Love Snowmen - Dispise Snow

I'm a total sucker for snowmen!  I just love 'em - the faker the better though!  This little gal may be from the PaperTreyInk Friendship Jar Holiday fillers set, but she is escaping from her jar for the moment.  And those extra "snow" dots there - that's made with the cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder.  Jusst make sure to have your artwork inked and colored before you run it through the cuttlebug to ensure you get your crisp stamp lines!  Wonderful sketch from Sketch Tuesday at Christian Paper Crafts!  Speaking of which, have you checked it out lately?  Uh!  Wowzers over there!!

This little card is also for the following challenges: The Paper Variety, Stamp Insanity, SCS Ways to Use It, Pixie Dust Studio, and the Colour Create blog!

(Paper: PaperTreyInk; Image: PaperTreyInk; Ink; Momento, Copics; Misc: Ribbon, Button, Jute, Brads, pin, lace, cuttlebug)

Have a wonderful day and be sure to curl up with someone you love :o)

God Bless You,

*Snowy Saturday*

Snow...  I am so over the white stuff!  We have had more than our fair share around here this year.  At least this snow is on the weekend, and I am home with my loves!  Since school has not started back yet, I get to spend the snowy day catching up on housework and playing with paper and material!!  I just wish my mommy lived closer so we could do this together!

My first little creation today is for the Clean and Simple Challenge over at Christian Paper Crafts today, as well as the sketch and color challenge over at SplitCoastStampers.

(Paper: PaperTreyInk; Images & Sentiment: PaperTreyInk; Misc: Cuttlebug Swiss Dots, Cricut shape, gingham ribbon)

And in some happy, scrappy news, I'm now a Scrapbook Specialist at Christian Paper Crafts!  Below is a page a created from our "Christmas Vacation" to the Inn at Christmas Place in Tennessee this past December!

(Paper: PaperTreyInk, My Mind's Eye; Stamps: PaperTreyInk; Lettering: Cricut; Misc: Cuttlebug Swiss Dots, Fskars Treading Water Punch, buttons, jute, Marvy snowflake punch, bling)

God Bless You,

Feeling that Holiday Spirit

With Abby already wanting to put the Christmas tree up, you kind of have to get in the Christmas mood pretty quick!  I guess the forecast of snow for today doesn't hurt either!  So with that being said - Christmas cards are on my agenda lately.  Good thing since I a hosting a Christmas Card Workshop tomorrow to benefit our Church's Relay for Life team.
For today though...  Yesterday's Bible Verse Thursday at Christian Paper Crafts was all about adding some glitter and glitz to your card with the Bible Verse of your choice!  Wanting to make a Winter card, I decided to go for the verse from Isaiah 1:18 for a little spiritual emphasis to the snow!  I decided to combine it with today's Fun on Friday to create this little card...  The sketch is from SplitCoastStampers for this week and the colors are inspired from the image at the Shabby Tea Room.

(Paper: PaperTreyInk, BoBunny; Images: PaperTreyInk; Accessories: jute, bling, stickles, 'snow')

Earlier this week, I was pretty busy making a presentation board for work and didn't get to play along with the Wednesday CASE artist.  I decided to make yet another Christmas card...  The sketch is from the wonderful JOyc3's gallery at Christian Paper Crafts.  SplitCoastStampers way to use it challenge was about ways to use your green this week.  My favorite way is of course to add it with red and make a Christmas card!

(Paper: PaperTreyInk, misc; Image: PaperTreyInk; Accessories: Fiskars Border Punch, Buttons, Lace)

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!  Check back tomorrow for another day of Christian Paper Crafts new clean and simple challenge.

God Bless You,

My Loves are Nestled, All Snug in the Bed...

