Well we're definitely not used to this amount of snow for this many consecutive days here on the south island. In Isaac's 6 1/2 years he's only had snow like this once before. I'd say he's enjoying the snow much more now. Now he's a little more adventurous and happily sleds down through the yard over and over again! Daddy built him a snow jump that he flies over and was not stopping until he piled up into the fence at the far side of the property. We had to change his stopping techniques because Daddy wasn't too happy when he ran over more than a few of the sprinkler heads that were sticking up. Now he aborts the sled before he reaches the fence!

His sister, however, will do anything for a little (or a lot) of adventure. The faster the sled can go the better! She spends a great deal of her time eating the snow. Yes, we've given her the 'don't eat yellow snow' speel! Emma runs around and throws herself face first into the snow, she loves it! Once her cheeks, lips and chin have turned purple from the cold we bring her in! haha

Isaac didn't get too far on this run. He colided and landed on his face! Notice the 'cuffs' on Emma's coat, its tape. Good ol' Daddy had a Red Green moment and taped Emma's mittens on. He was right, they stayed on this time!

Embrace Life, Friend

Hello all, this is like 3 days in a row that we've woke up to sunshine! Gosh, it's so nice and warm sitting here in the sunbeam. It would probably be too much to ask for the sunshine to remain for days on end...I hear it's supposed to change tomorrow again.

I posted this card because I am thinking of my friend Bev this morning. We're meeting for dinner tonight which should be great fun. I must remember the few little goodies I have for her this time!

This card isn't difficult but very pretty and soft looking (not a great photo)in person. I used the Embrace Life stamp set along with the Three For You punch box.

I found it easiest to punch out the three flowers and then stamp their centres on them. Then I sponged the edges of each of them with Elegant Eggplant ink. The main image is sponged with Old Olive.

Recipe: Cardstock: Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive Whisper White; Ink: Old Olive and Elegant Eggplant; Accessories: Vintage Brads

Thanks for looking.

Alicia

Happy Mothers Day

Happy Mothers Day to all of you mothers out there! I wish you all a glorious day of sunshine and happiness with family (or without!).

I received my Mothers Day gift tonight already because Isaac, my 4 yr old couldn't wait until tomorrow. It was either receive the gift tonight or I'm guessing at around 5am he'd be at my bedside wanting me to see his 'secret'.




I've been wanting some shelving of some sort in my stamping room to hang up (or display) my collection of paper punches. I've seen some great ideas on other people's blogs. I've been to Home Depot and a few other hardware stores but hadn't had any luck finding what I wanted. Well, lucky for me my hubby is a fantastic carpenter so he and Isaac built me a little shelving unit to house my punches! Isn't it great! Isaac is so very proud of it! Daddy took pictures and video of him sanding the wood and then painting it. They did a great job and I am thrilled to pieces with it! :)






Here's a Mothers Day card I made for a class back in April. I finally broke out my Earth Elements textured card stock (comes in 12x12 only). I don't know why but I have some materials and supplies that I for some reason keep hanging onto instead of using them! Hopefully I'm not the only one that does this!

Recipe:
Stampset: Blooming with Love
Cardstock: Cameo Coral, So Saffron, Whisper White, Certainly Celery
Supplies: Marvelous Markers, Blender Pen, Basic Black Ink, Scallop and 1 1/4" punch, Paper piercer, dimensionals

Cheers!

A new layout

I just realized that this card is actually hard to view, sorry about that...This is a layout that I found in our monthly Stampin' Success magazine. Its not often that I actually use alot of their ideas but I was stumped one day for layouts, ideas etc, so I went looking for inspiration.

I just love this little rocket ship and have been meaning for quite some time to make a card with it. I've seen some great cards using this stamp (from Pun Fun). And I know its hard to see but I also used the Sweet Stars jumbo Wheel on both the River Rock and Soft Sky card stock. I coloured the rocket ship using Blender Pens and the ink pads. I also used the Wild Wasabit striped ribbon which I love!

In the end I wasn't crazy about this card and it was for a group of ladies that I thought might not have much use for a children's card so here's the next card I came up with.

This time I used the See You Around jumbo wheel and the cute butterfly stamp from the Just Celebrate stamp set (avaiable only from the Occasions Mini). I sponged the edges around the Whipser White cardstock before layering it onto the Purely Pomegranate cardstock.

Recipe for both: River Rock, Wild Wasabi, Purely Pomegranate, Whisper white and Soft Sky cardstock; Wild Wasabi striped ribbon; Blender Pens and classic ink pads; Basic Black classic ink

Thats all for now. Thanks for stopping by. Today is a school day for Isaac and the sun is shining! Here's hoping its here to stay!!

Doodle This

Hello all, its been awhile since I've posted. Gosh, the weeks just fly by! I've had a great month of stamping, with 3 workshops, all being alot of great fun and great ladies!

I think it was already last month that I had this card at a workshop. It's fairly straightforward. The polka dots are actually stamped on the widest (1-1/2") twill tape. I used the polka dot stamp from the Three For You punch box set. And the flowers are stamped and then cut out, layered and I added a Felt Flower and rhinestone brad to finish it off. I also lightly sponged the edges with Tempting Turquiose.

Recipe: Very Vanilla, Tempting Turquiose cardstock; Tempting Turquiose grosgrain ribbon, Twill Tape; Tempting Turquiose and Pumpkin Pie Classic ink; Felt Flowers and Rhinestone brad

Thanks for visiting.

Bundled In Love

Here's a card I designed for a workshop a while back. I was very happy with the outcome and so were the ladies that made it.

It's a pocket card. The card with the ribbon pulls out allowing you to write your greeting there. Start with an 11" x 4 1/2" piece of cardstock (8 1/2 x 11 cut in half lengthwise). Score in half and then score at the front end 1 1/2" (going by memory, this can vary). This is the front that folds over (where the designer paper is).

Insert an eyelet where you want your ribbon pull. I just used markers to colour. The Welcome Baby wit the stars is one stamp so use your markers to colour right on the stamp.

Card recipe: Mellow Moss, Confetti White, So Saffron cardstock, Bundled In love stamp set; So Saffron double sided designer paper; Moss gingham ribbon; Eyelets; Stampin' Write Markers

Thanks for stopping by.

Alicia

Happy Easter

Any plans for Easter? We had a very non traditional Easter dinner with Darren's family last night. Isaac enjoyed a little easter egg hunt with his Auntie Shannon while the rest of us pigged out on Cookies 'n Cream cheesecake - yummy!!

Tomorrow morning we're attending an Easter Brunch and Egg Hunt with a neighbour friend and others. This is our third year with Kathy and the gang. It's always so much fun. After a huge tasty brunch of waffles, quiche (the best I've ever tasted), bacon, sausage, fruit, etc we then all head outside for the Easter Egg Hunt. The kids have to follow clues to each different point in the yard where they each get a little something. Along with this there are eggs hidden all over the yard! Its loads of fun no matter what age.

Here's a card we did at one of my last workshops. Unfortunately, the girls had a bit of a problem with the glitter. Apparently, the wax from the crayons was still a bit wet when they went to add the glitter so there was glitter everywhere...I am sure the glitter would just brush off when the wax dried.

Card recipe: A Good Egg stamp set; Almost Amethyst, Apricot Appeal, Certainly Celery, Whisper White card stock; Almost Amethyst double sided designer paper; Apricot Appeal grosgrain ribbon; fine Cosmo glitter (green, purple); Basic Black ink; Soft Subtles crayons; Aqua painter to water colour

Have a Happy Easter!

Alicia