Happy Valentine's Day!

RED ROSES made of DecoClay - the colour of the day! The language of LOVE...

Spend a moment with someone you care about today and let them know how much you love them!

Starting the day sprinkled with little Lindt chocolates, egg in the whole (shaped in a heart) with the cut-out heart toast on the side is a fun way to start the day. Hand-crafted or store bought, a greeting card to express you love (humour, serious, hand-written sentiments) also goes along way!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Lovin' a Sunny Thursday!

I working on some Valentine clay flower projects and some cute Valentine greeting cards. I thought that thought this photo would be uplifting today! It is sunny (and cold!) and I have had a challenging couple of days with my vehicle! Ugghh!

After 2 boosts this week and a flatbed tow to the dealership today, the conclusion is...the back wiper motor had seized up and was draining the battery - thankfully, under warranty and I can get it back today. Just little wrinkles like this that can put your day behind. Hope your day is going well!

Some Eye Candy!

Feeling like Spring could arrive any minute here! There have been some April Showers this week (and hundreds of slimy little worms on the driveway)...Good for the Garden! Ah, my garden...if I could only plant some clay flowers for instant colour! LOL

ScrapFest was this past weekend - what a great experience! Great to see so many happy scrappers at this event with lots of bags (full of the newest patterned papers, cardstock and embellishments) coming from the Marketplace. I had a great group of very creative ladies attend my card making class! Thanks for the giggles - at one point it was 'snowing' little bits of boa feathers!

I am busy working on Mother's Day clay flowers (hair flowers, arrangements and other goodies) as well as hand-designed greeting cards. Will post some more photos soon - seems the uploading is taking a long time from my camera to computer. :)

Only a few spots left...

(This was written by Lisa Furtney of ScrapFest)

ONLY 11 MORE SLEEPS...... to ScrapFest in Kitchener 2009
Your Ultimate Scrapbooking and Paper Crafting Destination!

Wait until you see all of the newly released products that ScrapFest's exhibitors are bringing to the event. New products that have not yet been seen in the stores!! They have been saving them just for ScrapFest and for YOU!!! Please join us on Saturday to shop the day away and enjoy make 'n takes, demonstrations and more. Tickets are available on line or at the door on Saturday, April 18th for $10. Friday passes are sold out!!
Don't skip these classes!! There are only a FEW spots left!!

You do not want to miss out on these incredible classes and the opportunity to LEARN and CREATE from the industry's best from all over Canada. Take a look at what Vicki Boutin, Trisha Ladouceur, and Kathy Thompson Laffoley have planned for YOU! For more information on the classes being offered at ScrapFest in Kitchener please visit this link.

Beautiful NEW embellishments! Are you looking for something fun and exciting to add to your layouts, cards and other crafting projects?
Then you will not want to miss out on the opportunity to take Tracey Paul's class, "Cool Embellishments with Clay." Yes, CLAY. But this isn't the kind of clay you are thinking of. This Deco Clay is so nice to play with and it feels like marshmallows but it isn't sticky! I had the opportunity to play with it a couple of weekends ago and I didn't even want to wash my hands afterwards - not messy at all! Come see what I mean.

Let's get this party started right NOW with another contest!!
If you post your answer on the ScrapFest Forum under the topic "Do Tell!!" your name will go into a draw and the winner will receive a prize package which will be available for pick up at the ScrapFest registration table at the AUD on Friday, April 17th or Saturday, April 18th.

Here is the question: How did you heard about ScrapFest? Do tell!!

The draw will take place on Monday, April 13th, 2009 at 9:00pm ET.

We are looking forward to another fun filled couple of days with many of you at ScrapFest in Kitchener 2009. We can't wait!! See you real soon! OK, time to get back to work!
http://www.scrapfest.ca/

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Happy Birthday to my friend, Kim! I wanted to make some greeting cards to give, but was a little short on time. I have a few wedding invitation orders underway, so I did not want to jeopardize their timeline...yet needed to find time to do both.

Here is my idea...I found some pre-made greeting cards with a graphic black and white stylized floral design. I usually MAKE my greeting cards from cardstock, however these would be perfect for my fashionable friend, so I gave each of them a bit of bling!

Using stickles, prima flowers, ribbon, rub-ons, crystals and chipboard in various colours, I was able to make some 'one of a kind' card designs, eight in total, but I only photographed six. Each is printed inside with a sentiment - I hope Kim sends them all out to her family and friends! Maybe you'll get one! ;)