Happy New Year!

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.ca/2012/12/mim-121-with-digi-my-world.html -Anything Goes
http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.ca/2012/12/simon-says-anything-goes.html -Anything Goes

 http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.ca/2012/12/challenge-54-anything-goes-as-long-as.html - Anything Goes as long as it's Festive
http://flutterbywednesdays.blogspot.ca/2012/12/flutter-by-wednesday-220.html - Open
http://abcchristmaschallenge.blogspot.ca/2012/12/z-for-zoo-animal.html - Zoo Animal

I have not been here for a while as I have been a little busy. Christmas is a busy time of year anyway and  I go all out with my tree (hang the tinsel on one by one), my Christmas village(with it's own personal cat house and town bum), nativity scene and Santa's everywhere along with garland and angels etc... Mt hubby had a full shoulder replacement on December 12th-Yup 12/12/12. He had it done in Toronto. the surgerey was over 5 hrs long and he was home by Friday!! I can say he is doing very well and healing fast. I can also say I have been busy taking care of all the animals, walking the dog, caring for my Michael, Delivering flyers for extra money ( my ex helps me...yup! My EX!!) , working full time. Top it off that the first weekend Michael was home our 1 cat climbed on my dresser and knocked off all my jewlery. I could have made a violin out of her. It took me an hour to untangle everything. The next day our dog peed in the house which he did not do for almost a year. The day after that our fawcett in the bathroom busted and we had 2 inches on water in the bathroom before Michael went down stairs to shut the taps off. It just busted...all this before Christmas. I had these cards made a while ago but just no time to be on the computer. I am not a computer gal. Christmas went well and my mom was able to come to my brother's and enjoy a bit. She has since forgotten that she was at his place though. New years was quiet and let's hope the year ahead will be a better one. I have had enough of pain (moi), dementia(mom), disease(Michael-athritis) and little money. Oh wait I should grab some wine for this whine. I enjoy looking at everyone's creations though and believe that it is better to walk with an angel through hell than with the devil through paradise. I am not religious but I love that saying and believe it. To one of my followers too-McCraftys cards-I was inspired by his snowflake corner that I bought it and used it for the angel card. Happy New Year everyone!!

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.