Just Because

 

Good morning blogger land!

Today we are having mild weather again.

It is melting snow and a wonderful break

from the -36 temperatures.

It has been a while since a new card has been posted.

Our family has grown some.

Our son and his fiancé had identical twin girls

on New Years Day! They surprised us

and came very early. 

We have only met them through FaceTime but we look

forward to getting to know them in person when they are 

out of the NICU!

Our lives are truly brighter with our granddaughters and grandson.

Being a grandparent is just the best.

So today, we have a brand new challenge

and a brand new sponsor

over at Creative Knockouts.

For Challenge #435 - Say Something - Add a Sentiment

our brand new sponsor is 

Mirtillamente

The prize for this week is  2 digital images

Thank you so much for letting me use

Le Pine: Anne B.

It was so much fun to color her up and design

this card with her.

I colored up this card using my Copic Markers.

The papers and pop ups are from Stampin' Up

The sentiment is from Gerda Steiner Designs

The vellum was embossed with D'vine Swirl.

Please come and join us over at Creative Knockouts

for this fun filled challenge.

My fellow Team mates have awesome inspiration for you.

I would like to say thank you to everyone who continues

follow me and support me. It truly is appreciated.

May this new year be one filled with peace, joy, laughter and of course

lots of crafting.

Walk with me,

Hugs,

Christmas Gnomes

 

Good, good morning!

The weather has been a tad crazy here. We have

had freezing rain several times this winter season.

Wednesday was no exception...the roads were

like looking into a mirror.

You know it is bad when semi-truck after semi-truck is stopped

on the side of the road or only going 20km.

Let's pray that it doesn't rain again today.

An early morning appointment that is a must to get too.

Our son Tristan has been dealing with so much

his truck was stolen while he was away working on a 24 days on shift. 

So many frustrations dealing it and so much other stuff stolen from it.

Not to mention the damage to the outside and inside.

It is totally disgusting inside and heart breaking for him.

It makes  me so disappointment in people.

He worked so hard for his truck and looks after his

stuff. 

I pray this week is a better one for everyone in the world.

Today, we have a fantastic new challenge up

over at Creative Knockouts.

Challenge #431 - Time To Be Merry

Our amazing sponsors this week

are

Laurie Furnell Ink

Prize: is 2 Digi Sets

Thank you so much for letting me showcase 

this fabulous image called Christmas Gnomes

I simply just love Gnomes.

For some reason they just bring my heart so much joy.

Each image is just calling to be used.

The above card, I chose to used the Gnome holding the tree.

It reminded me of my dad

and how much fun he had putting up the Christmas tree.

It brings me the spirit of joyousness.

He loved the stars and everything about Christmas.

It was so much fun to color up the image using my Copic Markers.

The Stitched Star is from Gina Marie Designs.

The embossing folder is from Cuttlebug.

The pattern paper and paper are from Stampin' Up

Pop-ups were also used.

It is hard to believe that the count down to Christmas is on.

How on earth is it the 9th already?

I do look so forward to seeing what you create

and also getting into my craft room.

Please join us for this fun filled challenge over at

Creative Knockouts.

My fellow Design Team members have so 

much wonderful inspiration to share with you.

Thank you so much for supporting me

and for joining me.

Hugs,

You're My Anchor

Good morning! Welcome to my blog.

This past weekend we celebrated Thanksgiving

with most of our children and grandson.

We missed our oldest son Tristan 

but look forward too seeing him soon.

COVID sure has messed things up again this year

for having a large family gathering.

I am grateful for waking up everyday

and each and every moment, 

I get to experience, in this life.

Thank you all for joining me

and sharing in my creations.

We have a brand new challenge over at 

Creative Knockouts

For challenge #423

Embossing Delight- feature heat or dry embossing on your creations

Kelly- Close to My Heart

Prize: $25 Close to my Heart - Surprise Package

The card above was colored using Copic Markers.

The dry embossing was done using folders by Cuttlebug.

The sun, bird dies, cloud and hill are from Gina Marie Designs.

The paper and stamp set are from Stampin' Up.

It was fun to change up the color of this card

to a vivid warm color. It changes up the actual 

color of the papers. Kind of softens it.

We would love to see you over at Creative Knockouts

for this brand new challenge.

My fellow DT's have awesome inspiration to you.

Come craft with me

Thank you for joining me today.

Giant Mushroom

Good morning bloggerland :)

I am wishing you a very happy Thursday!

Well we had a bit of a productive week.

We celebrated our 24th Anniversary and planted a garden.

In fairness about the garden my hubby did it all for me.

Let me just say he did an amazing job too.

He has a green thumb as he has managed to

grow pineapples in our house here in Alberta.

Today, we have a brand new challenge up

at Creative Knockouts.

