Winter Wishes

It seems like I'm turning into a night poster maybe! It's just an easier time for me to have a bit of time to sit down and actually write a post, so if you see more posts appearing at night instead of in the morning, that's why!

I stumbled upon a new challenge blog and although it's not new to the blogging world, this is the 53rd challenge, but it's new to me. It's called Eat, Sleep, Stamp and she has some wonderful sketches. Again, I am just in under the wire but here is my card for ESS # 53.

I used Mimo is Christmas from Bunny Zoe's and the bear is actually colored, but it's Copic color W00 so it doesn't show up very well in the pict..it is super light anyway.  The dsp and cs is SU, the ribbon is from a Taylored Expressions grab bag, the rhinestones are Basic Grey Bling It and the snowflake charms are from Bunny Zoe's as well. 

Like I said yesterday this is my last day as the September Guest Designer for Bunny Zoe's Crafts and I would like to take this opportunity to thank the fabulous Nikki for giving me this great honor!  It was wonderful!

Magnolia-licious Project

I am totally sneaking in under the wire here, but I have been meaning to play along with this month's Magnolia-licious challenge all month long. I had a chance today to finish this cute little folder and love the result!

I used some great papers in my Taylored Expressions August Key Ingredients Kit.  The Primas, spacers, crystal Stickles and sisal ribbon are from my stash, the rest is from the August TEKIK.

Short and sweet post from me today, the kiddos are in the tub and Lance is in Calgary.  I will be back tomorrow though with my last **sniff** official card for Bunny Zoe's Crafts as my Guest Designer term comes to an end **sniff** , but trust me, I love Nikki's store and will be using products from Bunny Zoe's often!

Have a wonderful evening!

Bunny Zoe's Fabulous Blog Candy Celebration

Nikki from Bunny Zoe's is celebrating over 150 000 hits on her fabulous blog with a wonderful giveaway to her online craft store. Oh my, there are so many things to choose from! Hop on over to Bunny Zoe's and check it out and enter to win a voucher to Bunny Zoe's Crafts.

Happy Sunday!

Made with Love-ASFOS70 & DDCC 61

Sorry I'm late with my Dutch Dare Card Challenge creation, but here it is at last. This week we are asking you to use your charms on your creation.

I used the great sketch by Nikki for this week's A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge as well.  The background of Miss Tilda has been sponged a very light yellow with the white border of the nestability showing, but I couldn't seem to get a proper picture of it.  I used 2 cute little Made With Love charms in place of an actual sentiment.  The dp are all My Mind's Eye, Just Dreamy and cs is SU.  Chocolate pearls, mini roses, burgundy sisal ribbon and lemon raffia lace are my embellies.

I really love this sketch, the fun layers and great elements, so I will be using it again for sure!

I am so thankful today is Friday.  I have skating registration tonight and after that I am hoping for a super quiet weekend.  This week has been non stop and I am looking forward to not having to be in a hundred different places.

Thanks for stopping aby and I hope you have a great weekend!

My Fun DT News

I am so excited to announce that I (along with 3 other super talented ladies, Loes, Heike and Desire) am now a DT member for Karin's fabulous Monthly Card Kit Club. 

You can order the September Kit right now and the October Kit is already up for pre-order.  They are fabulous kits with a ton of great goodies for your card making pleasure!  Hop on over and check out the kits Karin has available and how the club works right here.

I am behind on my DDCC card as I have a wicked sinus cold and sore throat that's been bothering me today, but I will have it for you tomorrow.  In the mean time, hop on over at see what the other DT ladies have for you.

It's Grey's night tonight...can't wait!

Hugs,

Autumn Wishes

First off, my FIL loved the card I made him for his birthday. I was watching his face as soon as he opened it and he started to chuckle right away, so that's good. He's still laughing about the saying on the inside!

This card was made for my Bunnzy Zoe's Crafts September Guest Designer roll...I am quite happy with the way it turned out.  I used some of the same paper as the other day as I find myself rather short on fall papers...or colors for that matter.  Anyway, I used a sketch that Heather from Hopefully has done and I know it was a couple weeks ago and I can't find it on her blog right now, so that's making me think that it was maybe for Whiff Of Joy or another DT she is on, but none the less, I really liked the sketch and decided to use it anyway.

This sweet little guy picking leaves is from the set called Autumn 1 by Ollyfant and is available at Bunny Zoe's Crafts.  The papers are actually from all over the place, SU, Chatterbox, Bazzil.  I added some fun light brown jute ribbon from Bunny Zoe's Crafts, the leaf buttons and Autumn Terracotta brads are from CTMH and finally the sentiment is from Magnolia.  I did sponge all the edges of all the different layers with Scattered Straw Distress Ink as well.

I am off to be helper Mom at playschool with Landon Wednesday morning and then have a bunch of stuff to get done in town. Lance is out of town all week and Kirsten is going to a friends house after school, so Landon and I are just go to visit with some friends until it's time to pick Kirsten up and then I told the kids we could go out for supper, so they are pretty excited.  

