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It’s Fall…

I wish the Fall was always as nice as it was on  Sunday…the kids and I spent the afternoon outside…it was so beautiful out…here’s the best pic from my little photo shoot with the kids…

I have to edit the photo and straighten it up!! But it’s my favorite right now of these guys!! They are [...]

Spread the Love Blog Hop

The “Spread the Love” Blog Hop has officially started…this is a special day for Jaimie Cates…this brave young girl has survived tradegy and needs encouragement through cards and monetary help…we can all do our part to help her out…to read the full story, scroll down to last Wednesday’s post or follow this link or this one.
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Spread the Love Blog Hop for Jaimie – Nov 2nd

This was posted by Denise Lynn on the Mo’s Digital Pencil SNR page…it touched me and I wanted to share it with you all! I hope you can come hang out and create a card or two to brighten this young girl’s day! Thanks for reading!
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I am inviting you to join me in a very [...]

Happy Birthday Dad! & Janice!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!
Hope you had a great day Dad!
We celebrated Dad’s birthday with him last night!!

{Trenton’s helping to blow out the candles!!}
We got Dad a “Mater” truck! Trenton is on this HUGE “Cars” kick and he found out that Papere loves Mater! So, the sweet little boy he is, he gave one of his “Tow [...]

I cannot believe it!

I cannot believe it’s been SO long since I blogged…this life stuff is getting in the way of my fun!!! Between moving and not having internet for three weeks, I have been a little {okay, a lot} slack on my blogging! This will be a LONG post!!!! I apologize ahead of time!!!!
A lot has happened [...]

September at My Sketch World

Here is my card for this month’s sketch at My Sketch World!

Thanks for looking!! [This can be purchased in my Etsy store along with more new cards and other supplies posted!!]

September Sneak Peek…

I cannot believe it’s almost September…I’m here to post this coming month’s sneak peek for My Sketch World…I don’t like to think that summer’s almost over…and I don’t even have kids in school yet…that will be fun!!
Anyways, enough rambling…here’s the sneak peek:

 
Thanks for looking! Check out My Sketch World to see the whole card on [...]

“Digital Ink Co. Design Team Call”

I am applying for a new digital stamp company, Digital-Ink Co. so here are my submissions.

Product List:
Porcelain Papers & Buttons: Basic Grey
Stamped Image: Miscellaneous
Copic Ciao Markers: E49, G99, R00, R20, Y11 

Product List:
Ambrosia papers: Basic Grey
Buttons: from my collectoin & Savvy N Sassy
Rub-on: Daisy Bucket
Stitching Template: Bazzill
Thank you for looking at my application. Please send some good vibes [...]

Here’s the Card

So I forgot to post my completed card for my first My Sketch World sketch by Lucy Chesna… :0) Here is the full view [thanks for the reminder Amanda W!]

Thanks for looking!!!!!

My Sketch World Sneak Peek

I have officially started my design team term at My Sketch World with my debut sketch creation. Lucy’s sketches are so easy to work with…we can make them completely our own! I was pretty happy with the results this month..here’s a sneak peek of what my card looks like!

This is also for my design team [...]

Scrap That is Hosting a “Hop”!

We’re hosting our first ever Blog Hop here at Scrap That! For those of you who have never participated in a “hop” before, basically you start at the Scrap That! Chat blog and post a comment. Then you visit each of the Design Team members’ blogs over the course of the weekend and post a [...]

Two years…

It was two years ago today that my Nanny passed away…it’s hard to believe it’s been that long already…she is no longer in pain…I’m sure she’s figure skating in Heaven right now [she always wanted to learn how to skate!]
We took Grandpa to the cemetery today in London…he did really well actually. We all miss [...]

I have exciting news!!!!

I’m so excited! I can share it now!!!
I was chosen to be on the My Sketch World Card Sketch Design Team!! YAY! A HUGE thank you to Lucy [Chesna]…I’m very excited to be a part of this great team. I’ve only been on their boards for a little while and I already feel VERY welcome…Lucy’s [...]

So much to blog about, so little time!

I have a lot of updating to do from the last couple weeks but I’ll blog later on! I’m heading to church with the kids soon…I just wanted to post about a blog candy I found through a fellow scrapper’s site!
Diana is celebrating her two year “blogiversary” and she’s doing a GREAT giveaway!!  Check it [...]

It was a good weekend!

We decided to make it a weekend away up in Barrie this past weekend. We haven’t been out together as a family since Jocelyn was born [which is over a year now] so we thought we’d take a “mini vacation” up in Barrie while Jason played baseball.  He was supposed to play ball all weekend and [...]

Blog Goodies Offered Again

I’m posting this again in case you were still interested and just forgot about it….
This is a RAK that I found on my fellow designer, Diane’s blog. The first 5 people to respond to this post will get something made by me! Could be a card, an altered object or something else altogether! Diane created me [...]

Jocey’s Walking!!

AAhh! My baby’s walking!!! I was cleaning at Grandpa’s today and Mom called me [the kids stay with Grandpa when I clean! Gotta love free babysitting! THANKS MOM! YOU'RE THE BEST!!] to tell me Jocelyn took a few steps on her own! I got to see it when I got home an hour or so [...]

I HATE MICE!!!

Okay, there has been a mouse in our place for the last week…I think it was Monday or Tuesday night I saw the little “bum” [that's not what I call it when I'm at home but for editting purposes I'll just name him that!!  My mom reads my blog too! **HI MOM!**] for the first [...]

My baby is ONE!

I cannot believe it’s been a whole year! Miss Jocelyn turns one today! I’m excited and sad and happy all in the same emotion! It’s exciting because she’s doing new things….she’s learning new things….I’m sad cuz it means she’s growing up but I’m happy because it’s a new chapter……she’s still my baby…but she’s getting bigger [...]

Bloggy Awards

I’ve been awarded TWO awards from my new scrappy friend and fellow design team member Jodi…I’m happy I met her…I love her design work…she does some amazing things! You’ll have to go check out her blog…and come see her DT work at Scrap That! You will NOT be disappointed!
    
Here are the rules of the [...]