Funny card

I have a funny card to share with you tonight. I saw a card on Maria's blog at Stampin Inspirations by Maria and it was a swap card that she received from Gabby. You can see the original card on Maria's blog at the link above. I thought it was hilarious! I knew as soon as I saw this card that I had to recreate one for our friend, Dave for his upcoming birthday. Dave is such a great friend, whom we've known for years. He loves dogs and with his off-the-wall sense of humour, I know he'll love this card! lol :)

Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye - Bohemia - Backyard "My Journey" Stripe/Lime
Cardstock: White and Chocolate (The Paper Company), Brocade Blue, Mellow Moss, Speckled Blue ...Sorry, I can't remember where I got these last three colours of cardstock and I'm not sure which company makes them.
Embellishments: Latch - Antique Brass Hodgepodge Hardware (SU)
Tools: 1/4" square punch (SU), Black gel pen (for doodled thought cloud)
Stamps: Alphabits (SU)
Stickers: Frances Meyer 'Walkies' dog stickers
Ink: Black (SU)

I hope you all got a laugh out of this one! Thanks for stoppin' by! :)

Places and Things Tag Game

I've been tagged by a few friends and thought I'd play along. This is another little tag game to play to share some info about yourself.

Four place I have worked.
1. Dept. of Business and Consumer Services. Working with the Provincial Gov't 'Refunds' section was certainly an experience...I answered on average 500 calls per day!I learned that there's definitely some crazies out there, too, who are possibly still looking for money that they feel is owed to them! lol :) I had a couple of people come in to "lay a beatin' on me" as they called it, to which I had to call security. (These people were on Social Assistance and didn't qualify for the refund.) I can look back at it now and laugh. I had a lot of fun working there, too.
2.Nova Scotia Community College. I had a contract with them teaching MS Word and MS Excel as part of the Microsoft Office User Specialist module. Yes, I'm a Microsoft Office Geek!
3. Maritime Life Assurance Company. Another contract job, developed an MS Access database for them for the purpose of tracking resource utilization of the Retail Systems Division. Does that make sense...I'm even confused now that I think about it! lol :)
4. Home Support Central. I worked in payroll and did office support as well. I had fun running around helping people with their computer issues.

Four places I have lived.
1. Greenwich, Nova Scotia in the beautiful Annapolis Valley- born and raised there til I flew the coup at 18 to go to college in the city.
2. Halifax, NS
3. Trenton, ON (This was a 3 year military posting)
4. Dartmouth, NS (This is where we reside now. Bought a house when we returned to the Maritimes from Ontario.)

Four places I have been on vacation.
1. Disneyworld, Florida
2. Cabot Trail, Cape Breton Island
3. Varadero Beach, Cuba
4. New Hampshire, Maine, Quebec and Vermont (during high school...solely for the purpose of downhill skiing...I wasn't into stampin' then or I'm sure I could have found some great stamp stores!)

Four of my favorite foods. (I have recipes for the first 3 in the list, if you're interested.)
1. Almond Thai Chicken Soup
2. Carrot Cake
3. Baked Chicken Parmesan
4. Greek Pizza

Four places I would rather be right now.
1. On Vacation somewhere! I don't even care where...just away!
2. Stamping
3. shopping with someone else's money...lol :)
4. Sleeping...I don't know how to go to bed early...can someone teach me that it's ok to not stay up til 2 am making cards!

Four friends most likely to respond. (I'm going to tag these gals)

Catherine (My Stamping Grounds)
Kim (Creative Diversions)
Cindy (Imagine. Dream. Create)
Ila (Artfully Ila)

New Cuttlebug folders and dies

Hello Fellow Cuttlebug Fans!

Have you seen the new folders that have just been released? OMG, I can't wait to get a hold of them!!! They're Gorgeous! My favs are the floral fantasy, birds and swirls and perfectly paisley. The build-a-flower die cuts also look fun and the puzzle die cut would certainly be a winner with my kids, I'm sure! Here's the link to the Provo Craft site. Go take a peek! :)

Screamin' Deals!

