Impressions by Day

Time Flies

Where does the time go?  I think its the beautiful weather that we're experiencing so I've been out every day doing errands that I should have done a lot sooner.    I'm experiencing the restlessness of spring fever and my daily routines have flown out the door.

Spring fever and summer is only about 3 weeks away!  

The Summer Love rub ons featured in the Occasions Mini - remember all those goodies in this mini end on June 30..  Here are samples of three note cards using just the rub ons - no stamping required - just use the applicator that comes with the rub-ons or your bone folder. 

On Tuesday night I attend Alison's shoebox swap and we made some super cards.  I missed the last one and am so pleased that I was able to make it this time although I didn't have my contribution ready until the very last minute.  It was wonderful to catch up with fellow demoes that I haven't seen for some time and work on their designs.

This is Arlene Gilbert's card - I just love the colour combination and the little sparkle of Dazzling Diamonds on just a couple of the hearts.

 Jessica Devlin used the Just B set for this cheerful birthday card.

I feel that warm sun beckoning me to go outside so I'll sign off for now.  But remember that if you have your eye on any item in the Occasions Mini and haven't bought it yet - be sure to contact me at dayanna@perfectevent.com to place your order or order online at www.dayanna.stampinup.net before the mini expires on June 30.

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!

 

Mini Magazine Holder

Our afternoon session at the retreat was to make these cute little mini magazine holders - this is just a sample of one as I made this using the Rainbow Sherbert DSP on Apricot Appeal textured card stock.  I had been playing around with the pattern before the retreat and tweaked the measurements to have the height of the holder level with the cards.  For the retreat project, we used In Colour textured card stock, decorated the holder with Walk in the Park DSP and made 4 cards for the holder using the colours that co-ordinated with Walk in the Park - I'll post pictures of these cards later this week.

The holder is made with 12" x 12" textured card stock.  The outside of the box is trimmed with the Rainbow Sherbert DSP and finished with narrow turquoise grosgrain.

 

These are the cards that go into the holder

 

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!

Summertime

What a gorgeous day its been today with the temperatures summer like but the figure is not!   How do the pounds pile on during the winter months - lol.   For me, its easy - too easy - cold weather makes me want comfort food and even though I know that I should be watching what goes into the mouth - there's nothing like keeping the tummy warm with everything that's not good for me.   Well, I sure felt it today when I put on some summer clothes - hope the weather keeps up because that's incentive for me to watch the calories.

You can hear the birds chirping early in the morning as they're flying around amongst the trees and picking up the food in the birdhouse in our neighbour's back yard.  Reminded me to pull out the Cheep Talk set and put together this card.  I love the Riding Hood Red but unfortunately it will be gone in a month's time but I'm sure it will be replaced with an equally beautiful shade of red.

To my friends in the US - enjoy the Memorial Day weekend - thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!

Whew, almost didn't make it!

Why do I make rash statements like trying to have a streak of daily posts - lol?  Yesterday I couldn't get myself going to get in the craft room and I thought I wouldn't be able to share with you today a new project but here I am!

I just love this card!  Credit to the creator of the design goes to Carolyn for her terrific design. Here are several views of the card that I've just completed - its fresh off the craft table - lol.

 Here's a top view

The card stock size is 12" x 51/2" and right now with the special on 12" x 12" card stock, its a terrific time to stock up on this size to make some of the fun projects using scrapbook size card stock and the DSP's (buy 3 of any DSP or 12" x 12" card stock and get one package free - that's 4 packages for the price of 3!).

Here is the list of what I used to make the card:

Card Stock:  Barely Banana 12" x 12" Textured card stock, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Bella Birds and Tea Party DSP

Ink:  Basic Black, Pretty in Pink

Accessories:  Big Shot, Beautiful Butterflies die, Matchbox BigZ XL die, Pretties Kit, Soft Subtles Brads, Mat Pak and Paper Piercer, Trio Flower Punch, Sponges, Mini Glue Dots, Dimensionals.

The National Scrapbooking Month special is over on May 31 - buy three get one free!   You can contact me at dayanna@perfectevent.com to place your order for your choices of DSP (including the textured speciality Designers Series of Parisian Breeze, To the Nines and Sweet Slumber and Rockbilly which has a printed gloss design or any of the 12" x 12" card stock) or place your order online at www.dayanna.stampinup.net.

Thanks for stopping by on this beautiful day - looks like it will be a super weekend to soak up some sun - happy stamping!

