Finally, a card...

Yes, so sometimes I do get around to using my vast supply of "goodies", but until that basement is finished, it feels like I only do so when needed. I so badly want to "putter" and make cards as the inspiration strikes as opposed to the morning the card is needed, or if I'm well-prepared, perhaps the night before...

This card was for Liam's fifth birthday. Liam and Aimee play on the same soccer team, and per Liam's mum, he's quite smitten. Apparently, he shows this by chasing Aimee around telling her she doesn't have to run so fast. As the mother of 2 little girls, I'm more of the view that the better prepared they are to outrun the boys, the happier I am, LOL!



This card was made using a retired Stampin' Up background, Simple Stripes (I think. I'll have to confirm that). The image is by The Angel Company, Girlz & Boyz, and the sentiment is from CTMH, Happy Birthday. What a well-rounded card...

And here is my little stamper in training. Unlike her older sister, she's still content with uninked stamps (thank goodness)


Oh, and as far as the basement goes, the first layer of mudding and taping has been finished and our contractor assures us it will be completed before the weekend!

Happy Saint Patrick's Day everyone...

Handy men...

Well, the structural inspection passed, and the electrical guy is here right now...Just waiting for the delivery of the drywall now.

I'm surrounded by handy men.

Speaking of which, my BIL, who is a cabinetmaker (and the person responsible for the framing downstairs) had made my list of favourite people. I'd asked him to keep me some of the wood scraps so that I could mount some of my bulk buy stamps from Steve at Hampton Arts stamps.



He told me that he could do better than rough wood scraps and brought me over an assortment of different sized blocks that I could simply sand the corners of.







Here are some of my newly mounted stamps (yes, while half the world seems to be going unmounted, I'm mounting my stamps...only because these ones were already mounted on sticky-backed foam 'though)

PS. The drywall is being brought in right now...

Well, here we go...taking the plunge into papercraft blogdom (which is actually digital and not paper, which is ironic, but a bit more environmentally friendly).

I am, at present, more of a collector than a papercrafter, but I am about to get my own space (and my family is about to reclaim an eating area that doesn't consist of only 3 stools and a desktop sized eating area).

I'm hoping that just the simple fact that my toys are within sight and reach will spur me on to using up some of my amassed goodies.

Tomorrow, the inspectors come to see the basement and the drywall gets delivered. This weekend, hubby and friends plan on installing the insulation and soon after the drywaller makes my dream a more concrete reality.

Well, I guess I have to share the space, since it will also be a family room and toy room, but at least I should have my own part of it. And the main floor can stay in a state that will not mortify me when people come by...at least in theory.

I'll keep you posted...