For Cath with Love Blog Hop

Morning!

Today I'm taking part in a blog hop for the moxielicious Cath Edvalson.

Cath wasn't able to make the trip to CHA, and so some lovely ladies (Virginia and Lorena) organized a little blog hop let her know we're thinking of her. A list of the other participants can be found here.

One of my favorites from Wplus9, Hope Seed Co.

I won't keep you, as I'm sure you have lots of other participants to visit. Sending big hugs, Cath, and I hope you are back to feeling 100% very soon!

Anya

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Recipe
STAMPS: Hope Seed Co. - Wplus9; Gingham & Co. - Waltzingmouse Stamps
CARDSTOCK: Wild Wasabi - Stampin' Up!; Rustic White, True Black - Papertrey Ink
INK: Tuxedo Black Memento - Tsukineko; Wild Wasabi, Whisper White - Stampin' Up!; Antique Linen Distress Ink - Ranger Industries
OTHER: Swiss Dots Embossing Folder - ProvoCraft; Black Dots Smash Tape - K&Company; Rustic Cream Button Twine, New Leaf Buttons - Papertrey Ink; Copic Markers

Thank You

Thank you for all your well wishes for my Mom. It will be a slow recovery, but she's getting there.

It was another beautiful color combo this week at The Play Date Cafe. Here's Jax's lovely color story.

A bit stumped at first by those colors. I wanted them to really look well together, sometimes you can combine elements that just look good together, but these colors were all so bold I didn't want to overdo it. So I went simple and geometric with this one.

I kind of love those hexagons and kind of maybe bought the Rosie Posie set just for them. The flowers are growing on me, though.

I paired my design with a sentiment from Very Vintage Greetings. I like the loopy, delicate font with the bold geometric pattern. (Sometimes I laugh to myself when I say things like that - do I sound like I know what I'm talking about? Cause really, I'm just winging it ;)

Regardless, I needed simple, and this fit the bill perfectly. It was fun to make, and I think it would be great to pull a set together with all different colors and sentiments. I could get a lot of mileage out of these two sets together. There's still a little bit of time left, have you played along with this week's Play Date Cafe challenge? (You should, its fun!)

Thank you for stopping to say hi - I hope your day is going well!

Anya

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Recipe
STAMPS: Rosie Posie - Papertrey Ink, Very Vintage Greetings - Wplus9
CARDSTOCK: White - Papertrey Ink
INK: Perfect Plum, Marina Mist, Kiwi Kiss - Stampin' Up!; Onyx Black VersaFine - Tsukineko

Project Life Week 3

Can I have a weekend do over?

My Mom went in for surgery on Friday, and while everything went well, the whole situation is really stressful. It isn't easy to see your Mom in a hospital bed.

I feel like I'm a little late finishing Week 3 of Project Life, but this week was a lot more fragmented than the past 2. But still being able to finish off a week with a few minutes here and a few minutes there makes me happy. I feel like I couldn't finish a card like that.

My first page for this week. I mentioned last week about my kidney stones, this week I had a CT scan to see what was going on. I included a photo of my kidneys from the scan along with my bracelet from the hospital. I was actually pretty excited to be able to print one of the photos - looking at the scans was really fascinating.

Here's my second page. Paczki from the baker shop, one of our first real snowfalls, a $750 bill for car repairs (hence the ouch), a photo of Bill and I at Phipps, a movie ticket.

And some close ups.. a heart penny rug my Mom made for me..

My map paper covered lampshade and some of the leftover paper..

A photo post-manicure - I like the around-the-photo journaling on this one, and details about my kidney stones and CT scan. Might be a little weird, but was a big part of life for a while.

Bill and I went to Phipps Conservatory on Sunday, and this week I added an insert to my other pages with some photos from the day. We were there for the orchid show, which I love.

These are 10" x 12" page protectors from American Crafts. They were perfect for the photos I had, which were a combination of verticals and horizontals.

Love these photos.

A lot of times when we go to Phipps I leave the camera behind and let Bill take the pictures, but this time it was fun to take the other one along as well so we were both taking pictures. It was a good day, and I'm glad to have the extra pictures to include.

Thanks for stopping by to check out my third week. Still loving it!

Have a great night!

Anya

Birthday Wishes

Do you know what tomorrow is (it may be today by the time you read this!)? It is my sweet friend Claire's birthday.

Inspired by this week's Tuesday Trigger, I made a card for her.

Isn't that a beautiful photo? So soft and airy. Here is my card.

I used the Loopy Blooms die from MFT to make the felt flowers. To make them different sizes, I just trimmed down the amount of felt I used... a shorter length makes a smaller, less full flower. The birthday sentiment is from the Earth Angel set.

Happy Birthday, Claire! Sending you big hugs and a day full of love.

