Friday, January 23, 2009

hola from mexico


I don't seem to have a lot of time to blog while here in sunny and warm mexico but thought that I would leave a photo with you that gives a statement I think of how relaxing the time here is.

I don't know what we do but the time sure passes quickly. We did do a tequilla tour yesterday and tasted some delicious flavoured tequilla, I really liked it and I don't normally like tequilla at all, tastes like gasoline smells or rubbing alcohol!! but this stuff was smooth and delicious. We have plans for a 2 day tour to guadalajara next week, but for now, will work on getting all my books read that I brought along!! Loving this relaxing time, see you all in a couple of weeks!! Oh yes, love the wonders of cyberspace, I was able to register for Leica Forrest's crop in march from here, don'tcha just love it!!!

Friday, January 9, 2009

more cards


Here is the quick and easy one that I made for Valentines Day. They were pretty simple to make. I stamped the background with 4 different heart stamps and then I stamped and colored the bear. I punched out the hearts and attached them with foam squares. The inside verse is a stamp from an old hostess Stampin Up set (retired now) I just went looking through the stamps that I have for an appropriate saying that would work for anyone.








Oops, some of the cards didn't make it into the last post, I am still learning about all this blogging stuff!!! Here are a few more that I made.

Some cards
















Today I thought that I would share some of the cards that I have been making. Some are cards that I made on my own and some are copied from the Splitcoaststampers website. I included the ones that I made for Christmas cards that I sent out to family and friends. I had some left over (imagine that) that I will save for next year.

Thursday, January 8, 2009

new pages, finally

This photo of my oldest daughter and her family was taken in the fall on a cool day. I think this one was toward the end of the shoot so Amanda is looking kind of chilly!! The paper is from a kit from Scrapdango as well as the letters and the felt flowers.
So, I finally got myself going on doing some scrapbooking again. I am finished reading the Twilight series, they are fairly good books. I don't think they are as well written as the Harry Potter series but they are pretty good considering they were written with teenagers in mind!!
I am getting excited about going on our trip now. I have been cleaning and sorting too as I take down the Christmas stuff. It is just too cold to go anywhere unless I absolutely have to, like work!!! I have been making some cards as well, as my little box of extras was getting low.
This photo of amanda and santa is on basic grey Wassail paper and the embelishments are from cloud9 design. I used a sketch challenge from 52 Sketches...52 Weeks site.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

post Christmas news















I was reminded today that I haven't posted in a long while, so I thought that I would remedy that. I was busy getting ready for Christmas, I made all my cards to send, I tried to visit with my granddaughter as often as possible, I had to bake this year as we were hosting the family get together here at our house, I decorated alittle more than usual for that same reason, so blogging sort of fell to the wayside. I "stole" Amanda from daycare one afternoon and took her to see Santa, sad to say she wasn't too impressed and wouldn't let go of me to sit with him. I had phoned my other daughter Jenn to see if she was willing to come with me in case I had trouble, so she ended up sitting with Amanda by Santa. I saw so many photos of kids crying or screaming while sitting on Santa's lap and I just didn't want that kind of photo. So here is the photo that we got of our little sweetheart with Santa and her auntie.















I have been playing with my camera lot as well. I took pictures of my decorations one day just because I wanted to play with the settings on it. Here are some of the pictures I took



I have to scrapbook some of the many pics I took over the holidays. Amanda had fun opening presents both at Christmas and then again on her birthday. She had a chocolate cake in the shape of a bear for her birthday cake and we have some great pics of her eating it!! I will have to decide which picture is the best and post that one. Then the poor dear got sick with a cold and ear infection, her first one ever and she is just recovering from that now.

In about 10 days Les and I will be heading down to Mexico for our annual winter holiday. Too bad we weren't there already during this ugly cold snap but c'est la vie. We will still enjoy our time together there because it's WARM, warmer than here no matter what the temperature is!!! I can hardly wait. All my christmas decorations are put away, I have even done some purging in the ornament box. I have cleaned a couple of closets out, (I was on a roll) and so I am ready for a holiday. If I can I will try and do a couple of posts on this blog while we are there. I am not sure if I will be able but if I can I will.
Here we are, the proud grandparents with our little princess. It's going to be very difficult leaving her behind while we go away, but think of the welcome home we will get!!