An Anniversary Card!

This was a card I actually made yesterday since we had a family celebration to go to.  George's family all got together for dinner last night at a restaurant in part to celebrate his parents 50th wedding anniversary!  Congratulations to them! 

Along with the anniversary, there were a bunch of family birthdays as well, so it was definitely great to see everyone!  We don't seem to manage it enough to be honest!  We had dinner and then went back to hi parents place to get a few things.  The kids all played for quite a while and the kids were totally done by the time we got home just before 9pm.

I completely enjoyed the first part of the day doing pretty much nothing!  Don't think I even got out of my jammies until about 2 in the afternoon and that's all good with me.  I puttered with the card and a few things around the house, but George took Kyle to karate and that was about the only other thing going on. 

Another great day to the start of the summer holidays...

Today was back to work for me for the first time in a week.  Don't remember the last time that happened as I'm always in Fridays if not for teaching during the week, but there was the holiday this week.  Was actually much busier than I expected on the long weekend and with the nice weather!  Made the day go quite quickly in fact.

George also has the day off tomorrow, so not sure we'll get up to too much, but it'll be nice having him home and spending the day with all my boys!

For anyone local, I'm teaching a card class this Wednesday with the fabulous Bo Bunny AdLib line of paper and you get a full sheet of the 12X12 stickers and a full pad of the 6X6 papers, so you have lots of leftovers!  You can come to class or order a take-out kit if the time doesn't work for you!

Ad Lib from Bo Bunny Card Class
AVAILABLE AS TAKE OUT
Class Fee: 15.00 Supply Fee: $8.00 *Extra Product
Who wouldn't love the fun, bright colours in these papers?! Not only will you take home your set of cards, but the rest of the 12X12 sticker sheet and your pad of the 6X6 paper as well! You'll be able to go home and make more! All Supplies Included.

Call the store at 604-530-2917 if you're interested!

Have a fabulous week everyone and Happy 4th to all my American friends!
Cheers,

More Bo Bunny and an ICS Sketch!

OK, so I changed lines, but I'm still playing with Bo Bunny papers!  Got out some of the new Gabrielle and created this card using the new ICS#108 Sketch.  Go check it out!  Love the colours of this line and all the "texture" in the print.  The new Spellbinders Ribbon Banners I got were perfect for this!

Had a great day yesterday and though I wasn't out that much other than for my walk, I got a lot done!  I have a list a mile long, so it's a good thing too.  Hoping today is the same though I did stop for the above creative break while George and Kyle were at the dump and the other kids were playing in Nathan's bedroom.  Well, not sure if they were playing or just arguing about how/what to play, but whatever!

Hope the rest of your day is fun!

Cheers,

Monday again... But another card!

Where does the weekend go?! I swear it was just Friday night and I was heading off to work and here we are at Monday morning again already!

I did get a chance to get inspired again this morning and had fun playing with the new CardPatterns sketch 108.  You should go check out all the amazing cards!  I decided to continue with the new Bo Bunny Ad Lib that was sitting on my table.  I think this may be the most I've ever used something after just getting it and the only thing not from this line were the Prima flowers I had in my stash!

We did have a good weekend and it's the beginning of a week off for George as well!

On Saturday, I went up to my WW meeting this morning to find out I was up less that I thought - 0.8! Thought it was closer to 3, so I'll take it, especially now that I seem to be back on track here FINALLY!

Came home and took Kyle to karate and then we all went out for a bit. Headed over to New West to the Quay since we got something saying it was open again now afer the renos, but there's only a grocery store (oragnicish), a tea shop, one other little shop and some circus training center. Nothing else is open... So weird that after more than 2 years, that's it - not even a coffee shop! Anyway, after a little walk there, we went over to Army and Navy to look for pjs for the kids and found some for Kyle, but of course, it's Nathan that needs them even more! Stopped at Children's place on the way home and found him a pair for 40% off too!

I went for a walk after coming home and the boys played their new Star Wars Lego game. Had dinner at home and then went out for a bit of a drive and a stop at Krispy Kreme. Then I was the one that played Zuma Blitz (computer game) for a while and we went to bed early - 10!  I ended up sleeping for over 9 hours I think!

Sunday wasn't too eventful really since I went to work.  I'm starting a bit of a creative project for a friend of my boss', so she popped in for a second so we could chat about it.  I came home and did some research for it online as well.  Had trouble getting to sleep as a result though thinking about it!

Sophia and Matthew still aren't 100%, so we're having a sort of chill day today.  George took Kyle and whipped over to his parents to get the dolly for moving the washing machine and dryer...  not here yet, but hoping soon!  I need to get out for my walk for sure and get some creative stuff done.  Just glad the sun it out for a bit!

Have a fabulous day!
Cheers,

It Might be a Record!

Another card!  3 days in a row!  And another one I just got to play with!  Once again used the bits on my desk of the Bo Bunny Ad Lib that I've been playing with the last few days.  This was honestly a pretty quick and easy one since I used the CPS sketch for this week as inspiration.

 

We got a bunch of buttons in at work lately and they're sure priced right, so I got a bunch and was able to play with those on this card today too.  It was a matter of deciding which colour to use!

