Happy Retirement!

My dear friend Jane, the Administrative Assistant at the school where I worked, is retiring! I attended a wonderful party for her and she will be greatly missed. I made this card as it makes me happy...Contented Mudpie. I think she will be one contented lady once she is out of the school.
I will enter it into the following challenges:
Housemouse-challenge: summer
Stampin for the weekend: my fav things....rolled flowers, nesties, House Mice, copics
PIO: circles
Phindy's Friday: circles
Oldie But a Goodie: anything goes

What is in my garden???

Rosanne once posted on her blog a question asking what was growing in our gardens. I immediately went out and took lots of pictures and then took time to stop and "smell the roses". I don't think we do enough of that. Thanks Rosanne!!

Stanley Cup Finals

I must admit that neither the Vancouver Canucks nor the Boston Bruins are on my regular radar for watching a good game of hockey....however there is something about the playoffs and the final game that causes me to get back to the game! Was I cheering for the Canucks because they are "Canadian"  or the favourite team to win....I don't think I really had a deep inner rage for either team. I understand that many of the Boston Bruins are Canadian.  I respect that they were able to rally and get what they wanted...the Lord Stanley Cup....the cherry on top of all games....so congratulations go out to the Boston Bruins , one of the original six!
Oh yeah....how long until the season starts back up again????

Flower Girl

Oh, how I love the Pure Innocence stamps

for MFT!  I had taken a paper piecing class from my favourite instructor, Joanne and enjoyed the technique so much, I tried it on my own. Thanks K for loaning me your stamp! I used Pink Paislee paper (love those watermelons!), an EK punch, some ribbon, bling, and Copic Markers. I will enter her into the following  challenges:

A Spoon full of Sugar: flower power
Cute Card Thursday : embellish it
Totally Papercrafts : get fruity
Lili of the Valley : punch it up
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge : lots of circles
Fab n Funky : what'eva
Crafts and Me : punch it out
Penny's Challenges : here comes summer
Joyful Stamper : anything goes
Stampinsanity : anything goes

Chatelaine Comes through....

We should find out today whether our mail will continue or stop abruptly. The postal workers are still negotiating and tonight's the strike deadline.  I was pleasantly surprised today when I opened my mailbox to find the July issue of Chatelaine!!! Now that's thinking ahead!! June's edition was chalk full of scrumptious recipes!! Anyone else get more mail than usual???