What A Hoot!



I bought this set awhile ago and am just getting around to using it. You know how that is. I have to say that I thought when I ordered it that I would be able to color the owl but it is not meant for that. I think he is so cute. This is from a set called Flock Of Birds from Inkadinkado. It was alot of fun to make.

I got to use my nestabilities and have to say that I just don't get sick of them at all. I was concerned when I bought then that they would be one of the things that I just bought and never used that much but I don't think that anymore. I just love using them and the effect is awesome.

Recipe:

Stamps: Flock of Birds from Inkadinkado.
Paper: Whisper white, Close to Cocoa, DP from Basic Grey called Lily Kate and the very vanilla
Ink: Close to Cocoa
Accessories: nestabilities, cuttlebug, su marker, M's dewdrops, punch

Sleep tight.. hope to see you again real soon.

Hello Again!



I never got a chance to make a card yesterday so I just had to give this one a try tonight. I went upstairs to my stamproom (I am still enjoying saying that) and this set just called out to me. I had wanted to do some sketch challenges but it just never turned out that way.

I do find it pretty hard to concentrate lately because I have too much going on so I was glad when this card came together so quickly.

I had alot of fun coloring this image as I always do. I used my copics again. They sure will take alot of getting used to let me tell you but I am not one to give up. I will master them yet. It took me awhile to get used to other techniques so this one will just take a bit more practice too. Maybe that might be alot more practice.

This image is called From The Garden and it is a hostess stamps. As soon as I saw it I just knew that I had to have one to color. In case you haven't guessed I just love to color.

I have to thank my friend Kelly for introducing me to the M's dew drops. She gave me some of the clear ones and I tried to get some for myself and came home withe three different colors other than the one that I went for. Kelly if you want other colors, just give me a call. I have yellow, pink and torquise and clear. I just love the effect they add to the cards.

The designer paper is from Basic Grey and I can't remember which one. The other paper is called Rose Red.

Anyway, I am off to bed. Have an early rise tomorrow morning again.

Sleep tight and hope to see you again real soon.

Take care

New Blog Layout & Design

I have wanted to change my blog for awhile now but never got around to it because I could never see anything that I liked until I stumbled upon this one today. I just love sunflowers and I love the three colums instead of two.

While I like this new template I lost some of my widgets so I am in the process of getting those again. We all learn by our mistakes I guess. Should have read more details instead of just pressing the enter cutton I guess. Oh well, live and learn I say.

So what do you think of my new template? Any suggestions?

Hope to be back tomorrow with a new card.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Time for R & R!



I made this card for my DH for tomorrow. One of his friends at work is retiring and he wanted something special for him. These stamps are so fitting as dh friend (Kelvin) is moving around the bay to a place called Dover. My dh will certainly miss him as they have been buds for about 5 years now. They change shifts for each other and one would always bring in Timmy's coffee and tea for the other. For a joke Ev is giving Kelvin a teapot filled with Tetley Tea. Cute idea and I bet Kelvin will get a kick out of it.

I must go and get stuff ready for work tomorrow and then off to dream land.

Hope to see you back here on the weekend!

Take care... enjoy the rest of your week.

Blogger Award!


I have to say Wow! to Kelly over at Handmade by Kellybee as she thought that my blog deserved an award. For that I am truly touched. It is so nice when fellow bloggers think that your work deserves an award. Tks so much Kelly. I feel honoured.

I guess we all like a bit of recognition for the hard work that we put into our blog and designs.




This is called the “Arte Y Pico” award.

I took these rules straight from Kelly's Blog. Cut and paste is wonderful.

There are some rules to follow if you accept the award and I hope I get them all straight:

1. You have to award it to five other people (based on creativity, design, interesting material and contribution to the blogging community)

2. You have to name the 5 people you chose and link their blogs.

3. You have to show the award and show the name/link of the person who gave you the award.

4. You must show the link of the “arte y pico” blog so readers can visit there to learn the origin of the award. The website is in Spanish so I translated it (with help from Google, of course - Newfoundlanders are not generally known for learning Spanish as a second language!) and take a quick browse through.

I nominate the following people for the award:

1. Debby over at Through my Stamproom Window

2. Lori Barnett over at Stamp Scents

3. Kelly over at Kelly's Art Journaling

4. Leah over at All Th!ngs {PR!SS}y.

5. Julie over at Out To Impress

Tks again Kelly for nominating me.

Have a great day!

Mother's Day!



Good Sunday Morning to you all. Hope you all are enjoying your weekend!

I stated this card last night and got too tired to finish but for some reason I just couldn't get this card off my mind and couldn't sleep because of it so I decided to just get up and finish it. Funny how that happens sometimes.


