A Big Birthday Card

Ever need a card where tons of people can sign it? Well one of the girls at work was having a birthday and I needed a card for 30 people to put in their well wishes, so I created this baby. Actually my Silhouette created it and then I embellished it. I have I told you how much I love my Silhouette. It's pretty much the best toy I ever bought for my scrapbooking and card making.

This first picture is of it all together.

I wanted it to have swirly embossing and it wouldn't fit in my Cuttlebug, so I got creative. I finally found a use for my rolling pin. I don't bake so I might as well craft with it. I put the card in the embossing folder, placed that on a silicone pad (probably could have used a mouse pad) and then rolled really, really hard with the rolling pin. I have to do this twice since the card it so wide across the top. Then I chalked the top or "frosting swirls" all over. Then I stickled the swirls using "Frosted Lace" and added blue rhinestones.

The tag was cut using my Silhouette as well. I cut the banner twice once in black and then again in green, but before I cut the green I put the words "hey cupcake" in the banner to that they would be cut out and the black would show through. The cherry is part of the original cupcake. I just added a pearl where the highlight should be. Happy birthday is heat embossed.

The cupcake holder is where the real work began. I started by scoring lines to make it ripply (is that a word?) Then I took three colours of cardstock and used the Cuttlebug swiss dot folder on them. Once that was done it was time for my circle punches. I used four sizes and randomly punched each colour. All the dots in the top wave are the same size and I put rhinestones in the centre of each one, except the very middle one. I put a pearl there.

Well, there is another creation finished and given. I have a couple of swap cards to post next. I'll try not to be a stranger and post those fairly soon.

Until next time.

Tracey

My First Mojo Monday

Mojo Monday 133

I am pretty pleased with myself. I have been following Mojo Monday for quite awhile and I finally decided that I was going to do one and post it. So here goes.....

This is the sketch.

And this is what I came up with. This was actually one of my It's all in the Cards kit. Unfortunately this one isn't available anymore, but I really liked it and it worked out well with Mojo 133. The pattern paper is by Basic Grey and Autumn Leaves. Of course I used Cuttlebug embossing folders, because I love them.

Anyway I hope you like this card and you really should check out Mojo Monday's. I think I am quickly becoming a fan. I know you will too.

And I promise to try and post more often.

Tracey

Another Valentine's Day Card

I made this card for my Mom for Valentine's day. It's a simple card and is actually much more impressive in real life. This cute little fairy is from Paper Makeup stamps and I think she is just adorable. There are many wonderful stamps over at Paper Makeup and I think I am well on my way to collecting them all.
Anyway, back to the card. I rounded two of the corners and the base is on Bazzill Swiss Dot in Salt. My Mom loves Swiss Dot. I used water colour crayons on the Lauren in Love fairy and of course I added some sparkle to her wings. And yes, I cut the heart vine with my Silhouette. I also took a black Zig and drew in the hearts just to add a bit more definition. All in all the card didn't take a huge amount of time by card making standards. About an hour I think.

Check back tomorrow and you can see the roses I made and I'll give you the link to the directions so that you can make your own.

Oh, and the countdown is on we now have 11 days until the Ecole Kiti K'shan PAC fundraiser. Have you registered yet?

Tracey

A Valentine Creation

Happy Monday! I know I'm a day late with posting a Valentine card, but since I was giving it to my daughter I thought that maybe she should see it before all of you. So let me tell you about the card a bit. First I don't know where I got the dancing bear stamp from. I have had it since I start scrapbooking and I turned it into a cling stamp and now I can't tell anything about it other than it is cute. And you can't tell from the picture, but she has stickles on the bodice and two of the tutu layers.

I am sure you all recognize the cut out shape being the negative space from a SU top note die. I put it on dimensionals and adhered it to the front of the card. Now the card has a shadow box appearance.

Once again I was playing with my silhouette. The background swirl and hanging hearts are one of the amazing downloads you can get for it. And finally I added a few pearls for a bit of fun.

I have two more Valentine creations to show you as the week goes on, so make sure you check back.

