July 28, 2013

oh baby...TSTR #177

Hey there!

This week over at The Shabby Tea Room I'm your host and we have a baby themed challenge for you! Be inspired by the inspiration photo and create*A BABY PROJECT for a boy or girl.



Or in my case this week, both! I've used Bugaboo Stamps "Boo peeking carriage" to make my tags this week. Super quick and simple and easy to customize for any occasion, whether you know the gender of the baby or not. I just printed a couple and then coloured them in using water colour pencils and fussy cut out. Some Crafty Secrets Papers make up the base of my tag (PTI Tag Sale).


Play along with us this week and you could win 7 digital images from Bugaboo stamps:)
I'm off to check out the rest of the DT. Won't you join me:

                                        Debbie- Paper Sweeties

                                         Lenet- To Scrap or Not to Scrap

                                         Rebecca- Paper Primrose

                                         Tracey- Trace Elementz

                                         Starr- The Paper Chase
 Happy Monday!
~Becks

July 21, 2013

fresh summer breeze...TSTR #176

Happy summer! Hope you all are enjoying the warm weather.
It's time for a new challenge over at The Shabby Tea Room. We hope you will play along with us. Lenet is our hostess this week and asks that we create something wonderful using:
                                     

                                      *COLOURS: AQUA, WHITE, SOFT PINK
                                      *LACE
                                      *FLOWER


The girls this week are using Paper Temptress products, our sponsor for this week. Since mine were a little late I've used Crafty Secrets papers and Paper Sweeties Wedding Day stamps. I love this jar from the Button Up digi set(Crafty Secrets) and fussy cut all of the hearts from the new Classic Damask Pink and Blue Papers as well as the Mermaid Waves double sided papers.



Be sure to check out the great projects the Shabby DT has dreamed up:

                                        Debbie- Paper Sweeties

                                         Lenet- To Scrap or Not to Scrap

                                         Rebecca- Paper Primrose

                                         Tracey- Trace Elementz

                                         Starr- The Paper Chase


July 18, 2013

plant a seed...



I'm patiently waiting for my garden to grow... and planting hydrangea bushes and watching the blooms grow so huge. Waiting for the end of the summer to pick the wild blueberries... planning a new garden for next year. Hopefully the hosta's will survive the brutal winter weather... all to make a little haven for me and my guy.



 Needing a spot to keep all of my ideas, seeds and notes together I came up with an envelope pocket mini using the Garden Papers from Crafty Secrets. I started with large envelopes and folded them in half and then cut in half. I covered them with great papers...


 A little seed packet pocket to tuck odds and ends in... loving the vegetable ad paper. Glassine bag pockets with washi tape borders to add seeds...


 Vintage advertising papers.. loving how they provide the perfect backdrop to the more colourful papers.

 Keeping it simple and repeating papers and pockets for a more cohesive look. So many pockets to put in keepsakes, journaling... the sky is the limit.

How are your gardens growing?
Until next time folks, I'm off to enjoy the great weather!
~Becks

July 15, 2013

romantic... TSTR #175

It's time for another fun challenge over at The Shabby Tea Room! This week Debbie is our hostess and she has a fab challenge for us.. She asks that we create something using:
                                                                *PEARLS
                                                                *LACE
                                                                *FLOWERS


I kind of took a different route from girly romantic to baby card. I've used great MTME papers this week for my card, and added a few touches to make it a bit soft and pretty.. after all the baby card is as much for the mama as it is for the new bundle of joy.


Flowery motif for the papers and a little lace tucked in behind the anchor.. little pearls on the postage stamp, this is all ready for a newly arrived little person:)

Be sure to play along with us this week to win a great MTME prize. I'm off to peek at the other Shabby Girls blogs:

                                        Debbie- Paper Sweeties

                                         Lenet- To Scrap or Not to Scrap

                                         Rebecca- Paper Primrose

                                         Tracey- Trace Elementz

                                         Starr- The Paper Chase
Happy Monday!
~Becks

July 7, 2013

cherry pie... TSTR #174

Another sweet challenge awaits us this Monday over at The Shabby Tea Room. This week Tracey is our host and asks that we create something fabulous using:

                                      *COLOURS: RED, WHITE and AQUA
                                      *ADD BURLAP OR TWINE


I've used Janet's Cooking Card image here today for my gift tag and Paper Sweeties "So Sweet of You" I'm totally loving this colour combo! A super easy gift tag to attach to a gift for a sweet friend:)


Play long with us and you could win digital images from Janet's Etsy shop! I'm off to see what sweet creations the rest of the girls have come up with:

                                        Debbie- Paper Sweeties

                                         Lenet- To Scrap or Not to Scrap

                                         Rebecca- Paper Primrose

                                         Tracey- Trace Elementz

                                         Starr- The Paper Chase
Happy Monday!
~Becks

July 1, 2013

O Canada...

