Happy Victoria Day

For the Victoria Day long weekend, my family took a trip to Ottawa. We had never been there before so we decided to attend the 2008 Tulip Festival. Seeing as both my parents immigrated to Canada from Holland, it was about time I went. It rained on the way down and part of the way home but the weather cooperated while we were there. What more can you ask for? It was a great time. We were walking distance from all of the attractions and took in as much as we could. I have included a few photos below.
The Tulip Festival includes exhibits from countries all over the world. We had a passport that allowed us to sample foods from the countries featured and we enjoyed specialties from Holland, China, Mexico, Peru, Germany & Indonesia. It was alot of fun.

Tulips

These were my favourite tulips!

Parliament Buildings

Here are Brent & myself in front of the Parliament Building in Ottawa.

Origami Tulips

Dillon and I tried making Origami Tulips.
I have to try this with patterned paper!

Tip Toe Thru the Tulips

Here I am in the tulips.

Decorated Tulip Sculptures

Here are some of the decorated tulips we saw at the Tulip Festival.

There were tons of them.

Mother's Day 1

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To all the Mothers in the world ... Have a wonderful day. I will spend the day counting my blessings and enjoying time with the people I love. I hope the same for each of you.

Mother's Day 2

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The clear button has rub-ons applied to the back surface.

Thanks

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May Specials from Stampin' Up!

Stampin' Up has some great specials for May 2008.
What a great time to Spring into your stampin' projects :)


1) CUTTING MAT/HOBBY BLADE COMBO PACK

Stampin' Up! has a Special Offer from May 1 to 31, 2008

Promotion Details:
During the month of May, buy a Cutting Mat and get a Hobby Blade for FREE!

PLUS ...

2) GET ON BOARD WITH CHIPBOARD SPECIAL

For the month of May, when you spend $40 on any Stampin' Up! products you'll get 25% off all On Board chipboard products from pages 178-179 of the Spring and Summer Collection 2008!

These exclusive, versatile, die-cut chipboard collections are designed to coordinate with many Stampin' Up! stamp sets and accessories.

Time Well Spent

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A Stampin' Up project using Time Well Spent. The edges of the flower and the word "Friends" were accented with the Versamarker. The stamen of the flower were punched and then accented from behind with scallop punch using yellow.

The paper is Kraft which I forget to use.

Sweet Celebrations

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This project is from the Stampin' Up Customer webpage. It features circle & scallop punches. I used the Sweet Celebrations stamp set for the centre of the flower.

One of a Kind

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In Colour Combo featuring One of a Kind stamp set.

The large flower was stamped on Bashful blue and then highlighted with Brilliant Blue Watercolor Crayon.

The background was made with Boho Backgrounds.

Happy Day

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It was impossible to get a straight scan with all the embellishments on this card.

The flower and sentiment are rub-ons from Sale-a-Bration.

The white on black is very striking.

The clear button has a punched circle of Designer Series paper attached to the back.

You make me smile

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This card was made with the rub-ons from Sale-a Bration. Even the jumbo brad has a rub-on butterfly applied to the top.

I like the intense colour you get from the rub-ons.

Baby Shower Card

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Here is a card I made for a baby shower I am attending. I already know that the baby is a little boy which made it easier for colour choice.

The stamp set (Bundle of Joy) is retired but Bundled in Love, in the current catalogue, would work just as well. The sentiment a Sale-a-Bration limited edition set.

Always

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This card was cased. I am bad for forgetting where I saw an idea. My apologies to the original creator and my thanks for the inspiration.

Stamp Set: Always

Colours: Blue Bayou & Soft Sky

Technique: Embossing

Easter Wishes

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How do you make an Easter Card with no Easter stamps?

Answer: Pull out your coluzzle and create an 'Egg' card.

Decorate as you wish.

Egg Wishes

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The following three cards are the entries I sent in for the February Easter Wishes contest category in the Stampin' Success magazine. The April issue says that no entries were received so I have to guess that they did not make it there in time or they were lost in the mail (Boo hoo).

Too bad ... I really liked this one.

I didn't have an easter stamp set so I decided to use the centre of the "O" from my chipboard letters to make the egg shape and paired it up with the bird from "A Little Birdie Told Me".

Card with Jumbo Clip Bookmark

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The Bookmark was made with Chipboard pieces covered with paper (the ears are petal pieces). Then the edges were sponged. The centres of the ears were made with the oval punch and the other facial features were made with circle punches.

Easter Egg Hunt Invitation

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Sale-a-Bration

It has been a while since I posted. I have been working on entries for Stampin' Up! Demonstrator contests. Here are some projects from my Sale-a-Bration event:

Valentine's Candy

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The jar is an empty Starbuck's Frappachino. The top was embellished with ribbon and several punched circles to cover the printing on the lid. The stamps used are Simply Said & Happy Heart Day. The pink gingham ribbon works nicely with Valentine's Day projects.

Notice the snow on the window sill. It is snowing here again - I can't see across the street right now. It's a great day for stamping :)

Teabag Folding - Dahlia Flower

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Tea Bag Folding:

Double Sided Designer Series Paper works great for this type of technique.

You can get the directions for this technique at http://www.cardsandcrafts.freeservers.com/dahlia.html

Paper Candles

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This card was CASED but unfortunately I have forgotten where I saw it - Thanks to the original creator for sharing the inspiration.

The candles on this card were made with Designer Series Paper (2" high) and then matted on Chocolate Chip cardstock. The sentiment is from Happy Everything. The flame on the candle is the leaf image from the stamp set Time Well Spent (This is a Level 3 Hostess Set). You could also use the leaf from Bud Basics. The wide Chocolate Chip satin ribbon is from the Theatre collection.

How do I get a perfect "V" cut on the ribbon?

A: Fold the ribbon in half and then make one diagonal cut from the outside edges of the ribbon downwards to the centre of the ribbon. Open and you have a perfect "V".