GI Cancer Fundraiser

Here are 2 of the 10 great projects that we did at the GI Cancer Fundraiser on Saturday. My great friend Heather Summers created all t he projects and held this wonderful event in honor of her father to raise money for GI Cancer reserch. I just love the Baja breeze with the Chocolate Chip. These two colors are great together and add a felt snowflake with a brad and they are stunning!!!
I can hardly wait til Christmas to hand out all the hand crafted gifts this year! I bet anyone who receives on from me will be very happy! Well I hope you have a great evening and I will post some scrap booking pages tomorrow from my online Got Sketch Express class.

Here is a super cute Rudolph bag that I will be giving to the girls that signed up for the fundraiser tomorrow. All their projects and goodies are inside. I cased the "Rudolph from Heather Summers - who did it with punches for a card for UStamp holidays- online class. It was soo cute I had no choice but to remake it my way on a bag for her fundraiser. The fundraiser is for GI Cancer research in honor of her Dad! Heather is the most loving, caring and giving person I know. She has an amazing personality that you are just drawn too. I am glad to have met her and be a part of her down line!!!

She used all Stampin' Up! punches and products! As I did too remaking it. Got to love the glitter on the antlers and his nose! Kids will love this too! Hope you all have a fabulous Friday!

Christmas Card and more

This is another great card that I made from the new UStamp Holidays- another online class with Heather Summers and Dawn Raspsa. This is there 2nd online class. This is another great time making alot of great gift and card ideas for the holidays! I tell you these ladies are talented!

This card here is sooo cute. It has Mr. Twigster stamped in Choc Chip ink then Icolored him in with the white gel pen and colored with a few other markers. As you can see this is a shaker card and it has chunky glitter and white beads in the circle. I also dressed it up with the new ribbon in the Holiday mini from Stampin' UP! and a felt flurrie in white with a brad. I love the color combo of Choc chip, kraft and the blue DP - from Ski Slope.

I especially love when you open the card you can set a pic inside-awsome for the holidays... sorry I didn't have a Christmas pic. Enjoy your evening!

Festive Friday

So sorry this is a late post. Almost forgot it was Friday and Festive Friday at that! So here is another Christmas Card creation.

I used Whisper White and Chocolate chip card stock. I used Ski Slope Designer Paper and choc chip 1/4 grosgrain ribbon. To add bling to my card I added some chunky white glitter and a white pearl to the large snowflake. I sooo love this card. I'm thinking I should of added choc chip card stock behind the designer paper though. Next time. Enjoy your weekend and keep warm!

Another Christmas Card

Sorry I haven't posted in a few days. I have been pretty busy with Thanksgiving, painting our porch and recently feeling sick! Does it ever end? Apparently not. I hope you like this card I created. I used all Stampin' Up! supplies.

You can't see in the photo but I used some crystal effects on the snowflake and in the center of the pointsettas. I used Whisper White, ridinghood red, kiwi kiss cardstock and ski slope designer paper (love this designer paper set) and also my fav the kiwi kiss\very vanilla satin ribbon! Image inked in kiwi kiss and I used the Season of Joy stamp set. Hope you like it! Enjoy your day!

Happy Festive Friday!

Well it's festive Friday, so I thought I would start posting my very own creations! I also wanted to start with Christmas cards so today was the perfect day to begin. I have made up 5 Christmas cards in this set but will post the others later. I also made up a 3-d item so you'll have to check back if you want to see them. This one is my moms favorite. I'm not sure if you can see in the photo that I raised the poinsettia's , after cutting them out, and added felt flowers cut as leaves.

I think it makes it look more interesting! I also love how I added the ribbon!

Happy stampin' and creating!

My oldest - Danielle

This is a pic of my oldest Daughter Danielle .This pic was taken at a cheer competition in Kitchener where they placed 2nd! This was back in March. The London Lynx were a new team. What young and awesome coaches they had. The team is not running this year, due unforeseen family circumstances. Alot of the girls were upset but understand. Danielle is taking the year off. She's thinking of joining gymnastics so she can do better tricks! Well hope you have a great night!

