Hi everyone sorry I haven't been around much lately I have been very busy getting ready for upcoming craft sales. Below is one craft sale that I unfortunately could not participate in but I will however be in the November sale. Please support those small businesses that are participating!
Tuesday, 12 October 2021
Thursday, 2 September 2021
Wednesday, 1 September 2021
Hey Everyone!
Well I finally took the plunge and made a CLMCRAFTS page over on facebook. People can not only converse with me about my creations but can share their creations (upon my approval of course) with me, BUT can also shop. Although the site is still under construction, many people have wandered through and have posed questions. I am extremely excited to be able to share a variety of both my past and newest card creations.
Here is a sneek peek of only 2 of the available cards:
So head over to my site on facebook CLM CRAFTS and tell me what you think!
If you could like and share my page with your friends to support my small business, it would mean the world to me. Thank you!!
Wednesday, 21 July 2021
For my other sister Marlene, I made a spinning tower card. I bordered punched butterflies along each side of the tower and then glued punched butterflies in various colours over top of them. I also stamped a sentiment using the approaching perfection stamp set in memento black ink, and cut out the word HAPPY in different coloured card stock using the playful alphabet dies.
Lastly for my brother-in-law David, I also used Stampin' Up's approaching perfection stamp set but stamped the sentiment in night of navy ink.
Such fun!
Hello everyone a quick update on how things are going. Family health issues are at a stand still right now so I am able to reconnect with my crafting family. I want to say thank you for all your prayers and good wishes that have been coming, they have indeed helped. Just to let you know that a couple of small changes have and will be made to the group's facebook page and blog. First off the name for both the facebook page and blog has now been changed to CLMCrafts and CLMCrafts.blogspot.com and soon the page and profile images. The email address for the page however has not been changed.
Stayed tuned to see the birthday cards I made earlier this month!
Monday, 21 June 2021
Hello everyone so sorry for such a long absence from the last post. Unfortunately health issues of a family member has and will continue to require long absences between posts. I will however attempt to post as frequently as I can.
So this past May I participated in a Christmas Stampathon challenge where I was to make 4 Christmas Z-Fold cards. I made each of my z-fold cards different. I used the Snow Wonder, Freezin' Fun, and the Quite Curvy stamps sets from Stampin' Up. I also used Stampin' Up's Tis the Season, Snowflake Splendor, and Brightly Gleaming designer series paper.
Monday, 26 April 2021
Hello good morning and Happy Monday April 26th. Just popping on to share my 4 cards that I made during the Ladies Retreat on Saturday April 24th. I participated in a crafting day through Stampin4fun. Had so much fun crafting with Genevieve Ko and the other ladies. Such a good stress free day of crafting. I managed to make these 4 beauties.
Hello everyone, sorry for my long absence. Thank you for all your concerns and kind words. Unfortunately my family health issue has not got any better and may not for quite some time. I however have been doing some paper crafting and other various projects during my absence that I will post here soon. I hope to be able to start posting photos of all my projects in various stages of completion as I have been bouncing from project to project.
Saturday, 6 March 2021
Monday, 1 March 2021
Sunday, 28 February 2021
So the challenge for this week is to make 25 Christmas tags and a holder. The tags would be made focusing on something from Stampin' Up's A Merry Hello, Freezin Fun, Snow Wonder, Elphie, and Wrapped in Christmas stamp sets. Each tag is to be different from each other. You can make the tags however big/small, elaborate/simple, or shape you want. Can use any paper, embellishments, etc... as long as the item from the stamp set is the focal point. Reveal day will be Friday March 5th. Have fun!
So for today I made another Christmas card. I used a 6 x 4 3/4 white card base, layered it with a red and white dotted paper measuring 4 1/2 x 5 3/4. I then layered it with a blue watercolor card backing from Stampin' Up's Watercolor Christmas project kit. I stamped snowflakes and trees on the paper with black memento ink. I then stamped the sentiment and snowman from the Snow Wonder stamp set onto white cardstock and die cut them out. I colored the snowman with red/green stampin' blends popped it up onto the card base using dimensionals. I finished the card by popping the sentiment up onto red glitter paper (3 x 1 1/4), and then glued in to the card.
Saturday, 27 February 2021
Friday, 26 February 2021
Sorry I haven't been posting lately but I am back and hope to continue being able to post. I finished the weekly challenge with Sandra Higgins using the Watercolor Christmas project kit from Stampin' Up. We were to make four Christmas cards using anything in the kit but not using the accompanying stamp set.