Thanks for stopping by, friends. I think I will have PL Week 3 ready to share tomorrow - please stop back!

Anya

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Recipe
STAMPS: Earth Angel - Waltzingmouse Stamps
CARDSTOCK: Crumb Cake - Stampin' Up!; Vintage Cream - Papertrey Ink
INK: Vintage Cream - Papertrey Ink
OTHER: Loopy Blooms Die - MFT; Fine Linen, Melon Berry, Vintage Cream Felt - Papertrey Ink; Score Board - Martha Stewart Crafts

In My Thoughts

Hi there - how are things?

I'm late posting today, I had hoped to get here earlier, but you know how it goes. This morning I had a doctor's appointment - had some trouble with kidney stones a few weeks ago and am still trying to track down what's going on. After a CT scan and some other tests it seems I'm stone-free, but a little uncomfortable right now. At this point, the only recommendations are to watch the coffee/tea intake and drink lots of water. Hopefully I won't have to repeat any of that entire experience.

I made a card yesterday for this week's Play Date Cafe Challenge. Very woodsy colors this week.

Here is the card I made.

Was in a fussy cutting mood. I used images from the Wplus9 set Guiding Light to create a little scene on my card. I particularly love the grass and bird images in this set, and it was a joy to put them all together. I so enjoy using these stamps.

I thought the colors suited this design well - something serene and calming, which plays perfectly off of the ocean scene. My Mom is having surgery on Friday and I think she will like this card.

Thank you for stopping by - take care!

Anya

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Recipe
STAMPS: Guiding Light, Guiding Light Sentiments - Wplus9
CARDSTOCK: Early Espresso - Stampin' Up!; Soft Stone, White - Papertrey Ink
INK: Slate - Amuse|Studio; Crumb Cake, Mellow Moss, Early Espresso - Stampin' Up!
OTHER: Linen & Canvas Impression Plate - Papertrey Ink

Project Life Week 2

Hi there. I should be getting ready to go out right now, but I promised to share my second week of Project Life, so here it is.

Lots of food photos this week.

Here's the first part of Week 2. My husband started a new job this week, so I made a favorite dinner for his first day. Cookies, too.

This week I felt pretty comfortable with the number of photos I had. I like incorporating photos into the 3x4 slots. My only beef is that I feel like I spend all of the daylight hours at work - so any photos at home I'm fighting light issues. It will get better (or I will get more creative) I'm sure.

Here's the second part of Week 2. I felt much more in a creative groove with this week.

It seems like with the way our weeks flow, this second page ends up being mostly our weekend, since so much stuff is put off until then. Our weeks are pretty routine until we hit Saturday.

My mom brought mini cupcakes. I journaled right on Washi tape for this photo - I've got a few others where I did this. I like adding little labels or notes to all the photos even if I did journal about them somewhere else. It helps me to feel like they aren't just hanging out there on their own, but I'm a labeler, so that's just me.

I need to find myself some more puffy letters - stat. Love these.

We took our Christmas decorations down this weekend and snapped one last photo of our tree. We used the TTV camera for this, so I cut the photo down to size and matted it with some Clementine patterned paper.

So there's my Week 2! I'd love to hear your feedback. Hope you have a great night.. we're heading out to a movie, and I'd better scoot!

Anya

Miles Apart

Happy Friday, friends.

Rough week - I'm kind of cranky. But the weekend is almost here, so I should cheer up. We are forecasted to get some sleet and snow tonight, so I will be happy to stay inside in my jammies.

Here is a card I made for the Moxie Fab Map to Your Heart Challenge.

The stamp set and coordinating dies are MFT's First Class Friend.

This challenge inspired me to create another project as well. I fell head-over-heels with the map lampshade that Cath featured in her post. I just happened to add an old lamp to my desk that needed a lampshade update, how lucky was that!

I found a lampshade I liked in the As Is section of Ikea for just a few bucks. I knew I was covering it, so the dirt marks on it didn't bother me. Then I tracked down some map paper - I really love the look of the map in the pictures, and wanted to find something similar. Here's the finished product, what do you think?

I think I love it. :) I used the paper I had left over for my card.

Hope your weekend is fab. I think I'll share Project Life Week 2 tomorrow, so I hope you'll stop back.

Anya

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Recipe
STAMPS: First Class Friend - My Favorite Things
CARDSTOCK: Kraft, Vintage Cream - Papertrey Ink
PATTERNED PAPER: Et Cetera Collection - Bo Bunny; World Map Wrapping Paper - Cavallini
INK: Onyx Black VersaFine - Tsukineko; Antique Linen Distress Ink - Ranger Industries
OTHER: Vintage Cream Grosgrain Ribbon - Papertrey Ink; First Class Friend Dienamics - My Favorite Things