How Perfect is This?

When you have a Canada Birthday it's pretty special to start with, just as a Christmas Day birthday would be for example.  How perfect then to have such a talented Mommy to make a special flag card for you.
That's what our Rachel experienced on her Canada Day birthday when she received this card that her Mommy made for her.
We had just re-taught this card a few days before in a class for some ladies so it was front and centre in Linda's mind and perfect for Rachel.  Rachel keeps her special cards, so wasn't about to let me take it to the store for display, but I did manage to have it for a few moments to take these photos.
Hope you enjoy looking at them, even if you are not able to have the touchy feely experience.

       

Can you see the flag poking up from the centre?  When you pull the front right and the back left of this card the flag magically appears from the middle....really cool!

Lilian

We Have Two More Challengers!

     There is now less than a week left to enter our Blog Challenge!  We hope that you are working on your own entries and that you'll enjoy the craftsmanship of these latest paper crafters.

     A border punch doesn't have to be used as a border adhered to your card - just look at what Martha has done!  Leaving the border "attached" to her card shows what a creative crafter she is.  Take a close look at the buds Martha has stamped and coloured and you'll see a delicate sparkle from the Stickles she has applied.  A beautiful card Martha - thanks for your entry!

     Our friend Tammy is truly a paper crafter since she has entered both a scrapbook layout and now a card!  She makes it sound so easy: "I had to make my son a birthday card tonight as his birthday is tomorrow and I thought....why not follow the colours for the challenge and throw in a border punch.....then I can have a second entry!"  And what child wouldn't be thrilled with this card!  Thanks Tammy!

     Don't forget that the clock is ticking!  Our challenge closes next Monday at 5pm!

                                                                    Linda

What Comes Every Tuesday?

     Well, our E-Newsletter of course! Click HERE for a direct link and a great read.

Blog Challenge Entries

 Entries are starting to come in for our latest Blog Challenge!  Have you started working on your card, craft project, scrapbook layout, jewelry piece?  Perhaps you'll find some more inspiration from the entries shown here.

 

Tara seems to be in love with animals of late and is certainly having a "Hoot" with them.  Tara's three cards all fit our simple criteria of colours and a border punch.

    


 

 Three certainly seems to be a magic number as Bev too sent us three entries.  These entries are an example of how you can incorporate a small amount, a bit more or a lot of each of our required colours.    

 

 

 
And finally, Tammy has entered our our first scrapbook layout for this Blog Challenge.  I love how Tammy tucked her border punched strip into the layout so that it is just quietly there but would leave a hole if it hadn't been included.

     Thank you ladies for your entries!  Remember that you have just one week left to be a part of this blog challenge!

                                                                    Linda

Happy Canada Day!

Hopefully you all enjoyed this lovely Canada Day.  The weather was gorgeous and we were able to enjoy another family BBQ on the deck at Linda's home.  With both sets of family together it makes for a lovely time of sharing.
Rachel of course was basking in the joy of her birthday today.....telling all who would listen that today was her birthday and there would be lots of fireworks later to celebrate the day!
Here's the card I made for her to enjoy.  It's a gift card holder large enough to hold a small extra surprise gift not only inside but on the outside too.

Did you check out the cards that we made at card class on Thursday?  Hop on over to our flickr site to see them.  It's always good to enjoy the ladies pleasure as they learn some new techniques, or even re-visit techniques they've done in the past.  Have you ever thought of joining us for Thursday night card class, it really is a great time of learning and yet downtime too?

Lilian

It's E-Newsletter Day!

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Blog Challenge Number 3

If you haven't participated in the previous blog challenges you've been missing out on some fun, so why not try this one.  It's easy and without many rules to worry about.  It can be a piece of jewellery, a craft such as a wreath, a painting if that's your expertise, or any type of papercraft such as a card, mini-album or scrapbook page.

So here are the rules for this challenge.  You have to follow the colour combo shown to the right here of teal, yellow, orange and white, (you don't have to use green).  Along with that you must use a border punch somewhere if you are working on a paper crafted item. 

You can submit up to three entries in each category.  

Now that's not so hard is it. 

Here's a sample I've put together that may help get your creative juices going.  Oh, and the deadline for this challenge is Monday July 11th at 5pm.  As always the winner will be chosen by a random drawing. 

Good luck and have some fun.

Lilian

Are You Ready?

Because ready or not, public school's out soon and you need to have a plan in place to keep those little hands busy or it will be a long summer!
I saw this on Scrapbook and Cards Today blog this morning and thought it was a great idea to keep focused on things you may like to achieve.

                                           

Click here to read more about it.

