Insta Friday #2

Another week has come & gone as well as another month! 2013 is already flying by!

Last week ended by me organizing photos for this weekend's scrapbooking retreat. 

And no weekend is complete for us without watching some basketball! Our son is in a mini league with games on Saturdays. A few of his team mates were sick last week, so there were only 5 of them playing. They rocked the game & won even with the extra players missing. :)

Wuv, True Wuv {Grey & Yellow Wedding Card}

Remember that part from The Princess Bride where 

the priest with the funny voice is about to marry Buttercup & Prince Humperdink? 

That never gets old for me. I laugh every. single. time. 

"Wuv, twue wuv..." I'm laughing even now... 

Okay, I'm trying to be serious now. That's what the "True Love" rub-on I used on this card made me think of. 

Ahhh, funny what random phrases can trigger, hey? 

Anyhoo...

Do you still love grey & yellow as much as I do? 

Good. I'm still in major like. I was at a wedding a year ago that had grey & yellow as the colours & it was gorgeous! My favourite wedding colour palette to date, I think.

This was a fairly simple card to pull together. The only tricky part was the bling. The way it was originally configured didn't work on the card, so I cut it into a few sections & pieced it together in a design that worked for me.

I've had those yellow paper flowers in my stash for a few years now. It's about time I used them! ;)

After adding the grey ribbon across the bottom, I decided the card needed a bit more yellow so I layered a thin, yellow, velvet ric-rac ribbon over it. I really like the effect!

Products used:

• Cardstock - Stampin' Up!
• Patterned Paper - Echo Park
• Swirly bling - Dollarama
• Paper flowers & yellow gem - Michael's
• Grey ribbon - Stampin' Up!
• Yellow ric-rac - American Crafts
• "True Love" rub-on - Stampin' Up!

Check out some more of my card creations, including this grey & yellow Mother's Day card.

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February Photo Challenge

Can you believe it's the end of January already?! Crazy!

February is almost here & so it's almost time to start a new monthly photo challenge.

Follow me on Instagram at StephRichy if you'd like to see my daily photos. Let me know if you're taking the challenge - I'd love to see your photos too! I'll be using the hashtag #sbphotochallenge. Please join me & we can share our photos with one another!

Here's February's Photo Challenge:

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Insta Friday #1

Today I'm starting a new weekly tradition. A little week in review using the photos I took on Instagram.

What? You're not following me on Instagram? Follow me at StephRichy if you'd like to come along for the ride.

Let's begin now... (remember hearing this as I child on those read along records? "You will know it is time to turn the page when you hear the chimes ring like this. Brrrriiing! Let's begin now.") 

Anyway...

I concocted my favourite recipe to date last weekend. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups were involved. Amazing.

We are dealing with NASTY cold January weather here on the Canadian plains. When I took this photo of my frosted up kitchen window, it was -43ºC. That's -45ºF. So very wrong. Ugh!

A Simple Valentine Centerpiece

Last week I started a couple of Valentine projects to spiffy up the house for February. 

Here's a super fast & easy Valentine centerpiece that you can whip up in under an hour!

All you need is a large cylinder vase, 3 paper doilies, paper hearts (I cut mine with my Cricut from some pretty scrapbook papers), a sewing machine, thread, & some baker's twine.

I started by laying out the paper doilies & arranging the hearts.

Then, I simply fed them through the sewing machine using a wide zigzag stitch.

I wrapped it around my vase & secured it with some turquoise baker's twine.

I added my trusty battery operated pillar candle.

Done!

(At night.)

I also cut some extra hearts & put them in my seasonal wreath. (You can see more seasons here & here.)

It's official: The Valentine's decorating has begun!

Have you started decorating for Valentine's Day? What kind of decor do you enjoy?

Check out more of my Valentine's crafts & decor...

A Valentine candy box

A pink rag wreath

Last year's Valentine vignette

And an owl gift bag & card

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