Pat's Paper Creations

It's great to see some

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blue sky today!! We got hit with yet another winter storm this week and YES I know we live in Nova Scotia but that doesn't mean I have to like all this snow. We live in a split entry home and my studio is in the basement. This is the view from my windows.

The view from our back deck is similar. We did have a path shoveled in the middle of the deck to get to the bird feeder. Hmmm... needless to say we have some shovelling to do again as the feeder is almost empty.
I love the little tracks in the snow!! We did get together Monday night for class and made a 2011 calendar. There are numerous sites on the web showing the how to's for this project.

Sorry, but I don't have the paper names. My stem is just a bit too far to the right, in class everyone moved the stem a bit closer to the left border and it balanced it out nicely. We used Spellbinders Labels 15 and I have to add how much I love the shape of this set. We also used MS Doily Lace Trim. Stamps are Fancy Pants Delight.
Have a great weekend!!!

OK.. you're not allowed to faint

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because I am finally posting!!!!! I'm not sure why I haven't posted in such a long time as I have been teaching weekly, so it's not that I don't have cards to share. No promises, but I will try to update on a more regular basis.

Started classes last night for the new year and we kicked it off with Valentines. I saw a card on Wendy Weixler's blog and cased it for our class.
We used the dotted CB folder, My Mind's Eye pp, Dreams come true (SU) and $1 stamps from M's. I was getting rather stressed last spring with the classes, working full time and trying to come up with new ideas so I changed the format of the classes. Now the girls make 4 of the same card, which means I only need to come up with 1 idea. Much lower stress for me and they get 3 cards to give away and 1 to add to their growing collection. Have a happy Tuesday.....

Happy Halloween...

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The ghosts and goblins were out this evening in our neighborhood. We got our usual 12 children. Oh dear...what to do with the leftovers..
This is my godson Dawson. He really wasn't feeling all that well tonight. That is his big brother Corey in the window..he looks just like his dad!!!

I started teaching classes at the house again and we did a couple of Halloween projects. I just love these little spiders and made enough to go on the treat bags for tonight. If your interested in attending, they are Monday evenings @ a cost of $5.00 per class. I'll try to post last weeks class later this week.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend and go Phillies go!!!!

P.S. Don't forget to change your clocks tonight before you go to bed.

Happy World Cardmaking

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day...sure hope you have a chance to participate...

I've had a fairly productive Sunday

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despite feeling like crap. There has been so much flu and colds going around work that I was bound to catch something. I just wish it hadn't happened on my weekend off!!!! So, I had 2 choices..first one was to curl up in a ball and feel sorry for myself and the second was to try to get some cards made. Obviously, I choose the second door!! I found a couple of challenges this afternoon and decided to play along... The first in one by Basic Grey and the only rules were rounded corners and some Basic Grey. Works for me!!! I used my new labels nestibilities and a Prima stamp set. The pp is from Basic Grey Urban Prairie paper pad. I thought this stamp set was so cute I made a second card with it. I used my cuttlebug and sewing machine with this one. This next one is my take on Mojo Monday For this card I used a Making Memories paper pad (Poolside and Greenhouse) It has very yummy papers in it!! And last but not least is a card from a fairly new blog 365 Cards They had a sketch posted so i thought I'd give it a whirl. I used more Basic Grey pp for this one and one of the sizzlets diecuts for the buttons. Well, I think it's to curl up with a blanket for a bit..take care and stay healthy!!!!!

I finally got my card made for

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this weeks Mojo Monday.
. I used Daisy Bucket Garden Gate PP, and my trusty cuttlebug. I also used stamps from All Night Media and Hero Arts. I accented the card with Fruit Punch Stickles and ribbon from my stash.

I also got a couple of more cards made..

Ohhh...I am so in love with my Cuttlebug. These cards only took about 15 minutes each to make!! As much as I would love to say these are my original ideas, I'm sure they stem from a sketch, a card, a magazine, or something I've seen in my day that has inspired me in some way.

Hope your having a great weekend and for those of you who get to change your clock tonight, enjoy that extra hour of daylight starting tomorrow night!!! It just one more way of Spring telling us it's on the way!!!!!!!!!!!!

I started this first card

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earlier in the week and for the life of me I can't find the blog with the sketch. So...in saying that..here is the card but with no link to the sketch. I'm hoping someone will recognize the sketch and point me to the right blog.

This next one incorporates 2 challenges, one is a Sketch and the other is Monochromatic Card I don't usually make monochromatic cards but I really enjoyed making this one. I love the sketch that was posted and found it very inspirational.

These 2 are just for fun cards as I have some birthdays coming up for my godchildren and thought they were fun. My friend Shirley dropped off a Stampin' Up catalog for me to look at and if you go to page 40 you will see my inspiration for these cards.

And last but not least if my take on Mojo Monday As usual, the sketch is great and there are so many takes on it!! Needless to say, I've had a productive Sunday morning. It just doesn't get much better than this!!!!
Hope your having a great weekend!!

Here we go....

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yet another snow storm. UGH!!! It's miserable out today!! The only good thing about the day is I have it off. I have been quite fortunate this winter and have only had to drive home a few times when it's been storming. Hopefully, this one will end soon and we can be another day closer to spring!!!!

I tried a sketch from Mercy's Blog. I love the simplicity of the layout and used as an opportunity to make a card that was geared more on the masculine side. The papers I used were from my stash and I really don't know who the makes it. I also used my cuttlebug and small star EK Success punch.

This one was made with the weekly Mojo Monday sketch. PP used is from Daisy Bucket, stamp are from Hero Arts. Okay...3rd time is trying time!!!!

Have a happy and safe day.....

Hmm..hard to believe it's Sunday already.

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I've had a long weekend and as usual time flies when you're having fun. I spent Friday in Halifax with a friend. Her partner had open heart surgery a couple of weeks ago, so we went to visit him. Rainy had never been to a scrapbook store so I thought it was my responsility to introduce her to Carsand Mosher's and Michaels. I did tell her I was not responsible for any addictions that may occur due to our shopping venture. She went back to the city again yesterday to bring him home so needless to say that makes my heart happy.

I had time to try Mojo Monday As usual, the sketch is great and has generated a huge response. I've used Anne Griffin pp, Magenta stamp, and ribbon from my stash. I bought the Curved Rectangles on Friday and used them in both cards. The second one uses Rhonna Furrer Flower Stems clear stamp and Daisy Bucket pp.
I did this project a while ago and keep forgetting to post it. I have 3 godchildren, 1 lives just up the street and the other 2 live in Texas, so you can only imagine how excited I was to have all three of them to myself for a day.

