tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80156287698191217092024-03-21T12:16:32.868-06:00Welcome to my blog!MicheleVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367793736089050703noreply@blogger.comBlogger174125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015628769819121709.post-88712592963016680552013-08-05T09:09:00.001-06:002013-08-05T09:09:18.919-06:00It's about time!!!Well in a few short months it will have been almost a year since I posted...a year! So I figure that I should be doing some posting rather than just reading and shopping online...oh ya and don't forget Pinterst!
I came across a site that has a new challenge and you have two whole weeks to create...the theme is down by the sea (summer) and you can check it out here at Parade Your Crafts&MicheleVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367793736089050703noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015628769819121709.post-68795145331955627552012-10-18T08:29:00.001-06:002012-10-18T08:29:31.730-06:00Mo's Digital Pencil blog hop ....I started to follow a new blog Jak Heath and I'm really glad that I did.
Mo's Digital Pencil has a monthly blog hop - well I've just been through it and the talent is unbelievable! I love MicheleVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367793736089050703noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015628769819121709.post-69297519236232197242012-08-12T22:11:00.001-06:002012-08-12T22:11:13.650-06:00Happy Birthday AmyThis is a blog you don't want to miss! If you are just cruising around blog land you have got to stop in and have a look at the inspirational blog of Amy -
I've been a follower for a few years now and I always enjoy her posts!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY my cyber friend! I hope you have a wonderful year!
Cheers!MicheleVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367793736089050703noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015628769819121709.post-28700177377883038982012-06-24T13:34:00.000-06:002012-06-24T13:34:33.396-06:00Thanks Jessica Sprague ....I have a new look on my blog thanks to a free Photo Shop class offered this past week at Jessica Sprague! My blog was originally set up with the help of a template that did not belong to blogger - it was great and unique but I had no clue how to change anything. I took a blog design class last year at Jessica Sprague but could not get it to work for me and it just sort of went by the MicheleVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367793736089050703noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015628769819121709.post-4459297182902680112012-06-22T23:02:00.001-06:002012-06-22T23:02:52.745-06:00Digital Scrapbook PageWell, well, well if it isn't summer already! I can't believe that I haven't posted a single thing since February! Well that's not to say I haven't made any cards, because I have, maybe I will get some of them posted shortly. I've been trying to catch up on learning photoshop - I took a few classes over the years with Jessica Sprague - the best place to learn! All of your classes MicheleVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367793736089050703noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015628769819121709.post-56664655851570367472012-02-04T18:01:00.000-07:002012-02-04T18:01:49.235-07:00Going Buggy...Enfys First Blog Challenge!!!Well I think when Enfys posted this challenge she gave a month so everyone could complete it - I subscribe to her blog so I knew about it right away and figured I had a ton of time...today is the last day, I'm not sure if this will make it into her challenge or not - but hey at least I have a cool little "mom type" card to send to my son for Valentines...it's not to girly and what 26 year old MicheleVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367793736089050703noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015628769819121709.post-44196001112421050622012-01-05T22:43:00.001-07:002012-01-05T22:47:24.413-07:00a BIG variety...including UPCYCLED coffee cansHappy New Year to you! Thanks for stopping by!
I thought I would post a bunch of pictures of some things I worked on over the past month...things that I at least remembered to snap a photo of - even if it was with my iphone...not the best pictures but you get the point - just because I haven't had any posts, doesn't mean I haven't been doing anything!
On with the photos:
Sympathy Card
MicheleVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367793736089050703noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015628769819121709.post-80291090911149768992011-11-29T23:07:00.000-07:002011-11-29T23:07:25.995-07:00Chocolate Bouquet of sorts....Wow nearly 3 months since I've posted anything! That doesn't mean I haven't been busy I certainly have I've just neglected my blog a bit...and have been busy enjoying other peoples blogs instead!
I wanted to post a picture of a cute little bouquet I made. ...it was very easy...if you plan on making a dozen flowers make sure you start with more chocolate...unless you have will MicheleVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367793736089050703noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015628769819121709.post-69226721554971252502011-09-04T21:35:00.000-06:002011-09-04T21:35:29.182-06:00Random CardsHere are a few cards I've put together recently.
