Edwin with Christmas Lantern

I recently placed my very first Magnolia order and this cutie is one of the first I coloured. I had fun making this wintery Christmas Card with non-traditional colours. Edwin is coloured using my new copics (they are so fun!). Card base is brown bazzil (love this stuff) and brads are CTMH outdoor denim. I used my Marvy oval and oval scallop punch and did some hand stitching along the bottom. Another Christmas card to add to my pile for Sparkle's Christmas card challenge. Cheers!

Happy Easter!

This is the first card I made with Phoebe Ketto from Stamping Bella! Isn't she so cute? I colored her using my CTMH markers as I made this card before I got my copics. Of course, I had to add some Stickles to her hearts. I also used some tiny CTMH flowers with teal Kaiser pearls in the centre. The sentiment is a rub-on from my stash. Thanks for looking and I hope you are enjoying your Easter weekend!

Christmas Tilda

Well, apparently it's been a busy week - I haven't posted since Monday! I went back to work after being off for six weeks, so it was back to the regular routine. I know what you're thinking, Christmas? It's Easter for goodness sake! Well, Sparkle is doing a Christmas Card Challenge over at her blog - I am not keeping up the pace, but figure I"d try to get maybe 4 done each month - at that rate, I should have at least 44 completed by the end of November, lots more than I usually have done at that time. At last count, I have 18 finished, so I"m trucking along pretty good I think! (I have never had this many completed this early in the year!)

Anyhow, about the card. I recieved this beautiful Tilda image from a swap over at Splitcoast Stampers and just had to get her coloured and onto a card. She is sitting on a cute chair that is also from Magnolia. The DSP is CTMH from the More to Adore paper pack, the CS is Chocolate, Pondersosa Pine and Vineyard Berry. Might be hard to tell from the photo, but I just had to add some little rhinestones to the punched out hearts in the corner. Have a great weekend!

Flowers

I just had to use this cute image I received from Shana in a swap at Splitcoast Stampers. The image is called "Flowers" from Sugar Nellie. With the exception of the face, the image was coloured with my CTMH markers as I coloured this one before I got any copics. The sentiment is from CTMH. CS is Bo Bunny's seafoam dot paper - did anybody notice that I love Bo Bunny! Their dot CS is so great! Happy Monday!

I get by with a little help from friends - and family...

These cards were made by my Mom! Mom always says she loves what I do, but she doesn't think she has the patience to do it... She is very creative, so I can see her getting into it one day, maybe if she can stay home long enough - she is always on the go, I don't know where she gets her energy from!

I had surgery nearly six weeks ago which meant I needed six weeks off work, couldn't drive for a month, wasn't allowed to do housework, at the least for the first few weeks, etc. I must say I don't know what I would have done without the help of friends and family. My dear friend, Donna drove me to the hosptial, stayed with me and waited until I was out of recovery and as comfortable as I could be in my room. Am I ever glad for that since it would have been hard for my husband to keep me calm as we tend to talk about the family business lots when we are together! Donna and I had no problem yaking about scrapbooking and stamping and the time passed quickly. My good friend and neighbour, Danielle, kindly offered to receive my boys from the school bus and give them dinner, amongst other things, a number of times in the few weeks following the surgery, and this was so helpful. My little sister, who was just married in January and had just returned from her honeymoon, flew up to help take care of the boys and do the cooking & laundry. A week after she left, my parents arrived, just in time for March Break - perfect as they kept my boys busy and managed to entertain me a little as well. By the time all of my wonderful helpers had come and gone, I was really starting to perk up and feel more like myself. It was near the end of my Mom's visit that she decided she wanted to make a couple of cards. The first one she made for our dear friend who had surgery this past Thursday. (I heard from her family and she is holding her own so far, but is not yet ready for visitors, she remains in our thoughts.) The second was for my son's Birthday. I thought she did a great job considering she put them together super quick!

Anyhow, I just wanted to take this opportunity to say thanks to everyone who offered and provided help to us, who sent flowers and cards and who kept me and my family in their thoughts as I recovered. I am doing well and will return to work on Monday. I'm thinking it will be a little bit of a rude awakening - it is not quite the same as being off for a week of vacation. It should be interesting! Like I said, I get by with a little help from my friend and family - I couldn't do it without them. Thank you so much guys!

Wishing you well....

I put this card together a couple of weeks ago for a family friend we call "Grandma" even though she is not related - I'm sure you know what I mean.... Anyhow, she has been in hospital the last few weeks. I saw her again a couple of days ago and found out that she was to have an operation yesterday. We have not yet heard from her family to hear how it went, but she and her family are in our thoughts.

The image on the card is from Imaginisce. I stamped in Hollyhock (CTMH) and flocked the flower with Snow Cone Blue flock from Stampendous. The flourish is from the CTMH flourish set and the sentiment is also from CTMH - Say it in Style (love this set!) Nothing too fancy, but I love how it turned out. I actually made up an Easter card very similar to this - quick and easy - I still have a few more to make, so will be making a few more of these up!

I love Oakley!

Isn't he just the cutest little boy? I think he is fabulous - there are so many great girly images out there, but I have two boys, so I fell in love with Oakley when I first saw him. I received this Whiff of Joy image from my good friend Danielle who got it from an image swap or wishrak at Splitcoast, I believe - can't thank her enough for sharing!

The card base is New England Ivy (CTMH) with some ink distressing in Cocoa. DSP is from Basic Grey's Skate Shoppe line - I admit to hoarding this for a long time! I embellished with CTMH buttons. Thanks for stopping by.

Sunflower Thank you

Here is a card I made awhile back and sort of lost track of. Despite it's simplicity, I decided I liked it a lot and wanted to make several to have on hand. Well, I guess it was put out of sight, out of mind, so I was glad to "uncover" it the other day. The photo was taken by my hubby of one of the sunflowers my children planted this past summer. We planted the seeds late and I worried that we wouldn't get blooms, but they were beautiful and my boys were thrilled. Have a great evening!