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Saturday, 19 December 2015

Little Boxes using Tim Holtz row houses die

Creating in multiples today using the Tim Holtz row housing die and a retired Stampin' Up! stamp.

Little boxes on the hillside,

Little boxes made of ticky tacky,

Little boxes on the hillside,

Little boxes all the same.

There's a green one and a pink one

And a blue one and a yellow one,

And they're all made out of ticky tacky

And they all look just the same.

And the people in the houses

All went to the university,

Where they were put in boxes

And they came out all the same,

And there's doctors and lawyers,

And business executives,

And they're all made out of ticky tacky

And they all look just the same.

And they all play on the golf course

And drink their martinis dry,

And they all have pretty children

And the children go to school,

And the children go to summer camp

And then to the university,

Where they are put in boxes

And they come out all the same.

And the boys go into business

And marry and raise a family

In boxes made of ticky tacky

And they all look just the same.

There's a green one and a pink one

And a blue one and a yellow one,

And they're all made out of ticky tacky

And they all look just the same.

Little Boxes by Melvina Reynolds

Merry Christmas!

Cathy

Friday, 18 December 2015

Watercolour Happy Christmas | #tgifc34

Hello everyone!

This week at TGIF Challenge blog, we were asked to use the following as inspiration for a card. Well, I didn't take it too literal and simply created a Christmas card.

I am getting so excited for Christmas - my planner is jam packed. Seriously. So jam packed. I doubt I'll be getting much crafting done.

Hope we've inspired you and Merry Christmas!

Next week, the TGIF Challenge blog takes a short break. See you in January!

Cathy

Thursday, 17 December 2015

Photo Tags | Fancy Friday

Welcome back to another Fancy Friday blog hop! We've got new friends joining us - hold on to your seats because everyone in this hop is a current or past Stampin' Up! Artisan Design Team member!

This month's theme is

"Last Minute Fancy Christmas Tags"

For me, I've still been playing a lot with photos. I made this peek-a-boo card a couple weeks ago for the TGIF Challenge Blog (join us every week!)

I figured that I could easily do the same for tags. I used my Canon Selphy printer and printed a couple photos in colour and a couple in black and white. I then stamped with white Staz On ink. Seriously easy and seriously cute.

If you are looking for more easy tags, here's an idea I did for Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine. Check out their blog for more details! They have 12 days of giving too so make sure to get your entries in!

Keep hopping along to see the wonderfully pink Erica Cerwin!

Friday, 11 December 2015

the beautiful outdoors | #tgifc33

Hi friends!

Lately at on the TGIF Challenge blog we've agreed to every second challenge from a design team perspective so I hadn't planned on participating this week. That was until I was busy blowing through my December Daily and inspiration took shape.

This week is a sketch challenge and I had decided to do a scrapbook page instead of a card.

Most of the product from this layout is from the new Occasions Catalog to be released on January 5th. This is some of the papers from those collections.

Essentially, I die cut a few circles using my Circles Framelits and starting piecing the pictures together. The cute little enamel dots are from the Cottage card kit collection. The words are just typed out onto regular computer paper. I used Remington Noiseless as the font.

Happy Friday everyone!

It's my birthday on Friday so I'll be busy celebrating ME all weekend!

Cathy

Friday, 4 December 2015

a colour challenge | #tgifc32

It's most definitely a countdown now to Christmas for our family! The tree is up and the outdoor lights are on. I have a pile of Christmas cards that are ready to go out the door.

This card will be sent out to someone like the swim instructor or the UPS man. Notice the I used the curvy trio punch to chop one corner? Underneath is some red foil on the inside of the card.

I'd for for you to love myself and the other designers of TGIF Challenge Blog. Share your projects with us every week!

This is a stamp set called Flurry of Wishes and actually has a punch that goes with it. The skinny washi tape comes from the Hello December accessory kit and is a staple of mine. I love putting pearls on every project!

Back to the christmas card sweat shop!

Cheers!
Cathy

Friday, 27 November 2015

'Tis the Season | #tgifc31

Now that my lovely American friends have lots of turkey in their bellies and while we all count our blessings... it just might be time to declare that

'Tis the Season!

WEEEEEE HOOO!

I am bringing you this card today as part of the TGIF Challenge Design team.

We bring you challenges every week to help inspire you!

This week is a remix challenge, where by you should use inspiration from 2 of the other challenges of that month. I chose the sketch challenge and the "white christmas" challenge.