Cherry Blossom Tree

After visiting with my parents this weekend I got to thinking about how much I love my Mum. I realize that it's still 3 months away, but I wanted to make a bright cheerful card for her. Hopefully this one will make her smile when she does finally receive it!

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Happy Stampin'!
Michelle

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This weeks desk is lacking in inspiration. Lots of products and no results. Somewhere off to the side is my notebook which has the ideas for next weeks cards jotted in it. Once I get things done over the weekend it will be time to live up to my reputation and get this all cleaned up. 😀

Grab a cuppa your fave beverage and head on over to Julia's for a little while and visit with a group of lovely ladies.

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Happy Stampin'!
Michelle

Serene Tree and Sympathy

Sadly, everyone needs sympathy cards once in a while. Fortunately, this is not one of those times for me. I just wanted a card to have on hand, and this did the trick. Soft greens seem to make this a serene, restful looking card.

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Happy Stampin'!

Michelle

Friendship Under a Sheltering Tree

Today's card uses the beautiful Sheltering Tree stamp. I haven't spent nearly enough time playing with this set. I love the soft combination of Peekaboo Peach, Calypso Coral and Crushed Curry. It's next to impossible to see in the picture, but there are diagonal scored lines on the base Whisper White layer. The idea for this card came from Julie Gearinger. Thanks Julie!

Now, once I write my message on the inside, this card will be winging its way to a special friend. Hope she likes it as much as I do!

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Happy Stampin'!

Michelle

Rocking Your World--Week 7

Yay, it's Friday! That means two things first I'm done with work for the week and it's a long weekend here so woohoo three days off and second it's time to visit with Virginia and Annie.

The little Gorgeous celebrated her third birthday on Monday so we had some gifts and cake at home since she had her party with friends last week. It snowed heavily all weekend so Nana and Papa didn't make it out to get birthday wrapping paper. That meant that all her gifts were wrapped in Christmas paper. Not that she noticed--I think the paper lasted all of 5 seconds 😂

The icky weekend weather did mean that I got to spend some quality couch time with Mr R and I got to spend time in the craft corner. That's a win-win as far as I'm concerned.

And the mid-season premiere of The Walking Dead aired on Sunday. Weirdo I may be, but it's my favorite show and I've been missing it.

The rest of the week has been pretty quiet which suits me just fine. We got some more snow, but not as much as over the weekend.

Now I'm just gearing myself up to pick up my parents tomorrow and make the trek to my sister's in Ottawa to drop them off for a few weeks visit. Ten hours round trip is not making me smile, but it will be good for them to get away so trek I must.

In honour of the not so lovely snowstorm, here are a few funnies.

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Happy Stampin'!
Michelle

A Cute Thank You

Brand new babies come with lots of brand new gifts. Quick and easy to make thank you cards are always appreciated by new parents. This little card breaks land speed records for making and is easy peasy to mass produce. The embossing adds just a little bit extra detail.

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Happy Stampin'!
Michelle

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It's Tuesday night and the lighting is bad, sorry. 

Again we have a fully loaded desk. No Chromebook in sight this time so that must mean I've been busy making cards, not surfing the net. I have boxes and boxes of handmade cards sitting in the craft corner. I do send some out, but not nearly enough to keep up with the creating. Anyone out there want some cards? 

And Lucy (EmbroidRage), that pink toy is my ATG tape gun that I just can't live without! It's always close to hand.

Time to see what Julia and company are up to this week.

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Happy Stampin'!
Michelle

Snips and Snails...

That nursery rhyme gives little boys a bad rap. They are just as cute as baby girls and need a card befitting that cuteness. Blues with a neutral colour are a classic combination for baby boys.

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Happy Stampin'!
Michelle

A Little Something for Baby

Baby girls are adorable and deserve an adorable card welcoming them into the world. Done in pink and white of course because sometimes I'm a traditionalist.

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Happy Stampin'!
Michelle

Rocking Your World--Week 6

Bit late this week I'm afraid. I thought that I would write this up last night when we got home from work as Friday is usually an earlier day. As luck would have it, we had a steady snow fall all day and it took us 3 hours just to get home. Normal travel is 1 - 1 1/2 hours.

