Author Archives: Shauna

About Shauna

I fell in love with the art of rubber stamping when I was 12 years old. I blame my grandparents. I already had every crafty hobby imaginable when they bought me a few stamps, an ink pad, and some embossing powder. I was hooked. From that point on, no special occasion has gone unmarked by one of my hand-crafted creations. Scrapbooking came next, and though it isn't my first love, it's a close second.

Old Book flowers in action

Excited much?  I finally got to use my flower that I made.  I think it turned out pretty cute, and it adds a nice bit of dimension to the card.  Did I mention I like tags?  The purple background flowers … Continue reading

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Ladybug Pot and Etsy

I was recently reminded about my Etsy store that has been sort of neglected.  OK, to be honest, I’ve only ever put one card up there.  So today I decided to dust it off a bit.  It’s hard to expect … Continue reading

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Ladies’ Night in the condo

Tonight was a fun card-making night for the ladies of our condo building, organized by the lovely Jelena.  Check out her Etsy store – very cute cards!  She does them with whimsical drawings and other fun things. This card took … Continue reading

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Paper flowers

I was perusing a friend’s blog and was instantly inspired! She very helpfully posts about things she covets, and today’s went straight to my heart.  It was all about how to make paper flowers using old books.  Check it out … Continue reading

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Project 52: Dinner Date

Week 1: Nathan wanted to be in charge of this date, since we’d been wanting to go to this restaurant since we moved back here. Pagliacci’s.  It’s a cute little eclectic/Italian place where the tables are packed in as tight … Continue reading

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Love Birds

  I’m getting cuted out by this card.  I want to make more!  It doesn’t help that it’s a smaller-than-normal size, which adds to the cuteness factor.  I think going through a bit of a bird phase.  Hopefully I can … Continue reading

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Project 52 – Date night

Although Nathan and I are newlyweds, we’ve been together for a long time (7 years!), so we’re working on ways to connect rather than letting time slip by.  This is especially important since he works from home.  We see a … Continue reading

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Favourite Recipes cookbook

Jacinda over at Prudent Baby made this great binder to store all of her family’s favourite recipes, which I thought was a fun idea.  I previously had a binder where I’d stuck all of my recipe clippings and printouts, but … Continue reading

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Wedding Album

I’ve been spending a lot of time recently working on my wedding album.. I was starting to feel like it’s been a bit of a ridiculous amount of time since the wedding, with no sign of photos anywhere – or … Continue reading

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Hearts for your heart

While I’m on the pink theme, have a look at what I’ve created.  This is one of my all-time favourite Valentines cards that I’ve made.  I blogged about it when I first created this here site, but I think it’s … Continue reading

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Seahorse Love

To follow with the whole resurrection theme.. I found a matching Valentines card.  Well, the colours and style match.  This one’s a cute, happy little seahorse.  I think I gave this one to my man last year. I really like … Continue reading

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Bahhhhh Mine <3

Valentine’s Day seems to be the next big thing all over the internets and in the stores.  I’m not yet feeling it, so what do I do?  Resurrect some creations from years gone by, of course! I’m very fond of … Continue reading

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Gift Package

I made a little gift package for my cousin-in-law, as I mentioned I was working on it before.  So here it is all put together.  This is similar to how I would put together a set of 6 cards to … Continue reading

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Swimmy fish

News! I survived my first ever ultimate game today and we won by a big margin… not that I helped much.  Anyways, this afternoon, in order to try to minimize my nerves about the upcoming game, I decided to create. … Continue reading

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Flowers? Yes Please.

I definitely have a weak spot for flowers.  I have more flower stamps than any other; ditto with flower punches. It can’t be that it’s getting close to spring here.. we still haven’t had any snow to speak of.. but … Continue reading

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