From OWL of us!

Sorry the colors don't show very well because I took the picture this evening- but my daughter needed a card for a friend ( a boy) at school who is moving this Friday. She wanted it to be from all of her friends so we came up with this design. The stamp is retired but I love it! There is a new owl stamp in the catalogue sorta similar. I free handed the limb, but it's just like the one in the new stampin'Up! catalogue. All the card stock is the new vibrant in colors , accept the grey. The DP is Urban Garden. A new DP I just love!!! I will post a few Christmas cards I did up with 1 gift in a day or so , so be sure to check back!

Well Christmas is coming up fast! I'm hardly prepared! Crazy I know to be thinking Christmas already, but it's just around the corner! I know Thanksgiving is coming up too... only a week away. How I love Thanksgiving...I think it's the family time , good food , and great time of year-it's soo beautiful. Oh yeah and the great conversations! I am a little sad that my side of the family is not getting together this year, due to work schedules!! I don't like it one bit! So I look forward to Christmas! With that said here are a few Christmas cards that I cased from my UStamp class. The projects are awesome. I am sad this class is over but happy that Ustamp Holidays will be starting real soon! So I will definitely be prepared!!! I love the quick and easy style to the cards I made up- yet perfect! All supplies used are from Stampin"Up! Hope you have a great evening!

Well I hope this works . I have had a few picks to post but I am unable to post them. So I thought that i would write about a few things first then see if it works, again. I've read on other blogs that they eventually have problems posting pics so they then switch to a new sight. Hopefully that's not the case.
It's been a pretty laid back day. I went for a 5km jog this morning, made a few Christmas cards then relaxed and watched a movie on tv-sisterhood of the traveling pants. Not bad, more for tweens and teens, but ok. Tomorrow is our Thanksgiving supper at our church, right after the service. Can hardly wait to eat Turkey-mmmm. Well it looks like no pics today , sorry!
Hope you all have a great weekend!

Hi everyone. This is the last of my scrapbooking pages from my Got Sketch 102 class. I love the tangerine tango card stock from Stamoin'Up! so I just had to use it. I also used the designer paper Hawaii Papaya-love it!! These are just a few of my favorites from Stampin' Up!

So tell me what you think of this page- cute or what? I love it..

Hope you all have a great afternoon. I hope to be posting some cards in the next day or two. See you then!

Isn't this the sweetest cards and purse box to house the cards! I made this set from my online UStamp class. The projects are AMAZING!!!!

I love the designer paper from Stampin' Up! called Bella Rose. It's soo pretty and elegant looking-so Victorian style!!! Love ittttt!!!!!! Well I just wanted to share this set with you as it's one of my fav's!!!!!! Enjoy- and have a great nite!

Here is a super cute 2 pager from my online Got sketch 102 Class. I'm really starting to like scrap booking more. A little less frustrating from when I first started. I guess the more you do it the better you can get at it!!!! Let's hope so!

The 2 pages are from African Lion Safari . The paper end embellishments are from Stampin' Up! I just love their new in colors, they are vibrant and fun colors. I also love their Designer Papers, they have great colors and styles! Their Simply scrappin' kits are amazing and take all the guess work out of putting together pages for scrap booking! Anyway hope you have a great nite- and thanks for stopping by!

Here is an AWESOME journal that I made from the UStamp class. I just followed the pdf file. I changed the inside style a bit. I added designer paper over the card stock and added a window. There are 6 dividers with pockets to put stuff! I put the word window so it could be labeled!

This week is meet the teacher night so I was thinking I may give it to one of the teachers. I hope to make one more for the other teacher!

Hope you like it ... Have a great week!

Did I mention that my husband's parents have a 40th Anniversary coming up next weekend? I have been busy lately with getting stuff ready for that.

Yesterday I took a few pics of his parents at a park near by-they don't have many nice or recent pics together , so I offered to take a few. Did I mention the other part of my task was to do up a write up for the paper and add a pic....

