JOY

Happy Wednesday!  I am thrilled to share this little project with you today!  The sstamps are from the ippity collection and you can find them over at I heart {ippity}.  The rest of the project was created with scraps by my precious little girls hands - with some help from momma of course ;o)

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We started off with a regular picture frame and left the mat in.  I trimmed the scrap of cardstock to fit perfectly and used some other scraps for the squares and rectangle.  The angel on the end is actually made from Abby's thumb print and the J-O-Y are all in her precious little 4 year old handwriting!  I am sure this will continue to be a treasure in our holiday decor!

God Bless You,
Mary

Happy Wednesday!

WOW!  What a busy Wednesday this is!  Thankfully it is the middle of the work week and there are 3 - yes 3 different themes on my blog today!  First up - Fab 'n Funky's challenge this week - distressing - you'll find this in both my cards...  Next up, check out the new ippity thankful set that can be purchased from Heather at i heart {ippity}, and last, but most certainly not least, this is a stop on the Taylored Expressions Blast from the Past October Hop!

Have a great day!

God Bless You,
Mary

Welcome to October

Good morning!  Welcome to my first post of October and my first post with my fixed computer!  I am so excited to share my absolute favorite new ippity set with you!  This Christmas themed set is just my style and you can find it right at the I heart {ippity} site!  Along with that, the Fab n Funky challenge this week is to use dies or punches...  I forget about my scalloped square all the time, but sure do love the results when I remember it, along with the much loved scalloped circle, and small label!

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

God Bless You,

Mary

Welcome Wednesday!

In some ways, it seems like Wednesday has taken forever to get here - in other ways - how did it get to be Wednesday so fast?

Here is a three in one card.  I'm not one to normally do this, but with a busy week both work, family, and school wise - it just had to happen!
Without further adue, I present to you my "Christian Paper Crafts Design Delight/I heaert {ippity}/Fab 'n Funky" Card!

At Christian Paper Crafts, we're only one day away from the opening of the September Design Delights gallery and trust me - you will be delighted!
At I heart {ippity}, Heather has some new rubbah on the way!  And I've already placed my order!  LOVE IT!
At Fab 'n' Funky, where I'm new to the crew, we're playing BINGO! 

Have a wonderfully blessed day!

God Bless You,
Mary

Busy Week!!

Good morning!  Welcome to my I heart {ippity} post for this week!  I can't believe what a busy week this has been with Abby starting school!
Here is my little card to share with you today!  Thanks for stopping in and don't forget to check out Heather's I heart {ipppity} blog for all of your ippity needs!

God Bless You,
Mary

Ippity Day :o)

Welcome to Wednesday!  It's hump day and I heart {ippity} day all in one!  The Devoted set by ippity is one of my all time favorites, and I find my self especially reaching for this verse out of the set over and over!  I hope you enjoy this little card today.  The sketch is from the Taylored Expressions Blog.

Thanks for stopping in!  Be sure to stop by the i heart {ippity} blog to see the fabulous creations from my design sisters today!

God Bless You,

Fun Filled Wednesday

What could possibly make Wednesday more fun than a day of blog hopping with Taylored Expressions Blast from the Past and i heart {ippity} day as well?

Here is a list of all the hoppers - just in case you're lost or wondering where to go next ;o)

First off, here is my card for the TE Blast from the Past Hop!  I totally adore these purples in the paper that can be found in the TE store :o)

Next is my card for the i heart {ippity} team this week - I am still so in love with this set - What Matters Most

Have a great day lovlies!

God Bless You,

Ippity Day

Good Wednesday - Hump Day - Morning!  I am so excited that Wednesday has finally decided to drag around this week ;o)  Even more excited that you are joining me here today for another day of fun with i {heart} ippity!  Check out what I made with a stamp set from the new release below:

Thanks for stopping in today!!

God Bless You,
Mary

Heartin Ippity

Welcome to another i heart{ippity} post!  I really hope you enjoy what I have in store for you today.  This little card is made with some of my favorite things.  One of my favorite ippity sets, my Taylored Expressions card kit for the month of July and a lovely sketch from Taylored Expressions as well!

Remember, you can get all of your favorite {ippity} sets straight from Heather at i heart {ippity}!  Trust me, there is no one easier to work with than she is ;) and you will note be disappointed!

Have a great day!

God Bless You,

Mary

What Matters Most...

Good morning!  I'm wondering if your summertime is as hot as mine is here in Eastern Kentucky?

