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,

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,

Color My Monday

Good, cold, Monday morning!  Time to get the work week started and PRAY the weather forcast for the week is NOT true!  We are so tired of snow here!

Today is Color Monday at Christian Paper Crafts :o)  Super exciting stuff happening at Christian Paper Crafts right now!  Be sure to check it out!!  What a wonderful way to start off the week!  My sample for today is below:

(Paper: PaperTreyInk; Image: PaperTreyInk-2010 Love Tags, Background Basics-Music; Ink: Momento - Tuxedo Black, PaperTreyInk - Pure Poppy; Misc: Ribbon, Lace, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Swiss Dots)

God Bless You,

Love Notes

So maybe I'm stuck in the Valentine mode for good!  With snow in the forecast for the end of this week as well as next week, ANYTHING closer to Spring is sounding better and better everyday!

My little project today is a suprise for my hubby...  Shhhh, don't tell!  Instead of aValentine card to get lost in the stack of others, I decided to make a "pocket of love notes"!

I measured the envelope, then cut each of the papers a little smaller and matted another paper on top of there with an image from 2010 Love Tags stamped on each of them.  I plan to take a little time from now until Valentine's to write him some really heartfelt "aka mushy" love notes to tuck inside :) 

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 (Paper: PaperTreyInk; BoBunny; Images: PaperTreyInk - 2010 Love Tags; Ink - PaperTreyInk - Pure Popp; Misc- Ribbon, cuttlebug swiss dots folder)

Happy Wednesday - Half way through the work week!

God Bless You,

Feeling Lovey

I know  it's only the 4th day of January and I'm ready to jump into Valentine's Day!  Think - it's that much closer to Spring!  The funnier part of the story is that our church's Ladies Auxillary is just now getting to have their Christmas part tonight - and here I am in a Valentine mood!

My card today is inspired by the awesome sketch at Christian Paper Crafts for Sketch Tuesday today!

Cardstock: PaperTreyInk; Designer Paper: PaperTreyInk; Images: 2010 Love Tags - PaperTreyInk, Background Basics - Music - PaperTreyInk; Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics, RV00, RV02, RV09, PaperTreyInk Hibiscus; Misc - Ribbon, jute,button, trim, cuttlebug Swiss Dots Folder

Have a "lovely" Tuesday!

God Bless You, 

 

Abundant Blessings

Sometimes in this busy life, we tend to get so wrapped up in everything going on in the world and have to remind ourselves of how abundantly blessed we really are.  For my Facebook friends and I, we have challenged ourselves to post a thankful post everyday!  It really helps put things in perspective when you read back upon what you have written.

On the same topic of those posts, they got me to thinking of a cardfor today's Sketch Tuesdy at Christian Paper Crafts, so I decided to go with a blessings card.  The colors are from the wonderful Color Combo this week found at Stacey's Stamping Stage Curatin Call Color Challenge.

(Paper: PaperTreyInk, Basic Grey; Ink: PaperTreyInk, Close to my Heart; Images: PaperTreyInk; Accessories: bling, stickles, cuttlebug swiss dots folder, ribbon)

I hope your week is going splendid!  Remember to count those blessings!

God Bless You,

CPC Wednesday Case Artist - Thank You...

Wednesday is CASE Artist Day at Christian Paper Crafts, and with our new direction, we have decided to take one Wednesday a month to CASE one of our Partner Companies who are so gracious to us!  As the first Wednesday CASE Artist date rolled around, there was no doubt in my mind of who to CASE - our very own CINDY, who has done so much for us!
Click here to see the card in Cindy's gallery at Christian Paper Crafts.  You'll quickly notice the card that Abby chose for me to CASE.
The lovely sketch is from Sweet Sunday Sketches!
Below is mine:

(Paper: PaperTreyInk; Image: PaperTreyInk; Ink: Copics; Accessories: Buttons, jute, cuttlebug folders)

We truly do love you and thank God for you Cindy!

Have a wonderful day!  And God Bless You!!

