Nurses' Week May 2016

May is a very special month for me. Many celebrations to be had such as Mothers Day, my anniversary, family birthdays and Nurses' week.

Last year I purchased this very special stamp from Unity Stamps and is one of Angie Bloms Designs. I had a blast doing a mass production as I have so many Nurses in my life that I'm grateful for and wanted to give them something special made from the heart.

Products used: Water colour paper; Derwent and Prima water colouring pencils, Hero Arts Hello die and stamps, Paper pack from echo park, embellishments, Circle die and Wink of Stella.

Heartfelt Card for a special person

Having your children away from home is never easy. With that being said my dreams in life for them are to be healthy, happy and have no regrets. 

Abbigail (my daughter) is graduating next week and will be a Certified Holistic Nutritional Consultant with a special interest in women and children You can learn more by checking out her website here. Supper proud of our girl!

To show her how much we love her I made a very special card using heartfelt creations stamps and dies.Lots of layers, sewing and love poured into this card. I was waiting on Abby receiving before posting :)

Hope you enjoy and it gives you some inspiration to start your weekend off <3

Happy Retirement

I fall in love with Heartfelt Creations more and more every day. It is so easy to make elegant and beautiful cards using their products.

This is a retirement card I made using a combination of spellbinder dies, the Sun Kissed Dies and Stamps, Greenery from the Farmers Market Collection, ; Tag and centre from the Everyday Heroes Collection; 

More spellbinders and the beautiful black Border is from the Regal Borders and Pockets Die.

Used Abandoned Coral Distress ink for the flowers, some beads for the centre and a combination of Shabby Shutters and forest green on stems.

Enjoy and be inspired!

Canadian County Music Awards 2015

Feeling very privileged to attend 2015 CCMA in Halifax this past September with mu best concert buddy!

Too many photo's to work mix media into these lay-outs so I chose to go with paper only. Treasured memories indeed <3

Butterfly Beauty

I don't think I'll ever get tired of using Nuance!

Another easy but beautiful card created using minimal products!

For this card I used Nuance, water colour paper, Butterfly Stencil, Sweet Little Garden Stencil, Ink,  Jell pen and an embossing folder

Stylized Butterfly

Sweet Little Garden 

Nuance

DREAM

I love play dates with my friends! I always find new inspiration when I am with like minded people and it makes me very happy.

I decided that dabbling in some mix media art was what  was needed on the menu!

 Using a variety of products such as Modelling Paste, Tissue Paper, Prima Julia Netting Stamp, Pattern Paper, Stencils, Inks, Paints, Embossing Powder, Creative Embellishment Chipboard, ...the list is endless. That's what I love so much about mix media, there's no right or wrong and everything always looks so ugly until the last few steps. That's when the magic happens and your project takes a life of it's own. Love how this canvas turned out :)

Monkey Love

Not sure what the infatuation Abbigail had with Monkey's, but she loved them her entire childhood. If truth be known, I think she still does!

For this lay-out I used gesso to first mute the pattern down and then distress paint to bring the background to a nice green. Then I ended up scrubbing the paint off with a baby wipe as it was too dark. Oh well, a work in progress.

Loving texture on my projects this one certainly has a variety of textures. including sewing, modeling paste, stamps, glassine paper, twine and more!

Paper used was a beautiful line from Crate Paper called Open Book. I've induced some of their embellishments as well (tags and brads, which are fabric covered).

I hope you are inspired to create something fun soon!