Lovely as a Tree

Hellooooooo! Can you believe we are already back to Thursday? The weeks are just flying by and boy the schedules with the kids are picking up.  Not so much what they are doing but extra appointments and stuff.  So last week when I was away at a convention for my husbands work, we went from sunny and a little chilly to a blizzard, nice on Friday and then another blizzard.  The weather is changing constantly but spring is calling my name.  I was incredibly proud of the Wetaskiwin Credit Union as they won an award, which is tough for the smaller guys to do at the Alberta AGM.  We were also proud of our oldest son as he tried out for Team Alberta (basketball) and made it to the final cut of 10 kids, he did awesome for being injured. Our daughter Kaitlyn turned 11 (growing up way to fast) and our middle son had a great time with his Tae Kwon Do.  My mom narrowly survived with her life, for some reason the dish washer had it out for her, jumped out and attacked her good. (Sorry mom and thank you for all you do).

Seeing the sunny skies and starting to see the green grass, has me looking for some buds on the trees anything besides the geese to show me that the s*** will leave and stay gone for a while.  As hostess this week over at 4 Crafty Chicks, my idea was to celebrate Trees for our challenge #138.

My card below is stamped with Lovely as a Tree, paper is Chocolate Chip, Vanilla and Crumb Cake.  I had fun putting texture to this.  Mom thank you so much for the new embossing folder from stamping up.

Over at 4 Crafty Chicks Leanne, Lori, Melissa and Sue have out done themselves and have some amazing inspiration for you.  Come on out and play, it is going to be fun to see what you create.

I would love to enter this card into Make it Monday - Anything Goes.

Thank you for sharing my creation with me.

P.S.  I am grateful for all of you!

Happily Ever After!

Hello from the Camp house hold! We are in the middle of our Easter holidays here and well I must say it has been a busy one.  Spring clean inside and outside of the house, getting out of the house and exercising, celebrating birthdays and having amazing company :)  When we looked outside last night we noticed that we were getting our first heavy spring rain.  It has taken quite a bit of the snow off of our yard....yahooooo! The birds are starting to twitter pate and the geese having been going over our house like crazy.  Enough of my yapping and onto my new card and a new challenge over at 4 Crafty Chicks this week.

So this week over at 4 Crafty Chicks we have a challenge that well, I must say, I don't use near enough of these.  Our incredibly talented hostess with the mostess this week is Leanne from Banking On Crafts.  She has asked us for Challenge #136 to use CHARMS!  We are also welcoming our new Guest Designer for the month of April and her name is Sue

Low and behold when I was going thru my stash of stuff looking for charms, I find this nice little package that Miss. Leanne gave me for Christmas.  It was too perfect, thanks for giving me these charms Lan and saving my butt for this challenge. The charms she gave me are all different styles of hearts and they are super wonderful.  My card is made with paper, ink and embossing folder are from Stampin Up (Night of Navy, Basic Grey and Whisper white), ink is Night of Navy, embossing.  Now if anyone could help me my Night of Navy always looks purple when I take of picture of it...any idea's?  Accessories are the Twine and charm :).  The Stamps used are from Inkadinkado -Wedding.

On a special note I have a few very, very special people I would love to thank for my homemade 40th Birthday cards.  These cards will always be treasured by me. There have been cards over the years that I have been saving to frame and I do believe these two will be in that frame.  Now to find suitable frame.  Turning 40 this past weekend was a hard one for me.  When I turned 30 it wasn't bad but turning 40 was really hard, had me in tears often and down. For quite a few of my friends it was turning 30 that was the problem and not 40 (they embraced it and well hmmm...I didn't). There has also been so much going on in our lives that I think everything just got to be too much and the expectations of me. The goals I set for when I turned 40 were not met but I am trying to tell those Negative thoughts to go take a Hike.  All in all my birthday was good spent with my family, we went shopping, bowling and out for supper.

My mom in the last few months has pumped out over 200 cards..she is amazing! She makes cards for all of my grandma, my aunts and uncles, my brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews and great for both.  My mom makes, anniversary, Christmas, Easter, Valentines Days, birthdays and truly makes everyone feel special because she took the time to make them.  Thank you so much for everything you have created for my kids, husband and myself.  Each item being unique and very special.

