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,

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!

Thank you

 Hello from freezing cold Millet, Alberta!

We have been super dooper cold this week -40 Celsius

with a wind chill as high as -51 Celsius.

We had to drive our daughter in for her Social 30 Diploma Exams

on Tuesday and boy the car was not happy about wanting to start.

It is supposed to be cold like this until next week, where we are looking

at -8 temperature for at least one day...we better get our shorts out..hee hee.

Today we have a brand new challenge ready to go over at

Creative Knockouts.

What is the challenge do you ask? Well for 

Challenge #333  we would like to see you finish the inside

of the card.

Challenge #333 Finish the Inside of Your card.

Our sponsor this week is from

Di's Digi Stamps

Prize: $6 voucher

 The image above is of the inside of my card when it is laying down.

 I colored the image using my copic markers

(retired image is From The Heart Stamps, closed down)

used spellbinders to and punches to highlight

the image and the sentiment.

Some paper, flowers, brads, pearls, sequin and embossing folder

finish it off the front

The inside I used two stamps and a punch to create

a border with a finished look.

We would really love to have you come and join us

at Creative Knockouts this week.

Have an amazing week

and 

Thank you so much for your support.

Stay warm, safe and have fun crafting!

Hugs,

Take A Break....

Good morning!

It has been a little bit of a chilly week

as we have some snow, that has stayed on the ground.

The roads were not very good Monday night or Tuesday

Wednesday in some areas were still very icy.

We didn't get tons of snow but it rained some

before it started snowing.

It definitely feels like winter at the moment.

I will be breaking out a cup of hot chocolate today.

Tonight we go and see our daughters

final league game of her high school career

for volleyball. It is one more reminder that

high school is going by way too fast.

Today, is Thrusday

and Kelly over at Creative Knockouts

has a brand new challenge for us this week

Challenge #323 - Border Time

Our Sponsor this week is Di's Digi Stamps

thank you so much for sponsoring us.

Prize: $6 voucher

This sentiment is so perfect for so many family

and friends, who need to be reminded

of it is okay to take a break.

This cable sweater type embossing folder

was to add to the comfort of

having a cup of something nice and hot

coffee, tea, hot chocolate...

This cute, cute image (Coffee Mouse by Gerda Stiener Designs)
 is colored up using Copic Markers.

To follow our challenge, dies were used

and an embossing folder to make

some fancy borders around the image.

The die companies used are Gina Marie Designs (square)

Spellbinders (scalloped ovals)

Stampin' Up (stitched ovals) and (embossing folder)

Today, I will take a break with our grandson

and enjoy some time with him.

Please come and join us for our brand new challenge
and a chance to win. Plus, I would love the chance
to see what inspired you this week.
Wishing you a great day

and hopefully a bit of time for you!

Thank you for stopping by

and joining me.

Hugs,

You Are So Awesome

 Good morning and a very happy first day of August!

We have another month filled with 

wonderful birthday's, along

with an arrival of a new little cousin

 and some more weddings.

August is always an exciting time

and I plan on treasuring every moment!

Creative Knockouts has a brand new challenge for us.

Our sponsor this week is our one and only

Kelly

Prize: $25 CTMH surprise package

Thank you for sponsoring us.

Our brand new challenge is a fun one

Challenge #309 - Card for a Child

The image and sentiment are from Gerda Steiners Design

called Hippo with a butterfly.

This little cutie was colored up using Copic Markers

then fussy cute out to be popped up

on the card.

All paper is from Stampin' Up

The square/rectangle/x-stitch dies are

from Gina Marie Designs.

It was so much fun coloring this cutie up

while I had a chat with my sister.

Please come and join us at Creative Knockouts

for our Card for a Child Challenge.

We really look forward to seeing what it inspires in you!

Have a blessed day 

and thank you so much for joining me 

for my newest creation.

Hugs,