Same but different

This card is the same layout as the last one but I changed the stamp set and color combination. The inspiration for this came from a notebook Beate posted on her blog a while back. I loved the color combination (who doesn't love brownand pink? LOL) so I had to do a card with it.

I'm not sure if you can see it but I used the glitter pen to add a little sparkle to the flowers. It really makes them "pop" in real life.

We had a great weekend with Mom and Dad. Emma was attached to Dad's side from the moment they arrived and she didn't let Tommy out of her site for long. They brought Ian and Emma a Mickey and Minnie and they have been carrying them everywhere with them. I had stamp camp Saturday so they went to see Ian skate in the morning and then Mom and Emma stopped in at the end of stamp camp for a visit.

We, of course, had to make a trip up to the farm so Grammie and Grampie could see Tehwana. The only problem is that we all smelled like "poop cow" (that is what Emma calls it) when we got back.

They left yesterday morning and Emma was trying to convince us that Tommy wanted to stay here. I don't think he really wanted to make that long trip but I'm sure he was happy to have a break from Emma and her picking at him :)

Something I forgot to tell you

I am waiting for Ian to fall asleep before I go up to stamp (my stamping area is right outside his room) so I thought I would share a quick story from a while back.

Before I do that I will mention the card. It is one we did in class from a while ago. I can't remember when but I'm pretty sure I haven't shared it here.

The flowers on the top are stamped in Ruby Red ink on Ruby Red cardstock and then I took a glitter pen and added glitter to the dots. The second picture shows the sparkle a little better.

Now for the story. Before Christmas Joe was doing some body work on the neighbor's car and he had painted it. He had taped off the area he didn't want to paint and when he went back to remove it the there was some adhesive that wouldn't come off. He asked if I had anything to take it off and we talked about Goo Gone but we were afraid it might take off the paint. Then I said what about my adhesive remover (from Stampin' Up!)? He took it out and he said it came off perfectly! I luckily had a couple for classes anyway so he can keep that one in the garage. I guess my stamping stuff isn't just for crafts is it? Hehehe.

Mom and Dad are coming for a few days tomorrow and I have stamp camp on Saturday so you probably won't see any posts from me until after that because I am still not ready for stamp camp :)

I think I have 2 more projects to figure out then I will be cutting everything out. Some day I will be able to have them done far in advance........

Happy Valentine's Day!

I am actually writing this Wednesday night (are you shocked I am so organized? LOL!) while listening to the water dripping from the light fixture in the sun porch. I was a little freaked out but Joe has been on the roof numerous times (which was also freaking me out because of the ice up there) and he cleared off the roof. It seems to be slowing down and Dad assures me the water in the light isn't a fire hazard.

Anyway, I am crossing my fingers that by Valentine's Day this will be all over :)

This is the card I made this evening for Ian's teacher. He picked out the paper (with just a little help) and I pretty much did the rest. He did write in it an it was so cute but I forgot to take a picture before I sealed the envelope.

I am loving the new rub-ons! I used them a while ago on a scrapbook layout I did and on something I can't share for stamp camp (sorry). On this card I wanted a heart but I didn't really order any Valentine's sets this year and I couldn't find a heart I liked with the paper so I went into my rub-ons and found this in the Sale-a-bration pack. It fit perfectly in the scalloped punch and was a quick and easy way to put a heart on the card.

Today is also Mom and Dad's anniversary so I want to shout out to them "Happy Anniversary" since I didn't get a card in the mail (big shocker there.........hehehe). They are supposed to be coming next week for a few days so we'll celebrate then :)

Update on the water: It has stopped dripping. Yay!!! We have been here almost 4 years and we have never had a problem like this so I was a little (maybe an understatement. lol) worried for a while but it is looking better now.

School was cancelled again today because of the roads. Aparently there was a lot of water on the road last night and some flooding in the area so it is quite a mess out there. I want to go later this morning to see what the river looks like (and of course take some pictures).

Ian is in love!

Ian fell in love on the weekend. He won't stop talking about her.

He told Grammie yesterday the she is a cowgirl.

Her name is Tehwana (not sure if I spelled it right but that is close).

We went to the farm 3 times on the weekend to see her and we had to go back tonight to see her again. She is all he talks about!

Wanna see a picture?



Here she is...................


