A new little baby to hold

I got to visit a new little baby tonight, born a week ago to my friend, Charly and her hubby, Chris. Ah, the sweet smell of a new little one, how I miss that with my own girls. They grow up way to quickly! You've got to enjoy the time you have with your kids while they're young, before you know it years have passed and it only seems like yesterday that they were that small.

The name they chose for her is Kiah (pronounced Kai-ah) and she's absolutely adorable and such a good baby. It was so nice to hold her for a little while tonight. She was a perfect angel. As I held her, she was very alert and just looked around, taking everything in. You can check out pics of little Kiah on Charly's blog.

The pic above is the sweet baby announcement that they gave me tonight. Ya gotta love the House Mouse image - very cute! There's a beautiful picture of Kiah on the inside of the card behind an oval frame and the details are on the bottom. I think it's the nicest baby announcement I've ever received!

Congrats again, Charly and Chris! I know you're gonna make wonderful parents. All the best to all of you! :)

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Blog candy winnings arrived today!

I got some wonderful mail today! I entered for some blog candy a little while ago and I won! Yippee! Butterfly stamps and they're super cute! Can't wait to ink 'em up! :) Denise from Storage Units, Ink and More! also included this little personalized tube of lip moisturizer. It's berry flavoured and smells absolutely heavenly, too! Thanks so much, to Denise for sending these out to me! Please check out her site if you haven't already. They offer some really cute stamp sets and have some great designers working with them with some awesome ideas. Consider yourself enabled and go take a look! lol :)

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RAK from Catherine

My friend, Catherine Levy made this pretty little note card and necklace for me as a thank you for taking her out the other night to the Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo. We had a great time, it was a really good show, but I think I had almost just as good a time afterwards when we went out for coffee and chatted. Sometimes, it's just nice to get out with friends...when the kids are at home! lol :)

Thanks so much, Catherine! It was sweet of you to think of me. However, I think I may have trouble with the necklace, my oldest daughter seems to have claimed it for herself! :)

Sorry that I don't have much to share with you lately that's on the crafty side. Now that the weather is nice, we seem to be out on the run all the time. Our schedule over the next week is pretty full, but I'll try to get something new done for you to see soon.

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Embossed Thinking of You

Wow, I can't believe that this is card/project# 101 that I've made since Jan 1st! I started a new system this year of numbering all my cards and altered projects. I've found that it's an interesting way to keep track of how many things I've made. So, I guess at this rate, I should have made about 200 by Xmas, but then I guess I need to figure Xmas cards into there, as well...but we won't get started on that topic right now! I had a whole plan to do about 6 Xmas cards each month starting at the first of the year and then by November I'd be all done and ready to send them out...Yup, you guessed it, I haven't even started on them yet! Oh well, it was a good thought anyway! lol :)

I don't know if you can tell in the picture, sorry it's kinda blurry, but the floral background is actually patterned paper that comes pre-embossed. It's really pretty in real life and I got some in several different styles. I've never seen this patterned paper before, and I found it on sale at DeSerres the other day, marked way down. So, that's a bonus! I love a sale! lol :)

Jim and I have been super busy the past couple of days re-organizing our storage rooms in our basement. Lots of work, but it's almost all done now and looks soooo much better. I'm a self-confessed pack-rat and have a bad habit of piling stuff when I don't want to deal with it! Sound familiar? lol :) Anyway, now we just need to buy some good quality paint so we can re-paint the floor and it'll look a look better. Hopefully that'll get done soon...

Well, I think I'll call it a day and go get some rest before my little ones decide that it's time to start a new day!

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Supplies:
Stamps: Petite Messages (Hero Arts)
Cardstock: China Red Linen (CRS), Jet Black Linen (CRS), Flat White (CRS)
Patterned Paper: Aurora Flora Flowers - Sticko Style Letter Press (EK Success)
Ink: Ruby Red and Basic Black (SU)
Embellishments: Antique Copper Brads (Making Memories), Epoxy Butterfly (Horizon Group USA)

New Butterfly T-Shirt

I just had to share the beautiful Asian Butterflies t-shirt that I bought today. Oh My Goodness, I love it! Isn't it just pur-dy? lol :)

This is a funny one that I bought at our local Canex (Military Store) the other day. I wish it was on a nicer t-shirt, but I thought it was too funny to leave there! lol :)

I'm flying the coup tonight, heading out to see the Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo. It should be a great show and fun time. Here's a link for info on the week long shows to tell you what it's all about if you're not familiar. My hubby is actually in it this year with a group from his ship. There's doing a Naval Boarding Party Demonstration. Apparently, it's a pretty cool program and it's getting some rave reviews - I can't wait to see it in person. :)

Well, gotta run and finish getting ready before the babysitter arrives!

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Lots of Layers Flower

I finally got a chance to mount this set that I got a while back at a SU party. We used this stamp set the night of the party and I think we all fell in love with it. A fun stamp set to use lots of layers with! :)

For this card, I used a pre-embossed 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" card base from a box of cards made by DCWV. There's several different embossed backgrounds in the boxed set. This one is called 'Dots' and I thought it looked like a fun background to use with the dots in the flower.

Well, it's really late...gotta get some sleep, gotta get up early and I'm sure I won't be happy when that alarm goes off! lol :)

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Supplies:
Stamps: One of a Kind (SU)
Cardstock: Tempting Turquoise (SU), China Red Linen (CRS), White Embossed Dots (DCWV)
Ink: Tempting Turqoise (SU)
Embellishments: Red Grosgrain Ribbon (Michaels), Blue Self-Adhesive Bling Gem (From a RAK from Tracy.) Thanks again, Trace! :)
Tools: 1/8" Dimensional Squares (EK Success), Scissors

Alexandria with her new guitar

Alexandria has been asking us a lot lately for her own little guitar. She's taken quite an interest in Jim's but she needed one her own size, so we decided to get her one for her grading present. She was so excited when we gave it to her yesterday. It's even pink and with pretty flourishes, too!

In case you're wondering, this is not a toy, it's an actual 6 string acoustic guitar. I originally thought she was too young at 6 years old to start playing a real guitar, but after seeing some videos on line and hearing people talking, this is the best time to get them started. They're such sponges at this age and so eager to learn, they really catch on quite quickly. Even my youngest, Natalia wants one. She seems as eager as Alexandria, so perhaps we'll get one for her for her birthday in November...unless I break down before then! lol :)

Well, we've got a busy day planned for tomorrow so I've gotta hit the hay! Hope everyone is having a wonderful Canada Day long weekend!

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