Friday, October 31, 2008
Who's getting London?
Here are your random numbers:148
Timestamp: 2008-11-01 04:20:03 UTC
That would be Sue!
Sue Bone said...
I love what you've done with the veneer - very clever. Sue
2:34 AM
Congratulations Sue! Send your info to me at cooperdees at yahoo dot com and I'll send you to London! :)
Oh how I wish I could go to London. 10 weeks. 1999. That was the first and last time I was there. I really, REALLY want to go back.
Thank you so much for playing along, and all your sweet comments! I really appreciate it.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Studio Calico is making some changes!
I am a huge fan of the OA cloud paper and didn't want to cut it up yet, so the first thing I made was this layout. I decided to recreate the pattern of the cloud paper using some of the other papers in the kit.
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I used the shape of the clouds in the OA paper as inspiration for the shapes I hand cut.
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As I said above, Studio Calico is officially launching a Supply store store today. In honor of that, each of the Design Team members are giving away an add-on from a previous kit. My add-on is the London add-on from the July 2008 kit. I didn't purchase this add-on but wish I would have! That's why I chose this particular goodie to give away.
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Here's a fun mini album that was made with this kit. Look at that super cool binding!
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Have a great Tuesday! Davinie
Monday, October 27, 2008
Good Morning Sunshine!
I posted about the surprise party not knowing Sabrina was giving Alyca access to the internet, so of course she saw what the plan was, lol. To her credit she faked surprise and didn't tell me she knew until late Saturday evening. whatever. lol.
I let me kids pick out the pinata, secretly hoping they'd choose this really cool angular number with lots of streamers. But what did they choose? The rainbow donkey. Only they insist that it's a unicorn. And a pegasus, depending on what kid you ask...
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Does that look like a horse to you? lol
The kids still had a wonderful time decorating the house, making cupcakes, and they loved whacking the pinata. Usually we get the kind where you pull the string, so this one was a treat. Believe it or not, even with my 2 1/2 year old muscle man nephew wielding the whacking broom, it was Morgan that first removed it's leg and later completely removed it's entire torso. That girl's got muscle!
Before I go I wanted to share a couple of things. First is my card from this week's challenge at the Cardalicious blog. The challenge this week was to create a card that wasn't a square or rectangle. I ran into a sheet of die cut journaling stickers from Sassafras, and immediately decided to create a card shape. Maybe it's a cloud of cotton candy. I paired it with the new Sweet Cakes line from Pink Paislee. These two lines go together very well. I basically trimmed a rectangular card base, affixed the sticker, and then trimmed around it to create my shape, being sure to leave a seam at the top. I then hand stithed and added the flower and sentiment. That sentiment is part of one of the new stamps in the set from the Sweet Cakes line. I just inked the center of the stamp.
I hope you'll play along in the challenge!
Lastly I wanted to make sure you had the right date for reveal night at Studio Calico. It's tonight! Check out the November kit! As you know, I had a lot of fun with this one. I hope you'll join us tonight! We are having a avatar costume party, complete with prizes.
And here's one last little sneak from one of my projects with this kit:
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That's it from me today! Have a great Monday.
Davinie
Saturday, October 25, 2008
A Quick Sneak....
Just for fun and to break up the monotony, today my girls and I are throwing a surprise party for my sister, who flew into town last night. Right now she's staying with my other sister, but they are coming over this afternoon. My girls are obsessed with pinatas, and since her birthday was last week, I thought it would be fun to get a pinata and decorate some cupcakes just because. Her name is Alyca. Uh. Lease. Uh. Another doozie from my parent's, lol. I am Davie and Bonnie mixed together, and she is their best friends, Alan and Joyce, yes, mixed together again. My youngest sister's name is Sabrina. I think my parent's got tired of all the work with the mixed names, and just named her after their favorite babysitter. She's the lucky one, lol. I also have a brother, and his name is Joe Brian, but since he was born, we have always called him Jobie. I'm the eldest, of course.
Anywhoo....