The frame was a gift, and it seemed just perfect for a project like this.

The pages are very basic as I could not get many layers behind the glass. I used a line of stickers and chipboard from Rob&Bob. Here's hoping you all had a wonderful Valentines yesterday!
Oh..one final note...it's only 33 days until the first day of spring!!!!!!!!!!!

You know how you sometimes see

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an idea and you think "I'm sure I can do that!!!." Well, a while back I posted about Birthday Organization. I fell in love with Nicole Heady's idea for a Birthday book and decided to try it. I finally used my Bind It All for binding the book and was very pleased with it. I choose a pink cardstock from Paper Reflections and pp from Paperbilities. I used my Fiskars waterfall punch for the edges of my envelopes. Instead of stamping the lining of the envelopes, I used my Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dot folder. Did I mention I am in LOVE with my Cuttlebug. I kinda cheated with embellishing the front of the book as I had to strategically place things to cover up a glue spot or two!! I used the American Crafts thickers on the cover and if you can tell me how to put those darn things back in the bag without them falling of the backing I'd be most grateful.

It's nice to see the sun

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even if it's still cccold out. Had a chance to do the weekly Mojo Monday again. As usual, the sketch is very inspirational. When I last looked at the site, there were close to 200 links to the sketch!!! WOW!! I again used the Basic Grey Urban Prairie line. I love these 6x6 paperpads that are available. They are perfect for card making!!. I also used my nestibilities, chipboard from my stash, Biggie brad and the seniment was computer generated. I'd love to see what you do with this sketch!!

I was blog surfing this morning and found This on The Cuttlebugspot Blog. She also has a couple more videos on her side bar with tutorials on various Cuttlebug ideas. I will place a link on my sidebar also as I see many more awesome ideas coming from this blog.
I love it when it's this easy to make a card!! The stamps are Michaels clear $ stamps. Ribbon from my stash, scallop circle nestibilities and the swiss dots folder. It really can't get much easier than this!!!

Winter and I are not friends!!!

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It stormed here again last night and of course it was my night to work. It was a miserable drive home and now our road is a glare of ice!! I just want it to go away and be able to work out in my gardens again. The only good thing is it's only about 50 days until spring, but whose counting...ME!!!!! Okay, I'm done..thanks for listening!

I did get a card made for Mojo Monday. Again, I am blown away by the incredible ideas this blog has generated. Do yourself a favor and click on the links to see some of the many takes on these sketches. I used the Basic Grey Urban Prairie pp that I won from the PageMaps Card Contest in November. I used my latest obsession..The CUTTLEBUG !!! Oh, how I love that little machine and I cannot believe I waited soooo long to get one. The stamps are from Hero Arts and Michaels. Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.

I've had a lot of fun

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with this weeks Mojo Monday Sketch. I made 3 different cards with the sketch.

I used a daisyd's 8x8 doublesided cardstock pack for the majority of the cards. I also used pp from My Mind's Eye". Stamps are from Stampin' Up, Hero Arts and Michael's. The charm on the heart card is from the $1 store. Wow, I just might get my card supply built up again at this rate!!! Have a happy Tuesday.

Wow.. It's Monday again!!!

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As some of you know, I work in retail and our store recently started being open on Sundays. This was my weekend to work both Saturday and Sunday and I find there is no start and stop to the week and I have to think about what day it it. BUT....the good thing about it being Monday is.....Mojo Monday. I had a chance to look at many of the cards that were posted last week. Can you believe there were over 200 cards made with that same sketch? If you didn't take a look, you really should go into some of the blogs. Don't forget to post a message as everyone loves to know what others think. I made my card with more of the 12x12 Autumn Leaves Smitten paper pack. I love the spring feel of these papers and after yesterdays storm I could use some spring feel!!! I also used the Nestibilities Small Pinking Circles and the stamp is one of the $1.00 stamps from Michaels. Have a happy day...

Mojo Monday

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is the talk of the blog world. Verve Stamps has started a new Mojo Monday Blog with a weekly sketch you can use. There are soooooooooooo many wonderful takes on this sketch. If you have time, click on some of them and take a peek and tell me your not impressed!!! I was so inspired today that I thought I would give the sketch a try.

I used paper downloaded from Stamp Happy With Sgt Stamper. As you can see I also gave my Cuttlebug a whirl today and I think I'm in LOVE!!!!I was thrilled with the results and was so inspired by some of the cards I saw today that I even decorated the inside of the card.

I always line the insides of my card but had never really thought about decorating it. Hmm...maybe I'll have to try this again. Again, if you have the time and want to be inspired, check out the Mojo Monday Blog.

And another year begins....

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I truly hope you had a wonderful holiday and a safe and happy New Year. This was our first year for not having our oldest daughter at home with us over the holidays. I was not sure how I would make out, but Paul,Lyndsay and I had a great Christmas with lots of phone calls to and from Edmonton (Jocelyn and Michael spent Christmas with Michael's family there). As usual I did not make any New Year's resolutions as I have a hard enough time with life as it is without putting extra pressure on myself. Sounds like the perfect cop out, wouldn't you say, but it works well for me!!!

I finally got a Cuttlebug (I know, I'm a bit behind!!) and I am having a blast with it. Also, a personal printer that I know will come in handy for quick pictures when I need them.

I always like having a calendar in my studio(do you like that word Jocelyn?)so I used this 2009 Template to make one. I just used a variety of stamps to decorate it and a CD case for the stand. Very simple, but will serve the purpose.

I used Autumn Leaves Smitten paper for my background on the pages.

We were in Antigonish in early December for our youngest daughter's (Lyndsay's) X-ring celebration. We had a wonderful time there celebrating with her friends and their families.
This picture is of the group of kids Lyndasy graduated high school with. They have remained great friends and will be graduating university together in May. They are all wonderful and we love them!!

This next one is not so great of Paul and I, but you can certainly see the excitement in Lyndsay's face. It so hard to believe four years have almost passed. Needless to say, we are incredibly proud of her.

Oh and did I mention I entered a contest in November with Pagemaps December Newsletter. I am not sure if this link will work as it goes to a PDF file, but you can go to PageMaps and check it out from there.
I won a great prize package and got published in Becky's December newsletter. Can you guess just how excited I was to receive that email!!!!

Just one last thing, everyone is looking to get organized this time of the year and Nicole Heady has some wonderful ideas for organizing your birthdays on her website. Check it out, there might be something there that will work for you. Take care and again Happy New Year!!!