Our home and native land!
True patriot love, in all thy sons command.

With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
the True North strong and free!

From far and wide,
 O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

God keep our land, glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee!


For the country I call home. For the beauty of the west coast, forever captured in my heart. For the vastness of the prairies, beautiful with their endless fields of golds and greens. For where our love story began; Niagara. For the pride of seeing my guy in his ceremonial Red Serge. For upholding long standing traditions. From the first time dipping my toes in the Pacific, to seeing the Aurora Borealis over our first home together, and everything in between. For the love of the mountains, the lakes and the oceans. To traveling the width and depth of this great land. For my fierce love of hockey. For always getting a little emotional hearing our national anthem.  For what is yet to come...

For the 'half' of me that is Canadian but who loves this great land with my whole heart, I am never more proud to be a part of something so wonderful as Canada. Canada Day is a just a start, and means so much more to me with each passing year. Fourteen years and counting...

To all my fellow Canadians, and all who love this country;
Happy Canada Day!

patriotic party... Crafty Secrets July Linky Party


Happy Canada Day to my fellow Canadians!
Thanks for stopping by today! We have a brand new month and an all new linky party over at the Crafty Secrets blog! Be sure to link up any new creations using Crafty Secrets products to win a great prize!!

Recently over at the Crafty Vintage Girl shop we released beautiful printable double sided papers.  Have you seen them?? Super gorgeous, and I'm here to show you how to make simple decorations to host your own party. While I am Canadian and it is Canada Day., there's something about American Independence day that I love.. the stars and stripes.. but more of a vintage, muted vibe. That's my inspiration today!


A trio of easy decorations: medallion banner, pinwheels, and treat bags.
First up my banner. I started by printing off the blue swirls paper from the new Rose swirls papers. Such a gorgeous blue, I didn't even edit it. Perfect colour for what I envisioned. I also printed the Red Damask. Who says you can't use patterns for the Red White and Blue? Loving the damask.. and perfect for some Christmas projects too!


To make my medallions I used my Scor Pal to score lines in a 2 inch x11inch long paper. You will need 2 of these.. It's up to you how far apart to make your score lines.The further apart the bigger the peaks and valleys. Once scored and folded into an accordion strip I double sided taped the ends together to make one long strip then taped again to form a circle.Flatten the circle towards the centre and you should get your flattened medallion. I used a big blob of hot glue on the back to stop them from popping back out of shape. Make all different sizes from different widths and pair them together. Decorate how you wish! To make the half circles, only use one strip and secure the same way. Add all circles and half circles to twine or ribbon and voila. One sweet banner complete.


Up next patriotic pinwheels... gosh these are so fun and super easy to make a bunch of! I printed the Blue Swirls and the Red from the Red Damask set on the back of each other and then cut 4"x4" squares. To make the pinwheel, simple cut diagonal from the corners to the middle, leaving a little in the middle to attach your points to. Once cut fold over towards the centre overlapping the ends from each corner and secure with a brad. Add buttons or just leave the brad showing. It's up to you. I used skewers and covered them with floral tape and then wound some butchers twine around and secured at the top and bottoms. Glue or tape the pinwheel to the skewer and away you go. (Pinwheels don't spin).


You can't have a party with out treats now, can you? Using glassine bags and the Red Damask and a red paper from CD #2, I cut 1.5"x1.5" squares.(Or you can use a punch or fdie) then cut them on a diagonal to make 2 triangles. Offsetting the triangles by half, and using a different pattern for top and bottom results in the chevron stripe. I then added a thin strip of blue to the centre. I made a 3D star and punched out tiny little stars from the scraps of the 2 patterned papers as well as a few white. Star confetti! How fun:) I added a handmade tissue fringe as wel. Adhere all to the bag and make as many as your heart desires! Fill them with goodies and pass it around. I'm fond of kettle corn, as you can tell :)

Before I get going, I'd love to introduce our 2 new Design Team Ladies. Make sure you pop by to say 'hi' and see their beautiful creations:

Kathy Clement
and
Elizabeth Lincoln

and the rest of our wonderful team:

Vicki Chrisman (Team Leader)

Michele Kovack

Darlene Pavlick

Melissa Bove

Sheila Rumney