I guess that my first positive for this week will be that even though it took forever, we got home safely. There were loads of accidents on the highway, one of them looking very serious with multiple fire trucks, police cars and ambulances.

On Tuesday we had dentisit appointments. Just a cleaning, but while there Mr R was discovered to have a cavity so it was some extra time in the chair for him. Me--I was all clear which definately made me smile as I have a severe phobia of getting needles in my mouth. It also doesn't help that I seem to need about 3X the anasthetic of a normal person just to get me numbed enough to work on. Even then I can feel the pain, it's just dulled down to a bearable level.

This coming Monday is the little Gorgeous' 3rd birthday. I just keep shaking my head--where did 3 years go so quickly? Her Mama had a birthday party yesterday for her down at her Great Auntie's house. Sadly, I was working, but I have been assured that she had a wonderful time. 

I'll leave you with a couple of pictures of the festivities and then pop over to see Virginia and Annie.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful week.

Happy Stampin'!
Michelle

Frosted Cupcakes

Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter makes great frosting highlights! This is a pretty easy card to make and doesn't take long at all.

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Happy Stampin'!
Michelle

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Lots of stuff on here today to look at. Piles of stamps, dies and inks. See Julia, it's not always neat 😏. Oddly enough, my Chromebook is front and centre. More surfing than cardmaking going on?

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Happy Stampin'!
Michelle

Cupcakes and Shaker Sprinkles

Thanks to Michele Reynolds for the inspiration for this card. It doesn't show up in the picture, but the outside cupcake has Wink of Stella on the dark parts of the frosting. This is a totally fun and girly card.

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Happy Stampin'!
Michelle

It's a Cupcake Kind of Day

Chocolate cupcakes are sooo nummy! A big thanks to Michelle Zindorf for the basis of this card. I liked her idea of using the hardwood background stamp to make a table top.

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Happy Stampin'!
Michelle

Christmas Card of the Month

I love this card. You can't tell from the picture, but the branches are cut from Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper and the ornament and peace are both covered in clear embossing powder. It really gives it a nice shine in person.

If you would like to try your hand at making your own handmade Christmas cards I'd love to have you join me on February 19 at 2:00 p.m. You will make 5 cards of the same design and the fee of $20 includes all the supplies you will need. This event takes place in Whitby Ontario at a pet-friendly home. Please RSVP by February 10 to cardiologydepartment@outlook.com so I can have all your supplies ready for you to start creating.

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Happy Stampin'!
Michelle

Rocking Your World Friday--Week 5

Another week has flown by just like that and it's once again time to visit with Virginia and Annie.

This week has again been fairly quiet with not a lot going on.

Mr R and I managed to get in another lunch date this week. I think we have found the fastest drive-thru known to man. Six minutes from leaving our parking lot to being back in our lunchroom with sacks of food in hand. Can't beat that--doesn't cut too much into the allotted lunch time!

Mr R's appointment with the eye specialist who couldn't find anything at all wrong. (Optometrist was concerned as Mr R has two different coloured eyes LOL). 

A quick run to my parents on Saturday to take Dad grocery shopping and a nice long chat with my sister on Saturday night. She's be away for 6 weeks in Australia so it was good to have a catch up.

A lovely bit of time spent in the craft corner making cards and sniffing new packs of paper. I know I'm not the only one, but it feels really odd to like the way brand new packs of paper smell!

Looking forward to some time in the corner this weekend as well. Lots of ideas have been popping into my head this week.

And lastly, the sky seems lighter when we are leaving for work in the morning. That really makes me smile as it means that soon spring will be here!

I'll leave you with this pic of the Gorgeous and the Handsome that also made me smile.

Have a wonderful week!

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Happy Stampin'!

Michelle

WOYWW 400

Okay, how can it already be Wednesday again? And the 400th week? Guess it's time to hook up with Julia and see what everyone has been up to this week.

My desk has not a thing on it. Except the cards that I managed to make over the weekend. Two have already been posted on my blog, but the last one doesn't hit the net until tomorrow so you get a sneaky-peek. 


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Happy Stampin'!
Michelle