Owl Cake Pops

I have the best friends! One of them made me cake pops!

RTB72 - Red Blue Green

TGIF, TGIF!!! What a fabulous weekend this is going to be here in Vancouver! The weather has picked back up and we are going to end our summer with awesome weather.

This week at Raise the Bar, we want to see your primary colours of red, blue and green.

I really, really wanted to stay away from Christmas/winter cards... but I still ended up making a Christmas card anyway! LOL Ahhh well, it's my first holiday card of 2011. Might as well get a head start! ;)

Hope to see you playing along with us! If you upload to any online galleries, please label RTB72 for your keywords.

To see what the other Bar-tenders have created, please check out all of their blogs below:

Anita
Jan
Joni
Wanda

For further information and to see what our Guest Designers have made, check out the blog.

I hope that you enjoy your weekend! Xoxo

Supplies:
Paper - Be Merry (My Mind's Eye), Real Red, Kiwi Kiss, Cool Caribbean cardstock (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories - snowman, merry sentiment die cuts (My Mind's Eye), embossing folder (Provo Craft), Top Note die (Sizzix/Stampin' Up!), buttons (misc), white pen (Ranger)

Hoot hoot! OWL Canada

Hi there, friends! So here are some of those photos I wanted to show you... I have been waiting for the perfect day to go to OWL Canada out in Delta, B.C., but have never had a chance to or something else has come up.



Owl Canada is a rehabilitation centre for raptors. The birds that we got to see included falcons, vultures, eagles and of course owls!!!


You see this little guy, he means some serious business. His name is Piggy and I'm now a proud sponsor of him and his other cagemates (Kermit and Serenity).


Thanks for stopping by and checkin' out my "hooters. " LOL I couldn't help it :P

Just Peeking In ;)

Woot woot - it's already Wednesday!

Just thought I'd "peek" in and show you a sneaky of my weekend. I'm still in the process of downloading some photos so bare with me, I promise the wait is so worth it!

Salt + Pepper: Whimsie Doodles Guest Designer Part II

Hey there, readers!

I hope you've had a great start to your week so far. I had such a busy weekend and look forward to showing you some photos tomorrow. :D

I'm showcasing another card I made as the August Whimsie Doodles Guest Designer. Who knew you could do so much with just a salt and pepper shaker?? lol

The concept is quite simple, but the context means so much. I made it more so for a loved one (to be used for a future Valentine's), but I can see all the possibilities of friend cards in my head already.

Thanks for dropping by; see you tomorrow.

Supplies:
Stamps - Salt & Pepper Shakers (Whimsie Doodles digi)
Paper & Ink - Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black, Crumb Cake (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories - doily (Wilton), heart die (Quickutz), glitter glue (Stickles), ribbon & vintage brad, embossing folder (Stampin' Up!)

RTB71 - Beat the Heat

Happy, happy Friday!!!

I hope that you've all had a great week and as always - thanks for joining me today. *grin*

The Bar-tenders are milking the last couple of weeks of summer at Raise the Bar and this week, we'd love to see your projects that beat the heat. Make a project that has an ice cream, popsicle or any cold treat!

Hope to see you playing along with us! If you upload to any online galleries, please label RTB71 for your keywords.

To see what the other Bar-tenders have created, please check out all of their blogs below:

Anita
Jan
Joni
Wanda

For further information and to see what our Guest Designers have made, check out the RTB blog.

Hope you enjoy the beach or do something out in the sun this weekend!

Supplies:
Stamps - sentiment (Stampendous)
Ink - Versafine (Tsukineko)
Paper - It's a Shore Thing (Imaginisce), Dusty Durango, Marina Mist, Groovy Guava cardstock (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories - Cuttlebug embossing folder (Provo Craft), Labels 2, circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), ribbon (Stampin' Up)

Whimsie Doodles August Guest Designer

Welcome, Thursday! :D

I have fun news to share with you today: I'm the August Guest Designer over at Whimsie Doodles!! The August release was an awesome release with a mixture of summer and school inspired images. I've picked and chosen some of my favourites to work with and in fact, you saw one of them yesterday when I made a card with Dig You Leah.

The project that I'm sharing with you today is an altered composition book. I've always been meaning to alter one of those puppies as I've seen some great outcomes with them. I decided to use the bookworm image for my focal point and just worked from there.


I have a few friends who are teachers and plan to make one for each and likely putting their first initial on each book to personalize them. I thought that the apples went so well with the worm!


Have you altered a composition book yet? I'd love to hear/see what you've done. If you haven't - get on it!! LOL They are so much fun and will be well used.

I'll be showing off more Whimsie Doodles projects as the month continues so be sure to check in with me again soon. I'll be back tomorrow with the Raise the Bar Challenge of the week.

Supplies:
Stamps - Bookworm (Whimsie Doodles digi)
Paper - Old Olive, Riding Hood Red & polka dot (Stampin' Up!), apple print paper (K & Company)
Ink - Stampin' Up!
Accessories - rectangle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), ribbon & Decorative Label punch (Stampin' Up!)

A Whimsie Doodles Kinda Summer

Happiest Hump Day, readers!

