Happy Mother's Day!

"If roses grow in Heaven Lord, please pick a bunch for me. Place them in my Mother's arms and tell her they're from me. Tell her that I love and miss her, and when she turns to smile, place a kiss upon her cheek and hold her for awhile. Because remembering her is easy, I do it every day, but there is an ache within my heart that will never go away." 

Henderika Posthumus nee Van Duinen

Nov. 17, 1913 - Jan. 27, 1983

Love you and miss you and think of you often.

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Better late than never!

Here are the valentine easel cards I made for Sierra and Brooke.  I forgot to take pictures before I gave them the cards so had to wait to take a picture when I had my camera with me at their house.

The cards were very easy to make - I just used my MS punches and added some metallic red hearts.  The girls loved their cards.

Here is a pic of my 2 precious granddaughters:

I did something really dumb today - I mailed cards to the girls today and I did it again!  I forgot to take a picture of them.  DUH!!  The cards I made are tent cards.  I'll have to wait to take pictures of them again.  I'm glad my daughter is keeping all the cards I've made for the girls.  She will be making a scrapbook with them for Sierra and Brooke.

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Word verification

I have had to turn on word verification for all comments on my posts.  I have been getting a lot of "anonymous" comments with links in them.  I'm sorry I had to do this but better safe than sorry.  I hope this does not stop you from leaving a comment.

Oma

Awesome blog candy!

Michelle is offering up some awesome blog candy to celebrate 2 years of blogging.  It ends on April 1st - no fooling!  Good luck - remember - ya gotta be in it to win it!

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Valentine treat boxes

I had a blast this morning making these for my 2 granddaughters.  I made 2 red boxes and 1 pink box.  I will be filling them with Hershey Kisses.

I got the instructions here from Dawn.  Dawn has some awesome tutorials on her blog. 

I made mine a little bit bigger as illustrated by Melissa.

Here are the pics:

Materials used:  The pink ribbon is from my stash as well as the pink and red cardstock.  I used a corner punch and a Martha Stewart Eyelet Heart punch which I was lucky enough to get when Michael's had the MS punches marked down by 30%.  The red heart satin ribbon I bought at my LNS.  Both the LNS and Michael's are close to where I work so I shop on my lunch hour.

Here is a close up of that gorgeous MS punch:

I have a feeling I will be using this punch more often for anniversaries etc.

More 2009 faves!

The card and matching gift box was made for my daughter for Mother's Day.  I have yet to make the bracelet with her daughter's names to put in the gift box.  I am planning on making a 2 strand bracelet for her.  Hopefully I will get the bracelet made before this years' Mother's Day.

This card was made for a blogging friend who is a cross stitcher; sings in a choir and was also born in the Netherlands.  I used a cuttlebug folder for the embossing and stamped the flower portion of the tulip image twice and popped it up over the original image.  I had the music note charm in my stash.  I also used a Nestibilities dye that the image is stamped on.  The recipient was quite pleased with the card.

Anna/Oma

Some of my favourite cards and projects from 2009.

Card for my granddaughter Brooke

Heart shaped chocolate popsicles that I embellished with the Heart Nestibility from Spellbinders.  They were a big hit with my 2 granddaughters.

Valentine Card for my daughter.

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Valentine card for my son who loves music.

Card for my other granddaughter, Sierra.

Another valentine card.

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Update on me

I  felt great all day yesterday and managed to get through the day without napping in the afternoon.  Today I had planned on doing all the laundry that has piled up but only managed to get 4 loads done.  At 4 p.m. I could not keep my eyes open longer and had a power nap that lasted for an hour and 15 minutes.  I then had some supper but now I feel like I could just crawl right back into bed.  It is only 7 p.m. right now so going to bed this early is not a very good idea.  I would be wide awake and raring to go by 2 a.m.   I am still hoping to start back to work tomorrow but doubt very much I will last the entire shift.  The Dr. told me I would have spells of exhaustion and feeling very tired until the end of the month.  Luckily this is a somewhat slow time of year at work and my boss is OK with the fact I might not last the entire day.  The Dr. told me not to push myself too hard or I would end up being sick again.  I don't think that the insurance company who will be paying my short term disability would be very happy with me if I had another extended sick leave from work.

My next post will highlight the cards and projects I made in 2009 that I am the most pleased with.

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I`m back!

Without going into a lot of detail, I just wanted to let everyone know that I spent a week in the hospital with Right Upper Lobe Pneumonia.  Not a pleasant experience at all!  I became ill on Thursday, Dec. 31 and was admitted to the hospital on January 3rd.  I should have gone sooner but I did not realize just how sick I really was.  I thought I had pulled a muscle or pinched a nerve.  I will be going to my family Dr. for follow up care but do not know as yet when I will be able to go back to work again.  I feel that the Lord has given me a 2nd chance and have now quit smoking.  I had my last cigarette on Jan. 2nd in the morning and barely smoked it as it left me gasping for air.  With my Dr.`s help, my family`s and friend`s and coworker`s support and encouragement I have no intentions of  smoking anymore.  I was amazed that I did not have a craving for nicotine while in the hospital but I was drinking a lot of water and juices which I`m sure flushed a lot of the nicotine out of my system.

