Update...

Some of you were curious how MY team did on Sunday at the football game, well, I am THRILLED to tell you, The Calgary Stampeders WON THE GREY CUP!!!!! The Grey Cup is Canada's version of The Super Bowl - football (not soccer, but American football) It was an AMAZING game, I was on the edge of my seat the whole time!! I was a little hoarse after!! LOL

I don't have anything to share today, the pics are still on the camera and I cannot find the cord - it is somewhere on my craft table (it's scary down there!!) I will get on it tomorrow, and have something to share soon!!!!

Have a great week!!! What do you think of my new header and background? I had a GREAT friend do it for me - I LOVE IT!!!It is so festive and I love snowmen, so it is perfect for me!!!! THANKS you-know-who!!!! ;-)

BLOGAVERSARY... in 8 days!!!!

I have an envelope CHOCK FULL of goodies to give away in 8 days!!!! I cannot believe it has been a year....wow!!! Time flies when you're having fun, I guess!!!!

Here is what I would like you to do to be entered into the draw for this FABO envie of goodies:

1) post HERE on this THREAD to let me know you want to be entered into the draw
2) in this post, tell me what your favourite Christmas/holiday tradition is
3) post about my blog candy on YOUR blog (if you don't have a blog, that's ok, just tell 2 friends!)
4) spread the word

That's it...EASY PEASY!!!!!

Report cards are done, so I hope I can create something soon!!!! I am heading out shopping today with my Mom and sisters, but maybe tonight!!! Tomorrow is the GREY CUP - Canada's version of the Super Bowl (CFL ROCKS!!!!) - my team, the Calgary Stampeders are in it, against Montreal & I'm sorry to say Montrealers - we are gonna WHOOP SOME BUTT!!!!!! GO STAMPS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I love football!!!!!)

Will post something soon, I promise!!! I stamped out a whole schwack of images last night, then we watched a movie - "Finding Sarah Marshall" - sooo funny!!! So hope to get to colour them tonight!!! Other than that, have a great weekend!!!

Blog Candy alert!!!

Holly is giving away some GREAT blog candy on her blog PLUS she is giving away a great card that has an image her daughter drew...sooooo cool!!! Check out her blog & comment before noon to win the card! The blog candy will be a random draw on a random day - so check back EVERY day!!!! She is celebrating 20,000 hits!! WAY to go Holly!!!!

slow & steady wins the race...MAYBE!!!

A few more Christmas cards done - another zillion and a half left to go!!! LOL I stamped a whole whack of Tilda's and a bunch of backgrounds, so I could sit in front of the TV with Tim and colour. Here are a few of the ones I've actually put together! All are coloured with copic markers - still practicing!!! These cards are 6 1/2 x 5 - I found them in my stash of Christmas stuff, they were in a package from Michael's with matching envelopes. They are a nice size for scene cards & I thought I should use them up first!! The DP is stuff from my scrap stash, and I used a LOT of stickles....what says Christmas better than stickles?!?!?! tee hee

The Christmas door background is from The Stampin' Place. They have some really great background stamps that work really well with my billion Magnolias!!!

This stone gate is from Alota Rubberstamps. I added liquid pearls to the gate and the ground to make it look like snow.

Hopefully I can get a few more cards done this week, and have another post for you soon!! In the meantime, enjoy the weather (whatever it may be wherever you are) and have a GREAT week!!!!

A few Christmas cards done...

and I've hardly made a DENT in what I need to make....eek!!!!! Note to self: don't ever make a list of all the Christmas cards you need to make in mid-November!!!! DO IT EARLIER!!!!! LOL I have a TON of Christmas stamps but I chose to start my cards with one of my faves.....Magnolias. I didn't realize how many Christmas and Winter ones I had......here are a few of the many!!! Anyways, here are a few cards I worked on last night and today.
Rowdy Tilda - causing trouble on the playground!!! LOL

Tilda with lantern on her way to Midnight Mass!

