A New Day, A New Year!!!

Wow! 2013 sure came and went fast! I can not believe that we are now on the first day of the New Year. I had a quiet night at home with family last night, including my darling niece. She has been under the weather for the Christmas season. They were suppose to go up to the mountain over New Years which did not happen because she was not feeling well. Her brother was having someone over so I decided to do a sleepover with her. It was my first New Year's Eve off in quite a few years and I think I was in bed at 23:55 p.m.! I am such a die hard! 

Of course, I have made some New Year's resolutions.... I am going to make a better effort at staying current on my blog posts. I do have a new schedule at work now which is requiring me to work more hours.... but I am all about organization..... 

I am going to try to get healthy..... notice the word try? I have tried this one MANY times.... ha ha. I think everyone has but I really need to make an effort. 

I also want to make an effort to have a family dinner at least once a month with my parents and my brother's family. We all live in the same town and we hardly ever see each other which is really quite sad but all of our lives are so busy...... 

I am also taking some online classes for my new toy, my Cameo Silhouette. I don't know if anybody has heard about Kerri Bradford. You can check out her studio here..... she has some great classes for beginners, such as myself.

Well I am signing off for now, time to get creative =)

Dedicated to My Darling Niece, London..... =)

So my niece stayed the night last night and she is crazy about crafting just like her aunty..... I had a couple of images left over as I always print an extra one or two, just in case. She decided to nab one and colour it. I told her about my blog and she asked if I would post it for her so she could be famous.... LOL.

The image is Lori Boyd Designs Winter Poppy (Framed)

She coloured the picture with BIC markers and added some bling with Stickles.

I think she did a fabulous job for a 5 year old and now I know where all of my craft stuff is going if I ever should leave this earth...... because guaranteed SHE will use it....

As you will see, I also made her her very own watermark too. I can not wait for her to see this..... 

Stay crafty friends =)

Bows Challenge =)

I would like to thank all of the people who submitted to the Paper Nest Dolls
challenge blog.... and congrats to the winners.

The challenge this time is all about bows....

 and this will be my last post as a Paper Nest Doll as I have decided to step down from the team for a little break. I have really enjoyed being a part of this fabulous team and everyone has been amazing..... it is so nice to see how much Christine's 

stamps have grown over the last year.... truly amazing....
and I am vary thankful she contacted me and asked me to be a part of her awesome team.
I will miss working with each and everyone of those creative ladies,
but I will be stalking their pages on a regular basis.

Now on with the challenge....... =)
 This was one of Christine's new releases and it is so cute! I thought because Christmas is not too far off (a MONTH exactly) that this would be the ultimate card to make. I chose Snowman Fun and you can find this stamp at The Paper Nest's online store here.

Copic Markers
Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20
Hair: E40, E41, E42, E43
Snowman: C0, C1, C3, 110, YR04, YR07
Ground: C0, C1, C3, B000
Reds: R24, R29
Greens: G3, G5, G7
Red Heart Buttons: R37, R39

Super adorable huh?

I hope you like my inspiration card for the bows challenge.

For a complete list of items used on this card check the links below.

**The red ribbon is just from my stash**

This challenge runs from November 25th - December 6th . For the full rules of the challenge, please visit The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge blog and see the sidebar. I will highlight some of the rules here. We would LOVE to see your creations using a Paper Nest Doll stamp, however, it is NOT a requirement for this challenge. It does HAVE to have bows in it. The DT will pick their top 3 submissions for each challenge, and one randomly chosen winner 
will win a $20.00 gift certificate to The Paper Nest store.

Thanks for stopping by and stay crafty.... =)

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Give Thanks Challenge... =)

First, I would like to thank all the wonderful and creative people who sent in 

submissions to the Paper Nest Dolls "Anything Goes" challenge, you people are AMAZING....... 

I love seeing all of your creativity....... =)

I really LOVE the stamp I chose for this challenge.... to me it is so cute and adorable and truly Thanksgiving like. Her name is Thanksgiving Avery 

and she is available here online at the Paper Nest Dolls store.

Copic Markers

Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E11, R20

Hair: E40, E41, E42

Shirt: YR04, YR07, YR09

Apron: W00, W1, W3, YR04, YR07, YR09

Shirt/Shoes & Mit: R24, R29

Turkey: E55, E57, E59

How amazing is this stamp?

For a complete list of supplies used, please see the links below. 

A couple of items that could not be found were:

Brown Rhinestones from my stash

Authentique Petite Type Square Letter Stickers

I hope you enjoy my inspiration card for the 

Paper Nest Dolls "Give Thanks" challenge. Stay crafty =)

This challenge runs from November 11th - November 22th . For the full rules of the challenge, please visit The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge blog and see the sidebar. I will highlight some of the rules here. We would LOVE to see your creations using a Paper Nest Doll stamp, however, it is NOT a requirement for this challenge. It does HAVE to be a Thanksgiving and Thanks themed card. The DT will pick their top 3 submissions for each challenge, and one randomly chosen winner will win a $20.00 gift certificate to the Paper Nest Dolls.

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Watermarks for Sale =)

I have always liked to be creative in many ways, hence the name CreativeJunkeez. I have been playing around with my new Photoshop Elements 11 and have really taken a liking to making sentiments and watermarks. If you see the DT watermark for the Paper Nest Dolls, that was me. I did not design the owl as that is a logo for Christine's shop but I was able to include the logo into the watermark so everyone knew which design team we were and we all had the same watermarks which I think is very professional looking for any business or design team. 

I have designed my own watermarks over the last couple of years and now I have decided that I would take it a step further and design some for everyone. The picture I have posted below is just the start of what I am about to create but at least it gives you an idea of what my designs could potentially look like. The pricing is going to be very reasonable as well. For a single watermark, it is simply $2.00. If you would like all three colours of the same sample, it would be $5.00 

or you can mix and match between the samples if you would like for the same price.

 If you would like to see a different colour

 I can do that as well. 

Another option is one designed specifically for you where I would work with you in the designing process. This would be $8.00 and it would include a white and a grey coloured watermark.

If you are interested, please contact me at creativejunkeez@live.ca. Please put WATERMARK in capitals in the subject field. I would need your name and blog address. If you could also include the sample number and what colour you are interested in. I will send you an invoice through Paypal. Nice thing about this is there is no shipping.... you can not beat that. If you are happy with your purchase
I would ask that you pass it along to all your crafty friends........ 

I will be adding samples to the list as soon as they are made, so keep your eyes peeled. 

*Just to let you know that sample 2 has a snowflake on it, 

so perfect for the upcoming Christmas season*

If you need to see a bigger example of the watermark, just email me and I will send it to you =)

Don't forget to follow me on my journey, I promise I do not bite =)