We are on Challenge #351 - Embossing Delight

Dry or Heat Embossing

Our fantastic sponsor this week is from SheepSki Designs

Thank you so much for letting me color up 

the Giant Mushroom image, it is super adorable.

The Prize is 3 images

I used Copic Markers to color up this super cute image.

I broke out my cuttlebug and sizzix folders

to emboss on the green and orange layers.

I then did a rectangle stitched die on the bottom layer.

Added some pearls and woola all done.

I would really love to see your amazing work

so please join us at Creative Knockouts for our brand new challenge.

Who doesn't love embossing right.

Thank you so much for joining me!

Happy Birthday Beautiful Friend

 Good morning my friends,

The world right now is such a different place.

I have been spending time going through

my mom's pictures and am also

hoping to get my new space for crafting painted

and moved into.

Missing my dad as well as we are not allowed to

see him in the home he lives in.

Crafting is a great thing to do to relax.

My card for you today is made

using The Project Bin Stamps/dies

Just Sayin' Stamps and the heart die from In My Heart

 I cut out the hearts and glued them down.

Then I stamped in each heart

with the sentiment that I wanted.

The curve for in front of the word friend

is actually from the letter "m" at the being of that sentiment.

Thought I would try that and it turned out really

good and was super easy to do with

The Project Bin Stamps. 

My final step was to run the layers

through an embossing folder for texture.

Added some bling of pearls for a little bit of a pop

and it turned out really good.

Be sure to stop by the blog each weekday for some more

inspiration using these spectacular stamps

from my fellow Design Teammates.

Hoping this finds you all well and safe.

Thank you for joining me today.

Hugs,

Season's Greetings

 Happy Monday morning friends!

It is only -7 but feels more like -14 with the wind chill

but it could be soooo much colder.

How was your weekend?

We had a great Saturday spent

shopping with our daughter. It doesn't

happen very much as she is always busy.

Guess the business is preparing us

for when she leaves home, what it will be like.

Also it was nice to start some Christmas shopping too...yay!!!

Onto why you are here...

Today, I am high lighting several stamps

from The Project Bin

Merriest Christmas, North Pole and Classic Man 

to create a Christmas scene.

 Two stamps/two dies were used from the Merriest Christmas stamp/die set

(snowman and tree)

Four stamps were used from the North Pole set

(Sentiment, mail stamp, North Pole words, sign)

One stamp used from the Classic Man set

(car)

The coloring was done using Copic Markers,

Wink of Stella was used for the sparkle of the snow

(sorry couldn't capture it with my camera, it does look cute)

Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder.

Memento Ink was used to stamp the words and images.

It took me a bit to figure out this design as it was different

in my head then what it actually looks like.

Do you ever have that happen?

The stamp sets I used are below.

Merriest Christmas

North Pole

Classic Man

Be sure to stop by for more inspiration at our

The Project Bin blog.

Thank you so much for stopping by

Wishing you an amazing day and a week full of happy blessings.

Hugs,

Spring Bumble Bee

Hello, friends! Welcome to my blog.
Today, is a beautiful day with some wind
and the temperatures should be above 0 again today.
Doing a dance.

Today, is Creative Knockouts Thursday
where I will share some of my card
inspired by our challenge this week.

Thank you so much to our sponsor this week
for letting me color up this adorable image called

Spring Bumble Bee

Prize is 3 images

The challenge number is #289

Challenge: Tic Tac Toe- use the items in any line- straight or diagonal

Pearls	Vintage	Bling
Paper Piecing	Image/Sentiment	Die Cuts (nestie, punches, etc)
Distressing	Embossing	Ribbon/Twine

I chose the bottom row

Distressing is on the top two layers

Embossing is on the bottom layer

Ribbon (3 different colors)

Isn't this fun!!!
So many different ways to make your project.

I colored the image using Copic Markers
On the wings, flower, crown and spot on the cheek Wink of Stella was used.
The paper is from Stampin' Up (Whisper White, So Saffron, Rich Razzleberry
The stitched rectangle die is from Gina Marie Designs
The butterfly is a left over from a Spellbinders die.
The embossing folder is D'vine Swirl from Cuttlebug

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges
Craft Rocket Challenge - Challenge #57 -  March - Flowers
Crafting with an Attitude - Challenge #49 - Always Anything Goes

Thank you so much for joining me today!
Wishing you an amazing week and may someones
smile brighten your day!

Hugs,

Winter Fairy

 Good morning to everyone in blogger land.

Happy THANKSGIVING to all of our family 

and friends in the U.S.

Wishing you all blessings, love and comfort this holiday.

It is the start of basketball season for our daughter.

First game is next week. Boy are we excited.

We managed to start a bit of Christmas shopping

when we had two unexpected trips to Edmonton

Go us*hee hee*.

Thank goodness the roads were good.

