Riding the Olympic Line

Although I don't have any event tickets, I'll be checking out some of the Olympic stuff over the next few weeks.  There is a free tram running from the Olympic Village at the foot of Cambie Street over to Granville Island, one of my favourite places in Vancouver.

It is a bit ironic  that we borrowed this train from Belgium, when it is built by Bombardier, a Canadian company, but then Europeans have been investing in state of the art transportation for years!  For more information you can read about it here.

Happy Birthday, Friend

For my special friend, Anne.

Friends

Although I enjoyed the nice warm weather in Palm Springs, I'm very happy to be back home where my friends are.  I missed you all so much!

A Bit of a Mystery

When I was in Montreal (a year ago!!) visiting my sister, Dianne, we played with lots of techniques, and I came home with a lot of unfinished pieces.

This one began life as a spritzed watercolour background, masked with torn masking tape.  Sorry, the stamp is a mystery to me, one of my sister's.  I think I coloured it with alcohol markers.

More Patterned Paper

In an earlier post, I showed two cards inspired by Alison Manning over at New England Stamper, and her blog entry 5 Ways to Use Patterned Paper.   Here is another:

Second Chance

Isn't it wonderful that we are continually given another chance? Don't waste it!

As If

One of my many email subscriptions is to a message service called Inspiration Peak (http://www.inspirationpeak.com/. A few times a week, I receive an inspirational quotation. A recent message was from Norman Vincent Peale, author of the old chestnut The Power of Positive Thinking.

Sorry, I don't know who makes the cactus and buffalo stamps. They're from one of the first sets I ever bought (foam mounted), and I brought them along because they fit the Southwest theme here in Palm Springs. Hmmm. Maybe the set is called The Southwest.