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coming back soon

2009-09-27T22:11:00.001-04:00

I am so anxious to get back. My things are packed up right now, because I want to repaint the craft room and reorganize, but I will be back soon!

Happy Easter!!

2009-04-12T17:23:00.002-04:00

Happy Easter everyone! I hope you are all enjoying this blessed day.

Here are a few cards to show you:

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Gotta go eat some more chocolate! :)

some new cards

2009-03-14T19:43:00.003-04:00

Nothing earth shattering here, but there are quite a few to share!
I hope you like them!

Thanks for taking the time to look at them all!
Have a great weekend!

Just had to share

2009-03-01T08:48:00.001-05:00

I have lots of cards that I have been working on, just no pictures yet. I received this from a friend and loved it so much, I just wanted to share it with you:

BEAUTIFUL CHRISTIAN SISTER
By Maya Angelou

A woman's heart should be so hidden in Christ
That a man should have to seek Him first to find her.

When I say... 'I am a Christian' I'm not shouting 'I'm clean living,'
I'm whispering 'I was lost, Now I'm found and forgiven.'

When I say... 'I am a Christian' I don't speak of this with pride.
I'm confessing that I stumble and need Christ to be my guide.

When I say... 'I am a Christian' I'm not trying to be strong.
I'm professing that I'm weak and need His strength to carry on.

When I say.. 'I am a Christian' I'm not bragging of success.
I'm admitting I have failed and need God to clean my mess.

When I say... 'I am a Christian' I'm not claiming to be perfect,
My flaws are far too visible, but God believes I am worth it.

When I say... 'I am a Christian' I still feel the sting of pain...
I have my share of heartaches, so I call upon His name.

When I say... 'I am a Christian' I'm not holier than thou,
I'm just a simple sinner Who received God's good grace, somehow!

I finally had time to stamp!

2009-02-08T11:18:00.003-05:00

I managed to squeeze in some time for some card making yesterday, so thought I would share with you...

This first item is an antique book that I purchased at a garage sale last year. I have decided to fill it with photo's of my husband and I and I am doing it in all black and white photos, and using only cream, black, white, red and gray papers and embellishments. I like it so far. Just need more pictures to add to it.

This next card was made with a stamp from the Unity Stamp comp. and I have to say, I love this stamp. I wish they would make some more scripture stamps like this one! This stamp was just the thing I needed though, as we are really praying for God to move a mountain for us. If you remember, just a few short months ago, we lost my mother-in-law to cancer. And we just received the news a few nights ago that my father in law now has cancer. So this one is for him!

and then I was on a flower kick and managed to get these cards done in a short amount of time:

And this last card has a magnet in the pocket that can be pulled out:

And yes, I did all of those cards yesterday! I also made 5 additional cards that I have not posted. So I was very productive yesterday.
Well, it was so nice of you to stop by to visit...hope you enjoy your day!

Merry Christmas

2008-12-17T06:15:00.002-05:00

I am probably not going to be able to post anything before Christmas so I wanted to get this out for everyone to see:

1 CORINTHIANS 13 - - A CHRISTMAS VERSION -

By an unknown author

If I decorate my house perfectly with plaid bows, strands of twinkling lights and shiny balls, but do not show love, I’m just another decorator.

If I slave away in the kitchen, baking dozens of Christmas cookies, preparing gourmet meals and arranging a beautifully adorned table at mealtime, but do not show love, I’m just another cook.

If I work at the soup kitchen, carol in the nursing home and give all that I have to charity, but do not show love, it profits me nothing.

If I trim the spruce with shimmering angels and crocheted snowflakes, attend a myriad of holiday parties and sing in the choir’s cantata but do not focus on Christ, I have missed the point.

Love stops the cooking to hug the child.
Love sets aside the decorating to kiss the husband.
Love is kind, though harried and tired.

Love doesn’t envy another’s home that has coordinated Christmas china and table linens.

Love doesn’t yell at the kids to get out of the way, but is thankful they are there to be in the way.

Love doesn’t give only to those who are able to give in return but rejoices in giving to those who can’t.

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never fails.

Video games will break, pearl necklaces will be lost, golf clubs will rust, but giving the gift of love will endure.

Have you fallen into that? I know I have. So Merry Christmas to you! Do not worry about the small stuff...focus on the true meaning of Christmas. Enjoy!

Unbelievable news

2008-12-15T06:12:00.002-05:00

Well, yesterday was our children's musical at church, and I have pictures to post. So I am happily uploading them, getting ready to post, when I see a post from another friend stating that one of our blogging friends has passed away. I could not believe it as I just received a Christmas card from Joanne Johnson
on Saturday! Oh, I am so saddened by this. My heart and prayers go out to the Johnson family at this very difficult time. And Joanne, you will be so missed!

Here are the pictures of the kids. This is the reason I have not been blogging or papercrafting for that matter last week, as I was busy making all of the costumes! But the kids just loved them, so it was all worth it!

In case you cannot tell, the red costume below is a bell.

And I think I was enjoying the production so much, I did not even realize that I did not get a front view picture of the tree!

Paper Craft Planet Day 8

2008-12-05T11:00:00.003-05:00

Yes, I know...I've missed a few days of the contest. I have been so busy that I have not had a chance to play but I just had to take a break today from what I have been doing to play along. I just could not resist as today the contest is to use a cow and I just love these images that I have from the Angel Comp. If you cannot read what the first card says...It says "Holy Cow! An' udder birthday?"

ok, back to the grind for me, but I hope everyone has a great weekend! We are going to get our tree tomorrow, so I am really looking forward to that family time!

The Twelve Days of Christmas

2008-11-29T13:28:00.002-05:00

Have you been following what is going on over at Paper Craft Planet
? They are doing the 12 days of Christmas and everyday, they are going to post some type of card you are supposed to make.
I was a little late in submitting my cards for day one which started yesterday, as I was out with the rest of the crazy shoppers for black Friday.
But I wanted to post the cards anyway, so here they are:
Day 1 - you had to use a bird of any kind:
The first one is a partridge in a pear tree from Impression Obsession

and I could not help myself from making 2 cards for day 1:
This image is from the stampin place

Day 2 - you could use either a turtle or a bird
I chose to use this little turtle who wants to be a reindeer from Stamps4U

Have a fantastic weekend everyone!

Oh, I can't stay away

2008-11-26T10:31:00.002-05:00

I know, I said I was not going to be posting, and here I am ...posting.
I cannot help myself, I just had to get in on the sketch challenge. I have still been doing cards everyday, just not posting them.
Well, I am posting my sketch challenge card for today!

The image is from Purple Onion designs, and the dp is from a stack that I bought at Joanne's.

Have a very Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
I am thankful for you!!!

Quick post for now

2008-11-15T08:49:00.002-05:00

Here are a couple more I did yesterday.

This is a similar layout that I used yesterday on the Christmas card below, but I made this one a baby card. The bunny image is from Rubbernecker stamps.

Enjoy your Saturday everyone!
I will be back tomorrow to post a challenge, so stop back to visit me then!

Some more blog surfing

2008-11-15T00:20:00.001-05:00

OK, I am spending way too much time tonight on the computer...doing lots of blog surfing, but finding so many wonderful things.
Here is a great story for you:

A Christmas Story

There is something new and exciting...

2008-11-14T22:50:00.001-05:00

Go and check out Creative Souls
...you'll be glad you did!

Limited Supply Challenge 194

2008-11-14T11:00:00.002-05:00

Happy Friday Everyone!
This card is for today's challenge on Splitcoast. The challenge was to use acrylic stamps, which was easy for me as I love this little snowman! As with many of my acrylic stamps, I cannot remember who it is from though! I know I bought it at ACMoore last year.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blog candy everywhere!

2008-11-13T15:40:00.002-05:00

ok, you have to check out Laura's blog, “Wish you were here”
and then also check out Lara's blog “You want the cookie?

So much blog candy! WOW!

