Saying Goodbye at Picture Perfect Creations

Happy Monday folks! Today is a little bit of a bittersweet day for me. Megan from Picture Perfect Creations has decided to take a little break from blogging challenges until the new year and although it was an extremely difficult decision for her, I know she will love the time she will get to spend with her ADORABLE little man and hubby!

Megan, I just wanted to say THANK YOU for picking me to be a part of your design team on April 10, 2010! It was SUCH an exciting day for me - to be chosen to be on a design team?!? Are you kidding me?! ME?! Thanks for all the wonderful challenges you have given us as a team and I know you will totally enjoy your little mini-vacay from PPC....we will be back bigger and better come the new year!! HUGS girl!!!!

For this, our last challenge of 2011, Megan has issued the following color combo:

For my card, I decided to go CAS...this awesome sketch was found at Clean and Simple Stamping and I knew EXACTLY what I was going to do:

I really love the simplicity of the sketch....really, I do....so WHY, WHY, WHY do I have such an issue with all the "white space?" I left it alone, but I really, really wanted to do "something" in all that white....LOL....

Thanks for popping in today! I really do hope you can take some time to participate in our last color challenge of 2011....these colors are gorgeous together and I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with! See you in the new year with PPC! Ciao!

PPC Specialty Challenge #11 - Fall/Halloween

Welcome back! If you are looking for my Totally Stampalicious and Scrapmaster's Paradise posts, please scroll down! :)

This is the third Monday of the month and so that means a specialty challenge from Megan over at Picture Perfect Creations and she has issued a Fall/Halloween challenge for you. I don't know about you, but here in central Alberta, we are totally loving this gorgeous late Fall we are having! The temps have been warm, the colors are absolutely stunning and it means that every passing "warm" day is one less "cold" winter day! LOL...

Here's the card I made for the Fall Challenge. I snatched up a gorgeous Autumn paper pad called "Autumn Splendor" by We R Memory Makers and so that was my jumping off point for my card - the colors are GORGEOUS....

Please take the time to hop on over to see the rest of the Design Team's creations HERE. I hope you have some time to sit and get creative with us this week - Fall/Halloween can be soooo much fun! Happy crafting!

Picture Perfect meets Verve...

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope you are having a relaxing, stress-free, memorable and grateful time with family and friends...as you read in my last post, I am in southern Alberta visiting my Dad but will be travelling back home today to get back into the routine of things!

This week over at Picture Perfect Creations, Megan has chosen a very different color combo (in my opinion) but it was sure pretty to put together! What do you think:

For my card, I went in search of a sketch and came across this beauty from Clean and Simple Stamping:

Here's my card using a favorite Verve set and the CAS sketch:

I decided to make a sympathy card with these colors and I feel it turned out good. I hope you have some time this week to sit and craft with us this week! Please check out the rest of the Design Team's work - the links are on the right-hand sidebar. Thanks for poppin' in and see you shortly for another SPCC color combo!

PPC - CC#74 - Go Green!!!

Happy Monday! Welcome to another color challenge brought to us by Megan from Picture Perfect Creations...I found this color combo a bit "challenging" and I guess that is why we have them, right? I think it was the Lucky Limeade, but after I got the card all done, I think it turned out alright!

Stamps: Bold Sentiments I (SP & Co.); Paper: Garden Green, Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Lucky Limeade DP; Ink: Garden Green, Pear Pizzazz; Accessories: finial press embossing folder, pearls, nestabilities, white satin ribbon, paper piercer, dimensionals, sponge dauber

Be sure to check out the other inspiration from the PPC Design Team - blogs are listed on my right-hand sidebar for your clicking convenience *wink* and please be sure to ink up some wonderful creations and link them back to the PPC Challenge blog so we can share some love with YOU :)

See you soon with another color challenge from our wonderful Samantha at Scrapmaster's Paradise!!

Happy Birthday - Halloween Style

Happy Monday everyone! How was everyone's weekend? Mine was absolutely incredible - I got to go with my gym buddy, Melissa, to Banff as she ran in the Melissa's 10K Run!!! There is just something so majestic, breath-taking  and calming about the Rocky Mountains...she ran a phenomenal race and I'm so very, very proud of her!! Someday, I'm *hoping* to run along side her!