She is about a month old and seems to have taken to Ian too. She was licking his jacket while he patted the top of her head and then she started nibbling on his pant leg.


Ian came home Saturday night and asked if we could buy a farm so we could buy the calf!






This is a better picture of her. It was really hard to get a good picture because wouldn't stay still for very long :)






I was also taking some pictures of the horses because Lucas' birthday is this weekend and I thought for a present I would enlarge a picture of one of his horses.

This is Tex, he was one of last year's colts. What do you think of this picture? I may have to go back up by myself to try again. I am happy with this one but I kind of wanted one of one of the mares.

What we've been up to

I don't really know where the time goes. I always have good intentions to post more often but I guess life gets in the way. LOL!



The last few days I have been researching/looking for a new camera and bugging everyone around me. I'm sure Joe is tired of me talking

about cameras but he's going to have to listen for a little longer until I get one. Hehehe.


This is a hostess gift I did for the last stamper's group party. I don't know how well you can see it but the center of the flower is covered with the new chunky glitter. It is so sparkly in real life!

I don't think I mentioned it before but Ian started taking skating lessons a few weeks ago. Well sort of. He went the first week, then Emma was sick and I had stamp camp so Joe couldn't take him the second week and then last week we were all sick. Tomorrow is the next class and there is supposed to be a big storm so it will probably be cancelled. Anyway, we have been taking him at least once a week so he can get on the ice and what a difference! He went from hardly being able to stand up on his own to moving all around the ice. I put skates on a couple of weeks ago and he is doing better than me. LOL!

And this is what Emma has been up to :)

A few nights ago we were getting ready for bed time. Joe and I were getting their snacks ready and we went into the living room to find her like this. The orange on her nose stained a little but the rest came off.

Thursday morning I came in from taking Ian to the bus stop (the end of the driveway) and she had colored all over her hands in black and purple. I guess at least it isn't the walls ;-)

Exciting News!

I have been a little behind on the news the last few days so I just found out today that Stampin' Up! has a special on the starter kit that starts today.

From now until March 17th new demonstrators will recieve 20% off the starter kit plus can choose any stamp set from the catalogue free! This means the starter kit is only $208. Whooo hoo! This is the best price I have seen on the kit. Let me know if you would like more information on this special.

Also, I just finished setting up a buisness website. I have been thinking about starting one for some time now and finally decided tonight was the time to do it. LOL! Please visit and let me know what you think. Just be kind........I just set it up tonight and I haven't had a chance to do many up-dates. Over the next couple of days I will be adding cards and projects and I will up-date my calander. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to comment here or e-mail me. I would love to hear your feedback. Here is the link.

As you can see I didn't get to download the pictures off my camera today. We are supposed to have a storm tomorrow so I should have some time to do that (and maybe stamp/scrap) since we will be stuck inside :)

What a week......

Last Friday Emma came down with the flu and had it through till Monday or Tuesday (I can't remember now-the days kind of blend together when you are up all night. LOL). Then I got it Tuesday night and was fine by Thursday morning except for being sore and this headache I can't seem to get rid of. This morning Ian woke up saying that he wasn't feeling well and within half an hour he was sick. I can't wait till this is all done and we can get on with things (like stamping...hehehe).

On the upside we had stamp camp last weekend and had a really good time. I think I took pictures of some of the projects. I will try to download them off my camera sometime today and will post something later.

I just wanted to update some of you that have been asking what is going on. I even got an e-mail saying that Angie commented on Mom's blog wondering where I was. Too funny. Sorry for leaving you all hanging :)

Oh! Did you all know that Sale-a-bration starts today! Whoo hooo! That is the other thing I am working on (in between cleaning up puke-sorry I couldn't resist. LOL!), I am trying to figure out what to order for my pre-order from the new mini (starting March 1st) and of course what SAB sets I "need".

Wonderful Friend

This is a quick post because Emma and I are on our way to my stamping friend Donna's house (waving "hi" Donna!). I kind of forgot to bring her order to her yesterday when I saw her so this is a good excuse to go and visit :)

This is another card I made using the Bali Breeze paper. The patterned paper is so nice that I had a hard time covering it up!

I hope you have a great day!

I wish.......

