Time away from the craft room ...!

Hello everyone,

My son is on Summer vacation for 2 weeks and we've been running around with chores at home and out 'n about!

We did find some time to chill ... for a little while. I love coming to my favourite bookstore, Chapters - I browse through the books, stop for a coffee and do all my creative thinking here. If my son is with me I usually bring his iPod and let him play games while I surf the web ...

My handsome young man!

So I've been researching printers - and wow - there are so many great options out there and I'm finding it difficult to choose, but have narrowed it down to a Canon or an Epson! - I'll update once I've made my selection. I'm printing lots of digital paper and need something that will make the designs blast with colour!

I'm off to have some FUN in the SUN with my son and will be back to craft soon - my Silhouette machine is gathering dust and I'm itching to create something :-).

Take care and happy crafting!
*Vicki*

My first wooden sign!

Hi all,

Last week I worked on my first sign ... I was inspired and took tips from other crafters in the business that have tried various methods to produce their gorgeous signs!

I'm quite proud of my first sign even though I took it one step further and sanded a little too much than I should have - but I love it and have it displayed outside near the pool!

Hopefully I've learnt from my mistakes and when I make my next wooden sign, I will have a better understanding of what 'not' to do :-)

A few of the steps I took in getting the sign started!

Thank you for visiting

*Vicki*

Thank you Teachers!

It has been a wonderful year at my sons school and we've been lucky to have two AWESOME teachers in his class. I made these gift card boxes for them with a neat tag to thank them for making my sons first year so SPECIAL.

I used my Cameo to cut out the boxes from a SVG file from the Silhouette store and I designed the tags and cut them out on nice gold cardstock

I found a suitable font on my computer and used the sketch pens to write the wording

Inside I added a nice lip gloss from the Bath and Body Works store and a gift card from Chapters, my favourite bookstore. 

Enjoy your two weeks break Mrs B and Miss P and see you in July!

Linked to made by you Mondays - Skiptomylou.org

'Super' & 'Gears' for twins!

Hello all,

This weekend my son is going to an AWESOME birthday party for his friends who are twins. These boys have different interests so I decided to make them a special t-shirt and card to go with their birthday gifts. I narrowed it down to a 'gear' shape for the kid who loves all things mechanical and a 'Superman' shape for the kid who is just super to my son and his name starts with an 'S'.

I used flocked HTV from Silhouette purchased through Scrapbooks by Design in Canada, and the paper was from the 'Awesome boy' Recollection Paper Pad

Linked to:

#120 Anything Goes: The Crafters Cafe Challenge Blog

Fathers Day Card!

I created a 'workbench' card yesterday from the Silhouette Store by Lori Whitlock, and my son thought it was cool and was excited to give it to his Dad for Fathers Day!
I shared the card on a few Facebook groups that I belong to which I know no one else can see unless they belong to that particular paper group ... well I made the mistake of also posting the card to Lori Whitlock's Facebook page which I now realize is 'public' ... oooops!
So last night hubby mentions that the card is nice and asks if I made it ... double oooops!

Happy Early Fathers Day James ;-)

Linked to:
Lori Whitlock file Summer challenge
Craftin Desert Divas
'Made by you Mondays' on Skip to my Lou website.

Summer's on the way!

Lots of deliciousness and 'fresh' fruit happening in my home at the moment :-).
My Scrap Chick recently had a great sale online and I purchased a few files including the 'Slice of Summer' one which included this cute file:

Uploaded to my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/SweetLoveCanada

Linked to 'Made by you Mondays' on Skip to my Lou website.

Stationery & Additions project

Hello friends,
I wanted to share my latest project I created as a design team member for the Hybridchick blog. Please find the link here: Stationery & Additions!

I hope you enjoy the post! 

Thanks for visiting.

* Vicki *

Ready Set Go ... !!!

Hello friends

It has been too quiet on my side for a little while and I'm looking forward to jumping back into the action and creating beautiful projects to share with you.

My family and I recently moved into a new home and the last few months have been 'topsy-turvy' - I have been packing/unpacking, purging and sweating!

But it's been worth it ... we are settled into our new home, still boxes to unpack while I find a place for all our possessions - but Oh My Goodness I have my own CRAFT SPACE and I'm over excited!!! 

My son is happy with his new room ... always a relief for a parent! Our neighbourhood has less traffic and there are more kids around. We will miss our lovely neighbours but we know where they live! And they sell awesome goodies at their store so I'll be visiting them there too.

I'm deciding on my next few projects ... so look out for me soon.

Until another day,
Vicki :-)

Easter box display!

Hello and Happy Easter to you!

I'm sharing my quick and easy and latest project for the HybridChick blog with you today. I love that the boxes can be displayed any way, on their sides or even standing up, AND you can include some yummy treats - there are endless possibilities with this design and patterns from the Digichick store ... my favourite is how great the flowers look!

Wishing you well and safe travels. 

Vicki
#besafe

An explosion of GREEN & other colours!

Hello all,

HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY to you.

Today I'm sharing my second project as a 'Hybrid Creative Chick' on the Digichick Hybrid blog! It was a FUN project. Please have a look at my post on their blog. Visit their store to view their other gorgeous designs and creations by their creative designers.

Thank you for visiting!

Singing Birds on the The Hybrid Chick Blog today!

Hi Friends,

Today I'm sharing my first project as a 'Hybrid Creative Chick' on the Digichick Hybrid blog! It was an exciting project and I loved creating it.

Please have a look at my post on their blog as well as all the gorgeous designs and creations by their fab designers in the Digichick store.

Birds Begin to Sing! Birdhouse Box

Treat for 'Mr & Mrs'

One of the teachers from my son's class is getting married next week so I put a small treat together for her.
I used a candy box template free from SVGCuts and enlarged it to fit 2 boxes nicely on a 12x12 sheet of pretty card. I've included a few steps on the progress with some photos:

I cut the shapes and started putting the boxes together 

I assembled the boxes and put Hershey's Kisses inside

The boxes are finalized with hearts and then tied with brown twine

I enclosed the two boxes in a clear bag and attached a tag

The font used on the tag is Baskerville Italic and was sketched with a Silhouette pen 

Thank you for visiting today :-)