Blog Candy Just For You...finally!!

Blog Candy is now closed...will post the winner shortly!

Oh my gosh, I'm sorry it has taken me so long to get my butt in gear and get some goodies together for my 25 000 visitor blog candy! I honestly can't believe that a bit more than a year ago I started this blog and really didn't think anyone but my sisters would visit me! I am so thankful for all the great people I have met, new friends I have made and wonderful comments I get from everyone. So to say thank you to you all, I have a bit of a treat here just for you.



So far...(yes I will be adding more, but just have this on hand right now for the photo) we have a SU Yummy Stamp Set, assorted primas, assorted ribbons, some fun flower spacers and charms and such, rubons, clear funky shapes and some metal tokens, oh right and of course the fun rhinestone frames.

So...here's what you have to do, yes there are rules...leave me a comment telling me your summer plans...that's it, are you going to the lake, hanging out at home, visiting relatives somewhere...whatcha have planned for the summer now that the kiddos are out of school! I would love for you to become a follower of my blog and link to my blog candy from your blog, but it's not necessary. Also, if you do not have a blog, please just send me an email (right hand side below my pict) and I will enter your name!

Good luck to everyone and I will ship worldwide!!

BLOG CANDY WILL CLOSE AT MIDNIGHT MST JULY 3RD and I will post the winner July 4th!

Motivet Teaser

Hop on over to the Motivet blog for a chance to win the set of 8 new stamps...they are way too cute!!


We are home now but I am just buried under a ton of laundry...why is it that the kids clothes are way dirtier after camping than just hanging around home...every sink is full of clothes that are soaking! They are just soaking in the tub themselves!!

I'll be back tomorrow with my Dutch Dare #55...a day late though, sorry!!

Weekend Fun

Well I wish I had something crafty to show you, but I'm sorry that I don't. Don't forget about my blog candy above!!

We were gone Thursday and Friday and got home late last night. The casino we worked at for the skating club went well and we had fun!! By the time I got back to Mom and Dad's to pick up the kiddos, it was late and I took Kirsten to Calgary to get her flower girl dress as it was in. My Mom also had a dress fitting, so we all went together and met up with my sister Kristy. It was late by the time we got finished and headed back to my parents, so we ended up staying there as we were going out to my sister's for a BBQ anyway.

We went to the kids fun day at the rodeo grounds today and my little cowboy decided he was going to take part in the sheep riding and pee wee barrel racing and then they both did musical buckets!! Lance asked Maggie to lead Buck while Lance stays close by to make sure Landon doesn't fall off! It was his very first time in the pee wee barrel racing and he had a blast..waving to everyone, it was great!!

Here is a photo collage of the past little bit..mostly today but a few others from last week too!



Ok so starting in the top left corner is the buckle presentation for Lance and his roping partner Garth as they won the invitational roping today, yay!!
The center one is a family pict from last weekend just before we went to my friend Lorelei's birthday.
Kirsten riding her bike in the back yard.
Bottom left is Lance roping his steer on his winning run. Lance leading Buck with Kirsten and Landon and I am on the other side ready to help them on and off when we get to the next bucket (and when the music stops...just like musical chairs, but on horses and using buckets instead...so musical buckets is what we did).
Lance just pulled Landon off his sheep
A wee one of Kirsten's at my parents on y Mom's birthday
Landon at our branding posing...

We are off to Elkwater camping tomorrow until Thursday night so we will enjoy the Canada Day festivities there and Lance ropes at the Elkwater rodeo as well. The kids are excited for mini golf, I can't wait, it's going to be a super week!

Sorry I have nothing crafty to share, but I plan to get back on it Friday. I haven't even had a chance to hop on to my Google Reader..oh my gosh, so far behind! Thank you for stopping in and stickin' with me!

DDCC # 54-A Triangle Card

It's a fun one this week over at Dutch Dare. We are asking you to make a "triangle card". Interpret that however you like, but join in and have fun with it!

Here's my triangle card:



I used all SU paper, a fun image from Scrapmagasinet that I bought from Bunny Zoe's, some primas, spacers, a fun dragonfly charm and some great pink jute ribbon from Bunny Zoes as well. Let me tell you, if you haven't had a chance to check out Nikki's new store, you really must. She has a ton of fun items and adding new stuff all the time, service and shipping is super fast. Although these stamps come from Norway, they arrived the same day as the rest of my order!

