Five for Friday

Hey, it's been a while since I did a "Five for Friday" post,

so I thought I would share what I've been busy with lately...

1. Things have been going really well at my new job.

My photo is up on the TWO30NINE website (*click!*)
My days fly by and when I'm working, it feels the same way that
it does when I'm spending time creating in my craft space at home.
My co-workers are all wonderful, too.

I've worked with a few clients so far and have really enjoyed coming up with ideas
and designing their spaces.
And yesterday, a client put down a deposit on the designs
I made for her new kitchen renovation!
It's pretty exciting & it feels like a really great fit for me. :)

2. I attended a Grad Parent meeting on Wednesday evening,

because Austin will be graduating in June.

I know it's cliché, but I can't believe how quickly the time has flown!

He'll be 17 1/2 in a few weeks..... it seems like just yesterday that he

was little...

3. So, some of you might remember that, a couple of months ago, 

I shared a video here on my blog for the Altenew Share the Love Video Contest.

Well, they posted the winners on their blog this week and guess what?

I tied for 2nd place!

I was very excited to see this -- and will be looking forward to using the $75 GC I won, too!

4. This weekend is pretty busy -- and will include two trips to Winnipeg for me.

Tomorrow, I'm attended an all day taekwondo seminar on patterns.

And on Sunday, the kids and I will be attending C4 -- Central Canada Comic Con.

5. And lastly, I have a card to share for this month's Essentials By Ellen Pin-Sights Challenge:

I was inspired by the flowers in the middle.

I started by diecutting my large peony from Essentials by Ellen's Mondo Peony

and stamped it in Versafine onyx black ink using its coordinating stamp

and heat embossed it in clear.

I coloured it in using my Zig Clean Colour Real Brush markers and a water brush.

I stamped the solid leaves directly onto my watercolour background.

I added a strip of patterned paper from my stash and stamped

the sentiment -- from Papertrey Ink's Songbirds.

I hope you have a great weekend!

Thanks for looking!