I'll be back on Thursday with some fun news and my DDCC card to share! 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Birthday Buzzard Birthday Wishes-CP33

It seems like it's been ages since I updated my little ole blog...life ran away on me this past week. Landon started school on Monday and goes both Mon & Wed, I have a fitness class I attend both days while he is at school as well. I have also just started a photography course which is on Monday nights, busy Mondays I tell ya! My parents came out on Friday to pick the kiddos up for a sleepover while Lance and I went out for a fabulous dinner and then to see Lady Antebellum and Keith Urban in Calgary. It was an amazing concert!! We were lucky enough to have a wonderful sleep in on Saturday morning as well, my Mom and Dad brought the kiddos back around 1pm, so it was great. Now I have a wicked sinus headache and it's driving me nuts, hope it goes away soon!

Anyway, tomorrow (Monday) is my FIL's birthday and we are all going for supper so I thought I better get a card made for him. I used Sketch # 33 from the Card patterns blog for my layout (just added the sentiment circle).

I really love this fun High Hopes Birthday Buzzard for a man's card and so I went with him. I got this guys directly from High Hopes, but they only sell to wholesalers now, so you can always check Bunny Zoe's Crafts or Stamp and Create. If they do not currently have a HH image you are looking for, just shoot them an email, both gals are fabulous so I'm sure they'll hook you up.   Anyway, onto the rest of my card...I used some fun Chatterbox papers, ribbon from Taylored Expressions and I added some dimensional glaze (I used CTMH Liquid Glass) to the balloons and some glitter to the hat and ribbon/bow with Baby Blue Spica Glitter Pen. The sentiment is from SU and my funky watermark is also available in rubber.


I used this fun sentiment on the inside (sorry I forgot to take a pict) from River City Rubber Works.  My FIL has a pretty good sense of humor, so I think he'll get a kick out of it!

Anyway off I scoot tonight...tomorrow is a busy day!  Thank you for taking the time to visit!

Aspen Winter~GS#5~Bunny Zoe's GDT Card

Over on the Get Sketchy blog they have another wonderful sketch this week. Now there is a bonus challenge which I totally didn't even see until now, but it is to make your own embellishments...oops, I guess I should have read everything instead of just getting to the sketch!  Ha, ha!  Anyway, yet another fun challenge, so head on over and check it out. Here's my card using this weeks sketch for Get Sketchy as well as my wonderful Guest Designer position at Bunny Zoe's Crafts. 

How about this stamp...isn't it just too cute!  It's from Bunny Zoe's Crafts online store and is called Mimo is Christmas.  The snowflake charm is from this set but is also available here and the dark blue sisal (I guess it's actually Black, but it looked blue to me:-) is also from Bunny Zoe's Crafts .  All paper is CTMH (Aspen DSP, Twilight, Bamboo and Outdoor Denim CS) as are the brads and the beautiful flowers from Prima.  I embossed the one blue piece and then inked the edges of all of the dark blue paper with white ink and rubbed it over the embossed snowflakes a bit too.

I hope your week is going well so far!  Monday's are super busy for me, Landon has started playschool, I go to the gym while he's in school and then I am taking a photography class in the evening, so I didn't have a chance to get anything crafty done yesterday!

Thanks so stopping by! 

Butterfly Wishes-Get Sketchy#4

I have discovered a new sketch challenge blog Get Sketchy.  They just finished up their 4th sketch (yesterday and the new one is posted today) and I snuck in just under the wire for sketch #4.

I used a sentiment from Jessica's fabulous Butterfly Wishes set from The Greeting Farm.  The butterfly is from the same set which I popped up and added some glitter as is the trailing butterfly in the top right corner.  The pretty white lacey ribbon is from Bunny Zoe's Crafts and the blue and red ribbon is from a Taylored Expressions grab bag. The glittery paper is DCWV Fun In The Sun Summer Glitter Matstack and the CS is SU Wild Wasabi.

My day is going to be a busy one today.  I have some running around to do and then get some fruit and veggie snacks, pizza dip and desserts ready for tonight. My parents are coming too, so while the ladies have a look at some pretty jewelery, Dad and Lance can hang out with the kiddos!

Thanks you for stopping in, have a wonderful weekend!

Thinking of You-DDCC#60 & FS68

Yay, it's Dutch Dare Challenge time and this week we have a fabulous color inspiration challenge for you. I just bought this digi image from Lindsay Weirich and thought it worked well with the inspiration piece. It's called Sketchy Cosmos.

The paper is all from the CTMH Tickled Pink kit, the sentiment is from the For Every Occasion set from CTMH as well. The pretty pink Sisal ribbon is from Bunny Zoe's Crafts and is just tucked in behind the floral panel. I added some bridal flowers that I colored with my Copics along with some pretty blue Kaiser pearls.  I also added some glitter to the flowers with my Blossom Spica Glitter pen.