Wow..life has certainly been busy....

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Our oldest daughter came home fron Calgary on Thanksgiving weekend to get married here in Nova Scotia. They were here with us for 3 weeks and it was amazing. Our youngest also came home from university to be a part of the wedding party. Paul and I are truly blessed with a wonderful family as we welcomed Michael and his family into ours. I have taken some heat because I have not posted pictures yet... here are a few I got from Jocelyn's facebook as I don't have a copy of them yet HINT..HINT..Jocelyn!!!!!! This is in our yard before the wedding.

Needless to say the one of Jocelyn walking down the aisle and the one of her kissing her dad tear me up!!

I will post a few more later as there is a crisis at work and I have to run.

Sometimes the generosity of people

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really amazes me. Check out this blog Cammie's Blog and tell me this does not inspire you to do something to help.

I did create a card to send off but it got me thinking about the local nursing homes and the amount of caregivers there are. I am going to challenge myself to make 12 cards to drop off at the nursing home in Wolfville and hopefully let someone know just how much what they do is appreciated.

On a personal note, we have both our daughters coming home this weekend and our soon to be son in law. We are so excited to have them all home and are looking forward to the next couple of weeks in anticipation for the big day on Oct 11th.

23 years ago

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on the 17th of August, Paul and I were married. We have had such a blessed life..2 wonderful daughters who we are so proud of and a truly happy life together. What more can a girl ask for!!!

And in less than 2 months we will be celebrating as our oldest daughter gets married and begins her new life.

We have been trying to get the exterior of our house painted and finally finished last night. Hopefully, this will allow a bit more play time for me in my happy place!!

Hmmmm...not so sure

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if I would still be able to post as it's been such a long time!!! I can honestly say, consistancy has never been my strong suit!!!!!

My friend Shirley had one of these neat bags for ribbon and of course I thought "hmmm..I can make one of those" So off to Walmart to find a cheap clear bag and lo and behold Dora was on clearance for $4. My cousin's daughter was thrilled to get the goodies from the bag and I was thrilled to get the bag!!! I know,I know, some of you who have seen the way I use to wrap all my ribbon are thinking I'm nuts but it is organized and I don't have to use tape or pins on the ends AND it easy to transport. Have a happy Thursday...

These are the cards I attempted

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to post on Monday. I had to restart the computer to get it to read my camera!! My printer is also giving me a hard time. I think I have to take my hard drive into Staples for some TLC but I really don't like being without it!!!!

Obviously the theme for today is "Thinking of You". I'm sure I sure I didn't start the day with this intention, but one never knows just what's gonna come out of this
mind!!!!

As you can tell, I LOVE this line of paper from Cosmo Cricket and was trying to use a whole sheet, unsuccessfully, I might add, but it was fun trying!!

I saw this idea on Splitcoast a while ago and finally made one. Just do a search on the site and you are sure to find this idea. I will warn you, although it is mostly a Stampin Up site there are a TON of ideas there.

I just used coasters as my base and, OH LOOK..., I used that same line of Cosmo Cricket paper.

I didn't use anything to prep the coaster and just used a glue stick to adhere my pp and if you own a *crop a dial*, it punches thru the coaster like butter.

Have a great day and thank you for taking the time to look at my blog!!!

Not so sure I should be posting today....

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hmm..tried earlier to upload new cards and the computer would not read my camera or card. That's okay cause I have a recipe card to show you..damn the power goes off and I lose the whole post..Sometimes it just not meant to be.

So let me try it once more...

This really is the easiest and yummiest bean recipe you have ever had. I would like to claim it as my own but my friend Shirley is the one who introduced it to me.

Have a happy Monday...

What a surprise....

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it's snowing again!!!!!
I didn't get anything done this weekend but I have had a couple people ask about my new studio, so.....I took some pics this morning to show you. No, I did not clean up anything, so what you see is what you see!!!!!

So when you first come in my room, I have my computer in an armoire, which is suppose to close, but rarely do those doors close!!!!

These are my paper racks and different storage containers. I am slowly getting the drawers organized and labelled in hopes it will help me keep a tidy area (Yeah, right!!!!)

There is a 6FT. garden door on the next wall with a small deck off it (not accessible from the ground) It has an amazing view but today it's just snow and more snow!!!!

This is where I store most of my mounted stamps. My scraps of paper are color sorted in the small drawers and I have punches, ribbon etc in the next one.

This is my worktable and it's probably the cleanest it's ever been!! Paul just put the shelf up for me last week to try to get some of the *stuff* of the table!!

When we moved into this house, this room was used as a master bedroom so it has a huge walk in closet!! I have put storage racks in there and promptly filled it with everything from pictures, magazines and even a corner with boxes of memories from the girl's childhood. Maybe I will get it organized at some point!!!

Well, I hope you enjoyed the *tour* of my space and yes, it can double as a guest room if needed!!!

Have a happy Monday..

UGGG...I don't like winter

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but apparently you have to get use to it if you live in Nova Scotia!!! Oh well, the countdown is on, only 3 more months til spring!!!!

I did have the day off today and actually made a couple of cards. Wow..it's been a very long time since I've made one let along two!!!

The first one is based on a sketch from Heather's Blog

I used Imaginese pp and the stamp is from M's.

The second card is using the same pp, but it is two sided so it allows both sides to be seen. This is a tutorial at Leslie Miller

I had fun playing in my room today although the camera did not do the cards justice it was fun just to play.

I took a couple of hours and tried to get caught up on looking at some other blogs, thankfully not everyone took 3 months off so I had lots to look at.

Have a good one...

Gee.. the weekends

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just go by sooo fast!!! Oh well, I just have to learn to make the best of them!!

I did work on a couple sample invitations for Jocelyn but I had best wait for her to see them before I show them to anyone else. We are hoping to get everything together for me to fly out to Calgary at the end of February to help her make the invitaions. I think she's just using this wedding as an excuse to finally get me to visit her!!!

I had an old magnet board I had gotten from goodness knows where and decided to cover it and use it for the little spice cans.

I am such a sucker for anything that I think will help me organize my space.

I finally got some clips for my version of the popular clip stand. I got a second made using a lazy susan as part of the base so I can spin it around. I just set the first one I made on an old turntable so I can also spin that one. It makes it so much easier than trying to see all around it. I couldn't find the clips locally so I ended up ordering thru Joanne's and had them sent to my cousin in Texas. Kinda the long away around to get them but it worked!!!