Have you tried the weaving wheels that we have at the store?  They were a very popular item last summer and are proving to be again this summer too.  Along with some embroidery floss you can create many different designs for friendship bracelets or cording for necklaces.

Lilian

Tuesday Newsletter Day!

     Lots to read in this week's E-Newsletter - products arriving, classes coming up, kits due in ... and lots more!  Click HERE for a read!

Printable Summer Poster to Frame

Here's a quick and easy craft for you.  All you have to do is right click on the picture below, put white cardstock in your printer and print. Frame it in an 8 x 10 black frame and this would make a quick and easy gift.  If you take the idea but changed the words it could easily become a teacher gift.

Here's a link to some Father's Day clipart...Enjoy

Have you clicked on the 3/50 icon on the right sidebar to read what it's about?

Lilian

Blog Candy, Inspiration and Laughter.

Bernice came into the store to pick up the blog candy that she won and not only was she thrilled with her bag of goodies, she was asking when's the next challenge.  Watch this space it will be coming along soon...LOL.  Here's what Bernice won. 

Linda and I have been busily putting together some new jewellery pieces recently.  Photos never do them justice, but if you're in the store take a look at them they may inspire you to get out your jewellery making supplies again.  These are really easy designs that even a novice jewellery maker could tackle.

This group's somewhat more challenging, but I'm a fan of chain maille and I fell in love with the design when I saw it here and knew that I had to make it.  This man is a really talented jewellery artisan.

I call this my..."isn't it gorgeous" bracelet, but then as I already said I love chain maille.

Last but not least I thought I'd share a little smile with you.  Linda and I were enjoying the beautiful weather on Tuesday by having the back door of the store open.  Not only was the sun shining in, but the public school district sports day was happening in the field behind us and  the sounds of the children were lovely too.  Anyway I thought  if it was nice with the back door open, how much nicer would it be with the front door open too and a lovely cross breeze coming through the store.  Linda is always so cold that the opportunities to have the doors open are few and far between.  However, here's the result of my not so brilliant idea........    and yes the front door was quickly closed!

Looking foward to seeing you in the store soon, but until then ....happy crafting.

Lilian

Your E-Newsletter Has Been Delivered

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And All the Entries Are In - Were You Quick Enough to See Them When I Posted Them a Day Early?

That was an oops moment when I published all the entries (except it wasn't all of them) a day early!  YIKES

It's so much fun to see how people interpret not only colours, but design.  We have such a mixed bag to inspire us, so here they are shown in no particular order and here too is the inspiration photo that everyone began with.

 Take time to look at all the little details in everyones entries. You can click on the thumbnails to make them larger.
And now scroll down to the bottom to see the name of the Random Winner.

1. Becky                                                                                          2. Madison

3. Evelyn                                                                            4. Bev                                

  

 5. Tara                                                                                6.  Carol                 

  7.  Bev                                          8.  Diane

9.  Madison                                                           10.    Bernice



11.  Bev                                                                                       12.  Jeanetta

13.  Diane                                                                                  14.  Bernice

15.  Madison                                                          16.  Becky

17.Christine                                                        18.  Madison                                     

 

19.  Cathie                                                              20.  Christine

                                                                      

21.  Lisa                                                        22.  Martha

23.  Deanne                                                       24.  Lynda

25.  Lisa

   

And the winner is............................

True Random Number Service

Random Integer Generator

 14

Timestamp: 2011-06-13 23:51:18 UTC

This is Bernice...

Drop into the store Bernice to pick up your prize.

Thanks to everyone for playing along with us

Lilian

And Here They Are, the Final Two Entries for the Second Blog Challenge

Not one, not two, but three entries to add for the final showing of this our second blog challenge.

 Lisa has brought us two entries
for the challenge and both very different intrepretations.  On the left we have a card that picks up the elegance of the challenge photo.We see the cushions sitting on the couch, and the ribbon clearly highlighting the drape on the left side.  With the lovely scrapbook page taken on their family trip to Mexico, we once again see the pictures hanging on the wall, the silver urns at the left side and the drapery on the left too.  Lovely interpretations Lisa, thanks for playing along with us in both a scrapbook and card entry.

Lynda created this card at our Friday night crop, so we got to see it grow from a seed of an idea into it's finished look.  Using flowers for the pictures on the wall and a Cuttlebug embossing folder for the back of the sofa, Lynda has put together a lovely card.  The stripes on the patterned paper bring to mind the legs of the sofa and table don't they.

And of course to each and everyone that played along with our blog challenge we say thank you.  Games are only fun if the players participate aren't they.  The random winner will be drawn tonight and will be posted tomorrow, so drop on by the random winner could be you!

Lilian