"You look great" card is a donation card for a lady who needs 1500 cards for a charity function - you can read all about it here this will take you to a post at My Pink Stamper. I only made one - I might put a few more together - the sentiment is from Create with TLC.I've been using natural kraft as a card base a lot lately - the MicheleVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367793736089050703noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015628769819121709.post-65436304504062887852011-09-04T20:24:00.000-06:002011-09-04T20:24:16.221-06:00Hybrid Birthday CardSeems like I only get to play along at 365 Cards on Sundays! Well one day is better than none! Today is day 188 and Sunday is always (...wait for it!) - Super Sketchy Sunday - a terrific sketch that I sort of turned upside down!
I'm calling this a hybrid card for 2 reasons - I have used a digital sentiment from Create with TLC and I scanned in some paper that I MicheleVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367793736089050703noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015628769819121709.post-90824233802656414252011-09-03T16:09:00.000-06:002011-10-03T16:10:22.880-06:00Wacom Tablet - this would be great to win!I'm trying to win a Waccom Tablet in this contest and need to collect votes. I didn't realize it worked like that I entered it months back - for some reason I thought they just did a draw from the enteries received - oh well; I guess I can always go buy one!
Here is my original post - thanks for stopping by!MicheleVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367793736089050703noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015628769819121709.post-48943907880058594572011-08-14T15:52:00.001-06:002011-08-14T15:54:48.486-06:00Double Dog Dare!Happy Sunday - I have a post for a card challenge! Woohoo! It is vintage week at 365 cards ~ not really my thing but I give it a try when I can. I pretty much only have a vintage saying on my card - used in one of my favourite movies (A Christmas Story) - the sentiment came from Create with TLC it was part of the August Club (and boy did we get spoiled in that club!) My card is MicheleVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367793736089050703noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015628769819121709.post-15883809579546189162011-08-08T06:44:00.000-06:002011-08-08T06:44:12.391-06:00Happy Birthday AmyHappy Birthday AMY ! Amy has the most amazing blog Tsuruta Designs! Today is her birthday - stop by and browse around - you will be totally inspired!
Hope you day is great Amy!
MicheleVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367793736089050703noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015628769819121709.post-15039941967493639662011-08-01T14:25:00.000-06:002011-08-01T14:25:33.053-06:00Photoshop Skills and Create with TLCSo those of you that know me know that I really like photoshop and have been teaching myself...slowly but surely; trial and error - ctrl Z; ctrl Z and more
ctrl Z!!
I have a big appreciation for all things digital; I appreciate the skill it takes and the time involved. One of my favourite places for digital is
Create with TLC Paulette is very giving of her hard work! You give her a MicheleVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367793736089050703noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015628769819121709.post-18436414280812675712011-08-01T14:07:00.000-06:002011-08-01T14:07:48.177-06:00A couple of Birthday CardsNothing like posting everything all at once! - well I didn't want anyone to think that I was slacking off!
Here are a few birthday cards that I've made recently: This one is all Cosmo Cricket - I went with a long card finished size is about 4 x 9 - and it is on natural kraft.
This next one is all bling for one of my bloggie friends - she looks at my blog from time to time; I don't think MicheleVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367793736089050703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015628769819121709.post-80676953190077494882011-08-01T14:01:00.000-06:002011-08-01T14:01:03.444-06:00Christmas in July....YUCK!My mom is 84 and lives in a seniors building - she is active in many different things but mostly the craft sale they have for charity in November - she asked me for some cards - I kept them simple, using what I had in my stash and tried to keep them relatively flat for mailing. I made her 5 different types and packaged them up!
All I have to do now is package them up in a box and mail them MicheleVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367793736089050703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015628769819121709.post-90160597115529832732011-08-01T12:15:00.000-06:002011-08-01T12:15:09.285-06:00Feeling OLD? ...think again!
