500 Posts, a Birthday & Some Cards too!

Holy MOLY!!

500 posts??!!

For a girl who hates (I mean really despises) writing & is a poor typist to boot,

I never thought I would see the day that I would hit 500 posts.

WOW!

I started this blog for a DT position that I wanted (it was mandatory to have a blog).

I never got the spot but liked being able to keep my projects contained in 1 set spot.

And here we are.

 

Before I share a few cards that I did for Hip 2-B Square, I wanted to take a small piece of your time and wish this little Prince a Happy 8th Birthday.

 

It's still so hard to believe somedays that I am a Momma to such a wonderful little guy.

We just love him to bits!!

Happy 'EPIC' Birthday, 'Dude'!

 

 

And last but not least, here a few cards that I did for Miss Kimberley using the December Hip 2=B Square kit + Add-ons.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

HUGS & Happy surfing!

 

 

I'll look back on this and Smile

Happy Friday!

It is a balmy -16 C (-27 C with wind chill) here in Canada today,

so I decided to stay indoors and blog a bit.

 

This LO is of a pic I was taking of Little Man at the 'Touch A Truck' event last Fall.

Our funny friend, Tony jumped in at the last second and photo bombed Little Man. The pic makes me laugh every time I see it and I thought the bright colours in the December Hip 2-B Square kit suited it perfectly.

 

 

**using December Kit from Hip 2-B Square + add-ons.

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by.

Stay warm, HUGS & Happy Surfing!

 

 

..I have an Arcade in My Basement

I did this LO at a crop a few months ago and

never got around to posting, so I am sharing it today :)

I took these pics for my hubby and then put them away to scrap.

I kept putting the LO off and then found these papers at Winners (DCWV) and

became inspired to scrap them.

The colors went well with some AC Amy Tangerine Sketchbook that I had floating around, so I used some of the smaller patterns.

**Double click image to see both sides.

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

HUGS & Happy Surfing!

..Bunch of Characters

With all the parades we went to this season, I got some great pics to scrap.

These pics were taken at our first Santa Claus parade. We had some great people from a local gaming group called The Fundy Phoenix walk the parade route with is, dressed as some fabulous characters (the Bowser costume was hand made/sewn!!) Of course the boys were ALL OVER that and were more than happy to pose with Bowser, Shrek & Spiderman.

 

**Made with November Hip 2-b Square kit + Add-ons

Thanks for popping by!

HUGS & Happy Surfing! :)

Rocking Pink

As part of the Anti-Bullying campaign, LM's school does a 'wear pink' day to raise awareness.

My little guy has NOTHING in the way of pink clothing so I dug out my hat and Hubby's tie and sent him off  (after taking pictures of course!!).

I really like that Hip kits can be used for non-themed LOs too (Kimberly does a great job at balancing themed & non-themed products in her kits)

This LO was done with the November Hip Kit that had a C-mas theme to it.

This LO was our first snow (all 3 mm of it - can't say the same right now, we just got more than a foot dumped on us!!) But they did call it a snow day and cancelled school that day, so I got some pics of these two little monkies before the rain started and washed it all away that day.

 

**Made with November Hip Kit + Add-ons.

Thanks for popping by!

Stay warm & safe today!

Happy New Year!!

12 of 2012

These are 12 of my favorite LOs from the last year.

Thanks for popping by to peek

&

Have a safe, warm and Happy New Year!!

 

Another do-over LO.

The colors, blocking all fit the photo SO MUCH better.

 

Love this toothless grin and colour combo  :)

 

Love all the old bits of odds & ends that got used up here.

 

Sincerely & truly - I am at my happiest snuggling with these two.

Love how I embraced a bit of my 'messy inner scrapper'.

 

Lots of layers and embellishment. And pink!!

And a picture of me that isn't totally hideous (for a change).

 

Bright & happy colors and sweet pics of my baby at 4.

No further words needed. :)

 

Misting AND flowers??

I loved how this LO of our long ago honeymoon photo turned out.

 

I loved the way this hot air balloon embellie worked  with my title about how much I looked forward to Friday lunch dates with my Little Man at school when I did hot lunch last year. I never got a pic of either of us, so I took a pic of the spot where we both used to perch as we ate.

 

A much needed do-over LO about my life as a SAHM. ALL of the journalling is now contained in a pocket behind the photo (and not messing up my LO like before).

 

Pictures taken by Little Man with his Nintendo DS.

 

I explored the sunburst paper piecing technique on this one and LOVED it!

 

This is my pretty baby sis who turned 18 last year.

I stole this photo form her FB account :)

 

 

 

 

'Tis the Season..

..to be busy.

 

First, please let me apologise for my long absence. I never anticipated becoming a hat maker over the last few months but that is what happened. EEK. AND  I even made a few dollars to boot :)

That left very little time or desire for scrapbooking, however, and then when it came time to prepare my November assignments, I was BLOCKED.

Asthe old addage goes, if you don't use it, you really do LOSE it. I plan on making some scrapping time this holiday, to get myself back n the swing of it.

 

In the meantime, I have a few projects to share with teh November Hip 2-b Square kit + Add-ons.

I love that there were fun little bits of unexpected color in this kit, it was loads of fun to play with.

 

Out of neccesity, I made these tags and grabbed the scraps I had hanging around from this kit.

It was about a 5 minute process, including the cutting!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great Christmas Eve - EVE!!