Dynamic Duos and my new teaching blog!

Another week gone and Saturday is here! That means a fun colour duo from Dynamic Duos! This week is monochromatic and we are using purples! I love using white as the main colour and then accenting it with the monochromatic tones. I used the Lovely and Lacey set once again, I just LOVE it!

I have spent my week getting my classroom ready for the new year. I had the same room last year so I was really excited to make some positive changes in it! I rearranged furniture, cleaned, purged and did a major overhaul! I won't lie, I am EXHAUSTED but so thrilled with how it turned out! If you have time, stop by my teaching blog, I have posted some photos of my classroom there! I am looking forward to a great year!  

Here is the link :)

http://thesplitgradeescapade.blogspot.ca/2012/08/where-i-teach-wednesday-lots-of-photos.html

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you get the chance to join us at  Dynamic Duos.

Merry Monday #29-"Christmas Cheer"

Welcome to another week at Merry Monday!  The idea behind this challenge is to get a head start on your Christmas cards!  Each week, I choose one Merry Monday Winner who will then be a Guest Designer for a future challenge!  So get out your Christmas supplies and let's get to work!  

I was excited to design for this week, but I didn't quite follow my sketch exactly...I was inspired by a couple of challenges which just made me need to use three strips of paper instead of two! So my third piece represents the ribbon in my sketch! I LOVE this Stampin' Up stamp set called "Lacy and Lovely", it is so much fun to use with punches and I think it is so pretty! I have been using it all week, so my upcoming design team cards might start to look the same! Ha! Do you think it is ok for a Christmas card? 

Lesley Croghan

I created my card using my sketch above and the following challenges, I hope these challenges do not mind that I have used them with my challenge! Thank you for the wonderful inspiration!

365 Cards: Colour Combo-Rose is on the design team for this group, she always joins in at Merry Monday, so I wanted to support her challenge too! Thank you Rose!

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards-(great blog name hey!!!) Dry Embossing 

Challenge Up Your Life-Christmas in Summer

My fabulous and lovely design team have come up with some amazing samples! I would also like to welcome Guest Designers Sue Joyce and Nancy Brown. 

LeAnne Pugliese

Nina Forsyth

Wendy Aungst

Narelle Farrugia

Bonnie Klass

Debbie Henderson (FD)

Sue Joyce (GD)

Nancy Brown (GD)

Just Add Ink and Freshly Made Sketches {Thank You}

Got home tonight after a lovely night out with my family, only to be inspired by a wonderful colour combo at Just Add Ink. I have been slow with my card making lately, a little burned out and unwilling to cut into paper. Once I saw the awesome colours though, I KNEW what I wanted to make.

I used Tui's pretty sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and went from there. At first I was going to choose a flower stamp but the "Lacy and Lovely" set caught my eye! So I inked up the largest medallion in Garden Green and the smaller medallion in Chocolate Chip. The card base is in fact, Kraft, from a non SU! company. I was all out of Crumb Cake paper but desperately wanted to play along, so I chose the closest "Kraft" colour I could find. The side panel is embossed and I added a medallion stamped on the inside of the card too! I had so much fun creating this card! Thank you to both teams for the wonderful challenges!

As always, please email me if you have any questions!

Sunday Stamps Challenge #4-Congratulations

My friend Holly has a brand new challenge going on called Sunday Stamps! This week she has a fabulous sketch and I decided to get inky with it!  I inked up another new set (yes I went crazy with my first Stampin' Up Order)! The new set is called Lacy & Lovely. The sentiment comes from Sweet Essentials. The colours I used are Summer Starfruit, White and Basic Black.

{Supplies Used}

Stamps: Lacy & Lovely, Charming and Sweet Essentials

Inks: Summer Starfruit, Black

Papers: Summer Starfruit, Black, White

Extras: Large Circle Punch, Black Brad, Scallop Edge Punch

Congratulations Holly and design team on your new exciting challenge!!!