ChristineCreations

I Have Two Teenagers

I wake up this morning to having two teenagers in our house :) It's our middle son's 13th Birthday today! I can't quite wrap my head around that! He's such a great kid. Warm, loving, talented, athletic, goofy, loyal and witty. I feel very blessed that he and I have a very strong bond too. I think it will help us navigate the years ahead. Because he has a ball hockey game tonight on his BD night, we celebrated a night early with a family party, and this was his card.

I pulled out TSG's set Out of This World for a little atmospheric fun. Astro boy is colored with Prismacolor Pencils. The star die is SU, the numbers are PTI. I had to really pull this together quickly, because I left it till the last minute, so it's pretty straightforward as far as design goes. I'm also feeling like it won't be long and I'll have to find more "grown-up" images for him to up the "cool-factor". But so far, we're good :)

And here's my BD Teen :) Handsome isn't he? I know it won't be long before the girls come calling...AH be still my heart, THAT I'm not ready for!

Thanks for dropping by!

Project 365 - Week 21

I am having the worst time with iPhoto right now it's just taking forEVER to get my pictures to load for editing and watermarking. I started this post at 7:30 pm and now here we are at 9 pm and I'm just getting to add the pictures to the blog, all that time for 7 photos. I've never had this problem before with my mac so this is a WEE bit frustrating!

May 20 - Some lovely flowers my husband bought me. What a beautiful bouquet it was... I love the sunflowers and the contrast of these gorgeous purple ones too! And look at those funky spiney ones too!

May 21 - Lovely :) Our daughter and I got hair cuts. Both new styles, she's got some swept over bangs. Doesn't she look great?

May 22 - Rainy Day - We had two straight days of rain this week. On this day, our youngest had the day off from school, and he joined Daddy outside. My husband was finishing up his Bible study and our youngest went out there to draw :)

May 23 - Rain on the Day Lilies - I love how the water beads in different ways on the leaves.

May 24 - Cherry Blossoms! And after the rain, the blossoms come. This is my favourite shot all week. You'll have to click on it to make it larger. I love the light, I love the bokeh in the background and the detail on the cherry blossoms. This is our sour cherry tree that I love so much. Awesome pies and jam!

May 25 - Tulip. My favourite color of our tulips. I wish MORE of these gorgeous burgundy ones would grow!

May 26 - Ball Hockey Babes. Our daughter and one of the other coaches daughter's. These girls love each other a lot. Check out her light blue eyes too! She's a cutie!

Short and sweet tonight since it took me so long to get it done! Thanks gang!

Cheerful Daisies

Just as the saying goes, April showers bring May flowers and at Flourishes -- we are watching the daisies sprout! Just take a trip to see all of our Flourishes designers today and you're sure to be inspired as they show off our creations using our set Gerber Daisies!
Here is mine....

What I love about Gerbera Daisies is the vibrancy you can find in some of their flowers. So many colors and varieties and an abundance of color! I wanted to give these that cheerful theme. Coloring is done with Flourishes New Letraset Aqua - Watercolor markers. I am having a lot of fun re-learning how to watercolor again :) I'm a little out of practise! But these markers are deeply pigmented and with such control because of the tips, and easy to blend with the blending pen.

I used this months' SFYTT from Jen and just tipped the main panel because of the style of bouquet which shares a bit of that diagonal design. The papers are MME - Howdy Doody.

Some new ribbon in the store, and this awesome Prima Monarch Flower Center (on sale!).

Now head on over to see what the rest of the Design Team has cooked up with these daisies this Friday!

And, if you like what you see on their blogs, you should know that today and tomorrow only - you can add this set to your collection for 20% off! Just use the code DAISY at the time of check out!

Go Forth and Eat Cake

Good evening on a lovely Victoria Day for us in Canada. Which means, we had a long weekend, and it was a good one! Family time, dinner with friends, kids with friends over, my husband and our middle son joining other Dads and sons in the youth group for paint-ball, all good stuff.

I managed to SQUEEK in the TCP Challenge from this past week tonight. It's a Sketch Challenge and I made a fun little HB card - as in Happy Birthday.

I thought it had a sort of Americana look - in a fresh new palette. Mr. Bunny is colored with Copics and paired with MME Dolled Up DP, with some stitching and scalloped accents. Because the paper has some woodgrain in it I highlighted that on the "hb" circle with a woodgrain texture plate, and then mimiced that in the corduroy button.