** Edited to add that this is the sketch from this week's Friday Sketcher's Challenge #68, sorry ladies!!  I just tilted my sentiment to fit better** 

Oh my gosh, the intervals class that I started yesterday was tough...but really good.  It was fun although I'm a bit un-coordinated at times!!  So now, I'll go every Mon & Wed morning while Landon is in playschool, so it works out great!

Off I scoot for today, but thanks for poppin' in. 

Ice Cream Anyone? MTSC38

Mercy over at Lord Have Mercy has a wonderful sketch this week for her weekly sketch challenge and I thought I would give it a try.

I used this sweet Tilda with her yummy ice cream cone and the papers, flowers, candy dots and ribbon are all from the June Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients Kit.  My lovely digi watermark is available in rubber at Bunny Zoe's Crafts.

I am starting a fitness class today with my friend Amy, so Landon and I are taking Kirsten to school int he morning and then headed to Brooks for my class.  They offer a daycare, so he'll hang out there with Amy's daughter while we are in the class and then off we go for groceries and some running around.   I am having a Silpada Jewelery party on Friday night, so I need some yummy goodies for that!

As always, I am so grateful to my fabulous readers, thanks so much for stopping by!

Christmas Hugs Just For You

How cute is this lil guy?? He is Popcorn the Bear and can be found at Bunny Zoe's Crafts. This image as well as the sentiment are from the Christmas Hugs set, but there are a ton of fabulous sets to choose from.  Popcorn really is adorable!

This image is quite large and I didn't want to take too much away from it but I did add a few extras.  The beautiful silver lace ribbon, fun red and green buttons and of course the wee Christmas Tree charm.  I used Karen's great Sweet Sunday Sketch # 34.   A nice easy sketch for such a cute image.

The fabulous watermark is also available as a personalized stamp and can be found here.

Back to school tomorrow (today) depending on when you read this, so it'll be an early morning!  I hope you all had a fabulous long weekend and thank you for stopping by!

Yay, I'm Finally Finished!

Well I'm sure most of you won't be as excited about this as I am, but I am finally finished my sister's wedding thank you cards! I had 50 to make and time just ran away on me added to the fact I really didn't take into account how much time it takes to heat emboss 50 images and color 100 flowers, add pearls the the center of every flower and just general assembly of a project of this size.  I wasn't able to get them all finished before the wedding (a week ago), but they are now all done and bundled up nicely.

3 Uncles, 1 Aunt and 1 cousin are still out from Ontario (1 is actually from BC)  and are going back on Sunday, so we are having a BBQ at my parents tomorrow and I will bring these for my sister then. 

Today is the last day of school before the long weekend and I'm sure Kirsten is excited about that...me too, hopefully we can sleep in a bit. 

Here is a pict from the first day of school....

 And at the bus stop...

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend, here in Canada (and the US) it's Labour Day long weekend, so Monday is a holiday, yay!

Thanks for stopping by!

*Autumn Splendor* Bunny Zoes Crafts GD-Sept

I am so very excited to share with you my first GD card for Bunny Zoe's Crafts. I really didn't know where to start after I received my goodies, so Autumn is is.



The image is from the Autumn 1 set from Ollyfant. I thought this little girl is so sweet! I paired it with some paper I won in a blog candy from Lacey, I'm pretty sure its SU paper, but not sure of the name of it. These fabulous buttons are from the Cappucino set and some of them even have glitter in them, very pretty if I say so myself! I also added a touch of Gold Lace Ribbon to finish it off. The sentiment is from CTMH. There is a sweet little boy in this set as well, so I'm sure you'll be seeing him before too long as well.

The watermark on the front is also my handmade by label on the back of my card (I just forgot to take a pict) and they are also available from Bunny Zoe's Crafts...the rubber version that is, from Scrapmagasinet:-)

I decided to color with my Prismacolor pencils which I haven't done in forever, but was pleased with the way it turned out. I added some highlights here and there with some Twinkling H2Os as well.

The sketch is an older one from Heather and I'm not exactly sure if it was for a specific challenge a while ago, but I liked the layout so I decided to use it again.

That's all for me for today! I have a playschool meeting tonight as I am on the board this year, so I will find out when Landon starts and all that good stuff.

Thanks for visiting me today. Now that school is back in I should be back on a more regular basis!

Hugs,

DT News & Some Wedding Picts

A while back I'm sure I posted about this, but now the time has come and I am so very excited to be a Guest Designer for Bunny Zoes Crafts this entire month! I received my DT package just before we left for the wedding, so I'll have something to share with you tomorrow, my first GD creation, yay!! Hop on over to Nikki's store Bunny Zoes for a fabulous selection of the latest and greatest craft goodies! Everything from fabulous stamps, to great papers, buttons, charms, spacers, etc! Her service is fast and friendly!!

Speaking of the wedding, here is a picture of my beautiful sister and her husband Jason on their wedding day! Congrats Kristy & Jason and I wish you a lifetime of happiness!.



One of the whole family, my sister Kim, Mom, Dad, Kristy, Jason, Me, Lance, Landon & Kirsten


Just the 2 cutest kiddos ever!!



See you tomorrow!