The Canadian Paper Trail

It seems that Jess over at The Canadian Paper Trail has had a flood at her home and has been unable to post today. Sorry for any inconvenience.

I am featured today at http://thecanadianpapertrail.blogspot.com/ . Each day a Canadian craft blog is featured. Tomorrow is my daughter Amanda http://bellascraftycreations.blogspot.com/ . The theme is Back to School or End of Summer.

I decided to try something I have been wanting to try for some time and that is vinyl. As I don't have children in school I thought about the older student or teacher with a laptop and I decorated my daughters laptop.

First I laid everything out on Design Studio so I could figure out how much vinyl I needed without wasting it. All cuts were cut at either 2" or 2 1/2". The blade was set at 4 so it would cut the vinyl but not the backing. The pressure and speed were set at medium. I used transfer tape for the "Inspire" cut and placed it over the piece of vinyl and rubbed it. Just the cut stuck to the transfer tape when I pulled it up. For the other cuts I just peeled them off the sheet and stuck them on the laptop, just be careful because it is very easy for it to stick to itself.

The cuts that I used are Inspire from Home Accents, the nightie from Sweethearts, the shoes from Wedding solutions cart(I cut 2 shoes, 1 was flipped using DS), the popsicle from Doodlecharms and the cupcake from Home Decor.

The flower and the hearts are cut using SU punches.

Halloween Challenge

Erin over at http://www.erinleecreative.com/ is having a Halloween challenge sponsored by Oh My Crafts (one of my favourite online stores).

For this card I used the B is for Boy cartridge and the monster was cut at 3 1/4"

Supplies:
Paper: Green Galore, Elegant Eggplant, Basic Black (SU), Orange (Recollections), patterned paper (K & Co)
Ink: Tangerine Tango (SU)
Punches: Word Window, Modern Label (SU), Drippy Goo (MS)
Embellishments: Wiggly Eyes (Michaels), Orange Glitter Glue (Studio G)

Throwback Thursday--Princess

This week for Emma's Throwback Thursday challenge at http://www.creativetimeforme.com/

is to use the Tinkerbell cartridge and the theme is Princesses. I don't have the Tinkerbell cartridge or any Disney cartridges for that matter, so I used PDDU.

I just got in my first order from Custom Crops and they sell Liquid Applique. I have been looking everywhere for this and finally I found it. If you don't know what Liquid Applique is it can be used on fabric or paper and you heat it with your heat gun and it puffs up for a 3D effects. I bought it in pink, white and orange. I used it on the dress on this card for like a ruffle effect.

Supplies:

Paper: Chocolate Chip cs, Melon Mambo cs (SU), patterned paper (DCWV) and assorted scraps

Stamps: Taggers Dozen (retired SU), Everyday Face Assortment (Peachy Keen)

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Melon Mambo (SU) White & black pens (Marvy)

Punches: Scalloped circle punches (EK Success)

Embellishments: Liquid Applique (Marvy)

Morning Cup

This is a new stamp set that I got from SU. I love coffee, coffee art work and coffee stamps. I have also been watching some copic marker videos and learning some techniques. I only have three purple copics so far, that I got a couple of weeks ago. The purples didn't go with my card so I thought I would try doing some shading with my SU markers and I'm really pleased with how it turned out.
Supplies:
Paper: Dusty Durango, Taken with Teal, Very Vanilla cs (SU) and Sweet Pea DSP (SU)
Stamps: Morning Cup (SU)
Ink: Timber Brown (StazOn), Assorted Stampin Write Markers (SU)
Punches: Modern Label, Word Window (SU)
Embellishments: Dusty Durango Ribbon (SU), Bronze Vintage Brad (SU)

Michael's Haul

My daughter Amanda http://bellascraftycreations.blogspot.com/ and I went to Michael's yesterday afternoon. We don't have one in our town but the nearest one is only about 1/2 hr away.
This is what I bought. This MS album was on clearance for $7.99 (Canadian), I am going to use it for my wedding pictures. I just got married last year and I haven't started a scrapbook yet.

The Cuttlebug folders were 40% off and I got Floral fantasy. This Michael's finally got some new folders in. They have had the same 4 folders for a year now. I needed a new white gelly roll pen and thought I would try the Studio G stickles.

My name is Kerry and I am a paperholic. That is the first step, right? Now I have to start letting go and use it. The paper stacks were on sale for $14.99, which is very rare here. I bought lots in the states for $11.99 which was awesome. I spent last night just looking through the stacks and oohing and aahing. My husband was getting a little sick of "look at how cute this is".

