Hugs, Kisses and Sweet....

Good, Good Morning!

It has been a very crazy busy last

couple of weeks. My sister has

come for a visit and boy have I missed her.

My brother was able to join us for a couple of days too. 

My new craft room is a work in progress but

is coming together slowly.  

Boy do I look forward to the day

where it is mostly done and a zen place to create.

Today, is my turn to highlight some stamps

for The Project Bin.

The stamps that I have chosen to share with you today

are Love Your Shelfie and Birthday girl!

It was fun making this birthday card.

It is really a one layer card with no bling,

so that it can be mailed easier.

I used Prisma colored pencils to color up this adorable 

turtle. The texture was added by a ribbed board for his shell.

The flower paper was in my stash 

It really made me think of the someone

who just adores flowers.

It added some more pop for color.

I took a black felt marker and drew in the lines/dots

around the border.

An clean and simple card for you today.

Please join us each day of the week at

The Project Bin

My fellow teammates have

lots of inspiration for you.

Wishing you a blessed day and I

hope you get sometime for you.

Thank you so much for the comments

and for taking the time to join

me today.

Lovely Thoughts of You

 

Good, Good morning!

Today, we have a brand new challenge up at 

Creative Knockouts.

For Challenge #367 we would like to see Lots of Layers

Our wonderful sponsor this week is Artsy Stamper

The wonderful image I got to high light this week is called

Sketched Spring Blooms

Prize: One Digi set from the Esty Store

Thank you so much for letting me color up this beautiful image

and the sentiment is wonderful too.

The sentiment is just wonderful for a thinking of you card

When I made this card it was with my mom in mind.

I colored up the flowers with my Prisma Color Pencils.

I used Gina Marie Design dies for the stitched circles and stitched squares

The light colored circle is from a Stampin' Up circle punch.

Ribbon, doilies, paper and embossing folder are from Stampin' Up

Please come and join us at Creative Knockouts

for our brand new challenge.

We would love to see your Lot's of Layers.

Thank you for stopping by

Hugs,

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

 Good Morning!

It was a busy weekend for us.

We spent a bunch of time packing up and going through

my mom's house. It still is not getting any easier.

The best part was getting to see our family from Friday - Sunday.

Tomorrow we will be celebrating my darling hubbies birthday.

He is going to be 50 years old!!! How did that happen?

Onto why you are here....

Today is The Project Bin Monday!

We have a brand new stamp set

that I am so very excited to share with you today.

It is called

Mid Century Christmas

there is also a matching die set

So many cute sentiments and the dies

for the presents, tree and star are fantastic.

I look forward to using them the next time.

What do you think? Isn't this an amazing stamp set!

I call this my Christmas in August Card :)

 The Santa Claus image was colored using Copic Markers.

And Wink of Stella was used to add some glitter to his hat.

The sketch I followed was from My Favorite Things.

Be sure to come on over to our Blog

to see what my fellow DT's are creating

each day this week. We are back from holidays

and they have incredible inspiration to share with you.

Wishing you an wonderful week filled with joy!

Have a very happy week, may it be one that includes

getting inky!!!

Thank you for joining me today!

Hugs,

Cheeky Devil

 Hello my friends,

August is a busy month for birthdays.

This year we have many special ones,

including my hubbies in a few weeks.

Birthdays are the best.

This month will be hard;

it will be the first time my mom isn't here to celebrate

her birthday with us. We miss her dearly. Another first.

Today, is what I call Terrific Thursday

and over at Creative Knockouts Challenges

we have a brand new challenge for you.

#363 - Finish The inside

we have an amazing sponsor this week,

thank you

Dr. Digi's House of Stamps

Prize: 2 Images

Image used is called Cheeky Devil

Thank you so much for letting me color up 

this super cute image.

My hubby is a magic fan and love to play.

The image reminded me of 

this game he likes :)

 I used copic markers to color up this fantastic image.

A few dies and a punch 

ba bam my card was complete.

On the inside I used a few dies as well.

I love making special cards for my loved ones.

Please come and join us this week as

I am excited to see how you all finish the insides of your cards.

My team mates also have amazing creations to 

share with you.

Thank you so much for joining me today

and for making my day special.

Have an amazing weekend/week ahead.

Hugs,

Thank You For Your Thoughtfulness

 Good morning friends!

We had an amazing day yesterday.

