bee thankful...

I just love spring...it signals that my favourite season is just around the corner;summer..How I love summer, being an island girl and all.For now I will be satisfied with all that spring has to offer: the cherry blossoms, daffodils sprouting up, the warm sunny weather, gardening...ohhhh, it's love I tell ya.
 My guy has requested some thank-you cards and as always, I'm happy to oblige..can't deny him, oh no. I'm so lucky he supports my creativity, and understands that if my craft area looks messy to him, it's bliss to me...lucky lucky girl here...

So using Kazan's sketch over on 2 Sketches 4 You I came up with this sweet card(pun intended) for my guy.

I will be turning to this sketch time and time again. So versatile, yet simple, many cards to be made...I've turned back to my K&Company obsession here-thought I could get away from it, but no, they draw me back every time...I adore their products...some tea dyed vintage edging found on a local excursion to thrift stores sits pretty beside a nice fat piece of cream ribbon...I had to part with one of my hoarded Tattered Angels frames..all glittered up with marshmallow (love that name!!) glimmer mist and added some Prima flowers up on top. Stamps used here are from P.T.I and Tim Holtz...
Well, it's time for me to go..my favourite part of the night is coming...craft time then relaxing with some super shows...
Contentment I tell ya...
Thanks for your visit!
~Rebekah

tea-dye and twill tape...

Can you guess what I was up to this afternoon? Got a nice stash of twill tape from the local thrift store and dyed up a batch..It's one of my fave things to add to cards...love the texture and its shabby feel once its had a nice soak in some tea.
Here's another card based off of one of my fave sketch sites...as you probably have read from previous posts, I recently have taken to using sketch sites for inspiration and to challenge myself. And let me tell you this site has soo much to offer..I have much to look over and attempt...

I just adore this sketch...can use it over and over again...features some of my fave elements...lets hope you like my take on it this week...

 Again, a lot of my favourite things used here..some (non dyed) twill tape, stamps, distress ink...flowers and half pearls...Mmmm...my fave P.T.I stamp set was put into use again..Background Basics-Text style...my fingers just seem to reach for them  every time. They get a lot of use around my studio...I just can't get enough...Inkadinkado Dot Flourishes add a little whirl at the top there...Stamped my new Stampology journal block on cream card stock and used another fave P.T.I set (Giga Guide Lines) to stamp a pattern with Versamark in the background...little touches that make me so happy..
Hope you enjoy it as much as I do...
Off now to make some scrunched seam binding:)
Night friends!
Rebekah

april showers...

bring May flowers.. Yep, no doubt you've heard that before. What April brings me is birthdays, graduation and a move across country. Busy busy, but exciting times ahead. A lot to look forward to and be thankful for.
This post will be short and sweet. Have a messy craft desk to clear off to start anew. Here is the creation I came up with for another wonderful Lilybean photo challenge!

 Here is the inspiration photo.. from a Creative Mint..courtesy of the very talented Leslie.. Isn't it a treat? Lots to pull from.

I do apologize for the lack of light. It's been a rainy, overcast month and my light box wasn't doing the trick this day..Will try and do another photo shoot and update the photos. I decided to pull out a paler colour scheme of greens, blue, pink and cream. Lots of inspiration jumping off points in the photo.. I chose to stick with flowers, polka dots, stripes, and that gorgeous border punched edge peeking out in the photo. It may be hard to see but the envelope has handwritten text stamped with Versa mark ink. I stamped polka dots on my main card stock in light green. If you click on the image it zooms in...A lot of Papertrey Ink stamps used here.. Polka dot basics II, Giga Guide lines(stamped in pale pale blue on cream card stock..how I love those colours!)Background Basics Textstyle (I swear I will wear this one out first! I use it everywhere.) Some Inkadinkado Swirls round out the stamps used..
Well, I am off.. hope to get a few more posts in before I leave to see my guy graduate next week!
Thanks for stopping by!
~Rebekah

shout out

Woo hoo. Got a mention on the Moxie Fab blog for my take on the Tuesday trigger!! Thanks to everyone for their sweet, encouraging comments!!

flutter by...

...butterfly. Hello from a drizzly, gray Thursday afternoon. To be honest, as much as I love a springy, warm, sunshine day; I also love being cozied up  inside when its raining out. There's something about a rainy day that screams movies and popcorn, snuggled with a special someone...So, in order to brighten up my day I decided to play along with the Moxie Fab blogs Tuesday Trigger. It's very spring-like and features one of my fave images..butterflies.. You can find the original inspiration photo here.

