Safari Gift Bag

Hello!  Hope you've had a great start to your week, it's still the weekend here as it's a long weekend!  We've had a nice relaxing weekend so far, it rained all Saturday!  The weather was pretty good yesterday and were hoping that the call for rain for this afternoon is wrong since were planning to hang out with some friends at the park!  :>

Today I have a project on the gel a tins blog! I made a gift bag using the Safari Friends stamp set!

I stamped the animals from Safari friends in various inks and made a matching tag!

Well that's it for me!  Off to enjoy the sunshine!  :>

Belive in Your Dreams

Hello!  It's Friday and for us here in Canada it's a long weekend!  Yay!  It's been a gorgeous few days but sadly the forecast into the weekend is rain, which it is every May long weekend!  Although with how much better the weather has been this year who knows!

Last night I got together with a few girlfriends who watch Greys Anatomy too, to watch it.  Did not realize that so many of my friends watched it until one organized it!  So funny to hear her walk around playgroup asking "Do you watch Grey's?"  LOL It was great to sit together and watch it and talk about it too!  Special thanks to my MIL for coming over to babysit, since Chad had an appointment.  :>

So when you blog real time do you ever find yourself starting a post and working on it through the day? That's how it went today.  I started this just after 3 got to here and than Carter woke up we cuddled, I went grocery shopping, made quick dinner, went to soccer, picked Ariel up from a birthday party, and now as I feed them a snack I  am finishing typing this. Well I was until I put the kids to bed and got a surprise call from a great crafty friend!  :>  Now as I type this I am watching Scandal!

Today I have a cheerful encouragement card to share, well I think it's encouraging!  I was in the mood to play with Flutter by, by Lawn Fawn.

I am entering this card into Paper Craft 2012 Gallery Idol!   I think that this sentiment is quite encouraging?  I stamped the flower from the Flutter By set masking it and using bright summer colors.  

I have two wreaths to share with you!  This one was a custom order from a good friend for her Mother in law for Mother's Day!

She loved it! This is my most popular wreath colors I have found!  :> And here is another custom order from a good friend for her grandmother for Mother's Day!  

This was my first jewel toned wreath!  After posting it on facebook I got another order for a jewel toned wreath so I will share that next week!  And actually I didn't want to mention it before Mother's Day but two wreaths that I had on facebook for sale two husbands bought for there wives!  :>  And that's how I am going to leave you, off to work on a wreath!  :>

Super Fun Birthday!

Happy Tuesday!  It feels like it's been so long since I last posted and chatted with you so I warn you, your in store for a long post!  :>  Last week I didn't get to create too much but last night I sat down and played:

It's funny because I knew I wanted to play with the flower trio from Patterned Hearts and Flowers by HA BUT I had a total different idea in my head!  Than I decided to play with the current Hero Arts challenge:

I love the colors this month and wanted to use them, than thought I should make a birthday card as I always need them and than thought to myself I may as well make it an interactive card too!  I think this is the first time I've actually played with all 3 of the challenges for Hero Arts in one card!  :>  So here is how I made it interactive:

 

I thought both sentiments worked well together!! Here's another view, I used a lot of foam dimensional's to get it to work!

I really enjoyed making this card!  I can't wait to give it away and see there face!

We had a wonderful weekend!  On Friday Carter had a soccer game and let me tell you nothing is more amusing than watching almost and 4 year olds play soccer! HA!  Carter kept wiping out and falling and often taking other kids out!  Everyone laughed!  Oh so fun!  We took the kids out for donuts after too!  Saturday was Manitoba Day (my province) and the Manitoba Museum was free so we took the opportunity to take the kids!  We started out in the Science Gallery, than a Fred Penner planetary show in the Planetarium!  Perfect for there age and fun and musical!  Had lunch and than went through the museum in a little less than an hour! I guess with a busy 3 year old that's how it goes!  LOL!  :>  They had people dressed up so I got a photo of the kids:

After the museum Ariel had her first swimming lesson and than we went to celebrate Chad's Mother with his family!  We had a family bbq at my BIL and SIL's house!  It was a gorgeous day outside!  Sunday we went to church and the kids and I went along with Chad to show a house, while he did that we played at a nearby park!  :>  Hit the mall for sandals for the kids and than they made me pancakes for lunch and Carter and I took a nice nap!  Chad snapped a picture of the three of us:

 

It was such a gorgeous day on Sunday that we planned to go the park after naps, and it turned out another good friend were planning too so we went together!  The kids really enjoyed playing together!  Afterwards we had a great family fun dinner of make your own pizzas!  We had such a great weekend celebrating Mother's Day!  And yesterday it was even hotter we went to a good friend's pool!  First time swimming outside in May!  :>

Well I think that's it from me today!  I hope your week is going fabulously!  :>

Sweet Cakes!

