Embossing with Nestabilities and Cuttlebug

Okay gals/gents, here is my picture tutorial on the necessary equipment/plates needed to make the embossed look that I made on my card last night. You will need the following:

1 Cuttlebug machine
2 B plates
1 A plate
1 Nestabilities rubber mat
1 Nestabilities die of your choice
1 piece of cardstock of your choosing
3 small scrap pieces of cardstock

So here we go, you ready?? This is how my dh made it, lol...I tried it as I said several times and several different ways but it didn't ever work out for me :(! That is until he came home and did it first try...grrrr! Doing this tutorial with pictures and commentary (well not one you can hear)...




You will first need your B plate:









Next you will need your rubber mat:











Then you will need your 3 pieces of scrap cardstock:












Then comes the piece of cardstock of your choosing:









Then comes your Nestabilites die, doing it in this order will enable you to place the Nestabilities die where you want it and see where it is .









Next comes your second B plate:








Finally, we have your A Plate:


Then you will get the Embossed image (hopefully, I am crossing my fingers for you), in the middle of your card like the one I posted yesterday. If not then please don't get mad at me, get upset with my dh, lol...



Happy Stamping and have a great night :)!

Hugs,
catherine

Basket of apples

Okay, I just LOVE this new stamp set from Clear Dollar Stamps...can't wait to play around with it a bit more :)! For those of you who saw my post this morning about the Cuttlebug/Nestabilities Embossing in the center of your card, I got my dh to help me when he got home...I tried at least 6 different ways and I couldn't get it to work. Anyways, of course when he got home he sat down and did it on the first try...grrrr!! The way he did it was totally different from what the Youtube tutorials showed how to do it too...so I am going to sit him down and get him to show me again...that way I can show you :D.
I have to apologize for my lack of blogging of crafty things over the past few weeks, this assessment thing really shook me up a bit...took me off guard and just had to figure out why it was I was feeling that way. I am okay, don't worry...just had to take some time to think about what was said and what we are going to do from here. I am going to be more crafty over the next couple of days, and I promise it will be a lot of different things. So I need to get back to my craft room, and be my creative self to get some good quality "me" time in there!
So this card's sentiment says the following since it is hard to make out here by my picture:

"Baskets of blessings are coming your way, hoping to brighten and cheer up your day!"

So here we go gals/and guys (if I have guys reading this blog, tee hee), I am going to work on a few more projects tonight for you and then post em tomorrow I hope or tomorrow afternoon. Before I forget, I must tell you that my son's Preschool is setting up a Individualized Program plan (I think that is what it is called) over the next couple of weeks and so I am really looking forward what we will be able to get going for him. Also, we are meeting our Early Interventionist on Wednesday morning...hoping that she too can help us out here in our home with any problems that we might have. Plus, perhaps she can be another advocate for our son too...come with us to appointments to bop professionals over the head...not really but would be nice when I feel I am not being heard.

Okay well hope you liked that card...and I shall ttyl :D!

Hugs,
catherine

Want to win a Quilt??

Run on over to Pigtails and Snails blog, because she is giving away a beautiful quilt...it is her first quilt giveaway...so hurry on over and check it out.

Hugs,
catherine

Julie's Japes blog candy

Please, head on over to a great blog called Julie's Jape's and check out her blog candy that she has up for grabs for her Blogaversary :)! She has some great stuff on her blog too :)!

Have a super day :)!

Hugs,
catherine

Christmas card and a question

So I stamped an angel image out last week, and just didn't get around to making a card for her to go on plus I just wasn't really in a stamping mood *GASP*! Lol, so today I thought I would make a card for her to be put onto and I thought the Christmas holly flourish stamp would look really nice as her background. So I used my Versamark ink, then used some fine gold embossing powder, then used my heatgun (which I am told there is a bettter one out there) and then I noticed something I don't think I noticed before. So here is my question to you, how to you prevent your cardstock from curling over when you are embossing??? I was happy with how my card turned out, but was sad that the card had a curl to it and I didn't have the heatgun on the card too long either.
My other question to you all is what else should I add to this card, it looks like it is missing something....any ideas??

