Waterfall Sympathy Card

This card was made in memory of my dear Grandma...

Some tips on making this waterfall style card - score the tab/turn at the edge of the paper where it sits when laid flat, use a good heavyweight card stock for the paper that is pulled,  and use adhesive under the brads *only* on the paper bar that the tab is being pulled under.  

And the tutorial - thanks Dawn!

Stash used to make this card were:
Verve Forever in Our Hearts Stamp Set, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Pumice Stone, Basic Grey Capella Paper pack, StampinUp Early Espresso ink and marker, Scotch ATG 714 gun and adhesive, Fiskars Trimmer (my fave!), misc ribbon, brads and card stock from my stash.

Have a wonnnnderful day!

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Butterfly card/album

I found this fffaaaannntastic tutorial today, here's the butterfly album, and here's the tutorial.  I sincerely believe if you have a die cutting machine, like the Silhouette or the KNK, this would be an awesome, and easy project!!  I have all intentions of making one, but not for a few months so I was inspired to play with the shape and make my own template inspired slightly by my Martha Stewart butterfly punch shape.  

Here's my template making escapades 

...and then I made a cute birthday card in the meantime, waiting for the munchkin to finally fall asleep - all experimenting with my butterfly shape.  I like it!

Have a wonnnnderful day!

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My Creating Space/Scrap Room-Part 4.0

I did it!!!


Not only have I (almost) completed my new creating space, but I've got it on video for you too :)




Some of the bits and pieces I used to create this space were:
IKEA Expedit shelves $60x2
IKEA apothecary jars $4 per 4 pack
IKEA ribbon jar $5
IKEA fabric drawers $6 each
IKEA plastic drawer $20
Paper stacker
6 pack bucket $10 to hold my copic markers
Peg board $5 bucks, peg board starter kit $6, peg board ribbon rack pegs $3, ribbon rack dowel $3, ribbon used to trim home-cut melamine shelves $3 adhered with my handy glue gun.
See through drawers for scrap papers

Have a wonnnnderful day!




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Stamp Storage

Well, I'm on a video roll now... here's my stamp storage solution... sorry for the rambling ;)



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a Tealight Cake - how cuuute!!

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Tutorial: Fortune cookies

How cool is this from hamblyscreenprints ??

Here's the tutorial..

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Samana, Dominican Republic & Post-It Note Holder

Where in the world am I??
Today we're docking in Samana, Dominican Republic

TAKE NOTE... my mother's mother was one of the last 100 living Arawak Indians on the island of Jamaica, where the last 4 generations of my family were born. (I also have descendants from France, Italy, Ireland, Portugal, Panama, Africa, England and these Native Arawak Indians) so I hope that today I will be taking the Taino Indian Cave Exploration Tour and can't wait to show you pictures ;) It's so weird that Haiti is attached to the Dominican Republic - they're the same island split almost in half. When you see the aerial view, Haiti is about 80% deforested and almost a living hell after the Jen 12th earthquake, whereas the Dominican republic still has traces of rainforest. How far we've come since the days of the Taino, Arawak and Carib Indians... and Christopher Columbus.

On Friday, we'll stop in Dominica (dohm'in'ee'kah) - not to be mistaken with the Dominican Republic which is a completely different island. The Commonwealth of Dominica is celebrating their Carnival Monday today. I can't wait to see pictures of the beautiful costumes when we arrive there on Friday!

So since you've been "taking note" of my ancestral history, and all these cultural tidbits, I thought I'd inpire you with this easy-peasy tutorial ...

But I wouldn't be having this much fun and not remember you sooo.... ... While I'm cruising the Caribbean Sea in February, I'd like to celebrate my 1st Pretty Little Things blogoversary with all of you wonderful and inspiring people who've become part of my daily life by thanking my BBFF's with some BLOG CANDY!!! See this post for details and I'll absolutely ship anywhere in the world!

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((¸¸.·´ ..·´ Create with passion!
-:¦:- ((¸¸.·´* -:¦:- NikkiNix

Cruising for Valentines Day & making Pretty Bows

Today we're cruising the Caribbean Sea and enjoying Valentines Day!

How cute are these :)

And here is an awesome bow-tying tutorial by Dawn McVey that works EVERY single time!


But I wouldn't be having this much fun and not remember you sooo....

... While I'm cruising the Caribbean Sea in February, I'd like to celebrate my 1st Pretty Little Things blogoversary with all of you wonderful and inspiring people who've become part of my daily life by thanking my BBFF's with some BLOG CANDY!!! See this post for details and I'll absolutely ship anywhere in the world!