The boys have been more than a little excited about the new Lego Star Wars game they got for the Wii!  I sent them outside for a while yesterday, but they were chopping at the bit again as soon as they came in.  I told them they could play for a bit before I went to work, so there they were...  I love the look of concentration on Kyle's face and how relaxed Nathan is - doesn't even bother to sit up to play! 

I taught last night and had lots of fun!  It was more than a full class and I had people on the wait list still.  I just never know which ones are going to sell out like that (and quickly!) and which ones aren't.  So very hard to predict!  I have about a week now before I teach again, but have lots of class related stuff to work on for sure...

It's been a fairly quiet morning and feels weird because I've only got 3 this morning.  Poor little Matt-man has been sick this week and wasn't good this morning, so Trace was trying to get him in to see the dr this morning.  We had to get Kyle to the orthodontist since the button and elastic on the back tooth they're trying to straighten out had come off.  Didn't take long to get him in there and get it done, but we had to go!  Stopped for a Starbucks on the way home and the kids are just playing.  Not a great day again today, but might see about the park later if the rain doesn't start.

George went and finally bought a washing machine last night.  Left work a few minutes early so he could get to Trail Appliances before it closed.  They have a sale on he's been waiting for and he did get something.  I'm very thankful he got a pair, so we'll be getting a new washing machine and dryer!!  The bad news is that we have to wait a week to a week and a half to get it.  And for whatever reason, he decided not to have it delivered, so we have to go pick it up!  Booooo...  We'll see, maybe I can change his mind about that!

Well, better run and get a few things done!
Cheers,

Another card!

Yes, can you believe it?!  Two days in a row that I not only posted, but made cards for me!  And it's another Bo Bunny Ad Lib line one since everything was sitting on my table for it!  Used a sketch from Inspirational Card Sketches and here it is...

Had a bit of a rough day yesterday with the kids and was wishing spring break was over already!  Just lots of usual kid craziness and some not very good listening along with the bad weather made for a bit much for me!  The kids did manage to play outside for a while between rainstorms and I managed to get out for a walk at the end of the day.
Kyle had karate still, so he went to that and we picked up pizza after!

After dinner the kids and I went to Toys R Us with the gift card I'd been saving since Christmas from their Uncle Scott and Auntie Toni.  I did the same thing last year and saved it for spring break and was happy I had again!  They were excited about being able to get the new Star Wars Lego game for the Wii that was released yesterday!  They came home and played a bit before calling it a night.  I told Kyle no getting up before 6:30, so when I asked him what time he got up (to work on building the other actual Lego they got), he said 6:35!  He's soooo funny!  They had the Hero Factory and Ninjago Lego built already by the time I got up an hour or so later...

Had a relaxing morning with Sophia and Matthew at the dentist.  They didn't get here until about 9:30 and I'd had my coffee and was showered and dressed already.  Not sure what we'lll get up to, but it's a beautiful day!  They'll be outside for a while if nothing else though Matthew still isn't 100%.  I know Kyle and Nathan would like to play Wii all day now, but that's not going to happen!

I have a class to teach tonight and that's about it for me.  I'm bummed because there hasn't been a Canucks game for 5 days and now they play tonight when I have class and Friday night when I work! 

Well, better go see what I can get done!
Cheers,

Birthday Card Times Two!

Yeah!  I had a little creative time of my own yesterday!  I decided to do something I rarely seem to have time for these days and that's to play with some new goodies.  The lss I work in had a big sale on the weekend and I ended up with some new stuff though it's not like I need it in any way, shape or form!  I figured that since I got it, I'd try using some of it right away!

I pulled out the new goodies I got from the new Bo Bunny Ad Lib line.  I had the 6X6 pad of paper, the 12X12 sheet of stickers, the smaller sheet of birthday type stickers and the gems.  As it turned out, I didn't use the stickers, but had fun with the paper and gems!  I just love the fun and funky colours and prints in the line. 

I was poking around online in the morning and found the new Mojo Monday sketch and decided this would be a fun place to start.  I often end up loving these, but don't often get to try them out when they're current.  I ended up with 2 cards (slightly different) from the same sketch after taking my own advice that I give in classes that it's just as easy to make 2 when you've got everything out!  I also find I make more other kinds of cards and don't have birthday ones when I need them, so this is perfect!

Well, here's hoping this is the beginning of more creativity of my own as well though I do need to get to work on some more class stuff as well!  At least my kits are all ready for my class for tomorrow night and I don't need to think about that.  Now, I just wish the class wasn't the same night as the Canucks game!

Have a fabulous Tuesday!  It's a wet one around here for sure, but that's to be expected of spring break for sure...
Cheers,

Inspired by Bo Bunny!

Card inspired by Lisette Gibbons

OK, so I needed to get three thank you cards done last week and I didn't have a lot of time!  I picked up some of the new Bo Bunny Petal Pushers line and came home and was immediately inspired!

It might be hard to tell, but the butterfly and some of the flowers on this one are chipboard and I added gems to some of the flowers as well.

Sorry that the lighting wasn't the best when I quickly took the pictures, but you get the idea!  I'm working on a class with this line right now as well for an August class, so people who are local can keep their eyes out for that!

I do have a lot more to update, but I'd better leave it at that for now! 

Have a great day everyone!

Cheers,