Anyway, my Mom and I are headed to Lethbridge this afternoon so Iw on;t be back until late Friday. Saturday morning is the Bassano Rodeo parade and since it is a hometown parade, we don't miss it. Lance is roping as well and then we are off to my sister's for a BBQ. Sunday we are back to the rodeo grounds as they have some fun kids events like sheep riding and such, so Landon is all over that for sure! Monday we are heading out for a camping trip until next Friday, so I will be pretty hit and miss on the blog the next week or so.

Wishing you a wonderful day!

Thanks for stopping by...don;t forget to enter my blog candy above!

A Greeting Farm Birthday-ROP, JCBC

Well I was so excited the other day when my first Dutch Dare card worked for so many challenges, but I totally forgot that for the Roses on Paper challenge that the stamps used need to be Magnolia, Greeting Farm, Alota or Rachelle Anne Miller...oops!! Anyway, I have followed the rules properly this time and here is my card. I used the JCBC sketch # 37 for my combination challenge!



All paper is from the Emporium CTMH packet and the half pearls are Basic Grey. Dahlia is from The Greeting Farm and the blue ribbon from Taylored Expressions. the sentiment is from CTMH too!

I will have my blog candy post up later tonight or in the morning as I am going to be gone for a couple days. My Mom and I volunteered to work at a casino in Lethbridge tomorrow night. We work 7pm,-3am and then will come home at some point on Friday...once we get some shut eye. All money raised gores to the skating club Kirsten & Landon belong too, so it's for a really good cause and I'm glad to help out.

That's all for me for today! I hope you enjoy the rest of your Wednesday!

Thanks for visiting!! I've noticed quite a few new visitors...don't be shy, leave me a comment so I can come and visit you in return!

Father's Day for my FIL-TECC73

Happy Monday! I know Father's Day was yesterday but I wanted to share the frame and card I made for Lance's Dad. We went up to visit yesterday afternoon and got a chance to see my SIL Natasha and niece Abby as well.

I made this card for him using the Boys Will Be Boys stamp set from Taylored Expressions as well as the papers from the Father's Day Key Ingredients Kit. I also used the sketch From TECC #73 for the layout!



Here is the frame I made for him as well. I used CTMH Starstruck paper, some more Sisal ribbon from Bunny Zoes and I cut a piece of Jute also from Bunny Zoe's in half lengthwise and used that too. Added a bunch of CTMH buttons and our family pict. Sorry there is a glare off the top of the picture, I took several and they all have it, plus it was after midnight when I finally got everything finished;-)



Today is Kirsten's last night of T-ball and then the wind up tomorrow night. It is supposed to rain though, so we may not be going tonight anyway, we'll see!

Have a fabulous Monday! Oh yes and in honor of over 25 000 visitors, I am going to post some blog candy...finally!!

Happy Father's Day-ASFOS#56

Happy Father's day to all the great Dad's out there!!

A Spoon Full of Sugar has a great sketch this week created by Michelle and I wanted to play along. I'm sure you've seen this fun little shirt a dozen times already, but I haven't made one yet, so I thought it would be fun for Father's Day.
I used some super fun Sisal ribbon from my friend Nikki's online store Bunny Zoe's, it adds such great dimension and texture, love this stuff! Added some raffia as well. All paper is from the CTMH It's A Guy Thing paper pack.

It is raining a bit here now and in all honesty it could rain all day...we desperately need the moisture, so I think it is just going to be a relaxing day today!

Sending a big shout out to my sister's best friend Steph who got married yesterday in Fredericton, Congrats Steph and Kippy!!

Wishing you a wonderful Sunday!!

First Official Dutch Dare Challenge

I was super excited when Karin asked me to join the Dutch Dare DT! So today is my first creation as part of the team!! This week is a great color inspiration challenge and here is my take on it:



I used CTMH's Emporium paper which I love and coordinating CS. The fabulous flower is from High Hopes and I popped up the center and the leaves for some fun dimension. I added some glitter to the leaves with Shimmerz and then used my pink and yellow Spica glitter pens for some shimmer on the flower as well. Here's a close up.



Luckily for me, this card will work for a few other challenges this week as well...it wasn't planned that way though, honest! So here it goes:

Dutch Dare #53-Color Inspiration

Truly Scrumptious #9-Sketch & altered flower

High Hopes #35- Lotsa Circles

Roses on Paper- you need to participate in another blog's challenge AND be sure to incorporate FLOWERS as part of the ROP challenge.


Today is my Mom's birthday, so the kiddos and I are headed over for a visit. The wee tiny screw fell out of one of the arms on Kirsten's glasses, so I need to get that fixed as well. We are also going to visit my Uncle who just got out of the hospital and the kids are excited to see him. It'll be a busy couple of days, but fun for sure!