Here's my take on the photo..

As I mentioned it's an overcast day... I apologize for the photo quality.. not too much good lighting today.. I decided to mimic the plaid in the cute Easter dress.. Some Basic Grey papers,Maya Road little butterflies stamped on some pink paper, then heat embossed with clear embossing powder..(I used the stamp from the Bingo card stamp set.. how I love that set!) Used my Slice machine to cut out some butterflies of varying sizes.. a Tim Holtz grunge board swirl..it is glittery. Used my Shimmerz paints but it's hard to tell with the lighting...
Well that's about all I have for today... finally got my package in from Emma's Paperie.. lots of goodies to play with...Will be debuting my first ever mini album soon, now that I've got all the little bits and pieces, so stay tuned for that!
Have a good night peeps!
~Rebekah

spring fling...

Hello again friends,
Hard to imagine its been over 2 weeks since my last post...where does the time go? Seems that lately it's flying by.. a little too fast for my liking..
Just a quick post today..promise to post more frequently once research papers and finals are out of the way... I've also been obsessing over a couple mini-albums -which I will be sharing with you in the next few days.. Being they are my first ever albums, I'm pleased as punch how they are turning out.
Today's post is once again inspired by Melissa's lovely photo challenge...As always I'm salivating over the image she chose! Just to refresh, here it is....

{photo courtesy of A Creative Mint}

I chose to go a bit muted on the colour scheme... I love that pop of bright green in the picture...so very spring like..

I've noticed lately that flowers are popping up everywhere(pardon the pun..being spring and all) I look in the crafting world.. So I decided to hop on that bandwagon and voila.. flowers here too.. Some of my fave goodies to play with here.. PTI stamps, K&Company and Basic Grey papers, a bit of lacy goodness and a button on top... 

Well folks, I'm off for the night.. but I'll be back in a few days with that baby mini album for my expectant friends, and another special album, near and dear to my heart..

Til then,I'll be thinking spring thoughts...

Night

~Rebekah

these are the days....

 

that I will truly miss....

A bit of reflection here today. It's a beautiful spring-like B.C day. It fills me with happiness to know that spring is right around the corner. Almost time to dig out the gardening supplies and head to the nursery;a yearly tradition that my sister and I indulge in. We get carried away picking out new plants and by the time we get home, we either have too many or not enough. We spend a few afternoons transferring our new plants into their containers... to watch grow and bloom and thoroughly enjoy through out the summer (and into October since the weather out here is so mild and wonderful). I realize that this year may be the last we can indulge in our little tradition... which I look forward to more and more each year.  In a few months it will be time for me to leave our family nest to fly out on my own...with my boy, to start our own life in another province.. How I will miss the silly little things that happen around our family home. Time for me to learn new things, meet new people. A new adventure...

So, inspired by spring and Melissa's new photo inspiration challenge, I created these fun little cards.. here's the insiration photo.. I was secretly hoping she would pick this one.. I just love Leslie's blog.. give it a peak and show some love.. those images are so juicy!

{Photo courtesy of A Creative Mint}

 

I created not one, but TWO cards with this colour scheme.. I just love it!I'm sure this won't be the last time these colours pop up round here on the ole blog! Mix of papers here...taking a break from those K&Company papers... lol. Although, the flower and butterfly are from K&Company's new Handmade line.. I found these at Michaels' Craft store..(having a handy 50% coupon also made me happy!) Prima flocked paper..Basic Grey hiding in the background... plus Tim Holtz stamps.. love love it!

 

Looking back at the inspiration photo, I found myself drawn to the yellow objects and decided I had to do it justice, and add it to a card.. So here is take two. A little softer than the first.. lots of my fave elements here.. Distress ink to give a worn in look, Tim Holtz stamps..P.T.I. polka dot stamps..Basic Grey papers..and of course some antiqued pearls(kind of hard to tell with this photo.I was fighting with Mr. Nikon and the lighting here today..)

I leave you today with a smile and a touch of sadness.. enjoy the moments you have...I know I'll be cherishing the next few months round here..Life round here will never be the same.. but it's a time for change..and only good things will come from it!

Til next time-

~Rebekah