If you work a 40 hour week such as I do, I hope that the week is going by quickly and you are enjoying the last *whispers* few weeks of summer.

I just wanted to bask in the last few weeks myself and pay an ode to summer with this image from Whimsie Doodles. This plays along with this week’s Whimsie Doodles Challenge in using 3 patterned papers too!

I promise I'll explain more tomorrow... *wink wink* For this layout, I played along with Jen's Deconstructed Sketch:



See you tomorrow for some very fun news! ;)

Supplies:
Stamps – Dig You Leah (Whimsie Doodles digi stamp)
Paper – My Mind’s Eye, Bazzill cardstock
Ink – Cyan and Creamy Brown Versacolor (Tsukineko)
Accessories – Copic markers, Labels Fourteen (Spellbinders), flowers (Prima), rhinestone gems (Kaiser), twine (My Mind’s Eye), Modern label punch (Stampin’ Up!)

RTB70 - Dog Days of Summer

Another week of summer gone past... hope you are all enjoying it! I'm getting ready for a luau that I will be hosting in my apartment near the end of the month. It should be a blast :)

For this week's Raise the Bar Challenge, we are toasting the dog days of summer. Make a project with a furry friend.

I had to admit I was a puzzled at what to do, but at the last minute, I remembered I had stashed away this Basic Grey set. I know it came out a few seasons ago, but it's so darned cute!

Hope to see you playing along with us! If you upload to any online galleries, please label RTB70 for your keywords.

To see what the other Bar-tenders have created, please check out all of their blogs below:

Anita
Jan
Joni
Wanda

For further information and to see what our Guest Designers have made, check out the blog.

For my layout, I played along with Mojo Monday's Sketch 203:

Thanks for popping in. Remember to smile, you'll make someone's day! :D

All supplies by Basic Grey except for:
Stampin' Up cardstock (River Rock, Soft Suede, Early Expresso, Dusty Durango)
Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), loop punch (Martha Stewart), twine (unknown)

Photos, Take 2

Thanks to Ms. Purkey, I downloaded a new app on my iPhone and I love it!!! I know you've seen all these before, but I just think this is so darn cool. LOL

Learn more about it HERE

My username: thanhvo

Weekend Summary

Happy Hump Day!

Just thought I'd pop in and share a bit of my weekend...

I was able to attend one of the many Farmer's Markets here in the Metro Vancouver:


The Beau's family dog also needed a bath because he was a stinky dog... and I just thought the look on his face was priceless:



Hope this made you smile too! xo

The Bar Is Now Open - Anything Goes!

Aloha, friends!

Summer is finally here in Vancouver and I am loving the sun! Raise the Bar Challenges are back and we are ready to serve you everything under the sun! ;)

I was inspired by and the soft shades of summer that I wanted to use it for my project for the Anything Goes theme this week. I'm also still rockin' out those Sparkle Creations images lol. Especially when it's also anything goes this week at SCRS Challenges.


For my layout, I used Jen's Deconstructed Sketch... have you been playing along?


The Copic colours I used to colour Lucy are as seen below:


Hope to see you playing along with us! If you upload to any online galleries, please label RTB69 for your keywords.

To see what the other Bar-tenders have created, please check out all of their blogs below:

Anita
Jan
Joni
Wanda

For further information and to see what our Guest Designers have made, check out the blog.

Thanks for bringing your smile to my blog, enjoy the sun this weekend!

Supplies:
Stamps - Swimming Lucy (Sparkle Creations), sentiment (Hero Arts)
Paper - cardstock (Bazzill), patterened paper (My Mind's Eye)
Ink - Memento (Tsukineko), Creamy Brown (Clearsnap)
Accessories - Copic markers, egde distresser (Heidi Swapp), oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), hibiscus die (Relax alphabet, Quickutz), twine (Limetwist)

Bellingham, WA - 7.31.11 - Chihuahuas

The Beau and I headed down south for a quick shopping trip to pick up a few goods and we finally had the chance to stop by Chihuahuas Mexican restaurant in Ferndale, Washington. The restaurant was recommended to me by a colleague a few years back and now I wonder why we didn't stop by sooner. Great proportions, great service and delish food!

This was my jumbo Pina Colada... sooo tasty and just what I needed on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon.

Mmm... see you next time, Chihuahuas!

Destash the Past August 2011

Hello August 1st!

I'm going to try and enjoy some sun today and I hope that you get out to see some, too! Happy long weekend to my fellow Canadian friends. August 1st also means that it's time to play along with the Destash the Past Challenge.

I have enough supplies again for 4 players and I will mail out the contents as soon as possible. I will take international players too!


If you would like to play along, please follow the instructions below:

• Sign up and send along your mailing address to my email: ms.thanhvo@gmail.com
• Upon receiving the kit contents, you will have about 1-2 weeks to create a project(s)
  
• You may use any image and any other embellishments to add your own flair
• Email your completed project(s) photos to me and post on an online album/blog
  
• Please only sign up if you have the time to complete something as I want to feature all participants' projects on the same day

Thanks for your interest! I look forward to seeing what you come up with.