So I encourage all of you....Go Forth and Eat Cake! Birthday or not! :)

Thanks for dropping by!

Stamps - TCP - Forget about the Cake; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Paper: Flourishes Classic White, Soft Sky, MME - Dolled Up; Accessories: Big Shot, Woodgrain Textured Impressions Plate, Eyelet Scalloped Punch, Corduroy Button, Twine, Seam Binding, Sewing Machine, Copic Markers - R35, R37, R32, C1, C3, C5, B01, B05, B07, Y38

Make A Splash - 'Cause You're Fabulous!

A happy Monday to you! And a special Happy Birthday to Jessica Knutsen of There She Goes Stamps!

Tomorrow is her Birthday and we're hopping to celebrate! Jessica I hope you have a great time and a great day! Hugs to you! And, as always I love your stamps! :)

Thought I'd do something fun and whimsical for the celebration :) I pulled out TSG's Make a Splash set and did a little loose watercoloring with Letraset markers to create this underwater scene, cutting out the characters and popping them up. By loose I mean not overly blended, a little more earthy feeling (if that makes sense :) I sponged the circle shape adding some seaweed along the bottom to give it an underwater feel, and also adding seaweed to the lower sentiment (from another TSG set - Fabulous). And I've got a bubbly/circle theme going on in the paper, embossing, shapes and embellishing.

I used a recent Denconstructing Jen sketch for the layout.

Now, join us for the rest of this Big Birthday Bash Hop! Click on the links below!

Project 365 - Week 20

It was a very full and fulfilling week at our place. Here are the pictures to prove it! Any too small for you can be clicked on.

May 13 - Mother's Day! Here's my mom with us (her two kids - my brother far left top, and myself, plus all her grandchildren, our three and my brother and sister in law's two. My niece is frowning a little, and our youngest has bubble gum between his teeth....but overall a nice shot! :) It was a lovely day where the men cooked us steak, twice baked potatoes, salads and meringues, custard and berries for dessert. Delicious. I'm so grateful to be a mom to these three kids!

May 14 - Grapevine Hyacinth. Such a delicate little flower! I love their little seeded purpley-blue heads.

May 15 - Greenhouse Day! Our planting trip takes us to a huge greenhouse south of our city where we buy our bedding plants, tomato plants and any perennials we might need. Just look at this amazing display of the different colors of coleus! Amazing! I love going here.

May 16 - AWANA Year End Banquet - Our youngest son goes to the mid-week program at Church called AWANA and it was the year end banquet with a pirate theme. Is he not the cutest "tough" pirate? The eyeliner moustache and soul patch is wearing off a little.....and below is my beloved who also dressed up for the occasion, he's trying to snarl which cracks me up!

May 17 - Double Blossom Crabapple - This tree that sits outside our office at Church is AMAZING. It produces the most beautiful blooms and for a few days in May (depending on the wind!), it's drool-worthy so I had to snap a few shots.

May 18 - A little spot to read - A spot on our front porch area where you can soak in the afternoon sun and read a little.

May 19 - Bleeding Heart - Such a unique flower. This one is just starting to bloom.

Lemonade

Lemonade. Could there be a more perfect summer drink? On my dream-house porch that I've fashioned in my head we'd be sitting on the porch and sipping a nice lemonade and chatting. Sounds nice doesn't it?

Well, now we can do that in card form :) This gorgeous little lemonade service is brought to you by Flourishes new set - On the Porch. I had a lot of fun coloring it up in some sunny yellows and soft blue greens for the glass. The papers are MME Fiddlesticks. And I love the combination of yellows, purples and soft blues. This Spellbinders' die is stunning too, super detailed (Splendid Circles) And the satin finish cotton ribbon, Jovial button and rhinestones are also from the FLLC Store. I paper pieced the dishtowel/napkin and add a little color to the accent seams with a copic.

Copics used:

+ Y0000 and Y26

BG0000, BG11, BG70

Remember today is the LAST day you can purchase the May New Release Bundle of Sets at a discount.

A HUGE Shout Out today to our very special Flourishes Shipping Guy Mike Caruso! What a wonderful guy he is, (so much more than just the "shipping guy"). He's such a giving and supportive husband to Jan Marie. He's so good to all of us in the Flourishes Family, and today is his Birthday! Mike you are a blessing! I pray for a year ahead of joy, fulfillment, health, and hope for you! Thank you so much for all you do for us.

Join the rest of the Flourishes Senior Design Team for their Flourishes Friday creations!