october baby..

Happy Friday!
Thank goodness the weekend is upon us! I could definitely use a rest and some time in the studio! Here's another birthday card made for my bestie girlfriend, C, in Ottawa. How I miss her!Every year that passes reminds me just how great of a friend she is. No matter the distance or the days we don't speak to each other, we can pick right up where we left off and it's like no time has passed. Hopefully in the new year we can meet up and create some more precious memories. If you have a friend like my C, treasure them! They don't come along often, hang on to them!

For this card I decided to keep it very simple chic.. Wanted that soft, feminine feeling. I used my new fave stamp from Papertrey Ink. It's part of the Giga Guide Lines set...(why haven't I gotten the original set yet, is beyond me) I'm in LOVE with this set. Especially this one stamp.. it's so versatile. You will see it pop up quite a few times in the next few posts I assure you! All things PTI on this card... cardstock is that gorgeous Kraft which is another obsession. Stamps, ink, everything but the lace trim and the *bling*.

Yet another birthday card.. I'm beginning to like the various ways I can incorporate any image into a fantastic card..

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a relaxing weekend. I know I will.
~Rebekah

{October Baby Suppy List}
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink Kraft, Ocean Tides
Ink: PTI Vintage cream
Stamps: Papertrey Ink: Giga Guide lines, Background Basics Textstyles, Vintage Labels.
Embellishments: Vintage Lace(personal collection) Gemstones: Michaels

make a wish..

Birthdays abound!
Happy first day of November. Geesh! Where has the time gone? Thanksgiving passes, pumpkins are carved, the leaves changing colours.... all happened too fast. On to windy, wet winters here on the west coast, definitely not my favourite time of the year.
Onto things card related; birthday cards on top of birthday cards. I'm beginning to think all I can make are birthday cards. Time to shake up the mix!

This one uses a bunch of mediums; inks, papers, grunge board embellishments, paint, buttons.... all things to make this girl smile. I love the soft colours, they suit each other well.

I'm off to get back to work on many card orders:) Keeping busy keeps me happy:)
Thanks for stopping by for a peek!
~Rebekah

{make a wish supply list}
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink-Spring Moss, The Paper Company
Ink: Versamark
Ribbon: Michaels
Grungeboard: Tim Holtz
Other: paint, button

it's the most wonderful time of the year....

Ok, so it's a little cliche but what can you do? It goes well with my post today. I got in some Papertrey goodies last week (YAY) and have been creating to my hearts content. I just love the new Vintage Labels and all the little accent stamps that goes with them. I loved Dawn's card and layout, so I decided to do my own spin on it:

I just love the Textstyle background stamped on the Ripe Avacado cardstock. I actually used a bright lime green ink, and it blended perfectly for a soft effect. I used Cranberry ink on the red crdstock and embossed it using clear detail embossing powder from Stampendous. That great looking label, is from the Vintage Label set. I simply cut them out by hand since I don't have Spellbinders dies. If you ask me it looks just fine! I added some gemstone embellishments to make that label *pop*

Here's a close up of the embossed image.(sorry bout the quality of the photo...I was in a rush to get these photographed and sent out) It just gives it that extra special touch..
I have a few more sets of Christmas cards to work on, so this is the first of a few Christmas posts.
Hope this gets you in the mood to create some Christmas cards!
Thanks for stopping by!
~Rebekah

{Seasons Greetings Supply List}

Cardstock: Recollections, Papertrey Ink-Ripe Avacado
Stamps: Papertrey Ink-Signature Christmas, Vintage Labels, Background Basics Textstyle
Ink: Colour Box-Cranberry, Distress Ink-Antique Linen, Colour Arts-Lime green
Other: Rhinestones-Recollections

dream a little dream...

Happy World Card Making day from a grey, drizzly day here in BC...Fall is upon us, and so is the rainy season. I'm sure the pumpkins in the fields are drinking in the rain, but I'd rather see Mr. Sunshine! Since it's such a grey day, I thought I'd share something that makes me cheery. It's one of my latest creative 'experiments'. I've been playing around with some new techniques (and getting acquainted with the old Singer sewing machine) to add dimension to my projects. I'm quite happy with the way this one turned out, but I think there's still room for improvement...as always. Creating is a process for me. I learn what does and doesn't work..its all about the journey.

I mixed up some patterned paper with some tea-stained sheet music. I used some Prima papers(how I love those) from the Nursery Tales line, fought with the sewing machine and stitched them all together before adding them to the cream cardstock. That lovely blue, distressed embellishment and key are grungeboard...they are virtually indistructable and oh, how I adore them. I decided that the key looked pretty lonely by itself so I added it to a soft cream felt background and use the old pinking shears for some pizzaz.