I'm absolutely grinning from ear to ear and dancin' the ultimate happy dance!! lol :) I've held off going over to Carsand-Mosher Photo Memories in Halifax...until today! Can you believe I've been able to go for a whole year and stayed away! I had no idea it had grown so big since I was there before 5 years ago... Holy Cow...I'll certainly be going back....what a selection of patterned paper, stamps and embellies and screamin' deals! Today, I got everything at about 75 % off! WHat would have cost me over $90, I got for less than $20 taxes in!!! Here's what I got:

Clear rubber alphabet and number unmounted stamp set (Carolee Creations - Ting a Ling Accents), some beautiful pink rub-ons (Chatterbox - Woodcuts), Prima Flower Ribbon embellies (Prima) and a ton of patterned paper! Yup, I'm one happy girl! lol :)





So, if you live in the Metro Halifax area, RUN fast and get over there for some sweet deals!

Thanks for stoppin' by! :)

She finally did it!

My youngest daughter's hair has been getting so long and we talked about her donating it for a while now like her sister did last year to Wigs for Kids. It's a wonderful organization that makes wigs for children affected by Cancer that lose their hair from the Chemo treatments. Last year, our oldest daughter, Alexandria donated 17 inches of her hair at 4 years and 10 months old. Today, Natalia donated 12 inches at 3 years 10 months old. Yes, my girls have tonnes of hair! lol :) What a wonderful feeling to know that their hair will be given a new life an make another little girl or boy so happy.

Here's some pics of the haircut this morning. :)

This is the pre-haircut pic
Those long, beautiful curls are gonna be gone in a few minutes!

No turning back now...

We have a separated ponytail...

Tallie checking out her ponytail!

Tallie checking out her new haircut...

Proud of her new haircut! She's thrilled that she can brush her own hair now! :)

Thanks for stoppin' by and sharing in our fun! :)

Red and White Doodles

I got a chance to play tonight and thought I would go with just a red and white theme. I used a new flower stamp from a Studio G stamp set that my friend, Catherine Levy gave me a couple of days ago...I told you I was spoiled with wonderful friends! :) Thanks again so much, Catherine!
I saw a card a while back that Paula Goff did of Paula Ponders, and I really liked the layout and the colours, so I decided to make a take on her card. I can't find the the card that I remember in red and white, but here's another one using Purely Pomegrante that she did. Paula does absolutely beautiful work, if you're not familiar with her work, check it out! She does lots of great tutorials, as well. Tonnes of inspiration! :)

Stamps: Doodle This (SU), Live Love Laugh - flower (Studio G)
Tools: Creative Memories 1 1/4" circle punch, White gel pen, Red gel pen
Embellishments: Red and White polka dot ribbon (Dollarama)
Cardstock: Red (Bazzill), White (The Paper Company)
Ink: Real Red (SU)

Well, I hope everyone had a great weekend. Hard to believe it's over already. I'm heading to bed now with red ink-stained fingers...that should get the other Moms asking questions at school in the morning! lol :) We have the Terry Fox Run/Walk to do tomorrow afternoon. I volunteered to go if my younger daughter could come, as well. They said it was fine, so we'll all be going. Fingers crossed that it goes well... :) Gotta go get some rest now.

Thanks for stoppin' by! :)

RAK from Kim

I'm so spoiled to have such wonderful friends!!! I received the most wonderful assortment of goodies today from my friend, Kim Prince who stopped by for a quick visit. Thanks again so much, Kim! I can't wait to play with all this stuff! :) You're such a sweetheart! I joked with Kim and said I loved the patterned paper in the little tin...but you know that's gonna get altered in the future! No tins are safe in my house from being altered! lol :)

Well, gotta go get some supper ready for the munchkins, shower them, off to bed and then I can get in some stampin' time. :) I'll post again later tonight.

Thanks for stoppin' by! :)