My sweet hubby has the week off and is getting to spend it home with our precious little one.  Oh, trust me, I have been fighting off the pangs of jealousy and the bits of sadness that I will not be sharing this fun time with them this week...  But, work it is for me!
Today is Color Monday at Christian Paper Crafts and you truly never know what combination Jen is going to throw at you!  Today's is cream, tan, chocolate, and garden green.  I substituted kraft for the tan and added a llittle of a light shade of green for the flowers, but kept them green to attemp to keep the color scheme going.  The card is also for the Clean and Simple (CAS) challenges both at SplitCoastStampers today (theme: Sympathy) and Christian Paper Crafts from Saturday October 30th!  The great sketch, well that's from Sweet Sunday Sketches of course :)

(Paper: PaperTreyInk; Image: PaperTreyInk; Ink: Copics, Momento; Accessories: ribbon, Spellbinder's Nestabilities)

Have a wonderful week and beginning of November!

God Bless You,

There's No Place Like Home...

Dorothy said it, and I believe it to be true!  Today's challenge over at Christian Paper Crafts for Bible Verse Thursday is "Home Sweet Home".  Come play along with us and have lots of fun ;o)

My little card is made with Deedee's Digi's, PaperTreyInk Cardstock, Various Designer Paper that I had scraps of, and some lace that's been kissed by a little Glimmer Mist of course!  I added the faux stitching around the embossed layer (this week's Tuesday Throwdown Challenge) and of course, I admittedly don't like birds, so they are not what brings me comfort, but of course scripture and thoughts of home do (Stampin Sisters In Christ Challenge).  Oh, and I followed the SplitCoastStampers Card Sketch Challenge for this card as well :o)

Hey, it's almost Friday!

God Bless You,

Welcome to the Luau!

The Luau with Deedee's Digi's that is!  Just think - in your mind you can be anywhere you want, and now with these new awesome digi's from Deedee's Digis, well, you can go there in your paper-crafting too!  Just sit back and relax - there's a party going on!

First up, I have to tell you I fell in love with this pineapple!  Now, I know it sounds silly because I don't know *why* I love it, maybe because as soon as I saw it, I *knew* the card I wanted to make!  And Miss Candace, although I sure love you, your tutorial has given my hot glue gun a workout girlie!  I am pleating ribbon on everything!

(Cardstock: PTI, American Crafts, Image: Deedee's Digi, Cuttlebug, jute, button, edge distresser, copics, distress ink)

Next, I decided to do a card with the super cute TIKI man that comes as a free gift for playing along today!  So, the truth is, we are all about parties at my house!  All in good,clean, fun that is!  Everyone gathers at my house for their birthday, cookout, etc...  So next year I want to build a "porch" on the side of my yard (sounds crazy, I know), but I explained it all to hubby and told him I would have to throw a big "porch party" when it is complete!  Wouldn't this be the cutest invite?

(Paper:PaperTreyInk, Cosmo Cricket, Image: Deedee's Digi's, buttons, jute, copic spika marker, lace, ribbon, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, distress ink)

However, I am all about a card with more than one purpose and I hated to think of waiting until next year to use this cute little feller, so I transformed him into a card for the Prayer Shawl Ministry at church.  See, not all of our shawl recipients are adults, and the kiddos of all ages need cards, too!  So, the sentiment says: "Dude - Get to know the 'Living Water' -John 4:1-26"  I can soo imagine him saying that!!!

(Paper: PaperTreyInk, CosmoCricket, Image: Deedee's Digis, ribbon, lace, buttons, jute, copic spika marker, edge distresser, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, Distress Ink)

And last, but certainly not least, these little flip flops were the freebie on Monday, but what would a good luau be without a new pair of "flops"?

(Paper: PaperTreyInk, Ribbon, Buttons, Image: Deedee's Digis, copics, distress ink, bling, edge distresser)

Have a wonderful day!  Don't forget to stop by the party at the Crafter's Digital Art Center and check out what the rest of the DT has created for you today!

Ceal Pritchett

Candace Mitchell

Darsie Bruno

Dana Colbourne

Jeanine DuBose

Jerusha Borden

Kelly Santi

Leanne Garner

Melissa Craig

Paula Bloom

Sandy Domelle

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

Color Your Monday

Here is my creation for Color Monday over at Christian Paper Crafts. Today Jen's color picks for us were awesome, CM60 is the softer colors of Summer. Being at the beach a couple of weeks ago definitely showed me a peak into these wonderful soft colors and is intwined into my card even more.