This card was inspired by a blog by Sue Nelson She truly is the cuttlebug queen. It really is worth a look. She has some amazing work on there.

I had alot of fun making this card. I hope you enjoy it!.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Thank You's for My Hubby!




My husband has started his own business doing house plans on Auto-Cadd and he asked me to make him some thank you cards. These are the first two that I designed. He was pleased with them so that was good. I will keep making some for him and hope that business really picks up for him.

Recipe:

Stamps: Stampscapes, M's stamps
Paper: Whisper white, very vanilla, green, carmel, close to cocoa
Ink: Stazon brown
Accessories: SU markers, punches, nestabilities, clear embossing powder, taltine, stumps, primsacolor pencils

Hope you all had a great weekend. The weather here this weekend was really nice for a change. I could actually sit out on my front step this afternoon and could feel the heat from the sun on my face. I really hope this keeps up as winter has been too long and we all need a break. Spring is a time for renewal and a time for change. I am hoping to make some changes in my life over the next few months.

Have a great evening :-)

Life Is Good!



When I was checking out my friend Kelly's blog (Handmade by Kelly Bee) I saw that she had a bit of a challenge there for me. She knows me and I have to meet those indeed. She wanted me to use something that I don't use very often. Things that I collect maybe. Well Kelly I think this one will do the trick. I got to use not only some hardware but also some brads. I surprised myself at how fun it was. Getting to use my new punches helped though. I also did this card for the weekly sketch challenge over at SCS. When I saw it I automatically thought of using this new Riley stamp that I had and when I was going through my dp I just had to use this one. It came together rather quickly too.

Part of me thinks that this card needs something else but then again I always think that. I have to be satisfied with my work. I think they all need ribbon and maybe this one does. I will look at it for awhile and see I guess.

Recipe:

Stamps: Riley (Hanna) and Meet Me at the Cafe (MFT)
Ink: Stazon Black
Accessories: Copics, punches
Paper: Purely Pommegranate, Basic Grey DP from the Mellow Collection

Have a great evening and hope to see you again real soon.

Finally Finished!



Ever have one of those days when you feel like life is getting in the way of your stamping? Well today I was having one of those so I knew it was time to put some things away and get down to it.

I was over at my friend Kelly's last weekend and we started this card but never got it finished as we weren't very pleased with how it was turning out. It almost made it to the garbage but I challenged myself to fix it and have to say that I am pleased with how it turned out. Funny thing happened to me last night when I was working on this card and I just had to give up for the night. I was trying to get the flowers to fit in the punch that matches the set and it just wouldn't fit. I got so frustrated that I emailed my demo only to find out that this stamp was replaced because there was a problem with it. She replaced it right away. Tks Kay.

I will have to see if Kelly finished hers.

Recipe:

Stamps: One of a Kind
Accessories: SU Marker, Signo Pen, Dew drops, Cuttlebug, punches, adhesive ribbon
Paper: Groovy Guava, Ruby Red

1st Tall Card!!



Hard to believe that I have been stamping for a few years now and have never made a tall card. Yesterday afternoon I went over to my friend KellyBee's and spent the afternoon making cards and of course gabbing. This is one that we came up with. Kelly was so organized so had a list of things that we could do and had some sketches done for us to use. We did try another one but neither one of use was very happy with how that one turned out. I had a great time and it was so nice to get to spend some time with Kelly again. I missed that.

I finally got to use my new copic markers on this card. They are not as easy as they look to use at all. They will definately take some practice but I don't mind because I love to color and experiment.

These stamps were Penny Black and I don't know the name as they were Kelly's and when I saw them I just had to use them as they were just so cute.

I am pleased with how this turned out and hope to get together again real soon with Kelly again to make more.

Tks Kelly for a wonderful afternoon :-)

Recipe:

Stamps: Penny Black
Paper: SU Rose Red and Black and DP
Accessories: Copics, Pallett Noir ink, square punch, liquid applique

Hope you all have a wonderful day :-) See you again real soon.

More Easter Cards!




So are you all sick of eating chocolate yet?? I have to try and keep my hands off what is here in the house. Had some last night and that has to stop.

Here are a couple of cards that I made for my family for Easter. They are made with the latest stamps that I had ordered from Hanna Stamps called Riley. I just fell in love with this moose and had to order some. I think they are adorable.

I made the round one for my DH and the square one with the chicken for my sister and her hubby. They both were well liked so I was so pleased. It was hard for me to make these today as my neck is still in spasm and doesn't seem to be getting much better.

I had alot of fun making these though. I felt like I was on a roll and just had to get them all done before I sat back and relaxed for a bit.