Tracey

Valentine Creations

Have I told you how much I love my Silhouette.  My daughter and I made some Valentines for her class. It was soooooo easy. I decided to use a Valentine treat box and ungroup it and take two of the layered hearts. I cut the colours (Bazzill Fussy and Glass Slipper)and then my daughter glued the layers back together. For a final touch she added a heart sticker to the center. Rather than adding candy we chose to add pink and red glitter pencils. It probaby took an hour to make and address the cards.

It wasn't a huge project and it really didn't take too long, but we completed it together and she was happy with the final product. I love being crafty with my little girl.  We hope you are inspired to do a simple Valentine's project with your little cuties.

Tracey

An Oldie, but a Goodie

Talk about taking a long time to post a picture. I made this card for Father's day 2009. All the products used were Making Memories Animal Crackers. I thought the sentiment of "king of the jungle" was pretty close to describing the atmosphere in my house some days. It's busy. It's crazy. And sometimes very loud and wild, most days I wouldn't have it any other way.

What I like best is although the line was designed more for baby boy's with a bit of creativity it works with other ideas. Check back again to see what else has been created.

Tracey

Isn't She Cute

I just love this adorable little digistamp from In Style Stamps. I needed a snow themed card for a swap at the Canadian Card Makers yahoo group. So I whipped this little baby up. The recipient is lucky I almost changed my mind about sending it to her.

Here is a quick list of products and materials that I used.

• Quickutz Lines and Dots embossing folder
• Quickutz Let it Snow embossing folder
• Cuttlebug Snowflake embossing folder
• SU Top Note Die
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  Clear Rhinestones
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  Watercolour crayons
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  Corner rounder
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  Pop dots and
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  Bazzill Cardstock
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  Glitter Glue

I hope you enjoyed my bit of creativity. There is more to come this week. I still need to show you the anniversary card for my grandparents, my day planner, my Christmas cards..... and a lot more.

I have made another change to the blog you can now sign up to be a follower. Just use the link at the top of the column on the right.

Enjoy and stop by again soon.

Tracey

Updated links

Welcome back. See two days in a row. I really am trying to be a much better blogger. I have made a few small changes to the blog. But a big change is the serious increase in updated and active links for you to check out. Go ahead scroll down and check out the links on the right hand side of the page. Now there is a great list of places you can go for inspiration or resources. Now that I am back in the blogger game I think it may be time to try out some of of the sketch challenges over at Mojo or SCS. Go... check them out.

Take some time to see what else is happening around the web. I will be adding more links as I find stuff that inspires me. Some scrapbook, some cardmaking and some general fun. Don't forget to sign up for Feedblitz. It's so easy.

Tracey

Time to start posting again!

Okay, I have to admit it. I have been a bad blogger or to be more precise a lazy blogger. And the really sad thing is I have all kinds of stuff to tell you and projects to show you. So let's get started.

First, I have an upcoming event. I am really excited about this. Last month I did a fundraising crop with one of the local schools and it was such a success and we all had soooooo much fun that more are planned. See that cool little down down clock to the right. It is counting down until Feb 27 at 10am. That is the next crop. Run your mouse pointer over it and it changes. I thought it was cute.

I am sure it is going to be even more fun than the last one. So you can get the registration info on my website or you can contact Ana Peasgood (she is one of the fabulous PAC organizers). Ana has all the info and she would be thrilled to sign you up.

Secondly, you can now sign up just for blog feeds. If you don't want the newletters but still want to see what is going on there is a link for FeedBlitz about half way down on the right. Simply add your email address and everytime I post to ScrapbitsbyTracey you will get an update. Isn't that just the easiest thing ever. Now you can cross off having to remember to check by because Feedblitz and I will simply tell you that you need to visit.

Thirdly, the clearance sale continues at the store I will be making some updates. There is bit of new product that has come in. Mostly I just want to send it all home with you. There are a few kits left and lots of other stuff. Take a look you never know what might be waiting for you to take it home.

And last but not least. I promise that by the end of the week I wil have shown you some of what I have been working on. Pictures may only be of my Christmas cards. But at least I'll be posting again.

So please take the time to sign up for Feedblitz. And I'll be back later this week to show you some projects.

Tracey