Merry Monday

If you are needing a little boost to help you out in making your Christmas cards, check out Miss Boo's Color Monday challenge over at Christian Paper Crafts today!  Definately an answer to the lack of MOJO I've been feeling!  Add that with the wonderful sketch from Card Patterns and here is one of my first Christmas cards of the year!

(Paper: PaperTreyInk; Images: PaperTreyInk; Accessories: ribbon, jute, button, lace, Tattered Angels

Glimmer Mist, Fiskars Border Punch)

Have a wonderful day!  I hope your week gets off to a wonderful start!

God Bless You,

Welcome to Christian Paper Crafts, Scrabooking!

Good morning! Can you believe it is the middle of the week already? Thankfully we are planning a little mini trip to take Abby to DollyWood this Saturday, but shhh, she doesn’t know – it’s a surprise!

Today is the kick-off of the new Scrapbooking Section over at Christian Paper Crafts! Please make time to stop by and see what all of the commotion is about! Since it is also Wednesday, it is time once again for CASE Artist Wednesday. Today’s challenge is to CASE ANYTHING from the new scrapbook section! See, simple as that, plus you are getting to play along in 2 challenges! How’s that for multi-tasking!!

The challenge I decided to CASE is a sketch, which also is the title of one of the new scrapbook challenges, Stretch Your Sketch! Here is what I came up with:

Also today, I have my card for Christian Paper Crafts Sketch Tuesday to share with you!  Made with some PaperTrey and Abbey Road sweetness with a touch of pearls!  This little bit is also going in the challenge over at Stampin Sister's in Christ this week :o)



Welcome to Monday!

Today is my little girl's first day of dance school and we are so excited :o)  She's been talking about it forever and the day has finally come!  I hope and pray it is all she ever dreamed it would be!
Be sure to check out the challenge over at Deedee's Digi's today!  Seasons!  I totally love the change of seasons, especially the season of Fall!
This little guy makes me think of Fall and is available in Deedee's store!  In fact, if it is Fall images you are looking for, you have GOT to check the store out!  (Oh, and the wonderful sketch is from the Paper Works Company!)

(Image: Deedee's Digi; Paper: PaperTreyInk, Cosmo Cricket; Ink: Copics, Misc: Ribbon, Tattered Angel's Glimmer Mist, Button, Jute, Lace)

This next little lovely is some fun colors that totally don't fit in with the Season of Fall!  They look more like Spring or Summer, hehehe, but they are the colors for today's Color Monday over at Christian Paper Crafts!  I decided to combine them with the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #85 for this:

(Paper: PaperTreyInk, Misc DP; Ink: PaperTreyInk; Image: PaperTreyInk; Misc:Buttons, ribbon)

God Bless You,

Good Morning

Good Morning!  I can't believe the weekend has went by so quickly.  I feel like I didn't get much accomplished at all because our electricity was out yesterday...ugh!

This morning, I have a couple of little cards for you!  The first one uses Deedee's Digis, and the second is a little something I put together using the MOJO Monday sketch #115.  I hope you enjoy!

(Paper: PaperTreyInk; Ribbn: American Crafts & Cosmo Cricket; Image: Deedee's Digis; Ink: Copics; Misc: Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, Cuttlebug)

(Paper: PaperTreyInk Misc DP; Image: PaperTreyInk; Ink: Copics; Misc: Cork, ribbon, nestabilities)

God Bless You,

Thankful Thursdays

I seem to always want to title Thursdays posts as Thankful Thursdays!  I'm not sure if it is because the weekend is coming close and that makes me so much more thankful than usual or what!
Today, or should I say tonight when I am typing this LOL, I am thankful to have a moment of internet service in this aggravation of not having consistent service for almost a month now!
Looking at the calender, I see that Christmas is just around the corner and so I decided to use a cute little Deedee's Digi, along with this week's Sunday Sketch and Stamp Sketch to come up with this:

(Paper: PaperTreyInk, misc pp; Image: Deedee's Digis; Ink: Copics; Misc: Cork, lace, ribbon, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist - Frost)

God Bless You,

Finally Friday!

