Work in Progress.

...cause I've got NEWS!!! I can't believe I've managed to hold it in until now, but here it is....

YAY!!!!! I am SO honored - I love the JUGS blog and the DT gals. What a great group; so supportive and encouraging - I'm really looking forward to working with them. The really fun part is they also chose Kathryn Berthiaume for the DT as well - so there's two of us newbies :) Thanks so much for the warm welcome ladies! 


On to business... my first official post as DT member :) Lisa is our Just Us Girls Challenge hostess and creator of this awesome sketch - and I have to say, I love it.




*Wink *Wink Ink is the sponsor of the challenge and they will be giving one randomly selected entrant THREE FREE IMAGES!!! Here's a little more info from Melanie, owner of *Wink *Wink Ink....




"*Wink *Wink Ink is a brand new digital stamp company as of January 2010.  Our images are original, well drawn, and clear with a style you won't find anywhere else!   If you like animals, children and fantasy creatures you will love our stamps!  New stamps are added to our store weekly, so there is always something new to see!  All images are 300 dpi and come in 3 versions- black and white jpg for coloring, transparent png for layering on all your digital creations, and a colored jpg for use as a coloring guide or print and embellish for quick beautiful projects in no time flat!  We hope you stop on by and visit us soon at www.winkwinkink.com!"


If you want to play along and use one of their super cute images, they have a freebie available HERE. Everybody loves a freebie :)

For my card, I used Catnap from *Wink *Wink Ink - how cute is it?!?! I really love this digi :)


****Also, you may want to check out THIS POST - I'm giving away BLOG CANDY! ****

Thanks for stopping by and sharing my super exciting news!!!

TTFN,

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Ingredients (all Papertrey Ink unless otherwise stated):
Stamps: Catnap (Digital Stamp from *Wink *Wink Ink), On my couch (sentiment)
Ink: ocean tides, vintage tea duo chai
Paper: ocean tides, vintage cream, patterned paper (DCWV)
Other: Nesties, copics, linen texture plate, ocean tides buttons, cream ribbon

Howdy friends!
I've got two reasons to celebrate - my birthday is right around the corner and my first year blogiversary was June 1st! I can't believe it's been a year already - I guess time flies when you're having fun :)

To celebrate and to show a little appreciation to all my blogging friends, I'm offering up some BlOg CaNdY!!!
The blog candy includes;

• Papertrey Ink Background Basics: Tin Types (one of my fav background sets)
• Papertrey Ink 2010 Anniversary Stamp Set
• Papertrey Ink Ripe Avacado Saddle Stitch ribbon
• Papertrey Ink Spring vintage button mix

All you have to do to qualify for the blog candy is leave a comment here on this post on or before Thursday, June 10, 2010. I'll randomly select one winner on Friday. Only one comment per person please :)

 Here at home, we've got a long awaited deck remodel happening. I CANNOT wait! Here's what our deck looks like now..


It's nice but this picture was taken in the evening when there's a little shade. Most of the day, it gets direct sunlight which means it gets HOT!!! My Canadian blood can't handle it :) So our new deck will have a screened-portion and a smaller, unscreened area for grilling, etc. I can't wait to be able to sit outside more! Even nicer still, the trees you see in the picture will be unharmed. Some of the bushes to the right of the existing deck may need to be moved, but it will be minimal. Sweet!
Here's day 1 - deconstruction....


Here's day 3 - getting framed...


I'm so darn excited :)

We also got our garden up and running (a couple of weeks ago now) - our first attempt at gardening :) Our next door neighbour is a landscaper and all-around-awesome plant guy and is sharing the garden with us in exchange for his knowledge and green thumb :) Here's Tracy getting the tomato plants all set up...


I LOVE homegrown tomatoes and am SO looking forward to tomato-y goodness :) We've also got green peppers, zucchini, squash, and cucumber - if they all continue to grow ok :) We got a bit of a late start and sadly didn't get lettuce in the ground in time.

Sorry for the long post - LOL! Just thought I'd share! Thanks so much for stopping by and be sure to leave a comment for the blog candy (if you haven't forgotten about the blog candy by the time you got to the end of my loooooong post :))!

TTFN,
 

Hi friends :)

It really did sneak up on me... crazy how time flies! I have BLOG CANDY to share for both my blogoversary and my birthday (which is just around the corner) so stay tuned - I'll be posting details really soon!

I've got a card to share for the latest Play Date Cafe color challenge and the most recent Crazy 4 Challenges technique challenge, make a tent card. This week's gorgeous colors were picked out by Julie.
Here's my card;

The tent card is really fun and cute; love the idea. It really wouldn't be as hard to mail as I would have thought either.  Win, win :)

Got a few exciting things happening here at the Matthews household - I'll fill you in and share pictures soon. Too sleepy at the moment... my super comfy bed is calling. Let me tell you, I L-O-V-E my bed! If anyone needs a mattress recommendation, I'm more than happy to share :) But I digress... 'Night!
Thanks so much for stopping by!

TTFN,

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Ingredients (all Papertrey Ink unless otherwise stated): 
Stamps: Year of Flowers: Violets, Delightful Dahlia (sentiment), Background Basics: Tin types
Ink: Dark chocolate, plum pudding, spring moss, white (Colorbox)
Paper: Dark chocolate, spring moss, lavender moon, plum pudding, white, Wisteria (Basic Grey)
Other: Nesties, beads, tiger wire, eyelet, dark chocolate ribbon, plum pudding button, rhinestones, copic markers, polka dot impression plate, rustic twine