Bonnie Stewart - My Mom...who needs to get a blog of her own *wink*

Leanne when I went to the mail yesterday, granted a few days after my birthday.  There was a huge surprise for me parcel pick up slip.  Boy was I thinking man I've been good and didn't order anything...low and behold it was a card from my dear friend Leanne.  Well giddy with excitement as always to get something fun in the mail, it was quickly opened.  To quote Robin and his friend Dylan..."that is sick"...which means it is totally cool. Then came the questions of if I could create cards like this.  Well I said no mine are different but Leanne really knows how to put details onto a card that make them picture perfect.  Lori I totally know what you meanT when you said to me over a week ago that this card I would want to frame and I DO!

Leanne took my desire for reading (LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT) and crafted it into this amazing book on this card. The paper is perfect, the book, distressing, ribbon, flowers, pearls, charm, sentiment are super phenomenal.  I have treasured the cards you have made me over the years Leanne but this one is truly my favorite.  Thank you so much to adding to my special day!  Too check out her amazing creations please click on her name and it will take you to her blog.

Leanne - Banking On Crafts

 I would love to enter my card over at Make It Monday - Anything Goes (sorry for not commenting last week my blogger wasn't working for me) and Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Be sure to hop on over to 4 Crafty Chicks to see the master pieces of the other girls.  They sure do have some inspiration for you!  I would love to hop on over to visit you too.

Thank you so much for having patience on this super long post and for celebrating my card with me.

Rejoice

Today is Thursday, where has the week gone. Although it has gone by fast it seems like it has been an extremely long one.  Quite a few of my family and friends kids are on spring break holidays now but for my kids today is their last day of school, then we have a full week off.  One more blessing today is that it is supposed to be +10 out and simply gorgeous.  Maybe spring is one the horizon. Tomorrow is good Friday, but it also a very special day for my family.  We were blessed to have another son, 14 years have gone by in a blink of an eye.  He is super excited to have the day off of school.  Happy Birthday Robin.  HAPPY EASTER to all of my followers and to everyone who pops on in for a visit.

Being as it is Thursday, over at 4 Crafty Chicks we have a new fun filled challenge.  Our beautiful hostess this week is Lori and she certainly has the perfect challenge for this time of year.  We are on Challenge # 135 and the theme is Easter.  It can be anything that relates to Easter. Our Guest Designer for the month of March is Christine and it has been absolutely amazing, thank you so much for sharing your craftiness with us this month.

My creation for you.  I have a few very cute Easter Stamps but no Happy Easter sentiment stamp...how does that happen.  So my creation this week kind of represents the love of God.  Two of my kids are kind of doing something like the last supper type at their school today, so I thought it is the perfect time to rejoice.

 

 I would like to enter my card into Make It Monday - Anything Goes

I can't wait to see what you come up with and would love to pop on over to your blog and see your wonderful creations.

HAVE AN AMAZING EASTER BREAK OR LONG WEEKEND!!

Celebrate!

Good morning to ya! We are in a Snowfall warning this morning! Wait a minute I thought yesterday was the first day of Spring.  A little joke on us I guess with the easier Winter we have had, well for some of us anyway. 

It is my lucky week to host over at 4 Crafty Chicks this week.  The challenge is #134 and it is to use Circles. Well I am not sure that my card turned out how it was visioned in my head. Hopefully it is okay. The gems aren't as sparkly as I thought they would be...oh how I wanted to bling it up :) Maybe some texture was needed at the top part of the card or a different stamp...hmmm, just not sure.  My daughter said Mom there is just to much white...LOL. I used a little circle punch from Stampin Up and a old stamp from them as well.  The bling is also from Stampin Up.  Going to have to break out some more circles, they do make creations pop! My card is below :)

Be sure to check 4 Crafty Chicks out...I would totally love to hop on over to see what circles inspires in you.

This made me giggle on Facebook.

Hello Baby!

Good, Good Morning! It has been a busy week but an exciting one all of the same.  We are lucky to have a long weekend, no school tomorrow or Monday.  We are expecting a snow storm with quite a bit of snow and very cool temperatures thru to the weekend.  Frankly, I am ready for spring but I guess Mother Nature has a little more white stuff for us.

