We are Grateful...

It is Thanksgiving Weekend here in Canada. For the past 7 years, we have spent Thanksgiving at White Point Beach with my mum and dad, the kids and the dogs. For those of you who have never been to Nova Scotia, our falls are just spectacular, and Thanksgiving tends to be particularly gorgeous.

We are so grateful for our family and friends, and for everything we have been blessed with. It is always lovely to take this little break from our lives, to enjoy some special family time, and participate in some family traditions. Here are a couple of pics from the last 2 days, so you can see the slice of heaven we are enjoying :)









That last picture is my children in the Atlantic Ocean - it is all of about 7 degrees celcius today (45 farenheit). Crazy, aren't they??

I have been a bad blogger this week. I had a few design team obligations, and worked 5 - 12 hour shifts in 6 days, and then came here to White Point, so I had no time to craft. I will try to be better next week. Tomorrow I will be bck with my Paper Playtime card for the week, so be sure to check in, the challnege is a good one :)

We are going for our Thanksgiving dinner in about 90 minutes, so to each of you, who take time out of your busy lives to visit my spot in the blogging world, thank you, and Happy Thanksgiving to you all.


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Thanksgiving...

It is challenge day over at Cricut Cardz Challenge. Todays challenge is to do a Thanksgiving card with any cartridge you want. This weekend is Thanksgiving in Canada, so the timing was perfect. I am going to give this card to my mum and dad this weekend. We always go away together for the holidays. Here is what I came up with:







This is a step card. I knew I wanted to use both the pilgrims, and do some kind of staircase or side step card, but I wanted it to have two steps. After much searching, I found THIS tutorial. It seemed to fit the bill perfectly. I widened the side panels a bit to fit my pilgrims, but other than that, followed the directions exactly.

The cartridges I used were Paper Doll Dress Up, Create a Critter, and Opposites Attract - I welded the word "harvest" on my Gypsy. The paper involoved is mostly Stampin Up, but some is from my scraps box. The Happy Thanksgiving stamp is from Stampendous and the cute little faces are from Peachy Keen Stamps. I was pretty happy with how the card turned out.

Hope you all come play with us over at Cricut Cardz Challenges - and be sure to check out all the other Design Team members submissions.

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Oops...

I just posted something that I meant to do an autopost for in the morning. Silly me :) I have not one clue how to delete the post, so instead I am just changing the it. I will be back in the morning with my DT submission for tomorrow's Cricut Cardz Challenge. Hope to see you all then...


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Paper Playtime Queen

I have been asked to be a "queen" over at Paper Playtime. Isn't that exciting?? As a member of their design team, I will be participating in weekly challenges each Monday. The project can be anything - a layout, card, a tag, mini album... the options are endless. It must fit in with the week's theme. I hope you all come over and play with us :)

Today's challenge is to use ribbon, buttons or rhinestones or all 3. Here is what I came up with:



I decided to use ribbon and rhinestones. I you are a regular visitor to my blog, you will know that I made my first card with buttons only last week. I had planned to try to incorporate all 3 items into my card, but in the end couldn't find the right button for this card. Admittedly, I have an extremely small collection to choose from...

Isn't my little queen kitty cute? I chose her in honour of my first week as a Paper Queen! I cut her from my Paisley cartridge. The oval is from George and Basic Shapes, and the scalloped oval is actually a tag from Winter Wonderland. I manipulated the shape on my Gypsy to fit the original oval, and used the hide contour feature to hide the hole on the tag. The stamp I used is from Lots of Pun by Joy's Life. The paper is mostly Stampin Up, and the patterned paper is from my scraps box, and I just don't remember who it's from.

Before I sign off, I want to say how honoured I am to be a part of this design team. There are many talented women who are also Queens. Over the next day or so, I will be posting a list of them on my blog, and encourage you to go visit them and get inspired - I know they inspire me :)


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Lovely Leaves

Something ridiculous is going on in Nova Scotia this fall. It is still summer! It has been unseasonably warm here, and it is October, so I made a fall card. Here it is:



The stamp is Stampin Up's "Seasons of Friendship" which i have always really liked. I was trying to make the leaves look like they were changing colors, so I inked it up in one color, and stamped it off on a scratch paper, and then ran the edges of the stamp through a second color - and stamped them onto the picture. I am pleased with how it turned out. All the paper I used is from Stampin Up.

Here are the challenges I am submitting this for:

A Crafty Little Place - autumn daze
Tuesday Taggers - autumn
For Fun Challenges - autumn
Simon Says Challenges -it's autumn
Stampin for the Weekend - autumn colors
Something Completely Different - orange, brown and gold

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Around the World...

World Card day is in October - if I'm not wrong it is today. The original inspiration for this card was a challenge posted on Crafty Cardmakers called Around the World, in honor of world card day. As soon as I read the title, this stamp came immediately to mind. It made me think of unity... world peace... how perfect for world card day - and this challenge. Too bad I didn't actually read the instructions... it very clearly said it must be easily identifiable with one country ore continent. Sadly, this is not. I may submit it anyway - after all, the challenge inspired the card, and I am proud of my card :)



The stamp used here is from Stampin Up, an older set called The World Over (I think) the paper is all Stampin up and I got the ribbon from Walmart.

Challenges I am submitting this challenge for:
OWH Stars and Stamps - sketch #36
Always Crafting - inspired card
Sew Many Challenges - anything goes
CES Challenges - hats





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3 Little Dolls

I have had a busy day of crafting after my crazy day at work yesterday. It has been nice to take some time for something I enjoy. Back to work tomorrow, only off Sunday and then back to work for 4 more. Here are a few of the cards:









These little girls are from Hero Arts, and I have always loved them. I wanted to have a few "thinking of you" cards on standby, for when I needed them, so I made a few. the paper is all Stampin Up and the ribbon from the Dollar Store. I used a some stickles to bling them up a little. They are really simple, but I like them.

Challenges for today:
Crafty Cardmakers - oriental
Crazy 4 Challenges - bling
Creative Card Crew - flowers

Hope you all have a great weekend :)

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