Oh Canada.......What Happened?

I would make a terrible hockey coach. My instinct as a mom is to give each of the Team Canada players a hug and tell them they played a good game and they did their best. I would remind them to reflect on the experience and store away the memories of being part of an amazing team.

When you read the headlines, they will all say how Canada failed. Critics will dissect the plays, fans will offer their opinions and coaches will go home disappointed. I think they should all hold their heads high!

Oh Canada!

Update On Our Little Kitty

I have received several messages and many inquiries at the store about our little kitty. I thought I should do an update and let you all know that she has recovered from her traumatic battle with the bungee cord. If you missed that post you can check it out here. She is eating and drinking normally and all the swelling has disappeared from her face/eye. The only sign of the pain she was in is when she yawns. She seems to stop herself when she tries to open her mouth too far. Other than that she is in perfect health.

Our nameless kitten now has a name too. We now refer to her as Charli (the boys are not too happy because as they say.....'mom that is a dude's name'). I am still not 100 percent sold on it either. I often find myself calling her 'the little one'. She follows me everywhere. As I type this, she is curled up next to me having one of her many daily snoozes.

Thank you for all your well wishes. She is so tiny and we are so grateful that she is going to be okay!

January Sketch Support - Happy Birthday Card

This week Sketch Support is kicking things off with a card sketch! As soon as I saw the sketch I knew exactly what I was going to do........stitch! I know that this won't surprise some of you. I also had a great stamp set from Lawn Fawn that would be perfect. I headed straight for my scraps and this is what I came up with.

Amanda's 19th birthday is coming up in February so I thought that I would save this one for her. The cupcake theme will be perfect.

Here are all the details:

Paper: cardstock - Bazzill, pattern - Pink Paislee
Stamps: Lawn Fawn
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Memento
Tools: Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher (stapler), Bazzill In Stitchz circle template and piercing tool
Stickles: Fruit Punch
Other: floss - Bazzill & We R Memory Keepers, ribbon - dollar store, foam adhesive - 3L

Visit the Sketch Support blog and check out all the great ideas and the sketch that we used to create them. This sketch will be featured all week long.

Loopy Loopy Bow Flower - The Cutting Cafe

I am very happy and excited to be revealing my first couple of projects for The Cutting Cafe! This week the design team was given the Loopy, Loopy Bow Flower cutting file to work with.

Here is the gift wrapping project I posted previously (oops, I messed that up). I used the file and cut all three sizes for the bow and layered them together, fastening them with a brad.

Here is a close-up. I used double-sided paper in two different colours.

I added some jingle bells and curly ribbon to help jazz it up a bit. This was made for a Christmas present, but you could do the same for any occasion.....birthday, wedding, baby shower.

I was having so much fun with this file, I decided to make another project using fabric. I cut the pieces out of cardstock and used them as a pattern to cut out my fabric.

I used 2 coordinating colours and cut 2 each of the medium and small sizes. I layered each flower opposite of each other and embellished the middle with a button and a bow tied from twine.

I used a hot glue gun and adhered the finished flowers to some headbands and created these handmade beauties for my daughter.

Amanda wore one to work yesterday and received all sorts of compliments on it. It was really easy to do and I was finished the entire project in about 20 minutes.

Be sure to visit the Cutting Cafe blog (reveal day is on Wednesday) and check out what the other girls on the team have done with the Loopy, Loopy Bow Flower.

A New Year......A New Adventure!

I am so excited that January 1st is finally here. Today is the day that Sketch Support is launching their new website and on Monday the fun will begin.

This amazing website is designed to inspire you and show you how to use sketches of all kinds as a tool. Single page sketches, double-page sketches, card sketches and new add-on sketches will all be featured each month.

I encourage you to visit the website and check out Allison's welcome message. Click on all the different buttons and get familiar with where things are. Stop back and visit my blog often and see what I have created using all the great sketches that will be coming my way.

2011 is going to be a great year.