Sketch Challenge 202

2008-11-12T09:16:00.002-05:00

Here is today's sketch challenge from splitcoast:

I have some birthday cards to send out in the month of December, so I figured I would get a head start on them. Decided to go with my new Snowman stamp from purple onion again. The dp is from Imaginisce. I used the the swiss dot embossing folder for the purple mount, and I paper pieced the party hats on the side. The sentiment was printed from my computer using the Homegrown Fonts from Homegrown Hospitality.
And as you can see, I used stickles on his scarf and ear muffs.

I am off to go craft shopping now, but it is all stuff for my church. So much fun when you get to spend someone else's money! :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Enjoying a hot chocolate

2008-11-11T10:15:00.001-05:00

I was just getting ready to post this morning when my husband walked in with a hot chocolate and a cream donut for me. He is such a sweetheart.

This is just a simple card that I made with the City of David stamp from Lizzie Anne Designs. I used black ep for the image and also for the sentiment. To color the sky, I just used a watercolor crayon and my aqua painter.

This next card was made using the "Kids at play" set from SU, and the little snowman and sentiment are from Homegrown Hospitality. The idea in my head was way better than the card turned out, but I guess that happens to all of us!

And lastly, this is a stamp that I just received in the mail from
Purple Onion Designs
. This particular stamp was created by Stephanie Ackerman, a person who I think has so much talent to share!

Thanks so much for stopping by...cannot tell you how much I appreciate it!

Christmas Gala - Favor

2008-11-10T11:55:00.003-05:00

Working on some things for our women's Bible study Christmas Gala. This is going to be the favor They asked me to make a magnet of some kind...and they have a very limited budget, so this is simply a chipboard coaster that I spray painted black, I printed the scripture Luke 2:11 and stamped the City of David using my stamp from Lizzi Anne Designs. I stamped the city in "not quite navy" from SU and I really like it as opposed to using black. The paper in the background is from Tinkering Ink. After I glued the paper onto the chipboard, I also covered it with acetate, to help it last longer since it will probably be placed on peoples refrigerator's and kitchens can be messy sometimes. Then I just added a little bow on top and a magnet to the back.
I will be showing this to the planning committee tomorrow, and if they like them, I will be making 600 of them! :)

Thanks for stopping by, and Happy Monday!
Oh, just wanted to mention that we had our first snowfall last night. Yuck!

Chipboard coasters

2008-11-09T13:38:00.003-05:00

I have to go this week to purchase some more chipboard coasters and was wondering if anyone is interested in purchasing any? You can only buy them by the case which is a crazy amount of coasters! Anyway, if you would be interested, the price will be 6.25 and that will include shipping. They come in sleeves of 100 (so, price per sleeve is 6.25). They are 4x4 white chipboard coasters.
Just email me if you are interested...

Thanks, Have a great day!

New Sketch Challenge

2008-11-08T08:01:00.003-05:00

Well, have you been to the Papercraft Planet site? So much going on there! Seems like I am doing nothing but cleaning out my email now with all of the updates I am receiving from PCP! Anyway, they are having a sketch challenge on Saturdays and of course I got sucked right into that...love love love sketch challenges!
So, here is my submission:

The cardstock used on all of these cards is wild wasabi for the base, real red, and whisper white. The images are all rub on's that I purchased at ACMoore.
Here are 2 more I made just to use up the rub on's.

Lots to work on today. I have to make 20 sets of coasters for the boutique where I sell my stuff. That is 80 coasters that I need to get done today!

Hope you have a super Saturday!

LSC193 - Fun with shapes

2008-11-07T09:28:00.002-05:00

Today's limited supply challenge on splitcoast was to use a rectangle and a circle in your card and the only embellishment is ribbon.
The background paper is from Scenic Route, and the flower paper is from Paper Pizzaz.
The butterfly stamp and the sentiment are from SU's set "Flight of the Butterfly" and the flower stamp is an acrylic stamp that I cannot remember the name of the company.

Can you believe it is Friday already? Hope everyone has fun this weekend!

Thanks for stopping by!

WT191 - cutting corners

2008-11-06T10:28:00.002-05:00

This is for todays splitcoast challenge which was to use a corner punch of any kind.
The dp is from Cosmo Cricket.

Off to enjoy lunch with a friend...hope you are enjoying your day!

2nd post for today!

2008-11-05T17:17:00.002-05:00

Managed to get some more stamping done today, so here is another Christmas card to show you.
Card base is Wild Wasabi. The scalloped cardstock is cameo coral. The tree dp is My Minds Eye, and the tri color dp is Fancypants. The angel image is from Unity, and the Peace word is cut out using the sizzix die from SU (I cut all of the words apart, so I have Peace, Love, Joy, and Hope).
I did use a glitter pen to go over the angel and also outline the corner punches...I wish you could see it in the picture because it looks so pretty!

Well, thanks for looking!

sc201 - Christmas in the heart

2008-11-05T11:46:00.003-05:00

This is for todays sketch challenge on splitcoast.
The image is actually from Fancypants...it was a 12x12 sheet of different Christmas images. The poinsettia in the background is from SU "Christ is Born". I stamped it on dp and then embossed it with red glittery embossing powder.
The dp is from a pack of paper I picked up at Joanne's.

Thanks for looking!

Thank you gift

2008-11-04T16:04:00.004-05:00

Just a quick post to show a small thank you gift I made for a few people at church. When my mother in law passed away, they were kind enough to bring over meals for my family, so I just wanted to say thank you with this little gift. It is a loaf of banana bread.
The paper is all from October Afternoon...I paperpieced the house on the tag, and stamped the tree with the matching October Afternoon stamp.
The sentiment on the tag is from Inkadinkado, and the sentiment on the card is from Unity.

Thanks for looking...and if you have not voted yet...get out there and vote!

And the lucky winner is....

2008-11-02T23:55:00.001-05:00

Joanne (Stamps4sanity) said...

Congrats on the hits! I know what you mean. Im crawling to my 10,000 too! lol Your cards are really sweet...

Thank you so much to everyone who played along. Sorry you could not all win because I really do appreciate all of your kind comments!
And Joanne, congrats to you also as I see you have hit your 10k mark! Just email me your address and I will pop the box in the mail for you!

LSC192 - and Happy Halloween!

2008-10-31T00:49:00.002-04:00

Happy Halloween to those of you who celebrate!

The splitcoast challenge for today was to "disguise" a stamp and make it into something else. Well, I will apologize for my card today as right now it is 12:51 am and I am delirious. I just wanted to do the challenge before going to sleep as I have a busy day tomorrow and would not have been able to participate....so this is as good as it gets:

I made my snowman stamp into a clown and the birthday cake stamp from SU into his clown hat. Even though I think the card is ridiculous...it is still making me laugh. I guess I really am tired!

Have a great day, and a safe Halloween!

SC200 - Happy Holidays

2008-10-29T10:12:00.003-04:00

Well, Roxi said today's sketch was easy, and if you ask me...
easy = fun!

This card was made with SU real red and wasabi green, and the dp is from cosmo cricket.
The image and sentiment are from the Angel Comp.
But now that I am looking at the picture of the card, I am wishing I would have used the cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder on the white part. Oh well, too late...not taking the card apart!

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!

I love this paper

2008-10-28T09:54:00.003-04:00

** Just a reminder to enter for the blog candy below.

I have a thing for harlequin so when I saw this paper by 7gypies...I had to have it. It is flocked...wish you could see it in the picture. But I only bought 1 sheet! What was I thinking! The images on the first 2 cards are actually Christmas tags that I bought last year from Target during the after Christmas sales. I just thought they were cute and I knew I could use them. Recognize the "Joy" sentiment? It is from SU's Illuminations, but it is stamped on shrinky dinks with stazon and then baked in the oven, which turns it into this really cute little plastic disc.

This next card is for a neighbor that just had baby number 5.

Thanks for stopping by!

