Here is Random.org's pick for the giveaway on this post [350 Cards & Gifts Magazine Blog Hop]:
Thanks for all the sweet comments! I wish I could send a copy to all of you!
May 15, 2013
Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner!
I've always wanted to say that!
Here is Random.org's pick for the giveaway on this post [350 Cards & Gifts Magazine Blog Hop]:
The winner is Helen F. I've emailed you!
Thanks for all the sweet comments! I wish I could send a copy to all of you!
Here is Random.org's pick for the giveaway on this post [350 Cards & Gifts Magazine Blog Hop]:
Thanks for all the sweet comments! I wish I could send a copy to all of you!
May 14, 2013
Welcome Bess!
Quickly dropping by on this election evening here in BC to share a card I made for someone my husband works for who had a sweet little baby girl this week!
Supplies: Card stock [Staples], Dies [Taylored Expressions, Memory Box], Paper [Echo Park]
I'm off to check the election results!
I'm off to check the election results!
CASology Week #44 Bloom!
When I think of this week's CASology cue card:
I think of flowers, bright, textured, colourful blooms from the garden at my house. My amazing husband is the gardener in our family. I live in the house my parents' built when I first moved to British Columbia from the other side of the country as a child. As my parents aged, gardening went to the bottom of the "to do" list. When we moved in 3 years ago, our first task was to update the inside and the garden was tackled as time permitted. I know that our neighbours are happy the dandelions and weeds are gone and that the gardens produce a variety of blooms and herbs for cooking throughout the year!
So this card is inspired by the view out my kitchen window. Unfortunately, the deer don't always respect the hard work that goes into our garden and often the rose bush is bare!
Supplies: Card stock [Staples, Recollections, Papertrey Ink]. Dies [Taylored Expressions, Memory Box, L'il Inkers].
I appreciate you, my faithful readers, so this one is for you! Your uplifting, encouraging comments always seem to come at exactly the right time. Thank you for stopping by my little corner of the blogosphere!
Pop over to the CASology site to check out this week's guest designer and be sure to get some inspiration from the rest of the CASology design team:
Melissa CASology Creator/Coordinator
Ardyth
Jen
Rosemary
Tracey
Judy
Maureen
Meghan --> you're here!
I think of flowers, bright, textured, colourful blooms from the garden at my house. My amazing husband is the gardener in our family. I live in the house my parents' built when I first moved to British Columbia from the other side of the country as a child. As my parents aged, gardening went to the bottom of the "to do" list. When we moved in 3 years ago, our first task was to update the inside and the garden was tackled as time permitted. I know that our neighbours are happy the dandelions and weeds are gone and that the gardens produce a variety of blooms and herbs for cooking throughout the year!
So this card is inspired by the view out my kitchen window. Unfortunately, the deer don't always respect the hard work that goes into our garden and often the rose bush is bare!
I appreciate you, my faithful readers, so this one is for you! Your uplifting, encouraging comments always seem to come at exactly the right time. Thank you for stopping by my little corner of the blogosphere!
Pop over to the CASology site to check out this week's guest designer and be sure to get some inspiration from the rest of the CASology design team:
Melissa CASology Creator/Coordinator
Ardyth
Jen
Rosemary
Tracey
Judy
Maureen
Meghan --> you're here!
May 11, 2013
Hello Sunshine!
I hope the sun is shining where you are! If you're looking for my 350 Cards & Gifts and giveaway post, scroll down or click here.
I'm popping by with a post for Scrapbooks by Design. Recently Sandra from Scrapbooks by Design sent me some items to try out from the store. I like that she chose some items I might not have chosen for myself.
Every year where I work [a high school], we contribute to the "Sunshine" Fund. This is a fund to pay for flowers when someone is sick, gifts when someone has a baby, and sympathy cards when someone's love one passes away. The accounts clerk at my school [who is an amazing person in her own right] accepts payments each September for that school year. Unfortunately she doesn't always have an easy time collecting each teacher/administrator/support staff payment. I'm a rule-following person so I always try to be on time or early with my payment. Last year, I submitted my money in June for the next year [insert glowing halo here]. This year, I plan to do the same. I like to have some fun with my money submission so I try to think of fun ways to give it to the accounts clerk.