Today my card for i heart{ippity} focuses on the stamp set What Matters Most.  What a great little stamp set it is, and how thought provoking that little title is as well.  As we go through our days, it is so important to remember what truly does matter most!  For me, it is simple - God, family, friends, and my patients matter a great deal to me as well, so I must add work in there...

Be sure to check out the i heart {ippity} blog to see what the other girlies have made for your enjoyment today!

God Bless You,

Summer Hop & {ippity}

I've got a fun filled blog today!  If you are looking for the Taylored Expression's Blast From the Past Hop, you're here, and well, if you are looking for my I heart {ippity} post for today, well, you're here too!!

The theme for this month's blog hop is "Sending You Sunshine"!  Appropriately, I decided to make a card representing a group dear to my heart that continually works to send sunshine.  Our church does a Prayer Shawl Ministry that is continually trying to spread the love of God and Sonshine to others.

Check out the rest of the blog hoppers here:

Next up is my card for i heart {ippity} this week!  My guy totally wears a shirt and tie to work (almost) daily so I can't wait to tuck this away in his glovebox for him to find!

Have a blessed day!

God BlessYou,

heartin' {ippity}

Good morning!  Welcome to another I heart {ippity} post!  I hope you are having a great week!  Today marks the half-way point of our VBS so we are wearing out!! 

This little card was so easy to make!  See the shirt, why that's just some patterened paper to make a "printed" shirt!

Now my daddy is not a shirt and tie man, but my hubby is, so this will definately be one for him from our little girl!

Have a great day and don't forget to stop by tomorrow for my Glorious Glimpse with Christian Paper Crafts for our July Design Team Delights Gallery!!

God Bless You,

i heart {ippity}

Woohoo! Today is the first post for the new i heart {ippity} creative team! Make sure to check out the i heart {ippity} site to see everyone's creations! Mine is below:

(ippity set: The Man)

There's more to come of your favorite {ippity} sets, check back every Wednesday!

God Bless You,

Simply Saturday

Hello!  I found a "new-to-me" sketch blog called Clean and Simple Fall-to Sketches!  I thought it would be a great share for Simply Saturday...  In fact, I decided to use it for today's card, along with the Color Blocking challenge from CAS-ual Fridays.

(Paper: PaperTreyInk; Ink: Momento; Image & Sentiment: Ippity (by Unity) stamps)

Have a blessed weekend!

God Bless You,

CPC Sneak Peak

Good morning!  Today is my turn to share with you my little sneak peak for this month's Design Team Delights Gallery that opens up tomorrow at Christian Paper Crafts!

I made this little scrapbook page of our favorite little "Vacation Church" using PaperTreyInk, October Afternoon, and Ippity Supplies!

I have some more exciting news to share, too!  I have been asked to join the I {heart} ippity creative team!  How cool is that!?  I can't wait to share more of my love of {ippity} with you!

God Bless You,

Woot Woot

I received my grade back from my Statistics midterm and found out I scored 95%!  So excited :o)  Now if the rest of the class goes that good I will be all set!
This week's Fun on Friday over at Christian Paper Crafts is to make something with a monogram.  I decided to make this little number for my home office following the sketch from 2Sketches4You this week:

(Paper: PaperTreyInk, Cosmo Cricket - Girl Friday; Ink: Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, Distress Ink - Tea Stain; Accessories: glitter letter, ribbon, lace)

Next up is a card I made for MOJO Monday and Digi Doodle Shop - just getting some MOJO on with my scraps, LOL!

(Paper: PaperTreyInk, BoBunny - Peacock, Stamps: Ippity - What Matters Most; Ink: Momento - Rich Cocoa, Distress Ink - Tea Stain; Accessories: Copics, ribbon, cuttlebug embossing folder, pearls, jute, button)

And last but not least, I made a scrapbook page for Scrappin' Silhouettes:

(Paper: BoBunny, Misc; Accessories: lace, Cork, Prima Flower)

I just loved our fun time at VBS!  The top pic is me with my Teen Class and the lower one is my hubby and me covered in shaving cream on the day of the VBS Party!

Have a wonderful weekend!

God Bless You,

Slowly But Surely...