The only thing missing was our oldest son Tristan, his girlfriend Katie

and my dear mom.

Our son Robin, his girlfriend Summer and grandson Emery

surprised us with breakfast. It was French Toast and simply fabulous.

After we ate, we all decided to have a Beach Day.

 We were very lucky that Kaitlyn and her boyfriend Jon came too.

It was a blue skies day with a wonderful breeze.

The stamp sets that I want to highlight for you

are from The Project Bin.

They are Classic Man and Just Sayin'

Our town had a bad storm on July 16th 

and it caused a lot of damage to our neighbors houses

and to the rest of the town.

We were very lucky that our damage was minimal compared to 

everyone else.

The card that I decided to make is for our neighbor John and his son Liam.

They were gracious enough to help us load

up our branches and took it to the brush pile.

It was amazing and so very, very appreciated.

The rectangle die cut brown ink on the edges was done by a dauber

to make it look distressed.

I stamped the image and sentiments

and then used an die to cut out the oval

as to make it look like a picture frame.

Twine wrapped around it, to add to this masculine card.

The pattern paper is just some that I dug out of 

my scrap bins.

Be sure to check out The Project Bin Blog

Monday-Friday

for brand new creations from our Design Team.

Wishing you a really wonderful day!

Thank you for stopping by

Hugs,

Knight Owl

Happy Thursday morning!

We have had some really hot days here.

It is finally starting to feel like summer with these

temperatures. We have been lucky here and no

rain in the last few days.

Just gorgeous blue skies.

Today, Team B (that's me :)) over at Creative Knockouts

is up with our brand new creations with images

from our sponsor

 Jan's Digi Stamps

thank you so very much for

letting me high light Knight Owl

Prize is $10 Gift Certificate from the Store

Challenge #361 - Tic Tac Toe

Pearls	Embossing (heat or dry)	Bling
Vintage	Image (Stamped or digi)	Die Cuts (punches, etc)
Distressing	Sentiment	Ribbon/Twine

My row is Bling, Die Cuts, Twine.

Isn't this image Knight Owl super, super cute!
It is a must to have in your digital image collection.

I had a lot of fun coloring it up using my Copic Markers.
I broke out the red pearls for the bling,
Oval dies (My Favorite Things)
I call these wonky dies??? from Gina Marie Designs.

Thank you so very much for stopping by today.
Wishing you a blessed day.
Smile you never know when it will makes someones day!

Hugs,

The Most Adorable Raccoons!

Good morning to my blogger land peeps!

I truly don't know where these weeks have been going.

The weather has been a bit up and down

really scary for some areas of our province.

The fields are too wet for the farmers

to get into to get their first cuts done and that makes me sad.

We are truly hoping for some beautiful weather with no

rain for a bit.

Today is Creative Knockouts brand new challenge.

We are on Challenge #359

What is the challenge?

Furry Friends

(show us your furry friends)

The Paper Shelter is our wonderful

sponsor this week.

The prize is 3 Images

Thank you so much for letting me high light

this adorable image called

The Most Adorable Raccoons

The above image has been colored using

Copic Markers (aren't they so cute?).

I used some Stampin' Up paper - Pacific Point, Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Wood Grain Pattern paper, edged with Early Espresso Ink.
The sentiment is from Gerda Steiner Designs
Twine from Stampin' Up
The ovals are popped up over the twine.
The embossed stars are from a Sizzix Embossing folder
The blue mat was cut out using a Gina Marie Designs die
The stitched ovals are dies from My Favorite Things.

Please come and join us for this fun filled challenge

We would love to come and check out your

awesome creations!

Thank you for your support this week.

Have a really blessed day!

Give A Girl The Right Shoes

 Good morning to you!

It is hard to believe that in just a few days

July will be half over. *shocking*

We had a lovely weekend spent with family,

enjoying each other and missing our loved ones

that are watching us from heaven.

We celebrated two beautiful young woman who are

now high school graduates. We are so very proud of them.

Today, is my day to pick a stamp set to high light

from The Project Bin.

Wise Woman is what I chose to work with.

 I adore this set with all of the different sentiments.

Now I am a shoe girl but sadly only have a few pairs of

beautiful heels; that I am unable to wear now. *sigh*.

I love people watching for dress shoes. 

There are so many cute/beautiful shoes.

