10 Questions answered

I have not done questions like these in so long that I  forgot they can be still around so here it goes....and check out Emily's blog at http://getbusywriting.blogspot.ca/2012/12/and-you-are.html

1. How many speeding tickets have you gotten?


None! I am crafty devil now as for other charges.....

2. Can you pitch a tent?

Pitch it where? Over a cliff?
3. What was your worst vacation ever?

I actually can not say I had a bad vacation. They were all fun and, in fact, I need another one.

4. What was the last thing you bought over $100?

My stamping stuff for my card making. I didn;t tell my husband that though
5. We're handing you the keys to what?

Lamborghini of course i can still only afford in in hotwheels or matchbox.

6. What was the last meal you cooked that made even you sick?

Chicken or was it fish. I don't remember I was on an airplane at the time
7. Fill in the blank: Oh my gosh! Becky, look at her butt! It is so big....
it looks like 2 pugs are going dancing

8. What was your first car?

I had a barbie Camper that I would place my barbies in, have the doors open and push down the stairs to see it wreck. I wanted it to explode like on TV but alas, it did not
9. Your best friend falls and gets hurt. Do you ask if he/she's okay or laugh first?

I help her. I wish I could say I laugh but I go and help the clumsy twit
10. What's the worst song ever?

Disco duck...enough said. It could only be more worse if Justin Bieber redid it while wearing overalls like he did meeting the Prime Minister
Now soon I shall post some more pics of cards...if i get a chance:)

Flowers x3

http://flutterbywednesdays.blogspot.ca/2012/11/flutter-by-wednesday-213.html - Open
http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.ca/2012/10/challenge-79-anything-goes-at-anything.html -Anything Goes
http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.ca/2012/11/challenge-45-anything-goes.html- Anything Goes
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.ca/2012/11/mim115-with-bugaboo-stamps.html -Anything Goes


On all the sites and always on Make It Monday (Which I love), it is Anything Goes. I had these cards done a while ago(I posted the 1st 3 before if you want to check them out). I used the cuddlebug, nestabilities, the flowers for each month, prismas pencils for colouring the flowers and stick ons for borders etc.. I also used crystals for some bling and May has a butterfly:) One thing I am proud of...the bow! The bow doesn't look bad! I actually made one that looks pretty good-It's not perfect and so many can do beautiful bows...I am not one of them. I tried to look for ready made bows to buy(you know the small ones everyone seems to be able to make except moi-I hate you all:)) OK just kidding about the hate part but seriously, I have had people try to show me how to make a bow. I even bought a contraption that was supposed to be idiot proof...didn't work for me. maybe it is my blond hair or something. OK enough about bows. These fit the Anything Goes  for everyone. I seem to have been busy lately with cleaning, life crap, mom and well regular stuff. I hope to now endeavor to have a messy home but happy in making cards:) Enjoy the day and remember-so many fought for us to have the right to do what we take for granted, my dad included. I think of you today Daddy and raise a toast to you and all the people who endured war, including the men and women who were our enemies. I lost 2 Uncles in WW2 and one was only 1 yr old, the other only 19(my mom is German). I will never know them but my heart is with you. To everyone who has someone overseas may I give my humble thoughts to you and your families. All the best

Flowers of the Year Part 1

 

http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.ca/2012/10/simon-says-glimmer-and-sparkle.html - Glimmer & Sparkle
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.ca/2012/10/mim-110-with-bugaboo.html - Anything Goes

I was a busy little beaver a while back and made all 12 cards cards for the flowers of each month. I love these stamps and just got right into it. I didn't make them for any specific challenge but if they fit for any challenge then that is just a bonus! I tried to use a similar method for each card. The images are all flowers. I coloured them with the gamsol pencils which I love. I used nestibilities and layered the main image 3 times and I also used crystals on each card. The first card(January) I also used stickles for added bling and glitter stickers for the corners. The middle card also has the stickers for corners but in gold and the last one I used my cuddlebug to cut the corners and I used my pastels to edge the white card a bit. I am trying now frantically to make a scrapbook for my dear friend who is coming to visit me in 2 weeks. He has always been there for me and I thought I would gather some pics he sent me over the years of his travels and do this scrapbook. Of course I have been a lazy lardbutt and didn't start it until last week and working full time just cramps my style to get this book done:) I will have more cards to follow in the following weeks...following the message. Hmmm did I use follow too often:)

Angel Blue

http://flutterbywednesdays.blogspot.ca/2012/09/flutter-by-wednesday-205.html-Favourite Colour

http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.ca/2012/09/challenge-51-sponsored-by-tlc.html - Anything Goes
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.ca/2012/09/mim107-with-meljens-designs.html - Anything Goes
http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.ca/2012/09/challenge-41-celebrations.html - Celebrations

This is my celebration card for my anniversary  with my hubby. We have been together a total of 6 young years and it has been fun and we also needed the angels with all that has happened from my mom getting dementia to Michael now needing full shoulder replacement surgery due to his rheumatoid arthritis. I thought angels were a good choice. I created the backgound in sponging different blues on glossy white. I stamped the image in black and embossed it in black sparkle powder. I had these new leaves and stars which I added to opposite ends and added silver stickers and mounted it on glossy blue cardstock. Blue is my Favourite colour. Anything goes at Whimsy and Make It Monday so I entered them here as well. Everyone have a great day! 