 Alright - onto this week's business! Megan has issued a very pretty color combination for y'all this week :) When I first saw it, I was going to do a Halloween card. However, I do not "do" Halloween much around here so I decided to try and make a different kind of card....it still screams "Halloween" to me but I really like how it turned out and I'm *SURE* that there are people out there who have a birthday on Halloween, RIGHT!?!? *giggle*

Stamps: Perfectly Penned; Paper: Basic Black, Calypso Coral, Old Olive, Whisper White, Ink: Versafine Onyx Black; Accessories: flowers, black taffeta ribbon, pearls, vintage wallpaper embossing folder, paper piercer, felt pen, martha leaf punch, glue dots, brads

Be sure to check out the rest of the PPC Design Team's wonderful creations using these colors HERE and take some time to play along! Happy crafting!

Specialty Challenge at Picture Perfect Creations

Happy Monday! I hope you had an enjoyable weekend :) I had a memorable one to say the least - I participated in my very first 10 km run (Terry Fox Run) yesterday! Let me just say....I bow down to runners - I am just starting out on my jogging/running adventures and it was TOUGH! I am so super stoked that I accomplished this goal ...especially only being 5 short months since I had major surgery! OK...enough tootin' my own horn here - are you ready for another "Specialty" Challenge from Picture Perfect Creations? We want to see 3 different designer papers on your project :) 

Tonight I start a fitness class called "Boomba" and it's a combination of Bootcamp and Zumba and I am so excited for that! Although, I'm sure that when it's over, I'll need to do exactly what Bubble Bath Scarlette is doing here: 

I used an older sketch from 4 Crafty Chicks and "Bloom & Grow" paper from My Mind's Eye for my card:

Please be sure to hop on over to the challenge blog and take a peek at all the delicious creations made by our Design Team!! Have fun with this one - I can't wait to see all the different paper - me being a paper hoarder, I am super stoked to see all the different kinds out there :)

See you shortly for another SPCC color challenge! Stay tuned...

PPC meets Little Book of Sketches....

Good Monday morning! Wow, can you believe we are into September already? My girl started school last Thursday and my son starts tomorrow....crazy! Our summer just flew by....*sniff!* I am sure hoping we get a nice, LONG, warm fall! :)

Are you ready for another color challenge from Picture Perfect Creations? This one had me stumped for a wee bit....the rose red threw me off a bit. I was leaning towards BOY but didn't know how to incorporate that color in....I used this wonderful sketch from Little Book of Sketches - and this is what I came up with:

I love this new embossing folder from Stampin' Up! I decided to go clean and simple with his card - hope you like it!

Please take some time and get crafty with us! For more wonderful DT inspiration, click HERE.

Stay tuned for another awesome color combo from SPCC....

Getting Sweet at Picture Perfect Creations

Happy Monday everyone! My good friend, Tamie, was over for a crafty sleepover on Friday and we got busy doing some DT work....this combo was one of the cards we did. Thanks for the fun, Tamie!

Megan over at Picture Perfect Creations has given this GORGEOUS color combo this week, you up for the challenge?? For my card, I used a sketch from Inspirational Card Sketches....

I am also entering my card into the following challenges:

Jellypark Challenges - die cuts/punches

Papertake Weekly - dies cuts/punches

Tuesday Throwdown - dimension and texture

Creative Belli Blog - gingham

I sure hope you get some time to sit and get crafty with us...this color combination is a lot of fun! For more inspirational creations by our Design Team, click HERE!

See you shortly for another challenge from Scrapmaster's Paradise...

Summertime Fun at Picture Perfect Creations!!

The challenge this week over at Picture Perfect Creations is our monthly Specialty Challenge ...and the theme this week is SUMMERTIME FUN! For my card, I colored up this little girlie out taking pictures of butterflies on a beautiful summer day!! I hope you enjoy it!

For more wonderful inspiration - please hop on over to the PPC Challenge Blog for more yummy creations by our awesome Design Team!

See you shortly for another color combination from Scrapmaster's Paradise!!

PPC-CC #69

Happy Monday! Can you believe that it's the 15th of August already?!? Where in the world did our summer go? A couple weeks left, and kids go back to school. WOW! My 2 kiddos are at their last bible camp of the summer and I am enjoying a bit of "Lori" time :)

This week over at Picture Perfect Creations, Megan has issued us such a gorgeous color palette that I really cannot WAIT to see what all you come up with! I first thought "flowers" when I saw this combo, so that is what I did:


Stamps: Flower Fest, Whimsical Words; Paper: Bravo Burgundy, Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Blushing Bride DP,Whisper White; Ink: Bravo Burgundy; Accessories: pearls, dimensionals, scissors, dots EF

Be sure to hop on over and check out the rest of the gorgeous creations made by our design team and then sit and get inky with us and leave us a direct link to your scrapbook page, card or 3D item :) Happy crafting!