Time to replenish the stash

2008-10-27T13:26:00.004-04:00

Well, I did not realize how low I had gotten on my birthday cards...so, luckily, I had this paper from Paper Addiction
. Isn't that the perfect name for a business? I know I am totally addicted to paper! Anyway, this paper is from the Imaginisce line...All Kinds of Happy.
It is really nice 2 sided paper which made these cards so easy to do. No Stamping, just used the 2 sides to put the cards together.

This next card was made using paper from S.E.I....Dill Blossom. Again this is a 2 sided paper which makes things so easy. I used one side for the background. Then I cut a frame and some flowers using my sizzix dies...stamped on the dp and embossed with clear ep powder.

This next card was made with dp from Target. I also used my SU linen stamp to stamp on white cardstock in close to cocoa and then stamped the leaf with craft close to cocoa and added a glittery embossing powder.

Last week, or was it the week before? Not sure, but at some point Splitcoast had a technique posted for this stand up card. I never got around to posting it, so here it is.

Still with me?
Well, I have finally made it to 10,000+ hits! I am laughing as I type this because I have watched other blogs soar in such a short amount of time and I had to crawl every step of the way to get to 10k. And it is quite possible that 9,900 of them were me checking to see if anyone had visited me! LOL!
But, for those who have, THANK YOU SO MUCH for helping to make me feel like my population of friends has grown! Wouldn't it be fun if we could all get together?

But, since we cannot, in order to show my appreciation, here is the blog candy:

There are lots of cute Christmas papers, 2 Papertrey boxes, 2 Papertrey tins, velvet ribbon, sizzix stamps, rubons, a whole stack of chipboard coasters, etc.

Just leave a comment and I will pick the winner Sunday night!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Brrrr

2008-10-23T09:46:00.002-04:00

wow, has the weather changed quickly. Although, we are not getting the snow that I am hearing about in other parts of the states, so I cannot complain!
Today's challenge on splitcoast was to use a one word sentiment on the outside of your card. You also had to use pink in the card. So, here is mine:

The "Brrr" is from Homegrown Hospitality

The inside of the card says "Stay warm and have fun this winter" which is from the Angel Comp.
The bear image is from High Hopes.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day everyone!

Oh, and I am slowing making my way to 10,000 hits. Finally! I have had to crawl the entire way but I am so grateful to those of you who do stop by to visit, so I will be posting some blog candy soon. Thank you so much!

Sketch Challenge 199

2008-10-22T09:06:00.002-04:00

Thanks to everyone for the kind words regarding my mother in law and also my mother. My mother has come home from the hospital and is doing well.
I am off to Canada again today to help my father in law with some more things. He wants to clean out all of her stuff because I guess the reminders are just too much for him.

I just received a couple of new stamps in the mail from High Hopes and thought one of them fit perfectly for today's sketch challenge. Felt so good to make a few cards again. I only have time to post one today.
The dp is from Imaginisce which I purchased from Paper Addiction
...you should take a look at the great deals they have!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

There is a new Angel in Heaven

2008-10-16T18:09:00.002-04:00

I want to thank everyone who has prayed for my family during this time. My mother in law has gone home to be with the Lord as of this morning. I am so thankful for the time God gave us together to say Goodbye. She is going to be deeply missed by so many.
But I am not done with you yet my friends as last night while I was at my father in laws, I received a call from my sister to let me know my mom is in the hospital. I am sure she is going to be ok, but here I go again asking for more prayers! I just returned home from Canada about an hour ago, and now I am off to see my mom!

Love and blessings to you all for stopping in to visit me!

will be back soon

2008-10-11T20:47:00.002-04:00

Sorry I have been absent for a while. We were gone for a couple of days to be with my mother in law at the hospital. She was doing better, but the doctor called my husband yesterday to say that Pat had started bleeding internally on Friday, and they could not find where she was bleeding from...so she thought we should come because they did not think she was going to make it much longer. I do not understand all of the medical stuff, but they were giving her blood and it was not helping. The doctor said her count was 15...whatever that means, but when we got there...the doctor came in to say that she was actually embarrassed because she could not explain the count as it was now 1.1 which is right where it should be. Hmmmm...she does not have to explain it to me...I know prayer works! :)
So I am actually heading back up for a few more days to help my father in law with things and give him a little break. He is exhausted to say the least.
While I was there, I did see some of the cards that you have sent, and they are all so very pretty!
Thank you so much!
I will be back soon!

Love and blessings to you,
Sandy

Snow Much Fun!

2008-10-06T12:53:00.004-04:00

ok, corny, I know...I just could not resist. I mentioned in my last post that I recieved some stamped images from Catherine, and that I would post what I did with them, so here they are!

DP is from a stack I purchased at Joanne's, also used the snowflake cuttlebug embossing folder and the sentiment is from the dollar bin at ACMoore. I used my Jellyroll pen to color in the snowmen so that the snow would sparkle. Watercolor crayons were used to color the rest.

This DP is from Debbie Mumm - Harvest and Holiday collection. The snowmen were colored the exact same way, jellyroll pen and watercolor crayons.

This dp is also from Debbie Mumm. I cut out one of the trees and popped it up on some dots and did the same for the little snowman. And again, colored him the same way as the others.

Aren't they adorable?? I just loved those images, so Catherine, thanks snow much! (teehee)

I love them all and cannot decide which is my favorite!

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Monday!

World Card Making Day

2008-10-04T17:10:00.002-04:00

In honor of today's "celebration", I would like to share a card with you. This is not a card that I made, but one I received from a very sweet friend. I received this card from Catherine
and I cannot tell you what a nice surprise it was. It is such a pretty card, and it did indeed make me smile. She also sent some stamped images, which I just adored. I decided not to share them with you just yet as I plan on using them this week and I will post the cards once I have finished.
Thank you again Catherine and I pray that God will bless you beyond measure for the kindness you have shown to so many people!

more Faithbooking

2008-09-29T09:27:00.002-04:00

So here I go again, pretending to be a scrapbooker. The women from our church are having another get together for a new mom this Friday and one of the gifts we always give the new moms is a Faithbook for the new baby. Many of the women will submit a scripture to be used and I will add a different one to each page. I am not a scrapbooker so they are never an easy task for me, but I have managed to make each book different, and am usually pleased for the most part with the outcome. Here are a few pages of the one I am working on for this Friday:

So, if you wonder what I am up to...just picture me at my craft table, bag of peppermint patties at my side with paper scraps flying everywhere and glue stuck to my fingers, ribbon rolling around on the floor,... you get the picture!
Will post more pages tomorrow...thanks for stopping by!

LSC - 187 Holly Jolly Christmas

2008-09-26T10:39:00.003-04:00

Today's limited supply challenge on splitcoast was to make a Christmas card using an animal stamp. The only stamp I have that had was this Polar Bear image that I purchased a couple years ago at AC Moore. He is not even really "Christmas" but he is wearing a scarf...and he is running on his way to see the newborn King! :)

The only embellishment we were allowed to use was ribbon, which I chose not to use, but I did use stickels, so, if that counts as an embellishment, I have failed the challenge.
The cardstock is SU Real Red, and the dp is from Joanne's. The tree stamps are from Homegrown Hospitality, and the sentiment (which says "A child is born" is from SU's set - A Gift From Heaven.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Friday!

Third times a charm

2008-09-25T19:16:00.003-04:00

Yep, this is my third post today. Not that I have nothing else to do of course, but I just had to get in on this fabulous contest that Cammie
has going on. I am sure everyone knows the story, but if not, Cammie lost her Grandmother in June from complications due to Alzheimer's disease. So for National Alzheimer's day, she asked everyone to make a thank you card and to give it to a caretaker that has cared for someone with Alzheimer's. And oh, this was so easy for me to do because I knew right away who my card would be for. Up until a few weeks ago when my MIL received her own bad news, she was a nurse and has cared for many patients with Alzheimer's. She always speaks so highly of her patients and has always treated them with both love and respect.

