NOEL Christmas Banner Using Emboidery Rings

You know when you get an idea in your head and then when it starts to come out your beyond excited. Well today's post is exactly that, I was sitting in my studio thinking what can I do and as I was cleaning up I found 5 (yes 5) oval embroidery rings made out of wood. And thought what can I create with these. I had treated myself to a new Christmas Kit and had everything for it sitting in front of me and then it came to me what about a banner that says "NOEL". And this is what I created and I am so super excited about it too.

This can be altered using any type of paper, I will be doing one for my workshop out of Stampin' Up products and definitely using MDS (My Digital Studio). I probably won't get that one done until I return from my holidays but maybe I will. When you are inspired sometime you just have to get it out, right?

What I used:

• 5 embroidery rings (oval)
• Any Christmas scraping kit
• 5" or larger wide satin ribbon in matching colour
• Cherry Cobbler card stock
• Early Espresso card stock
• Buttons
• jewels
• glitter
• Very Vanilla card stock
• Stamp Set Creative Elements
• Cherry Cobbler 5/8 Seam Binding

This is how looks like all put together
and on the wall, can you say WOW!

Close-up showing a little more detail.

The following images show each one separately so you can see the details of each one.

For those who know me I can never really create
something with even numbers so of course I had to have
another embroidery hoop and this works so well.
I love that my quirky habits work out.

"N" ice. How nice this patterned paper it is vintage and
sparkly and lends itself with the ribbon and buttons 

"O"h my I love the ascent paper that I used here again
the buttons work so well and so simple.

Close-up showing how I used Creative Elements
Stamp from Stampin' Up it doesn't always have
to be something Christmas related, I used it as a
background it it makes the letter pop!

"E"cellent  love the damasks look of the paper so pretty!

"L"ove I so love how this project turned out!

Canadian Wedding Invitation Swap

Canadian Wedding Invitation Swap



Fablous Florets Wedding Invitation using
MDS (My Digital Studio) from Stampin' Up!



It has been awhile since I have designed a wedding invitation but I think I am back into it and joined along with 10 other lovely ladies the Canadian Wedding Invitaion Swap. Bascially you design a wedding invtiation, with RSVP, directions and other events card. We also were allowed to use MDS (My Digtial Studio which is fantastic and exactly what I did.

For my invitation I used the Stamp Set Fabulous Florets, Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette, Baja Breeze and Whisper White card stock for the ink I used Early Espresso, Baja Breeze all in RGB colours. I also included a sheet of vellum card stock printed with the Fabulous Florets amd with the following words...

love can not be measured by days but by moments...

I love the details that can be added so that each design is unique.

Interior showing the details vellum cover, invitation and
RSVP, Directions and Other Events Card

Close up showing mroe of the details

The won.der [wuhn-der] - Of Nature...

won.der [wuhn-der] - verb (used without object) to be filled with admiration, amazement, or awe; marvel (often fol. by at):

Nature is amazing. I often wonder how each little thing on earth was created how each has purpose whether big or small. How is it an ant can carry a leaf 25 times its size, or how a bee can create a honeycomb of perfection. Why even our little birds growing so quickly in there little nest are almost ready to fly and it hasn't even been a month. How they learn to fly without any real lessons?

I love everything about nature and when I saw this line of paper, stamps and rub-ons I fell in love and had to get it. Even better I love the fact that Stampin' Up products work so well with other products. Its just another reason why I use Stampin' Up products, they interchange with so many other products you just can't go wrong.

For this project I matched Early Espresso textured card stock, satin ribbon and inks along with our Antique Brads and came up with this fantastic layout.

Elegant Soiree DS (Designer Series) Paper from Stampin' Up

Hello Monday...

Wow hard to believe that another weekend has gone by and we are at the beginning of another week. Today I have a done a scrap booking page using our DS (Designer Series) paper Elegant Soiree, our textured card stock Early Espresso and Baja Breeze.

I haven't yet picked a photo to go with this one but I was inspired by the beautiful patterned paper and the other accessories designed to work with this beautiful paper.

I also like to add my own personal message or find a poem or quote that best describes what I am feeling. For this page I will be adding one of own wedding pictures.

We'll find a little wedding chapel
add pair of rings and a  preacher too.
underneath the neon steeple
we'll take a gamble and say "I do".

I love making paper flowers and using DS paper is perfect for making flowers giving texture and shape to each one. All you need is to add a few Antique Brads add a few Basic Pearls and your done.

Using the stamp set Always Elegant and VersaMarker I created this pattern on the textured paper.



Because I Care - Simply Adorned Jewelry

OK I promise not to bore you anymore with this stamp set, but I can't help myself. Here is a piece I did for the Simply Adorned Jewelry. I used the 1 1/2" w x 2" h Beveled Glass Front Simply Adorned Charm and the 34" Simply Adorned Chain for this project.

Here is the recipe:

Stamp Set: Because I Care

Card stock: Very Vanilla, Baja Breeze

Ink: Baja Breeze, Early Espresso (also Stampin' Write Marker Baja Breeze and Early Espresso)

Accessories: Textured Impressions Vintage Wallpaper, Stampin' Dimensional, Kraft 3/8 Taffeta Ribbon, 1 1/2" w x 2" h Beveled Glass Front Simply Adorned Charm and the 34" Simply Adorned Chain.