Spring has Sprung

 What a beautiful way to start the first day of spring! When we woke up this morning, 

the whole town was covered by dense fog .....

 

......as if mother nature is sprinkling the budding trees and sprouting tulip bulbs 

with teeny tiny droplets of water.

A sure sign of new life!

Easy as 1...2...3

How easy and fun can this be? A pattern + an image + a sentiment challenge from CAS-ual Fridays - a fool-proof formula  I can always go to whenever I have limited time to design a card.

I used a boarder punch to make the narrow loop design and attached it to a colored stock card to create a pattern then stamped a tree on the white space and finally added the sentiment on the colored card stock.

Voila! Another CAS card for any occasion!


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Weekend Dans le Pays du Vin

NIAGARA WINE COUNTRY

WHERE WE WENT

WHAT WE DID

WHAT WE CAPTURED

THE COST : PRICELESS!

A Retro Thanks

I can't believe it's Sunday already. It seems only yesterday when we were packing for a four-day-vacation and now we are loading the washing machine with the laundry from our vacation!

I'll  tell you more about the fun trip we had on another post. Today I just want to share this Thank You card I did for my hubby for making our vacation a memorable one, us usual ....

The colors are inspired by THE PLAY DATE CAFE. I matched the retro colors with this retro-designed stamp from Inkadinkado.

Thank you dear. Can't wait for our next adventure!

Cheers!

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Gone Wining and Dining

I am so excited and I just can"t hide it!

 Finally, a short break from work!

Dear hubby and I will be on our way shortly to Niagara Wine Country for some "wining" and "dining".

Included in our itinerary is wine tasting here....

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Cheers!

For Sentimental Reasons

Thanks to this nasty cold I am nursing since Thursday, I allowed myself to be still, rest {yeah. like lying down for many hours} and listen to what my tired body is telling me. I hate boredom but honestly today I am grateful for...

... the warmth of our goose down comforter

... warm shower

... cough syrup followed by ice-cold pineapple juice every 4 hours

... hot and sour sinigang soup

... Betty and Veronica comics

... hugs from hubby

    AND

... a bit of craft time to finish this card for CAS-usal Fridays!

I hope you are enjoying your weekend!

Mei Ann

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Spring Colors

Two more weeks and we will officially welcome Spring 2012! Personally I can't wait when birds begin to sing again and colorful flowers start to bloom.Gray and black will be replaced by pastel colors such us these....

Are these colors lovely or what? I am down with a nasty cold  since Thursday but these soft spring colors from Embellish Magazine somewhat perked me up to spend a couple of hours in my craft studio. Here's the card I managed to finish in between {coughing} and {sniffling}.

Time for another glass of orange juice! Thanks for dropping by.

Mei Ann

February Highlights

Love is definitely in the air!

Cure for the Winter Blues

I can't complain.

This year's winter is one of the mildest we had in the last 5 years - I can count the number of heavy snow days in one hand. I would say it was generally tolerable except this last 2 weeks when the temperature dropped to -18 degrees Celsius {which by the way is considered normal here in the great white north in winter time!}.

Here's the view from my front porch last week and in times like this, paper crafting is top of mind. Incidentally, Moxie Fab World is hosting a "Cure for the Winter Blues" challenge - make a paper craft project using navy blue as the focal point. Here's my take....

If crafting is my cure for winter blues. what's yours?

Cheers!

Mei Ann

Off to Ottawa

What a week! The last 4 days have been so busy at work both for me and dear hubby. We're out the door by 6:15 AM {to beat the morning traffic!} and will not return @ home sweet home until 7 PM. Just enough time to have dinner and by 9:30 both of us are ready to hit the bed to recharge! Friday comes and no time to slow down. In 2 hours, I am on my way to Ottawa .... no, not for pleasure {maybe a little bit} but for another business trip ....

I'm not complaining though. Not a bit. I love what I do and I truly enjoy the company of my colleagues  who will be with me on this meeting. And of course, Ottawa is beautiful specially in winter ....

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Happy Friday!

Mei Ann

Leap Day

Today is Leap day ... woot woot ... 

an extra day on our hands to take advantage of. Since leap day occurs once every four years,

I thought this day calls for a celebration so hubby
and I had a simple dinner in downtown Toronto after work. 

How about you how did you spend Leap Day?

Pun Intended

Don't you just love receiving funny cards? I do! 

When I saw CAS-ual Fridays' Jest for the Pun of It current challenge, 

I just have to make one.

The sentiment is from my Fiskars' Latte Love collection which became a staple

here in my studio every time I'm designing a card for a dear friend.

I hope you are enjoying the sun on this Sunday {no pun intended} afternoon!

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