Happy Birthday Frank!

Good Sunday afternoon!! If you follow the fabulous High Hopes Stamps blog at all you know that Tina's{the owner of High Hopes} grandfather is turning 88 this month. She had a special request to flood his mailbox with cards from all over the world and here is the card that I will be sending out on Tuesday.

I colored the old truck image from TAC in with my SU watercolor pencils and then used CTMH Liquid Glass for the windshield and windows. Here is a close up of that...it looks pretty neat

I seem to have trouble with masculine cards...I only have a couple of sets suitable for male cards and it seems like every time I need one, I use the same stamps and paper, so this one is totally different and I hope Frank enjoys it.

We are just hanging out today but are going skating a little later this afternoon!! Should be a good time...I haven't been skating since I was a kid!! Oh what fun:-)

Thanks for popping by!!

~Kelly

Hey There!

Here is my card for Garrett. I used Taylor's Sketch #48 for my layout and one of my favorite High Hopes Stamps.

I really like this paper. I have had it in my stash for a while now, so it's about time I cut into it! I do have several boy birthday cards I need to get a move on, so it's a good thing I have it out. It is the White Out-Explore line by We R Memory Keepers and is very cool for boy cards! The sentiment is from High Hopes as well and the button and waxy flax is from CTMH.

I tried to find some printable Nascar coloring pages to tuck in with his card, but couldn't really find anything exciting, just some generic race cars. I think I may print them off anyway just to tuck inside.

Thanks for stopping by today and have yourself a fabulous Sunday!! Kirsten is back to school and Lance back to work tomorrow (as long as the county come sand plows our road to the highway...Lance got stuck in the tractor yesterday!!). It will seem so quiet here with just Landon and I!

~Kelly

Made by Kirsten just for Garrett

As I mentioned in my last post (Jan 1), Kirsten has her card finished for Garrett and has been on my case because I hadn't taken a picture of it yet. I thought I would get that done tonight and post it here. She loves my blog and will be excited to see her card on here tomorrow.

Kirsten used Julee's Mojo Monday Sketch #67 for her creation. She used a Whiff Of Joy stamp and colored it in with her assortment of Crayola Pip-Squeak markers. I cut the paper for her and helped her with the adhesive and ribbon, but she colored the image all on her own and picked the papers she wanted to use...for some reason, she always picks brand new papers that have never been used before!! I do have a stash of scraps and some of which are half a sheet or more, but she liked these ones because I had several that all matched. She likes matchy matchy things!

Without further ado, here is her fabulous card (if I may say so myself, I am very proud of her!)

I am just finishing up mine and then will get it posted here as well...probably tomorrow. Lance is watching a scary movie and I don't do scary movies, so when this is over we are watching my kind of show....a chick flick, romantic comedy, whatever, just nothing that will make me have bad dreams!!

Have a super weekend and thank you so much for visiting!
~Kelly & Kirsten

Special RAK Request

Well, I am so far behind in my blog reading...actually not too bad, but I definitely need to catch up on the commenting end of things, I have some great stuff starred (in my Google Reader) just need to get back to it...I'm coming ladies, hang in there!!

In reading tonight, I came across this post from Lauren Meader-My Time...which lead me to this post by Ellie-Adventures with Ellie. Things like this just tug at my heart strings and honestly not because she is giving away what sounds like will be some great loot, just because I am sure it would make Garrett's day and his families when he receives a ton of cards!! He loves Nascar and the color blue, but go on over to Ellie's blog, she has more info listed there as well as her email address (to get the mailing address).

We all ventured out today and went to Medicine Hat to Costco...didn't really get anything exciting, just the usual goodies, but the kids were pretty excited that now we have a fridge full of fresh fruit!

We are just hanging out at home tomorrow just us which will be nice. We bought some tenderloin and lobster tails, so that will be our yummy New Year's Eve dinner...I can't wait!

I would like to wish each and every one of you a very Happy New Year and may 2009 be the best year ever! Thank you so very much for all of your support, kind comments and wonderful friendship!

~Kelly

P.S. I'll be back tomorrow with the present I made for Lance...

Made Just For Tagen~ A Spoon Full Challenge #25

Michelle O over at Donkey Smiles had a special request for a card for her nephew Tagen who just had an operation and will have a long recovery period. You can read a bit more here. I wanted to make him a card and hopefully it will brighten his day!! It will be so fun for him to see where all of the cards come from!!




I will also be able to enter this for the A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge #25 this week which is to make a card for a child!



I used all CTMH paper, Pink Cat Studio stamps, the paisley CB folder and colored Billy in with my Copics...but I didn't have a color to match the blue and red in the paper, so I actually used the CTMH markers in Twilight and Barn Red...but I don't love how they leave the marker lines...that's a big reason why Copics are so awesome!!
Here's a pict of the back and I just marked on it where it came from so he can add it to his map!!



Thanks for popping in and have a fabulous day!!

~Kelly


**** I forgot to add that I used a sketch from Julee's Verve Stamps Holiday Release Sketches that I got from Paper Craft Planet****

You're on my Mind

Wow, it's been a few days!! Life has been nuts, but I did manage to get a card made today for Laurie & Alison Schmidlin and family. You can read a wee bit more here and at the very top here! I really love Laurie's blog and I thought the very least I could do is send them a card to let them know that I am thinking of the whole family.

I really love this SU set, Upsy Daisy and I love this paper too, so what better combo than these two! I stamped both the image and the sentiment on Shimmery White SU cs, so that may be the bit of a glare you see in some spots. It kind of looks like when I stamped the chocolate over top of the groovy guava in the main image, that I didn't get even or complete coverage, but I really think it must just be the flash and the shimmery cs because IRL it looks fabulous!!

I also finished the inside and back of the card as well..have a look...