The second stand looks so much larger but it's not. If you look closely, the stamps hanging on it are the little See D's stamps. They are so inexpensive and such a great value. We have some at work and the rest I got at Coldbrook mall.

Have a happy Monday and here's hoping we don't get too much snow!!!!!!

Hello,Hello...

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anyone out there. WOW... it's been awhile. Hmm.. our oldest daughter could tell you as she's been sending me weekly reminders to get my butt in gear and start posting again.

Well, I would have to say we are officially settled into our new home!! We got to host Christmas Eve here and it truly felt like home with our family and friends here. My studio ( do you like that word Lisa?) is at about 98% and will probably never get beyond that.

I haven't made a card in so long I'm not so sure I remember how!!!! Yes, that means I gave out store bought cards this year, although I did include a family newsletter to let everyone know what was happening in our busy lives.

This included the news that our oldest daughter Jocelyn is marrying her sweetheart Mike on Oct 11th, 2008. Yep, that's in 9 months but Joc is so well orgainzed, so I have no worries.

I did get a new cool tool for Christmas from Paul, I have hooked it up and tried a couple of cuts with it.

It is a digital cutting machine that uses the fonts and dingbats from your computer to diecut letters etc. from 1/4 to 9 inches. I am looking forward to playing with it more and possibly even getting some more scrapbook pages done!!

Well, hopefully I can get back into the groove and start posting more often.

Have a happy Monday

OH Boy....

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Here we go again. I hope to be back to a semi routine in a couple of weeks. We are in the process of moving and I am involved with a course at work that takes me out of the province every couple of weeks for a bit. I have sooooooooooooo missed looking at everyone's blog and look forward to getting back at it!!!!

This is from the 52 Card Pickup Class. This was using different techniques with buttons. Well..as life would have it, my buttons were packed away in the first move and are in storage, so I used acrylic clear circles from my stash and just poked holes in them to make them look like buttons!!!
Take care....

I am so proud

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Of our daughters!!! Our oldest dd Jocelyn, who lives in Calgary, is running in the Run For The Cure this Sunday. She set an amount of 500.00 as her personal goal to raise this year. Well...not only did she raise that but surpassed it by an additional $1000.00 for a total of $1500.00 to go towards Breast Cancer Research. Way to go Jocelyn, this card is for you honey.

This was done with Chatterbox PP, bazzill, ribbon from stash, Hope stamp from Prairie Rubberstamps . It is a Canadian company that sells unmounteds. The ribbon is from an ad for a local stationary store. Both of these cards were made with Di Hickmans's sketch She is going to think I'm stalking her!!!!!

I thought I'd better get at least a start on my Christmas cards!! Again I used Chatterbox and bazzill as my base. Ribbon is DCWV Holly Jolly. I love this ribbon as it is self adhesive. The snowflakes came from a bag I purchased when the lss closed.

Yesterday, we had a birthday party

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for a dear friend who turned 50. There must have been 100 people at the pot luck!! This is her with her cake. She said she needed a tiara, so we took the beads from one of the beautiful centerpieces for her.

Now, how is that for a cake!! The same cousin who made the cake also does flower arranging and graced the tables with these gorgeous dahlias

Although I missed our regular stamping day yesterday, I did manage to get a card completed. It is from Di Hickman'swebsite. I know, I know..what a surprise, but I just find her sketches so easy to work with.

My pp is Chatterbox. I love this paper and dread the day I completly run out!! Hero Arts stamp and the scallop paper is made with my corner punch. The flower is from my stash and the biggie brad is from Heidi Swapp.

I saw a project a while ago

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on Rocky Mountain Hobbies They were doing the class as a cybercrop and they had many great projects. I kept this one in the back of my head as I did not have the supplies at the time. My biggest dilemma has been trying to figure out what to use for clips that wouldn't break the bank. I was at a yardsale one Sunday morning and found a whole bag of curtain clips for .25. I wasn't sure if these were my answer but I couldn't pass them up!!

I used elecrical ties to put them into place on the lampshade ring. One to have the clip going in the direction I wanted and the other to hold it on the ring. Now, I will tell you if you have problems with your hands this is not the clip for you as they are stiff to open. I am still on the lookout for different clips that are easier to use if anyone has a suggestion.

This one has 3 tiers as I had an oddball shade that I could turn upside down and place on the top. I also have not painted this yet as we have purchased a house (instead of building) and I am not sure what colour to paint it, but I do know it will look good in my new room and be practical also!! If you check out the Rocky Mountain Class they will show you just what you need to make your own Spinner Rack. And trust me, once you get digging, you do have enough packages to fill at least one of these!!!

Do you remember in May

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when I posted about the class I was taking thru Big Picture Scrapbooking

Well, the class is over now and I am not done all my pages yet but I thought I'd post a couple of them. The idea of the class was to inspire us to try different techniques and ideas. As expected, Tena Sprenger was an awesome instructor and I am looking forward to meeting her again at Scrapgala in November.

This first one was using a resist technique with paint. I just love this idea and have used it often.

The next is using pp to layer. I used a photo with mine also. These are all 5x7 cards that are intended to inspire us to try something new when we go to create. I will try to post a couple of more later.

It's time to get back

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to reality...We have been on vacation and loving every minute of it. BUT.....I guess it has to end at some point and today's the day. I have been creating some but just have not been home long enough to post. I will try to get back into the habit but life often gets in the way.

The first 2 cards I am posting are both from Di Hickman. The first one is way late!!! For this one I used American Crafts pp (Play) bazzill cs, mm Cajun ribbon, M's $1 stamp, Marvy scallop circle punch and 1/4" punch for circles.

For this one I choose BG Infuse pp along with a very pretty Daisy Vine embossed paper. The ricrack is from AMM (Wheat grass) and the stamp from HA's.

As usual Di has a great sketch to try!!

Well...hi ho hi ho it's off to work I go.....

I love having the chance

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to spend time with people who share the same passion as me. Our local
stamp group was invited to Truro to meet up with the gals from there. We had a great day, wonderful company, awesome food and a lot of giggles.
These are some of the girls trying to catch up on things as we haven't seen each other for quite a while!!!!

This is the card project Barb had ready for us to complete. This is actually Barb's card as I did not get my images colored in!!!!!

I did reach my goal of getting 2 cards made yesterday!!!!! The first is
from Di
Hickman
I can't say enough about her sketches. I just love doing them each week and look forward to the next one.

I used more of my DCWV Pocket full of Posies Stackmat, Cuttlebug mat, SU corner punch and ribbon from my stash.

