The ladies went away happy today after making their “Crazy for Cupcakes” themed birthday cards. It makes me happy when they love the project they make. I must admit – this so far was my favourite EVER! I am doing it again on Wednesday night – I will be a pro at it. I also made a set and when the ladies left, I went over to my neighbours and gave her the set I made.
This might get long so you can skip to the end for the card “du jour”. At Christmas I had a leather bound book made for my sisters full of black/white photos that we discovered when we cleaned out my Aunt’s apartment. She passed away a few years ago at 94 (lived a nice long life) and the pictures were from the 20’s, 30’s, 40’s, etc. Pictures of my mom/dad when they were courting, war-time etc. (the picture of the couple my blog header was one of the “finds” of my parents). Anyhow… that lead me to want to work on the Family Tree – so I signed up at Ancestry.com and started to work away at it. Well last week I received an e-mail from a lady in France. It turns out that my Grandmother and her Grandmother were sisters. Three of my dad’s siblings (all now deceased – there were 9 of them!) were born in England and this contact has pictures of them before the immigrated to Canada. Well heck I sure did ask her to scan the pictures and e-mail them to me. I am sure my cousins would love to see pictures of their parents when they were small. If you haven’t played with the Ancestry website – it is pretty neat. You plug in the information you know and it starts searching databases, ship records, etc. and other family trees. Then it populates your tree with “hints”. You can look at the hints to see if they match and then add the information to your tree. Bottom line – I have a relative in France….. it really is a small world. Heck you and I could also be related.
This is another swap I received at Regional. Unfortunately I can’t give anyone credit as they didn’t put any information on the back of it. I love how she used the large tag punch then the smaller tag punch popped up inside.
I have an appt tomorrow (yes Sunday) to get the windows tinted on my car then I “hope” to do my taxes (deadline in Canada is Apr 30) so I am not sure how productive I will be on making cards.
Have a good one.
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i have not used this card much after convention – i like how you used it on here. great use of the punches!
That is so neat about the photos and then finding the relative in France. I like old photos too but especially when the family keeps them. Makes me sad when you’re in a restaurant and you see those old photos for decoration but you don’t know who they are.
Very pretty card too, I like the design and colors!
Wow that is great to find out about history in the family.
Great card. Love the ribbon.
Elizabeth – how exciting to find out you have a relative in France. I love the story behind your blog header. I just love ‘true’ black & white photos and the stories that accompany them! Good luck getting your taxes done 🙂
isn’t finding out about the past sooooo exciting, that’s what I love about scrapbooking…hopefully leaving todays mempries for future generations and leaving the information easier to find…
cute card :0)
I am an avid genealogist. I started about 12 years ago and have researched my family tree extensively. Since my maiden name is so unique, I have been able to trace the lineage of everyone in the US back to our common ancestors. In fact, I have accumulated so much info on the family and the history that I have my own genealogy website devoted to that surname. Good for you for getting started on yours and for finding a distant relative. Ancestry.com is the very best site on the web for that.
I like the colors of the card.
Pretty card – and lovely story about discovering your French family!
This is gorgeous Elizabeth! I like the colors and the layout…I’m looking forward to the Regional!!
Very pretty card, and too bad they didnt put any info on it. Well have fun with the window tinting 🙂
As for taxes I havent even bothered with mine yet and we have to have them done by April 15th….lol so Id say you have time…lol and you can get a little crafting done before then 🙂
Well have a wonderful day!!!
WOW! I can’t believe I’ve missed your last three posts! You’ve been busy putting these pretties up! Your right on the elephant card…cute idea to paper piece him. What a difference and how cute! And I’ve always loved those slider cards. Who thinks of things like that? Thanks for sharing swaps too. We like inspiration any way we can get it!!
Love the bows on the card you posted.
How exciting to be able to find those pictures.