Father's Day

I had a streak of posting for 14 consecutive days going before my schedule went bonkers and now I'm going to start another and try to break that one - it does require a lot of planning and lots and lots of time in the craft room.  Most of the time is spent coming up with an idea and I find that many of my end results are no where near the original idea - lol.  What that means is a lot of wasted supplies but its fun in the process to discover new ideas and they generally turn out better than the original thought.

Hopefully things are going to be a little more settled and I can start to tackle the list of projects I want to try.  Today was a good day as I got a chance to start tidying up the room and get a bit organized.  What really needs a lot of time is filing - whoever said that we were going to a paperless society with computers - it actually creates more paper!   Well, I digress. 

Here's a card that I came up with for Father's Day - I really love the different shades of grey that SU carries.  Its a neutral colour that compliments the majority of the other shades in the colour families.

 The card base is 4" x 4" in Going Grey, layered with Whisper White and Walk in the Park DSP.   The sentiment is from Eight Great Greetings (Occasions Mini, #113822, $37.95) stamped in Basic Grey classic ink on Whisper White, layered on Real Red and then on Going Grey.  This piece is placed over a length of Real Red 1" grosgrain layered over a strip of Going Grey card stock with dimensionals.  Silver brads are placed on each side of the sentiment.

I like the clean lines of the card - nothing too fancy for some dads.

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!

Whistler and Blog Candy Winners!

We're back from our weekend in Whistler and what a great time we had.  It was the Victoria Day weekend here in Canada and our weekend started on Saturday and coming home on Monday.

The weather was terrific - although most of it was spent in the Westin but with our wonderful accommodation in the Mountain Suite at the Westin, it wasn't too hard to take!  We had two floors in the suite with a massive bedroom, jacuzzi tub and ensuite bathroom with a large sitting area in the suite.  Right outside the suite, was a den with a sofa bed.

Downstairs was another bedroom with ensuite, another bathroom, kitchen, den with a pullout, living room and dining area.   The table was large enough to accommodate us for our projects so it was great to work there and have in-room service for our coffee break.

I was so busy that I didn't get a chance to take pictures of our projects but managed to take some shots as we were working on them and on our last day at breakfast in the Aubergine Grille as well as on our way out we posed with the black bear in one of the shops. 

From the back going clockwise, Jen, Paige, Ulla, Amber, Kathleen and Shannon.

 

I'll have more photos to share with you in other posts as I know the others got some pictures of the projects and sights of Whistler.

BLOG CANDY WINNERS!

I had to watch the early feed of American Idol to see who the winner was tonight and after that I came into my office to get some work done and draw the names of the winners for the blog candy.   Colin came up to help and after all the names were written out on slips of paper, he drew the following names:

Congratulations to ULLA H and STACIE!   Ulla will be receiving the Botanical Blooms and Pattern Pack and Stacie receives the Polka Dot Punches and Pattern Pack II.  I'll be in touch with you to arrange to get the prizes to you.

With the new catalogue coming out very soon (I can hardly wait!!), I've started going through my craft room to make room for all the new goodies and have I found a lot of new unmounted sets and other items that I've been hoarding.   Guess where they are going?   You're right - more blog candy will be coming your way soon! 

Keep checking back so that you can win some of these treats.

Oh yes, I'm happy for the winners on DWTS last night (Shawn and Mark) - and very pleased with Kris being chosen the American Idol.  Adam will have no problem getting a huge contract, he is so talented, and he'll do very well, but I am very happy for Kris. 

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!

Blog Candy Giveway and Tea Party Card

I've missed you as I haven't posted for almost a week!   Time sure flies by when you have a busy schedule and even though I haven't posted in almost a week, its so close to 20,000 blog hits - I'm sure it will hit that mark today!  

First I want to share with you this beautiful card that Alannah made for me for Mother's Day.

Alannah used the BigZ XL Scallop Card die (not in SU's catalogue but hopefully soon?) to cut the Almost Amethyst textured card stock and also cut a piece from the Tea Party DSP to wrap around the end of the card.  She used the SU Little Leaves sizzlet for the leaves with the flowers made the flowers in Pretty in Pink and Certainly Celery with the Flower #7.  The sentiment is from a retired set - Reason to Smile that she punched out with the 1 3/8" Circle punch and layered onto So Saffron punched with the Scallop Circle punch.