Her favorite color is blue, so I chose this pretty paper from Imaginisce called Drapin Daisies. I tried to mimic the daisies by adding a white sting of cotton and used my SU flower punch for the flowers, adding a dot of orange stickles in the center. I think it came out pretty close to what the paper looks like. Hope you can see it in the picture.

Update on my daughter - after many blue raspberry popsicles and plenty of rest, she is feeling much better.

An Amazing Child

2008-09-25T12:26:00.004-04:00

My sister emailed this story to me, and I thought I would share with all of you:

Here is a great story for you. If this doesn't make your day, nothing will.

There is a little boy named Derek Andrews who lives in Clarence NY...right outside Buffalo.
He is presently 7 years old and will turn 8 in October. Derek has a muscle disorder and doctors told his parents that Derek would never be able to run or play sports.
Apparently, however, no one ever told Derek.
He plays hockey at the Amherst Pepsi Center , baseball and soccer in Clarence, and participates in gymnastics. Maybe the word 'plays' is a bit misleading.. Derek was on the baseball league all-star team, the ice hockey select team and was the leading scorer on his soccer team! All despite that condition that continues to weaken the muscles in his body.
To make the story even more heartwarming, after winning a local bank's essay contest (who in the world writes essays at 7 ????), Derek used his prize money to put on a magic show at Children's Hospital, help organize a book drive for a Buffalo school and buy supplies for elephants at The Buffalo Zoo.
Derek's uncle says that Derek has been nominated for 'Sports Kid of the Year' by Sports Illustrated for Kids and is now a top 10 finalist. I can't think of any more deserving kid than this boy. To help Derek achieve that honor, all you have to do is vote for him at the following web site Sports Illustrated Kids

It literally takes 15 seconds to do. You are allowed to vote as often as you wish.

Buffalo weather + child with asthma = no fun!

2008-09-25T09:37:00.004-04:00

I used to love the fall season. Now, I dread it as my youngest child has asthma and this is her toughest time of the year. It was a rough night and she is home from school today, sleeping for now. So, while she is resting...
Today's challenge on splitcoast was to use charms of any kind. I have had these little trees forever, in fact, I could make lots and lots of cards with all of the charms I have! And I am sure I am not alone! :)

I made the card very simple, just used my nestabilities to cut out the scalloped squares of felt...the dp is from Minds Eye, and the sentiment is from Homegrown Hospitality. Seriously, less than a 5 minute card. Love when that happens!

And there have been a couple of you asking, so here is the update on my MIL:

She had to have another surgery yesterday to have a new stint put into her liver as the first one dissolved. How does that happen? And why didn't they just put the metal one in the first time?!
Anyway, she will have to stay in the hospital for a few more days but my FIL says her color already looks better. So that is good news.
Now, due to this, her new scan has been pushed back yet again to 10/9!
Keep the prayers going!

Thanks so much for stopping by...have a great day!

SC195 - Sweet Child

2008-09-24T08:24:00.004-04:00

Hello! I needed another baby shower card, and todays sketch was just the inspiration I needed to get it done! I loved this sketch!
The dp on the image panel is from My Minds Eye, and the dp on the other panels is from Martha Stewart. The sentiment is a rub-on from the dollar store and the scalloped oval was cut using my nestabilities. The card itself is SU's soft sky. I am going to be really sad when I run out of that color because I use it so often. And last but not least, the image is from Rubbernecker Stamps.

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

TLC187 - Bookmark card

2008-09-22T15:11:00.002-04:00

The new technique on splitcoast today was a bookmark. Not the everyday bookmark you always see, but one that fits over the corner of the page in the book. How cool is that?
Anyway, got late start on mine, but here it is:

I decided to add my bookmark as part of the card...so I used it as the roof of the house. The cardstock is bazill, and the dp is Heidi Grace. The stamped tree comes from...hmm, I cannot remember! And that my friends is why I will never be chosen to be on a design team...I am so bad with giving credit to all these companies! ;)
I used the same dp for the drapes in the windows as I did for the actual bookmark. I also added velum to the windows.
Well, have to say that was a really fun card to make!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Monday!

I've been tagged!

2008-09-22T06:36:00.004-04:00

I have been tagged by Lisa
over at the Craftbugs Blog to list 7 random things about myself. I think these kind of tags are so fun because what other way would you get to learn about a person that is thousands of miles away. I have made some really good friends through blogging and it is fun to share with them.
Thanks so much Lisa. And by the way, everyone should stop over and say hello to her and check out her awesome blog. Very talented lady, she is!

So here goes:

1.) I love the Lord, Jesus Christ. We are very involved in our church and I am constantly being asked to do projects since I am the ONLY crafter there. Can you believe it?? That's right, I have no crafting friends nearby, so it is so fun to share the whole experience with all of you!

2.) I am extremely shy. Yep, in a crowd of 3 or more people, you will rarely ever hear me speak.

3.) I recently had to get glasses. Well, had glasses for a few years now, but never wore them. So, for my good behavior, I now have to wear progressive lenses (nice word for bi-focals!)

4.) I read 2 books this week, the first being "The Shack" and the second being "Marley and Me". Both very different books, but I enjoyed them both very much and would suggest you read them!

5.) I have 6 children...3 girls and 3 boys.

6.) I posted this in a previous tag, but I will post again since I have not done it...yet. I really want to get my nose pierced. I do not know why, but I have wanted it done for about 15 years now...it's just the practical side of me keeps taking over, like- I am too old, what if I have to go for a job interview, etc.

7.) Really like York Peppermint Patties...but only the little ones. I eat them by the bagful, daily!

ok, so now I have to tag 7 other bloggers. I try to tag people I have not tagged in the past, so here goes:

Joanne

Debi

Cheryl

Tori

Sharon

Patter

Vicki

Now, the rules are as follows:

1.) Link the person who tagged you.
2.) Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog...some random, some wierd, whatever.
3.) Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
4.) Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

ok, there you have it...now I am off to check splitcoast for today's challenge!

Feature Stamper Challenge 85

2008-09-21T08:08:00.004-04:00

Todays feature stamper is Shannon and the card I chose to case is http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1018762?cat=500&ppuser=89875
I changed the image on my card and the embellishments. I was excited to be able to case her snowman card as I had purchased a set of stamps from Stephanie
over at Homegrown Hospitality...and I had not yet used the stamps.

The cardstock is SU and the dp is from a stack of paper I purchased at Joanne's. The white strip of cardstock is embossed using a fiskars texture plate.

Thanks for stopping by...off to church! Have a great Sunday everyone!

Today's Inspiration Challenge

2008-09-20T10:05:00.004-04:00

I do not normally participate in the challenges on the weekend, but when I looked on splitcoast, I knew I wanted to do today's challenge. Isn't it funny how a card can come together so easily for you just by seeing a pattern on something such as dishes?

This card was made using kraft cardstock from SU. I used my cuttlebug embossing folder for the inspiration piece and inked it with close to cocoa also from SU. I then used a sizzix die to cut out the leaves which are wool felt. The sentiment is from SU's set Refuge and Strength and in case you cannot read it, it says "In those times I can't seem to find GOD, I rest in the assurance He knows how to find me".
And speaking of SU...I used to be a demonstrator a couple of years ago, but only as a hobbiest, not an actual demo. So, I then left to go with another company as they had lower quota's to meet which was easier for me to handle. Well, 4 catalogs later, I have switched back to SU! I have learned that you cannot put a price on something you truly love. ;)

Please keep those prayers going for my mother in law. We received a call last night saying she did not have a good day yesterday. And now her tests have been rescheduled for the 26th. It is so hard to be patient when you are waiting to find out any kind of news!

being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. Colossians 1:11-12

Practical gift

2008-09-19T13:31:00.002-04:00

A couple weeks ago, I mentioned in a post that I was getting reading for a Community Fun Day that our church was having. Well, it turned out awesome! There were approx 660 people from the community that stopped by to enjoy a lunch on us, and partake in some of the fun activities we had for the children. So, now that it is over, the leaders from our church are having a follow up meeting tonight to discuss our thoughts on the whole thing. I wanted to take a little gift along as a thank you for everyones hard work...but was not sure what to take as I wanted it to be something that they could use . So I figured since we will be talking about idea's for next years Community Fun Day, that a planner would be a good idea.

