TGIF

I am so happy it's Friday and I am going to spend it enjoying a beautiful glass of Riesling

and my new colouring book that I picked up in Craft Warehouse in Portland, Oregon in August.

If you are in Idaho, Washington, Oregon I totally recommend a stop Craft Warehouse.

 

 Have a fantastic weekend everyone

and if the weather is nice where you are get out and enjoy it 

because you just never know when the snow will start to fly.

There, I said it....the 's' word. ;)

~~~stay crafty~~~

julia

 

Exciting news......

It's a rainy, miserable cold day where I am which means that is the perfect crafting weather!

But first I blog......

I was excited to find out that I had been selected to join the Emerald Creek Dares DT.

This is my first design team and I couldn't be happier or more thrilled to be involved with this new & exciting Canadian company.

I met Kim Evans, owner of Emerald Creek Craft, for the first time yesterday and she is amazing! There are going to be some exciting new product releases coming up in the next few weeks so keep checking back for those.

Here is a tag I made with some of the Canadiana stamps from Emerald Creek Craft Supplies.

I followed the steps used for the Tim Holtz July 2015 Tag. 

Ground Espresso & Fired Brick look gorgeous together!

Don't forget to watch the Emerald Creek Dares blog for monthly challenges! You could win a $50 gift card to use at Emerald Creek Craft Supplies

Check out this months Challenge.....

Do You Dare.....Triple Take 

~~~~stay crafty~~~~

julia

Box o' Birds.....Craziness

It has been a crazy week for the Chupik family this week. 

I made the 3 hour drive from Edmonton to Calgary to help not one but BOTH of my kids 

pack up and move into college dorms.

It's weird to not have kids in the house - for 21 of our 22 years of marriage

 there has always been a child here and now nothing. 

This is pretty much how I feel....

I decided that I needed a creative distraction.

I grabbed my big shot, Crazy Bird Stamp stamp set and matching dies

 and a few sheets of patterned paper.  

 

I now have a Box O' Birds  to use for future projects.

 I may even use a few to make fridge magnets - wouldn't that look adorable!?

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

~~stay crafty~~

julia