Well - it's finally Friday of a three day weekend and my internet is working...for the moment!  Hopefully things are starting to look up!
It sure has been a long time - and real inconsistant since I have been in...  I hope that is fixed and all will be well once more...
How about a cute little Deedee's Digi bear on a card today?  Well, here you go:

Image: Deedee's Digis; Paper: Cosmo Cricket, PTI; Ink: Copics, Distress Ink-Tea Stain;

Accessories: Butterfly bling, butterfly trim, primas

This little card was entered into the following challenges:
* Color Throwdown
* The Sweet Stop - sketch layout
* Fab n Funky - material
* Stampin Sister's In Christ - metal (on butterfly)
* Flourishes Timeless Tuesday - Summer Memories (playing dress up & chasing butterflies with Abby!)

Have a wonderful Labor Day weekend!

God Bless You,

Back with Flowers :o)

Wow!  It feels like forever since I have been here!  We have been without internet for way too long waiting for the company to troubleshoot one problem after another, only to find out it is what *I* originally suggested the problem may be! LOL  The hardest part now, is waiting for someone to come fix it :o)

Today I have a little card for you using this lovely little flower (Weeds & Wildflowers) from Deedee's Digis!  Don't you just love it!  To make it go along with the Bible Verse Challenge over at Christian Paper Crafts today for Summer Time, I used these colors which are also from the Color ThrowDown Challenge this week.  I think this set will look wonderful with harvest colors, or even shades of red for Christmas!  I also decided to try the recipe challenge over at Fab n Funky and use three papers, two embellishments, and one image.  Oh and the sketch, that lovely little number is from the Diva Coffee Break gang!

(Paper: Paper Trey Ink, misc; Image: Deedee's Digis-

Weeds & Wildflowers; Ink: Copics, Distress Ink-Tea Stain;

Misc: Pearls, Bling, Cuttlebug folder, edge distressing tool)

Thank you for stopping in today!  See you tomorrow!

God Bless You,

Seeing Green!

Over at Christian Paper Crafts, today is color Monday, and what an awesome Color Combo Jen has come up with now!  I had so much fun with this one!  It's about as close to a monochromatic look as I have ever come!  The lovely layout is from Deedee's Digi's Craft Blog, and while you are checking out this week's challenge over there, head over to the store and pick up this super cute teddy since it is also from Deedee's Digis!  He is one of my all time favorite digi stamps!  He's being a little "faith" bear this week for the Stampin Sister's In Christ Challenge!

(Paper: PaperTreyInk; Image: Deedee's Digis; Accessories: Copics, Pearls, Small Scallop Marvy Punch, ribbon)

Have a great Monday!

God Bless You,

Oh Baby Baby...

And before you get any wild ideas - no, we're not having another baby!  It's the wonderful new Baby digis from Deedee's Digis that has me saying that!  You see, I have always dreaded making baby shower cards.  To be honest, I usually *faints* buy them from the store... <---that is how bad I really dislike it!  But with these stamps - I actually made 3...in one night....SUPER easy...no pain to it!
First off, my kind of baby!  Kraft, the vintage feel of Basic Grey paper, some distress ink, an edge distresser, and a homemade flower (Christian Paper Crafts Bible Verse Thursday Challenge)...  Meet Ms. Shabby Chic!

(Paper: PaperTreyInk,BasicGrey; Image:Deedee's Digi;, Ink: Copics, Distress Ink - Tea Stain; Accessories: Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, Lace, homemade flower, pearl)

Followed by this little number where I placed an image from Deedee's Cuties for a Cure on the onesie!  They are all inchies in that set so it works out perfectly:

(Paper: PaperTreyInk, Basic Grey; Image: Deedee's Digis; Accessories: Jute; Ink: Copics, Distress Ink - Tea Stain)

And last but not least, for all the momma's of boys out there, this little card is made using the same concept as the previous girly card.  Meet little dude:

(Paper: PaperTreyInk, Basic Grey; Ink: Copics, Distress Ink - Tea Stain; Accessories: Jute, cuttlebug; Image: Deedee's Digis)

*All card layouts were inpired by the sketch at CPS this week!

Thank you for stopping by today!

God Bless You,

Monday of Color!

