“I’m not great at the advice — can I interest you in a sarcastic comment?” — Chandler Bing, “Friends”

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I thought I should get Kalen's Birthday card on here before his birthday tomorrow!

He's a mushroom hunter, and in the past couple weeks attended a mushroom workshop, where he got some to plant in the yard!

My card is made with a Memory Keepers (?) DP. I have used a Tim Holtz tree, the larger mushrooms are Spellbinders, and the gnome and small mushrooms are Lawn Fawn(Garden Gnome)! The sentiment is computer generated! 

I would like to enter it in:

Die Cut Divas March 2026 Spring is Coming/ Mushrooms appear in Spring

Lawn Fanatics 217 Spring Fling A card that shows Spring or Easter Some mushrooms appear in Spring

Make My Monday #274 Hobbies Mushroom hunting is my son's hobby

Pammies Inky Pinkies Challenge  2613 Spring/Rain Hoping it's one or the other, I picked Spring for Mushrooms 

Snippets Challenge #529 Everything is a Snippet but the background DP! 

Try It on Tuesday Make it Cute Nothing cuter than gnomes! 

It's still chilly, but daffodils, hyacinths and things are blooming! Magnolias are ready to Spring into bloom. Been working in the yard. We bought a house with no maintenance landscape. Kalen has put 4 garden boxes in the front. I have been raking and tidying up,  an deciding which shrubs can go. We only need one of each! Hostas at the back by deck are going too. We have such a tiny back yard, we can't tell the dogs to stay out of the 2 foot strip. so it's going!

I am going to Trivia at Wild North Brewery tomorrow night. Emma  is making treats to share, and  Kalen s hosting Trivia for his birthday!

Happy April!

Talk to ya later! 

Allsorts #846

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It's Brenda this fortnight over at Allsorts!!  She  would like to  see  that it's Springtime! There is also the Anything Goes option!

 I have used the stencil OOPSA from AALL and Create. The background stamp is a new to me stamp of flower names from Great Impressions. I made an envelope with my envelope maker (that's the smallest), and filled it with unknown flowers. Which I think is a Spellbinder die! SU sentiment. 

Was fun to make while I watched Netflix!!

Prizes are: 

 Two Penny Black Stamps available from Buddly Crafts

Go see what the DT have created! They are sure to fill your screen with beautiful flowers! 

Beautiful Blossoms #39  anything floral Goes with Optional Mood Board 

NBUS Challenge #84 Background stamp 

Triple B March 2026 Birds, Butterflies and Blooms 

Talk to ya later!  

Allsorts Challenge #845 Things with Wings

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Lynne is the host over at Allsorts and she would like to see Things With Wings. Of course there is the Anything Goes too!

 This card is made with an LST kit from Taylored Expressions!

It''s called Sweet Spring. When I typed that in to their site, I got 306 results for that title! May the odds be ever in your favor! It was a kit from 2024. I'm working on the LST kits! I have not done the class before now, but I have used elements from the kit in the past! I NEED a splatter box! Don't ask me how I know! They laughed at us 'willy nilly' splatterers in the class!

Our prize this fortnight is a Prize of $30 gift card from Taylored Expressions and extra prize of an A4 stamp set.

Go see what the DT have made!  We have Lesley as a Guest Designer this fortnight! Welcome Lesley!

 Talk to ya later!

I just did a week's worth of cardio after walking into a spider web.

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I made an ATC.

 The bright Springy paper is probably Doodlebug! I used an old stamp called Dandelion Wishes from Hot Off The Press. I stamped it in black, then clear embossed!

NBUS Challenge #84 Pretty sure this is the first go round for the stamps! 

Tag-along (and ATC's) March challenge Spring Flowers or Anything Goes

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I make stuff ....(cause get sad if I don't)

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I made this for a newly found challenge. Sunbird Spark. My friend Gail in Norway told me about it a couple of months ago! 

 Of course I used a foil card stock, so after 284 pictures (That all looked the same) I just picked one!

Foil paper is from Michaels, the butterfly paper is SU from a card kit, and the words are AALL and Create.

Please play! 

Love Those Pretty Papers March 2026 

Sunbird Spark Challenge #58 - Sketch

The Four Seasons Spring March 2026- butterflies will be appearing soon!

Triple B March 2026 Birds-Blooms and Butterflies 

Talk to ya later! 

I have selective hearing. I am sorry, you were not selected!

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I have been neglecting one of my favorite challenges!

I have images on my desk! They just need colored and/or put on a card!

 

I think the image is called Jelly Bean Heist....It's old! I have friends that stamp me images and mail them! Colored with Ohuhu markers. It's on a die cut from AALL and Create. An SU sentiment, twine and flower gems from my stash!

Colorful Options March 2026 Celebrating Green It's mint green!

Die Cut Divas Celebrating Spring/ Easter is in the Spring! 

House Mouse #460 Anything Goes/Option theme of Green 

Little Red Wagon Challenge #848 Include an Animal/ Mice? 

We Love Stamping Wildlife or Anything Goes If Mice are not wild animals I'm in for the Anything Goes! 

I have found my vacuum cleaner bags! I have been looking for 6 months! I was actually looking for something else. Which I found!

I have been busy. Of course I have! Been playing Scrabble, Mahjong and Wingspan! We've moved Wednesday suppers to Sunday, and take turns! Went to suppers at the Trinity Church this past weekend!. One was for the Grade 11 French class. They are raising money to go to Quebec. It was a chili supper by donation! Saturdays' supper was 2$. It was cabbage rolls, mashed potatoes and carrots. It's to raise money for the unhoused. So far they have placed 4 men, and the men were at the supper to help out. The mayor was there, just a lot of support! 

Our library is running a Fund a Friday campaign. The government has not increased funding for libraries since 2009 or something crazy like that. Our library is only open 4 days a week! They're looking for ideas to fund raise! 

Been walking. A. Lot. Out at Duck Lake where the birds are not waiting until the lake is thawed! There are swans, herons, ducks and geese for sure. My phone thinks I should get healthy (new phone), so trying to do my steps every day. No, it's not 10,000. Funny thing is, when it gets closer to bedtime, and I am not quite at my steps for the day, my phone tells me there's still time! It's not too late! Good times.

Already signing Bryson up for summer camps. We have a family reunion in the middle of July in Alberta, so him and I will go, then he will just come home with me! He's already making plans, because I got sick last summer, and then we moved! We didn't do some of the things we wanted to! 

Better go!

Talk to ya later! 

 

Today is a good day to try. ~ The Hunchback of Notre Dame

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It's the 2nd of March so time to see who sent what to who in the Card Chain Challenge for February! 

 This is what we worked with:

 

Colour Palette Option

(Exact matching is not required.)

Sketch Option

(Orient as desired.)

 

Theme Options: Clouds / On The Farm / Friendship

Product / Technique Options: Dies / Fussy Cutting

 

My card went to Mia in Greece! 

 

I went with clouds, on the farm, friendship and dies!

 

 

The sentiment is hard to read : You're The Best Barn None!

Inside: