... um, two months ago?
A lot has happened since I last posted, some ups and some downs but the good news is I'm up! And I couldn't be more thankful.
I made a big order from Simon Says Stamp and All That Scraps but I have not been in my craft room for over a month now so all my new supplies are just sitting there :P
So what have I been up to? What have you been up to? ;o) I am taking a couple of night classes at Sheridan to upgrade my knowledge. It sounded good at the time, but it seems like my pastime has been reading textbooks, whooo-hoo! lol
One of the classes I'm taking is Microsoft Word 2010... it appears the software is no longer on sale; Word 2013 was recently released. I had a "duh!" moment. I have a great instructor, who's always happy. One of the things he's advised is to stop putting two spaces after the end of a sentence, this is really hard to do!
I went on a date night with my Husband last weekend. We went to Chapters where I spent most of my time in the children's section sipping on a Vanilla Creme starbucks (mmm mmmm) trying to find a new book for my baby. Then we went to see "Life of Pi". My Sister-in-law said it was fantastic and it was. I would definitely recommend it if you haven't seen it yet.
Note: Friends = a dose of sanity, once a month is recommended if not more. This may also apply to chocolate.
Take care and beware of snow.
Only seven posts for 2012?! oh dear! It could have been because we moved and my crafting supplies were packed away for a while before and after. Hmmm, I may be making up excuses but that will do for right now ;o)
I had the chance to make one Christmas card this year. It was also a birthday card so I added the "Birthday Wishes" sentiment on the left.
Card Materials & Tools: Bugaboo Digi Stamp; Eggbert Christmas, Amy R's Heart-y Sayings, Stampin' Up; Real Red and Whisper White Cardstock, Snow Buddies 116505, Craft White Ink, and Square Lattice Embossing Folder Die. Rhinestones, Glossy Accents, Copics, Faux Snow, Glitter, and Echo Park Holly Jolly DSP.
Time spent this year (con't) I enjoy reading novels but rarely invest any time into it. I like looking at magazines, reading books about babies and the occasional novel so it was nice to get myself lost in a few different series this year.
Yes, they are teen reads but I enjoyed every one of them.
1. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn By Stephenie Meyer. I saw the movie opening weekend and it was by far the best in the series; probably because I read the novel first.
2. The Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay By Suzanne Collins. After seeing the movie I was hooked. The book was far better with all the added details. I'm looking forward to seeing the next release.
3. Divergent and Insurgent By Veronica Roth (Part 3 will be out next fall)
Please recommend a book that you've read this year.
Thanks for stopping by today and have a very Happy New Year!
What a memorable year it's been. I can't image trying to remember all the details of 2012, thank goodness for my camera! It's like a journal for me and I'm glad it only takes seconds to capture a photo here and there so that I could keep the memory forever.
On another note, has anyone seen the Hobbit yet? My Husband took me opening weekend and we saw it in 3D HFR and it was fantastic! I'm a huge fan of LOTR and I've read the Hobbit years ago so I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it.
Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
P.S. The image in the bottom left corner of the Merry Christmas sign was created by a good friend of mine. Krista Taylor is a consultant for Creative Memories and is very talented in both traditional and digital scrapbooking. If you want to learn more about the products she offers please contact her at krista@rempel.ca.
Did I say 'next month'??? I meant to say November ;o)
From time to time someone you know loses somebody special. From my personal experience this is never easy whether it was expected or not. We all hope and pray that they are in a better place and we know they will always continue to live in our hearts.
For this card I used the Petite Pairs stamp set from Stampin' up!
Happy cold and flu season! :S Stay warm and away from the sickies!
Thanks for stopping by. We have successfully moved into our new home. I finished painting the office yesterday. Finally my scrapbooking table could be moved in along with all my tools and materials. I will be back to post some more projects next month. Take care and have a fabulous summer!
It seems to be getting more and more busy as the days go by. Not that I'm complaining, I just wish I was able to create cards in my sleep ;o) I have had a chance to create a few more cards over the past couple of months, mostly wedding cards which I used the same design as my Hitchedafellabella for J&S but with different colours. I also attended a couple of bridal showers too so natrally I made those too. I adore Stamping Bella's images and would own them all if I had the money ;o) I was happy I got to finally ink up these two stamps for such special occasions.
I used bridalpartybellas for my first card:
And for the second card I used sposabella:
We recently celebrated my husband's bithday this week and since I didn't have a lot of time I ended up using this "Robot Says Happy Birthday" image from silhouette online. I'm glad he liked the little robot.
Have I mentioned how much I love maternity leave?!? I am so thankful for ever minute I get to enjoy my baby. She is a delight to be around every day. I love hearing her sounds, watching her learn how to use her toys and watching what she does with them... most of the time she puts it in her mouth but it's always funny when she does.
We're planning on selling our place soon so I had to pack away my supplies. It was kinda sad but I'll see them again in a couple of months, I'm sure I'll find something to keep me busy.
Thanks for stopping by, have a great weekend!
I know that Valentines Day is long gone but I wanted to share with you the card I made for my husband. I used the same paper pad that I did for my Baby's card but the greys and blacks instead of the pinks. I also decided to use the stamp "babyfellabella" from Stamping Bella for a personal touch since we are now a family of three. Of course I used the Amy Rysavy's Heart-y Sayings stamps for the sentiment and even tried out my new memento dew drops.
I wrapped a box of lemonhead candy to go with it and snuck it into his lunchbox so that he could have a suprise while he was at work. I am truly thankful that he is providing for us and that I'm able to take this full year off to spend with my daughter, it's such a blessing. This is one of my little ways to say thanks from the both of us.
And here's a photo of the envelope I stamped.
- I surprisingly enjoyed The Company Man, I was watching it the whole time. I often like to do other things while watching movies like surfing the internet ;o)
- I'll hopefully have time to watch the final Harry Potter this weekend. My wonderful Brother lent us the DVD's. It will be the third movie I've seen since my Baby was born. I did go see Transformers but she was kicking me the whole time!
- Limitless was a good movie. The only downside for me was how the director used "fast forwards" throughout the movie, I had to look away so that my head wouldn't start spinning.
- Captain America was very entertaining and I'm looking forward to seeing the Avengers!
- Bridesmaids was HILARIOUS
- The Help was a great movie to see.
- X-Men, Awesomeness... when's the next one being released? The only thing I noticed was how it didn't link Dr. Xavier's paralysis to the next movie.
I didn't get to see a lot of movies last year so I'll have to play some catch up later on when Baby's older.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!
