Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.--William Thackeray

Halloooo peeps!
TGIF!
It was a really long week for being only 4 days long!

Waaaay back in March, before the O/S came home, I had seen a tiny little picture of an Angry Birds card at the very bottom of the Inspiration Ink blog.
I spent the weekend off & on trying to duplicate it.....you KNOW I'm an Angry Birds fan!
(I'm a gamer people.........it's how I relax!)
Anyhoo, I made this card!

Then on the following Monday, I got this in my blog updates!
hahahahaha
I'm planning on making more for Lynnette of Send a Smile 4 Kids Canada!
It was a lot of fun, and having the recipe will make them that much easier!
Kalen was so impressed he took a picture to e-mail his friends!

Just wanted you to know that the gardens are in! Yay!

The empty one has the 42 non hills of potatoes!

I had left over flowers, so in they went/plenty of room!

They have lids on them, because before everything grows, they're just HUGE kitty litter boxes!

We're hoping to make one this year half the size for the strawberries I bought!

I'm slowly replacing the shrubs Ray killed last year by fertilizing them!

Last week I was sent to the greenhouse to pick out some plants & planters for the office.

They're gonna have to send 4 guys and a picker truck!

While I was there, I found a planter I HAD. TO. HAVE!

Hey, the cement planters were half price!

It took 3 of us women to wrestle it into the back of the van!

Lookit! I still have the tarp in from Greenhouse hopping!

Then as I drove into my yard I'm thinking OMG, how am I going to get this out!?

I backed up as close as I could to where it was going to live, set a 1 X 6" on my tailgate, and kinda slid it off!

About halfway down, I thought, 'HOLY MOLY! If this gets off center it's gone!'

But I did it, and here it is behind the woodshed!

HAPPY!

Well, I gotta go it's getting late!

This is set to post tomorrow (Friday), didn't think you'd want 2 posts in one day!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Hopefully the fire ban is off & I'll be drinking beer at the fire pit!

Talk to ya later!

Ta ta for now!

Craft A Scene-May Challenge

You know April showers bring May flowers and since it is finally May the challenge is 'Spring Flowers'. 
You may use any company's products as long as you complete a card, tag or other type of finished project and it must include background and foreground elements to the scene. We will not accept projects with just a character and a flower - it must be a scene!

Here is mine:

It's kind of a crappy picture, but was the best out of 4!
I'm never sure if I'm in compliance of the rules when I see other pictures.
Hopefully someone would tell me (in a nice way) if  I've totally missed the mark!

Have a great Friday people!
Talk to ya later!

Ta ta for now!

House Mouse & Friends

**NEW CHALLENGE**

Our mega talented Meece Sister Teamie, Sue Drees, is hosting and wants to see
*Circles, Polka Dots & All-Round Fun* on your designs.

Think I've got it covered with Circles & Polka Dots, not too sure about the All Round Fun part!

I needed a card for my friends mom. She hasn't been feeling well.

I tried sponging around the image, but the green I used just makes it look dirty!

I used lots of glossy accents on the bottle and dropper, and the little sick mousy has a fluffy flocked blanket.

I added the flocking LAST and it's lovely!

There's lots of time to play people!

So go over & check out the Monday Challenge!

Talk to ya later!

Ta ta for now!

CCAYR May Challenge

The Challenge this month over at Christmas Cards All Year 'Round:

We would like you to create a card inspired by your favourite Christmas carol or song. When posting your card on your blog, please mention the carol or song that has inspired your creation.

Here's mine!

The song is pretty self explanatory!

I think I must have a contest going with my friend Theresa!
I made 6 cards, "Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly" and decided there wasn't a bough of holly to be seen, so this was the second attempt!
Half way through these 6, I realize that the 'boughs' I was using sure weren't holly!
After a frantic look through the Christmas paper........
believe it or not, the triangle rectangle of red at the bottom is HOLLY!
OMG! You'd think this was my first rodeo!
Fa-la-la-la-la...............

There's still time for you to get in on the challenge!

Have a great long weekend peeps!
Monday's Victoria Day here in Canada!

Talk to ya later!

Ta ta for now!

House Mouse & Friends #119

It's all about *HUMOR* for Challenge #HMFMC119

Hello Peeps and welcome back to House-Mouse and Friends MC!

The Hostess for Challenge # HMFMC119, is our talented DT Member, Sue Cooper, AKA: Scoopy and she wants to see *HUMOUR* on your designs. 

Here's mine!

I've used gasp yellow again!

Things I've learned about flocking powder:

put it on last people!!!

