tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281817392528285102024-02-20T01:33:57.608-05:00Raine Moments...droplets of creativity & lifeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14513393656669317211noreply@blogger.comBlogger129125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-728181739252828510.post-24152643895555209332018-07-04T09:33:00.002-04:002018-07-08T14:54:36.651-04:00Addicted to CAS Challenge #139: Girl Power Take 2On a similar idea of <a href="http://addictedtocas.blogspot.com/2018/06/addicted-to-cas-challenge-139-girl-power.html" target="_blank">Girl Power</a>, it comes from the motivation and drive to be who we are wherever our adventure takes us. Even in a new environment, it's not always going to be smooth sailing. It's about building resilience to continue to be the person we are and continuing to care for those around us. Wherever is spelt incorrectly as "Whereever" to indicate the idea that things will not always go according to plan and it's about being flexible to adjust to our surroundings while still continuing to uphold the values that make up who we are.<br />
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Since the code word is <a href="http://addictedtocas.blogspot.com/2018/06/addicted-to-cas-challenge-139-girl-power.html" target="_blank">Girl Power</a>, I thought that one of the biggest indicators of Girl Power is love. Without caring for one another, we cannot help ourselves and others grow to be the best version of self.<br />
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Without any food type of stamps, I decided to create the pumpkin by cutting out a stencil. I used 2 different stamps to stamp in the yellow and orange texture for the pumpkin. After I added some Perfect Pearls for that extra sparkle and hand wrote my first association with pumpkins, "Biddidi bobbidi boo." :) </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14513393656669317211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-728181739252828510.post-50933457505617183992016-09-17T20:21:00.003-04:002016-09-17T20:21:55.716-04:00Reboot with Baby Groot<div style="text-align: center;">
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The busyness of work took over for awhile. Now that I have a little bit of time on my hands, I'm thinking of getting back into card making on a more consistent basis. Sooo, my first card to reboot my blog posts is Baby Groot! I hand carved the stamp and then stamped it onto a few different cardstock colours. It's available over at my Etsy shop that I've decided to open back up too :)</div>
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You know how I realllly don't like the cold so this past weekend had the perfect, warm fall weather when we went took a visit to Evergreen Brick Works. I just love the feeling of being in touch with nature again when we visit there. </div>
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One of the play areas for children had these outdoor bongo drums that was so fun to hear as the kids tapped them to their mood. I had never seen anything like it before and would LOVE to have some of those in my future dream garden :) There was also a sand play area surrounded by tree stumps (I have always wanted tree stumps used as seats) as well as a little walkway tunnel created from plants (kind of reminds me of a secret garden).</div>
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In their children's garden, there was so much going on-a camp fire, teepees, a yurt, walking on rocks, climbing up hills, and an exploration of colour. </div>
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as we sipped away at a warm smoked turkey, bacon, split pea soup against the sounds of the farmer's market and young families enjoying their day off. </div>
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It's been cold these days as if it's already winter. I can still remember summer but it already seems like a distant memory blurred with only a few short months passing. </div>
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Although I didn't get to craft much during the summer at the trailer park and food truck, I did have one chance to enter into an art/craft contest at the Sarnia Craft Supply store. They gave a small bag of materials and we had to make something out of it. The materials were the 2 mini canvases with the small easels, mini beads, white paper flowers, blue flakes, jewel stickers, and a glitter tape. I had a lot of fun creating it as I challenged myself to utilize all the materials as much as possible. The result is a creation showing the changing of seasons. </div>
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Stay warm as autumn catches a glimpse of winter these days.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14513393656669317211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-728181739252828510.post-85631187871806431862013-11-08T23:01:00.001-05:002013-11-08T23:01:21.184-05:00Handmade Gifts from the Heart<div style="text-align: center;">
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My 3 yr old daughter has been looking forward to one of her best friend's birthday party for the past week. So much so that she's been working on making gifts for her at any craft time we get. It's really touching and cute to see her come up with an idea and make it from start to finish with little adult influence.</div>
