Anniversary Wishes-ESS144

Yes I know it's a shock that I am here two days in a row..wait until tomorrow!  I'm on a roll this week!!

Yesterday was my sister and BIL's anniversary and this is the card I made just for them.  These were the same papers I made their wedding invites and programs out of so I thought since I still had some it would  be perfect for their anniversary card!

The layout is from Tracy's Eat, Sleep, Stamp Sketchy Thursday, my card is square instead of rectangle, but the sketch is still there!

We are off to Costco this afternoon...thought I should stock up on some lunch staples for the kiddos before we start school..only 2 more sleeps:-)

Happy Crafting!! 

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!

Double Whammy! ASFOS63-MOJO96

We had such a fabulous day yesterday at Calaway Park! The kids had a blast and it was a great day all around!

This card actually works for a couple of challenges, hence the post title:-) I made it using the Mojo Monday # 96 sketch and I used my funky new BossKut corner swirl die for the challenge over at A Spoon Full of Sugar which is to use Swirls.




This is some fun new paper I got from a LSS, I just love these colors! It's MME Dazzling Summer and Dazzling Sugar and Spice. Of course one of the sweet Miss Anya's from The Greeting Farm is my image and I left the sentiment off for 2 reasons, 1) I ran out room and 2) I'm not sure who will be getting this just yet. I'll add something to the inside though when it's ready to go to a new home. I added lots of fun little pearls, to the flower centers but also to the ends of the swirly pieces too!

I need to scoot, I am going to my first ever spin class with my friend Amy today, so I need to get my stuff together and get to town so she doesn't leave without me!

Thanks so much for visiting and hanging in there with me even when I don't have a card to share!

Hugs,

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!

Scrap Online #4

I really liked the challenge over at Scrap Online this week, so I thought I would give it a go. I really love this Bella paper from CTMH so I went with that again. There is a sketch for the challenge plus the added challenge of using purple and/or green as well and I used both! This sweet girl is Dahlia from The Greeting Farm. I used one of my crochet flowers I bought from Etsy and some primas, spacers and BG pearls.



Today is my sister Kim's birthday so we will be heading over to my parents this afternoon for a visit. Happy Birthday Kim!!

I know I said I would be back on Friday, but we ended up staying another night at my parents and then time ran away on me. Sorry!! Kirsten is farsighted in one eye so she now has glasses. This will help strengthen her one eye until the optic nerves are developed and then she should be set and shouldn't have to wear glasses all her life...only till about 10 or 11! She picked them out herself, blue is her very favorite color and of course there is some bling on the arms, too cute (she's in her jammies here)...


I can't believe how grown up she looks!

Off I scoot for today, will be back tomorrow!

Have yourself a wonderful Sunday and thank you for taking the time to visit me!

Bringing you sunshine!

Well I really have no excuse as to where I have been, just busy!! But I did have a chance to make this card that will work for a couple of challenges this week. So, first off, I am using a great sketch from Sonja for the A Spoon Full of Sugar challenge this week as well as the Roses On Paper challenge this week which is a Pink, Yellow, Green color challenge.



This is Hope or Grace (I can't keep them straight) from The Greeting Farm as is the sentiment. All pp are from DCWV and cs from CTMH. I added some CTMH buttons and a leaf embosslit from SU.

We are off to my parents today after school for a visit and sleepover tonight. Kirsten and I have an eye doctor check up tomorrow and then we'll head home later in the day. I probably won't be back on the ol' blog until Friday sometime, so we'll see you then!

Have a super day and thank you for visiting!

Magical Birthday Wishes-SOL#3

I keep saying I'm going to participate in the fun Scrap Online Challenges, Karin has going on PCP, but I never remember. They do it Thursday evenings which is around lunch time here and I always forget. Anyway, the challenge last night was a fun one, so I made a card this morning for it. The kiddos have a birthday to go to tomorrow afternoon, so this will be for the birthday girl.

