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

Finally Friday

I just got to thinking about this verse for a Friday and got so tickled that I had to use it on a card.  I mean - the card can be taken very serious, but after a long week, I just kept thinking, "Even Friday's are possible with God"!

Although my blog is usually "off" on  the weekends, this Sunday is my "Glorious Glimpse" post for CPC!  You won't wabnt to miss this monthes Design Delights Gallery, especially if you have kiddos and are working on projects for school!

God Bless You,

*Thankful Thursday*

If you recall this post from a couple of weeks ago on Thankful Thursday, I was so very thankful for my dehumidifier...  Fast forward to a couple of days after that and you want to know what I became most thankful for?  Listening to God to check that dehumidifier that had NEVER been a problem.  I walked back into the house to check it to find the cord melting!  We may no longer have our dehumidifier, but thanks to listening to God, we still have our home!!  So today, I am thankful for God's ever loving presence and gentle way of speaking to us!

On to today's craftiness!  Today's card is for the wonderful Sweet n Sassy Sweet Stop Sketch #112 and the Color Challenge at Color Throwdown:

 (Paper: PaperTreyInk, October Afternoon; Stamps: PaperTreyInk; Ink: Momento, Copics; Misc: Button, cuttlebug folder)

Another little project for today ties in two things I love, crafting and cooking!  Well, baking to be exact, but...  I have had so much trouble finding "cutesy" recipe cards that I decided to just make my own!  Now to find the perfect basket for them ;)  Good thing I know a Longaberger consultant ;)

(Stamps: Stampendous; Paper: PaperTreyInk, Georgia Pacific; Ink: PaperTreyInk, Copics)

* Would you like to make these for yourself, they were SUPER easy!  First I took a standard size 8.5x11 sheet of cardstock and cut it at 4.25 and 5.5 inches, leaving me with the 4 cards for bases.
* Next I took my white sheet of the same sized cardstock and did the same thing.  Since I wanted the white to be slightly smaller, I went back and took 1/4 an inch off of the length and width of each of them.
* Then I inked up my Stampendous What's Cooking stamps and decorated the front of a white card ever so slightly and used the large image on a scrap piece of cardstock which I then punched out with my scallop punch for the back.
*Note: After your ink dries, you can color in the images if you wish, I colored some of mine with Copics, but colored pencils would look great for a country touch!
*I took a piece of scrap ribbon and wrapped it around the card to ensure the ends would land under the scalloped image on the back and secure with tape or glue.
* Adhere the white cardstock you decorated to the front of the kraft.
*Place the scalloped circle on the back with pop up dots, covering the endings of the ribbns
* There you have it, easy peasy recipe cards!


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,

Relay Friday

Ahh, it is Relay Friday for our Relay for Life team!  I hope everyone is as excited as I am!  The Cake Pops are done, quilt finished, survivor gifts completed, etc...  I just hope I manage to remember to take everything with me!
On the crafty side of things today, I have a couple of cards to share!
First up is the sketch on the Stampendous Blog this week:

 (Paper: PaperTreyInk, October Afternoon - Fly a Kite; Ink: Momento, Copics; Stamp: Stampendous; Misc: Jolee's Bling)

Next is the CPS sketch for this week!  Christian Paper Crafts is the sponser over there, and I really encourage you to check out both places!

(Paper: PaperTreyInk, October Afternoon - Fly a Kite; Stamps: PaperTreyInk; Ink: PaperTreyInk; Misc: ribbon)

Have a great weekend!

God Bless You,

Thankful Thursday!

What am I thankful for today?  Everything, but I guess that would be a blanket answer...  My family or maybe I could just say my Abby, but that would be too obvious...  Nope, the point of thankful Thursday is to get you to think outside the box for what you are thankful for!  Mine today - the dehumidifier in our bedroom!  Although this sounds like nothing, it has made a HUGE difference in my sinus/allergies and quantity/quality of sleep!

My little card today is full of things I love: the color pink, kraft, primas, ribbon, sewing, nestabilities, buttons, twine, pins, and copics, and of couse my little stampendous owl stamp set!  This little card is made for Color Monday at Christian Paper Crafts this week and also uses a ST98 from CPC.  Tuesday Throwdown's challenge this week is DIY embellishments, so I decided to sew my grey ribbon onto my white and make "scrunched" ribbon!

Hope you are having a wonderful week!!  Our weekend seems like it will be just as busy as the rest of the week has been...  What's that, no rest for the weary! lol

God Bless You,

June Already....

Wow!  I cannot believe that June is already here!  Why, this month is cram packed, with Relay for Life events this weekend, Abby's Dance recital this weekend, our big Relay event and Church picnic next weekend, Father's Day the one after that, then California bound the following week!  Wow!  Just thinking of it all makes me look forward to July already!
A big Happy Birthday goes out to my Father-in-Law today, so today's project is in honor of him :o)

Abby was totally wore out after swimming on Sunday and decided a nap snuggled up to Grandpa on the boat ride back was just what she needed!