Last week there were so many awesome and very inspirational creations over at 4 Crafty Chicks be sure to hop on over and check some out. We also have a new challenge this week and our hostess with the mostess is Melissa.  She has another fun filled challenge and truly an easy one..well sort of *wink*.  Are you ready to see what it is?

CHALLENGE #133 - Clean and Simple

During a fun shopping trip with my friend Lori,  I found this adorable giraffe and thought it was just perfect for one of the little boys our family just welcomed into the world.  Isn't he just cute?  I went with straight crisp lines and used crumb cake, early espresso, bashful blue and whisper white for papers.  I also used some eyelets, twine and copic markers.  Super glad Lori was creating with me because there was a need to tell me how to use my eyelet machine...LOL.  Guess it had been while :) Thanks for an awesome challenge Melissa.

I would love to enter my card into the following fantastic challenges:
 Papertake Weekly - 1-2-3
1.  Twine 2. Eyelets 3. Layers or 3 colors of paper :)

2. Make It Monday - #131 - Anything Goes

We truly hope you will hope on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and show us what Clean and Simple inspires win you.  My fellow DT's have amazing creations to show you too.

I found this quote on Facebook and thought it was funny.

Thank you so much for all of the comments and for sharing my creation with me.  Have an amazing week!

With Sympathy

Welcome March! It is hard to believe we are almost finished our first week but alas it is very true. Spring is on it way...yahooo :)  Well the last week has been a crazy one of incredible highs and some lows.  Last Saturday my oldest son Tristan and his Junior Boys High School Basketball team won Gold at Zones.  It is the first time in 33 years or maybe longer that our 3A school has won a championship like this. Usually it is won by the 4A schools. Truly something for them to be proud of.  One of the low notes was that I got a phone call from my daughters school asking me to come and pick her up because she fell and hurt her knee bad and needed to go too the hospital.  Kaitlyn didn't crack her knee cap but she has too much fluid behind it so she can't swim for two weeks, no gym, no dishes, no vaccuming and she has had to take two days off of school. We thought she might enjoy the two days off but alas she is going nuts. She is now walking with crutches which is a good thing but it could still end up being casted. We were blessed for sure. Enough of my babbling on to my DT card and a new challenge over at 4 Crafty Chicks.

Over at 4 Crafty Chicks our incredible hostess with the mostess is Leanne. She has another fantabulous challenge for us.  I do believe Leanne along with my fellow DT's are the queen's of using these tools on their creations.  Welcome to our Guest Designer Christine for the month of March.  She is going to have tons of inspiration for you. Are you ready to find out what the challenge is this week?  Okay, I will tell you...because I just can't keep it a secret any longer.

CHALLENGE #132 - Die Cuts

 On this card the Die cuts I used are from Heartfelt Creations (Decorative Butterfly).  My large butterfly and the corners are from this Spellbinders set.  My other butterflies are from Martha Stewart punches.  The stamp is from Verve.  The paper and embossing folder are from Stampin Up.  The gems are unknown.  I started this card with my peep Lori, which was a relaxing night of crafting.

I would love to enter my card into Challenges 4 Everybody - Challenge #15 - Anything Goes; Make It Monday - Challenge #130 - Anything Goes ; Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes

Here is a picture my bestie Lori posted on facebook.  It made me smile so much my cheeks hurt. I truly hope it doesn't offend anyone...but oh how I love glitter :)  Thought about going crazy with it on my card this week...LOL.

Thank you all for sharing my creation with me and for all comments.  They are appreciated and bring so tons of joy. :)

Ice Cream & Pickles

Hello Thursday, how we have missed you! I am struggling to believe that we are on the last Thursday of February.  As my daughter pointed out to me, they only have 4 months left of school.  Boy was I in a little bit of shock but you know Kaitlyn is right.  We had our usual running around but I was able to visit with a friend while waiting for my daughter to finish swimming, twice last week. On the weekend however, I had a few surprises my nephew and brother came for a visit, so did my friend Lori and her daughter.  The younger girls did some baking and oh was it ever fabulous.  The wee bit older girls *wink* went shopping and well of course that included a stop to the craft store, good coffee, and most of all fabulous company equaled one fun filled weekend.