I used PTI cardstock, SU Summer by he Sea Stamp Set, Copic Markers, and jute! This card also follows a SplitCoastStampers sketch, but I can't remember which one right now LOL!

God Bless You,

Mary

Love Day

I know, I know... It's not Feb 14th, but it is my anniversary! Just in case my hubby happens to pop over here (which he actually does from time to time), I just wanted him to see that I love him and am wishing him a Happy Anniversary!

On to the creativity of the day! Today is Scripture Saturday and CASE Artist Saturday over at Christian Paper Crafts and I am ever so excited as always! Today's Scripture card is up first. The scripture for today is Psalms 30:2 and how powerful it is. Knowing that we can cry out to God for healing! This is the card I made for today:

The papers are all from Papertrey ink and the stamp is from the Music of My Heart Ippity set. I used my Copics to add color and a button with some jute and lace :o)

Next up, we have CASE Artist Saturday! Today, our featured artist is debils! I just fell in love with her cards and the layouts are wonderful! Click here to see the card I chose as inspiration, and below you can see my creation.

Papers are all from PaperTreyInk. Stamp is from Ippity. I also used my cuttlebug, jute, prima flower, turquoise stickles, and GLIMMER MIST! I glimmer misted it all and loved every minute of it!

Come join us at Christian Paper Crafts and play along. When uploading a Scripture Saturday card for this week's challenge, tag with SS49 at Christian Paper Crafts and CPC-SS49 elsewhere. For CASE Artist Saturday, it's simply CAS55 at Christian Paper Crafts and CPC-CAS55 anywhere else!!

My mommy and I are planning to work on our Relay for Life banner for next weekend and grab me some blue Glimmer Mist! Tattered Angels - ahh, bliss!!

God Bless You,

New Camera Day!

I'm so excited to have my new camera today! My old faithful CyberShot came back from the beach as a "souvenir" for my dad. Complete with sand and water in the display screen, it truly looked like one of those snow globes except with sand! Fortunately, I have an awesome daddy who was able to not only save the pictures, memory card, and battery, but has also repaired the camera to full use!! I still ended up with a new camera though - he felt I should get something "water proof" - wonder why! So, I ended up with the Canon D10!

My card today uses some new papertreyink goodies along with my faithful Copics! Check out Fun on Friday over at Christian Paper Crafts for the super fun challenge this card was made for! The awesome layout is from SplitCoastStampers sketch challenge this week!Have a wonderful weekend and don't forget tomorrow is Scripture Saturday and CASE Artist Saturday at Christian Paper Crafts!

God Bless You,

Finally Friday :o)

I am so happy that it is Finally Friday!! I have been so busy with work this week, I am actually excited about the chance to catch up on some homework :o) Oh, and some housework too LOL!
My first card today is made following the sketch over at Die Cuts R Us' A Crafty Little Place! I love their sketches, they are always such fun to work with!

For this, I used PTI carsdtock along with My Mind's Eye Papers. Hawaiian Shores Ink (by PTI), buttons, lace, and jute!
Next up is Fun on Friday over at Christian Paper Crafts! And guess what, we have a guest hostess today so hop on over and check it out! Today's challenge....Anything altered! Everyone who knows me knows that one thing I love to do is write! You would think that as much as I do write, my handwriting would be better than it is LOL... I write all the time, making notes, writing lists, etc... Papers are PTI and Cosmo Cricket, I used Copics, PTI Vintage Picnic and Take Note Stamp Sets, and CTMH inks!
This is the first time that I have played along with the SplitCoastStampers sketch challenge. All the stampers over there are so wonderful, it can feel intimidating at times! I don't know why I chose to start with this one though, I have such trouble having anything crooked on purpose :o)

SC280. All papers are PTI, lace was tea stained by me and Abby :o) and the Ippity Butterfly was colored with Copics :o)
Have a great weekend!

God Bless You,