Here is the card all finished and tied together...



and here is the inside...I kept it pretty simple so that things weren't sticking out when it was closed.



This adorable image is from the Hope & Grace set from The Greeting Farm, I just don't remember if it's Hope or Grace!! All papers are from CTMH as is the ribbon. The crochet flowers are from Etsy and my friend Lorelei and then just added some dew drops. The sentiment is from Verve.

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Today is Lance and I's 10th anniversary, Happy Anniversary Honey!! Here we are 10 years ago, I can't believe it's been 10 years already, man time flies!


Anyway, my FIL came down last night to help Lance get the cows/calves in but they wanted no part of it, so he will wait to sort them until we brand which will be in the next week or so. Anyway he showed up the the most beautiful flowers for us for our anniversary and I just love them. Gerbera daisies are my very favorite and the burgundy lilies are gorgeous..anyway, here's a pict of them...the arrangement is really tall!!



Wishing you a beautiful day and a fabulous weekend!

Miss Anya Birthday Wishes-ASFOS#52 & AMYRS67

I'm back!! We had a fabuous weekend. We managed to get alot of stuff done around the yard, got the 5th wheel un-winterized (probably not a word, but that's what Lance did ). Now, we just need groceries and clothes if we're going camping, but other than that, it's ready to go. Kirsten wants to have a sleepover in there this weekend, so that's what we'll do...for one night anyway!

I made this card today for a couple of challenges actually. First off, I used Amy's sketch from Friday and it will also work for A Spoon Full of Sugar's Anniversary challenge which is to make something along the celebration theme, so birthday works!



I know the "a" in Happy in the sentiment looks wonky and I don't know why...the whole sentiment is one stamp, so I'm not sure what happened there. All cs from CTMH, pp from Breezy Designs, ribbon from Martha Stewart and Making Memories brads.

I need to run and get some housework finished up and then make supper as Kirsten has t-ball tonight...I need to record the DWTS finale too!!

Thanks so visiting!

Teacher Anya~ASFOS#48

I love Anya's ans Ian's and Miss Anya's and well anything really from The Greeting Farm. I decided to make this card and I'm not really sure who it will be going to right this second, but I do have someone in mind. I used Caryn's great sketch over on the A Spoon Full of Sugar blog for my layout and Teacher Anya.

I really love SU's Pacific Point, so I paired that with Kiwi Kiss and some fun new October Afternoon paper I bought from Jacksonbelle Embellishments. It's called Light Night Charles and Picnic Basket. I used my fun new Flourish Accent Shapeablilities as well. After I cut and embossed the flowers I added some glitter with my stardust glitter pen and popped them up on dimensionals onto the flourish pieces that were cut out of Riding Hood Red SU cs. I used my green Spica glitter pen for the apple leaf and Scribblez for the apple. Not really "girly" colors, but I am actually really pleased with how it turned out!

Ok, so it's April 27th today right...well, we have about an inch of snow today!! The roads weren't great this morning taking Kirsten to school, but they should be better this afternoon once the highway maintenance people get out there. So not fun for this time of year, but we do live in Alberta, so I guess that's life! No T-ball tonight, so that's good because I didn't buy Kirsten a ball glove!! Ooooops, I guess she kind of needs one for that, but we'll get her hooked up for next Monday!

Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a great day!

Thinking of You & Smiling-MOJO 79-Jen's Alzheimer's Card

I'm sure you've already saw this, but over at Jen Tapler Designs, she is having a fantastic blog candy. All you have to do is make a new card and send it to her so that she can later raffle them off to make money and donate to the Alzheimer's Association, a really great idea and I wanted to help out a wee bit!! Hop on over and have a peek to read more about it and get your entry in. I am brand new to Jen's blog and her work is wonderful!

Here's the card I made and I will be popping it in the mail on Monday. I used Julee's Mojo Monday Sketch #79 for my layout. Instead of putting the ribbon on top like the sketch, I put it under my image and then added the bow.

