I made a card tonight, but I can't share it with you quite yet...soon, though. :)

Until then, I have a pic of my growing kitten to share with you to show you how her coat is starting to darken up. She's so pretty and a great little cat...just very busy! She sure loves to climb...hence us waiting til the last minute to put up our Christmas tree this year! lol :)

I'll be back soon!

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A huge congratulations to our friends, Ann and Andrew Ferguson on the birth of their beautiful new twin girls, Alyse and Amelia. They're so precious, ya gotta love a new baby and they've been blessed twice! :)

I loved this 'sweet pea' card idea when I saw it done by Sophia on her sister, Andrea Walford's blog. I decided to add an extra sweet pea this time for twins. You can see Soph's original card here along with a tutorial on some great other projects, as well.

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Supplies:
Stamps: Baroque Motif - Flourish (SU), Sweet Pea - 1800c (Paper Salon)
Cardstock: Lime Green (Bazzill), Flat White (Staples), Magenta (The Paper Company)
Ink: Wild Wasabi (SU), Blush-136 Touch Marker (ShinHam Art)
Tools: 1/16" Hole Punch (to make the hole to poke the plum and white flowers through), Scissors, White Gel Pen (Signo), Black Gel Pen (Signo), Oval Custom Cutting System (Creative Memories), 1" Circle Punch (Creative Memories), Sponge Dauber (SU), Sponge (SU)
Embellishments: Plum and White Flowers (Viva Craft - Dollarama)

So, it's been an eventful day today. We got up this morning and had a wonderful Brunch of homemade French Toast and Raspberry Cherry Banana Smoothies - one of our favourites. We were lounging for a bit, about to start to get a few Christmas trimmings out. The girls were playing beside me in the rec room and Alexandria (my 8 year old) tried to pull her sister, Natalia (my 6 year old) up off the couch by the arm and by accident twisted her arm a bit while pulling her up and she dislocated Natalia's elbow!

Natalia started screaming and crying. First, I thought that my little drama queen was over-reacting as per usual. But, I asked her come over to me so that I could look at her arm. As soon as I saw it I knew something was wrong, my first thought was that it was dislocated or perhaps broken as it was twisted around at the elbow. Rather gross!

We got ready I took her to our local children's hospital and the nurse and resident agreed that it looked like it was dislocated, they just wanted the doctor to confer. About 5 minuted before she finally came in to see us, Natalia was trying to shift about in bed and she leaned on elbow and we heard a snap. She popped it back in joint all by herself! A gross thought, but I'm glad she did it on her own instead of the doctor having to snap it back in place which is what she was about to do.

So, the pain is all gone now, but she'll have to be careful as once you've put a bone out of joint, it's likely to happen again much more easily. No more tug of war games for her! lol :)

On a bright note, Natalia was very excited to lose her very first baby tooth today! She's pretty excited for the tooth fairy to come! Above is a pic of her with her new funny-toothed smile! :)

Well, I think after all the excitement today, I'm ready for some crafty therapy time! I'll post my creation soon.

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"Dance like no one is watching
Sing like no one is listening
Love like you've never been hurt
Live like it's Heaven on Earth"
-Mark Twain

OK, it's way past my bedtime! Time to call it a day. I'll be back soon.

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Supplies:
Cardstock: Aqua (Bazzill), Flat Black (CRS), Ivory (Staples)
Patterned Paper: Wild Saffron (K&Company)
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Tools: Paper Piercer, Piercing Mat, Ticket Punch (SU), Scalloped Square and Oval Nestabilites (Spellbinders), Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Epson printer using the font 'Freebooter Script' for the quote
Embellishments: Pale Aqua Flourished 5/8" Satin Ribbon (Michaels), Marcella - Silver Pearl Brads (K&Company), Silver Hearts Brad (Dollarama)

OK, I have some more pictures to share with you tonight of the beautiful creations I've received from my group of crafty friends lately.

First up is a beautiful Madonna and Child easel card by Deborah March. Isn't it stunning?Here's an angle view to show you the easel position.
Next up is a beautiful tea light candle shade by Val Wilson. I love these, they're so pretty and they fold flat if you'd like to make one and send it to a friend in the mail! :) It has a window on each of the four sides and the beautiful sentiment on the front.

A gorgeous snowflake card by Kim Prince. I love the intricate layered showflake on top of the white embossed one. So beautiful!

Here's the Xmas Cd that she made for the inside! What a wonderful touch to add to the card, Kim! Thanks so much! :)

This beautiful card is by Catherine Levy. This is such a great classic image of Father Christmas.

This gorgeous card is by Louise Allen. I apologize for the poor picture. It was hard to capture the stamped vellum, it really is gorgeous in person, though.

A beautiful Xmas ornament card by Catherine Levy. I love the way she stamped on the circle and made it into an ornament. Very pretty!
Another stunning Madonna and Child card, this one is by Kim Prince. I'm in awe over this one! Just stunning!

I hope you enjoyed looking at some stunning eye candy from my awesome set of friends! Sorry they took me so long to post!

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I finally had a chance to take some pictures of the cards that were from the card swaps that our local group of friends did while I was away during our trips to New Brunswick to be with my mother-in-law before she passed. I didn't participate in the swaps, but the girls were still kind enough to share their gorgeous cards with me to make my day!

This is a close up of the flower in the card above made by Val Wilson. What a stunning flower! I love it!

I believe this one was the card that group made by Val Wilson, as well. Love the butterfly on this one! So pretty!
A stunning card by Louise Allen. A beautifully chalked image in a stunning frame.

A gorgeous card by Kelly Eelhart. Beautiful papers and flower and I like the embossing that she added to the strip down the side.
Lastly is a fantastic Halloween card by Louise Allen. It's awesome! I really like the velcro closure on the gate fold. She actually used a life-like plastic spider and tucked it under the webbing. So cool! :)

This is the view of the inside of Louise's awesome card!

Hope you enjoyed the eye candy...stay tuned for more coming right up!

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Another self-CASE from a previous card I made, this one is also for Tammy. I've been busy lately making cards for friends to purchase. I've had quite a few orders and haven't even got any of my own cards done yet! But, I think I've come up with a plan for this year. I think I'll purchase some from my work (Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Halifax) to support them since I'm not going to have time to make all my own this year. It's a great cause and their cards are really cute.

I'll be back tonight with some more eye candy...

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Supplies:
Stamps: Holiday Filigree (Inkadinkado)
Cardstock: Flat White (Staples), Metallic Silver (Creative Memories)
Patterned Paper: Snowflakes, and two tones of blue textured cs- Jacqueline Addison (Imagine That)
Ink: Bashful Blue (SU)
Tools: Diamond Scallop Punch (EK Success), Arctic Snowflake Punch (EK Success), 3/16" Mini Glue Dots (SU), Sponge (SU)
Embellishments: Blue Rhinestones (Dollarama)