Susan's Page

I spent my teens with a great group of friends, living on a peninsula on Vancouver Island. We went to school together, Youth Group together, and some of us were even baptised together. In a lot of ways it was a sheltered existence, but we found ways to explore, dream and discover. There was a beach nearby called Island View Beach where we would always endeavour to go on a moonlit night. We'd sit on the driftwood and talk, have fun and get up…

I was intrigued by the Design Team Challenge and wondered if I could find a way to participate, not having any (none at all!) stamps that would resemble autumn. At first I was going to try to create a harvest moon scene but when looking through my stacks of gorgeous colours, I remembered!

As a little girl growing up in Canada, Halloween was incredibly exciting and my older sister always got to wear a beautiful princess dress. It had layers of satin, tulle, puffed sleeves,…

Sam (almost 9) and Madeline (5) had to dress up as their favourite book character for Book Week at school on Friday. Initially Sam wanted to be a cat from "My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes," but I managed to talk him out of it. The boy from The Polar Express really is his favourite favourite favourite character. So I made him a little ticket (above) with Theresa's Life is Good train stamp, found…