Two Scrapbook Friends Online Crop!

Tonight we are running an online crop at Two Scrapbook Friends! Joanne and I posted a challenge together and we encouraged our scrapbook friends to 'punch it up' using punches on their creations.

I used a scalloped circle punch to create the trees and a Martha Stewart border punch. The decorations on the trees are new Bella Dots (the Mistletoe set). I love them. They sparkle and they have dimension.

If you want to try this out, just punch a couple of scalloped circles and then draw the lines as shown in the photo above. I included 7 bumps at the bottom of the triangle. Use your trimmer to cut along the lines.

Hope you find some time to give this a try!

Little Red Wagon #3

I am running a little behind with the Little Red Wagon challenge, but I say 'better late than never'! Karan challenged us to distress......go figure. She loves her blending tool and vintage photo ink. I love them too.

I created these 2 stockings and I inked the edges using vintage photo ink and the ink blending tool.


These stockings were cut using the new Very Merry Tag cartridge for the Cricut. I added strips of cardstock and punched circles to decorate each stocking I added a little piece of ribbon to finish them off.

I hope you stop over to the Little Red Wagon and challenge yourself.

Meet Ella!

I have just been loving the Copic markers and the Stamping Bella stamps. When I first started seeing cards that had been coloured with the markers I often saw images of people. I was not fond of them at all. Then I met Ella!

Isn't she beautiful? I attended a class last weekend and learned how to do the shading around images and also how to do faces. I just love her. The scallop along the top of the card is a Stamping Bella stamp too. It is another one of my favourites.

We did 6 images in total (I only did 3 of them) so I will post the others as I get them done.

Do You Ever Feel Like This?

A dear friend of mine sent this to me today and I thought I would share it with everyone. Do you ever feel like this? I have been feeling like this a lot lately.
I seem to have so many things needing to be done, all at the same time. This made me laugh when I received it and hopefully if you are feeling a little stressed this will brighten your day!

Update on Ben Fanelli!

When I was driving home from the Ranger Game on Friday night I heard that they would be doing a phone interview with Ben Fanelli during the broadcast of the Saturday night game on 570 News. I couldn't wait to find out how he was really doing.

Amanda found a Facebook group that you could post well wishes on and I snagged this photo from there.

This is a photo from a fan at the game.

Here is a longer video of the hit. I still get a sick feeling in my stomach when I watch it.



This is the interview that they played on TV. I was thrilled to see that he seemed to be recovering well. I was also happy to hear that he didn't remember the hit. He still has not actually watched it either. I hope he never remembers that night.

Little Red Wagon Challenge #2

Here we are with challenge #2 at the Little Red Wagon! I am having so much fun being part of this amazing team of girlfriends. Rosanne challenged us to dig into our Christmas scraps from last year and create a card, tag or layout! Those of you that know me realize that I don't like to follow the rules.

I did dig into my scraps and I found this 1/2 sheet of patterned paper. I am not sure if it was last year, the year before or maybe even this year.....but it was a scrap. I decided to make a bow! This was so easy to do and I don't think I will ever buy one again.

Be sure to check out my Friendzy Friday at Two Scrapbook Friends for a tutorial on how to make one for yourself. I will be posting it tomorrow!

Blog Award!

Yippee! I received a blog award. A big thank you to Deanna from the Little Red Wagon challenge blog. She sent one out to everyone on the design team. I send it right back to all of them.