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((¸¸.·´ ..·´ Create with passion!

-:¦:- ((¸¸.·´* -:¦:- NikkiNix

Cruising the big blue Caribbean Sea - Flowersoft Tutorial

Today we're cruising the big blue sea;
this has got to be the closest thing to heaven on earth I've ever known!

By now you should have guessed that these vacation posts were done before I left. If I get a chance to go online, I'll add to my prepared posts. So, as a treat, for following my adventures, I wanted to give you a tutorial on creating "flower soft" real cheap ;) Someone on my iloveknk group (I don't remember who, was it you Lynn? Thanks!) led me to this tutorial at hogwildaboutstamping and I never got around to posting it - so here's how YOU can make snow, SAND, grass or gravel using some styrofoam balls, a baggie and copic various inks:

Here's a link to some project ideas, and, I wouldn't be having this much fun and not remember you sooo....

... While I'm cruising the Caribbean Sea I hope this doesn't happen - my goodness!


WOW!
This was the last ship we were on... the Ruby Princess for a week in the Eastern Caribbean last year - beauuuutiful ship!!


And, I'd like to celebrate my 1st Pretty Little Things blogoversary with all of you wonderful and inspiring people who've become part of my daily life by thanking my BBFF's with some BLOG CANDY!!! See this post for details and I'll absolutely ship anywhere in the world!

· ´¨¨)) -:¦:- -:¦:-
¸.·´ .·´¨¨)) Live with integrity.... -:¦:-
((¸¸.·´ ..·´ Create with passion!
-:¦:- ((¸¸.·´* -:¦:- NikkiNix

10 Things I Love About Mom

This evening I found a great tutorial for this cute little meander book and thought it would be a perfect alternate to a Valentines card for my Mother in Law.  Here' the almost final product, I'll put some tags with ribbon pulls in once I write up my little messages.

Pretty Little Tropical Thing
BLOG CANDY

- One entry for already being a BBFF,
- One entry for being a BBFF at the end of the contest,
- One entry for each comment made during the contest,
- The possibilities are endless!!

Contest deadline: Feb 23rd, 2010
Click here for the details

10 Things I Love About Mom
Stamps: Top Ten, Top Ten additions, Friends till the end, Treemendous, Love Circles
Paper: Neenah white cardstock, various cardstock from my stash
Ink: my computer printer, Memento Tuxedo Black,
Accessories: Copic Markers
Challenges: Color Throwdown #77,
Inspiration: SCS Meander Card tutorial, Dawn McVey

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Raindrops keep dancing ...on the surface :)

Just awesome!!!

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INKYHEART HAS A FAAAB TUTORIAL :)

My dah'ling InkyHeart has a faaabulous tutorial today, and I just haaad to show you!!

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Making a paper bow

Here's the file and the source of this info.
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The Scor-Pal

I've had my eye on the scor-pal for a long long loooong time, and hesitated because I have been able to "make-do" with rulers, a bone folder that I got many years ago, good luck and trial and error... Then, the lovely, talented Bonnie over at Craftiblog posted a gift card holder she made from a tutorial, and I was inspired... sostarted scouring the net for a great deal on the scor-pal :)

Everywhere I called locally didn't carry them, or were out of stock, I wanted the real-deal because they have a self-healing mat you can put over it, it's 12X12 just like my sacrapbook pages which serves as your workspace which I really like! I have a self-healing mat from Creative Memories which is honest to goodness, about 10 years old, and it's a little small sometimes, so the larger surface will certainly be welcomed. So, from local shops, Craig's List, eBay, Kijiji, and all those fun stops, there were none to be found for a reasonable price. Most would have killed me on shipping to Canada... except the actual skor-pal website!!!

Would you believe they have free shipping anywhere in North America (includes Canada), and that they ship from British Columbia (in Canada) to avoid customs charges AND they are selling their product at par!!! You have to phone or email in your order to get this promo though, and I did - and they were true to their promo - OMG!!! This is priced better than the scrapbook stores in my area too!! So, i emailed the my order details and soon enough, I got aPayPal invoice for exactly what I had asked for - in Canadian dollars and with free shipping... AND in British Columbia, they have less taxes than we do here so I scor'd again ... scor-pal... get it ;) This is well worth the wait, I am very excited!

Now, without any further delay, here are the awesome tutorials from StampTV:

Part 1

and

Part 2

Beauuuuu'deee'fulll!

UPDATE... Diana over at scor-pal is so lovely, she reminded me about this great resource for ideas!!

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-:¦:- ((¸¸.·´* -:¦:- NikkiNix