Wow!  You know it really is a Color Monday when the challenge at Christian Paper Crafts AND Crafting with Deedee's Digis are colors...and opposite colors at that LOL!
First up - here is what I came up with for Deedee's Digis:

(Paper:PaperTreyInk; Image: Deedee's Digis; Accessories: Copics, Cuttlebug)

Now, notice the same sketch from Card Positioning Systems, but I changed it up and added the Christian Paper Crafts Colors and a different image!

(Paper: PaperTreyInk; Image: PaperTreyInk; Accessories: Cuttelbug, Jute, Copics)

I hope that beginning of your week is wonderful!

God Bless You,

Merry Christmas &a Pig...Say What?!

Well, I know that it is Summer time, but Christmas challenges seem to be popping up everywhere! Have you noticed it too? I figured that I may as well jump on the band-wagon, that way I would have at least one card done come Christmas time!

(Paper: PaperTreyInk, Basic Grey; Ink: Copics, Distress Ink, White Ink; Image: Deedee’s Digis; Accessories: Fiskars Punch, Edge Distressing Tool, CuttleBug Snowflake Embossing Folder, Jute, Buttons, Acetate Sheets)

I decided to combine multiple challenges into this one though! First of all, the Christmas challenge is from The Cuttlebug Spot – notice the snowflake embossing done on kraft and highlighted with a little white ink! The colors, well they are from Color Throwdown #102, so pretty, and although they were chosen to be Summer Colors, I think they worked great for a Cool Winter card. The corners of the card have paper piercing added as a result of the Tuesday Throwdown challenge. And last, but not least, Midnight Madness is responsible for the awesome sketch! If you notice the snowflakes on the card in the corner, my dear friend Candace was looking for some “Ghost Snowflakes by Heidi Swapp”, so I decided to see if I could create them… Not sure if I am happy with them or not LOL It’s sure not something I would be happy enough with to give LOL

Next up is a cute little pig card that I made to go along with a Prayer Shawl that I am working on. The cute little image is from Deedee’s Digis and you can find him in the Dollar Digi bin over there at the Deedee’s Digi’s Store!  The wonderful sketch is from Sweet Sketches.

(Image: Deedee’s Digis; Paper: PaperTreyInk, BasicGrey; Ink: Copics, Distress Ink; Accessories: Ribbon, Prima, Stickles)

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

God Bless You,

Mary

Case Artist Day @ CPC

It's Wednesday, so you know what that means, right?  Of course, it's time for the Wednesday CASE Artist over at Christian Paper Crafts!  Today the CPC site is being a tad bit silly, so we are directing everyone to the Creative Blog for the day!

Today's featured artist is Janaria.  Take a peak at that gallery and see what you want to CASE.  I chose and layout as inspiration this week and the card below is what I came up with!  This cute little bear from Deedee's Digis was the perfect touch! I did try to use the color's from the Curtain Call Color Challenge again, because they were just so fun - but had to add in a little splash of blue and purple on the parachute!  :o)

(Paper: PaperTreyInk, BoBunny; Image: Deedee's Digis; Accessories: Nestabilities, Lace, Jute, Buttons, cuttlebug; Ink: Tattered Angel's Glimmer Mist, Copics, Distress Ink - Tea Stain)

Hope your week is absolutely fabulous!

God Bless You,

...Blowing Kisses...

Jen's Color Challenge over at Christian Paper Crafts for Color Monday is Shades of Brown.  Well, a couple of weeks ago, it was chocolate with celery, which at the time I couldn't find paper that would have been "fresh" celery.  Now that I have, I am not sure which gallery I should upload it to, this week's or the other week LOL!  I definitely think it will go in this week;s - Jen knows I can;t follow some directions well already :o)
This wonderful sketch is from Card Positioning Systems and the colors also fit the color scheme at Curtain Call Color Challenges for the week!

(Paper: PaperTreyInk; Image: Deedee's Digis; Accessories: Ribbon, Copics, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, Cuttlebug embossing folders)

Be sure to check out Deedee's Digis for this week's challenge on the Craft Blog!  It is a super fun one!  Plus, my cute little bear on there is a Deedee's digi!

Hope your week is starting off wonderful!

God Bless You,
Mary