"Red Hats" was a theme for our fun weekend at our annual weekend away!  A bunch of very talented ladies enjoyed a ton of fun and shared so many great ideas with each other.  Our annual scrap weekend was at Camp Ghormely in Naches WA.  We laughed our heads off, ate continuously, enjoyed the fresh air in the woods oh, and yes we did some scrapbooking too!

Our hearts go out to our special friend Candy who just lost her sister at a very young age.  Candy, you and your family are in our hearts and our prayers!

Happy 75th Birthday Elaine!  What a great time we had visiting with family and friends to celebrate her 75th Birthday!  It was fun spending time with everyone in Mt. Vernon WA. 

First thing I want to say, is my heart goes out to the families of September 11, 2001.  The years and it still hurts to know all the pain that people had and still suffering!  
Now for the fun stuff.  Wow, is time flying!  (Well, for me anyway :)  It seemed like just yesterday when we were given the exciting news that we have twins coming into our family.  Already, I am busy making "Thank You" cards for the upcoming shower in November.  We do know now, that there are twins and not triplets but still don't know if  they are boys/girls or one of each.  We should know that soon!  Since the shower is coming up so fast, I needed to get started on the cards so I decided to go with green and yellow cards.  What fun making all these cards! 

A Baby Is Coming!

How exciting for our family, we have a baby (or two, or three) ????? Maybe twins, maybe triples???? Soon to find out. This is a little card I made for the Mom to Be. How excited we are for you Rhonda and James!

Happy Graduation Day for Our Nikki

Nikki (Our sweet niece) is graduating from Windsor University.
Congratulations Nikki for all your hard work and determination!
We only wish we were there to watch you accept your diploma and wearing your cap and gown!
We love you and wish you many years of success in your career!

Let The Honeymoon Begin

We have a wedding coming up in our family and thought this was a cute way of sending your wishes to Nicole and Eric. All the very best to them as they start a new life together!

Happy Birthday Ellie

Happy Birthday to our little Ellie who is growing up way toooooo fast! We will be back home in Ontario Canada for her birthday this year, now how special is that? I excited to see her and all our other wonderful grand girls!

Make It Your Day

Ok, I am trying something different here! I always give my father a serious card for father's day.
This time I am trying something different! I found a cute stamp from "sexy seniors" called "Big Daddy". So, I put it on my dad's card. I sure hope he finds in funny!

Grandpa and Grandgirls

Grandpa enjoying a walk along the beach and hunting for sand dollars with Brianne & Alyssa in the summer of 2010.

Oregon Coast

This past summer, we were so fortunate to have Alyssa & Brianne (granddaughters) visiting us from Ontario Canada. What an fantastic trip we had! We took a trip to the Oregon Coast and we had a blast playing on the beach and looking for sand dollars. All four of us enjoyed our hunt for sand dollars and found some really nice ones too! During our hunt, I took a couple of pictures that I would like to share on my blog. My blog is mostly my paper craft but I love these pictures so much that I want to share them. Hope you think they are as nice as I think they are!

Happy Birthday Alyssa

Yep, our Alyssa is growing way too fast. Alyssa was visiting us this past summer from Ontario Canada and really enjoyed coloring and making things in my craft room. I thought she would like yet another homemade card that I have done for her. This is a stamp that I just got from "Whiff of Joy" and I can see it is a stamp that I will be able to use for many occasions. Happy Birthday to our Alyssa!

Magnolia-Licious Highlites Challenge

Wow, what a real challenge it is to make a card with directions of what needs to be on the card in order for the entry. What fun also! This is "Tilda & her puppy" that I enjoy coloring so much. Magnolia stamps are so fun! I have a sister in law that just lost her Dad and has had a few years of bad luck, so this card will be going to her. Thanks for visiting my blog!

Close up of Tilda (Stamp #323)

Here is a close up of Tilda and her puppy.

Fisherman Happy Birthday Dad

My father in law enjoys fishing so much that I decided to make him a Fisherman Birthday Card. Once again, I have used Mo's Digital Pencil stamp. Love her stamps!

Close Up Fisherman

This is a close up of my copic coloring of the Fisherman.

Wood is so different to do and kind of fun. I always seem to get a different color of wood after every attempt I make. This boat was used with E29, E25, E35 & E31.

Digi Day Challenge

Yep, my second "Blog Challenge" Yikeee :) I decided to enter "Baby It's Cold Outside" card that I made. The Challenge is a great place to enter your work and look at some great art work as well. Check it out

http://stampchallenges.blogspot.com/2010/12/december-digi-day-challenge.html

Calendar

Ok, I tried something new this year. I made a few calendars this year and sent them out instead of Christmas Cards. I put magnetic on the back so it can sit on a fridge or file cabinet. It was really fun making these and I am open to what everyone thinks. Would you be happy if you got one of these in your mail box or would you think, "oh no, not another item for the fridge" :)

Warm Wishes

Yep, another Christmas card! I think I have made about 40 cards this Christmas season. It must because the cold weather and snow came early and just got in feeling like Christmas.

Christmas Gift Card

I decided this year I was going to give my long distant Granddaughters gift cards. So, I made some bifold cards and put pockets inside to hold the gift cards. I made 5 of them today alone. So easy and so much fun to do!

My Challenge Card

• This card has been entered into the Sketch Something Challenge along with so many other beautiful cards!

Well, this is my very first time to enter a "Card Challenge". There are so many beautiful entries to the challenge! So many talented card makers! This card was fun to make and I really don't expect it to win, but what the heck.

"Sisters"

Ellie watches Daddy bring her little sister home from the hospital.

Haylie Rose is the new member of the family.

Merry Christmas

I still am working on my Christmas cards.... so easy, what do you think?

Priceless

It was a very "Priceless" time for me to be able to sit and watch Brianne sleep in my arms after she danced her night away at her Mother's wedding! This moment is a time that I will cherish for life!