This next card is from HOTP Vintage Collection and the stamp is from M's. The sketch came from Laren M.

If you are looking for sketches the best site to
start with is Alison's as
she is always up to date on every one's happenings.

It really was a great day and so much fun to see the girls again. I hope we
behaved ourselves and maybe get invited back again....PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Oh..I changed the template on my Blog as I found the other one too dark. What do you think?? Is this one too bright??

Yikes..it been a week

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since I last posted. Our dd and her bf are still wisiting with us so I am going to use them as my excuse for not posting more often!!!!!!

These cards are all sketches from other other peoples blogs. If your looking for inspiration just surf some of the links and it's certainly there for you!!

This first one is from Carla and I am so slow at posting that I see she has another sketch challenge up for you to try!!

I used SEI Winnie's Walls pp, DCVP Holly Jolly adhesive ribbon, Bazzill cs, and M's acrylic stamps.

The next one is a sketch from Di Hickman
...hmmmm..I did get this one up before Di posted her new sketch!!

For the pp I used DCWV Pocket full of Posies Stackmat, stamps from M's and SU.

And this last one is from I {heart} 2 Stamp
and with this one I used pp from BG Infuse paper pad, stamps from M's and SU, ribbons and brads from stash.

I haven't checked yet, but hopefully I got it posted before Jen puts up a new sketch.
Ladies, thanks for the inspiration, I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love summer...

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I had a great time at the lake this weekend with Jocelyn and Paul. I didn't get there until after supper on Saturday but we stayed until yesterday and enjoyed the sun and fishing.

Jocelyn had agreed to make a guest album for her friend that's getting married
this weekend, so we spent yesterday getting that done. We did 10 pages
and the same amount for the guests to use as signing pages. These are 2
of my favorites.

We tried to keep a simple, elegant feel to the album and there are a couple of pages we are not so sure of, but we have a few days to think about how we want to change them.

My goodness this

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week has gone by so fast. It is not often I say that!! Picked our oldest daughter up yesterday morning as she is home to visit for 2 weeks. She hasn't been home since Christmas and it is so nice to have her around again. Her and her dad are headed to the lake this afternoon for a fishing tourney tomorrow. Looks like great weather and hopefully the fish will be biting!!!
Wendy has a great color challenge that I tried this morning. I usually stick to sketches, so it was fun to try something different. She has a great blog with lots of ideas. If you get a chance, check it out.

The challenge was to use orange, blue and white together. You could also use some black. I used my SU Doodle That set, my sentiment is from The Stamp Barn. The orange cs is Bazzill and the blue linen is unknown.

It's great to

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have my husband home again!! He was in Calgary this past week visiting our daughters and it was a verrry long week here without him. Our youngest dd had surgery on her knee and it went so well she is back on her feet already. Although I know they
loved having their dad with them I am happy to have him back here!!

I have been trying to organize my new craft space without success and
finally figured out the problem. The walls in the room I was using are
a very deep purple and it just was not working for me so on Friday
night I switched rooms and feel so much more comfortable in my new
orange room. I actually have it organized that I can reach most of my
stuff quite easily.

I went to New Ross on Saturday and got a couple of cards made. The first 2 cards are made using the DCWV Pocket full of Posies Stackmat. These are perfect for card making
as you waste such a small amount of paper from each piece. They are both from sketches although for the life of me I cannot find where the first one came from!! The second is from Di Hickman

I also used MM's paint, HA stamp and SU stamp from Doodle This.

I used my SU punch, HA and SU stamps as well as Stampendous Diamond stickers.
This next card is from Beate
The PP is from my BB Gypsy pad. Paint is MM's and stamps from SU.

and this last one is using Doodlebug pp and HA stamp.

Let's see if I can

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get back into this again. We are now pretty well settled into the house
we are renting. I have set up a small studio in an exercise room and NO
it has not motivated me to start exercising!! I had the privilege of getting together at Debbie's house. What a great time we had and even made a card or two. Thank you again Debbie for having us again. I look forward to the next time we get together.

Shari brought all of us the materials for all of us to make this card. What you can't see from this photo is the transparency over the top of the ribbon. It adds just the right touch to it.
I also got this one done. My goal was to get one card made so I guess that means I surpassed my goal!!

This one is made with Scenic Route pp, Genx chipboard, MM gem stickers and misc. buttons.
Elaine (who has just started blogging!!) brought this ATG gun for me. I love it, and I won't lose it on the table in the middle of a project!!

You can see I am trying to get my ribbons organized yet again!! I had them wrapped on cardboard but found it too flexible so I am redoing them on mylar and will be glad when I am done!!!! Well, I have a lot to catch up on on other people's blogs so have a great Tuesday!!

There's definatley no cardmaking

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in my house right now as there are boxes everywhere!!! We are almost completely moved. I am in the middle of cleaning and I think we will be moved into our rental house on Thursday. I have packed up my craft room and sent part of it to my nephew's house and have some carts that will go with me to the temp. home. This is a counter Paul made for me years ago, it was suppose to fold down when I wasn't using it, but it was never empty enough for that to happen!!

I photocopied pics years ago to scrapbook and then figured I might as well use the originals to scrapbook. I didn't want to throw out the copies so I covered the countertop with them. I took it down yesterday and will put it in the new house somewhere as it has so many memories on it!!

But..I have been taking time to spend with the family as the godchildren are only home for a week or so. We went to the Canada Day fireworks in Hantsport last night and everyone had a grand time.
This is my cousin Chris, he lives in Calgary and has come home for his sister's wedding on Saturday. Ashley and Zackary are thrilled he's home while they are here.

Zach had a blast using Chris's camera!!

Zach had Uncle Paul all lit up with his lightstick while we were waiting for the fireworks to start.

Shhhhh.....don't tell

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that I've been making cards instead of packing!!!!! I think the key is to shut down the computer but we all know that is not going to happen. It has been a very busy week around here though. I celebrated my birthday on Friday, took the day off and spent it at the lake. It was a great way to celebrate.
Hmm..our youngest daughter wrote this on the outside of the envelope for my BD card and our friends thought it would be cute on my cake. Yum..it was good regardless. Well, 20 years ago we were celebrating the birth of our second child. Happy Birthday Princess and know how much you are loved!!!
Momma duck seens to have lost some of her babies. There are only six left!! Mother Nature can be cruel sometimes.

We also got out to see the baby gulls. They look so much like the granite rocks that you can easily miss them. We didn't stay on the island long as the mommas were flying overhead and they were not impressed with us. I am glad I was wearing a hat just in case!!!