I was at Micheals the other day and found this lovely Choloe's Closet paper and had to have it!! I also used one of my very cute Miss Anya's and a new EK Success punch. I was looking for some new MS punches, but Micheals didn't have any that I liked other than the picket fence one and I did get that, but they had a ton of new EK Success punches so I got this one and another fun one. These ones are so easy to use compared to the MS ones, they punch like a dream. I will definitely be going back with the ole coupon to get some more...next time I'm in Calgary that is!!

The ribbon and sentiment are both from CTMH.

Off I run, it's late and I am tired!

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a fabulous Sunday! I'll be back tomorrow with the pict of the flower girl dress we ordered!!

Roses on Paper Challenge #7

I was so excited to see that I had won the second prize on Lim's blog-o-versary draw the other day, thanks so much Lim, I can't wait to get some new goodies:-) It's a $20 gift cert to Roses On Paper which is a company new to me. So I checked out their website, lots of fun goodies, but Summer also has a blog as well as a Roses On Paper Challenge blog. It is a great sketch this week, so I thought I would play along.

I have used some yummy new SU paper called Raspberry Tart, love it, so rich and beautiful, with some funky Kiwi Kiss thrown in with the great pinks, red and coral too fun!! It seemed a little plain so I added the dew drops and flowers and leaves, but I'm not happy with it now either, so not sure...everything is stuck down though, so there is no going back now!!

I really love Miss Anya's from The Greeting Farm, they are fun to color and so pretty! Kirsten loves them too!

We had a crazy busy day today, so I haven;t got much of anything done...better scoot to get a go on supper!!

Thanks for stopping in and I hope you have a great night!

~Kelly

P.S. Anybody watching Dancing With The Stars??? If so let me know you're fav!

Happy Birthday Miss Anya~Friday Sketchers #41

I'm so excited, I finally have my Miss Anya's!! They are so cute!! I still had this paper out from the other day, so I went with that and used Friday Sketchers Challenge #41 for my layout. At Christmas time we had a secret sister swap within our SB 15 group and I was lucky enough to receive a gift certificate to River City Rubber Works. The happy birthday background stamp is from there and I love it. These girls are so sweet!! I have a couple more already colored, but will make them into cards later this week. Kirsten and Landon are invited to a birthday party tomorrow afternoon, they are excited to go and have fun. Poor Landon is only 3 and at this age they don't have any concept of time, so whenever anyone has a birthday, he thinks his is the same day...poor little guy, it'll be a long wait until November!!

Thanks for stopping by, have a fabulous Tuesday!!
~Kelly

Anya & Ian KKBC5

How cute are these two!! Meet Anya & Ian from The Greeting Farm ! I couldn't wait for my stamps to arrive, so I bought a digi download to use right away. I also used the sketch on the Club Anya blog and paired it with pattern paper and hearts which are the criteria for Kim's Birthday Challenge #5...only one more to go and I did them all!!

I didn't go crazy with the pattern paper, but it's there!! I really love this paper too, it's called That's Amore and is from CTMH. I used my hearts CB folder as well as a clear heart from TLC that I covered in the same pattern paper! Lots of sparkle too...stardust stickles, spica pen and stardust glitter pen too!! I am really loving it!! Not sure what I'm doing with this card yet...I could use it for V-day, but I also need a couple of engagement cards and think it would work for that too. Speaking of engagement one of Kim's best friend's, Stephanie just got engaged on the weekend...Congrats Steph & Kippy!!

Off I toodle, the kids and I are getting Kirsten's Valentines ready for tomorrow...nothing made by me though, she picked her own cards out from the store and we bought valentines pencils & erasers for everyone too!! Landon picked out his own set as well and wants to send them to his friends (Kirsten's friends) too!! So cute..he has them on the table in order as to who gets which one..to much fun!

I hope you have a fabulous day!!

~Kelly