It's so nice to be able to stamp with my daughters, Alannah and Jen, as they both make beautiful projects and we share tips and ideas with each other.  This is the first card from Alannah I've posted and you have seen samples of Jen's work in previous posts.  Jen is a demo and while Alannah is currently not a demo, maybe one day?  Thanks for the beautiful card, Alannah.

BLOG CANDY - I'm sure its going to happen today!!   Here is what I would like to give to you if you post a comment on my blog - tell me where you live, what would you like to see on future posts, how long have you been stamping, share your stamping story with us!

Botanical Blooms SAB stamp set and Patterns Pack - 6" x 6" Designer Series paper

 Polka Dot Punches and Patterns Pack II - 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper

Please be sure to leave your email address so that I can contact you to send you your prize!   Two names will be picked randomly to receive the prizes.  Thank you for helping me reach the 20,000 mark - while that number is not huge compared to other stamping blogs, its a huge achievement for me who has not felt that my stamping was not "up to par" with other work that I've seen.  Your encouragement and support has made it easier to continue working at this craft that I enjoy and love so much and hope that you derive as much satisfaction as I do when you complete a project.

We have our retreat at Whistler coming up this Saturday and I'm looking forward to getting away to enjoy a weekend of stamping with my friends.

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!

Printed Window Sheets

I was trying to keep my daily posting streak going yesterday but was so busy working on the the goodies and projects for the upcoming Whistler retreat that I just couldn't do a post.  But here I am today with a couple of cards using the Printed Window Sheets from the Occasions Mini.

Making the cards were a snap but taking the pictures took forever!  It was hard to get a clear image without the glare from the window sheets so I apologize for the less than steller pictures.

 LOL - this looks like just a black piece of paper but its actually a card.  I scanned this one as I just couldn't get a good picture.  When I cropped it, I cropped off too much!  Despite the poor cropping job, isn't it a beautiful simple card?  I attached the sheet to the front of the card with the rhinestone brads and added the sentiment from the Oval All set and used the Oval Scallop punch - all items in the Occasions Mini.

I managed to take this picture without too much glare but still not the best.  I layered this window sheet onto Real Red card stock and added small flowers from the Pretties Kit and fastened it to the card with small brads. 

Back to the work room but I needed a break and wanted to say hello to you today and thank you for stopping by.  Happy Stamping!

Eight Great Greetings

I can't believe this is my 14th consecutive post today - didn't realize I could talk so much!  I was in my craft room working with designing a card using the polished stone technique, one that I haven't used for a long while.  I had an idea for using it with a particular image and after wasting about a full sheet of glossy white, realized that it looked much prettier in my mind than on paper.  It could be my impatience too as I should have waited for the glossy to dry completely before going onto the next step.   Thought I should leave it for a while and to take a break and then tackle it again later.

In the meantime, its nice to receive cards from others that I can share with you and here is one that I received from Jen.

 Don't you just love that saying from Eight Great Greetings?  Cute card.

BLOG CANDY COMING SOON!  Be sure to check back as we're closing in on 20,000 hits!  

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!

More Ideas from Seattle Regionals - Faux Alligator

There were so many wow demonstrations from the regionals its hard to say which one was a favourite as they were all very impressive.  Faux alligator was one of the techniques featured.  Jackie Topa is the original creator of this technique but it was neat to see the actual demonstration at regionals.

On the weekend I made up this note folio with three note cards and decided to use the faux alligator technique to make it .  I used Night of Navy for the folio and it turned out to be such a nice rich colour after applying the embossing powder.  The cover of the folio was stamped all over with Versamark and then covered with the Clear EP - boy, did I use a lot of it - lol!    Then just before turning on the heat tool, use your bone folder to draw horizontal and vertical "wavy" lines across to form the faux alligator look. Be sure to tap off the excess as drawing the lines creates embossing powder "puddles".  Turn on the heat tool and watch the magic (I always call it magic when you see the embossing powder setting - and this is always the most popular technique requested to demonstrate at workshops - everyone loves heat embossing).

I put a layered panel with the bird image from Friends 24-7 on the front of the folio so its a little harder to see the appearance of the faux alligator.  The image was coloured with Brocade Blue, Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip and Ruby Red markers.

The folio is a smaller version of most that I've seen as the finished size is 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" and holds three of the Note Cards  and envelopes (page 157, #107311, $6.95) quite comfortably.

On the note cards, I layered a panel of Night of Navy card stock and on the top Whisper White panel is the image from Friends 24-7.  The image was stamped with Night of Navy classic ink.

Wouldn't it make a nice gift for Mother's Day or Father's Day? 

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!