Thanks for poppin' in...300 posts later yay!!

Hugs,

Animal Cookies-Mojo #91-Dutch Dare

Yay, I'm back and finally posting a card!! Kirsten's graduation was great today!! She's sad she's done school but I'm so happy to have her home!! It was fun, all the kiddos in their graduation hats.

I made this card using the fabulous sketch from Mojo Monday's #91 from this week. This will also qualify for the Dutch Dare challenge from last Thursday which is to make a charity card. If you happen to have a spare card or two hanging around that would brighten a child's day, click on over to find out more details.



I stamped the cute monkey from the CTMH set called It's A Zoo 3 times and cut them out, then added some hemp twine and stamped some leaves from High Hopes. I sponged the background with Scattered Straw Distressing Ink and attached the monkey's in various spots. The paper is CTMH's Animal Cookies as is the white ric rac. I got this cute idea from the Summer CTMH Idea Book, I like the twine (which is probably just 3 strands braided together) better than the stuff I have, but it works and I think it's pretty cute.

Landon is exhausted tonight, so I am going to run and get him off to bed....oh right, my fun news is.....Karin over at the Dutch Dare Challenge blog asked me to join the DT, how fun!!so happy! Tomorrow will be my first official challenge, so come on back to check it out!

Thanks for stopping in and have a wonderful evening!

Just a tease...

I am here and well, just busy is all. It really amazes me how a week can fly by just like that. I was in town all day Friday, we branded our calves on Sat, Sunday was a day to relax and hubby built me a raised vegetable garden, yay!! Monday Kirsten had school, and today we were in town again for most of the day! Tomorrow is Kirsten's last day of school, her kindergarten graduation...oh my how time flies. I am so excited for school to be done and to just have her home all day. Landon is excited to have her here too, he misses his best buddy!

I do have a some fun news to share with you and will do that soon...just need a bit more info first and then I'll let the cat out of the bag....

Stay tuned...

Whiff of Joy's Newest release

WOW, have you seen the new WOJ images yet, my goodness they are fabulous!!

Hop on over to Katharina's blog to see each one. They are available June 14th!!



Happy Shopping!

Shout out to Bunnzy Zoe's Crafts

Oh my gosh, I am so excited for my dear friend Nikki! She has just started her own online store called Bunny Zoe's Crafts and has a ton of fabulous goodies.

Just click on the banner below to be taken directly to Nikki's blog to see how you can win!



Have a wonderful day!

TECC71-Happy Father's Day

As Father's day is quickly approaching, I thought I would get a head start so all 3 cards that I need will be done..I should be good to go. Here is the first one I've made so far using the Boys Will Be Boys stamp set from Taylored Expressions. Everything else is from the Father's Day Key Ingredients Kit.



I ran the metal piece through my Cb with the Houndstooth folder and then popped the image panel up on foam dots. The sentiment is actually from Verve and I used it because they are clear stamps and I could see where I was placing it. However, the is the same sentiment with the Boys Will Be Boys stamp set.

Off I scoot, I need to finish up some laundry and jump in the shower to get ready to pick Kirsten up from school. We are going over to a friend's house today as well for the kids to play some T-ball!

Wishing you a wonderful day!

Stampavie #5-Thinking of You

I thought I would participate in this week's Stampavie Challenge #5 which is a sketch challenge. I used one of the newer RAM images that I have. I don't have any of the newest ones, but this works just fine. CS is CTMH Twilight and the dp is Cosmo Cricket.



I made this card for my grandma as she's having a tough time with my uncle passing away, he was her oldest child so I can only imagine how she is feeling. I want her to know that we are thinking of her so I will pop this in the mail tomorrow. My Mom flies to Ontario (Kitchener) tomorrow with 2 of her brothers and then my uncle's service is on Thursday and then she'll come home on Monday.

Kirsten has school tomorrow and only 3 days left (Fri, Mon and Wed) after that so she is pretty excited. Everyone had great comments about her glasses the first day of school except for one rotter on the bus, but there always has to be one bad egg right...LOL!! I would like to thank everyone as well for the great comments about her new glasses, I read them all to her and she just had the biggest smile on her face, it was awesome, thank you!

Off I scoot, I'm super tired tonight even though we did have a 2 hour snooze today!

As always, thank you so much for taking the time to pop in and visit &/or comment, it makes my day!

I'm Sad

Honestly I really did plan on having a card to show you today, but my Mom's brother passed away yesterday and I haven't had a chance to get anything finished. I am so sad for my Mom and especially my Grandma, but I'll have a card finished up here later this afternoon at some point.