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The first gift she made was while I was washing dishes. When I was all done tidying the kitchen and went to the playroom, I was surprised to see a sticker decorated container with a drawn on coffee filter in the middle. It's a bowl for her friend to play with she said. The part I assisted with was adding glitter glue into the centre of the coffee filter.</div>
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The next gift is a necklace we stringed together from clear pony beads. She decided on the colour combination as well as how to package the necklace when it was complete. She decided on tissue paper with sticker decorations, and a ribbon around it. Also, it was funny to see how she remembered we had a little girly loot bag hanging around and decided to put the entire tissue package into that bag.</div>
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The last gift was inspired from a craft she made over a year ago at the Early Years Centre. At the time, she decorated already made toilet paper roll binoculars with stickers. It is surprisingly the most played with handmade craft toy. She decided on making one of these for her friend. This time around, we glued squares of tissue paper around the toilet paper rolls, let it dry, and adhered the two rolls together with hot glue.</div>
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I've finally opened up my own little card shop over at Etsy!</div>
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Here's how it looks right now. Hop on over to take a look.</div>
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It's been a LONGG time since I last blogged. I don't even know where to start about my adventures in the last 5 months. Actually, it's kind of strange blogging right now since I've had limited internet access all this time. </div>
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I moved from the city to the rural countryside at a trailer park for the summer.<br />
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Because my husband embarked on his first business venture and opened a food truck there. It was definitely a challenge at times venturing into uncertainty and the unknown.<br />
It felt like an uphill battle but the summer wasn't all tough.<br />
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It's been awhile since I last posted. That's because I'm busy packing and getting ready to make my way to Grand Bend. My husband is opening up a food truck! So exciting but also nervous until everything is up and running more smoothly. I'm really happy for him though 'cuz he finally gets to do something that he's passionate about. I hope all goes well in this venture.</div>
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It's also going to be a huge change. We're going to be living from a trailer! Being the pack rat that I am, packing for the trailer is not easy. I've still yet to cut the clothing I've stacked up high in half. I'm still in the process of packing some art/craft materials as I'm also going to be running some camps and hopefully some yoga classes too. I'm really excited and nervous at the same time. </div>
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We'll see where this adventure takes us. I'm sure we're going to be outdoors lots for the next 5 months so I better pack some sidewalk chalk for my little one. It looks like my little blog will be taking a little vacation too. I'm thinking of getting a little 5 year paper journal to jot down my daily thoughts old school style :)</div>
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I told my daughter that she can choose 5 toys to pack and she told me, "Scissors, glue, crayons." Sounds like she's well on her way to being fully fledged artist/crafter :D </div>
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See you all in October (or earlier if I can sneak some internet time).</div>
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Yet another birthday card-that's the 4th one this week! I promise to give it a rest after this one :)</div>
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I'm celebrating my friend's birthday with an all-you-can-eat sushi dinner tonight. </div>
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This is probably the biggest quilled object I've made. It took awhile to make it but it was well worth it. I love seeing cute things (especially if I made them :)) I'm so glad I tried it out. I also finally used some handmade Japanese paper as it seems to go with the whole theme.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14513393656669317211noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-728181739252828510.post-73282744440683446472013-04-12T13:00:00.000-04:002013-04-12T13:00:05.496-04:00Snail Mail<div style="text-align: center;">
Late wishing someone a happy birthday? How about some snail mail birthday card? :) I'm giving this to a friend I'm meeting today who also had her birthday in March. </div>
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Like I said, there seems to be a lot of birthdays around this time. I made this for my aunt when she celebrated her birthday in March. </div>
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I finally got to use some uninked stamps. Yay!<br />
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Also, a very happy birthday to the City Crafter Challenge blog. They have a fun blog hop with amazing card inspirations there. I'd like to link my card up to <a href="http://www.citycrafter.blogspot.ca/2013/04/happy-birthday-city-crafter-challenge.html" target="_blank">this week's challenge</a> but I apologize for the cropped card as when I took it, I didn't know I'd be linking it up to any challenges. Hope it's still eligible! </div>
