Our house extension is pretty much done!

We got a call yesterday from our contractors letting us know that we can officially start moving back in!  We have a long way to go - nevertheless, we are so excited! (The only thing I'm not excited about is that I probably won't have time to craft for a little while :(  )

Now that we have lived at my parent's for 4 months, I don't know if I'm ready to start cooking again!  We've accumulated tons of stuff over the summer, so we've got more things for us to take home than what we started here with.

The majority of stuff is sitting in our basement.  Right now, we could hardly walk around in the basement, and there's so many things that I have misplaced (and some are important documents!) - so I'm looking forward to rediscovering them one at a time.

I had promised that I would post pictures of the reno, so here it is!

This is where I do all my crafting.

I cut out dinosaurs for his light to match the wall.

Our master ensuite.

My favorite room - my daughter's room.  I love the chandelier!

Another favorite room - the laundry room.

My favorite acrylic stamp line.

Okay, I just said in my last post that I had obsession with ribbons, but I guess my obsession doesn't end there.  Another item, out of many items, that I've been into is acrylic stamps.  I never started appreciating them until late last year, and since then, I've accumulated quite the collection.  They look great on cards (which I make a lot) and makes them more professional looking than writing myself. 

One thing that I've realized recently is that there actually is quite the difference in quality between different brands.  I've always like the way Technique Tuesday brand stamps look, but they are more expensive than other lines, so I never tried it - until last week.  Yes, you do pay for what you get.  These stamps are more sturdier and offers so much more crisp look.  I just fell in love with these stamps. 

Here, I am showing you a stamp that I used on the card using a stamp from Love, Ali collection.  The felt birds are from American Crafts.

Another obsession of mine.

Ribbons, ribbons, ribbons.  I think that I've purchased way too much ribbons in the last while - not that it's a bad thing.  I can't help it, but when I see ribbons on steal sites, on sale, anywhere - it makes me want to get them.  They add so much to the page, or a card - makes it more sophisticated and pretty. 

I usually use ribbons to tie a bow or to run across my card, but I tried cutting scraps of ribbons around a tag to create an effect.  Enjoy!  All the ribbons and the patterned paper are from American Crafts - one of my fave companies!

My new favorite tool - i-rock ROCKS!!!

Many of you probably already have this tool, but I just got this about a week ago, and I'm just in love with it!  It is the same idea as putting the rhinestones and pearls on the card, but doing it with this tool is so much easier, and faster, and you don't have to worry about falling off!  I'm going i-rock bling crazy and you will notice that I'm using so much more gems in my creations.

Here's a card that I made - you'll see why I love this tool!  With this chandelier cut file (isn't it beautiful?), I had downloaded this onto my computer about a year ago, cut it, kept it, but never kept the file on the computer, nor remember who's blog this was from.  I feel terrible about this - I went searching tonight to see who this beautiful creation belonged to, but I could not find it.  So - if it happen to be you or know who's file it belongs to, please let me know!!!  I would love to give this person a credit for creating an amazing chandelier file (and I would love to have it on my computer :))

Special thanks card.

Another card for the Paper Craft magazing giveaway using orange.

Another card with yellow and orange.

Happy Belated World Card Making Day!

Did you all make cards yesterday?  How many cards did you make?  I wanted to sit and make cards all day - but of course, that didn't happen.  I did manage to create some cards though - as Paper Crafts magazine is issuing a World Card Making Day challenge. It was to make a Thank You card with the colors orange or yellow on it some way and then upload it to the link on the Facebook post by Oct 4th, and one random winner will win a cool prize! So that's what I did.

I used a flower file from SVGCuts September Afternoons Collection, embossed the backing cardstock with distressed stripes, and sprayed with Tattered Angels Tattered Leather.  It was also sewn at the edges (my new favorite techinique!).