Hi....I've missed you!!

Hi everyone!  Ohmigosh...I've been so busy, and yet it seems like I've been doing ordinary bits of nothing when I try to think of what I've been up to!  

I've been having lots of fun though and while I haven't blogged, I have been thinking of all of you!  And amazingly many more of you have subscribed to my blog while I've been off playing...thank you so much for joining me here and thank you so much to everyone who's been patiently waiting for me to come back to my blogging!  Hugs to to all!!  

I've really been enjoying having my daughter off on maternity leave, we have so much fun together and I love getting my snuggles everyday from my little granddaughter...ohmigosh...she's so sweet, I think I've taken a million pictures of her. I love her to bits and love to watch her growing every day.  She's 9 1/2 weeks now...here's a picture of my little darling...lol...her sun hat is just a bit big!

I've also been playing with the camera on my iPhone, I downloaded a cool app that my niece told me about called Camera+ and it's so much fun.  On one of our walks I took a picture of this amazing tree at Belcarra Park...it looks like a tangle of elbows and knees!  The park is full of wonderful trees but this one is an old Arbutus tree...love it!  Belcarra Park is tucked up the Burrard Inlet at the mouth of the Indian Arm...it's a beautiful park...we're so lucky to have lots of beautiful parks around us.

I'm slowly getting my creative muse back again...I was worried that I'd lost it. After my knee surgery I lost my zest for playing with my stamps...I know...awful!  I also lost my appetite but that darned thing has come back and I wish it hadn't!!   LOL!!  But along with my appetite my creative spark came back too, thank goodness!  This is a tag that I made for my April orders, I stamped the background with En Francais and used the crown from the stamp set 'Established Elegance'  and added a rhinestone to it...I love that set!

And below is a picture of my orders, wrapped and ready to be picked up.  Love the yellow tissue, it's so happy! I had them sitting on our desk at the entrance, the desk is made from an eclectic mix of wood and glass from some Liberty ship building parts and Empire Mining Company components.  It was made in Gastown by Industrial Artifacts, it's such a fun desk, when you open the drawer the little cog wheels move!

Well that's my share for today, I have a couple of cards that I need to take pictures of so that I can share them with you.  Thanks so much for stopping by to share your time with me.  I'll be back soon!

Big hugs to all of you

Judy

Hi everyone!

Happy April!! Wow...so much has happened since my last post! The most exciting news is that we welcomed our darling granddaughter into our family on March 22!

She is our first grandchild and we are all head over heels in love with her! Her Mommy and Daddy have named her Emily...such a sweet name...love it! I love being a Nannie and can't get enough snuggles and kisses...good thing they live just blocks away from us!!

Here's a picture of me and our little sweetie....awwww! She is a little doll, so happy and healthy, we are so lucky!!

My other news is that my knee is doing great after my knee replacement surgery...its been 7 weeks now since my surgery and I'm happy to say that I have 110% bend in my knee so far....apparently I'll only get a max of 120% so I'm doing great...the physio is really hard work but I'm determined to get that last 10%!!

I don't have anything new to show you....I seem to have lost my mojo since my operation and I'm hoping it will come back really soon...I have some new toys waiting for me in my craft room and another order is on its way, so I hope to be getting inky again really soon.

Meanwhile here's a card that I meant to share so this is a good time as this post is a kind of test post....I've been trying to figure out how to blog from my IPad, and I've bought an app called "Blogsy" and so far I love it...I'm still playing around with it, but so far two thumbs up!!!

It's a very quick but pretty card using the set called "My Friend" stamped in Tempting Turqouise and I added Dazzling Details to it. Hope you like it!

Thanks so much for stopping by to share your time with me and I also want to say thanks for being so patient while waiting for me to get back to my blogging. You are the best...big hugs!

Love Judy

 

I totally missed January!

Hi everyone....ohmigosh...I've been so busy, I totally missed blogging for the whole month of January! So let me wish you all a belated Happy New Year! I hope your year is filled with love and laughter, friends and adventures, good health and success in all your ventures!

I'd like to wish a warm welcome to all my new blog subscribers, thank you so much for joining me in my little corner of the world! I also want to thank my regular subscriber's for being so patient while I've been away, thanks for staying with me!

So, what have I been doing to keep me from blogging? Well, I've been trying to figure out my new computer, we've switched to Mac from my PC and while I totally love it, it's been a challenge trying to figure out everything! I've got lots more to learn but I really love my new iPad and computers!!

We're also getting ready to welcome our first grandchild next month....ohmigosh, we are so excited!! So I've been knitting and crocheting, shopping and getting some things made for the shower that we had for my daughter! Here's a picture of the sweet diaper cake I made...I was really happy with how it turned out!

I also made some little Mary Jane shoes and filled them with Hershey's Kisses for each guest, these little shoes are darling and so easy to make.  I found the template here.  The card stock for the shoes is from my Crafty Secrets CD that I got for Christmas.

So with all my crazy busy days, I've also been getting ready for my knee replacement surgery this Wednesday. I'm armed with crutches, a walker, a cane and many more things that I apparently need...so glamorous!!  LOL!  I haven't even had my surgery yet and I'm already impatient to get going full steam ahead!  I'm going into stamping withdrawal, knowing I won't be able to get into my craft room for a while...and I have new toys to play with too! That's the nice thing about my Stamping supplies....they are very patient and will wait for me!

