Libby

So here she is! BPISS CH Leolynne's Liberty Belle or "Libby". Finally a picture of the American Cocker puppy that I can't stop talking about! This was her second dog show. She had flown to BC the weekend before with her breeder taking Winners Bitch for 5 points and Best Puppy in Specialty! This is a very big win! She finished her championship easily in the weekend pictures with way more points than she needed! :) This weekend there is a local show so although we are not playing to get points we are hoping for some more Puppy Groups and maybe even a Puppy Show. That is of course if I can get my act together. She is certainly nice enough to do it but showing these small dogs on a table and holding thier tail is just kiling me. I have been going to classes on Tuesday nights so hopefully some of it will pay off! I have been stamping away with about 10 cards and a couple of projects just ready to upload but I want to wait until they arrive at thier destination. No sense in spoiling the surprise! TTYL!!

OK so it's not a card.............

My Mom has been driving me crazy forever about learning to quilt with her, either taking a class or reading a book and teaching her. LOL! My Mom isn't, how can I put it? gifted in the instructions department. All the while she was slowly amassing more quilting supplies than her dining room could hold. Well in August I gave in. Sh started with Native American Star Blankets and I started with a traditional Sue Bonnet Sue pattern. I'm not sure if it was the "Holly Hobby" dollies I loved or it was because the sample was pink, but I had a plan. Alliyah and Summer were already fighting over who was going to get it. I was leaning toward Summer since on the bottom bunk we could see it as well as her bunk was a double and this was quite a large pattern. I had all my dollies done by the end of August and back to school for me and the kids. By then my Mom had a good handle on things and she kept going on her own. In October we made a trip to Fargo where I bought the pink for around my squares and then my quilt just sat, and sat and sat. Well I finally got up enough gumption and finished it. Here it is. I am quite proud of how it turned out! Proud enough that it's final resting place is my stamp room! ;)

Cards, Cards and more Cards!

I have been stamping like a madwoman as of late. I guess what they say about depressed artists doing great work is true! LOL!! Stamping has been soothing my sadness and I am even creating stuff I love! The problem is I love it all so much I have either submitted it for contests or am giving it to my secret friends, so I can't post it just in case. But I do have a few things I could share. This card I made for Betty. She is da bomb! My Nik has asthma (quite serious) and isn't able to have stuffed animals. A couple of years ago, I found this awesome bear at Target, made especially for kids with asthma. After a close encounter with Marco the Aussie, I realised that we needed more than one. So I posted to my dearest friends on SCS if they could watch their Targets for them, and if they could pick one up for him. Well Betty went above and beyond. She found 2 bears, a Rottweiler, and a panther. She found a few others too but those are the ones Nik chose to share his heart with. The first bear made it to our house late last week. Here is a pic with Cuddly and his new buddy Robin. Robin is named after the little girl at school he has a crush on. Yes, he is only 8! :) TTYL!

Baby in da Belly! (no not me ;) )

So finally after much lamenting it seems my stamping mojo is making a slow comeback! I have stamped more in this last week than I have in 3 months I am sure! Kev's work friend from a million years and two workplaces ago is finally pregnant!! :) I am really happy for her cuz I know she really wanted a bambino! SO I decided to make her a congrats card. I started with this wonderful DS paper from SU's Ginger Blossom and Ruby Red and Groovy Guava Cardstock and of course Teddybella. Now this is not a Bella I even own yet, but I just LOVE how you can pop out the belly so she looks preggers!! I think pregnant women are so beautiful, even pretend ones! And I love ribbon, any ribbon and this Guava ribbon is beautiful!! This is one of those cards I love so much I don't want to give it away!! I have made a couple of other fabu cards but they will have to wait. I am mailing them to some girlahs that I love that do frequent both my gallery and my blog but I will tell you this, one is a valentine so I'll post it on the 14th and the other is a Canadianabella! LOL!! Dying yet?? I know I would be! TTYL!! Mwah to my girlahs!

I'm back -FINALLY!

Well, I didn't think I would ever get back to stamping or my blog. But I am HERE!! I briefly picked up a few stamps last Friday at Jenn's and managed to make a few cards and then I even managed to squeeze out a few minutes tonight. Things have been interesting around here to say the least, and I am hoping that it will settle back down to the status quo very soon. Anyway, this card I made for one of my PSFs, (Pretend Stamping Friend) a term that was coined by a special little girl for a special group of women. I knew as I was working on it exactly who the card was going to be for as it developed. Funny enough, I posted it in my SCS gallery for the Virtual Stamp Night Challenges and she saw it already! LOL!! But she doesn't know that it is on it's way to her and that it was made especially for her.

Hey Girlahs!!

So I have been neglecting my stamping. Worse yet I have been neglecting my Girlahs!! My training is going really fab but most days it is 9-7pm and I come home burnt out and after seeing the kids a little and Kevin a little, I head to bed. Also my Granny is in the hospital, long story that ends with surgery and her doing much better. But WOW have I been busy with trying to visit her every day after work. This is the Christmas card I designed for this year. When I am gonna find time to make 50 of them I dunno! LOL!! I'll try to post more soon. Miss you all!! Counting the days till January.............

MWAH!! (kisses)