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There seems to be lots of birthdays around this time. This is a card I made for a friend.</div>
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Since I haven't been cardmaking as much as I would like for the last while, all the items on this card have been hoarded for at least 6 months+....washi tape, uninked stamp, ribbon, and the designer paper. I'm really happy about finally figuring out a use for the ribbon...it seems to add a softness to contrast the chevron washi tape and designer paper flower. </div>
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<a href="http://www.citycrafter.blogspot.ca/2013/04/happy-birthday-city-crafter-challenge.html" target="_blank">City Crafter Challenge Blog: Happy Birthday </a></div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14513393656669317211noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-728181739252828510.post-46798753455835074832013-03-31T01:30:00.000-04:002013-03-31T01:30:11.105-04:00Chocolate Play Dough<div style="text-align: center;">
Happy Easter everyone! I hope you're all having a wonderful long weekend and for me, it's especially <b>longgg</b> with a 6 day weekend! lol. I don't think I've had that long of a break in ages. So far my weekend can be summed up as follows:</div>
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Anyway, my initial purpose for this post is to share the chocolate play dough we made earlier this month and I'm thinking of making again today for Easter. It is worth all the aromatherapy you can get from the chocolatey goodness! :)</div>
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I had a long overdue thank you card to make for a dress that was given to my daughter last month. </div>
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I've finally made the card. I'm quite happy with how cute it looks :)</div>
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I miss cardmaking, creating, and cutting paper. I need to get back into the creative groove of things but lately I've been busy with either yoga, getting enough sleep, thinking about the summer months ahead (which includes moving to a trailer for the summer), and organizing my basement into an art studio of some sort. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14513393656669317211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-728181739252828510.post-28082227468507998402013-02-28T07:00:00.000-05:002013-02-28T07:00:05.796-05:00A little paint<br />
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I haven't done painting with my daughter in what seems like a long while (maybe a few weeks) so I was very happy about starting that again. This is one of her recent paintings now hanging up in her playroom. I love how children's art is so expressive in their lines and full of energy. I also find it very fascinating watching her paint. Do you see the little dabs of black paint? She says those are footprints :)</div>
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I got this idea when I supply taught at a preschool recently and I thought I'd try it out with my daughter. I told my 3 yr old that we're making name art. The steps were:</div>
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I found that this was a great way to get her to work on some fine motor skills. I'd like to enter this into the <a href="http://www.momto2poshlildivas.com/2013/02/kids-fine-motor-and-writing-activities.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MomTo2PoshLilDivas+%28Mom+to+2+Posh+Lil+Divas%29" target="_blank">Sunday Showcase</a> over at Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas, where you'll have an endless list of other literacy/writing activities for the little ones.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14513393656669317211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-728181739252828510.post-54039333894893546202013-02-27T07:00:00.000-05:002013-02-27T07:00:10.713-05:00Postcards!<div style="text-align: center;">
I love postcards especially handmade art postcards. </div>
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When these postcards arrived in the mail, I couldn't stop admiring every detail about them and be inspired. </div>
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These were sent through the postcard swap earlier this month.</div>
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Anita from<a href="http://passage-of-life.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank"> Zafaran's Dream Doses</a><br />This postcard is so beautifully painted and the detail is astonishing. I can't stop looking at this!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14513393656669317211noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-728181739252828510.post-87140064397872246202013-02-26T07:00:00.000-05:002013-02-26T07:00:06.637-05:00love<br />
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<i>"We are all a little weird, </i></div>
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<i>and when we find someone's weirdness whose compatible with ours, </i></div>
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<i>-Dr. Suess</i></div>