I hope where ever you are the sun is shining. I'm off to enjoy what I can out of this grey day. Maybe pick up a good book and get cozy. We'll see..
Have a great day! Create a card for WCMD!! Create..dream..explore!
~Rebekah


{'Dream' Supply List}

Cardstock: The Paper Company
Patterned Paper: Prima-Nursery Tales
Embellishments: Tim Holtz-Grungeboard
Button: Vintage
Other: Sheet music, sewing machine, thread, lace

merci...

I just love making cards in big batches. Granted, they aren't as personal (in my opinion) as making individual cards(lately I don't like to repeat them if possible.. unless requested) but they give such a sense of accomplishment. You can turn something like this:

into these with a few magical punches from my fav paper punch:

Add it to a stamped background ( I just love the new Vintage Labels from PTI) and voila!10 mini thank you cards made especially for the boy.

A bit of ribbon and a bow and they are masculine enough for 'my boy' to give away.. and pretty enough for me to be happy as well! Two birds with one stone is my mantra. I just love the soft feel to these cards (10 mini cards in all)

Hope you are enjoying the fall weather!
Thanks for stopping by!
~Rebekah

{Merci Supply List} Cardstock: Recollections Stamps: Papertrey Ink -Vintage Labels, Background Basics Text Style, Mega Mixed Messages Ink: Versamark, Papertrey Ink-Vintage Cream, Martha Stewart Crafts-Sea Lavendar Ribbon: Michaels

singin' the blues...

Happy Wednesday!

Hope all is well in your world. Tomorrow is October 1st. Goodbye summer, hello fall. Yes, the first day of fall was a few days ago, but I can't help but feel a bit blue. Gone are the long, hot lazy days of summer I love so much. Don't get me wrong. Fall is my second favourite season. All those gorgeous colours on the trees, that nip in the air...hearty meals and Halloween.. pumpkin picking, Thanksgiving (here in Canada) ahh.. fall is great...

I made this card for my boss, a hopeful cheer-up for a speedy recovery. It is simple, and a touch masculine with the colour scheme, but a bit elegant. I broke out my *new* sewing machine and added some colourful stitching. If you know me, and my past history with sewing machines this stitching is a breakthrough. Let's just say me and the old Singer are not good friends.. but we are getting more well acquainted lately. Look for more stitchery attempts from my end..

I decided to make my own patterned paper using my K&Company set. I just love this to create backgrounds. Scalloped egde is from my EK Success embossing border punch. I just love this sweet tool.. it's a bit of an obsession lately.. Ribbon is from Michaels. It lends well with the colour scheme.. in hindsight I should have added a little 'get well' tag to the outside..but it was stamped on the inside.. (which I forgot to take a picture of.. silly me!!)

Well, thats all for me today I'm afraid. Hope you are having a glorious fall.. get out there and get inspired by the colours all around!
Thanks for stopping by!
~Rebekah

{Get Well Supply List}

Cardstock: The Paper Company
Ink: Martha Stewart Crafts -Sea Lavender
Ribbon: Michaels
Stamps: K&Company-Lotus Greetings
Paper Punch: EK Success
Other: sewing machine, thread, sheet music

sweet shabby chic

A big HELLO to all:)

It certainly has been a long while since I last posted hasn't it. I've been so busy with work, school and general life...I promise to have some up to date posts coming up. I've been busy creating. Got some new Tim Holtz goodies, and have some PTI and Basic Grey goodies coming my way in the mail..Oh boy. Be still my heart... the creating that is to come *drool*
Anyways...
Here's a sweet card I have been playing around with. A pretty in pink birthday card...

Prima papers, grungeboard cutouts( my new favourite embellishments.. you can do pretty much anything to them..paint, stamp, emboss, distress... limitless ideas) ribbon and half pearls..

I painted the cutouts and distressed them so they didnt look so 'new'.. I wanted a more aged look and feel for the card.. Distress ink around the edges.. don't you just love it..

Well that's all I have for today.. needed a bit of cheer after this rainy, grey day. I'll be back soon with more posts. Thanks for stopping by!
~Rebekah

{Live Your Bliss Supply List}

Ink: Distress Ink-Antique Linen (Ranger)
Stamp: Papertrey Ink-Mega mixed messages
Patterned Paper: Prima-Nursery Tales
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink
Miscellaneous: Ribbon-Offray, Half pearls-Forever In Time