making handmade cards with friends

20 Monday Feb 2012

Posted by Delena Rose in handmade, make it

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What better way to spend Family Day than with friends (who are like family!) doing something fun together. I love it when E (and her brother M) comes over as we often get busy with a project and then chat the entire time. By the time we’re done with whatever we’re working on, we have finished projects and we are all caught up on each other’s busy lives… well, until the next time we see each other!

As M was out sledding, E, H and I decided to put the bird house project on hold and make cards instead. We all chose the same style (tri-fold) but then chose different colors and themes. Here is E’s custom-made birthday card for her friend:

I decided to keep it simple and stick to a ‘writer’s theme’ for my card:

H went for a more vintage look with these elegant cards:

Some of the stamps and papers were purchased from Stampin’ Up! while the others were random purchases from local craft stores.

I hope you all had a great Family Day surrounded by your own friends and families, making memories, sharing stories, ideas and laughter. 🙂

halloween craftiness with friends

30 Sunday Oct 2011

Posted by Delena Rose in appreciate the seasons, make it

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Not too long ago, my good friends M and E came over for an afternoon of creative card-making. E brought some of her own supplies (including an impressive suitcase full of markers!) and I pulled out all of my own Halloween themed supplies. It didn’t take us long to come up with some ideas to start with and we were off and creating!!!

After a few hours, we took a snack break and I realized that I did not have any juice to offer my guests. Still in ‘creative-mode’, we came up with a ‘fancy water’ cocktail. We put slices of lemon, grapefruit and orange in the bottoms of each tall glass and crushed them. Then we filled the rest of the glass with ice water. I grabbed some fresh mint from the garden and M crushed it and added it to our glasses. Finally, we threw in some frozen Saskatoon berries, ice cubes and a straw. Very refreshing!

M crushing the mint…

Then we got back to crafting! Even though we each used similar stamps, inks, papers, embossing powders and other accents, each one of our cards turned out to be totally different and unique.