Hope you all have a great Easter. We went to my Dad's for supper and he had a wonderful turkey dinner with all the fixings. My daughter Staci made a really nice bluberry cake with brown sugar sauce. It was all delicious. My dh worked tonight so we dropped off his dinner on our way home from my Dad's. He will enjoy it later I am sure. I was smart and got him to take all of his chocolate with him at work. That way I don't have to look at it and have to resist temptation.

I hope you enjoyed these newest additions to my card collection.

Recipe: Hanna Stamps Riley and SU Loads of Love Accessories
Ink: Stazon Black and Timber Brown and Su Classic Black
Accessories: Primsacolor pencils, taltine, stumps, punches, cuttlebug and embossing folders as well as my handy dandy nestabilities, ribbon, bling
Paper: Whisper White and Non SU for the others

Have a great evening everyone and hope to be back real soon

Take care

Riley's 1st Easter



I finally got a chance to work on an Easter card and I dont' think I will get many more done tomorrow. I have had a bad neck ever since Tuesday when I woke up. I managed to color this one last night and then finish it tonight. I have to say that I love the bright colors and the way that this turned out. I think I am going to give it to my daughter Staci for Easter. She will like it I think.

This is the first Riley stamp that I ordered from Hanna Stamps. They are just so cute. I have another Easter one with a check and Riley and hopefully I will get to finish that card tomorrow so I can post it. Stay tuned and see if I manage to get it done.

Hope you all have a blessed Easter. Try not to eat too much chocolate tomorrow won't you! Wink * wink** If you are like me that will be quite difficult.

Have a nice evening :-)

Birthday Wishes!



I made this card for a friend that I have been emailing on Splitcoast for the DSS. Her birthday is the 28th so I figured that I better get it in the mail so she might just get it on time. It seems to take so long to get things to and from the States. I hope that she likes it.

I know that I have been missing in action but I have been busy and never had much time to do much stamping. I need to find more room especially now since I have my own stamp room. It is just wonderful and don't know why I never did it before. This week my dh is going to put up some shelves for me and I am hoping to get at some more stamping soon.

Recipe

Stamps: Magenta Oops, Karen Foster Mini Alphabet
Ink: Brown Stazon and SU Rose Red
Paper: Whisper White, SU DP, Wild Wabasa
Accessories: Cuttlebug, embossing folder, crop-a-dile and brads, primsacolor pencils, taltine and stumps for coloring

Hope to be back real soon :-0

Happy St. Patricks Day to all. Have a great weekend :-)

I Made It!





I finally made it back to show you something new that I have been working on. For the last little while I have been busy helping out my demo do some cards for a swap. We made some beautiful cards using the petals set. We made them into butterflies.

Anyway...

Here is a card and notebook that I made for my little sis on the DSS Forums on SCS. I must say that it has been fun. I got to use my new bind it all that my dh gave me for Christmas. It is a new toy indeed and one that you will probably see alot more things made out of on here.

The paper I used was a great find at Wal-Mart. The package is cat and dog papers and I just love them. They are so cute.

I hope my little sis likes this...

What do you think??

Recipe:

Stamps: Cattitude
Paper: Whisper white and designer paper from Wal-Mart
Ink: Stazon Black
Accessories: bind-it all machine, coasters, glue, cat trinkets, giga round scalloped punch, primsacolor pencils, taltine and stumps.

Hope to see you all real soon with a new project

Good night :-)

Mouse With A Big Heart!



I finally got a chance to get back to doing some stamping. Been busy lately with all kinds of things. I finally bit the bullet so to speak and moved into my own stamp room. You may find this strange but I have always had the opportunity to have my own stamp room and chose not to as I never wanted to be alone while I was doing my stamping work. I preferred to be in our rec room with either my dh or dd while I was doing my stamping. Silly I know but such is me. I kinds outgrew my corner space in the rec room and figured that it was time for me to move. I have to say that I really had alot of fun moving and setting up my own room. I will get it all organized like I want it to as I go.

I made this card tonight for my daughter Staci. I think she will like it. I got to use some of my favorite toys. My cuttlebug and of couse the handy dandy nestabilites. I just love them. I had fun making the bottom background as I used my versamark with some stamps that I got last year from Michael's. I like the way that it turned out. I think that Staci will too.

Recipe:

Stamps: Happy Heart Day, $1.50 stamps from Michael's
Paper: Non Su Red and Rose Red
Ink: Stazon Jet Black and Versamark
Accessories: Cuttlebug, heart embossing folder, rectangle nestabilites, su chalks, wwc and aquapainter, punch, crystal effects, ribbon, primas and heart shaped brad, ticket punch

Thanks for stopping by and come back again soon.