Each Thursday, I look forward to revealing the challenge and my DT creation for 4 Crafty Chicks.  We are on Challenge #131 and our fantastic hostess is Lori.  She has another awesome challenge for us.  Lori is asking us to do some stitching - real or faux.

When we went to the craft store we bought a few new stamps and this is one of them. It is from Saturated Canary - Ice Cream & Pickles, isn't she cute? Boy was it ever a ton of fun coloring her.  I originally bought a little hand held sewing machine.  Broke it out for this challenge but neither myself or Lori could figure out how to get it to sew in a straight line. It would only go in a circle, obviously it was the person running it...LOL.  Needless to say my mom will be getting a call to please, please help me....LOL.  Here is my creation with my Faux stitching, new stamp and new pattern papers. Don't you just love 6X6 paper pads.  Hope you like this one as much as I do.  Thanks Lori for coloring with me, not to mention the shopping.

I would like to share my card with the everyone over at Make It Monday #129- Anything Goes

Be sure to stop by 4 Crafty Chicks and show us what stitching inspires in you. I would love to come over to your blog and see your wonderful creation.

Thank you so much for sharing my creation with me.

Thought this was perfect for this week challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks.

Playing with Twine!

Hello...Thursday! Sometimes, I think Thursday gets the worst rap for the days of the week but really it shouldn't.  It is the closest day of the week to Friday, it is also the day that 4 Crafty Chicks have a new challenge.  We are on the 3rd week of February and you know what that means...it is my week to be hostess.

We are on Challenge # 130 over at 4 Crafty Chicks and well I hope this is an easy one for you.  Twine.  It has been so much fun digging into the twine and I even got some for Christmas.  It is hard to tell but my twine is white and early espresso, so is the button. It is wrapped around the layer 8 times. The bright colors were so much fun last week that I broke them out for this week too. Everything except for the pattern paper is from Stampin Up.  This congratulations stamp is one of my favorites.

I would love to enter my card into the following fun filled challenges :) : Make It Monday -Challenge #128-Anything Goes, Challenges 4 Everbody - Challenge #14 -Anything Goes, Penny's Paper Craft's - Challenge #115- Anything Goes

Thought this is cute and could definitely apply to me...LOL.  I think we are all Limited Editions.

Thank you so much for stopping in and taking a peek at my hand made card. Also thank you to everyone who leaves a comment for me, I truly love them :)

Happy Birthday!

Good Day and Happy Valentines Day! Just when I think being ahead of the game is great....then I forget to change my blog post from draft to scheduled.  So sorry girls that my post is late.  Do you do anything special for Valentines day?  We make heart shape pizza's to go with all of the kids sizes.  Pretty soon we will only need to make 2 large homemade heart shape pizza.

This week over at 4 Crafty Chicks we are on challenge #129.  Our beautiful hostess is Melissa and she is changing it up a bit with this fabulous sketch below.  Over at 4 Crafty Chicks our Guest Designer Valou, Leanne, Lori and Melissa have some amazing inspiration for you. 

Here is my clean and simple card for this sketch.  The paper is Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler and Whisper white.  The pattern paper is either Lime Twist or MME (sorry not too sure).  The stamp is from Stampin Up.  These colors sure do have me dreaming about spring...only a few months away now...yahooo :)  This sketch is definitely on that is going to be worked up often. 

I would love to enter this card into Make It Monday - Anything Goes and Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes.

Can't wait to see what amazing creation you all share with us at 4 Crafty Chicks this week.  Last week was AMAZING (singing this)!!

Have an amazing week and thanks for sharing my card with me!!

