New52 (Yes, I'm still alive!)

I know I haven't been here in a while but we've had a ton of stuff going on over the past couple months and now I'm just trying to catch up.

Here are the NINE New52's that I have missed posting. I will admit that a few are pretty lame but I've been too busy to think too hard about this. LOL!

Week 12 - Meeting Brooklyn my new grand-niece. I know I mentioned it before but here is the New52 post for it. This is me holding this mushy little bundle of joy.

 

 

 

Week 13 - Making Filler Cards for Project Life. I know I did another post on this but here it is again but with a new card. I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut the Fabulous and a Stampin Up stamp and punch for the butterfly

 



 

 

 

Week 14 - This one is not very exciting... nope, not at all!! But it was necessary and I did the job all by myself. I hung these towel racks from Ikea to hold my growing supply of punches. After finishing the job I realized I will need at least another two!!

 

 

 

 

Week 15 - There is no photo for this one but I got a new client for my bookkeeping business. Her name is Tawnee and she is a VERY inspiring woman. I look forward to working with her for a long time to come.


Week 16 - There is no photo for this one either. I booked our Alaska cruise! We are celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary next week and we needed to do SOMETHING special so we're going in September to Alaska. (That will be another New52 for me at the time!)


Week 17 - My kids had surprised me with tickets for Cirque Du Soleil's Amaluna on my birthday and we finally got to go this week!! I had never been to one before and what an incredible treat it was. Lots of fun with my kids too. Here's us just before we left.

 

 

 

Week 18 - Scraping the bottom of the barrel for this one as this week was SO busy trying to get our rental house ready for sale. But I did try a new restaurant with the kids - one of their favourites. Kinjo sushi restaurant. It was really good and very fast. Yummy!

 

 

Week 19 - Went to my regular monthly Stampin' Up card night and learned how to do double embossing. It was confusing as I don't have a Big Shot and never use embossing folders so I didn't really "get" it but I LOVED the result!

 

 

 

 

Week 20- My Mother's Day was quiet but fun. My son, Corey, and his boyfriend were over for a simple hotdog dinner. LOL! Cor brought a new game with him named Quelf and we had an absolute gas playing it. It's similar to Cranium but very, very strange. The photo below is of my game piece - Super Ninja Monkey. I know she was a girl because of her pink bow.

 

 

I have to add one more for Week 20 as it was very special. Corey gave me flowers and chocolates for Mother's Day. That really made me smile as it was a real first!

A New Card (Finally) - Mar 14, 2013

I finally got to work and made a new card. This is the prototype and I will make a whole bunch using all different colours.

 

I used Stampin' Up's butterfly stamp and matching punch and also Creative Memories' square punch.

 

I actually punched the small black squares from the black mat before so I wouldn't waste paper. This is a great way to use up coloured cardstock scraps.

New52 - Feb 16, 2013

Thought maybe I should catch up my New52 posts. I have Week 6 and 7 to add.

Week 6 - I hosted my first ever Stampin Up party. I go once a month to a rep's house and the attendees share the hosting duties. Feb 9 was my turn and I'm getting so much free stuff it's insane. I will take a photo of everything I get next month.

Anyway, I had a really good time with the ladies and we made this card (I'm receiving this stamp set for free!):

Week 7 - This week's New52 is completely different. In case you don't know, I'm a bookkeeper and I run my own business (with my daughter) from home. I have been looking for new clients and I got one this week! Here is a link to her Linked In bio: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jannette-anderson/0/1a4/869

So, what did YOU do this week?

Photo Project - Feb 12, 2013

Catching up on my 365 Photo Project here. I was sick for a little while this past week so didn't actually manage to get them all taken on the right days but I AM all caught up!!

037 - Backlit (Not my best effort. Will have to work at this.)

 

038 - Use Your Senses (Yummy!)

 

039 - More Than One (A batch of cards I made for Mom.)

 

 

040 - Through the Looking Glass (Yeah, that's me. Hiding. LOL!)

 

041 - In the Garage (Not much exciting in the garage.)