Alyca doesn't have kids yet, so we are sugaring them up for her visit. It should be fun! My sister is going to bring her over here and make her stay outside for a few while her kids come inside, grab a party hat, and "hide". And then we'll surprise her! Sabrina told her she picked up a slinkie and some lip gloss for a birthday gift. I think I'll let my kids shop at the dollar store and make her a card as well.
My weekend is jam packed but I wanted to share a couple more sneaks from the November kit at Studio Calico. As I mentioned, it's one of my favorites! Again, I bought all three add-ons this month.
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Monday, October 20, 2008
Cardalicious~2 on a Monday morning
I don't have a lot to share with you but I did want to post my card for the second challenge at the href="http://cardalicious.blogspot.com/">Cardalicious blog. The challenge this week was to use at least two tags/journaling spots, etc., and to make a birthday card. This challenge was really easy for me, because I dashed straight to my Studio Calico kit stash and went for my Looking-Glass kit and the Alice add-on.... and that bag-o-tags from Fancy Pants. After that the card came together rather quickly. I hope you will check out the blog and play along!
Steve leaves early Saturday morning for elk camp so it's going to be a busy week soaking him up and preparing for his absense. I have several fun things planned, but there are peeps who read this blog that are part of the fun things planned that are not to be mentioned so I cannot mention the things that might be planned, for fear that they will be read and then known. Got that? lol It's really not that big of a deal but my kids are very excited. I'll share when one of the fun things planned has come to fruition. lol
Have any of you seen "Nights in Rodanthe" with Diane Lane and Richard Gere? Some girlfriends want to go so they made me read the book, but it was my least favorite Nicholas Sparks book... I can see how a movie was made, though, because the book seemed more of an outline and left a lot of room for character development, etc. I'm just wondering if the movie was any good?
Anyway.... have a great Monday!
Davinie
Sunday, October 19, 2008
A Hodge Podge of Scrappiness....
Mom,
Cutie Patootie
means Cute......
in Spanish.
lol
I think she has been watching Dora the Explorer a bit much, lol. Wouldn't you agree?
I've had a busy week this week.... lots of scrappy assignments, and work and life stuff mixed in. Steve was deer hunting the last two weekends, and leaves for Elk season on the 24th. He will miss out on Halloween, because he won't be home until November 4. Why do I put up with that amount of time, you ask? Because I know how much he loves it up there in the woods. The more miserable the weather, the happier that guy is. And when he's happy, I'm happy, so happiness abounds, lol.
He was gone last weekend when my camera died, so I waited until he got home to relay the bad news and talk about what to do. It was extremely stressful to purchase a new one because I wasn't anticipating the purchase, so hadn't done a lot of research, and they are all so darn expensive, so I was stressed about that too. I was also in a rush because I needed to take photos! In the end I got this:
It's a step up from an Xti but not quite as expensive as the Xsi. It has an auto self-cleaning function that is pretty cool too. It cleans itself every time you turn it off. I'm excited to learn more about what this bad boy can do, lol. Today we are headed to the pumpkin patch with friends so I'm sure it'll get quite the workout. There are going to be pony rides, so Payton is going to be in heaven. That girl has found something to be passionate about. In fact, it has already got me thinking ahead to Christmas. I think we are going to get her one of these:
http://www.boscovs.com/StoreFrontWeb/Product.bos?quantity=1&itemNumber=4567&type=Product
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My busy week included the November kit from Studio Calico. This kit is another one of my favorites, I think. I just love the new October Afternoon and this kit is packed with it. YUM. Here's a couple of peeks:
I'll have more peeks up before reveal night which is..... a week from now. The 27th. Good grief, the end of the month is coming up quick. It's almost Halloween!
Before I go I wanted to share a Pink Paislee layout that uses both the Vintage Moon and Pop Fashion lines. I also mixed in some Autumn Leaves/Heather Bailey and some Anna Griffin flowers from one of the add-ons from the Confections kit at Studio Calico, I believe. I trimmed off one side of the topsider sticker so that it would fit my 8 1/2 x 11 layout. That's Morgan and her cousin, Raegan. They are both taking tap dancing together this year. It's good for them to get more time together, and I'm hoping it will inspire Morgan to actually perform at the Spring recital. $60 is due by November 1 for costumes so that's a lot of money if she isn't going to do it! Crossing my fingers already.... Is it a bad sign that we can't even get her to practice some of the moves she does in class when she's at home? She doesn't have a problem "performing" during class time, but she is not interested in practicing during the week, especially if it's something that dad might see. This is NOT a good sign, lol.