So then I thought that I would use some of the pics and make a page for the layout from my Got Sketch 102 class and also set it out for the open house.. and give it to them as a gift! I love the new ribbon I used from Stampin' Up! mini catalogue available to you October 1, 2008!! I love the technique that Got Sketch 102 showed us- I used the pleated technique! I love the overall outcome!

Here is yet another layout from Got Sketch 102! I am soo getting some scrapbooking caught up! This class keeps me acountable, not to mention that it was next to nothing to join- and I get great scrapbooking pages done for my great memories to share with my family- they will appreciate them when they are a little older! I have one more to post then I have some catching up to do for my other on-line class UStamp! There is a great project calling my name! I better get to work on it!!!!!!

Here is another Got Sketch 102 layout! The 2 girls are my youngest two at Springwater Park. It was a beautiful day to walk through the trails ,walk on the boardwalk and then play at the park. We all enjoyed the outing , and took in the beautiful sights

Hope you all enjoy your weekend!

I love this layout- only because it looks classic or old. Also because I printed the pics in Sephoria( not even sure if I spelled that right?)

I love the new Stampin' Up! Bella Rose paper. I also used the pretties kit for the flower and pearls also from Stampin' Up!

This layout was from my awesome Got Sketch 102 class on line. I will post another one later today! Have a Fabulous Friday!

Here is another layout that I did up from Got Sketch 102. I love this layout because I could put a picture of all my kids...aren't they adorable! They all are sooo cute! This is one of my favorites.

I used one of the retired now Stampin' Up! scrap booking kits-family. They are soo awesome! You get alot of stuff and can make up alot just from one kit. Stampin'Up! has alot of great new kits!!! I guess I should use up some of the one I have before I get any more! I think I'll make up a few more pages , a couple of cards and a small scrapbook.

Here is the small scrapbook that I made up from my other on line class UStamp! This is an awesome scrapbook. I haven't added any pics yet. I am waiting to take some family pics when the whole family is down in 2 weeks! My mother-in law and father-in law will be celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary. All the kids planned a open house. I hope to post some pics from the event!

Anyway, hope you all have a great night!

Hi everyone. I will be posting a few scrapbooking pages from my Got Sketch 102 Class on line. This is the 2 nd class on line with Valerie Salmon and Janna Wilson. This class on line is all scrapbooking this time- what was requested from the survey. I am sooo far behind on my scrapbooking and felt if I paid for a class I am sure to do it, with a better outcome!! The online classes help me learn different techniques and set up. Takes alot of frustration out of doing it myself. After I learn a few general things I hope to be able to add my own style by myself. Big step for me- I'm soo "green" This page is from the cottage we went to in the Summer in Haliburton. I soo loved it there!

Just wanted to share with anyone out there that would like to participate or puchase a kit for a great cause-GI Cancer Reserch. My great friend Heather, who is also my up-line for Stampin'Up! lost her father to Cancer. Being the great person that she is , she hosts this fundraiser every year in his honor and donates money to GI Cancer Reserch!

The best part is you can be a part of this and help in some way- by participation in an awsome 2 1/2 hour stamping and crafting get together at King's College in London Ont. or purchase a kit just by leaving me a comment and I'll get it to you! There will be 10 projects including cards, tags , boxes and more! Just in time to get a head start on Christmas-with a homemade gift! You even get to take home a stamp set-Holiday Trinkets all included in the cost of $40 before Oct 1 ( $45 after ) If you sign up before Oct 1 you can be entered in all the draws!!!! ( over 40 !!!! ) Just to let you know One door prize will be a SHOT SIZZIX DIE CUTTER !!!!!!!!!!! How awsome is that!!!!!

See to the Left of my blog Stamp with Heather to see a small preview of the cute card and box!!!

Lastly I wanted to let you know that Stampin' Up! now has on-line ordering 24/7!!!! You can order on-line anytime of day or night! How well go to my Stampin' UP! demo to the left of my blog and click onto the site then go to the top right hand corner and click on SHOP NOW !!! The site has a on-line catolouge to.

Well have a great weekend!!!

I know it's been awhile sinse I posted last. I have been busy working on projects for my 2 on-line classes I'm taking. I have also been jogging, biking and just started a new Yoga class!!! Oh yah, plus I have 4 kids ,blah blah blah- anyway here is a post again from my UStamp class..

