Tin Box

Picked up this tin at my lss. I was thinking that I needed a new holder for my Copics. So I covered this with some Basic Grey Ambrosia. Which is one of my favourite lines of paper. I love the oranges. The rub on is Basic Grey and the flower is Imaginsce. And I used my new Stampin Up Curly Label punch. The brad is from my stash.

This movie is so my kind of movie.

Slumdog Millionaire. Saw it at the Towne Cinema after my 6th afternoon shift got out a little early, okay so at 2135, I knew I had to run over and see this film. This movie gets my Oscar vote this year for Best Picture. No I haven't seen any of the others. But this movie is totally my kind of movie. Big brilliant beautiful surprising heartwrenching and delightful. Love it. Will need to add it to the must buy collection.

life and all it's messy stuff.

Headed home to my parent's as my grandma passed away yesterday. Will be there a week.

Coffee thank you

Playing around with my new Copic markers that I got for Christmas, plus a few more that I picked up on my own last weekend. Last weekend I went to a Copic beginners class at my lss. It was a great class with some good tips.

Patterned Paper is Basic Grey Bittersweet.
Cardstock is Bazzill.
Coffee Stamp- Unity. Sentiment is Stampin Up.
Other- Nestabilities- Labels one and ribbon tags trio, Copics- RV11 E 04 W1 W3 E37 E 29 E 49 YG91, Stampin Up Ribbon.

Have you ever...

The latest version in blog-land of Have you ever... The bold ones are the ones I have done. See how many you have done too!

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied.
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Gotten flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

Your Word is "Love"

You see life as possibility to form deep connections with a few people. Relationships are the center of your world, and you always take time to bond with those you love. You are caring and giving. You enjoy helping those you love. And when it comes to romantic love, you feel passionately ... even in a very long term relationship.

What's" Your Word?

Alive with Possibility

My word for 2009 is possibilities. And I have a subtitle that I am going with....Alive with possibility. I have the potential for so much this year and I want to seize the opportunities that come along. I am choosing to believe that anything is possible, ANYTHING.

Christmas star card

Playing around last night trying to come up with some ideas. Saw this sketch on this blog Oh Bumble is Me. The original sketch was posted on 2 Sketches 4 you and is found here. I liked the sketch and needed something to get me crafting again.





Paper is Stampin up Very vanilla, Riding hood red and Old olive cardstock and Riding hood red dp.
Ink Stampin up Old Olive and Basic black
Stamps are Stampin up star from "Spotlight on Christmas" and the quote is Cornish Heritage Farms- Mona Lisa Moments "Christmas Expressions". Star Punch and Very Vanilla Taffeta ribbon are Stampin Up.

Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge #12

I so loved the piece of art in Esme and Carlisle's home in the movie Twilight and had to recreate it for my card with one of my favourite quotes. Of course most of us know what the inside of the card reads, "Awhile". The original rules for this challenge can be found here at Stamp Happens.

Quote of the day

“Meaning is not something that you stumble across, like an answer to a riddle or a prize in a treasure hunt. Meaning is something you build into your life. You build it out of your own past, out of your affections and loyalties, out of the experience of humankind as it is passed on to you, out of your own talent and understanding, out of the things you believe in, out of the things and people you love, out of the values for which you are willing to sacrifice something. The ingredients are there. You are the only one who can put them together into that unique pattern that will be your life. Let it be a life that has dignity and meaning for you.” -Anonymous

Twilight

Have you gone to see it yet? Are you going to go see it? Despite the line up and the feeling of being old in the crowd, I went with my two friends last night. And let me tell you I loved the books so I had high expectations. And all I can say is if I get off in time tonight I am going again!

This quilt is amazing and it is being given away.

http://pigtailsandsnails.blogspot.com/2008/10/quilt-giveaway.html

Good Riddance

Good Riddance. Two more days to go at my old job. Then I am moving onward. I am starting fresh. I am beginning again. I am looking for change. I am looking forward to it. I know there will be a learning curve. I know that it won't be easy. I am ready to do it though. I am looking for a chance at something new. I am hopeful that this will be the start of a new life.

World Card Making Day 2008

After working my 12 hour shift today, and discussing multiple times with my friend that we deserved triple time for working on World Card Making Day, I made this card.

Supplies:
Stamps- Tree by Hero Arts, Quote by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink- Kiwi Kiss and Chocolate Chip by Stampin Up.
Leaves that I made from my mini Prima flowers.
Cardstock- Bazzill and Stampin Up.
Punch- ticket corner Stampin Up, Oval-EK Success.
Sketch- Little Paper Shop Blog Challenge #2

two cards I recieved

The inside says "May all your wishes come true. Good luck".























The inside says, "good things come to those who wait".






















The interesting thing is they both came in the same week, last week. They both came in a huge week in my life. I interviewed for a new job. I am contemplating my future. I am having dreams about a new life. I am waiting patiently to see who or what is to come in the future. I am waiting. I am being patient. It is difficult to be patient. It is difficult to wait. I am in anticipation. I am waiting expectantly. I am hoping for good things. I am still choosing Joy. This is the year.

two cards I made

A quick card for my friend who is moving. It is hard to read but the sentiment is "I moose you." I included it with a loaf of pumpkin bread, which I made fresh last night. Yum!












Patterned paper- Making Memories.
Stamps- Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink & ribbon- Stampin Up
Nestabilities
cardstock- Bazzill, Stampin Up










A card for my friend who got a new job.












Stamps- Amuse
Ink- Stampin Up
Nestabilities
Cardstock- from my stash, Stampin Up, Bazzill.

flowers for a friend

Using my new Cuttlebug embossing folder, some jeweled brads, my new Nestabilities double ended tags and label trios. Sentiment is Technique Tuesday. Colors are stampin up- Real Red, Bordering Blue and Certainly Celery.

Breaking Dawn

The Fourth Stephanie Meyer book in the Twilight Series is being devoured by me today. This is the cover. Has any one else read these books? Thoughts?

Word album project

I did this word album- Believe- for a coworker. Covered with Autumn Leaves Manhattan paper and matching Bazzill cardstock. Also used Autumn Leaves rubons and brads. Still need to add some photos, but am waiting for a few more to arrange them in the album.

recent cards

Happy Birthday card made with Fancy Pants "True" line of papers. One of my ultimate favourite lines!! The sentiment is Stampin Up. The chipboard letters are Chatterbox. The stars punches are Stampin Up. Bazzill cardstock.

Retired Stampin Up set "Power Up". Made this for a co-worker who's daughter's boyfriend just graduated from heavy duty mechanic school. The sentiment I printed from the computer. The snaps are from Chatterbox. The background paper was run through my Cuttlebug with the "distressed stripes" embossing folder

coffee to go

Inspired by the multiple to-go coffee's this week from Starbucks. :)























Supplies:
Bazzill cardstock- brown.
SU cardstock- Whisper White.
Double sided patterned paper- Rusty Pickle "Clown forgot his tie".
Punch- Stampin up- horizontal slot, EK Success- corner rounder.
Stamp- Lizzie Anne Designs.
SU Classic Ink- Basic Brown.