Angie commented on the last post that she thought I was in Florida with my parents........I wish :)

We had a storm here yesterday and I think we got around 16 inches of snow! Joe had to stay at work last night (not because of the storm) so he wasn't home to plow the driveway this morning. We have the best neighbors though! They came down with the tractor and plowed out the driveway. I was just going to leave it so Joe could, um......play with his tractor :)


I have to post a couple of pictures that I took last week, just beacuse I love them!

The first one is Ian after his haircut. He wanted it spiked in the front so I cut is quite short. I think he looks so much older with it cut.


The second one is Emma ready to go to Playgroup. The coat was probably my favorite find from when I was in Bangor. It was from Gap. I think the regular price on it was $68 and it was marked down to $16.95! I kind of wish I had gotten the one in the bigger size too for next year. It has felt flowers down the front! Sooo cute!

I scrapbooked last night! Whoo hoo! I did a 2-page layout and I finished another one I had started back in October. They are both fairly simple but I am happy with how they turned out and the fact that I got some scrapping done. I have to start working on projects for stamp camp and the next few classes but I am planning on taking the time to scrapbook more in between. I'll try to share some every once in a while too.

In Love!

This is a card I did last week when I was playing around with my new papers and stamps. I soooo love Bali Breeze and Embrace Life!

For this one I used a piece of Bali Breeze for the background and then I used a scrap from that piece for my Build a Brad. I punched it out with a 1/2" circle punch and used a glue dot to stick it down with the opposite side facing up onto the brad and then put the clear "pebble" on top. This was my first time using the Build a Brad and I love them too! They are soooo much fun.

Yesterday I decided it was time to rearrange my stamping/scrapping space again. Joe had gotten a desk from someone at work a few months ago and we were trying to decide where to put it so it has been sitting in the "barn" waiting for a new home.

I kept the table that I have been using and moved it so that the desk and table go together in the corner. The table is now storage for my Cricut, Cuttlebug, ribbon storage and a few other things and the desk is now my work space. I still have a few things to figure out where they will go but the worst of the work is done. I even sat down with some pictures last night to start thinking about scrapbooking again! Mind you I didn't end up scrapbooking because I need to go through some magazines for inspiration but I am ready..........whooo hooo! It feels good to have my space clean and organized again.

Getting back to normal

We came back from NS on Tuesday (in between snow storms). We have been busy the last week re-organizing and cleaning and making room for the new toys and things. It was nice having the time to get some of these things done since it was so busy before Christmas.

I didn't get a chance to do any stamping until Saturday night and I couldn't wait to play with my new sets that I had pre-ordered. The one used here is called A Beautiful Thing and the paper is Bali Breeze.

I first punched the scalloped border with the small corner rounder and then stamped the flowers in Purely Pomegranite ink in the scallops (they don't quite fit perfectly but it is pretty close). I then stamped the centers in Pumpkin Pie ink. On the white piece I stamped the circles in Apricot Appeal and then stamped the verse in Purely Pomegranite. For the flower I colored it with an Apricot Appeal marker and then darkened the center a bit with Pumpkin Pie marker. The brad is an Ice Rhinestone circle brad.

Oh and the stitching on the Tempting Turquoise piece is done with the mat pack. I punched every other hole on 2 rows of the template and then faux stitched with my white gel pen.


This is what our front step looked like when we got up Wednesday morning. We had gone in the back door when we came home Tuesday evening and hadn't shoveled the step off so this is what we got in the week we were gone. The kids were pretty excited to see so much snow and Ian has lots of hills to play on :)

We are on our way

In a few minutes (hopfully. LOL) we are heading for NS. We just have a few last minute things to do. I don't know if I will have a chance to post while I am at Mom's so I am leaving you with a few pictures.

It was really hard to get a good picture at the concert. Ian is the one in the front on the right in the blue vest.






This is one of the ornaments Ian brought home that he made at school. It is a glass ball with his hand print turned into snow men.

I LOVE it!




This is Ian after we got back from the hospitalFriday night. The Doctor gave him the Mickey mouse and he has been taking it pretty much everywhere since.

See the little splint on his pinkie finger....



I think this is one of my favorite Christmas cards I made this year. The House Mouse image is stamped in basic brown ink on vanilla cardstock. I made a mask with a circle punch and traced the inside with a brown (waterproof) marker then colored only the inside. I then put the mask back on and pressed versamark into the circle and embossed with clear embossing powder.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Santa was here and there was a mess of wrapping paper and toys in my livingroom this morning. The kids are having a blast with their new things. We have played with new toys, watched a movie and played a couple of new games.

