Bee Mine!

Hello my Friends!

I have been so tied up with taking down Christmas and getting the kids ready for school that I have had no time until now to post a new card.  My husband's birthday is on Valentine's Day, and so every year I would hunt for a card for both occasions and believe me when I tell you the choices are slim!  That is, until I started to make my own cards.  Nothing says 'I Love You ' more than a homemade card, and then you add a birthday greeting and you're all set!  So here's the card I designed for him!

This is the adorable Willard stamp from Kraftin Kimmie Stamps and I find him as cute as can Bee!  I have entered him in the Kraftin Kimmie Challenge- Time to Shape up.  I used my copics to colour him and added liquid glass to his shoes, elbow patches and the bee and stickles to the roses. I used an MS border punch and a CB heart embossing folder. A pink shinny ribbon with a button and three little hearts to say I love you!

Wouldn't you give your heart to him?  I know I would!

One Big Happy Family!

Hi Everybody,

I wanted to let everyone out there know how blessed I feel to have this opportunity to get to know each and every one of you.  Since starting my blog at the end of last year, every single person who has left a comment, or I have chatted with on line, has felt like a relative or a long lost friend!  Your kind words and positive attitudes have been very much appreciated!  In the beginning, I was very nervous about this new endevour of mine, and because of all the support and encouragement from my new blog friends, I feel right at home!  I only wish I had started a blog sooner.

I can't wait to see what 2012 will bring to us!!

Where does the Time go?

Hello Friends,

Well, it feels like just yesterday that we came up here to the cottage and now I'm packing things up to go home. It's amazing that when you're home, a work week seems to be long, but when you're on holidays, you blink, and it's over!  I guess the lesson to be learned here is to make sure not to waste any of the precious downtime you have together!  Having said that, I'm going to say goodbye here and cherish the last night together before we're back to the day to day activities.

Pawsitively Perfect Day!

Good Afternoon ,

What a day, the sun is shining, the snow is lightly falling, and the temperature today is perfect for outdoor fun! Todd has built us a skating rink that is as smooth as glass and the girls are dying to try it out!  There couldn't be a better day to join in on the family fun.  I thought I might share an adorable card I made for my daughter for her birthday; she asked me to colour her a copic card that I would make for a friend not one just for a kid.  You know, it never ceases to amaze me how smart they really are; so she chose the stamp and I spent two days on it for her and she loves it!!!

Puppies are her favourite!  I can't remember where I got the stamp; I coloured the image with copics, and tried paper piercing on the basket.  I added stickles to the bow, and liquid glass to the eyes and noses to make them shiny.  I added a brown ribbon with a bow, and had the perfect little paw print embellishment for the center of the bow. Isn't it sooo cute! I have entered this card in Stampin for the Weekend Challenge #23 Anything Goes .

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did making it!!

I'm Back!

Hello my friends!

I'm back to normal finally, voice is back and I can finally breathe through my nose.  You know what that means, back to scheduling myself  full days of kids activities, my exercise regimen, taking the Christmas decorations down, and organizing the family routines to prepare for 2012.  As much as all this sounds like work, to me, I get a great sense of accomplishment from knowing our house is in working order once again!  The reason why I do these things first, is so I can have my time to scrap and not feel guilty about it in any way!!  I can't wait to get home to try my new Big Shot and make some new cards to display here on my blog.

Don't forget to check back with me to see some of my new cards on display!

Let it Snow!

Hello Everyone!

A New Year and lots of new things to start and hopefully finish.  I don't know about you, but I always make all these New Year's Resolutions that give me hope by making positive changes in my day to day activities that will make life so much easier.  The only problem is I've always been an all or nothing girl, so I often bite off more than I can chew, and end up disappointed when I can't implement it all.  This year I have decided to choose one thing a month so I can work hard to achieve one, and then move on to the next one. So far so good, day two and I have kept up to my end of the bargain.  I'll let you know at the end of each month what the resolution was and whether I was able to do it.

The lovely and very talented Suzanne Dean is having a CMC Classroom Challenge #33 Sparkle, and I have made this card to enter it. The contest was to use your copics with the colours gold and cream.  I won!!
 

This is a digi stamp called Morley Dancing.  On the antlers I used some liquid glass for a shiny look, and some blue and gold stickles on the scarf for some bling.  I used cream flock, with gold glitter mixed in, on the cuffs of his boots and white flock with white glitter for the snow.  Both snowflakes were given some gold and blue stickles to tie the card together.  I used an MS snowflake border punch, an MS deep edge punch on the gold snowflake trim behind the ribbon, and then a pair of gold bells to put you in the festive mood!

I hope Morley can get us all excited about the winter months ahead!!

Happy New Year!

Hello Friends,

Happy New Year to all my new friends!!  I'm really excited about what this year will hold for me and my new creative adventures!  I am looking forward to all the new people I'm going to meet and all the great tips and techniques we can share through our blogs.