Accordion Card

I made this card using the tutorial from SCS here. It was fun & really cute!! We are going to make this on Friday night at my workshop! I hope the ladies will stop talking long enough so I can give directions!!! LOL It has so much potential - it could be used as a card, or an album, or a journal - the options are endless!! Of course I had to use my Tilda's again! This is an image sent to me, but I MUST have this stamp too one day!!!! LOL She is so cute and springy - I love her!!! The Tilda on the inside is one I own, so I was able to crop her with my scallop heart punch.

Cleaned out my room today - STAMPS FOR SALE!!!

Hey everyone! I have a few stamp sets for sale, and thought I'd post here before I hit eBay!! Let me know if you are interested in any of them. The prices (Canadian dollars) do not include shipping - once you tell me what you want, I can figure out how much shipping will be to your location. These sets are ones I THOUGHT I needed but haven't used them, and have to make room for more!!! LOL!!! I take PayPal. THANKS!!!

- Stampin Up! Best Friends lower case alphabet - $30 (new, unmounted, current)
- Stampin Up! All in a Row - $25 (new, unmounted, current)
- Stampin Up! Polka Dots and Petals - $20 (new, unmounted, current)
- Stampin Up! Statement of the heart - $5 (new, unmounted, current)
- Stampin Up! Funky Flowers - $20 (mounted, like new, retired)
- House Mouse - Pocket Fuzz (mice in the pockets of a pair of jeans hanging on a clothesline; 5 1/2 " x 4 1/4 ") - $10 (used once)
- Loopy Letters Alphabet (Image Tree) - $5 (used once)
- Son Light Impressions - Easter Egg & Chick - $5 (used)

Chance to win some blog candy!!

Wowzers.....Congratulations Katharina for becoming a member of the High Hopes Stamps Design Team!!!! What an honour, but you deserve it, your work is AWESOME!!! Anyways folks, Katharina is giving away BLOG CANDY!!! We alllllll LOVE Candy!!!! You have to just comment on her blog AND here and you will get a chance to win FOUR of the BRAND NEW,not yet released, High Hopes stamps!!! She is doing a reveal of them each day from now until March 15th! So, comment here, link Katharina's blog on your blog and you can WIN BIG!!! YAHOOO!!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE High Hopes stamps, and Tina is an amazing woman!!! Good luck everyone!! Hey wait, maybe I shouldn't be telling you, cuz then that lessens MY chances of winning!!! LOL...just kidding! I'll be thrilled for anyone who wins!!! :D

Cards I've received recently from WONDERFUL people!!!

This card was made by Donelda - I sent her some Magnolia images and she sent me her first card she made with them! I'm honoured because it is beautiful! The colouring is FAB!!! Thanks friend!!! :)
Deb sent me this card along with some Magnolia images that we traded!! It is so cute - the sewing and paper piecing is gorgeous!!! Thanks Deb - I love it!!! The image is Sugar Nelly.
Lisa, from the Tilda & Friends Yahoo Group sent me this card along with some images as well!! It is beautiful too - the colouring is awesome!! Thanks Lisa!!!
This card came from Kay (SCS: Sarge) and an envelope FULL of goodies as a thank you for hosting a swap she was in! It was the sweetest, most thoughtful thing!! Thanks Kay!
This card is from Sue, also from the Tilda & friends yahoo group, that was sent with a bunch of Magnolia images! I just love this cow and the saying is adorable! Anyone know what company makes them? Thanks Sue!!!!

I now have LOTS of Magnolia images to play with, until I can afford to buy ALL the actual stamps for myself!!! Thanks everyone for all the great cards - they are proudly displayed on my bulletin board so I can see them everyday!!!! I have such GREAT friends!!!! :)

Spring is just around the corner! Hang in there!!!

I finally finished this card this morning. It took me a couple days because of hospital visits and work, but it is done!! It is Cami's trifold card (tutorial from SCS) and it was really fun!! When it is closed it almost looks like a shadow box. I used Certainly Celery as the base and DP from SU (can't remember the name of it). I used my nestabilities to create the window and the frame (that was stressful - I thought I was going to break my poor Cuttlebug!!! I used the stamp set Garden Whimsy (SU) and the sentiment is from a stamp cube I got last year from Inky Antics. I did the Rock and Roll technique on the butterfly in Purely Pomegranate and Groovy Guava ink (SU) Finally, I used my SU slit punch and crop-o-dile for the tab to keep the card closed. The ribbon is Certainly Celery (SU).

Update, but no time for card making this week!!!

Thanks everyone for your thoughts and prayers for my Mom! Surgery went well, and she is now in the process of physio...she has to be able to do certain things before they let her out of the hospital. She said it is really painful, but I try to encourage her that it will get easier! She is in good spirits for the most part, so that is good! She is very tired too. I've been up to see her every day this week and I am exhausted!

I did finish up a swap card set last night but haven't taken a picture of it - I will cuz it's pretty cute. It is Cami's Trifold card tutorial from SCS. I'll post the link to the tutorial when I post the card - I am running really late for work & need to get my butt off the chair! UGH!!! Is it Friday yet???