Sunday, 21 February 2021
Saturday, 20 February 2021
Thursday, 18 February 2021
So today I decided to make a simple thank you card. I used the hummingbird again from the Touch of Ink stamp set. I stamped the outline with memento ink, second stamped it in garden green and then fussy cut it out. On a 4 x 5 1/2 white card base I then took Stampin' Up's granny apple green, poppy parade, garden green, night of navy, and gorgeous grape inks and dragged them across the page. Then I placed the sentiment thank you so much from the stamp set on the bottom and popped up the hummingbird with dimensionals. Finished it off with 3 apple green rhinestones from my stash.
Wednesday, 17 February 2021
So today I decided to play with the Touch of Ink stamp set. Every time I think of my Mom, I think of her love for hummingbirds and today she is on my mind more than usual. I used a 5 x 6 1/2 white card base, stamped a cascade of flowers from the touch of ink stamp set from Stampin' Up and coloured them with red and pink markers from my stash. I then stamped a hummingbird with gray slate, then second stamped with garden green, just jade and cherry cobbler inks. I finished off with a sentiment from the stamp set, red and light green sparkle gems.
Tuesday, 16 February 2021
Today's card was spotlighting the Darling Donkeys from Stampin' Up. I used a standard 4 1/3 x 5 1/2 white card base, 4 x 5 1/4 blue glitter piece cut 1/2 inch all around to make a square frame. Stamped each of the donkeys in the Darling Donkeys stamp set onto grey cardstock with memento tuxedo black ink and fussy cut them out. Then cut circle frames out using the 2nd smallest edged circle and the 3rd smallest scallop circle die from Stampin' Up's layering circle dies on light blue cardstock. Glued each of the donkey heads into the frame and used blue rhinestones from my stash.
Monday, 15 February 2021
Sunday, 14 February 2021
Saturday, 13 February 2021
Friday, 12 February 2021
Did a challenge where we had to case Meg Loven's peekaboo flip card. The card base itself consisted of three main pieces. I made mine into a valentine's day card. Here is the supply list of what I used:
Card base in red cardstock-
1) 4 x 8 scored @ 5 1/4 and covered with heart DSP measuring 3 7/8 x 5 2) 4 1/4 x 8 1/2 scored @ 4 1/4 and matted with white cardstock measuring 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 3) 4 1/4 x 5 3/4 scored @ 5 1/2 and matted with white cardstock measuring 3 3/4 x 5
Card front on top of heart DSP has a stripe of red glitter washi tape measuring 1/2 x 5
Card has 3 red glitter hearts punched using the scallop heart punch from Stampin' Up's heart punch pack
3 white hearts were cut out using the many hearts dies and stamped using the always in my heart and the heartfelt stamp sets and placed over red glitter hearts
Red gems on card front were from my stash.
Thursday, 11 February 2021
Hello. I am in need of some craft therapy. My routine is so skewed and needs to be righted. I missed yesterday's post so today I am posting 2 cards.
The first card I used Stampin' Up's Snowflake bundle. The card base was Stampin' Up's blueberry bushel cardstock, matted with white cardstock that was embossed using the winter snow embossing folder. That was then matted with the snowflake splendour DSP, a sentiment using the Snowflake wishes stamp set and night of navy ink, a snowflake sticker, white ribbon and gems from my stash.
Tuesday, 9 February 2021
Hello. I had to take a very unexpected trip so I wasn't able to post yesterday so I am posting two cards today.
The first card is an anniversary card. I used stampin' up's lovely lipstick cardstock for the card base, white cardstcok embossed with little flowers, blush glam DSP from craft smith, quite curvy and always in my heart stamp sets, many heart dies, and everything is rosy pink ribbon.
Sunday, 7 February 2021
Saturday, 6 February 2021
Hello everyone. Today's post I am sharing my cards I made for the Christmas Stampathon 2021 submission. We were to case a card on page 73 of Stampin' Up's mini catalogue. We were to turn the card into 4 Christmas cards, putting our own spin on it and submit it by February 24th. My first attempts at this challenge are below. I am sure I will make more.
I used for the first set of cards the sweetest border dies for the candy cane border and the candy canes, Most wonderful time DSP, and used the snowman season stamp set for the sentiment.
For the 2nd set of cards I used red, green, and gold foil paper, the winter snow embossing folder, the snow wonder stamp set for the snowman and the sentiment, and gems from my stash.
Really loved this challenge so I will probably make more before the next challenge.