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Have a great Sunday! Tomorrow I'll be able to share my card from the second challenge at the Cardalicious blog. It was a really fun challenge! I used leftover kit contents from the current Studio Calico kit, Looking Glass, for this card. I just had to! You'll know what I mean when the second challenge is revealed.
:)
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
And the winner is....
Your cards rock! We are taking our two year old for her first trick or treating experience this year. We're hoping she'll put the costume on this year....
6:04 PM
Thanks for playing along ladies!
Corriebear, email me at cooperdees at yahoo dot com and I'll get these Halloween goodies to you asap!
:)
Monday, October 13, 2008
A new challenge blog! And a rak
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It's been a while since I've had a giveaway, so in honor of the month of October and the upcoming Halloween holiday, I thought I'd give away some fun Halloween product that I used to create this card. I have a set of Halloween stamps from Pink Paislee, and a tube of licorice Pixee Stix. The Pixee Stix? That tube is 7 inches long! There is a lot of more glitter in there than you'd think.
In honor of Halloween, leave a comment and let me know if you have any plans for the 31st. Doing any trick-or-treating with kids? Handing out candy? Sitting in the dark with the lights off and the TV on low? Out of town? I was able to get costumes for my kids, and Morgan is going to be a witch, and Payton will be a black kitty. I can't wait to dress them up and take them out!
I'll leave the comments open through Tuesday and will pick a winner Wednesday morning.
Have a great day! Davinie
Saturday, October 04, 2008
World Cardmaking Day!
Speaking of WCMD, have you checked out the Pink Paislee blog today? If you check it out today, you'll see sneaks leading to all sorts of cards and instructions to help get you in a crafty mood. I hear that Rebecca is also planning a little WCMD giveaway, so be sure to check it out!
I used the Vintage Moon line for my card. I wanted to show that you could do other seasons besides fall with this line. I just love it! The chipboard butterfly is from Maya Road and came from my September kit from Studio Calico.
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It is really easy to do the ruffled look with patterned paper. Rather than rouching the paper and folding it the same way, I like the look of going back and forth.
Step 1.
Step 2.
Step 3.
You carry on with this until you have reached the length you want. Want to ruffle across a 12 by 12? Trim two lengths of the same paper and when you reach the end, tuck the beginning of your new strip under one of the ruffles. It hides the end and allows you to ruffle away!
I then stitched over the top of my ruffle, added a ribbon, and adhered it to the front of my card. The ruffle adds a lot of dimension so I used pop dots on the top of my butterfly to really help it stand out.
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And because I was on a roll I decided to make a card with the Pop Fashion line to share with you today as well.
I was immediately inspired by the 8x8 paper pack packaging and the strips of the different patterns:
I trimmed strips with my scalloped deco scissors, stitched the edges, tied a bow, and slipped in a topsider with my sentiment. This card came together really quickly!
I hope you have a great WCMD and a great weekend! Don't forget to visit the blogs of all the other Pink Paislee team for more PP inspiration!
Davinie
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Fall and Halloween. Hello October!
http://www.pumpkinco.org/
Isn't it great!
October also means the next issue of True North. I was really excited about this issue. I created a home decor project for fall as well as some Halloween gift and treat ideas.
I used some fun older supplies for my banner and vase. Vintage buttons too. I had a lot of fun with that project!
I also used some yummy Scenic Route for my Haloween treat bags and my gift frame. My inlaws live out of town a bit so they don't get a lot of trick-or-treaters. BOY do they treat the ones that show up, though! A project like this would be great for the out of towners, lol.
That's all I have for today! Right now I'm working on a little something for World Cardmaking Day, which is on Saturday. Are you doing anything? It would be a great day to get started on those homemade Christmas cards you intend to do every year but never get around to. kwim?
Have a great Wednesday! Davinie