Prayer request

Hey ladies!! I would love it if you could say an extra little prayer tonight for my Mom who is going in for a hip replacement tomorrow morning. She is 75, and with any surgery there are risks, and I'm scared. I am trying to be positive but any extra prayers would help!!! I am meeting her and my Dad at the hospital at 6 am, and her surgery is at 7:40 am. She should be all done and in her room by noon I hope!! I am bringing the crib board so my Dad & I can play while we wait!! Thanks everyone!!! I will post as soon as I get a chance!!

My craft space

Remember back at Christmas I said I was moving my craft room downstairs? Well, I finally got around to taking pictures of it!! It is in a state of disarray, but show me a craft room that isn't messy - it SHOULD be messy RIGHT??? LOL Anyways here they are!!!
The first one is my ribbon wall - I made this myself - pretty proud of it!!! It is 4 feet by 3 feet! The next picture is my punch storage (for some of them) - it is an old CD rack that I got at a thrift store for 99 cents!! Wheeeeee!! The next is my closet hanger storage thingy....LOL I have punches and prima bottles in the baskets and the top shelf is for my swaps and things. The next pic is my messy desk - most of the things I use are at my fingertips which I love but I do need a new ink holder!! I love that clear drawer thing on the wall with the flippy out drawers! I got that at a garage sale!! What a score!!! The next photo is the drawers full of stuff - embellies, scissors, paper, adhesives, baggies, tools, etc. The next is my cutting station with my big cutter, my Cuttlebug, and all my clear stamps in the CD cases on the right. The blue tub in the corner is my paper bin. The next ones are my 2 shelf units that hold various stuff - paper, cards, binders, magazines, loose wood mounted stamps (in the white tubs), envelopes, etc. The last one is a cabinet with my SU stamp sets. I have more they were just upstairs when I took this picture cuz I hadn't cleaned up from my workshop yet!! I buy the jumbo storage boxes from SU and try to combine 2 or 3 sets together to save space & make it look like I don't have that many!! LOL SHHHHHHH!!!!! This picture below was taken standing at the door looking in. The Hippo painting on the floor was painted by my Mom when I was little. It hung in my bedroom for years. I need to find a special place for it soon!! The bulletin board is where I put cards I've received from friends - I need to clean it off it looks like!!! LOL It is all a mess, but I pretty much know where everything is, so it works for me!! I wish I had more wall space to display my stamps and stamp sets but above my desk is a huge window!
Ahhh well, at least it is a bigger space than I had before!!!

Phew!! Finally done!!!!

It is report card time for me, and it is a long & tiring process! Because our report cards are all computer generated, we HAVE to do them at school, so all the teachers are fighting over 2 computers!! UGH!!! But before we even get to the computers, we have to finish all the marking and assessment, go through the book (a BINDER) of comment codes, and pick the ones that pertain to EACH child for EACH subject. It is a time consuming process! Then you type all your marks, effort marks and comment codes into the computer, hoping that it doesn't crash or the secretary doesn't mysteriously lose them. Once that is done, we print them off, edit them and make our own corrections, then print them again. The principal then looks them all over, makes comments or corrections, then we have to go and edit them AGAIN!!!! Once that is done, IF we're lucky, we can print the good copy! But only if we can get them to print properly on the "legal" report card paper!! OYE!!!!! Anyways, I am all finished, just have to edit them then hand them into the principal. YIPPEEE!!!!

And now, for a card I made while procrastinating this weekend!!! (I'm really good at that!!) It is a total CASE from Kimmie, except I used a different stamp! I actually used another Tilda image that was sent to me. I used Real Red paper, Ginger Blossom DP, River Rock is the base, and Groovy Guava paper. The flowers are made using the One of a Kind stamp set and the Boho Flower punch. The ribbong is Groovy Guava too. I water coloured CUDDLY TILDA this time, using my aqua painters and SU ink. This Tilda is my ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE..... I don't own this stamp but I want her soooo bad!!!! I know, I'm pathetic that I CASED this card to the T....but I just loved it so much, I wanted to try my hand at it!! So, thanks Kimmie for the inspiration!!! I hope you all like it!

Jan Marie's birthday celebration!

This woman is too much - her birthday is tomorrow (Monday) and she is GIVING oodles of presents away on her own birthday!! How awesome is that?? If any of you know Jan Marie, she is the owner of Flourishes. I just received my first order from her last week, and it was awesome! It came packaged in a white bag tied with black ribbon, and inside that bag, the nestabilities and paper I bought were wrapped in white paper and tied with cute black and white polka dot ribbon...sooooo cute!! So "boutiquey"...I love it!!!! Anyways, Jan Marie has been so sweet and I think you should all check out the link on SCS for her birthday bash here!! Check it out...big prizes and fun!!!! The Flourishes store site is here too, they have some awesome stuff, I can't wait for pay day!!!! Tee hee!!!!
Good luck if you play!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAN MARIE!!!!!