I actually really like this card, I just may have to make another while I still have all of the supplies out!!

Today was Landon's 3rd birthday!! I can't believe my baby is 3 already...wow, time flies and they grow up far too fast!! I do have some picts from his party yesterday, so I will share those with you tomorrow!!

Have a fabulous night!

~Kelly

Hoppy Birthday~Mojo 56

Wow, this week has just flew by! I was hoping to have more time to get a few projects done, but no such luck...go, go, go all week!! Well I did make a point to make a card for a young man who's birthday is next month. You can read all about it right here.

Anyway, I used Mojo Monday Sketch # 58 for my layout and a Billy Stamp Set from Pink Cat Studio. CS is SU Wild Wasabi and TLC pp, colored Billy in with my Copics and well, that's about all!!
I really like this set for a boy, there is also a super hero, a cowboy and a pirate that is part of the same set!

Well, off I scoot, thanks for stopping in!!

~Kelly

Thinking of You- For Billie

I enjoy following Christine David's CTMH blog and came upon this blog post from yesterday. So I thought I would make a card to send to Billie and her family. I used Julee's Mojo Madness Sketch #56 again and am really pleased with the results. Everything is SU other than the Martha Stewart Butterfly punch, Cinnamon stickles and circle nesties.



I did finish the inside as well as the back of the card. I absolutely love Rach's blog, Papercrafts by Rach and since I just received my personalized stamps I thought I would CASE her idea for finishing the back. I love it!
That's all for me for today, I do have some awards to get posted as well and hope to do that tomorrow. My sister Kim is coming over tonight after work for a weekend sleepover, so I am really looking forward to that, as are the kids!!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a lovely weekend!
~Kelly

Thinking of the Janzen/Ginther Families

I made this card for the Janzen/Ginther families in Saskatchewan. You may have read about them on Julie's blog, and if not, you can do so here. Her pastors daughter-in-law is currently battling cancer and has 2 very young children. Julie has put a call out for cards to send to these families to let them know that everyone has them in their thoughts and prayers. I thought that since cancer touches the lives of so many, including our family with the recent passing of my mother-in-law, I would definitely send a card.

We actually made this card last night at my friend Nikki's house for our CTMH night. It is the Joy Fold Card from SCS. Beate's tutorials are wonderful as you all know!! Very fun and different from the everyday card.

I really love this paper, it it's called Boom-Di-Ada and is from CTMH. Rather bright and cheery compared to the other cards I have seen that are being sent in, but I thought that it would definitely bring a smile to their faces when they open it because of the lovely colors, I sure hope I'm right.

Here is the view when it's opened....

If you have a chance to make a card to send to these families, please click here for the address.

I've been tagged several times in the last week and have a fun award to share as well, so I'll post that a little later on!

Have a wonderful day!

~Kelly

SFYTT~Flowers For You

Hello, hello!! We had a blast at Calaway Park! The kids had so much fun. It was so nice for Landon to be able to enjoy some rides this year. It was a very long day and both of them aren't feeling well, but it was a ton of fun. Not sure if we'll get a chance to go again before the season is over, but we'll see. I'll post some picts probably tomorrow at some point. It was gorgeous weather yesterday as well as today, 28 degrees C here today, fantastic for September weather in Alberta!

I made this card for Lance's Grandma as she has recently had some health issues. She is home now and feeling ok. We did go and see her a couple weeks back when we went to see my Grandma in the hospital after she broke her hip, but I just thought I would make her a card to let her know that we're thinking of her and tuck some picts of the kids inside.

I was lucky enough to receive fabulous goodies, cards and stamped images from my SBS 15 sisters for my birthday and this handsome dude is one from Lainy (along with the best chocolate bar I have ever eaten in my life...yes I did share...a little). He is so fun and cute and perfect to send to Lance's grandma. I have no idea who he is made by, his name or anything, but I liked him! This was the first chance I had to color with my Copics and I am happy with the way it turned out. Definitely a learning curve, but one that I can hopefully figure out sooner than later.

Thank you so much for stopping by...can you believe that this is my 125th post, wow!! I wasn't even sure if anyone would read my blog:-) Blog candy will be coming at 10 000 hits!

~Kelly

**ETA** I found out from my sweet friend Nikki that this image is a Sugar Nellie stamp and his name is Hamish, so cute he is!!

I included it in the title but forgot to mention in my post that this is actually a sketch from Jen's blog for her Sketch For You To Try Saturdays!

RAKS

Hello, hello!! My Mom brought out my little goody yesterday and while I forgot to take a picture of it, it is solely responsible for both of these great picts of RAKS that I have received. What is it you ask...a funky new Ott light. My Mom called on Tuesday after her hair appointment and just happened to be at Costco. I remember being there and seeing them last week, but didn't have a chance to get back over to grab one. Anyway, I had her pick me up one and she brought it out with her yesterday. I LOVE it!! It makes such a huge difference. After seeing this post by Katharina, I knew I would soon be on the road to nicer picts!!

This is a RAK card I received from Dawn. I love this set and commented every time she made a card with it. I was so excited when I got it in the mail. I love the cowgirl and the SU paper is by far my very fav, just wish it was still available!! I'm sure you all know Dawn, but have a look see ather wonderful work..oh and she is one of the newest SCS Dirty Girls!! Way to go Dawn!!

I finally broke down and ordered this set and some of those fun Changito monkeys from The Town Scrapper. Phebe is fabulous and ships worldwide too!!

This RAK card is from Jaqueline and was in my package of blog goodies I won from her blog a couple weeks ago...I LOVE it, very fun, cool papers, fun acetate piece, great blong, all around wonderful card!! Check out her fabulous creations!!

Well off I go, am working on getting our 5th wheel all packed up as we leave on holidays on the 25th:-)

Kelly