Take care

Good Night

Trying Out A New Set!



I saw this set in the catalogue and figured that it was time that I starting making more Valentine Cards. I haven't really celebrated Valentine's Day for the past few years as it was the day that my Mom passed away five years ago this year. I think that she passed away on that day because she was so loved. I really miss her.

I had a bit of a problem figuring out how to put this card together but I think that it came together well. I am pleased with how it turned out. I always have so much trouble trying to figure out where to place the ribbon. I think that ribbon really sets off cards and gives them that little extra that they so often need.

For the backgrond on the heart embossing folder I tried a new technique that I read about on SCS. You sponge ink on the inside of one side of the embossing folder before you put it in the cuttlebug. I like how it turned out and will definately be using it again.

What do you think??

Recipe:

Stamps: Happy Heart Day
Ink: Black stazon, and real red
Accessories: cuttlebug, heart embossing folder, nestabilities, crystal effects, brads, ribbon, punch, primsacolor pencils, taltine, stumps, two way tape.

Have a great day.

It feels so cold here today. The last time I checked it was -16 celsius. At least the sun is shining and it is not showing. I have enough shovelling for this weekend.

Wow! Three Days In A Row!



Well Kelly's challenge the other day must have motivated me. I am so pleased that this is the third day that I have posted a card. (Pattinig myself on the back)

I made this card for my bil as today was his birthday. He and my sister have a sailboat and love the water so I thought that this set would be quite fitting for him. We have so much fun the summer when we get to go for a saiil.

I don't know why I have always really liked lighthouse for some reason and when I saw this set long ago I just have to have it. I bought this on the BST forum at SCS. It was well worth the money. I definately would never part with this one. It is definately one of my favorites.

Anyway, enough babble. My BIL Dave really like this card so I was pleased.

Happy 51st Birthday Dave!

Recipe:

Stamps: Coast to Coast
Ink: Black stazon
Paper: Real Red, Brilliant Blue, Ballet Blue, Whisper White
Accessories: Cuttlebug and embossing folder, crop-a-dile, eyelets,
word punch, corner rounder, taltine, primsacolor pencils

Maybe I can make it four days in a row... come back tomorrow to see.

Goodnight

Happy Stamping!

Matching Card!



Here is a card that I made to go with the calendar that I posted yesterday. Just scroll down if you want to see it.

I had alot of fun using this set for the first time.

This card and calendar is going to a new friend that I met on SCS. I hope that she likes it as much as I do.

What do you all think about it?

Recipe:

Stamps: True Friend
Ink: Non SU Green
Accessories: SU marker really rust, punch, brad, ribbon, glue dots
Paper: River Rock, Garden Green and Su Dp Apple Cider

Have a nice evening and see you again real soon.

Cheers!

Getting Back Into Stamping Again Now!!



My friend Kelly kinda challenged me today to post something again today because yesterday was the first day that I posted something this year and it was definately too long. I of course, had to rise to this challenge and post something.

This is the first calendar that I have made and I must say that I enjoyed it. I just love this designer paper and of course I had collected it for awhile before I used it but I am working on that too.

I was supposed to get together with Kelly today to do some Valentine stuff but of course the weather around here would not co-operate with use. We are in the middle of a snow storm here now and it is not expected to stop till tomorrow morning and it has snowed since lunch time. Bummer.

Stamps: True Friend
Ink: Non SU Green, su marker used for the rust
Paper: SU designer paper called Apple cider

Thanks for visiting my blog. Come back soon.

Happy Stamping!

I'm Finally Back!



Been awhile since I finally got around to making a card. Between everyday life and a bad back and neck I just haven't been able to do anything.

This is a card that I made for my Sisters Mother In Law as she is having surgery on Monday to remove a lump in her breast. I wanted to bring it up to her this weekend so she would know that I was thinking about her and wished her all the best. I hope that it will make her feel a bit better. I can only image what she must be going through. Being an 86 year old woman and find out that you have breast cancer must be scarey. She is such a sweet woman and I just love her dearly.

Good luck Nanny Keeping, my hopes and prayers are with you.

I was at Michael's last night and saw this ribbon and this card just went on from there. I thought that it was so cute and then I thought about this set. It is not quite a match for the real red but it will do.

Stamps: Best of Cluck, Riveting
Paper: Real red, whisper white
Ink: Stazon black and classic su black
Accessories: punches, cuttlebug, nestabilites, primsacolor pencils, taltine and
a stump, su markers

Hope you all have a great day and thanks so much for dropping by

Take care