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge # 128

Good Morning! Well what an exciting night my mom, husband and I had.  We got a chance to enjoy Tristan's basketball game.  The boys played hard and won their game 61-35.  It is sure nice watching the game with family.  Yesterday was filled with some meetings and they went well too.  So let's bring on today because I just know it is going to be a gooder :)

We are on Challenge #128 at 4 Crafty Chicks and our lovely hostess again this week is our one and only Leanne! She totally has another fun challenge lined up for you all.  Would you like to know what it is?  Leanne has challenged us all to use Pink and Red on our creations.  I was so thankful to her for this challenge because Valentines is coming super fast and there were cards that needed to be done.  Thanks Leanne :)

Here is DT card and everything that I used on it except my pearls are from Stampin Up! I apologize for not knowing the names of all of my Stampin Up products.  The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes. My hearts came from a die cut that my mom was nice enough to let me borrow.  I love the quilted look of the embossing folder.  The texture on this card just has me giddy.

 I would like to enter my card over Stampin' Royalty but was excited to see that there challenge #162 is Valentines/Love. ABC is having a challenge called G for Going Dotty my Dots are on my 3 hearts.

We would love to see what you create with the challenge over at 4 Crafty Chicks this week.  Don't forget to hop on over to 4 Crafty Chicks my fellow DT will be sure to give you inspiration!

Inspirational Saying from Grieving Mothers from Facebook:

Life has
NO REMOTE
you have to
Get Up
and
CHANGE IT

Thank you so much for stopping by and taking a peek at my card.  Please have an amazing week, filled with love, laughter and peace.

Recipe Challenge and Crazy Egg Prize at 4 Crafty Chicks.

Helloooo to all of my fellow crafting peeps! It is Thursday again and you know what that means.  I have a new DT card for 4 Crafty Chicks!

This week our hostess is our very talented Leanne and she has made it extra fun.  We are on Challenge #127 and Leanne has challenged us all to a recipe.  Gotta love these it makes me dig into my stash and use up some oh so lonely craft supplies...LOL.  Here is her challenge for us.

CHALLENGE #127

Use 1 Pattern Paper

Use 2 Colors

Use 3 Buttons

Leanne is also offering up this wonderful prize for this month. Thanks Leanne!

Here is my creation for you!  It is a little different for you but I hope you like it.  I will have to come back and add my supplies for you.

I would like to enter it into Make It Monday and Challenges 4 Everyone!

Hope on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and join us for this fun challenge. Don't forget my fellow chicks have some amazing inspiration for you too.  It would be a blast to come and visit your blog.

Some More Craftiness

Good Morning! It is a great job being a DT at 4 Crafty Chicks because we had so many phenomenal enteries last week.  Thanks to everyone who played.

We are already onto a new challenge over at 4 Crafty Chicks today. Our wonderful hostess this week is non other than our Lori!! She has a wonderful challenge for us.  Are you ready to see what is?

CHALLENGE #126 - BUTTONS 

In the last few weeks, it has been so much fun breaking out the buttons.  I must confess though, I tend to forget to use them. Love how they add the extra look and uniqueness to cards, scrapbook pages and 3D art.

My new DT card is below and yes it is another black and white one.  I decided to go with another sympathy card.  I don't use my cross enough and usually I color it but this time my darling husband convinced me to just leave it black and white.  Sometimes it is hard to mix things up but I broke out my paper piercer, my cross stitching floss and needle to add a little something to the right hand side.  While digging into my stash I thought that my card also needed some twine (white from SU) to go with the buttons.  It is hard to see but the black paper is embossed using the D'vine Swirl folder.

Thank you so much Lori for the amazing challenge this week.  It was fun and again one that I always need.  Girls you sure do help me use my products and I truly enjoy that. It is fun sharing our craftiness together!!

I would love to enter my card into the following challenges, each week they give me so much inspiration.

Make It Monday - #125 - Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - #12 - Anything Goes

Be sure to hop on over to 4 Crafty Chicks to get in on our next challenge, it is a wonderful one. I really do enjoy coming to visit you.  Thank you so much.

Saw this little on facebook could this possibly be you too?

Pearls, Pearls, Pearls at 4 Crafty Chicks

Hello, how has your week been going?  My week has been busy but mostly enjoyable so far *wink*.  Yesterday, I had a visit from my fellow chick Lori.  It was the first time in a while that we have had a down day and it wasn't because I was sick...LOL.  Lori crocheted on her fabulous color filled blanket and I cross stitched and crocheted.  It was a day filled with tons of laughs and girlie time.  You can never get too much girlie time :)

Today, is Thursday and you all know what that means.  It means over at 4 Crafty Chicks we have a new challenge up for you.  I am the hostess this week and the challenges is an easy peasy one.  Can you guess what it is from the title?  I bet you can!  Pearls are like a crafting girls dream of diamonds right?

