Stampin' Chez Moi

The BEST afternoon ever ~ sitting on our balcony and creating ~ talk about relaxing! I found these   challenges at Create With Connie & Mary  & Seize The Birthday  ~ and so I got right to work!  I need a birthday card for my wonderful mother and I'm very pleased with the outcome ~ we will celebrate her 80th birthday this weekend with a surprise Birthday luncheon ~ we have about 100 people coming to celebrate with us ~ I know mom will be blessed ~ And so while I was enjoying my time, I created two more cards! Thanks so much for popping by ~ I hope you enjoyed your peek and feel inspired to to join in the fun  If you live in Winnipeg or the vicinity and would like to host a party I would love to come and stamp with you and your friends!! Or, if space is an issue, come here and create with me at one of my many clubs or classes! Drop me a line for further info! I'd love to meet you! Enjoy your day!   Plea...

The season of showers & weddings are upon us...I have a weekend of weddings showers, so I peeked in my stash of cards...yup....just what I thought...so last night I threw a CAS card together...is it wrong to have the same card for two different showers ~ the brides don't know each other and the ladies attending will be different at both showers...so yes...I cheated! I found two great challenges that gave me my starting point ~ Create with Connie & Mary have this great colour challenge and then I followed the sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch  .... thanks so much ladies for all that you do in helping us with a great place to start ~ THANKS ~  I do find CAS quite difficult as I'm used to more layers...but I am pleased with the out come of my shower card! what do you think? Thanks so much for popping by and having a peek ~ I hope you enjoyed your visit :-) ~ enjoy your day ~ If you live in Winnipeg or the vicinity and would like to host a party I would ...

What a fabulous holiday Monday I had ~ hubby and I spent the morning together ~ then he was inspired to start ripping up the wall to wall carpeting on the main floor. I'll show you some pictures in the next couple of days! We are installing hardwoods and we can't wait ~ but this will be a month or so process! So our main living area will be a 'fright' for some time, and I just need to be okay with that! So while Dean tore up carpeting I tore up some paper and I had an absolute blast! I found a color challenge at Inkspirations #58 that I really wanted to try and a sketch over at CCMC #138 I'm still on a vintage kick and loving' working with this style! I LOVE the 'Bliss' set that is available for FREE during Sale-a-bration. There was so much going on with this card that I decided to try and keep it as simple as possible in regards to embellishments. So I added one lonely pearl and really like the outcome of this. The swirl is a piece that I cut from ...