That's how my Summer of school is coming along.  I am getting ready to take the mid-term in stats and hopefully go through the rest of the class full speed ahead and get to the final by the end of this month!  Right now, my stamping and scrapping time is while Abby is asleep, but it is a good way to shut down from the world of school and it gives me more of a set schedule to "play" than I had ever before!!
Today's card for Sketch Tuesday is sightly modified from the original sketch a little bit.  I did not want to make a square card, so I had to do a little "tweaking" to make everything fit!  I think I added a little of everything onto this little card, but I sure think it's cute - and hope you do too!!

(Cardstock - PTI, Bo Bunny; Jute; Lace; Button; Stamps - Ippity; Ink: Copics, Distress Ink-Tea Stain; CuttleBug Embossing Folder - Swiss Dots)

I hope Summer time is treating you well and you are having your greatest yet!

God Bless You,

Jam Packed

Happy Saturday!  I am so blessed to be sitting here in my office this morning typing to such lovely visitors like you!  If this is your first time stopping by, I sure hope you enjoy yourself and if you like what you see, please click and follow me!!

*I finally posted my Copic Certification badge on my blog thanks to a sweet reminder from an encouraging friend!  :)*

Today over at Christian Paper Crafts is Scripture Saturday and CASE Artist Saturday!  Our Scripture for today is Luke 6:19 and a decided to make an Artist Trading Card (ATC) for my stand that I keep on my desk at work!  I am loving how it turned out so cute and shabby :o)

I used PaperTreyInk cardstock and designer paper, buttons, twine, Tim Hotz Distress Ink in Tea Stain, a Zig Marker to write the Scripture with and last but most certainly not least, I spritzed some Tattered Angels glimmer mist on what was white lace for the trim!  Almost everything on the card was run through the cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots folder and I distressed the edges on the small button holder squares to rough them up a tad!  Such a sweet Sketch from SplitCoast Stampers could not be passed up, so I had to try it out on here!

Next up - CASE Artist Saturday!  Today is the last day for CASE Artist Saturday, but don't be sad, that's 'cause we're moving to Wednesday!  Starting Wednesday the 23rd, we will be WAC or Wednesday Case Artist, or "Hump Day Cards" LOL

I used PaperTreyInk Cardstock and Cosmo Cricket designer paper from the Early Bird Line!  A little lace, some jute, a button, some pearls - all those were the frosting :o)  The stamped image is from the Ippity stamps by Unity and colored with Copics!  A fiskars punch was the perfect addition to the side panel to give it some pizzas and I rounded the corners of the card just to be a little different!

I hope you have a wonderful Saturday! 

God Bless You,

Mary

Saturday

May I Have Your Attention Please....

I have an announcement! (I actually did this Friday night for my Relay Team and have been waiting until this morning to announce it to the rest of the world!)

I have been accepted into graduate school!!!! Thank GOD!!

This news has totally sent me over the moon! My mood is totally in the mode of nice bright colors, much like the ones on the color challenge at Christian Paper Crafts for Color Monday today!
The challenge, pink, yellow, orange, blue, and neutrals - either a combination of some or all... I just had to take a go at all of them and managed to fit it in!

I used PTI cardstock and patterned paper, bling from The Robin's Nest, Ippity What Matter's Most stamp set, misc lace trim and some Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist to spruce up my trim! The sweet little birdie is colored with copics and the wonderful sketch is from Card Positioning Systems - way too long since I have played over there!
So let's see, there's obviously pink, blue, and neutrals there, the little birdie's beak is yellow and all my edges are inked in orange!
Have a wonderful day! Hopefully my happy news will keep me on cloud nine even if it is a Monday!! Special thanks to everyone who kept me in their prayers! I truly appreciate it and ask that you continue to pray for me as I begin this new journey!

God Bless You,
Mary

The Waiting Game

And so I continue to play the waiting game when it comes to graduate school. While waiting to hear the fate of my application I have been putting in quite a bit of time on a Statistics class AND paper-crafting! The stats class is more beneficial when it comes to school and work, but the paper-crafting is better for the heart, mind, and soul!

Thursday's always excite me, because that means that it is Bible Verse Thursday over at Christian Paper Crafts! Not only does the challenge help to get you more into God's Word, but for me, it serves as a good started for a Prayer Shawl Ministry card!

I just loved coloring in these cute little houses with my copics! They are stamped in London Fog and all paper is from PaperTreyInk. My sweet copics are what they were colored in with. With the addition of some jute, twine, and lace, my card was all set!
Well, tomorrow is our Relay for Life! I can't believe it is FINALLY here! Please pray that we have a fun, SAFE night and trip home the next morning!

God Bless You,