The Neverending Card

Daniel has a birthday party tomorrow and for the card that he will be giving to his friend, I decided to make a neverending card. I had never made one before and saw it explained in the Stampin Up Consultant's magazine Stampin Success. I watched a video tutorial and knew I could do it. Little did I know how stinkin easy it was to make. Just four simple pieces of cardstock, folded and adhered in a basic pattern and voila!! You have a neverending card, and they way you decorate it is all up to you. The possibilities are endless!!

My card base was Real Red cardstock, I used Celebrations Specialty Designer Series Paper and Quick Accents to decorate the card. For stamps sets I used the Birthday Bakery (a hostess gift) and Whimiscal Words (last years Sale-A-Bration gift set).



Here is part one.

Part two.

Part three.

Part four.

Just a word of warning, kids can't help but constantly play with this card. I had to tell Daniel to put it down before he wore it out and couldn't give it to the person it was intended for.

Winter Photography

Today has been a beautiful sunny day. Freezing cold, but the sun was gorgeous. I said screw the vacuuming, loaded Dalwhinnie and my camera in the van and went for a drive. First I went to Witteveen Friesens out on Governors Road, just by Paris, and sure enough they had some of their prize winning Friesens out.

Witteveen Friesens is a breeder of Friesen horses, and being half Friesen myself I always try to drive by when I can and see if they are out. The Witteveens are world renowned for their breeding stock, Martha Stewart has bought a number of her horses from them. And when these horses are in full run it is stunning to watch. Seeing some of what appeared to be their younger ones out I had to pull over and take some pictures.

Since it was a very cold day, they weren't moving too much but I did get some shots of these beautiful horses and the surrounding country side. I will post a few of them here.

In this first shot, this horse was standing apart from the rest of the herd, and she was so regal. Like she knew I was there with my camera and was posing.

This one is one of the fields adjancent to where they were. In warmer weather there are horses in all of the different fields. I will definitely come back in the spring/summer, when they are all out and a little more lively.

These two stuck close together for warmth. And I don't blame them one single bit. I was out there for five minutes taking some shots, and my fingers were red and numb.




Dalwhinnie was a little put out that I left her in the van, but kudos to her for not barking, which she usually does when left behind. And as a reward for behaving, I took her to a trail along the Grand River where she got to smell all kinds of neat smells and met a new friend, an apricot colored poodle. Unfortunately, I couldn't take my camera on the walk as it is kind of hard trying to take a picture holding onto Dalwhinnie's leash while she is trying to get to the latest and greatest smell.

Valentines Day Treat Boxes

I hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day earlier this week. Since it was a Monday, ours was a little crazy busy. Dave had to drive to Windsor to pick up some friends coming back from a cruise, I had to drive carpool for Laura and crew, Amanda had dance, and we had a couple of extra children over after school/dinner. Whew.

I did manage to make some homemade fudge and put some pieces for each person in these cute little boxes I made. I got the idea from Stampin Up as part of a promotion they had earlier in the year promoting some of their Valentine themed stamps and paper. They were quick and easy to make and oh so cute. I love them.

P.S. if anybody is interested, I have LOTS of fudge. LOL