Thinking of GG on Bellarific Friday

YAY!!!! It's Friday! Not only is it Friday, it is going to be nice today!

Warm and Sunny! I think that's pretty Bellarific, don't you???

I'm looking forward to the long weekend....Victoria Day Weekend,

Bet you all didn't have any idea, that I have my own personal Statutory Holiday!

Victoria Day weekend is bittersweet. My Grandmother passed away on Victoria Day several years ago and although I think of her often, she is very much on my mind on this weekend.  I've written about Grandma...known as GG in her later years as the Great Grandchildren happened along a few times on my blog. I've shared that I truly believe I inherited her bright blue eyes, her love for music and writing  and of course crafting. She hand embroidered many beautiful pillowcases, some of which I still have. I remember a green set with little poodles on them, that she lovingly made for me after we purchased a Chocolate Poodle. She also did rug hooking......not the latch kit type, but would go to thrift stores and purchase wool coats and cut them up. She made many beautiful rugs, wall hangings, tea cozies and a gorgeous bell pull that is sculpted and hangs in my mother's formal living room. She was so very talented and I miss her so. I know that when we meet again, we will surely have some divine crafting time together. Love you much Grandma

For my card, I used a couple of stamp sets.

Emily's Lantern Flowers (tiny dragonfly and butterfly on lower panel)

 Journal your art out-Natures Silhouette Stamps (Watermarked in upper panel.....yep, look very very closely!)

Sentiment is from Uptown Girl Winnie peeking out the window

Be sure to head on over to Blogabella to see the creations and how to submit your art to randomly win some rubbah!

MWAH!!!

Impression Obsession Thursday Challenge-In the Air

Hello!!!! Coming to you today with my Up in the Air Butterfly!!!!

This Fancy Butterfly die is the Sweetest!!!

I layered it on the Rose Print Tall Stamp

and added the Dream Big Sentiment found in the Life is Good Clear Stamp Set

I used Graphic 45 Secret Garden Paper

Play along with the challenge and you can win some IO goodness!

I don't have links for the DT today as I am posting this in the wee hours of the morning and have to get up for work in about four hours....made a huge error last night which kept me busy until now!

Please forgive me, but If you have  been hopping I am the last on the list, given that my name begins with "V"...leaves me on the bottom most of the time ;-p)

So please visit the IO Blog or click on the links for the DT on my sidebar

and of course check out the blog for the deets on the challenge!

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Yours Truly

I created this card for Today's Sketch challenge on Splitcoaststampers

I LOVE this image by Diane Duda called Yours Truly. 

I coloured her with my Touch Markers and sponged some Tim Holtz Sage Ink to the edges of the image. You've see her here before and I know you'll see her again. She is truly one of my favourite images.... I love her sweet face and the way her braid flows in the wind......

Yours Truly,

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It's a Bellarific Krafty Friday!

Good Morning! It's another glorious day here in Kingston Ontario. Although the Weatherman has been calling for rain, we don't seem to be getting as much as they have been calling for, which is allright by me!!! Today's challenge was to use Kraft Paper on your creation. I immediately thought of this stamp. I know i've used it over and over, but I absolutely ADORE it.... The House, the font in the house, the sentiment.  Artsy House is definitely a stamp that I can't get enough of!!!

Make sure you head on over to Blogabella today to see all the fabulous and krafty creations!!!

Next week's challenge is a Sketch!

Be sure to get your submissions to Emmabella by next Thursday to have your card up in lights on the blog and to have a chance to win a gift certificate for some Bellarific Rubba!!!

Happy Stamping!

Impression Obsession Designer Thursday

As you know, my Canadian Besties came down from Western Ontario last weekend for my annual Craftin' Pajama Party!

Kim and I have been taking an interest in Mixed Media as of late and she showed my a lot of fabulous techniques with the Dylusion Sprays that her friend Lori shared with her too! 

I LOVE this background that we created together. Our Pages are quite similar, but we varied our stamps and sentiments. I LOVE how my page turned out!!!

Mixed Media and Art Journalling has quickly become a love of mine. I like the feeling of everything just flowing and free and playing with many different mediums! FUN

I am feeling the nature theme for sure. As we get deeper into spring, my morning and evening walks with Sydney have got substantially longer.....each time I see the season progress, with more green on the landscape, trees budding and sporting a greater abundance of foliage each day and some bushes and trees in bloom, the spring flowers open and fragrant. Each morning I breathe in the fresh spring air in anticipation of the fragrant aroma of Lilacs, my favourite flower. If all is on schedule, they should be in full bloom very soon.  Here's a few photo's from yesterdays morning walk

Loved the haze that the sun was putting on the Green Field

These are Trilliums....Ontario's Provincial Flower

They are more widely recognized as White Flowers, but I have come across the Red ones in the last several years

My shadow joined Sydney and myself this morning....at first glance, it appeared that someone was on the Creek Bank......Fun Shot!!!

So back to my Page. I used a bunch of fun stamps from Impression Obsession to complete my Dylusion Sprayed Background

Stamps

Cover a Card Tree Line

Dandelion Seed Background

Solid Frilly Butterfly Pair

The sentiment is from Ralph Waldo Emmerson

To find the beautiful we must carry it with us, or we find it not

The set is called

Life

Hope you enjoy my page..... I sure did enjoy creating it

Vintage Hello and Momma's got her eye on you!!!!

Have I ever mentioned how much I love the versatility of Stamps?

No matter WHAT your style, you can use your stamps to achieve the look that you want.

Case in point: the the two cards I am featuring today!!! Completely different styles. That is WHY I kind of get a glazed over look when I am asked to describe my style. Is it that I have none? I just play with my stamps and go with what feels right at the time~

I LOVE the vintage look that I created on the first card. Using all sorts of supplies from Bev's stamping stash when I was in Texas, I turned out this beauty. There are a few occasions that my own work makes me go "WOW" and this is one of them. Actually, come to think of it, I think it's when I create these vintagy feeling cards. They remind me of some of my Grandmothers tatted lace slipcovers and quilts. A warm, comfortable feeling. For this card I used the Phone4you set for the base phone, but paired it with the sentiment from the  newly released phones2decorate

Using Stephanies Sizzix Heart Dies, I created a base to ground the phone on.

This little charmer reflects my at times, WACKY Personality!!! and twisted sense of humour

I wanted something bright and vibrant and busy....just like my Mama!!!  The idea to add the eyeball in the centre of the phone is that you should always conduct yourself as if your Mother has an eye on you!!!  The sentiment and funky phone design is in the phones2decorate set. I LOVE the sentiment as that is what my mom says when she leaves a message on my phone....well not always please, but call your mother.....lol. Speaking of Mom's, I'm totally looking forward to Mother's Day weekend. We are going on a little Wine Tasting excursion to Prince Edward County on Saturday and I've promised to assist her with some gardening on Sunday (I am not a fan of gardening, but it IS Mother's Day!)

Here's a picture of Me and My Mother on a Red Hat excursion last year

She's such a pretty one!!! This year it's not a Red Hat excursion, but a Road Trip with her Beta Sigma Phi Girlfriends.....hoping to get some good photos of the gorgeous scenery and my Beautiful Mom!

Happy Stamping!

I Carry your heart with me

A very pretty image from Stamping Bella- I carry your heart with me

Some times just a few words say a lot.....

I love how the Graphic 45 Secret Garden Designer Paper looks when Paper pieced onto her dress

Coloured with Touch Twin Markers by Shinhan Arts

Happy Stamping