Chilly Tilda - waiting for the bus?!?!! LOL

Rowdy Tilda again...check out her big pile of snowballs?? tee heee!!!!

Tilda sitting on a BIG surprise!!!!

A Chilly Walk!!

On Tuesday, Tim, Brick & I went for a walk along the canal that runs through the south part of Calgary. It had been pretty much drained out for the winter, but it is still a really nice walk. Brick LOVES it!!!! Here is a pic of me and Brick that Tim took with his phone.

I got my HUGE order of High Hopes stamps yesterday so I was busy sorting them and smelling them, and didn't get any cards made!!! LOL Don't you just LOVE the smell of fresh rubbah???? Ok, I know I'm weird!!!! LOL Hoping to create tonight - if this cold doesn't send me to bed early!!! GRRRRR!!!!!! The joys of being a teacher - you get every germ that walks through the doors!!!!

Geisha Cat and a couple more Magnolia cards...

I forgot I had taken pics of these ones before I mailed them out, so here are a few more that I made sometime in the last 3 weeks!!! LOL This one I actually made today for my friend Karen. Her birthday is this Friday, so I thought I better get on it!!! I used Black and Real Red cardstock, black brads, my sakura gelly stardust pen and some stickles. I coloured the cat with my copic markers. The background stamp is from Stampendous called Friend Character (Asian characters with the word friend underneath) - not sure if you can see it well enough! The cat image is from Pink Cat Studio. I forgot how much I loved these stamps - I really should use them more often!! They are soooo cute!!! Inside the card it says "Have a PURRRRFECT day".

Paper: Wild Wasabi, unknown DP; Ink: copic markers, Wild Wasabi; Stamps: Magnolia (Tilda under Fall leaf), So Many Scallops (SU); Accessories: green glitter dots from Gina K's store, green pearl brad from PaperWorks Co.; white gel pen, stickles.

Paper: A Muse card base (sent to me from Glenda - thanks!!!); Really Rust; Ink: copic markers, black; Stamps: Magnolia (Tilda with sunflower), TAC sentiment; Accessories & tools: Heidi Swapp edge distresser; ribbon from my stash, stickles

Paper: Bordering Blue, DP from SU (not sure the series); Ink: bordering blue, copic markers; Stamps: Magnolia (Tilda with sled), cute and curly (SU); Accessories and tools: curly frame punch (SU), ribbon, stickles, white gel pen, sakura gelly stardust pen

Enjoy the day off everyone!!! I am off to my sisters house for dinner to celebrate her birthday and my nephews! Catch ya later!!!

A whole SCHWACK of cards!!!!

I know, I went so long without posting anything, now I'm bombarding you with cards!!!! LOL

Paper: Blue Bayou; Frosty Day DP (SU); white
Ink: Versamark; black; chocolate chip; SU markers
Stamps: snowflake from Winter Blast (MFT); Deer Friends (SU)
Accessories: Scallop circle punch (SU); 1 1/4" circle punch (SU); 1 3/8" circle punch (Marvy)


Paper: White; Ski slope DP (SU); black
Ink: Black (Memento Tuxedo Black); copic markers
Stamps: Holiday Lineup (SU); sentiment from Flaky Friends (SU retired)
Accessories: pop dots; red ribbon; red glitter


This card is a gate fold, I used the paper clip to hold it closed so I could take a picture! I wish I had stamped the sentiment darker, so I might have to redo that!!!

Paper: Green galore; riding hood red; white
Ink: Green Galore; black; copic markers
Stamps: High Hopes snowlady; snowflake & sentiment from MFT Winter Blast
Accessories: stickles

This card is for my sister - her birthday is today!
Paper: Purely Pomegranate; DP from SU (scrap bin so not sure what series)
Ink: black; purely pomegranate; copic markers
Stamps: Magnolia; sentiment from Penny Black's Critter Party
Accessories: ribbon (scrap bin); pop dots; primas; brads

This card is for my nephew who turned 19 last week!!! UGH, I feel so old!!!!
Paper: black; blue bayou; white; bordering blue
Ink: black; copic marker
Stamps: Making Tracks wheel (SU); Monster Truck & sentiment from Little Paper Shop

Thanks for looking!!! I hope to be posting on a more regular basis now - although Report Cards are due soon, so not sure how much time I will have to craft!! We'll see!!!!

