WPlus9: Day 4

Posted on | February 4, 2012 | 1 Comment

More weather news… according to the weather man we’re suppose to have some bad weather coming in. What in particular I have no idea but we’re suppose to be on amber alert – which I am not sure what this means either…

Here’s what I do know though… I have some awesome friends, near and far. That’s why I have an extra soft spot for the new WPlus9‘s Folk Art Florals (in store in just two days)! The sentiment on the above card reminds me of all the coffee times that I’ve had since we moved here of the friends we left behind, at least for now. Even though I am not good at mailing things, this set is making me want to mail a card out to each of my wonderful friend this year. I hope I do follow through, I know I will need a lot of good wishes to make this wish of mine happen {::SMILES}.

Now, don’t forget to check out the rest of the DT’s work! They’re all very different and wonderful!!!

Wplus9 Day 2

Posted on | February 2, 2012 | 8 Comments

And day two of February. Seriously, where did January go? I thought it was just a few days ago that we rang in the new year! We’re going into our third year here in England and I really don’t want this time to go by so quickly!!!

Anyhow, I have here another card using brand new stuff from WPlus9. For this card I used a few different things from Spring Tags. To make the card more fun, I used two awesome die-cuts. You know how I LOVE butterflies, right? Well, WPlus9 has the most fabulous piece around!! It really is a great layering system that I am almost 100% sure that you’ll want to get one!

I will leave you be for now but before you get off your computer, please do check out what the other girls did with the different sets from this month’s release!

It’s February!

Posted on | February 1, 2012 | 6 Comments

Four more days until Emma’s birthday AND WPlus9 February release!!

Emma’s been counting down. There’s no big party planned but her and two of her besties will be hanging out, shopping, and eating out. I’ll be chaperoning of course and I think, while I am doing that, I’ll do some photo shoots with the girls. I haven’t taken any decent photograph since October and I think it’s about time I do something about it!!!

And now the card… Today’s card was created using many different pieces from WPlus9′s February release. Let me see… stamps from Folk Art Florals, a little tag die-cut, and a leafy die-cut. I love everything that came with each stamp and die-cut shapes. There are so many possibilities with the stamp set and dies and I love the sentiments that came with the stamps!

As for the design, I wanted to keep the card clean but I also wanted the card to feel fun and playful. So I went with a few bright colors and a hodge-podge layering system with a touch of sewing. What do you think?

Thanks for stopping by and do stop by again tomorrow since I’ll have more cards to share using other new pieces from WPlus9!!

It’s a Monday

Posted on | December 5, 2011 | 3 Comments

And I decided to start taking photographs again. I haven’t picked up my camera, other than project photography, since we came back from Wales. I kind of lost my motivation. But, enough of that! So to start out again I took the camera everywhere with me today.

The first photo I took was the above. It was night time when I took it the first time and it just wasn’t that great. It’s my card for WPlus9 group release project and quite happy with how it turned out.

Breakfast: EEEEK!!

I found a bag of spicy Cheetos. I have no idea where it came from or if it’s for anybody (sometimes hubby buys American goods for our British friends) but at a bit after 10 a.m. the whole bag was empty.

If you’re curious what are all the crap there, let me see… Biscuits, M’s maths workbooks (she doesn’t get homework from school so every Sunday she does a few pages from three different books), and some little toys from the advent calendar (will share this later).

I needed to go to the bank but couldn’t leave the house because I misplaced my keys. After a bit of searching, voila. You do this too?

Our bank is right next door to an art store. I always have to stop by even if I don’t buy anything, like today, and Jovie always has a fun time admiring.

She wanted this but I said no and somehow she got it. Wait for Santa, sweet angel!

I have this bad habit of eating out on errands. I could eat at home but I tend to skip in hopes to grab something while I’m out and about. Today I decided to try this new place called the Pantry. I just had tea and soup and the pea + ham soup was pretty tasty. The other dishes looked good too so will need to come again and try more.

I finally got a scale. My fat pants weren’t doing it anymore. Aahhhh… I need to loose 4kg/9lbs! I guess I need to quit being lazy and do something about this… NOTE: Remove 1kg for camera weight {::SMILES}.

Happy Monday!

A Pocketful

Posted on | December 3, 2011 | 9 Comments

M’s school had their Christmas bazaar yesterday. While the bar was a bit slim picking in terms of choices (past events the bar has always been stocked with different types of drinks) I got to taste mulled wine for the first time. I really liked it and plan on getting a bottle next time I go to the store.

Today I have for you day 3 of WPlus9‘s sneaky peakies. I made this card using A Pocketful: Valentine and the matching dies. I LOVE that WPlus9 decided to add dies to their line because the stamps + dies combined make card making more fun and versatile.

For this card I die-cut a pattern paper, stamped the white card stock with the candies and used water color pencils to make the image more glorious. Add a bit of ribbon and sentiment and I have myself a sweet little Valentine card. I can mini versions of this to give out to little friends… or big friends.

I hope you like what you see and after you’re done here, do check out the other DT’s work!

Take care and more later!!