Bridge Closure

Anyone who has visited Campbellford will now that we are a town divided. The Trent Canal that makes Campbellford such a beautiful place also divides our town and the main bridge that crosses the river needs a face lift. The people in charge have decided to close the bridge for repairs beginning Friday June 18 and it is expected that the bridge will reopen Monday June 21. Since the bridge closing usually means less than normal weekend traffic Tom & Rose-Marie have decided to close the store on Sunday, June 20. We are hopefully all the of the repairs can be accomplished during this time and no further closure will be required.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Blow- Out Sale

"Blow-Out Sale"
June 3 until June 6



Rose-Marie has decided to have a Blow-Out Sale. She wants to clear out all the "one's" and "two's", all the mis-matched items, clear down the shelves for new stock and also make room for a new counter going in. (Tom is supposed to do that some time soon)


So we need your help. ALL stickers will be priced to go. In stock tools will be discounted. Papers will be grouped together. Punches will be piled. We are clearing out "STUFF" - "odds and ends" - "this and that"
Don't miss out on this "First-come... First-pick" ....

Sunflowers & Buttons

After reading on the Simplicity blog about her adventures with buttons, I came across this card Rose-Marie created. Sorry about the washed out image, in person the colours are much nicer.



The background was stamped with Rosewood French Script and run through the CB Swirls folder. The Rosewood Sunflower Script was stamped, the image coloured as desired and the background distressed. Centre the piece of ribbon, layer onto green cardstock base and add the stamped sunflower image as shown. Dig into that glorious button collection to find appropriate size button for sunflower centres. Add more buttons to the ribbon if desired.

Barn Board Not Just a Background

Rosewood Barnboard is featured in these cards from Lauralee.



So I lied, Barnboard makes a great background. Lauralee stamped with brown Distress Inks and quickly dipped the image in clear embossing powder. The Rosewood Daisy Head was stamped and embossed in white on scrap white. Gold glitter glue as added to create the flower centres. The leaves (sorry stamp unknown) was stamped with green distress inks and embossed with clear on scrap. Both the flower and the leaves were then cut and attached to the card. Unknown sentiment, stamped directly on the Barnboard image.



Lauralee created a gorgeous background technique by cutting the stamped Barnboard into strips and then attaching them to a base card either as "shakes" or board, as shown here....



I think the butterfly is a digital image from Hero Arts...beautiful! The "boards" are attached with brads. The Rosewood Friend is on the card in the foreground. A decorative edge was punched, a bit of ribbon and the card is done. Donna told me how Lauralee got the embossing just on the tips of the butterfly wings but I have completely forgotten. I will get in touch with Lauralee next week to find out.

UPDATE - Lauralee posted instructions for these cards on her blog. Making those butterfly wings pop is really a simple technique

Feeling Lazy

The long weekend has arrived. We opened the pool yesterday and although the temperature was in the mid 20's the water was decidedly cold but that didn't stop Jess from getting in. Brrrrr!!! She assured me a few years ago "It's ok Mom, you can't feel your legs after a few minutes."



Since I am feeling a bit lazy, I am going to send you to Lauralee's new blog. She is just getting started but already has quite a few posts. I will warn you however the lady has a sense of humour that rivals mine, very much The Cheeky Stamper. I still have a few cards from Lauralee's work from Kitchener to share with you. Maybe tomorrow.....

First Long Weekend of the Summer

It is the Victoria Day long weekend and the weather looks like it might be decent for a nice change. I wish you all a long weekend full of things you want to do.



(Notice the s'more in the foreground...perfect summer dessert, especially over a campfire)

Keep safe in your travels this weekend.

More Rosewood

These 2 cards are more from Lauralee's creative endeavours for ScrapFest Kitchener. These use the Rosewood Chicken Wire stamp. In the first card, Lauralee stamped the Rosewood Ivy & Flower. Then she stamped and embossed the Chicken Wire in silver. Some twine and a metal tag finish the really lovely card.




This card is one of my personal favourites. I have always liked the Larry stamps and Lauralee created a really funny card using Rosewood Hello Larry. She created the hole by masking a central point in card. The Chicken Wire was stamped and embossed. Distress Inks were used to dragged across the bottom to create the barn floor. The side panels are scrap strips of brown, run through an embossing folder for texture. Rosewood Hello Larry was stamped on a scrap piece, coloured, cut and popped onto the base card. Lauralee chose to trim off Larry's arm for this card. And Larry's escape is complete.