So, after a long explanation, here is my submission for next year's Sunshine Fund:
Supplies: Card stock [Recollection], Design Paper [Graphic 45 Secret Garden Patterns & Solids], Stamps [Lawn Fawn, Papertrey Ink], Dies [Lifestyle Crafts, Lawn Fawn, 'Lil Inker, Papertrey Ink, Simon Says Stamp].
I made an envelope, with a tag inside to hold my contribution. I always try to include the word "sunshine" on the project so she knows what the money is for. Of course, I sign the card/tag/whatever so she knows who it's from too!
I used Graphic 45's Secret Garden Patterns & Solids for this project which Sandra from Scrapbooks by Design kindly sent me to try out. Here is the envelope alone:
and the tag inside:
On the tag, I used the Lifestyle Crafts frozen treat die for the popsicle. Nothing says summer and sunshine like a popsicle to me! This little die is so cute! The ticket with that "sweet" phrase is from Lawn Fawn's Admit One stamp set available here. And now Lawn Fawn has dies to match!
Remember if you live in Canada, Scrapbooks by Design is a fabulous place to purchase your stamps, dies, etc! Check it out!
I'm popping by with a post for Scrapbooks by Design. Recently Sandra from Scrapbooks by Design sent me some items to try out from the store. I like that she chose some items I might not have chosen for myself.
Every year where I work [a high school], we contribute to the "Sunshine" Fund. This is a fund to pay for flowers when someone is sick, gifts when someone has a baby, and sympathy cards when someone's love one passes away. The accounts clerk at my school [who is an amazing person in her own right] accepts payments each September for that school year. Unfortunately she doesn't always have an easy time collecting each teacher/administrator/support staff payment. I'm a rule-following person so I always try to be on time or early with my payment. Last year, I submitted my money in June for the next year [insert glowing halo here]. This year, I plan to do the same. I like to have some fun with my money submission so I try to think of fun ways to give it to the accounts clerk.
So, after a long explanation, here is my submission for next year's Sunshine Fund:
I made an envelope, with a tag inside to hold my contribution. I always try to include the word "sunshine" on the project so she knows what the money is for. Of course, I sign the card/tag/whatever so she knows who it's from too!
I used Graphic 45's Secret Garden Patterns & Solids for this project which Sandra from Scrapbooks by Design kindly sent me to try out. Here is the envelope alone:
and the tag inside:
On the tag, I used the Lifestyle Crafts frozen treat die for the popsicle. Nothing says summer and sunshine like a popsicle to me! This little die is so cute! The ticket with that "sweet" phrase is from Lawn Fawn's Admit One stamp set available here. And now Lawn Fawn has dies to match!
Remember if you live in Canada, Scrapbooks by Design is a fabulous place to purchase your stamps, dies, etc! Check it out!
May 10, 2013
350 Cards & Gifts Blog Hop + Giveaway!
I've been asked to be a part of the blog hop to celebrate the release of 350 Cards and Gifts Volume 2 [somebody pinch me!].
We were asked to create a paper crafted birthday item: a box, bag, tag, gift card holder, food wrap, gift packing, card set or gift. Note that my speciality, a single, solitary card is not on the list. Uh oh!
So, I went to work on stretching my creativity and had some fun whipping up some birthday tags:
Supplies: Card stock [Staples], Design Paper [Daphne's Closet by Lawn Fawn from Scrapbooks By Design], Stamps [Papertrey Ink], Dies [Taylored Expressions, Papertrey Ink]
If you're just joining the hop at my blog, you might want to go back to the start to see what you've missed. Here is the list of participating designers who are sharing their projects:
Meghan McMillan <--- You're here!
A full list of the participants and additional details can be found on the Paper Crafts Connection blog here. I'm thinking that these ladies have some amazing ideas to share with you!
As part of the hop each participating designer is giving away a copy of this fabulous magazine [my first giveaway!]. All you have to do is to leave a comment here on my blog before Tuesday May 14 12:00 am MDT . To increase your chances of winning, visit the other designers blogs and leave a comment there, too! Happy Friday!
May 07, 2013
CASology Week #43 Hexagon!