Thanks so much for stopping by to share your time with me!  Now that I've done this first blog post on my new computer, I hope to post many more things after my surgery!

Big hugs to all of you ~  I'll be back again really soon!
Hugs ~ Judy

Merry Christmas Everyone!

I can't believe it's Christmas Eve and I'm still wrapping and trying to finish my cards! It's been a whirlwind of activity around here and I am racing to keep up with myself!  I've told my family and friends that my cards will be late this year and guess what....they aren't even surprised!  I have the best family and the best friends, I am so lucky!!

Next year I will definitely make some cards throughout the year, this is just crazy!  LOL!!  Anyway this is a short post as I still have a zillion things to do before Santa arrives, but I wanted to share a special part of my Christmas memories with you.  My Christmas Angel...isn't she sweet?

I remember saving up my allowance when I was a little girl so that I could get my Mom something special.  I remember walking to 'The China Cabinet', a store in our neighbourhood, it was owned by Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds, and of course back in those days everyone knew everyone. So Mr. Reynolds asked if he could help me.  I showed him my money and said I needed to find something really special for my Mom for Christmas and together we found this little Chrismas Angel that was in my price range. 

He wrapped it up for me and I carried it home and tucked it under the tree, so excited for my Mom to open it up.  My Mom loved it and each Christmas she would unwrap it and display it on the stereo cabinet.  Now my Mom has gone, I have the Christmas Angel and every year I carefully unwrap it and think of my Mom and Dad and the wonderful Christmases we always had.

When I look at my little Christmas Angel, I sometimes wonder if Mr. Reynolds charged me the right amount on that day so long ago....

I hope you like my Christmas Angel memory and I hope you and your families have a wonderful Christmas filled with love, family and friends.  May your days be Merry and Bright!  Thanks for stopping to share your precious time with me!

Love and hugs ~ Judy

Razzleberry Snowflakes

Hi everyone...Happy December!

Seriously .... where does the time go?  I can't believe that it's Christmas in a few more weeks, today we're decorating the tree, I have the Christmas music on and I'm hoping it will start to feel a lot more like Christmas! 

My card today is so much prettier in real life, the silver glimmer paper is such a favourite of mine and it really sparkles on this card.  The card base is Rich Razzleberry and the snowflakes are stamped with the same colour on the base of the card. 

The snowflakes squares are stamped with Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive on Very Vanilla.  The squares are punched out with the 1 3/8" punch and layered on silver glimmer paper punched out with 1 1/4" square punch and they are all layered on black.

The snowflakes are from a Martha punch and the sentiment has a cute little edge, I inserted the sentiment strip into the Modern Label punch (holding the punch upside down and sliding the sentiment in to just shape the edge) and it has a little rhinestone but it's hard to see in the picture.

And to finish it, I added a Rich Razzleberry Bow de Fourchette  I've added a link to my tutorial.  Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by, I truly love your visits!

Hugs ~ Judy

Frosty nights and warm hearts!

Hi everyone, just a little share tonight, my CAS (Clean and Simple) Christmas card. I have a hard time doing CAS but this one was so easy and I love it!   The picture isn't great...I have a hard time taking photos of my white cards on dark winter days.  The base of the card is Always Artichoke.

The embossed image is a Cuttlebug folder, I painted the rooftops with my Versamark pen and then embossed with Iridescent Ice embossing powder....so pretty in real life!  The sentiment is from the super cute stamp set, Merry Winter and the ribbon is Always Artichoke Seam Binding.

The Whisper White sentiment is punched with the 1 1/4" circle and the layer is Always Artichoke punched out witht the 1 3/8" circle.  Then I drew a little pencil line to hang it from.

Simple, cute and oh so easy! 

Thanks for stopping by!  I love your visits and read every comment that you leave me or email to me...thanks so much!

Big hugs ~ Judy

Santa's Sleigh!

Hi everyone!  I just want to say a quick Hi to all my new subscribers and to tell you how thrilled I am to have you visit me on my blog!  Thanks so much, I love having you here!!

Are you all getting ready for Santa to arrive?  I can't believe how fast Christmas is coming...I really need to start making my lists and checking them twice!

This was such a fun card to make, I used my Sizzix 3D Sleigh die and ran it through my Big Shot and then embossed it with a Cuttlebug folder.

To make the sleigh blades, I adhered tin foil to a white cardstock scrap with a glue stick and ran that through my Big shot again, this time only placing the tin foil on the blade part of the die. Then I adhered it to the sleigh...I love how this turned out!

I also punched out the Triple Flower Punch using the same tin foil scrap and cut it in half for the present bows. I used a piece of the punched out tin foil for a backing under the sentiment, but it's hard to see in the picture.  The presents are little pieces from my scrap pile.

I made the sentiment on my computer with a free font I downloaded called Chocolate Box and then punched it out with a 1" circle punch. The snowflake is from Season of Friendship stamped in Whisper White Craft ink.   I lined the edge of the sleigh with Tombow and added Silver Glass Glitter....so pretty!!  The ribbon is Real Red Satin and the cardstock is Black and Real Red.

I hope you like my Santa Sleigh....thanks so much for stopping by to share your time with me!

Hugs ~ Judy