This cover was embossed both with a nestability and a cuttlebug folder. All of the text you see throughout the planner was done on the computer. I did stamp some images in a couple of places though and embossed them with ep.

I wanted everyone to have a little reminder of how awesome this years event was so I made little photo books, (matchbook style) which include 5 photo's. The stamp used for the date is from TAC.

Here is an inside look at the photobook:

A "notes to go" pocket (mini notebook is also matchbook style), and a pocket to hold receipts for next years event:

There is a pocket to hold donations. The next page is for the "Notes" section and holds notebook paper:

The last section of the planner is for contact information. I am sorry the the picture of the actual contact page did not turn out but I am too lazy to retake it!

Well, that's it for me today. Had to do 15 of them! And now I am off to make a dessert to take to the meeting.

Have a great Friday everyone!

A great distraction!

2008-09-15T18:43:00.002-04:00

A good friend of mine called the other day to tell me that she was engaged! What wonderful news to help take my mind off of everything else that is going on. But truly, I could not be happier for her. She is such a sweetheart. So, I met her for dinner tonight. And I could not go without a gift, so this is what I made for her.

This was a fun card to make. It is a tent card made using soft sky from SU and embossed vellum. The scalloped border was done with a Martha Stewart punch. I did get the inspiration for this card on splitcoast, but it was so long ago and just embedded in my mind that I do not have the link to give credit where credit is due. Sorry about that!

And I just kept the theme going with the frame. I used the same SU stamped flower for the top frame (Stamped on vellum, colored using ink pad and blender pen) soft sky cs, and embossed vellum. The middle frame will be for a picture of the engaged couple, and the bottom frame is a prayer for the two of them.

She loved it. And I hope you do too!

Thanks for stopping by!

Sincere Thanks!

2008-09-13T08:22:00.002-04:00

Thank you so much to everyone who has offered to send a card to my Mother in Law. I cannot wait until she starts receiving them as I just know it will really bring a smile to her face when she opens each and every one! And big hugs to those of you who posted the info on your blog! That was so sweet of you to do and your kindness just blows me away! We are off to visit with her today and this is the card I will be bringing to her:

After we found out the news, I cried and I prayed and I cried some more. That went on for 2 days. When I woke up on the 3rd day, I realized how ridiculous I was being. She is still here and we have to treasure the time we have with her. So, I opened my Bible, letting it fall open to any page, and it was Matthew. The scripture I specifically read was Matthew 21:22 which is what you see on my card. In the words of Jesus, "All things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive". So, that is what I have been praying for all week, ...complete healing for my mother in law.
She has to go on Tuesday for another CT scan as the oncologist was not satisfied with the original scan, so I will continue to pray, and I will keep you posted.

Here are a few more cards I have done recently.

Thanks for stopping by!

Card Request

2008-09-04T11:55:00.002-04:00

Well, if you have read the previous post, you will know why I am about to ask you another favor. If you could, would you please send a card of encouragement to my MIL? We did go to see her last night and she is such a strong woman. Talking about the whole thing like it was nothing. She does have strong faith so I am sure that helps. The only time she teared up was when she was speaking about my children. She said that she has always prayed to God that she would at least live long enough to see them grow into little people, so she said she is thankful that she has been able to do that.

If you would like to send her a card, please email me for the address...and thank you!

Prayer Request

2008-09-03T16:49:00.002-04:00

I am asking that you would say a prayer for our family as we received some bad news today. My mother in law called to tell us that she has cancer and it is terminal, so they say. They are saying she has about 6 months, but I am believing with prayer we can keep her around alot longer than that! I am also struggling with the fact that she does not want me to tell my children, but I think they should know. My in-laws live in Markham Canada, so my husband and I are going to drive up tonight to see her.
Please pray for healing in Jesus name!

Thank you all so much,

For those who like to pray by name, her name is Patsy Jo Smart

Here's a few more

2008-08-28T09:30:00.002-04:00

Here are a few more cards I did yesterday.

For this card I used the SU Booglie Eyes dracula. The dp is from the Angel Comp and the sentiment if from ACMoore. For the little bat on the moon, I just cut one out from a scrap of the dp.

I just love this next card because that little costume bear is just the cutest! The sentiment was done using a font cd that I purchased from Stephanie
over at Homegrown Hospitality. Cute huh? The card itself is chocolate chip cs from SU, and the rust color cs is from JoAnnes as is the polka dot paper. I used my spellbinders dies to cut out and emboss the oval, and the cs was cut using a fiskars border punch.

The next two cards are similar to cards I made last week, but I am trying to stock up on the fall cards, so here goes:

and

ok, I think that is going to be it for today. I have to take my teenage daughter and her friend to the mall today for school shopping...pray for me! ;)

The Cats Pajama's Challenge

2008-08-28T08:58:00.005-04:00

While I was visiting Laura's
blog, I found out that the Cat's Pajama's stamp company has a weekly challenge called TCPTuesdays
. I only have a couple of their stamps so far, but I was happy to see that I did have the stamp needed for this weeks challenge. I am hoping my card will be acceptable though, as I have altered the image a bit. The image is a cute little animal train which you can see by checking out Laura's
card, but I made mine into a baby mobile instead by cutting the animals out.
Here is my submission:

The cardstock is certainly celery from SU. The striped dp is from The Angel Company and is cut with a fiskars border punch. The polka dotted paper is from K&Co. I used my spellbinder dies to cut out the little oval for the mobile. Then I colored the animals in with my wc pencils and also covered them with a glitter pen. The sentiment is a rub on from the dollar store!

Hope you like it and thanks so much for stopping by!

It's so nice to be loved!

2008-08-27T12:20:00.004-04:00

Hello! Just wanted to post that I was nominated twice for this award:

I was nominated by Carolyn
and also by Diane
. I feel so blessed that out of all of the blogs to choose from, that I would be one of the seven chosen! How fun! Can I just say that it is the little things like this that make me happy to do what I do. I am not on any design teams, I have never been published, have never posted a tutorial, but I still have faithful visitors! How awesome!

So, here is my list of 7 blogs for you to visit:
Laura
- this woman is so talented...you have to go and take a look at her cards. She has been published, and is on a couple of design teams and you will see why when you see her work. Just gorgeous.

Stephanie
- this is a very funny, light-hearted blog. Stephanie's blog is full of inspiration in more ways than one.

Jill
- this blog is for those of you who love fabric and are looking for some really cute ideas...let me tell you, she's got em! I used her pattern to make some baby burp cloths and the new mom just loved them!

Regina
- Own a Cuttlebug? - then you have to visit this blog! Regina posts all kinds of projects for you...so trust me, one visit and you will be Bitten By The Bug just as I was!

Susanna
- Every week, Susanna lists favorites broken down into categories including tutorials, cards, projects, mini books, etc. I cannot imagine the amount of time it takes her to do this, and all for our benefit as it is so nice to be able to see so many wonderful things in one place!

Stacey
- I just simply love the work this woman does. Her ideas blow me away. And, you have to go and read the "Cody" comments, too funny!

Debbie
- this woman's designs are truly amazing. And her cards are always so perfect looking! No matter how hard I try, I just cannot get mine to look that way! lol!

Here are the rules for the award:

1. The winners of the "I Love your blog" award can put the logo on their blog
2. Link the person you from whom you received the award
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs you’ve nominated.

Really, I could go on and on with my list of nominees, but I must stick to the rules of only 7.
Just know that I have my list of favorites, and you know who you are as I always leave comments! I love you all!

Thanks, and have a great day....
Oh, I almost forgot, I actually participated in today's challenge on Splitcoast.

