I’m so pumped! In about 30 minutes the show goes live here - so tune in and watch some crafty demos!

In honor of my first appearance, I’m giving away a set of stamps (the one on the right is from my segment) All you have to do is leave a comment on this post before Wednesday noon eastern!
You can also head on over to the marketplace to check them out, along with some of my other handrawn images!

Easy-peasy! Good luck and thanks for tuning in!

Hey look! That’s me! Join me on Monday, Noon Eastern for my live demo and give-away information!

Join me at CrafTechU for online LIVE classes! My first one is August 30th, i’m going to be teaching an upcycled, rebound book!

I hope you can join me, really looking forward to teaching in this LIVE format!

I’m going to be selling so crafty things at Marché de la Récré in a couple of weeks so I’m making all kinds of fun stuff like cards and mini books galore. It was pretty rainy here this aft, so I made this cutie. Page size is 4×3

Even though I live in Canada, it would be hard to ignore what the gulf coast states are currently enduring. It is even harder for me to ignore it, because my cousin Justin is a volunteer at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies, in Mississippi.

Not too long ago he challenged me to figure out a way to help out, from a distance of course, so I thought long and hard and decided that the best way for me to help, is by getting crafty. So, I decided to create and sell ocean inspired cards, with all profits going to the IMMS. Below is the first card of the series:

 
Graphics used are by Sanqunetti Design

Each card is printed on high quality textured cardstock, with waterbased inks. I’m asking for a minimum donation of $3.00 per card (includes envelope!) If you would like to order one (or a few) please contact me at sstar136 @ gmail.com (no spaces) I will gladly snail mail them to you for an extra $0.57 (or however much regular postage is to you in your neck of the woods)

The raised will be used to purchase items needed to help with capturing, cleaning and re-releasing the turtles. These animals are ENDAGERED and since the oil spill over 400 of them have washed up on the shore!

My goal is to raise $500.00…. I’m working on other cutie cards too, so stay tuned!

I’m not really sure where the time is going!
In less then four months, I’ll be walking down the aisle. There’s a lot of stuff that needs to get done, between now and then. I’m trying my best not to become a bridezilla, and that seems to be working just fine, until we hit a snag of some sort, then I go from calm, to crazy person it about 3.2 seconds flat.

It’s my turn to work with at a kit for the Scrapbook Star newsletter! I do have to say I LOVE this kit and the stamp in it…. and I’m not biased at all

I’ve been busy lately, my mind is overflowing with ideas. I’ve been lucky enough to find customers who enjoy my need to coordinate things and make them as perfect as possible. “You’re insane” they often tell me, but they leave with a smile, so I take it as a compliment.

My wedding is a little over 4 months away. I have a to-do list that’s a mile long, why? Because I keep looking at things and thinking “Oh I can make that” (jewelry, table runners, favors, napkin rings…. shall I continue?) So I’m calling it the Do It Myself wedding. I do know where to draw the line though: Food. I need to pick and chose my battles and cooking and baking are just not something I enjoy doing under stress (That’s where Michelle of Clever Cupcakes comes in) Her cupcakes are the best in Montreal, hands down! I can’t wait to see what she comes up with for our big day!

I was browsing Etsy looking for jewelry for my bridesmaids and found this:

 Sadly I don’t remember the name of the seller to give proper credit! At any rate I loved the simplicity of the set, but not the colors. My colors are darker, browns, coppers etc. So I made these:

I hope to keep adding little sneaks of the tiny details as the date gets closer. Hopefully I wont drive myself crazy with all the little details (doubtful, cause it’s the little details that I love the most)

Supplies needed: 1 piece of white cardstock, stamps of your choice, dye ink of your choice, Krylon paint pen, glitter, liquid glue, clear embossing ink, embossing powder, glimmer mist in the colors of your choice and cardstock in a coordinating color. ( I used Unity Stamps)

Step 1) Cut your white cardstock to 8.5″ x 5.5″ and  4.25″ x 5.5″ put aside.

Step 2) On a scrap of white spray with a lighter color of mist. Allow to dry (you can use a heat gun to speed it up)

 

Step 3) With dye ink, and the stamp of your choice, stamp your image over the misted area.

 

Step 4) Stamp a sentiment in clear embossing ink, over your image. Sprinkle embossing powder, shake of excess and heat emboss.

 

Step 5) Stamp another image onto colored cardstock, and cut out.

 

Step 6) Cut out all your shapes.

 

Step 7) On your piece of cardstock that is 4.25″ x 5.5″ stamp the same image twice. Once in the top left corner, once in the bottom right corner. Color the images in with your Krylon paint pen.

 

Step 8 ) Spray your piece of cardstock with Mist in darker color. Allow to dry.

 

Step 9) Apply liquid glue to the image and sprinkle on glitter. Shake off excess.

 

Step 10) Ink around the edges of your piece. Take your cardstock that is 8.5 x 5.5 and fold. This will be your card base. Glue your stamped panel onto the card. The reason I do the stamping on a separate panel is because the mist tends to cause the cardstock to curl, and by using a separate base you can bed the piece back into shape when gluing it onto the base.

A few days ago, I posted this page of me, at the Grand Ole Opry not even a year ago.

After flash flooding in Nashville, this is what the Opry looks like today

Nashville is under water and they need help! A friend who introduced me to the beauty of Nashville shared that photo along with this information: Middle Tennessee Red Cross is helping Nashville flood victims: Donate online at www.nashvilleredcross.org, by phone at 615-250-4300 or by mail at 2201 Charlotte Avenue, Nashville, TN 37203 …. so please help!

Let’s not forget the problems that the coastal states are facing.

In the center is my cousin Justin, in MS. He volunteers at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies. They need your help:  If you would like to make a donation to aid in oil spill recovery efforts and the rehabilitation of marine mammals and sea turtles affected by the spill, please visit our website www.imms.org or follow the link below. You can pay using your credit card or you can mail a check or money order to:IMMSP.O. Box 207Gulfport,……
MS 39503All

Another super thick page, I tried to scan it, but the bottom looks all grey and shadowy. At any rate, here is my super cute cutie, being a model. We were taking photos of dog jewelry for a friend and I of course had to put her in the spotlight. Strike a pose Cosgrove!