Hugs,
catherine

Thanksgiving '08

Today, we went to my dh's Grandparents house for their annual feast and it is when we see all the extended family gets to see eachother. It is a huge get together that is for sure...we figured out yesterday that if we ALL were there we'd have 44 people coming to this event. Here is a picture of my dh's Aunt Diane, and she is holding my 4 1/4 mos old nephew. She is giving the little guys mommy a break, so she can visit with family and get a bite to eat...







Here is my middle son, snuggling with my dh's Aunt Nancy while Ethan warmed up to the family that was there. It takes a long time for him to warm up to new settings, even if he has been there several times before. I was thrilled to see him with Aunt Nancy, because he is quite particular with whom he will go with. Thanks Aunt Nancy :)!






My dd just loves her new little cousin (we only get to see them once in a while since they live in the next province over from us), and she always wanted to have a turn to hold him. She kept saying "Awww, cute babby!" Lol, it is too funny because her pronounciation sounds like the British form of baby. She was acting like a little mommy this wekeend, wanting to help out anyway that she could. Funny thing is my 2 boys also did that too, they loved being around their little cousin :)!








This next picture is of a card that I made my dh's grandmother for her Birthday, we tend to celebrate her Birthday and Thanksgiving together. She turns 80 tomorrow, she told us all how she couldn't imagine how she got to be this old...HAPPY BIRTHDAY Nanny :)!


Hugs,
Catherine

Some Fall Pictures

Yesterday, we went out to the new site for the children/youth camp called Bayside to check out how the construction is coming along. This camp is a Christian summer camp, and will also be used by many other churches for retreats as well...my oldest son went to the "old Bayside" for the first time this summer. Myself and many of our family members have all attended Bayside at one time or another, and he just couldn't wait to finally be able to go. Next year, will be the first year at the new camp and what a camp it will be :D! There is going to be a nice brick mosaic made out infront of the main lodge with names of all the people who donated money to this wonderful camp. Kinda neat I thought :D!




My father in law is in charge of building the cabins, and has had lots of people come out either through the week or weekends to help out in anyway they can. So here are some pictures I took while I was there :)! This first picture is taken from where the main lodge is gonig to sit, what a view eh?? Beautiful fall colors out there :)!









Here is a picture (from left to right) of: my middle child, my lil cutie nephew, my sister in law, my oldest son all eating a picnic lunch that we packed and are enjoying. There were lots of helpers there yesterday, and they ranged in age too which was also kind of neat to I thought.








Here is a picture of my dd, sitting on a rock...LOVE this picture of her, especially with the wind blowing her little whisps of hair. As you can see it was a beautiful fall day :)! I took this sequence of pictures, by having the children sit next to eachother and then take each of their pictures seperately.








I took my middle child's picture next because he was being so co-operative, and he was having a good morning too. The funny thing was that the kids through these sequence of pictures they were saying "cheese" the whole entire time, lol, poor things had a perma-cheese smile on their faces.






Here is my oldest son, he really didn't want to be sitting here for mommy to be taking his picture. Lol, he wanted to be running around and helping all these men/women build the cabins. That is the type of child he is :)! He is caring, compassionate, sympathetic, a big helper, he will help anyone when they need it...including those he doesn't know.





Here is one of the many group shots that I took, while we were there at the camp. Lol, I couldn't seem to get all the children to not blink as I was taking the picture. OR they just looked away from the camera as I took the picture, lol...the were too funny :)! My mother in law got a few good pictures of them that I have to get copies of :)!








There are the smiles I was looking for, and everyone isn't blinking :)! It was a good thing we went on Saturday, because today is a wet/cold/rainy day.





HAPPY THANKSGIVING again to all my Canadian crafty friends :)!


Hugs,
catherine