I'll try to come back later with some pictures. We are trying to start packing for the trip to NS tomorrow so we can leave nice and early. I also still have a couple of last minute gifts to wrap :)


I just have to give a shout out to a couple of people that gave me gift certificates. I feel like I should be giving these people gifts because they are so good to me............thank you Joy and Sandra!

Hope you are all having a great day!

'tis the season....

to be busy :)



The last week has been so busy and sooooo much fun. Saturday was Stamp camp day and then Sunday afternoon Mom came (it was a little touch and go right up until she got on the ferry because of the storm). Monday school was cancelled so we hung out with the kids in the morning and then Mom and I made a quick trip into town (mainly to go to Nicole's) and then Monday night we worked on a book Mom had gotten the kit for in Moncton.



Tuesday morning was Ian's Christmas concert (I was going to post a pic but Joe seems to have moved the cord to my camera-I'll share later). He did great! He sang the songs and did the actions. Joe video taped but it looks like next time I will be on video duty. LOL! At least we do have it :)



After lunch Joe and I went to town to try to finish up our Christmas shopping. It was such a change going to town without the kids- so quiet ;)


Wednesday morning I took Mom to the ferry and then did "a little" shopping in Saint John (mostly at Michael's). I got home in time to do a quick tidy of the house (Joe had actually done most of it-hehehe) and then we had friends arrive at supper time. They are on their way to NS from Ontario and stopped here for 2 nights. Their daughter is a year older than Ian and it was so nice to see how great they got along.



Yesterday we went to Kingswood and they played in the play climber for probably an hour. Poor Ian, he had a blast but took quite a beating. First he came off a slide and twisted his ankle. Then he came off the same slide and twisted his pinkie finger. A little while later he came over to us to get a drink and he had a bit of a bloody nose! Our friends daughter had kicked him by accident when they were climbing. Anyway, our friends left this morning and we are getting ready to take Ian to the hospital. The swelling still hasn't gone down in his finger and it is still bothering him so we are going to get it checked out.

Ok, it is now Saturday morning............I had to leave before I could finish posting. We were at the hospital from about 3:00 till just after 7 last night and he does have a small crack in the bone. He did not want to go into the hospital but once we were in there he was great. He sat perfectly still for the x-ray and he has a little splint on it. I took some pictures last night but I still can't find my cord (gotta ask Joe about that).

Sorry for the long post but I guess when I am only posting once a week I have to make up for it, don't I? LOL! Hopefully later I can get some more pics uploaded and I am planning on playing with some of my new stamps and rub-ons later so I will have something new to share :)

Yankee Swap

This is going to be a really quick post. I have stamp camp tomorrow so I am going to bed soon to try to get a good night sleep so I will be well rested for a full day of stamping :)

I mentioned a while ago that I was in a Yankee swap (my first time) and the gift was to be around $10. Of course, I knew I wanted to make something (it was for the ladies craft night in my community). Anyway, I decided to make a bracelet/earrings set in red and clear. I made them pretty simple and quick since I was going this the night before.

Once I had the set done I wanted to package it up nice so I went searching though my................um, messy closet (don't tell Mom). I found some Altoid tins and thought they would be perfect but how to put the set in and make it look nice on the inside?


What I did to make it stay in place was I cut a piece of cardstock just a little bigger than the inside of the tin (minus the rounded corners) and I scored around the outside of this piece (I think about 1/2"). I then cut a slit in each corner on the score line to make it stand up inside the tin. I cut 2 slits for the bracelet to go through and I hooked it together in the back and punched 2 holes for the earrings.

The only thing I wasn't 100% happy with was the fact that the cardstock couldn't go to the outside of the tin. I think if I had had the time I may have tried to change that but maybe next time :)

Sorry the pictures aren't the best. I was in a hurry when I took them-just before I put it in the gift bag and ran out the door :)

Better late than never

I promised the girls from the last stamp camp that I would post a link to the template for this box we made. The original came from Lauren Meader's blog My Time and the template can be found in this post. I used whisper white cardstock for the base of the box and stamped it with images from Season of Joy and Priceless in River Rock, Wild Wasibi, Purely Pomegranite and Groovy Guava.





One day last week when I was uploading some pictures onto my computer Emma was in the dining room playing with markers. After a few minutes of her being a little too quiet I went to check on her and this is what she looked like!

