Old and Neglected Stamps

First off, I wanted to wish you all a Happy Mother's Day! We are headed to my parents' house later for a Mother's Day Brunch. Then, afterwards on to my in-laws. I am hoping to squeeze in some bill-paying and homework sometime in between all the fun!
Since it's Sunday, I've got a card for ya as DT for Christmas Card Challenges. This week, we will be challenging you to use old or neglected stamps.
Now if you've been following my blog for a while now, you've probably noticed that most of my cards do not have sentiments. I'm really bad at using them either because I didn't want to spend money on them or I wanted to keep the card open for any occasion. So, for this challenge, I decided to use one of my sentiments stamps.
I used all of the sentiments found on the TGF stamp set of A Cheeky Christmas. For the papers, I used some stash. And added some stickler for my 'embellishments.'
Cheers!

Happy Mother's Day.

My friend, Alison, once posted that she is a Stay-At-Home-Mom four days a week. Thought this was so clever so I hope you don't mind if I borrow the term, A!
I am lucky enough to have the best of both worlds (well, almost). I work full time three days of the week, and have four days home with my babies. Of course, most days, I am still 'recovering' from either job but for the most part, I have gotten used to it. My hubby is such a big help...I really am very lucky to have him!
And of course, there's my mom. She watches the boys when I'm at work on weekdays. It amounts to about 2 11-hour days for her. And although she's retired, she is very active in her social life. She loves to catch up with friends and still regularly visits her old job. She drives and picks up MK at the preschool, and then makes sure that dinner is cooked not only for her, my dad, and my sis...but also for my family. I get teary-eyed just thinking about how much she does, and how fortunate I am.
My mom and I haven't always gotten along. She was very strict when I was growing up. I was the eldest, and her first 'teen challenge.' I had been a good kid for the most part, but was considered the black sheep of the family having disobeyed a lot of the rules.
Now that I am a mother myself, I appreciate her so much more. And I hope that my kids never go through that talking back stage (who am I kidding??).
The card was created using scraps and Some Odd Girl's Baby Snuggle Kaylee. She was colored with Copics. And the other star of the card is a felt flower hand-made by Cathy from CatShy Crafts. I just love her creations!
And lastly, I would love to thank my sons, MK and O, for making my childhood dream come true. From a very early age, I had always dreamed of being a mother. And had a terrible fear of not being able to bear children. It hasn't always been easy but I absolutely love being one. This video/ commercial says it all... "The hardest job is the best job."

Happy Mother's Day weekend everybody!
Rinne <3

Humorous Christmas Card.

Hi peeps!
Well, it's Sunday again! And it just happens to be my 'weekend on' at work. So sorry for the super quickie post.
The Challenge today for the Christmas Card Challenge is Humor! I thought this 3 Kings stamp was pretty funny (I think it's from Stampendous). Their quirky smiles and angular robes are hilarious! :)
So sorry that I have to run! I am pretty much nodding off here... so tired after a long work day.
Have a blessed day!
Love,

Tanya's card.

Didn't April just fly by?...

Pic is from my iPhone app Project 365.
I have another card for my lovely bloggy friend, Tanya. Tanya and I 'met' when we were team mates for a challenge over at TGF about two and half years ago. Since then, we've been sending each other cards and visiting each other's blogs on a regular basis. It's so nice to be able to share this hobby with women who completely understand the love for making cards! :)

A few months ago, Tanya talked about how she hasn't been able to blog because the weather has been nice and that she had been playing outdoors with her family. I had been feeling sad about not having the time to craft between my responsibilities at home and at work. And although I was still meeting my goal of posting/ crafting three times a week, I was envious of those who were making cards daily . T's post had convinced me that it was ok not to be able to do everything and that I was faring well with my one-word this year (at least in this department :)).

Thought these outdoors-y papers/ stickers/ brad from American Crafts were perfect. Doesn't SOG's Heartsy Mae look like she's thinking about planning the day's excursions? Isn't that just like a mom? Hee hee! I hope you had a great bday, T!
Toodles,

Current Events.

Hello, everyone!
I colored this image of Wryn - Grow a Little Love a while back so I am glad to finally make a card with her.
I'm entering this card for Tiddly Inks' Challenge 85 - Saying Thanks!
It's also for the Deconstructed Sketch No. 50. This sketch was tricky for me as i wanted to show most of the Cosmo Cricket papers.

In other news, I received this wonderful award from Cathy.

The Liebster Award is usually passed on from a small blog to another small blog (under 200 followers) to help spread the love! I'm so grateful you thought of me, Cathy! I am so honored!
Cathy and I 'met' in SIS TV, which unfortunately, have closed. I have always admired her scrapbook pages, and am especially impressed by her digital scrapping and photography. Cathy has recently opened up her Etsy store, Catshy Crafts. I really love her felt creations so I hope you check out her store! She and I have a little collaboration cooking up, and I can't wait to tell/ tease ya more about it later! Hee hee!

And now, to pass on the Liebster Award...
1. My BFF'ers, Jo of JoBoogie Stamping.
2. My good bloggy friend, Sheena of KanataNewf - Time Well Wasted.
3. My darling scrappy friend, Ady of Live, Laugh, Love, Scrap.
4. My fellow bliss-ful friend, Lalo of Crafting in La-La Land.
5. And my new cute friend, Eva of Crafting This and That.

Hope you all have a wonderful day!