We have a brand new challenge

for you over at

Creative Knockouts Challenge

#273 - Snow Much Fun

Our wonderful sponsor for our brand new

Creative Knockouts challenge is Fabrika Fantasy

The image I am highlighting today

is Winter Fairy

Thank you so very much for such a beautiful image

to work with.

Prize: 3 Images

 

The picture above I was able to capture 

the Wink of Stella, that was used on my copic

colored image.

I used an embossing folder for the texture

Gina Marie Designs, stitched die

Stampin' up glitter enamel dots and pop ups.

Please come and join us at Creative Knockouts,

we would love to see your inspiration

and we have tons of ideas to share with you too.

Have an amazing week

May you have time to get some crafting in too.

Thank you for joining me.

Hugs,

Tea Mouse

Happy Thursday!

Today, Creative Knockouts has a brand new challenge up

Challenge #241

Lots of Layers

our amazing sponsor is Sasayaki Glitter Digital Stamps

The image I used is called

Tea Mouse

It was so much fun to color up and create this card.

Thank you so much for being our sponsor and letting

me create with your image.

Prize: 1 Image

Tea Mouse was colored using Copic Markers

Paper is from Stampin' Up

Stitched circle die and scalloped punch is from Stampin' Up

Candy dots and pop ups are from Stampin' Up

Small circle and scalloped circle is from Spellbinders

It has been a bit of a crazy week

up and down emotionally.

 I am super excited for the volleyball tournament 

this weekend with our daughters team.

Be sure to check out Creative Knockouts Challenge 

we would love to share more inspiration with you

and to see your inspiration too.

Thanks for stopping by

Have a blessed week!

Hugs

You're The Mom...

Good, Good Morning!

We had a snowy weekend here.

Which has made the roads very, very icy.

The weekend was full of volleyball

it has some highs and lows but in the end was successful.

Today, is The Project Bin Monday for me.

My latest creation is 

from our brand new stamp set

Deer Mom

 

Each one of the sentiments are so amazing. I just simply 

adore what Denise created. Perfect for mother's day 

and many other occasions too.

While making this card the items used 

were Deer Mom Stamp set, Gina Marie Stitched/scalloped oval dies,

Cuttlebug embossing folder, Stampin' Up paper (solid colors)

unknown pattern papers, Martha Stewart Punch and flowers/pearls.

Be sure to stop by the blog today and each

day this week to see much more inspiration.

Have an amazing day

and

thank you so much for sharing this card with me.

Christmas Presents

Hello friends! I would like to take a moment and remember our fallen soldiers and the soldiers that continue to keep our country safe. We will never forget and I am very grateful for your sacrifices that were made and continue to be made.

Today, we have a brand new and fun filled challenge for you over at Creative Knockouts. We are on Challenge #219 - Fav Color Combo. I would like to thank our wonderful sponsor this week for letting me use this image. My daughter Kaitlyn had blast coloring her up on our coloring afternoon.  

Image:

Christmas Presents

Broken Fairy Designs

Prize: 3 Images

Right now my favorite color combo is black, white and red, it is so bold.

The image above was colored using Copic Markers. Stampin' Up items include: Corner punch, circle/square stitch die, dazzling diamonds, paper and embossing folder. The snowflake embossing folder is from Cuttlebug and the pearls are unknown.

We would really love to have you join us over at Creative Knockouts. 

Have a great day and remember to smile.

Peppermint/Celebrate The Season

Good morning! I am super excited to bring my new creation to you for Season's Greeting Christmas Challenge. It run's the 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, Always Anything Goes with an optional twist. You can choose to use the twist or just share what you made with us.

I will share a Christmas creation with you every 4th Tuesday.  I am part of Team Koala along with my other fabby Koala Team. Now I can really and truly start making my Christmas cards for the end of the year.

My card above was made with an image I won from C.C. Designs release several months ago. Peppermint is such a cute image. She is just adorable and so much fun to color up. I did decide to use the twist which was a challenge for me but I loved it. Never thought to put these colors together. Hope you like my card too.

Recipe:

Stamps: Peppermint C.C. Designs, So Many Scallops Stampin' Up

Paper: Stampin' Up: Cucumber Crush, So Saffron, Blushing Bride and Watermelon Wonder, Whisper White and Spectrum Nior paper.

Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento, So Saffron

Accessories: Martha Stewart snowflake punch, Stampin Up 1 1/4 inch circle punch, Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder. Copic Markers, Gems from Your Next Stamp.

I would love to enter my card into the following challenges:

Hiding in My Craft Room - Challenge #290 - Any Holiday (Christmas)
Christmas Card Challenge - Challenge #7 - Christmas card can do the optional twist but I didn't.
The Corrosive Challenge - February Challenge - Anything Goes

Please come and join us at Season's Greeting Christmas Challenge. It would be super fun to see all of your fun Christmas makes.