This is another beautiful project that I was able to make from the great UStamp online class! It's an awsome class, you should check it out!!! Just go to the left of my blog and click on Stamp with Heather and click on her blinkie UStamp and sign up. There are great project, chat rooms, great people, a showcase gallery and great prizes!!! I won one already!!! I won some paper and a stamp set!!! I have never won anything in my life, until UStamp!!!! Yahoooo!!!! You can take your time working on your projects, you can do them late at night or wear your jammies while doing them!!! It's open to ANYONE!!! No matter where you live, Nation wide!!! You can use your own supplies or get supplies from who ever you chose- there are Stampin'Up! demonstrators able and willing to help at any time!!! It is sooooo fun!! So what are you waiting for, just do it!!

Hope to see you soon!

Hi Everyone. Just thought I'd post a few picks from the Fire Muster that happened on the weekend. My husband Randy, is wearing the green shirt. I love the pick of Sadie, who is 18 months on the 9th of Sept., with her daddy! How cute is that!!! Well I have been working hard today to get a post from my UStamp class, so check back in a bit!

Sweet Saturday!!! Yah it's been a busy long Saturday. My husband is a volunteer Firefighter and he had an event known as the Fire Muster .This is where a bunch of fire departments from different fire stations in the area and some from the US come over to compete in different events. Events like Truck Efficiency , Fast Water , Tanker race , Burning House Bucket Race , Midnight Alarm and Rescue Run. All the events are very cool . My husbands department won 1st overall again this year!!! They also have other events at this park too like a dog show, rides , food , play equipment and a splash pad!!! All my kids had fun... I'm tired and exhausted! Anyway I was up late last night working on another, you guessed it "UStamp" project! The pictures aren't very bright because I took them late- sorry. I just love the new bright colors and the project of 6 cards and the box like card holder for them! All supplies used are from Stampin Up!

Happy Friday!!! This is the long weekend! Yah!!!!! Well here is yet another post that I made from UStamp , the online class that i signed up for! Gotta love the cute projects that they come up with. They are so fun and easy- you can even get the pdf files to follow the simple instructions! You can even add your own style to any project. This one is by Sarah Gough- a very talented crafter from New Zealand!!!! The project is "Sarah's Notepad". I made it for my 12 yr old daughter Danielle who just thinks it's way cool! She said she will put it up un her cork board then on her door! Great idea Sarah- thanks. If any of you are still thinking about signing up you still can- click on the blinkie link UStamp to the left of my blog or click on Stamp with Heather. Have a great long weekend!

Hello everyone! This is another project from UStamp-a "Fun Card". I made mine a birthday card. I haven't completed the inside yet. I still need to add a message and a gift card yet. Isn't it cute. I love how the band closes the card flap like a secret compartment for a bonus surprise!!! Cool hey! You can add anything inside you like. I might even add movie passes!

The card is for my sister-in-law who loves the movies! All products are from Stampin'Up! Well have a thrilling Thursday! Hopefully I'll have something to post tomorrow!

This is one of the UStamp projects that I completed. It's a small box that you can put something special inside. The one they made was "Wild About You" and it had a alligator on the front. I made mine more "pretty" for a friend of mine and I put 2 homemade chocolate chip cookies inside! You probably can't see it in the picture, but I raised the rose and petals up, and I wrote " just because"

My friend was glad I stopped by and loved the little gift I gave her, but she is on weight watchers , so I think she thinks I'm trying to sabotage her. Then I asked her if she was up for a long countryside bike ride? She was busy so she declined. So on my way I went solo!!! I think I biked about 25-30km? What a beautiful ride. Well hope you have a great night!

My friend Heather had posted blog candy and the challenge was to suggest some new color combos for Christmas cards. So the funky colors you see is my creation. I love the way it turned out and I like the different colors, regardless if I don't win. I created something !!! I used some of the new Stampin' Up! in colors- riding hood red, kiwi kiss,baja breeze, tangerine tango and of coarse a touch of white! I added a pearl bead from the pretties kit and used the Celebrate the Season rub on from the level 3 hostess kit-Holiday Happening Bundle.