I`ve been given a 2nd chance to change my life style and intend to live long enough to celebrate many more wedding anniversaries with Opa and to watch my 2 granddaughters grow into beautiful young women.

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To all my blogging friends; friends and family:

May 2010 be the best year ever!

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The best compliment evah!

I am feeling much better today and have gotten over the stomach flu I had.  Christmas Day at my daughter's house was fabulous!  DH & I got a DVD Player from my son and his girlfriend with 2 movies - Rainman and Shawshank Redemption.  My DD put together 2 200 pic photo albums of the last 4 years of Sierra and  Brooke.  It took her 3 days to sort through the pics on her computer - send them online to Walmart for printing and then once printed; sort them in chronoligical order to put in the albums.  

I forgot to bring the cards with me to give to the girls.  Just as we were finishing dinner this evening their father Rob came over to drop off their dog, Molly as they are leaving for Ottawa to visit his family in the morning.  I gave Rob the cards to give the girls and after he arrived home, we got a call from them to thank me for the cards.  Sierra said "Oma makes the prettiest cards ever!"  She was also excited over the fact that I coloured the images.  I was so pleased to hear that they liked them.  I will have to stamp some images for her to colour so she can make cards with them.  She has already made a few cards with the supplies she got from us for Christmas.  She and her Daddy went to the mall on Boxing Day and he bought her 2 pairs of jeans and 2 new tops so she made him a thank you card.  I think I have created a card making monster!  I will have to keep stamp making supplies in a bag to take to their house as Sierra loves making cards with me.

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How was your Christmas?

Mine was fantastic!  I am ill with a head cold and stomach flu but wanted to share this pic I took of my daughter Janice with Brooke and Sierra.

I'll update this post when I am feeling better.

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To all my family and friends:

Have a great day with your loved ones!

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Christmas cards for Sierra and Brooke

Here is the easel card I made for Sierra:

Front view

Side view

Sierra`s winter coat is pink and navy blue so I coloured the bear with pink and navy blue.  I also added some glitter to the snow on top of the candy cane lollie pop and 2 glittered snow flakes.

Here is the card I made for Brooke:

Front view:

Side view:

I added a white and blue glittered snow flake to Brooke`s card but the white one doesn`t show up very well.

The designer paper looks kind of busy but I am  still pleased at how they turned out.  With all the cutting and embossing with the cuttlebug and colouring of the images; these cards were kind of time consuming to make but I had fun making them and I am sure the girls will love them!

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I have my own stamping store!

In Amsterdam of all places!

Posthumus is my maiden name (means after death in Latin) and I found this while blog surfing.  Here is a link to the store:  Posthumus stamps

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Hubby's BD Card

My husband - aka Opa or Herb - turned 62 on Tuesday, Dec. 22nd.  He is a sports fanatic and loves to golf.

Here is the card I made for him.  He loved it!

I stole some tees out of his golf bag and adhered them to the card with tape.  He told me later that he rarely uses the tees I stole as they are too long!  I used my cuttlebug and nesties for the sentiment and also used the swiss dots folder and round punch for the golf ball.

I started to make Christmas cards for my 2 granddaughters last night and will take pics and post them here later today.

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I made a

Birthday Card for my husband who will be 62 tomorrow.  Unfortunately he came home before I had a chance to  take a picture.  After I give it to him tomorrow, I will take a picture and post it here on my blog.  I went with a golf theme and made an easel card.  I can't wait to see the reaction on his face when he reads the sentiment!

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Sierra's Christmas cards

This is the card Sierra (and I) made for her parents:

 Here is the inside of the card:

 The following pictures are of Sierra and the cards she made for Mommy & Daddy, Grandma Smith and Grandpa Smith.  Please excuse the dirty face and top which show remnants of breakfast, lunch and ink!

Sierra loves the Snow Swirled Stamp Set from Stampin Up and I might just get her the set.  She really loved the tree and snow flake stamps in the set.  She was more than happy to pose for me with the cards we made. I did most of the assembly but she did the majority of the stamping.  She told me that the next time I come over, I have to bring stamps, inks and paper.  I wonder if she will become a future Stampin Up Demo or Close to my Heart Consultant.

The kit we used is from Basic Grey - Eskimo Kisses.  Inks we used were Versa Color & Versa Magic from Tsukineko.  I just love the wide range of colours that they offer and have quite a few in my stash.

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