Before this card was started, I had something else in mind but sadly my brothers mother in law passed away yesterday and she was an amazing person.  Our thoughts are with their families as they remember good times and try to deal with losing someone so special.

My card has a Pearl Flourish that was given to me by my fellow chick Leanne.  Leanne is the queen at using flourishes.  The sentiment is from a set created by Verve and the butterflies from Martha Stewart punches.  All paper is from Stampin Up and the extra pearls are from left overs from my stash.  So sorry that the pearl flourish looks blurry, I took so many pictures and they all looked the same.

I would love to enter my card into the following challenges:
Make It Monday - #123 Anything Goes
Challenges 4 Everybody - #11 Anything Goes

We really hope that you have time to join us over at 4 Crafty Chicks.  We sure love hopping over to your blogs and sharing in your creations.  Have a fabulous week. Thanks for stopping by and sharing in my post today :)

I leave you with this image from facebook.

Color Combo at 4 Crafty Chicks and Winner of Blog Hop

Good Morning! What an amazing week 4 Crafty Chicks had with so many amazing and very inspiring creations.  Thank you so much to everyone who left a comment on my blog and to all of my new followers.  I truly appreciate all of the comments left and that you are willing to share in my crafting journey.

My winner for my blog hop prize is #14 Deedesigns.  Congratulation :)

We are onto Challenge #124 this week and our hostess with the mostess is Melissa.  She has this amazing color combo below for us.

Here is my creation below.  My mom had brought me the soft sky and blue bayou colors but in the end we realized that I had both of these colors in my other paper stash *wink*.  Sometimes it pays not to get rid of things but sadly I guess you could say I don't use all of my stuff either....LOL.  After I took the picture I realized that I forgot to add white pearls to the center of the flowers (that will still happen).

These colors are awesome but for some reason I struggled with them.  There are two other cards started but not finished.  This card is clean and simple without a sentiment...what do you think should it have one?  Maybe the color combo needs to be worked with some more.  Guess I am feeling that it needs something but just not sure what.  Can you help?

My fellow DT's made this color combo look so easy and truly just amazing inspiration.  Be sure to stop on over at 4 Crafty Chicks to check it out!!  Oh and don't forget to stop by 4 Crafty Chicks to see if you are one of the GDT, TOP 3 or blog hop winners.

Not sure where this week is going but I do hope that the flu will leave our house hold alone as well as others.  With everyone getting sick in rotations it is getting to be a little bit mundane.  Tristans basketball team won their game 54-30, it was an awesome game.

Thanks so much for sharing in my crafting journey!!

Quote or saying from facebook:

Blog Hop, GDT spots and Challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks

Welcome to our first Blog Hop and Challenge of 2013.  It is so exciting that we have another year to have fun with challenges and continue to meet with our fantastic players and followers. Thank you for stopping in for our Blog Hop, we hope you enjoy it as it is not a very long one :). We are looking for three Guest Designer for February, March and April.  If you came from Melissa's blog you are on the right track.  If you get lost along the way, just start again at 4 Crafty Chicks.

Leanne

Melissa

Tamie (Me)

Lori

4 Crafty Chicks

  Our hostess for this week is Leanne. Leanne also has a Challenge #123 for us this week.  It is too use Ribbon and Bows on your project. 

Here is my creation for your viewing pleasure!  I was lucky enough to craft with Lori in her new home.  Thanks for having us out and helping me get inky too!

Also one lucky winner will walk away with this little prize but please remember to leave a comment on each of our blogs and 4 Crafty Chicks.

 I would like to enter my card into Make It Monday- #121-Anything Goes and Challenges 4 Everyone - #10-Anything Goes

Can't wait to see what you create for our Ribbon and Bows challenge and who our next wonderful GDT will be.  Happy Hoppin!!!!