Welcome November....

Well, November brings us the much cooler air, the shorter days and the countdown to the first snowfall. Not looking forward to the snow coming. For my calendar today I played with those adorable images from Whimsey Stamps! I just think they are so precious. I have been so busy lately with family life and teaching classes at Stamping Bella that it has not left a whole lot of time for personal crafting! So today I am very behind posting my November page!

I must tell you, my love is the distress inks and that is what I brought out to colour my image today. Now, I know it does not reflect the season....but I just wanted to bring a little colour and prettiness to my Calendar, after all, I have to look at it for a month!
Now there are a few of us that love to do these calendar pages....so if you would like to take a peak and see what Monique, Kathryn, Julie, Tangii and Lisa have done to their calendars I have them linked up! If you would like to join us too each month just send an email my way and we would love to have you join in!
I also wanted to send out an apology for not coming by your blogs lately.....I have been so busy lately and have not found alot of time. But I promise to make more time....as this is were all my inspiration comes from...you guys!

porch facelift......

I am so disappointed that I have not been on my blog a little more often then I have.. But things have been a little busy this summer at the Dol House! I so wanted to get this card made and into the mail for some time. Finally, it is done! I so love this image from LOTV. I am so addicted to that stamping line! I used distress inks to colour this cutie and totally love the colours...the pinks and the greens are a colour combo I really love together!

My wicker chairs on my porch were in need of a facelift. So this morning I headed off to a fabric store in need of some pretty fabric.....oh I am so pleased with this little facelift! So summery, so me! Plaids and flowers...yummy! Nothing like some new pillows to make a girl feel good. Besides making cards and baking, sewing is another hobby I love!

Mother's Day card...

Mother Nature was so good to us yesterday...it was just gorgeous here! Our family did lots of yard work and lots of fun things. How could you pass up such a beautiful day.Now today it looks like it is going to rain, but that is ok. We need the rain to green up all the grass!

You will have to forgive my photos, as the room was so dark when I took these pictures. I am trying so hard to get ahead of the game with cards that I need to get done. Mother's Day is not until the middle of May but I when my LOTV stamps arrived last week I new the image I wanted to use. So I got out the distress inks and played with this adorable little stamp set!

Have a wonderful weekend....

Hello March....

March has come in like a lamb, so I think it may go out like a lion! I heard we are in for a late and very wet spring..oh that does not make me happy. I sure hope they are completely wrong. In the fall, hubby made me this wonderful wooden calendar holder so I could create new calendar pages for each month.
I have totally fallen in love with LOTV stamps and use them when ever I can. These two little friends sharing a swing is just too cute I thought for my March page. I used distress inks and added a little glitter.....

I have been so far behind commenting and visiting...so today I am off to see you all! Monique, I can't wait to see your calendar page! Have a wonderful day and welcome MARCH!

a note for you....

We woke up this morning with lots of snow that had fallen overnight..yuck! I am really ready for spring. Today Korin over at Sweet Stop Sketches Challenge blog has a great sketch for us.

I certainly had spring on my mind when I did this card...I pulled out the C.C.Designs stamps and did some masking so that the fence could go in behind. I coloured her with distress inks...which I just love to play with!

I sure hope you can play along this week. I have a hockey tournament all weekend with my son so not much crafting. Have a wonderful weekend!

For a Very Special Girl....

Next week my daughter will be having her 17th birthday! Wow...where oh where did the time go. I hate that she is not that little girl with the pigtails, running around without a care in the world. Now she seems to be wanting her own space...meaning that now HER FRIENDS are the center of her world!LOL Well, to me she will always be my special girl.

I pulled out my beloved distress inks for this little hanglar. Now, I don't have alot of colours, so I went and ordered a whole bunch from Stampin Up. Oh I can hardly wait to play with some new colours. I don't know if you can tell, but her little shirt does not match my cardstock. I really do like things all matchy..but I just did not have the colours....hopefully my new order will help me out!

Have a wonderful day..and thank-you sooo much for popping in for a visit.

Welcome November....

Time to turn the calendar page to November.....
I watercoloured this little cutie with distress inks and then cut her all out to place her on some wonderful Bo Bunny paper that had these wonderful snowflakes all over it!

My hubby made me this wonderful oak calendar stand.....and now I get to play each month making a new calendar page!

Have a wonderful Monday and thank-you soooo much for popping in for a visit!

Non-Traditional Colours!

The theme at LOTV Challenge this week is: Non Traditional Christmas! I so love the idea of using other colours....I have used distress inks in my two favourite combinations, green and purple! I added stickles to the presents and lots of prismas glitter on her hat, scarf and the snow!

I just bought this Bo Bunny paper and I can already tell it is going to be a favourite this year for me! The stamp I used is from LOTV called "Bringing Gifts". If you have never checked out their stamps...oh boy they are such a treat!

Thank-you so much for popping in for a visit!

Skating in a Winter Wonderland....

Winter Wonderland has a wonderful challenge this week....Walking in a Winter Wonderland! So for my entry I tried to make a little skater pop up card. I embossed my snow drifts with my cuttlebug template "Snowflakes",then just cut around the snowflakes so they appear like drifts. I then stamped trees and cut them out and popped them up around the rink. I bought a piece of shiny silver paper to cut out my little pond,then popped her her up on the pond...quite finicky but it worked! Looks like she has this little ice rink all to herself...

I hope my skating in a winter wonderland qualifies for the "Walking in a Winter Wonderland" challenge this week!

Cuttlebug Fun...

I have not used my cuttlebug in ages..so I thought lets get that out and try something out. I embossed the white cardstock with my snowflakes die and then took the oval nestie and cut it out so you could see the image I coloured with distress inks.

So now I can officially say...I have made my first Christmas card...yahoo! It is a start!
I then took a piece of cardstock and ran it thru the snowflake die and then cut along the edge to form a little snowdrift! The inside image is coloured with distress inks and then I added LOTS of glitter!!! My little trees are stamps released from Papertrey last year called, Made of Snow. Another favourite set! I stamped them on Christmas paper and then cut them out, glued them to the snowdrifts!

I have totally fallin' in love with the Lily of the Valley Christmas collection. I have ordered a few and I am happy to say...it will not be my last order! Especially when I keep seeing the gorgeous work others are doing with the images! Have a wonderful evening and thank-you so much for popping in for a visit!