PPC #68 - Hello Friend

Happy Monday! It's that time already - yep, Megan over at Picture Perfect Creations has another "interesting" color combo for you to try your hand at! I struggled with this one a wee bit - so I added some grey in the mix. After I mucked with a few different stamp sets, I was happy with how this turned out. I used an older Clean and Simple sketch for my layout.

Stamps: Aviary, Hope Blooms (Verve); Paper: Whisper White, Basic Gray, Bashful Blue, More Mustard, Peach Parfait; Ink: Basic Gray, Peach Parfait, Bashful Blue; Accessories: tulip border embossing folder, birds and blooms embossing folder, paper piercer, dimensionals, pearls

Check out the rest of the Design Team's work HERE and we'd love if you would take some time and join us this week for our color challenge - we sure love seeing what all you come up with! Happy crafting!!

PPC-CC #67

Good Monday morning! It's time for another wonderful color challenge at Picture Perfect Creations...crafty challenge #67! I decided to go with "CAS" on this card and I really, really LOVE this simple layout from Clean and Simple Stamping...check it out:

...isn't that a NEAT sketch? Three circles, a strip and done! I added one more layer on my card base so that I could emboss it and add some plum brads:

Stamps: Verve; Paper: Very Vanilla, Perfect Plum, Concord Crush; Ink: Concord Crush; Accessories: embossing folder, brads, nestabilities, ribbon, dimensionals

Thanks for stopping in this morning! I hope you will consider joining us this week for your chance at the "Grand Creation Winner" badge for your blog!! Please link your creation at Picture Perfect Creations by 10 a.m. EST on Monday, August 8th.

Picture Perfect Creations Challenge #66

Good Monday morning to all of you out there in crafty blogland :) I hope you had a restful, relaxing weekend and are ready to come craft with PPC this week...Megan's color palette this week is a gorgeous one - just my opinion! I am definitely going to use this color combo more often as there are so many possibilities you could use it for. Men cards, flower cards, nature cards, you name it! Here's what I did:

I decided to ink up the butterfly from the new-to-me set called Strength and Hope. I used dimensionals to "pop" the butterfly up. The navy background was embossed with my perfect dots embossing folder. The border punch is a Martha Stewart and the final touch was the ribbon and button :)

Please take some time this week to create something using these wonderful colors. For more gorgeous inspiration from PPC's Design Team, click HERE. Happy crafting!

Totally Stampalicious meets Picture Perfect Creations

Happy Monday everyone! I have a 2-in-1 card for you this morning! The challenge over at Totally Stampalicious is at least one button and one bow and the challenge over at Picture Perfect Creations is to use 2 ribbons and 3 buttons! So....I made one card using them both :) I sure hope you get a chance to play this week - with BOTH of these great challenge sites!

Stamps: Totally Stampalicious; Paper: Whisper White, Poppy Parade, Soft Suede, Pumpkin Pie; MME DSP; Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Poppy Parade; Accessories: Verve dies, buttons, baker's twine, markers, dimensionals, scallop trim punch

If you need more inspiration for either of these 2 challenges be sure to check out each challenge blog (Totally Stampalicious HERE and Picture Perfect Creations HERE). Be sure to enter your card, scrapbook page or 3D project today! Happy crafting :)

PPC - CC#65 Cute Shower Card

Good Monday morning, crafty PEEPS out there in blogland :) I hope you had a fantastic weekend! I did!! Guess what?!? I got both my kids packed up and off to camp yesterday! Yep, you got it - I am ALONE for a whole week! *insert large grin here* Now, please don't get me wrong, I love my kiddos to smitherines....however, I am the type of person who needs a break from people every now and then. And...they've been with me every day (except the odd weekend here and there) for two whole years being homeschooled! I have been looking forward to this camp week for a while now...Whatever shall I do with myself?!?! CRAFT, you say?! I think so! *giggle, snort!*

OK, enough about me - as you can see from the above picture, Megan, over at Picture Perfect Creations has given us an interesting color palette to work with this week. I struggled a little bit trying to decide what image to use for it and a while back, Tamie and I were at her local scrapbook store and found this cutie patootie La-La-Land Crafts moo-cow! Isn't she adorable?! I had a great day coloring her with Tamie in her craft room - thanks, friend!

