Some Digis

Posted on | May 31, 2011 | No Comments

Bonjour! I’m not sure what the weather’s like for you all there but it’s been raining, raining and uhm raining today. I had some sight seeing plans with the gals but we ended up staying dry.

Today I just want to share a few digi pages that I did sometimes this month. I sometimes forget to share them because I’d save and then not get back to it until later. I used a lot of goodies from Jessica Sprague, in particular Carina Gardner’s work, for the pages I created.

I love the first page because the girls were so cute together. We were still in Missouri and I remember us taking a little break in between packing.

This one, again Jovie in PJs, was also around that time. I have been behind in scrapbooking and when I get all my teaching stuff out of the way I am going to try and catch up!

Alright, it’s short and sweet but I gotta go to bed. More later!

WPlus9: Day 3

Posted on | May 30, 2011 | 4 Comments

Hi again! It’s day 3 of the WPlus9 launch and I have a little invite to share with you. I used the die-cut that will be released in a few days. CUTE!! I love the little ice cream cone and it’s the perfect size I think for cards and scrapbooking.

I’ll make this post sweet and short but do check out the other ladies!

Have you visited and commented on WPlus9′s blog? If you haven’t do so and get a chance to win this fabulous set!!

WPlus9: Day 1

Posted on | May 28, 2011 | 12 Comments

Happy Saturday and happy countdown day to WPlus9′s new stamp set and die! Before you get tired of reading, hop on to Dawn’s blog and see what she has to say and share and leave a comment so that you can qualify to win this month’s releases!

I also want to welcome two new design team members: Jean Martin and Cristina Kowalczyk. They’re both amazing stampers and card makers and we’re very lucky to have them with us!

My card… quite simple and inspired by the game tic-tac-toe. I opted for just a few buttons and the HB2U sentiment with different color buttons for the shear fun of it. A bit of twine finished this simple baby off. Very fun versatile set and when you see the full reveal you’ll see why!

Check out the other ladies’ projects too, awesome stuff:

Take care and more later!!

A Waltz

Posted on | May 28, 2011 | 1 Comment

Hiya! Happy happy Saturday! If you’re just relaxing at home and need to get some Waltzingmouse stamps all inked up, go to the sketch blog Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge and play along. There’s usually a prize so do check it out! If not, do still check the challenge out and see what all the teams did and be inspired. LOTS of great work to be seen!

Things are great here, just a tad busy but I will return to a normal routine in about a week or so. Until then!!

Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk

Posted on | May 26, 2011 | 2 Comments

Hiya!! I have a few travel photos that I want to share with you all. This set was from our trip to Norfolk a few weekends ago. On our way to the beach we stopped at this old house maintained by the National Trust, Felbrigg Hall, and while I couldn’t get a photo of the outside, under maintenance, the inside was just beautiful. I think of all the old places I’ve seen this is my favorite. The house isn’t big compared to the many we’ve seen but was well decorated and if I had that much money I really wouldn’t need anything bigger than this! While richly decorated the house was very cozy. Loved it!!

You can browse through the gallery below. The above is also in the gallery but I wanted to highlight above because there’s a neat story behind it. See those two pink screens right in front of the fireplace (there’s a decorative embroidery piece in between the two). From our little visit we learned that the pink screens were placed in front of the women’s face. Back in the days the women wore very thick make-up and the screen helped to not melt the make-up off the women’s face. Interesting, huh? I thought so!

If you’ve been visiting my blog you’d have noticed the other National Trust home that we visited, Blickling Hall. These two home were from the same era and so like Blickling Hall, Felbrigg also has a Chinese room and the odd pointy ceiling.

I love the kitchen too! I haven’t gone to too many kitchens and this one was nice. I absolutely loved all the pots and pans. Copper – SHINY copper! Delish!!! I wish my kitchen wall looks like this! {::SMILES}.

Like many NT sites this house has a huge garden/park area and dogs are welcomed. The cafe, while simple, was pretty good and filling. We enjoyed our lunch here – it was beautiful too and felt so nice sitting outside.