I did get a couple of cards made also. They are sketches from Di Hickman

With this one I used BG oh Baby Girl pp,HS writer's Block circle,ribbon from stash, Cuttlebug design, jelly roll pen and chalk ink

and also from Beate
With this one I used WR Memory Keepers Silver Lining Brillance (which doen't show it's true glory in this scan), HA sentiment, 7 Gypsies label it stamp and my Marvy Scallop circle punch. I have decided I am not very good at following the rules as you can see by my cards, but they certainly motivate me to play and I guess that's what it's all about.

This next sketch

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is from Amy's Super Sunday Sketch

I used Basic Grey Gypsy pp and M's $1 stamps. These sketches just make it so easy to make a great card!!!! I think this is one of my favorites. It must be the colors cause they just make me happy!!
I also did a card based on the sketch from Di Hickman She posts a sketch every Wednesday and I do try to make a card based on that sketch.

This pp is from Imagination Project (Chloe's Closet), bazzill cs, $ stamps from M's and brads from my stash.

I'll probably be taking a bit of a break from cardmaking as I really have to focus on packing and I don't get ANYTHING done when I am surfing all the awesome blogs that are just a click away.

Great news...

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my godchildren (who live in Texas) are coming to visit in just 10 days!! This puts a very big smile on my face. I am on vacation for most of their visit. Although we will be moving then, I am looking forward to spending time with them. They are 5 and 9 and LOVE to come to Canada!!

Help me!!!! I found tbis sketch and neglected to write down the blog I got it from!! Maybe one of you visited that same blog and can help me give credit to the rightful owner of the sketch.

It's official....

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The real estate agent called yesterday and we've sold our house. I truly hope the new owners get to have some of the many joys of this home as we have over the years. It is the only home our youngest dd had and the only one our oldest remembers. It was the first and only home Paul and I have had. I guess I never thought of the emotional attachment I might have when we put it on the market, but man, there's a lot of good memories in these walls. BUT... we are ready to have a newer, smaller, one level home with a garage that I promise to always be able to park my car in!!!!!!

So the creative side of me has not had a chance to play this week, so I am posting a couple of scrapbook layouts I've done recently.

This was from an online class I took that required us to use corners. I will try to remember to post the supplies I used.

The next is one of myself and our youngest dd. She will be 20 next Saturday which means we will no longer have TEENAGERS!!! I don't know whether to laugh or cry!

This was taken when she was 16 and I never truly saw how much we looked alike until I saw this picture.
Don't forget to spoil dad a bit on Sunday and let him know how much you care.

Something to think about...

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Lisa sent this to me. We pass a lot of these emails around but this one is worth reading. Send it on to a friend to remind them they are one of a kind.

All of us girls.. Old and young... Near and far... Hold special memories of
good times we've shared. We've had our share of hard times when our friends
were there to make us feel better. We've shared... our hearts our time our
secrets our fears our hopes and our dreams. Let us never break the chain of
friends!
I am only as strong as the caffeine I drink, the hair spray I use and the
girlfriends I have. Here's to you!

Why do we only have parties for each other when one of us gets married,
pregnant, has a birthday, or retires?

What would most of us do without our sisters, confidants, and shopping,
lunching and traveling girlfriends?
Let's celebrate each other for each other's sake! If you get this twice or
more, you are
lucky to have more than one girlfriend.

Remember: Someone will always be prettier. Someone will always be smarter.
Their house will be bigger. They will drive a better car. Their children
will do better in school. And their husband will fix more things around
the house.

So? Let it go! Be Happy! Love yourself and your circumstances.
Think about it:
The prettiest woman in the world can have trouble in her heart.
The most highly favored woman on your job may be unable to have children.
The richest woman you know, she's got the car, the house, the
clothes....might be lonely.
And the word says if "I have not Love, I have nothing."
So, again...
Love you!
Love who you are!

Look in the mirror in the morning and smile and say:
"I am too blessed to be stressed and too anointed to be disappointed!"
"Winners make things happen. Losers let things happen"
Be blessed ladies and pass this on to encourage another woman.
"To the world you might be one person, but to one person you just might
be the world".

There's nothing like a day at the lake

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to put life in prospective. What an amazing place to unwind and relax. We are so fortunate to have great friends like John and Dee who always welcome us to their piece of paradise.

I got some great pics of the geese that had been visiting, also a new momma and her 9 babies made an appearance yesterday. I hope momma can keep her babies safe as there are so many eagles at the lake this year.

Had fun playing with a couple of challenges. The first is a sketch Allison has posted on Sisterhood ofscrap

PP from My Mind's Eye (Tres Jolie), brads from the $store, leather frame MM's, HA sentiment. I cut away the back of the frame and used a sparkle glaze pen to color in the vellum flowers.

The second is a sketch challenge from Di Hickman that she posts each Wed.

For this one I used more of the BG Gypsy pp. again the HA sentiment, charm from $store and ribbon from LSS. I used stamps from a set I picked up at a local discount store and for some reason did not keep the company info. If you recognize these stamps, please let me know who makes them so I can label the case.

Happy Friday

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Last night we went and picked some lilacs. Paul remembered picking
lilacs from this same bush as a child. I love the look and smell of
lilacs and try to get a small bunch for my dining room each year.

Sorry for the bad quality of the pic but it was taken thru
a window at night. If you look really close to the bottom left side of
this picture you can see a very brave hummingbird sitting there. He
spends a great part of his day fending off other hummers from the
feeder. Mama Pusses didn't even know the little guy was there. Gotta
love nature.

Some of you know our oldest daughter Jocelyn lives in Calgary and our youngest Lyndasy
is there with her sister for the summer earning some $$ for school this
year. Well, Jocelyn sent me some pics of the flooding they had in the
city.OMG there was so much water. Here is a link to some pics Allison
has posted.
A
lot of rain

I did get a chance to make a card based on
a sketch from Maria's
Sketch
I am sending it to my Aunt Margie who has a birthday
next week. She is one of my favorites and was always like a sister to
my mom.

I used pp from the BG Gypsy pad, stamps from Hero Arts, SU Looks Like Spring and I think the butterfly collage stamp was from SU also. I have had that image stamped off for a couple of years. I also used the SU tab punch and ribbon from LSS.

Well, I am struggling to get the pics to post today so I will have to try again!!!!!

How many times

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have you seen an idea and thought..why didn't I think of that?? Well, check out this idea that is posted on Libby Hickson has on her blog.