I put it on first, and almost wore it out being creative, then tried to add more!

Now my Happy Hoppers have blotchy bumblebee costumes!OI!

But ya know what!? They've got the real bumblebee texture!

Have a great week everyone!

Talk to ya later!

Ta ta for now!

Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be. --Harvey Mackay

Hello people!
Gosh I'm a bad blogger!
Had good intentions all week!
I have projects on the go, but nothing's finished!

Was really cold a couple days this past week, lovely today though, and a friend & I went Greenhouse hopping!
Is it me, or are the prices atrocious!? OMG!
Ray called, and I told him I spent all my allowance, and still need a shrub to replace the one he killed last year with fertilizer!
We started out at a greenhouse about 1 hour & 45 minutes away.
Vanessa met us there so I gave her her birthday present!
Which she opened, so I can show you her card!

The outside...remember, her favorite color is blue, and it has to have a dragonfly on it!

This is the inside, and that darn ribbon kept wanting to fall inside the top present!

I found the tutorial here, then adapted it!

I always make a rough copy....don't you?!

The little button?!

Ink smear....isn't that why they invented embellishments?!

It wasn't like I could turn the card stock over, and re-stamp!!!

 I also got my potatoes planted this week!

Forgot to wear my gloves......until I had 3 holes left!

I have raised garden beds people;

so I use a hand trowel!

42 non hills of potatoes, cause I plant them to China!

Tried to find you a link to my gardens, but the internet is working crappy tonight!

I should have pictures of them about last June.

When it snowed!

And I had all my plants planted!

Had to cover them for a few days!

Anyhoo........

tomorrow is Mother's Day!

The kids sent me a lovely bouquet of flowers!

On the agenda for me tomorrow is some yard work,

and hopefully the darn wind quits so I can burn stuff!

Have a great day tomorrow peeps, Happy Mother's Day, and I'll talk to ya later!

Ta ta for now!

Laughter is inner jogging.- Norman Cousins

Good morning!
Hope you've all had a wonderful week!?

Thought I'd get to take it easy this week, NOT!
What was I thinking!?

I DID get the fire pit cleaned out last night.
In spite of the showers steady rain we had most of the day!

I took Shadow to the vet for her check up last Saturday!
She has a sty in her eye, that I'm treating with a tea bag!? Go figure.
One of my friends said that when they were little, their mom used to steep a tea bag, and rub the warm bag in their eye, and the sty went away....guess what!? It's working!
The vet took a picture of it, and said if it was still there in a couple weeks I needed to take her back!
It's almost gone!
I'll also have you know that Shadow, the cats I could catch (and I) have all had our worm treatment for the next 6 months! OI!

Friends of the Manning Library had a meeting Tuesday....We have casino money to spend.
I'm afraid we might not be friends during the process!

Went out for dinner with the gf's on Wednesday.

Thursday night I went to a concert!
It was at our local movie theatre!
They need a digital projector, so were doing a fund raiser!
The almost sold out crowd listened to Cassey Walker and Duane Steele!
It was really nice, and there wasn't thousands of screaming people!!!
There were kids though, and after the intermission, when Duane said he wouldn't keep us very long.....
one kid in the front row piped up, "Yeah, we got school tomorrow." LOL!
I think we need to help our little theatre out.
It would be sad if it had to close down!

On the agenda for today is to start Shadow's trim for the summer!
Ask Ray what's going on in the woodshed!?
He's got stacks of wood inside & out!
Put a couple shingles on Shadow's house.
Dump the wagon on the quad; it has the fire pit remains in it!
I have a roast in the slow cooker already!
Got a jump on the laundry by doing a load & hanging it out last night!
And if I get a minute the new challenge is up over at CCAYR!
Also, the house could use a vacum & mop!

It's windier than heck out right now, and the wind is cold!
Supposed to be warm later!

I sent Kalen a cookbook with a bread recipe in it;
I was looking for it when he was here...him and his roommate are bakers it seems!
It was a Charlie Brown cookbook one of the first book orders one of the kids made in school in Grade 1 from Scholastic Books.
The recipe is All Star White Bread!
I can't for the life of me find a link!!!
Of course I made him a card.
Got the inspiration here!

This week on my way to work I saw a herd of elk.

Some deer!

And these next pictures are for my friend Barbara!

I think it's last years calf, and it looks like it has ticks!

That's all I got!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone, and thanks to those of you that keep track of me with e-mails!

It's been really busy at work, but hopefully I've visited most of you!

Ta ta for now!