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I'm trying to learn xhtml but it's a slow process. So to cheat a bit I made this banner in PaintShopPro today. I wanted something with a valentine look to it. Eventually I want to
be able to design my whole blog myself.

I made the cutest cards at an Archiver's class this month and I promise to scan and post them.
Sorry to not post for so long.

Well my grandson is here to spend the night and I've got to make dinner.

What's that?

What's that header you ask? Just something I threw up there for the time being. It's actually a collage I made in PaintShoPro. Do you like it?

I'm a hippie at heart

I had to make a card for a swap I'm in with a new group I joined. I really like "hippie bella". In the 60's I was a bit of a hippie.

Wedding card

July 12 is my youngest daughter's wedding. It's her second and the wedding is in the backyard of their home with a reception at a restaurant. Originally the whole thing was supposed to be in the backyard but she's worried about rain now so the reception was moved.

I made a wedding card. I used Bazzil Bling paper, some pretty pearlescent stripe paper and then stamped on the back of that paper, which was also pearlescent, with a Bella wedding gown stamp. Plus *lots* of itty bitty pearls.

Since I can't walk and access the scanner hubby scanned it for me therefore the top of the card is cut off.

The day after

The crop that is... even though I only stayed 7 hours I had fun. I got to chat, a lot, with everyone, got to see Miss Pat and my daughter, got to shop and I even got to do some scrapping.

I finished up Heidi's swap and actually made a scrapbook page before I went home and crashed for the evening.

Unfortunately there are no pics. I was going to have some kind soul take some of my daughter and I but she left early because her back was hurting.

Today hubby and I went for a long bike ride, had breakfast on the square in Woodstock and during showers cleaned out closets and drawers. Depending on the rain schedule the next few days I will be outside in the garden if it's not raining and doing some scrapping if it is.

Haven't posted in a while

I was working on a new creation... me! I had gastric bypass surgery on March 18, 2008. So far I've lost 38 pounds and have been riding my bicycle or walking, or both every day. Twice a week I go to Healthbridge to work out. My bariatric program included a free two month membership plus eight sessions with a personal trainer and I've been taking advantage of it.

I've also been doing a lot of gardening. I have four flower beds plus a vegetable garden.

All is not lost however. I've been working on some swaps and a challenge.

The challenge to was to take a Starbucks Frappachino carton and bottles and alter them. All the paper and cardstock is from Close to My Heart. The stamps are my new obsession... Bella stamps. This one is BikerBella.

Card Candy

I'm no longer in the Survivor Game. I knew I was going to be having surgery when I joined the game. It was fun doing the challenges and because of that I actually got pages done outside of crops.

Right now I've been working on a Card Candy swap. You make five or six embellishments of your own in a theme, in this case the theme is winter. You attach them to acrylic with foam glue dots so they can be easily removed to placed wherever you want them, cards, scrapbook pages, etc.

The snowman, which did not scan well, was made with my Quickutz. Everything thing else was stamped.