The stamp is from the Sale-a-Bration mini, and sorry, it's retired! I haven't ordered any "Christmas" or "Holiday" themed stamps yet. Well have a great evening!

Happy Friday! Yah the weekend is here! My daughter, who is 12 has a birthday party today, and asked me to make up a card for her friend. Nothin' like last minute!! So here it is . I used the owl stamp from Just Celebrate, a stamp that is now retired-sorry. I just love the owl!!! Owls are hot right now. We do have another great owl stamp set in the new catalogue-called Owl Together Now on page 50 of our New Catalogue that I love too! On the envelope I used a New Stamp called Sock Monkey, another of my favorite on page 51 of the Stampin" Up! new catalogue. They are just too cute. All products used are from Stampin" Up!
Enjoy your weekend!

My Sweet Baby- Sadie

This page layout was created by Got Sketch 101, the on line class I took. The designs were awsome. They , Valerie Salmon and Janna Wilson are going to start a new class in the Fall- September sometime. Can hardly wait for the new class to start.

In a couple of days the Ustamp class will be starting up- there's still time to register. See my previous post to get the link. Trust me you don't want to miss these classes. They all have such amazing talent, and the inspiration it gives is sooo amazing! If your anything like me and are New to crafting or just need new ideas these classes are for you too! Come join the crafting fun! You can complete your crafts on your time and post them too!!! There is even chats lines too!! Way cool!

Hope you have a great day!

This is a card that I made a while back for another demonstrator's friends little girl who was sick. I think it is soo adorable- it's a shaker card. The blue beads almost look like water. I sure hope she liked it!

Sorry, last night I tried to post some cottage pics but it didn't work . So here is a family pic and one at night. We went up to a cottage near Minden. It's very beautiful there and relaxing

Great Crafting Deals!

Well as you see I haven't posted much lately. Summer, vacation and kids are all keeping me very busy. I also started to jog again in the evenings or when I get a chance. Need to get back in shape!! So this leaves very little time for crafting right now. I have a few cottage pics to post.



Soon Ustamp will be starting up. This is a on-line class started by many talented Stampin'Up! demonstrators nation wide. They will be coming up with many amazing craft ideas so stay posted or sign up at www.stampwithheather.typepad.com/

I also received a bunch of NEW Stampin'Up! stuff not long ago that will be coming out soon in the new catolouge!!! The New Idea Catolouge will be out Aug. 11th . If you would like a copy go to my Stampin'Up! website listed below or leave me a comment! I can hardly wait!! There are a lot of new and fun things like home decor Elements- Wall art and a new Big Shot by Sizzix that can cut through over 50 different materials!!! With EXCLUSIVE dies through Stampin'Up! You can visit my Stampin'Up! website at www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/belindaloewen.

I also here there will be a 21 page spread in the December holiday issue of Country Living Magazine!!!! That will feature an exclusive kit with stamps and designer paper from Stampin'UP! so don't miss that issue!!! I hear it is awsome!!

I also here from Aug 11- Sept. 30th there will be 15% discount on selected brand new die cut stamp sets from the Stampin'Up! Fall /Winter 2008 idea book & Catolouge.So don't miss out on this super deal. To preview the new Catolouge go to my website Aug 11 or request a catolouge from me..

Thanks for stopping by. Come back to see more great projects and great deals coming up in the next couple of weeks!!

This is one of the cards I had fun making from the Got Sketch 101 Class
(on line class) created by Valerie Salmon and Janna Wilson. What a awsome class!!! We made some WOW projects, cards and scrapbooking pages. I highly recommend this class to anyone!!!

Hope you like it. Have a great day!

My anniversary is coming up in a few days , so I wanted to say first of all that I am married to a wonderful man, who works hard and is a dedicated volenteer firerfighter. But he is also a great father and wonderful husband so this means I have to make him a special, VERY special card. So I better get to work real soon. So with that said, enjoy your weekend and I'll have a card real soon!!!