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This is my last postcard out of the three that I've sent through <a href="http://artistsinblogland.blogspot.ca/2013/01/introducing-postcard-swap-sign-up-today.html" target="_blank">postcard swap</a>.<i> </i>I've definitely had a lot of fun with it and it gave me a chance to actually try watercolour (believe it or not, I haven't really used watercolour except for a few recent times with my daughter<i>).</i> I think out of the three postcards, I like this one best just because I love the simplicity and white space. I think I have a thing for admiring beautiful watercolour paper :D I can't wait to share the postcards I received in my next post :)</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14513393656669317211noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-728181739252828510.post-12882079760438078812013-02-25T07:00:00.000-05:002013-02-25T07:00:01.144-05:00Splash<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A splash of colour to wake up your Monday morning. :)</div>
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This is another postcard I sent off in the <a href="http://artistsinblogland.blogspot.ca/2013/01/introducing-postcard-swap-sign-up-today.html" target="_blank">postcard swap</a>. Even though the watercolour paper was already 140 lbs, it still got really warped. I guess I just love splashing on that water. Maybe next time I'll try taping the paper down to help minimize the warping.</div>
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Happy Monday Everyone!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14513393656669317211noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-728181739252828510.post-31970807391099473662013-02-24T17:22:00.001-05:002013-02-24T17:51:45.389-05:00Breathe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>No matter how busy you are, don't forget to breathe. </i><br />
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I sent this postcard earlier this month as part of a <a href="http://artistsinblogland.blogspot.ca/2013/01/introducing-postcard-swap-sign-up-today.html" target="_blank">postcard swap</a> (I really hope it doesn't get lost in the mail and reaches the recipient!) The postcard swap really gave me a chance to finally break into the watercolour set my husband got me for my Christmas present.</div>
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My blog posts seem to be more sparse again as things have been busy on my end. Last weekend, my daughter just turned 3. We had a nice little celebration with a big family dinner as well as a family outing to the ROM on Family Day. I was also called in to supply teach a couple times in the last 2 weeks so my regular routine seemed out of the swing of things. Recently, I started up on yoga again but practicing at home this time around. I've been trying to practice everyday and I found it's a great way to wake up in the morning. I think that's what inspired this postcard painting of mine. Anyway, I hope I'll have more time to blog and craft soon!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14513393656669317211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-728181739252828510.post-18523551930077926962013-02-12T20:39:00.002-05:002013-02-12T20:39:41.764-05:00I Heart Stamping<div style="text-align: center;">
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I saw this cute little activity over at <a href="http://alittleartsy.blogspot.ca/2013/01/handmade-love.html" target="_blank">a little artsy</a>. With just Valentine's Day just around the corner, I just had to try it with my daughter. (I got my husband to try it too :D) The above art pieces were created from my daughter, my husband, and me (left to right).<br />
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Simply take a toilet paper roll, bend into the shape of a heart, and use tape to secure the shape.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14513393656669317211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-728181739252828510.post-39168204590705541992013-02-10T15:47:00.001-05:002013-02-10T15:48:34.612-05:00Happy Chinese New Year!<div style="text-align: center;">
Happy Chinese New Year!</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It's the year of the snake soo</span></span> </h5>
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I would say that my card doesn't have the same grandeur and festivity of most Chinese New Year cards but it's my own little simple version so I'm pretty happy with it. The only part I'd like to improve is my Chinese writing :P</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14513393656669317211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-728181739252828510.post-24999235552792970022013-02-04T00:52:00.003-05:002013-02-04T23:55:44.853-05:00Happy February!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Not only is there Valentine's Day, it's also going to be Chinese New Year, my dad's birthday, Family Day and most important of all, my daughter's birthday all jammed packed into the shortest month of the year. It's going to be a busy one especially with me and my husband's recent organizing/clean sweeping spree of the house (soon I'll have a more proper art/craft space to get some creativity done-yay!)</div>
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The above picture was a collaboration between my daughter and I. It is created from <a href="http://www.playmaiscanada.com/" target="_blank">Playmais</a> pellets which I absolutely love and you can see more about it from this <a href="http://rainemomentstogether.blogspot.ca/2013/01/playmais-sculptures.html" target="_blank">post</a>. I simply drew a heart on cardboard and had my daughter help stick the pellets on with just a dab of water. My daughter further added her own design beside the heart which I think gave it a nice movement for the piece.</div>
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