Have a great week!!!!

WOW, where does time go???

Ok, I know it's been awhile since I posted anything crafty, but I HAVE been busy!! I had a craft sale last weekend so prior to that I was so busy getting stuff made and ready for that, I forgot to take pictures! I will try to do that this weekend!! NOW, I'm trying to get my card kits ready for my Stamp-a-Stack on Nov. 16. I promise I will be back to regular blogging as soon as that is done, and report cards! Gotta love this time of year!!!!

I'm also dealing with some diet/food issues. As some of you know, I have a lot of food allergies to begin with, but now my Dr. said I need to stay away from flour and dairy! Sigh! I have to figure out what I can eat, and still try to lose weight! I am down 20 lbs. since August, and want to keep going. I hope I can manage this on my own. The first 20 lbs. came off with the help of Jenny Craig, which I can no longer do because of the flour and dairy issue! ARGHHHHH!!!!! Anyways, if anyone has any wheat free recipes they care to share, I'd love some!!!! My sister has to eat gluten free so she's been a big help too!

Well, I better run!!! Will post soon!!! Oh, and KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED FOR MORE BLOG CANDY IN 24 DAYS!!! IT'S MY BLOGAVERSARY!!!!

I'm BAAAACKKKK!!!

Hi everyone!!! We made it home late last night, safe and sound, with all 4 bags in tact!! Wheeee!!!! We had a great time, lots of fun and things to see - 4 days is NOT enough!!! Here are a few pics for your viewing enjoyment!!! OH HEY - I bought a Xyron machine...not sure how I lived without it!!! WAYYY cheaper in the USA!!! That was all the crafty shopping I did - we spent more time looking for shoes for Tim (he bought 4 pairs; I bought 5!!) LOLHere is me at the airport waiting for our ride!!

This is Tim & I at his sister's wedding - the reason we went to VEGAS!!!

The waterslide that goes THROUGH the shark tank at The Golden Nugget. It was sooo cool!!!

Me losing all my money - damn blinky lights and bleeping - soooo addicting!!! Actually, we didn't spend too much time or money gambling - too much to see, too much shopping to be done!!!

The HUGE light show on Fremont Ave. This one was about the alien arrival - it was SOOOO freakin' cool!!!! This screen was above the street - probably about 6 or 7 blocks long. SO neat!!

Here we are on Fremont Ave. hanging out with all the kooky people down there!! I guess that's what you get when you can legally drink on the streets 24-7!!!

The desert - this was on our way out to Primm to hit the outlet mall! Such cool landscape, sooo different from Canada. It was barren desert, then these "hills" the locals call mountains - I had to laugh! FAR cry from the Rocky Mountains!! BUT it was sooo gorgeous!!

Tim in HEAVEN!!!! This store was HUGE!!!! Tim is a BIG fisherman, so needless to say, when he saw this store, we HAD to stop! It was really neat inside - fish tanks, duck pond, waterfalls, shooting range, and TONS of stuff to buy!

This is me in front of the OCC (Orange County Choppers) bike that they made for The Bass Pro Shop. It's hard to see all the details but this bike was amazing. If anyone has ever watched the show you will know what I mean! AMAZING craftsmanship!!!

Here I am in front of MESA GRILL - one of Bobby Flay's restaurants in Vegas! We went for Brunch on Sunday - it was SO good!!!!

Here is the whole fam at Mesa Grill! (minus the bride and groom of course!)

Me and David "hangin out" at Caesar's Palace! (pun intended!)

Guess who was playing at the Flamingo????

Paris at night!

FAO Schwartz toy store...OMG!!! That is all I can say!!! OMG!!!!

No "one-legged" men!





Tim and I at Hoover Dam.



Hoover Dam again!