We went for a little drive on Sunday to see this big old rock - and to stop at Dairy Queen! We were well behaved - we didn't bring any spray paint and we didn't climb it - we obeyed all the rules!It was big alright and old - you can read more about it here!"The Big Rock" is the world's largest known glacial erratic--rock transported far from its place of origin by glacial ice. Big Rock, also MicheleVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367793736089050703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015628769819121709.post-54913085536172266062011-07-03T16:15:00.001-06:002011-07-03T16:19:28.816-06:00Photoshop Patterned TypeWell today turned out to be a rainy afternoon and that means a photoshop day! I had a tutorial from Jessica Sprague that was all about getting a pattern paper onto your font - the template is Jessica Sprague I added some stitching (which I just recently learned how to do) and a few other embelishments - the font is called NKOTB - fever and it was fun to use and add in patterned paper - Hope MicheleVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367793736089050703noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015628769819121709.post-54139897279887782492011-07-01T10:05:00.004-06:002011-07-03T16:15:35.835-06:00How old is Canada today???
HAPPYCANADA DAY!!
We are 144 years young today! Hope eveyone has a wonderful weekend and finds somewhere to celebrate!MicheleVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367793736089050703noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015628769819121709.post-84140591577257762702011-06-30T21:21:00.001-06:002011-06-30T21:24:26.032-06:00Beautiful Sugar CookiesThis post isn't a card, scrapbook page or anything about photoshop!....This is something very cool that I could never do - My friend Corry started making sugar cookies for fun!....this would be stressful for me! She became famous with her Olympic Mitten Cookies made for the 2010 Olympics - the mitten I received was yummy - can you imagine an entire flower cookie bouquet?!
Check out Corry'sMicheleVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367793736089050703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015628769819121709.post-79550280825583774082011-06-19T17:37:00.000-06:002011-06-19T17:37:30.116-06:00Wacom Bamboo.....do I want one or not???Well today I tried my hand on a digital page...from scratch - no template, no clipping masks, just digital supplies and my good old photoshop elements 5!!
I entered the layout into a contest after downloading the supplies they wanted you to use - it had to be about food. I ended up getting to their site after downloading a free app for my ipad - it was Bamboo Paper - I had always been MicheleVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367793736089050703noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015628769819121709.post-43824397211408033362011-06-05T12:52:00.002-06:002011-07-03T16:20:40.032-06:00Spring Weddings and Gardening....Well I was able to get caught up and make about 6 cards - I had to book Friday off work but it was certainly worth taking a vacation day for!
I have really enjoyed the digital sentiments that are available at
Create with TLC - since I love photo shop I'm getting the hang of how to work with the digital sentiments and I think they are fantastic! If you haven't visited TLC you should; MicheleVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367793736089050703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015628769819121709.post-23130742151920533072011-05-30T21:51:00.001-06:002011-07-03T16:26:08.706-06:00Way past BBQ Time!!!I just had to make this card - we bought a house that did not have a gas line hook up for a BBQ - you need to have a permit, inspection & a guy to do it! Not just a hubby who wants to unscrew the bolt on the gas meter!....It is almost June and we haven't barbecued since February!!! We ate homemade chicken soup on the weekend - I called it BBQ Chicken soup!
When Paulette over at Create with MicheleVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367793736089050703noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015628769819121709.post-57538115473480191892011-04-10T19:17:00.003-06:002011-07-03T16:25:42.861-06:004 Ways to Color......This is for the challenge at 365 Cards Day 40 - 4 ways to get colour onto your stamp. So I started with a digi stamp - chick border - I'm sorry I have no idea who to give credit to for this digi stamp - it is very cute - I printed it onto patterned paper; used copic for the beak and grass, I added glue on glitter for the wings, which I then coloured and used the iRock for a gem inMicheleVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367793736089050703noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015628769819121709.post-66608805741316366262011-04-10T19:17:00.002-06:002012-06-22T23:04:06.813-06:00Super Sketchy Sunday Day 41....Today is the day at 365 Cards that you have to follow the sketch that Pam posts - the sketch is there for you to follow or as in my case I guess just be inspired! I somewhat followed the sketch...didn't I? hmmm....ok well maybe I was inspired to use the color purple! ....Here is the sketch from Pam and here is my card -
Funny thing about the sketch - you can turn it which&MicheleVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367793736089050703noreply@blogger.com5