I'm a SU! Demonstrator Now!

Hi everyone ... just a quick note to let you all know that I have recently become a Canadian Independent Stampin'Up! Demonstrator in the Mississauga area. I now have a new blog that I'm working on for my Stampin'Up! business and it's called Big City Stamping, so keep in mind there's a good chance that I will no longer be posting on this blog as it will too much to keep up with both. Why don't you come by and have a peek at what's going on at Big City Stamping! While visiting I just ask that you keep in mind it's still in the making so the content will be somewhat limited until things get rolling. To go to my new Stampin'Up! blog, please visit:

Big City Stamping

Thank you so much for stopping by and I really hope to see you over at Big City Stamping soon!

Happy Stamping,
Monique

PTI 5th Anniversary Sketch Challenge #5

It's me again, this is the second post for today so to see the first one please scroll down. I wanted to show the second card I made for Papertrey's 5th Anniversary Sketch Challenge.

Here's the sketch ...

and here's what I came up with ...

Supplies: PTI card stock, fancy flourishes dies, fancy flourishes stamp set, buttons, think big favorites #3, ink. SU! card stock.

This is the second of the two sketches that I participated in and I must say that I much perfer this card over the first!

Well thanks for stopping by and until next time,

PTI 5th Anniversary Sketch Challenge #1

Hi there ... just a quick post to show what I made for Papertrey's 5th Anniversary Sketches challenge. Here's the first sketch ...

and here's what I came up with ...

Supplies: PTI card stock, patterned paper, butterfly dies, special edition "a big thank you" stamp, polka dot basics stamp set. SPELLBINDER scallop oval. SU! craft white. pearls, white emboss powder. CUTTLEBUG spots & dots emboss folder.

Thanks for stopping by and until next time,

Once again ...

I've revamped the look of my blog. Just a quick little note to let you know that I've decided to make a big change as to the look of my blog. I've come to realize that for me, less is better ... in that I mean, simple but sleek! For quite some time now I have been questioning a few things about my creativity and one of the more important things I started to think about is ... what kind of style do I like, what kind of style do I have, what colours do I like, which are my favourites? I still don't have a clear vision of what my most favourite likes and dislikes are but I have committed myself to finding out! Giving my blog a more simplified look is the beginning and I know there will be more to come.

Happy in Me

Happy Wednesday everyone. I have a card I'd like to share with you today that incorporates two challenges. The first one being the CR84FN colour challenge and the other being the CPS sketch challenge. I've been wanting to use the colours from CR84FN#42 for over a week now and finally found a sketch that I thought would work perfectly with it. As far as the sketch goes I wanted to use my new MFT stamps and the mini rose die that I received a week or so ago and also thought this CPS#244 sketch would work well. Here are the colours followed by sketch ...

Here is what I came up with ...

I really love the way this turned out. Just a little splash of black make this card pop for sure. I used Pink Pirouette card stock as my base, layered with a panel of white card stock that i embossed with Birds & Swirls EF (cuttlebug). I lightly sponged Pink Pirouette over the white embossed layer. I then cut two smaller panels of Pink Pirouette designer paper and mounted them on the white embossed layer. Next I die cut a Labels Eighteen (Spellbinder) and sponged it as well but keeping the die in place while sponging. I then took the same die and traced around the outer edge on black card stock and cut it out and layered it under the white label and stamped the sentiment from All Smiles stamp set (MFT). For the rose ... I used my new Mini Rolled Rose die (MFT) with some not so good felt. I really need to get some good quality wool felt. The polyester just doesn't cut well at all. I placed a small sticker pearl in the center and then mounted it on the bow I made. Adhered it to the label and voila! Here's a close up ...

Well that's about it for today folks ... hope you enjoyed what I had to share and thanks for stopping by!

Until next time,