first post below this one too :)

On October 16th I went to St.Thomas to spend the day with Kraftin' Kimmie and the Krafty Girls at their 2nd annual Krafty Day.  As you can tell from most of my posts on this blog I REALLY REALLY like Kraftin' Kimmie stamps! Check out Kimmie's store at http://www.kraftinkimmiestamps.com/ and see what stamps she has.

I wanted to share a couple pictures with you that I took and also a picture of the 4 make and takes that we were able to make that day.

The first picture is of Kimmie and her Krafty girls....

The next picture is of Annie and she is one of the stamp artist (and my favorite)....during the day we got to watch Annie paint and draw some images, she is so talented!

Below is a picture of the four make and takes we did, they were so fun and all were using the NEW stamps available at Kraftin' Kimmie.....one is a card, one is a gift card holder, one is a bookmark and one is a tag.

 I am looking forward to going to Kimmie's Krafty Day again next year!  Thanks for coming by to see me and I will see you soon.

Shari

30th Anniversary

Just this part week two of our good friends celebrated their 30th Anniversay, wow!  My husband and I are celebrating our 6th tomorrow,30 seems so far away, can not wait to get there too :) Our friends are a very "Cool" couple so they deserved a very "Cool" card......

SUPPLIES USED:

* White cardstock (recollections), used one full 8.5x11 sheet folded in half to make the card

* Red cardstock (recollections)

* Black cardstock (recollections)

* Silver cardstock (recollections)

* Baby blue cardstock (recollections)

* Creative Memories "Everyday" patterned paper

* Catseye Scarlete Red pigment ink

* Glossy Accesnts (for the windshield and headlights)

* Kraftin' Kimmie stamp - Danny

* Kraftin' Kimmie stamp - Joannie

* Cricut Cartridge "Nifty Fifty" for the car

* Creative Memories "for those we Love" vellum sentiment

* computer generated sentiment for front of card

* Copic Markers (colors listed below)

* Sakura Glaze Pen

Inside:

A closeup of the coloured images...

COPIC COLOURS:

* SKIN - E11,E00,E000

* HAIR, DANNY - E29,E27,E25, JOANNIE - YR24,Y26,YR21

* JACKET & SHOES, DANNY & JOANNIE PANTS - W9,W7,W5

* PANTS, DANNY - W7,W5,W3

* GLASSES, DANNY - W7,W5,C5,C3,C1 (Love the mirrored look of these glasses!)

* SHIRT, SHOES, LIPS & HAIR CLIP - R39,R37R35

* EYES -B45,B41

* EYESHADDOW - RV00, RV0000

Hope you enjoyed the card, till next time :)

Shari



Nafiza's Birthday Card

My friend Nafiza is having a birthday on Sunday and I wanted to share her card with you :)

The supplies I used were;

* A2 Card / envelope

* The cupcake printed paper is from The Greeting Farm

* Expresso Bazzil cardstock

* White lace ribbon (source unknown)

* Dew Drops (6)

* House Mouse Designs stamp

* $1.50 Sentiment stamp from Michaels for the inside

* Spellbinders Ovals & Scallopped Ovals

* Chocolate Brown Catseye Liquid Chalk

* Copic Markers

Here is a pic of the inside:

A close up of the colored mice;

Copic colors used;
* Big mouse: FACE, EARS, TAIL & BELLY - E11, E00, E000, R20
                    FUR - C7, C5, C3, C1
* Little mouse: FACE, EARS & TAIL  - E11, E00, E000, R20
                       FUR - W7, W5, W3, W1
* Cupcake wrapper- E49, E47, E44, E43
* Cupcake frosting - R85, R83, R81
* Candle - YR67, YR63, YR61, Y19, Y15, YR18
* Ground - YR67, YR63, YR61, E44, E43, E42, E41

The Make a Wish stamp is an old stamp I had in my cupboard and I stamped it with Versa Mark and embossed it with pink

I hope you enjoyed this post and I hope to be back soon with another card that I made for my friends 30TH Anniversary.

Shari

Jude's 40th Birthday

Hello blogger friends! Just this past weekend was one of my good friends had his 40th Birthday. If you know my friend Jude, you will know that he is a little weird, so this card I am about to show you was PERFECT for him!

Here is a closer look at the Chicken....