She had colored on both of her arms, took her socks off and colored the bottom of her feet and pulled her pant legs up and colored her legs!

Thank goodness it wasn't on the walls. She has colored the walls a little but I don't think this much would have come off as easily as it did in the bath. I was just around the corner but it doesn't take long to make quite a mess :)

Little monkey. I definately can't trust her with markers, can I?

Look at the snow!

This is what it looked like here Tuesday morning (and still does). The kids had so much fun playing in the snow and Ian was back out yesterday digging paths to the swing set.

Poor Joe has been driving his tractor for months (just for fun) and now that there is snow to play with.......er, I mean plow the tractor isn't working. He fiddled with it for hours Tuesday morning and then finally broke down and called the neighbor to plow. The reason I am telling this is because it worked out better for the kids because the neighbor can make bigger hills because of the bucket :)

As soon as Ian heard Joe saying he was calling Luc he was saying "Daddy, tell him to make a big hill!"





This is kind of a fuzzy picture of Sasha but I think it shows how much fun she had too :)







And last but not least I finally took pictures of some cards yesterday. This is one we did at the last stamp camp. I don't know how well you can tell by the picture but it is a shaker card. I hadn't done one in a long time and they are so fun to make.

Sorry, I couldn't help it

Notice my Avatar on the right? That is what it is starting to look like here. The snow has just started coming down about an hour ago and we are supposed to be getting up to 30cm of snow over the next 24 hours! At least that is what the weather channel said earlier this morning but that could have changed by now :)

I am finally starting to feel better. My cough is almost all gone and I think I would have slept through the night if Emma hadn't gotten up. It figures, the whole time we were sick she pretty much slept through the night and now that we aren't up all night coughing she gets up. LOL! You never know with kids. Actually, I am glad that she was sleeping though the night so that any time we did get a break from coughing we could sleep.

Tonight I am supposed to be going to a pot luck/ Yankee swap with the craft guild so last night I did a really quick bracelet/earring set up. It is red and clear crystals (not real ones though). I thought it would be nice for Christmas and even if the person that gets it doesn't wear jewelry they can give it to someone else. I haven't done any beading so it was nice to sit down and make something last night. I still have to cover an altoid tin and make a salad. I have been kind of stalling thinking they may canel but I haven't gotten a call yet.

Yesterday we went to the kids party at Joe's work and they had a blast. They had 2 bouncy houses set up, a basket ball net (it is so cute watching Ian try to get the ball in the net) and some other ball games and things. Santa was there and had presents for the kids and they could have their picture taken with him. Ian hid behind Joe and carefully reached around Joe to get his present and Emma locked right onto Joe and he had to take her present for her. It doesn't look like I will be getting any pictures with Santa this year.

Ian just got home from school so it is snack time then I am going to go up and get the things finished up for tonight. I'll be back soon with some pictures for you.

Hi All

I just wanted to pop in and let you know that I haven't had a chance to do any stamping the last few days. I have had a cold for almost 2 weeks and thought I was getting better on the weekend but then last couple of days it has gotten worse :(

I was thinking on the weekend that I was going to have some time to do some stamping and maybe scrapping because I have a pretty slow week but no such luck. Oh well, this is my body's way of saying I need a little break, right? The last 2 nights I have been in bed at 9:00!

Ok, I didn't come here to whine. Did you notice my new Avatar? I sure wish I looked like that when I am sick! LOL! I think she looks pretty good even with all of the kleenex all around her. I just think she needs some toys around her and kids hanging off her robe. LOL!

Hopefully the next couple of days I will feel better and will take some pictures of the projects from last stamp camp and maybe even do something new!

Copper Baroque Motifs

I haven't had a chance to take pictures of the projects from stamp camp yet so I am sharing a card we did in class a while ago. I started coming down with a cold the end of last week and have been a little "under the weather" all weekend, and still am :(.

I did start some cards last night that I was supposed to have ready on the weekend for a fundraiser for Ian's school. I am doing 2 sets of Christmas cards up for the 2 baskets they will be selling tickets on (I think they start next weekend or I guess it is this weekend now isn't it?). I used the dashing paper and Merry and Bright. I kept the same colors and they are very simple. I will try to take a picture when they are done. I just need to find an easy pattern for a box for the cards. If anyone has a good one please share :)