Mmmm ... damn good food and great friends make life good, non?

Have a friend visiting from Japan so we have been exploring the culinary delights of the city ... had some amazing Malaysian food last week, then Asian fusion Friday, Greek last night ....

Now I am on the hunt for some good recipes to create some of the dishes. Kung Pao chicken is first on my list ... then maybe the pistachio crusted halibut on a bed of green beans and mashed potatoes might come next ... :P

Why do I love food so much again? Oh yeah, cause it's so good!! :P

The one for Heather .... :(

The fated card .... stencilled background with ochre, flower stamped three times and coloured in with different watercolour pencils and incense sticks attached to front for a 3D edge.

Hello to my iV friends!

I have posted a few cards for you to look at ... inspired by recent posts on the forum. Feel free to browse through and leave comments (there is a place to click and leave one). Perhaps I am a bit askew for the scanner seems to have been slightly tilted. Thus the scans are a bit wonky but that's ok ... right?! :P

Kick up your heels!

Using some clear embossing powder, pop dots and different Indian papers ...

An acetate window, some wallpaper and a punch - what can you make?

A peekaboo card with dragonflies

For a birthday ...

It scanned a bit funny but I like the background (bleach stamping).

Wow! La beauté ...

I was just sitting on my balcony enjoying the sunset and realized, man, do I live in a beautiful city! I have the mountains and the ocean right there for me to look at ... I just gotta swivel my head a bit. I miss the other places I have lived in but nothing beats Vancouver!

The influx of people to BC is phenomenal - so many who want to move here and many that come to visit, too. It's getting crowded and yet, how can I blame them? We may have our problems but it's still pretty great.

Vancouver 2010
http://www.vancouver2010.com/En/default.htm

A new one ... I bought this Spanish moss and used it to add some interest to the card. 

Amazing ...

I have been surfing blogs out there and there are some really phenomenal ones .... a couple to check out:

Mmm ... les recettes!~
http://chocolateandzucchini.com

An interesting project where people send postcards confessing their secrets: http://postsecret.blogspot.com

Beautiful art and musings of a scrapbooking chef: http://chefmessy.typepad.com

Another cool project that brings avid foodies together: http://1000recipes.blogspot.com/2004/12/project.html

Any others?

Just love this image ... 

Whew!

This is the first post of many, I hope!