Happy Wednesday! I hope you're all having a great week! Spring seems to have finally arrived here. Though I won't say for sure that we won't see snow again! Anything is possible in Alberta! Trevor and I went on an amazing hike with our friend Annie on the weekend. The weather was perfect! Not a cloud in sight, almost no wind and the most beautiful views. It was one of my favourite hikes. There was at least 6 feet of snow where we were. If you broke through you went down to your butt and your foot still wasn't touching the ground! It was crazy! We couldn't believe it. But I truly believe that the mountains are prettier with snow.
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #633
Happy Wednesday! I hope you're all having a great week! Spring seems to have finally arrived here. Though I won't say for sure that we won't see snow again! Anything is possible in Alberta! Trevor and I went on an amazing hike with our friend Annie on the weekend. The weather was perfect! Not a cloud in sight, almost no wind and the most beautiful views. It was one of my favourite hikes. There was at least 6 feet of snow where we were. If you broke through you went down to your butt and your foot still wasn't touching the ground! It was crazy! We couldn't believe it. But I truly believe that the mountains are prettier with snow.
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #632
Happy Wednesday! I hope you're having a great start to your week! We had a beautiful weekend and a lovely start to the week and then the forecast said snow. I'm pretty much done with snow - at least on my lawn! It's not supposed to last and temperatures are supposed to be above freezing so I'm hopeful it won't stick around!
Cardstock: Hammermill Coverstock, Bermuda Bay, Gold Foil,
Have an amazing day!
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #631
Happy Wednesday! I hope you're having a great start to the week! Did you get to see the eclipse this week? We live on the Western side of Canada so we just saw a partial eclipse. It didn't last long but it was still neat to see. We had blue, cloudless skies so it was easy to see (with the special glasses of course!).
Cardstock: Hammermill White Coverstock
You have until Monday at 1 PM EST to enter into the challenge!
Have an amazing day!
Jen
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #630
Happy Wednesday! I hope you're having a great week! It's spring break week here so my boys are off and loving it. The boys went skiing yesterday (I had to work) and I think they had a blast! I'm glad they're able to do a few days trips while they're off. I'm hoping today we can get out for a hike but the weather is all over the map and they're calling for rain. I don't even know the last time it rained (seriously, it barely rained a drop last year). It's then supposed to snow tomorrow. A little bit of each season this week! We were in capris and tshirts on Monday and Tuesday! Welcome to spring in Calgary!
Cardstock: Hammermill White Coverstock, Pacific Point, Coastal Cabana, Mango Melody, Pineapple Punch, Pink Pirouette, Flirty Flamingo
Jen
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #629
Happy Wednesday! Hope you're having a great week so far! We are deep in snow here in western Canada. We got a lot of snow over the last week and I'm so ready for it to be done. Yesterday was cold and windy and I'm trying to tell myself that spring will come eventually!!! We do need the moisture as we're starting spring in drought conditions but at this point I will take rain!!!
Cardstock: Hammermill Coverstock White, Perfect Plum
Jen
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #628
Jen
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #627
Happy Wednesday! I hope you're having a great week! We have emerged from winter and have been enjoying some beautiful weather! Warm temperatures and lots of sunshine! My husband I went skiing on the weekend and had the best time! The weather and conditions were perfect! Probably our best skiing adventure in a long time!
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Cardstock: Hammermill White Coverstock
Have an amazing day!
Jen
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Freshly Made Sketches #626
Happy Wednesday! I hope you're having a great week so far! March has come into Calgary like a raging lion. We started off the month with lots of snow and super cold temperatures. I am sure hoping that March goes out like a lamb but this is Canada, I won't hold my breath. We do desperately need the snow - we are already looking at a drought so any snow is better than no snow I guess!
Jen
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #625
Cardstock: Hammermill White Coverstock, Blushing Bride, Highland Heather, Basic Black
Jen
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #624
Happy Wednesday! Here were are again at another Wednesday! We've had a beautiful week and it looks like the next week or so will be nice as well! That being said, we've had so little snow this year. Everything is dry and I heard (this cannot be confirmed) that the wildfires are already smouldering north of Jasper (Alberta). As much as I don't really like getting a dumping of snow, we need precipitation desperately. Maybe it will be a wet spring but I won't hold my breath.
Cardstock: Hammermill White Coverstock, Daffodil Delight (SU), Gold Foil (SU)
Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and join in our challenge! If you need some inspiration you will definitely find it there!
You have until Monday at 3 PM EST to join in our challenge!
Have an amazing day!
Jen
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #623
Hello and Happy Valentine's Day!
Happy Wednesday! I hope you're having a great week and celebrating Heart Day well! I will be celebrating with my kids tonight. Then I'll be taking my youngest to a soccer practice! I hope the coaches wives weren't expecting a romantic night because their husbands are going to be coaching a bunch of teen boys instead!
We've got a brand new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches! Our hostess this week is the amazing Linda Callahan! Linda is always so creative and her cards are so pretty so head over to her blog to send her some love!
Cardstock: Hammermill White Coverstock, Daffodil Delight, Blushing Bride, Gold Foil, Rose Gold Foil
Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and join in our challenge this week! You have until next Monday at 3 PM EST to get your card in our challenge!
If you need some inspiration, you will definitely find it on the blog! There are some beautiful cards posted by the Design Team! Those ladies always amaze me!
We can't wait to see what you create this week!
Have an amazing day!
Jen
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #622
Happy Wednesday! I hope you're having a great week so far! We've gone from super warm and lovely to slightly below freezing but still beautifully sunny. We got some snow on the weekend - which was much needed but still a change from last week's spring like weather. The temperatures are supposed to stay cooler this week and then rise again next week. Strangest weather ever.
Jen
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #621
I hope you're having a great week! We are still experiencing the joys of a chinook! It's been above freezing and sunny most days so we are basking in the warmth and getting out as much as possible. I can't believe how nice it's been. I've heard that some places haven't seen the sun in weeks. I do not miss that part of living in Ontario. I remember you could go week and weeks and it would be gloomy and damp.
Cardstock: Basic Black, Hammermill White Cover Stock, Daffodil Delight
Thanks so much for stopping by today. Please head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and join in our challenge! We always love seeing the cards that you post! If you need some inspiration, you'll definitely find it on the blog!
I hope you have an amazing day!
Jen
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #620
Happy Wednesday! I hope you're having a great week so far! The weather has finally warmed up and the sun has finally come out! I have never been so excited. My youngest son and I went grocery shopping on Monday and the wind was so bitter. It warmed up almost 20 degrees between Monday and Tuesday! I'll take it!
Jen
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #619
Happy Wednesday! I hope you're having a great week so far! We are just sort of exiting from the polar vortex that had trapped Alberta in a state of deep freeze for the last week. I have never been so glad to see temperatures that read -20C! The good thing is that the sun shines the entire time so I did get out for a walk one day despite it being bitterly cold. We now have some snow in the forecast which doesn't do a whole lot for me since snow removal in Alberta leaves a little to be desired!!!
Cardstock: Hammermill White Coverstock, Basic Black
Ink: All Distress Oxides - Twisted Citron, Shabby Shutters, Mowed Lawn, Broken China, Uncharted Mariner, Lost Shadow, Hickory Smoke , Frayed Burlap, Gathered Twigs, Black Soot
Jen
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #618
Happy Wednesday! I hope you had a great week! I started work yesterday and am excited to see how this will go! I'll have to share a bit more next week when I have a few more days under my belt!
Cardstock: Hammermill Coverstock (White), Basic Black
Jen