It was a really simple sketch, and that is exactly the same way I wanted to keep the card, simple:

Have a great day!

Stamp Scrap Art Tour

2008-08-26T18:14:00.003-04:00

This past weekend there was a Stamp Scrap Art Tour show that came to Buffalo, and of course I had to purchase at least one stamp. I would have liked to have purchased so many of them, but I am saving my pennies for an order I want to place with Papertrey.
Anyway, the stamp I did purchase is from Art Gone Wild and it is this really cool Halloween display. This card was made using the new stamp and I think it is so cool how all I had to do was color the image once it was stamped and it is already laid out to put on a card. I did cut out some of the images and pop them up and I also colored some parts using a glitter pen.

Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Just a note

2008-08-24T07:39:00.002-04:00

Hello! Just a quick update as to what I have been busy doing this week. Our church is having a community fun day today so we have been delivering flyers all week to 5,000 homes! Let me tell you, that is alot of walking! And yesterday I spent the morning driving my son back to school. This is his 3rd year of college and even though I just dropped him off yesterday, I already miss him!
Well, lots to do today at church, so I have to go get ready!

Have a great day!

Finished a couple Tilda cards

2008-08-20T20:03:00.003-04:00

Remember those cute little goodies I received in the mail last week? Well, here are a couple of the cards I have made from the stamped images.
They were so much fun to color!

I made this Tilda for Thanksgiving, and I have not added the sentiment yet as I am not sure what I want it to say:

And this little Tilda is all dressed up for Christmas:

I have a couple more of the images colored, but have not put them onto cards yet.
Thank you again Monica for the nice gift!
And thanks to everyone for stopping by...hope you are having a great week.

Each day brings a new surprise

2008-08-11T18:42:00.004-04:00

Well, it all started on Saturday when I received the email about being featured on cardoftheweek.com, and then on Sunday, I received this nice little gift from my dear sweet friend Martha who likes to play digitally. Isn't this adorable? And she thinks she has no talent! Thank you Martha...I really do love it!

Then today I received not one but two surprises in the mail! This first one was a sheet of stamps that I had ordered from Stephanie
over at Homegrown Hospitality. So that was not the surprise. This sweet cute little lady added this to the envelope:

And then there was another envelope that was a total surprise from my friend Monica

How fun is that??!!! I have admired her cards made with these cute Magnolia stamps and now I get to make some of my own!!!

Thank you ladies for making my day! I love the gifts!!!

I really do not think this week can get any better!

Thanks for stopping by!

Imagine, lil ole me, a featured person!

2008-08-09T11:51:00.001-04:00

Wow! I was chosen as a runner up for my Halloween book! I am so excited! I did not see that coming, but it has made my year! Thank you so much Susanna. I cannot tell you how much it really means to me! You can check out Susanna's
blog to see so many wonderful creations posted every week!

Oh Happy Day!

wish me luck!

2008-08-08T19:46:00.002-04:00

ok, I have been working on this little Halloween house scrapbook, and have just listed it on ebay. Could not decide between taking it to the boutique where I sell my stuff, or trying the whole auction thing, so I will just have to see how this works out. This is the cover of the book:

It has 14 pages from front to back so I did not want to post all of the pictures. But I will post one more because this is a stamp I just received in the mail from Lost Coast designs. I stamped it with versa mark and then embossed with white embossing powder:

Now, here are a couple more cards that I have done.
The Halloween house on this first one is an image I printed from the computer onto fabric.

The image on this card is stamped a couple times on different papers and paper pieced. The image is from ACMoore's dollar stamps:

Well, thanks for stopping by.

Embossed Leaf

2008-08-06T10:35:00.002-04:00

Good morning. Just a quick post for one more of the cards I made.
I stamped the leaf on the tag with SU's Ruby Red and then embossed with clear embossing powder.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

More Fall Cards

2008-08-05T18:00:00.002-04:00

I have made another stack of cards but I am only going to post 3 for today.
Hope you like them! This first one is my favorite. I stamped the sunflower twice so that I could cut it out and bend the petals up a little bit. Looks so pretty IRL.

Thanks for stopping by! More to come!

Changing Seasons

2008-08-03T07:34:00.002-04:00

As much as I love Fall, I really do not like rushing the seasons, especially around here where our summer's are so short. As I am sure you have noticed though, every store you go into has the fall items on display already. And since I do sell my cards in a boutique, I figured I better get busy on some fall cards. Luckily for me, it was the perfect day to do it yesterday as it rained on and off all day.
On this first card, the last thing I did was to stamp the sentiment and I am not pleased with how it came out, but since I really liked the rest of the card, I am just going to leave it that way:

This next card is the same image (from SU), different sentiment, but it's funny how just using different paper changes the look so much:

Well, hope you like them, and thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!

Beautiful Pond Lilies

2008-07-28T15:39:00.002-04:00

I took my youngest daughter for a walk today around this really beautiful pond. It is just loaded with pond lilies. They are just so beautiful, I wanted to share a picture or 2.

Well, I'm off to do some more baby scrapbooking because I need to finish it by Wednesday!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hello and Happy Friday

2008-07-25T08:25:00.002-04:00

Well, yesterday was such a wasted day for me. I woke up with a headache and ended up going back to bed and getting up close to one o'clock in the afternoon! But then guess who could not sleep last night.
So I sat at my craft table. And here is what I did:

This first card is a set of 4 that I put together. I used SU's whisper white cs and the nestabilities to emboss the frame. The image is from one of Flourishes new sets called Thank You and is stamped using certainly celery and orchid opulence.

The next card was done the same way except I used the oval nestability and I also cut out an oval from the dp called Diamond Treasure by Unique Boutique, Dream Street Papers. For the tag, I stamped the flower image first using certainly celery and vintage violet, then masked it and stamped the words, and then sponged it with close to cocoa.

And lastly, I made a couple more tags to use in the future:

Isn't that giraffe cute? He is from a sheet of stickers I picked up at Michael's. They are the cutest things...puffy stickers by Sandylions.

Well, I am off to meet a friend for breakfast.
Have a great day everyone and thanks for stopping by!

Hello

2008-07-22T19:21:00.002-04:00

I have been busy crafting lately, but not with paper. I have been sewing some baby items for a couple of showers that I have to go to. I do not have any pictures to share yet as I just threw the items in the wash, but I will try to post them in the next couple of days. I am also working on 2 more faithbooks for the showers!
Here are a few cards that I have done recently:
I paper pieced the teddy bear and the heart with matching paper from K&Co. The image is from Stampin Up.

more paper piecing, but I am sorry, I cannot remember the manufacturer of the stamp.

And this one is done using a die from sizzix. I just cut it out twice using the different paper to give it a contrasting top and bow.

Thanks for stopping by!

to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.
Titus 2:4-6

In the Good Old Summertime!

2008-07-15T18:45:00.002-04:00

Just wanted to share a picture of my son jumping off a cliff!
He went away for the weekend with some friends and this is just one of the fun things they did:

So glad I do not know about these things until after the fact...

Thank you God for watching over him!

This sure doesn't look like a cookie cutter!

2008-07-12T06:49:00.003-04:00

I had to run to AC Moore yesterday in search of a cookie cutter. Once there, I had to stop in the paper isle of course. And lucky for me, they were having a sale on the open stock paper...4 for $1.00. Now, I really do not need any more paper (Have a paper obsession), but who can resist a good sale, right?
The paper that I have used on these cards is from American Crafts a la Carte. I could not wait to get home to make something with it. On this first one, I used my craft knife to cut out the flower petals so that I could bend them up a little. Then I poked two holes in the center of the flower to tie the twine which attaches the tag. The cut out border was done with a fiskers border punch.

For this card, I hand stitched around the green border using a white cotton thread. The image panel is raised and I used the paper piercer to outline the flower and also added holes to the flowers center.

Still alot to learn about the new camera, but even for someone who does not know how to use it yet, these pictures came out 100% better than my other pictures!

Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning. Proverbs 9:9

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

So Blessed

2008-07-09T19:47:00.002-04:00

well, yesterday was a day for celebration around here, or so my family thinks anyway. It was my birthday, although I would prefer not to have them anymore! ;)
But, I just wanted to share with you just how blessed I really am to have such wonderful friends and family.
Here are the wonderful gifts I received:

Awesome huh?

Many cards to share

2008-07-08T08:18:00.002-04:00

Here are a few of the cards I have been working on lately. I received my stamp set "Bloomin Beautiful" recently, and love it, so you will probably see it on many of my cards.
This first one that I did, I used the stamp set "Carte Postale" which is also one of my favorites. I had an order for 30 Thanks you cards, so that is what I worked on yesterday. And it is a really easy layout, so they went together quickly.

The next few are just cards I made to have in my stash.

Thanks for stopping by...enjoy your day!

God Bless America!

2008-07-04T08:08:00.003-04:00

Happy 4th of July everyone!
This is what me and my girls spent the evening doing yesterday:

And we will be delivering them today like this:

I always want to bake cookies at Christmas time, but always end up being to busy to get to it. So I say "I will make cut-outs at Easter time"...but again, Easter comes and goes with no cut out cookies. So...since the 4th of July is a stress free holiday, I found the time to bake finally! MMMM...they are so yummy. Wish you lived close by so I could drop some off to you too!

We will be going to see the fireworks tonight. The kids always look forward to that and I can honestly say that I do too!

Enjoy your day everyone!

And - God Bless America!

You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country. Deuteronomy 28:3

My Cover

2008-06-27T09:12:00.002-04:00

Happy Friday everyone!
I am participating in Stephanie's Not a Kit - Kit

It is her intention that everyone will do their own thing with the book and so far, everyone's is pretty different. I have decided to use mine as a family recipe book for summer barbeque. (I am hoping my sister will send me her recipe for barbeque hamburgers. She gave it to me once, and I cannot find it!)
Here is the cover to my book:

Thanks for stopping by...hope you enjoy your day!

SC182 - Another Baby Card

2008-06-25T10:04:00.001-04:00

Surprise huh? Another baby card. Not alot of time to post today as I am late getting ready for work, so here it is:

Have a great day!

Happy Birthday Rochelle

2008-06-21T02:55:00.000-04:00

Hello everyone! I just wanted to post a message to a fellow blogger who is celebrating her favorite day of the year today!

Happy Birthday Rochelle!

So please take a moment to stop over and visit Rochelle
to wish her a Happy Birthday!

Packages Mailed

2008-06-18T20:42:00.000-04:00

Sorry girls, the packages just went out today!
Enjoy!

SC180 - Whats Moo?

2008-06-11T09:56:00.003-04:00

Here is the sketch challenge for todays on Splitcoast.
I used close to cocoa for the card and I do not remember the names of all the dp's, sorry!
The image is from the Angel Company.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cleaning out and giving away

2008-06-10T06:35:00.007-04:00

Good morning! I have a few sets of SU stamps that I am getting rid of, so if anyone would like any of them, just email me your address and I will pop them in the mail to you! Also, leave a comment on this post stating which set you are taking, so that others can see what is still available.

The sets are:

Business Memos - **Gone
Very Punny (new - unmounted)- **Gone
Simple Wishes - **Gone
Riveting - **Gone
Big Blossom - **Gone!
Lots of Thoughts - **Gone

Thanks, and Have a great day!

Pocket card

2008-06-08T18:40:00.003-04:00

This is a pocket card I made for the Got Sketch Class I am taking. What a great community of scrappers! Everyone is so supportive and nice.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you are all enjoying your weekend!

SC179 - Thank you

2008-06-04T09:23:00.002-04:00

This is for today's sketch challenge on Splitcoast.
The dp is Anna Griffin and the rest of the cs is SU. I embossed the sentiment on the dp just so it would show up a little better.

Have a great day!

Anyone love Monday's?

2008-06-02T10:12:00.001-04:00

I love Monday's. For me it is my day to goof off so that is why I love them!
Here are a few more cards I did over the weekend. I hope you do not get tired of seeing so many baby cards all the time, but I sell the cards at a local boutique and that just happens to be what sells the best.

This is vanilla cs from SU, the dp is from My Minds Eye and the image is actually a rub-on from the dollar store.

This next one is whisper white cs from SU which I ran through the cuttlebug. I used one of the nestabilities to cut out the oval window and then I stamped the image on dp from Joanne's and placed it on the inside of the card.

And here is a simple "thinking of you" card. The cs is Lavender from SU. I also used a little bit of certainly celery from SU. The dp is from Joannes and the image is a dollar stamp which I think I got at AC Moore.

ok, now for the last 2 years I have made the gifts to hand out at church for mother's day. The problem is, that when father's day rolls around, they get nothing. I do not think that is fair and I would like to make a little surprise to hand out to them this year. I have been trying to think of something that would not cost too much, and I was hoping to pick your brains...so if you can think of a little something something, please let me know!

Now I am off the the local thrift stores to see what kind of goodies I can find!

Have a great day!

Update:

Well, we are back from the thrift stores and although I did not find what I was looking for, this is what I did find:

Did I need a set of china? Nope, but I just loved the color blue that is on it, so I had to have it. It is so very pretty. I told my husband that I want paint in that color and suggested that he take one of the teacups over to Home Depot to have them color match the paint. In return to my suggestion, I got "the look" which said very clearly that in no way is he carrying a teacup into Home Depot. LOL!

Thanks for stopping by!

Sketch Challenge 178

2008-05-28T07:32:00.000-04:00

Here is my card for todays challenge on Splitcoast. For the base of the card, I used real red from SU. The gingham check is from the open stock paper at Joanne's, and the stamped image is from The Angel Company. I was totally inspired to do this card when I was checking out the gallery and saw this card
. I just love her card. And I knew I wanted to make a card for some very good friends of ours that are moving to Arizona. UUGGHH, they are leaving today and I miss them already.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a great day!

1:09 am

2008-05-27T01:09:00.000-04:00

yes, it is 1:09 a.m. and I am here at the computer posting a card that I have just finished making. I just could not help myself. I happened to stumble upon this wonderful blog Inky Paws
...well, there was a sketch challenge posted there to be used with any stamps from Rubbernecker Stamp Comp
. I had just received an order from them a few weeks ago, and I must say, I really loved the stamps. The images are adorable, and my favorite part was that they are rubber and they came perfectly trimmed and ready for use!
So when I saw the challenge at 11 p.m., I knew what I wanted to do, and then of course could not go to sleep because I could not stop thinking about it. Is that a sign of obsession? ;)
So, here is my card:

I did not have a sentiment to use for the bottom of the card, so I made one up and printed it on the computer. It says "Baby, you can fly to the moon, and catch a bright star, still nothing can compare to how wonderous you are."

And with that, I am off to bed.

Good night!

Multiple Challenge

2008-05-26T21:30:00.000-04:00

Hi there! Hope you had a great holiday weekend. All I can say is that I am so thankful that today was a holiday, because today's challenge on Splitcoast was enough work in itself! For the technique lovers challenge today, you had to use 3 different challenges and combine it into one. You had to pick one of the first 10 of each catagory {the technique lovers challenge, the color challenge, and the sketch challenge}. So, here are my choices:

TLC#01 - Kissing Technique
CC#06 - Rose Red & Chocolate Chip
SC#09

and here is what I came up with:

I did not have any rose red ink, so I had to improvise a little. The DP in the background is from IOD and is from the "Paintables" collection. It is watercolor paper printed with flowers which you can color in. I love it. Wish you could see the card "irl" because it really did turn out very nice. I just need to keep dropping subtle hints to my DH that I really need a new camera.

Made some other things over the long weekend, but will have to post those pictures later.

Thanks for stopping by!

Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge

2008-05-25T15:06:00.000-04:00

This is my first time doing one of Beate's weekend sketch challenges.
I used the rub-on's from SU's Sale-a-bration for my sentiment.

Hope you like it!

Thinking of You

2008-05-21T08:56:00.000-04:00

This is for today's sketch challenge on SCS. The card is made using Kraft cs from SU. The small panels are certainly celery and they are embossed using the Fiskars texture plates. The main panel is a piece of fabric and I just stamped the sentiment using Black craft ink. The ribbon is also from SU.

Thanks for stopping by!

My husband got a job!

2008-05-19T19:09:00.000-04:00

Sorry, really do not like to post to much personal stuff because I just do not know if people care to read it or not, but I just had to put this in print so it will help me to believe it. My husband got a job! He has been out of work since October of last year, and the market in Buffalo is so bad right now, so I am thanking God that something actually came through for him! We got the call this morning and I have not been able to contain my excitement ever since. Happy Happy Day!

Another Stephanie Doodle!

2008-05-18T18:53:00.000-04:00

I love it when Stephanie from Homegrown Hospitality
shares her doodles. She put up a little challenge to see what people would do with this one, so here is mine:

I was going to go with all green because that is my favorite color, but just had to add a few more colors in. I put it in a clear see through glass with a black frame around it.

Hope you like it...I sure do, so thanks again for sharing Stephanie!

More Cards

2008-05-14T09:29:00.000-04:00

Here are a few more cards that I have done recently.
Hope you like them.

This next one is for a friend of mine...

And here is a little thank you gift, the jar is filled with lifesavers...

And please say a prayer for the people in China, and Myanmar, and Chile, and...I could go on and on, but you get the idea....please pray.

Find Joy

2008-05-14T09:03:00.001-04:00

This is for today's challenge on splitcoast. I really do love the sketch challenges.

And really, with everything that is going on around the world, I hope you do find joy in the little things!

Doodle

2008-04-30T07:08:00.000-04:00

I love it when Stephanie over at http://homegrownhospitality.typepad.com/homegrown_hospitality/
creates these doodles. Yesterday she posted one and asked to see what we did with it, so here is mine:

I am going to use mine as a gift for a woman that lives at the other end of our street. For years she has supplied the neighborhood kids with Popsicles in the summertime and hot chocolate in the winter. She is such a nice woman and every time you ask the kids what her name is, they say "the popsicle lady". So I thought the quote on the doodle was very fitting!

Thanks so much to you Stephanie for sharing your talents!

Have a great day!

My favorite flowers

2008-04-28T08:40:00.000-04:00

Nothing to post today that I have created, but look what God created for me!

Have a great Monday!

Sketch Challenge 173

2008-04-23T09:24:00.000-04:00

Here is my card for today's sketch challenge on split coast.

I took the picture and then decided that I did not like the ribbon on there, so I have removed it but did not want to retake the picture.

Here are a couple more cards I did this morning:

Could not find a pattern for an airplane anywhere so I just tried to mimic the one on the paper as best I could.

The weather has just been gorgeous here this week. Finally!
Some of my tulips have opened, but still waiting for the rest to open before I take any pictures!

Have a great day, and thanks for stopping by!

Tile Coasters

2008-04-22T09:27:00.000-04:00

I have several sets of the rub on's from SU's sale-a-bration and was not sure what I was going to do with all of them. So, I found these little candle plates (while shopping at Ikea) and thought I could use them for coasters. I have made this first set using the black flowers, and I think I will be making another set today using the green flowers. I put the rub-on on the bottom of the plate and then sprayed it with a clear poly spray.

The next two coasters are from 2 sets that I will be selling this weekend. They are stamped on tumbled marble tiles.

Thanks for looking!

Welcome to the Neighborhood

2008-04-21T07:58:00.000-04:00

I went shopping at IKEA last weekend and found these really cute but plain tea towels that are white with a red strip down each side. So I picked up a few of them, knowing that someday I would think of something to add to it. And yesterday was that someday. Here is one of the things I will use them for:

Now wouldn't that be cute to go along with a nice big plate of chocolate chip cookies?

Thanks for stopping by...Happy Monday!

Sketch Challenge 172

2008-04-16T09:14:00.000-04:00

Hi! I am so behind on the challenges for splitcoast, so it was so much fun to be able to participate again this morning! I really liked the sketch challenge for today so I ended up making 3 cards instead of one. Only have time to post one for now though:

Hope you like it, and thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Head Over Heels in Love with Jesus

2008-04-10T07:36:00.000-04:00

ok, here is the update on the women's conference. Thank you to Laura and to Bev for asking!
It was soooooo good! Friday night Sharon Daugherty was very good. She is a great speaker and you know it is coming straight from the heart. But then Saturday came and Babbie Mason blew me away! Wow, what a powerful woman! She spoke in the morning and she was so funny. She had some really great things to share. Then she gave a concert in the afternoon. She has just released her 20th cd! The cd is titled "Everything" and it is really good. I am listening to it as I am writing this post and I gotta say, if you have a chance, try and get a copy. You'll love it. For example, the song "Strong Tower"...if you listen and it does not make you want to snap your fingers, or clap your hands and praise God, let me know so that I can pray for you! ;)
Carol McLeod said she has already started planning for next years conference, so start to save your pennies and maybe you can come!

Next, here is the other reason I have not been blogging much. As I mentioned in a previous post, I am trying to get ready for a craft show being held on April 26th. So here are a few more of the projects I have been working on.
The first one is a felt journal that I found at our craft store. Thought the colors were so nice and bright and would be great for a young girl. I stamped on the felt using stazon and the stamp is from SU's set "Love Matters"

The next one is a box from Maya Road that I painted and then covered in paper. Added rub ons to the vellum front and a pretty yellow ribbon. I think I am going to stamp a couple of onsies and put them on the inside.

This next one is a flip book that I think turned out really cute. It was a kit I bought, but I used totally different paper than what the kit provided.

I actually have a box filled with stuff that I have done, but don't have time to post all of the pictures.

ok, last thing. I have a friend that has a chocolate candy business every Easter and in his boxes of chocolates, there were nice little white cardstock dividers that I snatched up. It is a really nice weight and is glossy on one side. I have lots that I can share if anyone is interested. It would be perfect for the images or sentiments on the front of your cards! Just email me and let me know your address and I will send it out.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by to visit! I really appreciate it!

Women's Conference

2008-04-01T21:52:00.001-04:00

Sorry I have not posted in a while, but I have been busy preparing for this:

There is still time to register for the
Head Over Heels Conference!

Don't miss out on this great time of worship and the
Word with some of America's most dynamic women of God!

Join Carol McLeod, Babbie Mason and Sharon Daugherty
for this life-changing conference...you will be glad you did!

Come experience incredible worship, anointed teaching
and great fellowship...

Friday, April 4th, 7-9 and

SaturdayApril 5th, 9-4. Continental breakfast and lunch buffet
included on Saturday, if registered by April 1.

Call 716-652-4638 for more information on purchasing tickets
or order through our website www.justjoyministries.com,
just click on our store page.

If you live in the Western New York area, it would be awesome to see you there!

Today's Color Challenge

2008-03-25T09:26:00.000-04:00

I normally do not get to participate in the color challenges on Splitcoast because I do not have all of the colors needed, but today, I get to play!
The color challenge for today was basic grey, soft sky and whisper white.
So here is my submission:

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

To Aunt Lori, Love Bailey

2008-03-24T09:16:00.000-04:00

Here is the pictures of the bunny hutch....Hope you like them!

and a bonus egg picture:

Another card set

2008-03-10T09:01:00.000-04:00

Hello! Here is another card set that I have been working on:

All of the cards are done on either Bayou Blue or Chocolate Chip from SU. The stamps used are from SU and Papertrey.

Side note,...my husband (who is out of work right now) has an interview on Wednesday. Can you please say a quick prayer for him? Thanks!!

Thanks for stopping by And happy Monday!