Now, how many times have you had an idea for a card, only to have it turn out NOTHING at all like you visualized it. I started with a sketch from
Maria's Blog but really wanted to use these images I had stamped off from our weekend get together and lo and behold this is what I ended up with!! I won't call it a card gone wrong, but it's not what I had in mind.

This next one is also using Skipping Stone Stamps

Selena was so willing to let me use her stamps!! It was fun to see all the designs available from this company.

This last one is from a sketch posted on Sketch This Card and I did manage to stick to the sketch with this one.

Well, today is Tim Horton's Camp Day not that I need an excuse to buy a coffee, but it's always great to see large corporations be involved in things that can change a childs outlook on life.

It's Apple Blossom

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time in the valley,the sun is shining and it's Saturday. What more could a girl want. You can check out the official website at Apple Blossom . When our girls were young they always participated in the grand street parade with their grandfather and our youngest had the honor of being a child attendant for the Queen Annapolisa contest when she was eight. What a wonderful experience for her. This is a picture of her and Jill Barkhouse (Princess Canning 1995).

Now that the girls are older, we head to the lake for the weekend and relax with a fishing pole!!

I did get a card made last night. It is based on a sketch from Di Hickman
I used pp from Chloe's closet and the button are also a part of the same line. The lss just got this in and I am still not sure how we are going to manage after they close the doors at the end of June.

Oh, and did I mention barring no complications, we have sold our house!! It becomes official on the 15th of June and we need to be out by July 9th. Hmmm... should be interesting!!

I won't be close to a TV tonight so I need everyone to cheer for the Sens and they go into game 3 down 2-0. They are playing in Ottawa tonight so hopefully that is the motivation they need to pull of a win!

One more thing..if your at the Rocky Mountain Rodeo tour in Brampton Ontario, please give our oldest dd a hug as she is one of the athletic therapist working the rodeo this weekend. I am just so proud of her!!!!

What a great

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weekend I had. It is just so much fun getting together with those who share the same passions as you. I will admit, I only got 2 cards made, but since my goal was to get 1 made, I guess I did just fine!!!!! I had a blast using Debbie's cuttlebug, thanks Debbie!!!

This card was made based on a sketch by Maria's Sketch
I used pp from Paper Pizazz Vintage pack, flower from stash, flower punch from Marvey, verse saying from M's and ribbon from lss.

I have also used this sketch as a challenge to our stamping group although I think I may be a week behind!!!

Remember, last night was just the first game and there are 7 in a Stanley Cup Final.

GO SENS GO!!!!!!

It's Friday........

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But I do have to work tomorrow, although I am going to go to Debbie with Lisa and Selena and maybe Sarah Hmmmm.. not sure how many cards we will actually get done, but it will be fun!

I tried a couple more challenges and really enjoyed them. The first is from Colleen's Challenge

and is the Stained Glass technique. Colleen has so many challenges and techniques on her blog.

The second is from Allison's Blog . Allison has the most informative blog I have seen. I don't think there's a day that I haven't visited her blog at least once!!

Well, the little one flies back to Calgary tonight to spend the rest of her summer with her sister and trying to boost the bank account for school. It's been nice having her back home for a few days. She has such a great group of friends and they have been so supportive of each other thru a very difficult time.

Thought I'd try another

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sketch while waiting for Lyndsay to get up. She flew all night Monday night to get home in time for Corey's funeral and was both mentally and physically exhausted last night.

This sketch is from A Spoonful Of Sprinkles and I fought with it a bit but have decided I now like it. I got some new pp from the lss store as they close in 39 days and I guess I'd better get it while I can or at least that's my way of thinking!!! It is Wildflower Soup from Imaginisce and I also used my new stamp from Impress Rubber stamps.

Hmm.. I apologize for the bad picture, I guess it pays to check before you upload!!

Oh and did I mention the Sens are in the Stanley Cup Final!!!!!!Go Sens Go!!!!!!!

Thought I'd try another this afternoon. This one is from Di Hickman

and yes, I know, I know, this paper is getting it's share of use. It just works so well with this sketch!!

Another Monday already...

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this weekend really flew by as I had to work
Saturday again although I did get to sneak out for an hour to go to a
Bridal shower for my cousin Misty who is getting married in July. I did
get a chance to try 2 sketches that were posted last week. The first is
from
Amy Westerman

The second one is from
Beate

I used Adornit flowery dots and Shabby Princess dot paper from Bo-Bunny Press for both cards. Bazzill cardsock and stamps from M's, Stampin' up and Hero Arts.

I have been struggling

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since Friday to post on here. A young man from our community was killed in a tragic car accident early Friday morning. Corey Chapman went to school with our youngest daughter, they dated in high school, graduated together and have remained great friends. Corey was only nineteen and was to celebrate his 20th birthday today. My heart is breaking for his family and all his friends that are affected by this tragedy. I know there is a reason for everything, but I am really struggling with this one. Please say a little prayer for all those whose life Corey touched.

I decided to combine 2 sketch challenges
Distintive Touches and Kimmies Sketch to make a sympathy card to send to Corey's family.

It's a sad day

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as the lss has decided to close. The 2 ladies who own it have provided the community with an amazing place to shop, incredible ideas, unbelievable projects and inspiration beyond inspiration. They always had the newest, latest and greatest in supplies and if you didn't get it when the order came in you probably missed it. They will be missed by all!! That leaves us without a lss to shop at and a void that will not be easily filled.

Hmm..another Wednesday off

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as this is Victoria Day weekend in Canada and we all have to work Saturday. Sad thing is, we don't honour it in Nova Scotia with the stores being closed! Only if you work for the government or schools do you get the day off. Dang..shoula listened to my ma when she told me to become a teacher!!!!!

I am in love with BLOGS!!! I am having so much fun being inspired by others. Today I found one that has the most awesome cards
Oddabug Alley
Amy Westerman has a sketch on her site each Sunday, also Try something new Tuesday as well as numerous other terrific ideas. I took up the challenge for the sketch and was quite pleased with what I came up with. I used more paper from my Basic Grey Gypsy pad, Heidi Swapp XL brad, flower from $ store. The stamps are both from M's.

We are so fortuate to live in a world that at a touch of a button you are connected with so many amazing, talented people who are willing to share their talents. Take advantage of it, click away and see what ideas you can find, you never know where you'll be inspired.

