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There's no place like home

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Indeed, there's absolutely no place like home :) 

After our big move a few months back, I am really enjoying being close to my family and being in "familiar" territory. I grew up in Atlantic Canada and I can't tell you how great it is to be back. I've gotten to see my parents a few times already and I'm living mere hours from my sister, so we see each other every few weeks. Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of things I miss about living south of the border and I'll always hold a bit of those places in my heart. They've helped shape who I am, I've made amazing friends and contacts, had exceptional experiences -  and there's not one step I've taken that I'd do differently (well, maybe one or two, smaller steps ;)).  

So when I saw "The Map to your Heart Challenge" at over at MoxieFab, I knew I had to play along. Not only because of the awe-inspiring, map-containing projects I've seen in blogland, but because our journey had me inspired. 


I guess my reliance on all things digital was a bit of a pitfall in this case as I had NO maps in the house. Not one. I can blame that on my GPS and my iPhone - I haven't even printed a map in years. So I found one of Atlantic Canada online. Then I printed it in black and white, then another in color so I could create a little spotlight. I placed a little dot for my home sweet home :) I took some inspiration from Jessica Witty's card spotlighted on the MoxieFab post and from a beautiful card that my sweet blog friend, Maureen, sent me after we moved (Thanks Moe!).

Got a few personal pics to share, feel free to stop reading here :)
There's a golf course just a few minutes walk from our house. In the off season, they allow people to walk on the cart paths, which is great for me and my golden boy! We had a little snow recently (Yay snow! I know, I have a problem ;)) and I took my Spencer for a run. He's getting a little older now and has certainly slowed down but he LOVES the snow so we bundled up and trekked thought the snow on a beautiful, still morning this past week. It was just one of those moments - me, the dog, peace and quiet, and beauty all around. The kind of time that affirms life, the good, important parts of life :)


What a handsome fella :) 

This next picture make me smile - he's running and hopping through the deeper snow, just having a blast. Love his flopping ears and wagging tail! You can see is foot prints where he'd been running around. Not bad for a senior ;)


That's about it for me. Here's wishing you a tail wagging, ear flopping kinda week :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

TTFN,
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Spotlight! - JUGS #71

SATURDAY!!!!  This week has been a LONG and BUSY one!!! How happy I am to see the end of it :)

We've got a brand new technique challenge for you over at Just Us Girls!


I love me some spotlighting! I really do love this technique, mostly because it's a way to add awesome impact to a card.


I went pretty CAS with this one. I wanted it to be sort of stark and a bit lonely just to give the sentiment more impact. But with the berry sorbet and the polka dots, it's not all gloomy and lonely. It gives it a touch of cheeriness too. 


That's it for me :) Swing by and say hi to our talented guest designer for February, Lori from Afternoon's Delight. Also take a moment to swing by the blogs of the rest of the always wonderful JUGS DT! Their links are in my sidebar to the right :)

Enjoy your weekend! Thanks so much for stopping by!


 TTFN,
Ingredients
Stamps: On my couch, chair-ished (all PTI)
Ink: dark chocolate, berry sorbet (PTI)
Paper: fine linen, berry sorbet, white (PTI)
Other: nesties, berry sorbert bitty dot paper, sewing machine

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Spotlight!

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Quick post - so tired. We have been laying subfloor for tile on our new deck all day and I'm wiped :) Tomorrow we lay the tile - YAY!

Here's a card for the latest Play Date Cafe color challenge. My fav - the color splash! This time it's black, white and a splash of green.



The green I chose for my color splash is PTI's New Leaf - such a fun, fresh green. Since we are currently remodeling, I decided I wanted to make a home-y card. It occurred to me that the color splashes challenges are perfect for a spotlight technique :) Love this technique - I've seen it used so effectively by other card makers.

The stamp set is Boards and Beams from PTI and it is one of my favs, although I haven't used it in quite a while. First, I stamped the tall house three times in smokey shadow ink on soft stone card stock. Then I stamped another house on white paper in black ink and colored it with my copics in colors to co-ordinate with New Leaf. The house was then cut out with an oval nestie and popped up on dimensionals. Hope you like it!

This card also qualifies for the following challenges;
Simon Says Stamp - going dotty
Stamp-n-doodle - anything goes


Anywho, off to bed :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
 TTFN,
  
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Ingredients (all Papertrey Ink unless otherwise stated): 
Stamps: Boards and beams, polka dot basics II
Ink: Tuxedo black (Memento), smokey shadow, Versamark
Paper: True black, soft stone, white, new leaf
Other: Copics (YG13, YG14, YG17; C1, C3, C5, C7), sewing machine, clear embossing powder, oval nesties

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