I love hexagons. I'm not sure why but I do! So this week's cue card at CASology makes me happy:
I thought it would be fun to use up some of my considerable patterned paper stash and try a clean and simple vs not so clean and simple card comparison. Please understand that this is my humble opinion. Your idea of clean and simple might differ from mine. I respect that! This is my opinion!
Here is my first card using up as much of my patterned paper as I could:
Supplies: Card stock [Staples, Bazzill, Papertrey Ink], Design Paper [Echo Park], Stamps [Papertrey Ink], Dies [Papertrey Ink, Taylored Expressions, Lifestyle Crafts].
I think that it is the "busy"ness of the large piece of matted patterned that says this card is just not so clean and simple to me. Don't get me wrong...I actually like this card! I'm pretty sure that my daughter will choose this card for one of her friends before many of my other more CAS cards. It was kind of fun to try to force myself out of my comfort zone a bit!
So, I used the same supplies but just less to create a more, to me, clean and simple card:
Supplies: Card stock [Staples, Bazzill, Papertrey Ink], Design Paper [Echo Park], Stamps [Papertrey Ink], Dies [Papertrey Ink, Taylored Expressions, Lifestyle Crafts].
With a single focal point and lots of white space this card says "clean and simple" to me. It gives me that "ahhhhhh" feeling. Did I mention that this comparison of CAS vs not so CAS was my humble opinion? Well it is! Your idea of clean and simple might be a wee bit different!
I can't wait to see how you work hexagons into your clean and simple card this week!
Pop over to the CASology site to check out this week's guest designer and be sure to get some inspiration from the rest of the CASology design team:
Melissa CASology Creator/Coordinator
Ardyth
Jen
Rosemary
Tracey
Judy
Maureen
Meghan --> you're here!
Remember you have until Sunday at 4:00 pm CDT to submit your link!
I thought it would be fun to use up some of my considerable patterned paper stash and try a clean and simple vs not so clean and simple card comparison. Please understand that this is my humble opinion. Your idea of clean and simple might differ from mine. I respect that! This is my opinion!
Here is my first card using up as much of my patterned paper as I could:
I think that it is the "busy"ness of the large piece of matted patterned that says this card is just not so clean and simple to me. Don't get me wrong...I actually like this card! I'm pretty sure that my daughter will choose this card for one of her friends before many of my other more CAS cards. It was kind of fun to try to force myself out of my comfort zone a bit!
So, I used the same supplies but just less to create a more, to me, clean and simple card:
With a single focal point and lots of white space this card says "clean and simple" to me. It gives me that "ahhhhhh" feeling. Did I mention that this comparison of CAS vs not so CAS was my humble opinion? Well it is! Your idea of clean and simple might be a wee bit different!
I can't wait to see how you work hexagons into your clean and simple card this week!
Pop over to the CASology site to check out this week's guest designer and be sure to get some inspiration from the rest of the CASology design team:
Melissa CASology Creator/Coordinator
Ardyth
Jen
Rosemary
Tracey
Judy
Maureen
Meghan --> you're here!
Remember you have until Sunday at 4:00 pm CDT to submit your link!
May 05, 2013
His & Hers Day 4
As you can see, I am woefully behind in the His & Hers class from onlinecardclasses.com. But I'm okay with that! Lots going on in my world so I watch videos as I can and create when I have the time. That is the beauty of the courses offered there. I'm also not doing a Father's Day card. I use a lot of thank you cards and a masculine one is always welcome in my stash!
Here is my take on Debby Hughes amazing feather card. She used stamps from Clearly Besotted stamps [unfortunately the set is currently sold out].
Supplies: Card stock [Staples], Tag [Michael's Dollar Spot], Dies [Lifestyle Crafts Feathers, Simon Says Stamp Banner], Stamps [Papertrey Ink].
It is a gorgeous, sunny day for me today so I'm off to enjoy some outdoor time! Happy Sunday!
Edited to add the female version:
I only just had the time to finish this one!
Here is my take on Debby Hughes amazing feather card. She used stamps from Clearly Besotted stamps [unfortunately the set is currently sold out].
It is a gorgeous, sunny day for me today so I'm off to enjoy some outdoor time! Happy Sunday!
Edited to add the female version:
I only just had the time to finish this one!
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