The stamp I used was from Your Next Stamp (http://www.yournextstamp.com/), and the copic colors I used were;
CHICKEN: C1, C0, R29, R27, R24, YR18, YR16 & YR14
EGGS: E43, E42, E41, E40
STRAW: YR26, YR24, YR23
I used an A2 card and covered it with Orange Bazzil cardstock, then layered on a Creative Memories Photo Mat. I backed the chicken with brown Bazzil cardstock.  Everything was liquid chalked with Catseye Chestnut Brown.  I also usedmy glaze pen to shine up the eyes.

And the inside (where the comedy is)....

The sentiment is also fromYour Next Stamp and I mimiced the colors on the inside as well.  Boy did we get some laughs from this card at the party :)

Hope you enjoyed this post and I hope to be back soon with some of the Christmas cards that I have made :) Have a great day, ttys :D

Shari

Baby Card For Lucas & Chase

Hello there, it's Friday!! Whoo hoo! Happy Thanksgiving weekend to all the Canadians!  The Weather this weekend should be summer-like, so get outside and enjoy before the snow falls!

Today I am going to post a Baby Card that I made for my cousin Richard when he had his baby boy Lucas and also a card I made for my friend Matt when he had his son Chase.  Both images are a Stampavie Baby stamp.

First is Lucas'

Skin: E01, E00 & E000

Pants: BG78, BG75 & BG72

Shirt: Y17, Y15, Y13 & Y11

Diaper: C01 & C0

Eyes and fingernails: used glaze pen to make them shiny

I drew a Onesie on a folded piece of white cardstock putting the seam at the top of the card.  I then traced the pattern on to the printed paper and cut it out with scissors (sorry I do not remember the name of the company for the pattern paper but I purchased it at "Scrapbook Queens" in Mississauga, ON.) 
Using the Square Nestabilities I trimmed the picture in teal and tan Bazzill cardstock and pop-dotted it on top of a strip of brown ribbon, then tied a bow in brown ribbon and glue dotted it on the corner of the baby photo.
I then added 3 brass brads to the bottom of the card to look like the snaps on the Onesie.

Now Chase's card:

Skin: E01, E00 & E000

Pants: E47, E44, E43 & E42

Shirt: B97, B95, B93 & B91

Diaper: C01 & C0

Eyes and fingernails: used glaze pen to make them shiny

I used an A2 card and backed it with a pattern paper from Creative Memories Baby Boy photo mats, used Creative Memories paper ribbon in brown and secured it with two blue safety pins on each end.  I added 3 buttons under the sentiment witch is an old stamp I have had for years. 
To make the baby pop I cut him out of Spellbinders Nestabilities Label 11 then framed him with Creative Memories paper from the same photo mat pack.

Here is a view of the inside of Chase's card and the envelope;

The sentiment inside the card is from Creative Memories velum Baby Boy pack, and the crib stamp on the envelope is from the $1.50 bin at Michaels.
Hope you enjoyed today's post (and I hope I covered everything). Enjoy your weekend and I will see you soon:)

Shari

Thanksgiving Card for Mom & Dad

I would like to start off by saying Thank You to all who commented on my first post welcoming me to blogland! It meant a lot to read your kind words and I look forward to forming great blog friendships with you all!

Now on to my first official "Pink Palace Creation".  With the fast approaching Thanksgiving Holiday in Canada this weekend I got into the spirit and made my Mom and Dad a card as they are so graciously cooking a feast for my hubbie and I.  The card I made is the first ever easel card that I have created and I have to say it was a success (well in my eyes at least).

I used the Kraftin Kimmie Stamp-Merry (kraftinkimmiestamps.com) and coloured her with my copics:

Skin: E01, E00 & E00

Hair: E49, E25 & E35

Dress: E43, E42, E41 & E40

Turkey: E17, E15, E13 & a touch of Y26

Oven Mitts and accents on the dress: YR18 & YR15

The card is made from Recollection card stock from Michaels, the accent paper is from Creative Memories, the background square is cut from Basil using the Lacey Squares Nestabilities and the Square Nestabilities.

I printed the sentiment on the inside of the card from the computer and added a leaf button that I removed the button backing from to make the card stand up.  The sentiment on the front of the card is from a very old stamp I had and do not know where it is from.

I hope you enjoyed my first blog post as much as I enjoyed sharing it with you!

Shari

Under Construction

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