Wow..where does time go

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Happy belated Mother's Day. This was my first Mother's Day without
having the girls around so I figured I'd head to the city and do a bit
of shopping at M's so I didn't just sit home and feel sorry for myself.Well, I don't know what I expected with the new Martha line but I sure didn't see anything to impress me!! I did get some of the acrylic stamps that everyone has been talking about and a new floral punch. Went out for dinner with family friends and my 8yr.
old godson was there with a gift for me. Dawson was so excited for me to open the card he had made because he had stamped on it and he knows how much his Aunt Pat loves to stamp!!!

He did a wonderful job on it and I was thrilled with his thoughtfulness and that he knew just how much I would enjoy it. Paul and the girls got me a much needed foot massager to help at the end of a long day. Ahh..it feels so nice after wearing sneakers and walking on cement all day.

Yesterday Sarah Creations By Sarah brought me in my new stamps from Stampin'Up and my 2 new punches. I played with them for a bit this morning and
came up with a card for a wedding shower on Saturday. It was one of
those cards you can make in under 15mins . The paper is from the Basic
Grey line (6x6 Gypsy) that I picked up at the Cutting Garden. The stamp
is from Polka Dots and Petals.

WAHOO..... the Ottawa Senators won again last night, only one more win to get the Stanley Cup Finals!!!!! Selena, the Sens card is going in the mail today for Daren. Hope he enjoys it!!

Wow..is it Saturday already..

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Hmm..touch of sarcasm there as it's been a looong week.

I am so excited that Ottawa is in the semi-finals for the Stanley Cup. Don't tell my daughter Lyndsay as she is the biggest Buffalo fan ever and trust me, she would be cranky with me if she knew I was tooting Ottawa's horn!!!! I did get a chance to play this evening while waiting for the Ottawa game to start.

The first card is based on a sketch from Beate. She has one of the most amazing blogs. I have admired her work for a long time.

The second card is based on a sketch from Julee Tilmanagain an awesome blog to follow. I sometimes wonder where all the creativity comes from. I am just so glad these ladies choose to share their talents with us.

The hummingbirds are back...

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and it makes me smile!!! I just put my feeder up yesterday and within an hour there was one there. This picture was taken last year but I still love looking at it.

http://dihickman.blogspot.com has a card challenge that she posts on a regular basis. It is always fun to see what others have come up with. This is my take on it. I was sure when I first saw it I was going to use ribbons but this paper spoke to me and I love it. See if you can find a sketch of someone elses and she what you can do.

I have been fortunate enough to have been chosen to try some stamps out for Rubberstampingfun (http://www.rubberstampingfun.com/). I was one of 145 chosen and I can't begin to tell you how excited I am to be a part of this. I will post as soon as I receive the rubber and get some samples done. Wahoo life is good!!!

A day off

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is always good for the soul. I spent a great deal of the morning checking out other peoples blogs. Oh my, there are so many and the talent is unbelievable!!! I have put some on the side bar. If you have time check them out and be inspired!!! I will continue to update as I find more and more. I feel more inspired to try ideas as I go thru the various blogs and I'm sure you will also!!

Well, it's time to clean the flowerbeds and put down new soil to help them along. It is such a beautiful day today and I am looking forward to getting outside.

Oh my..

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where do the weekends go!!!! These 2 cards are for a challenge using pink and brown. The second part of the challenge is to send them out to someone in our group. This is always the easy part as I love to send out cards!!

Oh and on a personal note, our home is officially back on the market as the people who hoped to buy it privately couldn't raise the $$$. It was quite fustrating as we probably should have had it listed about 3 weeks ago. Oh well, there are always things in life you can't control!!

Good luck Jaye with your surgery..I'll be thinking about you!

I am taking an online class

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through Big Picture Scrapbooking. It is a ten week class being taught by Tena Sprenger. I was fortunate to have taken a class with Tena 2 yrs. ago in New Brunswick and was very impressed with her style. I think this class is going to be a great deal of fun!!
Oh and Happy National Scrapbooking Day (1 day late). I hope you got to do what you love best yesterday!!!

Card Challenge

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This is a challenge I saw posted on another blog http://stampalicious.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/04/magazine_sketch.html and thought it was a great idea.Although it was a picture taken last summer of our oldest daughter at Peggy's Cove, I found it very easy to visualize it as a card. Thanks for the challenge Cindy.

On another note..maybe someone can teach me how to shorten the html's so they don't take up an entire line!!!!!

Rainy Mondays

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can realy suck!!! I need spring and sunshine. I have been part of a local paperarts yahoo group for the past few years and we have been guilty of not being very active, so I took on the challenge of trying every 2 weeks to get the juices flowing with everyone. This challenge was to use an old piece of jewelry on a card as an embellishment. Yes...these use to be my favorite earrings at one time. I made the card for my goddaughter in Texas who is having an awesome year in school and with her piano.

Time to upload something!!!

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This is a memory of my youngest daughter I scrapbooked. She is now almost 20 and is amazing. We really had a great time that evening and I just love this picture of her.

Wow....

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My room is starting to really take shape. It so nice to be able to see the counters. Almost finished cleaning it AND I have tomorrow off. Maybe I will get to play after I get my hair trimmed.

WAHOO.........

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I can't believe I sold $450.00 of *stuff* today. A lot of people were asking if I was going out of the crafts all together..my reply..."Heck no, I'm just making room for more!!!!!"

It was fun to people excited over things I have not used in a very looooong time!!!

Oh my.....

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I really don't know how it happened. I was only going to town to cover someone's lunch at work and somehow I ended up in the lss!!! But on the flip side, my flea market is tomorrow and I'm sure I'll find new homes for a lot of my older *stuff*

House Plans

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We got to see the first draft of our house plans last night. It makes me want to get things moving faster. And yes...there is a new studio for me. Hopefullt I can come up with a way to be more organized than I have been in my existing room.

Purge Time

2007-04-17T07:53:00.000-03:00

I honestly don't know how we collect so much *STUFF*..., but I do know there are things in my studio that I haven't touched in over 2 years and it's time for them to find a new home!!!! Now to just get it all purged before the Sunday flea market!!!

Packing up

2007-04-16T10:36:00.000-03:00

Well, I wish I could say I spent yesterday creating, but reality bites. We are starting to pack up as we think our home is sold. Needless to say I have one heck of a mess in my studio!!!

What an incredible sunrise this morning. Thankfully Paul appreciates them also and took a picture out of our family room window.

Pat's Paper Creations

2007-04-15T08:25:00.000-03:00

Seeing how much I love to work with paper, this is an obvious choice for me!!! Hopefully I can keep up with it as I have a tendency to start something and then not follow thru with it.