I finally got the MS Drippy Goo punch. Just in time for Halloween and some googly eyes for the monters.

I did buy one Christmas present too. So it wasn't all for me. It isn't in the photo though.

Throwback Thursday Challenge

This weeks challenge over at Emma's blog http://www.creativetimeforme.com/ is "Frame It", using the PDDU cartridge. It took me a while to come up with something for this challenge. Finally I decided on the shield(I think it's a shield) on page 51. I cut it out twice, once in red and once in white and I used the center of the white one. I ran the red one through the cuttlebug using the Square Lattice embossing folder from SU.

Supplies:

Paper: Red (MS), White (Georgian Pacific) and patterned paper (SU)

Stamps: Happy Moments (SU)

Ink: Stampin Write Markers (SU), Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Ribbon: Red (Wal-Mart)

Robot

This adorable robot is made using the B is for Boy cartridge, cut at 3 1/4"

Supplies:
Paper: Brilliant Blue cs (SU), patterned paper Robotz (My Minds Eye), assorted scraps
Ink: Brilliant Blue marker (SU)
Stamp: Teeny Tiny Wishes (SU)
Punches: Modern Label and Word Window (SU)
Embellishments: Ribbon (Celebrate It), Stickles

Throwback Thursday Challenge

Emma's challenge this week over at http://www.creativetimeforme.com/ is to use the Paisley cartridge. Much to my dismay I do not have this cartridge (yet). The theme is back to school. This week I decided to do post it note holder for the teachers desk. As I do not have the cartridge I used Plantin SchoolBook for the apple. The apple was cut at 2" on Roly Poly. I cut it out 3 times, once in red, once in brown and once in green and then cut the stem and the leaf. I also folded the leaf in half and put it through my crimper before I attached it. I wrapped ribbon around the picture frame and used glue dots to hold it in place so I could hook the pen on it.

Supplies:
Paper: Sweet Stack (DCWV), and red, green and brown scraps
Acrylic 4" x 6"picture frame (dollar store), mini gel pens (dollar store)
post it notes (staples)
Ribbon: pink (Wal-Mart)
Stamps: Peachy Keen Everyday Face Assortment, Apple -Tart & Tangy (SU)
Ink: Real Red, Chocolate Chip and Glorious Green Markers (SU), Memento Tuxedo Black and White signo uni-ball pen

Amanda's Birthday

This is the card and gift bag that I made for my daughters birthday. She is 27 yrs old today. I designed the gift tag using Design Studio and Tags, Bags, Boxes and More. I designed tags for everybody in the family, so I just have them ready to cut when I need them. To see what's in the bag go to http://bellascraftycreations.blogspot.com .

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMANDA!

Supplies:

Paper: Chocolate Chip cs, Melon Mambo cs, Pink Pirouette cs (SU), White cs (Georgia Pacific) and patterened paper (DCWV)

Ink: Black (Memento), Pretty in Pink Marker (SU), Black Pen (Marvy)

Punch: Scalloped Border punch (SU)

Stamp: Unknown

Ribbon: Pink (Wal-Mart)

Embellishments: Black stickles, Pink ice brad (SU)

Cartridges: Shoe 5" (Wedding), Tag (Plantin Schoolbook)

Boys will be Boys

My newest project from the B is for Boy lite cartridge is a scrapbook layout. I am really trying to get back into scrapbooking. When I was on my shopping trip I bought some scrapbooks and one is for a boy, so I am going to work on filling it with pages to maybe give away. I got this awesome paper at my LSS (which isn't so local), it has trains and dump truck on it. I cut it into strips to make borders. I used the B is for Boy cartridge to cut Boys will be Boys at 4", the train at 2 1/2" and the dump truck at 3". The little dump truck is cut with a cuttlebug die.
I also am pleased to announce that I finally got an ATG Gun. I love it.

Supplies:

Paper: Red (MS), Black (Recollections), Transportation paper (Best Creations Inc), assorted colours (SU scraps)

Embellishments: Buttons (Joanne's), Pop Dots

Winner

I would like to thank everyone that stopped by and left such amazing comments. I really appreciate it.
It inspired me to work on a scrapbook layout yesterday. I will post that tomorrow.

and

now

the

winner

is...

JEN at mccauleyhouse.blogspot.com

I have sent Jen an email and will be sending her blog candy as soon as I get her address.

Congratulations!

To those of you who asked where I got things, the clipboards are from the dollar store and the binder clip and the large paper clip are from Staples.