Hello!  Happy Friday!  I wanted to pop by and let you know that mt first creative post for gel a tins is up on there blog today!  I so would love it if you went and check it out and left me some love!!!  You can see it here! 

Here's a sneak peak!

Hope your Friday is as great as it should be!

Flying By

Hello!  Hope your day is going great!  I enjoyed play group with Carter this morning and am looking forward to a relaxing afternoon!

I wanted to pop in and share a card that I made yesterday.  In my head this is what I told myself "A little more cardmaking a little less overthinking it!'  I just wanted to enjoy stamping and creating so I made a very CAS card, but I love it!

I am entering this card into the current Lawnscaping Challenge of Clean and Simple:

I enjoyed stamping this card and paper piecing it with the This and That papers by Echo Park!

Last night Chad and I finished up facilitating the Marriage Prep Course at our church, this was our third time doing it this year!  It's done now until the fall!  So enjoy getting to know new couples!  :>  Afterwards I went out with a good friend for a late movie.  We saw:

And it was as good as you think it's going to be!  It was so great to get out with a good friend!  :>  We cruised the book store first and enjoyed chatting before and after the movie!  :>

Oh and I also just finished a popular book:

I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella.  It's an easy and enjoyable read.  I loved it.  Nothing wrong with fluff reading, for me reading is to relax!  :>

Well I am off!  I hope to be back soon I've cleaned up and organized my craft space and got lots of new goodies lately so I really feel the desire to craft!  :>

Little Digger

Hello!  Hope your enjoying your weekend!  It's an absolutely beautiful spring day and we are enjoying just relaxing and spending time as a family!  It's been too long since we've had a no plans sort of day and I am loving it!

I have been quite crafty too today!  I started much earlier than usual with crafting, maybe I will do that more often!  :>  Or maybe it's because brother called this morning and asked for 3 cards that he needs by tonight!  One of them was a baby boy card which worked out so well as on facebook I won this delightful set Onesie Twosie by Taylored Expressions last month so I was more than happy to have a reason to use it!  Here's the card I made him:

I absolutely love the sentiment and the digger stamp!  I used the This and That collection by Echo Park for the pp and the mini wood close pin is from my stash I have had them since I started papercrafting!  :>

 I am quite happy to share that this week Ariel learned how to ride a two wheeler!  Yay no more training wheels!  I feel in a way it's been a long time coming because she had no interest in learning or even riding her bike. But since the start of the school year she has been talking about how in June her school has a bike rally.  I think she was dreading it!  On Monday I announced that starting today we would be practicing with her riding her bike everyday!  On Monday Chad and I took turns helping her, she was scared and maybe even shaking.  I told her that everyone starts that way but everyone learns how to do it and so will you!  Tuesday lots of help from me and Chad and at the end she said no more and started herself.  Wednesday she is all excited to come home from school to go and practice riding her bike, by myself!  Thursday she has really got it and can even go in circles!  The best part of it all really is all the kids who live in the street who would encourage her.  They would either shout "Ariel your doing it!"  Or ride along beside her and encourage her!  And give her tips and show her what to do!  It truly was so touching to see this!  She is absolutely loving riding her bike now!

Of course I don't get a photo of her actually riding!  LOL  Next up is teaching Carter how to peddle his bike!  I think in a bit he will be willing to learn after watching Ariel loving it!  

Well I am off to get dinner ready and enjoy a nice relaxing Saturday night!  Hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!

April Cards Pub and more

Hello!  Happy Wednesday!  Hope your doing great!  We had a really fun day here today, play group, a friend and her three boys for lunch and a playdate and lots of fun in the warm day!  But this momma is beat!  :>

I wanted to share that the gel a tins blog is doing meet the new design team and today it's meet me!  I really would love it if you checked it out!  You can see it here!  Next week I will have my first creative post for them!

I also wanted to share my tag that was published in CARDS April 2012 issue!  

And here is how it looks in the magazine:

I always cannot wait to see my work in the magazine! Each time I feel so blessed!  And the thrill I get when I get my hands on the issue and flip through it! Ooooing and ahhhing at the great work and than I find mine!  I always so enjoy seeing how they photograph it, love the props and colors!  That bowl, love!

I also have a new wreath that I finished up on Monday to show you!  It turned out so well!

I have two other wreath orders for Mother's Day gifts that I am actually working on too right now!  :>  I am off to go and enjoy the quiet with Chad and watch my favorite sitcom Modern Family!