Presents galore

http://christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.ca/2012/09/september-challenge.html -Presents
http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.ca/2012/09/challenge-75-early-christmas.html - Early Christmas
http://abcchristmaschallenge.blogspot.ca/2012/09/r-for-recycling.html-Recycling
http://52cct.blogspot.ca/2012/09/september-2012-theme-challenge.html -Theme challenge-gifts
http://christmasstampin.blogspot.ca/2012/09/csayl-challenge-28-snowy.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+ChristmasStampinAllYearLong+(Christmas+Stampin'+All+Year+Long) -Snowy
http://sparklesforumchristmaschallenge.blogspot.ca/2012/09/ch-20-sparkle-bling.html - sparkles-bling

I can not believe we are already in September! At CCAYR their theme was presents and also similar was 52 Christmas cards throwdown. They actually show a beautiful picture of gifts. Christmas comes early at Anything Goes and I always try to recycle something and I hope we will have snow this coming year:) I also always love sparkles so it is on almost every card in some form. One of these had a quilty theme a while back so the first card was using that image and I had a present sticker and I used glitter to fill in the gift. I used an old ribbon and mounted the cardstock on top of the ribbon. I finished it with gold stickers and a Merry Christmas.  The second Picture I recycled the stickers from the present to make a 2nd gift card. I coloured it and mounted it on shiny paper I had lying around. The 3rd card I used perfect powders and used a present stamp to make the background and then used several layers of paper I had, again, laying around and mounted the Christmas stamp that I also used the powders on to make a more manly card. My Mr. Penguin for the 4th card is done in purples. I had used powders for the background  and then placed the penguin on top of that. I used silver cardstock, purple cardstock and an old ribbon I have had for ages and made a very sad looking bow to finish it off. My last card shows some snow.  I used the cuddlebug and the snowflake design for the background. I took some very shiny sparkly cardstock and mounted the penguins on top and finished it off with some snowflakes(I got these new) and crystals.

The 2 Jeffs

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.ca/2012/08/mim-103-with-meljens-designs.html -Anything Goes
http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.ca/2012/08/challenge-50-lots-of-layers.html - Lots of Layers
I made these 2 cards a while ago for 2 important men in my life-the 2 Jeff's. The first one is like my brother whom I call V.J.(for Vancouver Jeff). and the other is for my ex whom is shared 16 years together and, although the separation was sad and painful, our friendship has weathered that storm and now he is freinds too with my current spouse and vice-versa. The first card I used stamps of the alphabet(I wish i had all of them). I coloured them with my tombow markers and mounted them on this great brown glitter paper-well, more of a sheen than a sparkle. I added the gold stickers around the border too. The 2nd card I mounted it on several different pieces of paper which I think, goes along with the Whimsy challenge. I made the background paper too on the kraft coloured paper. I used the cut out for the nestibilities and stamped "Happy Birthday" in Egyptian gold powder. I used a gold pen for the edging and some purple crystals too. I can say they enjoyed their homemade cards.

The Holly & the Poinsettia

http://sparklesforumchristmaschallenge.blogspot.ca/2012/07/c-18-sketch.html -a Sketch
http://christmasstampin.blogspot.ca/2012/07/challenge-20-sketch.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+ChristmasStampinAllYearLong+(Christmas+Stampin'+All+Year+Long) - Sketch you like
http://christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.ca/2012/07/july-challenge.html- use Holly or Poinsettia

Oh I missed a few challenges like Gothic challenge from Craft Your Passion and Whimsy for Monochromatic. I just had to deal with my mom taking another turn downward with her dementia and my dog passing away. Boy...I guess I am a bit of a downer but I tried to get better by making cards! The first card is the Sketch that Sparkles wanted  us to use and I had fun doing. I used up some card pieces I had (well I have alot left) and I used sparkles for the tree and stickers of holly as well as the tree. The 2nd card is in silver but the same tree-just different sparkle colour with the holly leaves. The 3rd card is from the 52 Christmas Cards Throwdown that I also missed but I love the sketch so much and the way I did the sketch that I entered it  in the Christmas Stampin. I used my poinsettia stamp and  embossed in 3 different spakle colours (Green, Egyptian Gold and red). I cut it for each panel and the background I used Pearl dust pwoders. I stamped the Seasons Greetings in the same sparkle powder and used watercolour for the distressed edging.  The 4th and 5th card would have been great for Christmas Stampin last week as I never used those stamps! The 4th card is a stamp I bought for $4! I used all shades of brown with a hint of colour. I used mainly my chalks and distressed the edges too. The punch is the poinsettia punch and I used some stickles on that flower. The last card I tried my gothic look. I stamped the angel in silver along with the holly and used silver sparkle. I added the snowflakes and raised everything with pop up dots. Only black and grey papers were used...all with some shimmer:) Have a great day everyone and week!