On the card above, I stamped the sentiment and image.

Then stamped the shoe separately and fussy cut it out to pop

it up in the center.

Some circle dies, pattern paper, butterfly punches

and woo-la the card was done. 

Please join us from Monday - Friday on our blog.

We have inspiration for you on these days.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Wishing you a very happy day!

Having Fun!

 

Good Morning!

Yesterday, was Canada Day.

It was such a different day,

only a little time with some of our family

and no friends.

For most of the day it rain but after a heavy rain

the sun popped out and made the afternoon 

and evening very nice.

We sure are missing watching sports and rodeos.

Today, we have the first challenge of July

for Creative Knockouts.

What is the challenge you say?

Challenge #357 - Sew It Up

I always love this challenge :)

Our fun sponsor this week is from

the Prize is 3 images.

Thank you so much for letting me

color up and showcase

Having Fun

I chose to color in yellow and oranges to 

add some bright color to the rainy morning we were having.

The sewing that was done is on the outside rectangle 

and on the first oval.

On the rectangle the stitching and holes were there from the die,

so I decided to pull out my needle and sew just in the holes

and leave the dashes open.

On the oval, I poked holes around it and then hand

stitched it. It is hard to tell but the thread is the

same color on both layers.

We would really love it if you would join us

for our challenge at Creative Knockouts.

My fellow DT's have some amazing creations for you.

I look forward to seeing your work and commenting.

Wishing you an amazing Day!

Share a smile with someone, they just might be needing it.

Thank you so much for joining me.

Hugs,

Swim Friends

Good morning!

It has been a wild few days

hopefully life will settle down a little bit now.

We enjoyed watching baby ducks with our

grandson the other day.

Today, we have a brand new challenge over at Creative Knockouts

We are on Challenge #355 - Summer Fun is the challenge.

Prize: $10 Store Gift Certificate

Thank you to Jan's Digi Stamps for being our

wonderful sponsor and for letting me showcase

Swim Friends

It is a fun stamp set with many sentiments.

I chose this one because it made me laugh.

Who doesn't like swimming with noodles.

Please come and join us for our brand new challenge.

We are excited to see your summer fun creations.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Have a Blessed Day!

Love Your Shellfie

 Good morning!

Our weekend was good 

and the weather was a little

crazy, hot with period of period of rain.

Then we had a amazing lightning show

then the rain really came down.

Today, I have a fun little card that

I made for The Project Bin.

The stamps and dies

used are called

Love Your Shellfie

and 

Love Your Shellfie Matching Dies

There are many things that are going on in my

life right now and this sentiment seems to just perfect.

The very cute turtle was colored with Copic Markers.

The other shapes came out of my extra stash.

Be sure to join us over at The Project Bin Blog

for new creations from Monday - Friday

Wishing you a blessed day!

Thank you so much for joining me.

DAD

 Good morning and a very Happy June 1st to you!

It has been an emotional past couple of weeks,

as our daughter would have been graduating 

with her cap/grown ceremony and then the dinner/dance

portion the next day.

Her dress was delayed, we finally got it and are now

in the process of finding someone who can alter it for her.

So pictures, hair and everything else has been cancelled,

until that is all done.

We will make things special for her though.

The weather has brought us lots of wind, some rain

and some amazing sunny days too.

My Monday post for The Project Bin

has me highlighting two newer stamp sets

called Defined and Wild Thing

 Defined has so many amazing sentiments

and

Wild Thing has sentiments and two dies to go with it.

Since we are in June it won't be long before it is

Father's Day, hoping you enjoy this card.

 I broke out my colored inks

to make this hand stamped Father's Day pattern paper

using the sentiment from Defined. On the yellow piece of

paper has another sentiment from the Defined set. 

My sponge dauber came in handy for the dad sentiment to age it a bit.

The bike was stamped, but out using it's die and then colored

using my Prisma colored pencils (green and black).

The image is also popped up with dimensional.

Digging deep into some old stash,

I found some linen thread to add a little something behind

my sentiment to fill the space.

Please come on over to The Project Bin Blog,

My fellow and very talented Design Teammates

share brand new creations every Monday - Friday.

We have started to paint my new craft room,

so I will keep you up to date on the progress and 

what it looks like when we are done.

Wishing you an amazing day

and a huge

thank you for all the comments 

they really make my day!

Massive Hugs,