Stamps: LaLa Land Crafts, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red, Regal Rose, River Rock DSP; Ink: Momento Black; Accessories: black satin ribbon, scallop edge punch, word window punch, modern label punch, nestabilities, dimensionals, markers, pearls, dots embossing folder

Click HERE to take a look-see at what the rest of the Design Team has created using this color combo. Be sure to link up your 3D project, scrapbook page or card HERE for us to leave you some lovin' :) Happy creating....I'm off to brew some coffee, light some candles, crank my tunes and start my week of kid-free living! Whoop! Whoop!

PPC-CC#64 - Wish Big!

Happy Monday! This week's color combo from Picture Perfect Creations is a warm, soothing combo...I saw "boy" when I first saw this combination and it just so happened that I had a NEW stamp I could use for it! This La-La-Land Crafts stamp fit the bill perfectly:

Stamps: La-La-Land Crafts, Pennant Parade; Paper: Whisper White, Pacific Point, Cherry Cobbler, Peach Parfait, Soft Suede DSP; Ink: Momento Black; Accessories: markers, star punch, spiral note punch, circle punches, dimensionals, twine, pearls

Thank you very much for stopping in today - be sure to play along with us and link your card HERE for us to leave you some lovin'....stay tuned for another color challenge from Scrapmaster's Paradise!

PPC #63- Happy Wedding Day

Welcome back to another color challenge from Megan at Picture Perfect Creations. The palette this week is a bold, yet elegant combination for me. I thought of wedding right away so I dug out an old, old, OLD set (All Year Cheer) and got to work:

Stamps: All Year Cheer; Paper: Whisper White, Basic Grey, Poppy Parade, Poppy Parade DSP; Ink: Basic Grey; Accessories: scallop trim border trim, poppy parade ribbon, pearls, nesties, divine swirl EF, dimensionals

I hope you take some time to play along with us this week - we'd sure love to see what you create with our colors! Check out the rest of the design team's creations for more inspiration and link your card, scrapbook page, or 3D project HERE. Happy inking!

PPC Specialty Challenge #7 - Inspirational Picture

Happy Monday...are you ready for an exciting Specialty Challenge from Picture Perfect Creations?! Megan has given us this wonderful tea-time inspiration photo for this weeks challenge...you can interpret this however you wish....I took the "tea" part of the photo and went in search of a 3-D project I could make for a friend. I found this wonderful tea-bag holder on Splitcoaststampers :)

Stamps: Morning Cup, Tart & Tangy; Paper: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Pear Pizzazz, Pumpkin Pie, JillieBean DSP; Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie (background stamping), Chocolate Chip; Accessories: scor-pal, markers, nestabilities, pearls, word window punch, oval punch, modern label punch, choc taffeta ribbon, 1 1/4" circle punch, library clip, tea bags

Thank you for stopping in this morning - be sure to hop on back to the PPC Challenge Blog for more wonderful inspirational projects from the super talented Design Team. Be sure to link up your creation for all of us to show YOU some love! See you shortly for another YUMMY color combo from Scrapmaster's Paradise!

PPC #62 - Bright HELLO

Happy Monday! I hope you all had a fantabulous weekend and are ready for another bright, cheery and FUN color challenge from Picture Perfect Creations!! I enjoyed playing with these bright colors and I hope you will too!

Stamps: Hello Again; Paper: Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Garden Green DSP; Ink: Melon Mambo; Accessories: markers, razzleberry ribbon, martha border punch, pearls, dimensionals

Please be sure to click through the rest of the Design Team's blogs - links are on my right hand sidebar. They have come up with some AMAZING projects using this weeks color palette! Then, link up your project HERE so we can leave you some love! Happy stamping!

PPC - CC#61 "Hello"

Happy Monday everyone! Are you ready for another color challenge? Megan at Picture Perfect Creations has a beauty combo this week!! I hope you find some time to play along!!

Stamps: Eastern Blooms, Hello Again; Paper: Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze, Certainly Celery; Ink: Cajun Craze; Accessories: markers, pearls, celery ribbon, embossing folders, circle punches, scallop circle punch, dimensionals

Be sure to check out the blogs from the rest of the Design Team. Their links are on the right-hand sidebar. They have some AWESOME creations for your inspiration! I hope you get some time this week to sit, craft and join us HERE at PPC! Happy stamping!