you're my FAVE - Crafter's Companion DT creation

helllooooooo chickens! 

the middle of the week, and while things are hectic as i prepare myself (mentally and physically) for a temporary assignment, i am happy i didn't have to drive up to our main branch today, as originally planned.  so here's to late crafty nights and not having to get up extra early!

i have a super cute Mulberry Wood card for you today that's up at the Crafter's Companion USA Facebook page...  strangely, i seem to be all about CRITTERS lately, and these two are just so stinkin' irresistible, i couldn't wait to colour 'em up!  check it out!

aren't they CUTE?!  they're from the "Love You" set from the Mulberry Wood series, which is full of quirky little critters!  i stamped them with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Ultra Smooth Premium White cardstock and coloured them up with the following Spectrum Noir markers:

Kitties:  fur - GG1, GG2, GG3; ears/cheeks - PP1, PP2
Flowers: EB1, EB2, OR1
Leaves/grass: LY1, LY3, DB2, DG3
Background/border: HB1, HB2

just look at them!  KITTIES!  what's not to love?!

the border around the edge of the main panel is made with the little accent stamp from the set - i thought it would give it a cute effect without being too busy.  and now i'm not sure i want to give this card to anybody, because i rather like it, with my loopy bow (a first for me!).


SO.  in Leah news...  beginning Monday, i'll be commuting to the main branch to help another department that's very short-staffed.  i'm comfortable with the actual job i'll be doing, but i'm not terribly familiar with the people with whom i'll be working, and the commute (!!!) is over an hour each way, whereas i'm used to driving 5 miles to get to my branch.  gonna take some adjusting, and i don't know how long it will last, but i was told at least 2-3 months.  EEP!

so here's to finishing out a great week at HOME, enjoying our awesome staff and the quick jaunt, and to the END of sleeping in.  i'll have to leave by 6:30 to get there by 8 am and i am NOT an early morning girl.  wish me luck!

in celebration of FRIENDS!

i'm up today on the Crafter's Companion Facebook page, and yesterday was a co-worker's birthday, so natch i whipped something up for the occasion!  see, since i started giving handmade cards to people at work, a store bought card simply WILL NOT DO.  ever.  even if i have no time whatsoever, they refuse to settle.

SO!  Liz turned a darling 24.  SERIOUSLY.  she could nearly be my daughter (i said NEARLY!).  and i grabbed my Mulberry Wood "Friend" set from Crafter's Companion, stamped the little fuzzpaw with Jet Black StazOn, coloured him up with my pencils, and added the sentiment from Sheena's A Little Bit Sketchy "Only Words - Through the Rain".  Liz has a bit of a thing for blue, so i added a few embellies in blue, blinged it up, and VOILA!  this little card was born:

the clouds?  i love this part!  i grabbed a sheet of pale blue vellum and punched them out...  this is a one-layer card (not my forte', but every once in a while i surprise myself!), so i just laid them on top of the image, traced the edges of the image on the vellum and trimmed the clouds down to fit around the pooch.  i'm also slightly obsessed with these shaped cards and i've been making loads of SQUARE cards lately.  watch for them!  :)

here's a close-up of the critter:

fur still isn't one of my strengths, and i wanted to go subtle with an emphasis on that blue flower, so pale worked better for me in this case anyway. 

and that is that!  CLICK HERE to check out the rest of the Mulberry Wood stamp sets (oh my goomie, so cute!), and CLICK HERE for all the gorgeousness from Sheena Douglass.  i should mention that there's also a brand new line of Sheena embossing folders and they're absolutely GORGEOUS.  you'll want to check them out by CLICKING HERE!  :)

hope the day's fab, folks.  i'm crazy swamped with work lately, and putting the pedal to the metal at the gym, so let's hope that 2014 is all it SHOULD be!  see you tomorrow!

Wrapping up September with a chilly little creation from Crafter's Companion!

BRR!  woke up this morning to a VERY chilly house!  fall is definitely here!  so why am i inspired to make something that screams WINTER?!  well i *AM* a Canadian girl, after all!  maybe i'm just sitting tight and waiting for it...

NAH.  i'm not a big fan, to be honest.  i prefer spring and fall.  but i DO need to keep the momentum going with my holiday crafting, so i couldn't resist this super cute stamp from the Mulberry Wood collection at Crafter's Companion!  i want them all, of course, but i started out with this sweet little family of owls - the set is called "Wish Upon a Star" and i had to have 'em.  here's why:

'cuz they're way cute, that's why!  aren't they?  they're colored up with my Prismacolor Pencils with a piece of pale blue vellum done up wtih the Holiday Holly embossing folder from Die'Sire behind them.  i see myself getting LOTS of mileage from this combination! 

nope, so i don't really want winter to come, but working on my holiday cards with such fun crafties is going to cushion the blow a little bit.  ;) 

CLICK HERE to check out the other cute sets from Mulberry Wood - the holiday sets include moose, raccoons (!!), birds, kitties, pandas, pooches and elephants.  i kinda (totally) want them all.  :D

HOT PINK INK at Crafter's Companion!

WHOA.  seriously, i think i'm in LOVE!  i placed my first actual order with Crafter's Companion since joining the design team, and i knew i'd picked a bright color for my Spectrum Noir re-inkers, but OH MY GOOMIE.  words cannot begin to express my excitement when i moved that blending tool across my High Gloss Cardstock.

LOOK.

this is BP3 in the Speccie refills, and i am going to run out of this ink FAST because i'm going to use it on everything!  is it not GORGEOUS?!  yes, it is!

i also added a drop or two of GB6 and pounced it around for some paint splatter effects, then grabbed my Tuxedo Black Memento ink pad and stamped Pansies from the Art-Kure Britain in Bloom collection, and added a portion of the sentiment from the Friend set from Mulberry Wood.

a punched edge, a black mat, a little tag, a ribbon and a smidge of pearly bling, and DONE.  and oh my GOOMIE, this pink ink is just too fabulous.

yeah.  so that happened.  and if you're looking for sheer CUTENESS, check out the Makey Bakey Mice - there are 6 Christmas themed sets and 6 everyday sets, and an awesome SALE going on right now! :)