Happy Birthday Grandpa, we love you!

God Bless You,

Happy Birthday to Me! :o)

Happy Tuesda everyone!  I hope you are all having a fantastic day!  I decided to treat myself to a vacation day for my birthday - Great gift - being at home and still getting paid for the day of work!  What better to do than spend the day with my little girl, work on Relay stuff, and uhm, make myself a birthday card! :o)  What better way to get the card you want than to make it yourself?  I couldn't think of one either!
Of course, my card had to have some pink, some PaperTrey, Stampendous stamps, October Afternoon, flowers, glimmer mist, copics, & buttons...  all the things I simply adore in the world of paper!

Of course, I had to use a wonderful sketch from Gloria at Christian Paper Crafts!

Hope you all are having as happy of a day as I am!

God Bless You,

CPC Preview Day :o)

Hello!  Today is my day to share a sneak peak for this month's DT Delights gallery at Christian Paper Crafts :o)  I am so excited to show you my little project, it is one dear to my hear!  You see, I love to have "scripture cards" (ATC sized cards with scripture) on my desk at work for a quick reference whenever I need a pick me up (or brought back down to Earth)!  The biggest problem, they are all SUPER girly - pinks, ribbons, lace, etc...  My goal for this month was to use some "manly-er colors" to fit our theme at Christian Paper Crafts for the month!  I am excited to say that hubby approved, he still thinks they are a little girly though lol - I guess there's no hope for me :o)

Have a wonderful day and don't forget that the special May Design Team Delights gallery opens tomorrow at Christian Paper Crafts for Super Sisters and King's Daughter members!  Hope to see you there!

Oh, and as a follow up, I had some questions about my projects from the other day...  The egg pattern closest to mine can be found by googling "you tube crocheted egg pattern - It is the first one that comes up by a lady Thearsa (could not add the link for some reason tonight)... (--> Oh, and I have a hard time sticking to a pattern or recipe of any sort, so I am sure I changed it some) and the camera strap was just winged for the most part with a little inspiration from here and there, oh an the fact that I am tight and wouldn't pay for someone else to make it...  maybe that should be a tutorial ;o)

God Bless You,

*CPC Design Team Delights Gallery Sneak Peak*

Hello!  Today I am excited to be sharing a sneak peak from Christian Paper Crafts April Design Team Delights Gallery that will premier tomorrow!!

Whether you are planning a little something to celebrate Mom or gathering the girlfriends for a day of fun, food is such an important part, don't forget to dress it up too! What did I do here that applies to paper you may ask? Oh but look and see, each of the sweets has a tag in front of it (taped to a napkin ring by the way) made out of cardstock with ribbons to let your guest know what bit of goodness lies ahead! The cupcake balls in the jar also have ribbons and little tags with love notes on them as well! Paper-Crafting supplies can be used everywhere!

Supplies: PaperTreyInk cardstock; ribbon; mega scalloped circle marvy punch

And....  if you are looking for a way to step up your participation somewhere, come on over to CPC and see what is going on!  Cindy just made an announcement looking for challenge hostesses!!

God Bless You,
Mary

Dreams of Spring

After waking up yesterday morning to cold weather and...more snow, I thought today's Color Monday would be the idea time for some "Dreams of Spring"!  Check out all the details at Christian Paper Crafts today!

Have a wonderful, "springy" day!

God Bless You,

*Love, Color Your Monday, & a Hop*

Welcome!  Thank you for stopping in!  Whether it is the Color Monday for Christian Paper Crafts, Virtual Valentine's Day Party (Blog Hop), or My Time Made Easy Sneak Peak that has brought you in, I am delighted to have you!
For this special blog hop a bunch of friends and designers got togetherand ended up with 40+ participants and 19 sponsors giving away a total of 21 prizes. Random commenters will be drawn from random blogs, so the more love they/you leave the more chances you have to win. 
If you are just popping in here, you need to start at Taylor's Blog for the full information, click here.  You should have arrived here from Rain Puddles Design blog and your next click will take you to Karber Sweet Escape.
So let's get going!
This morning's Color Monday at Christian Paper Crafts is all about LOVE!  I decided to combine that with the LOVE BLOG home and here you have it:

As an extra little bonus, I have a sneak preview project to share!  The Christian Paper Crafts special Design Team Delights Gallery for February is opening tomorrow with our lovely sponsor My Time Made Easy.  Here is one of my little goodies: 

 Don't you just love those little seed packets? They are one of the new templates and oh so easy to work with.  There is even a template for cutting the inside card, which I used on the photos of my little Abby!  I will have these on the table at her upcoming birthday party!  What a cute way to show off her year without having to worry about the scrapbooks being destroyed!  Also, these are all extras of pictures, so grandparents can take as they please!  My Time Made Easy also sells digital stamps which are totally awesome and would make a wonderful addition to any of your projects.

Happy Love Day!  The most precious gift of love is the love of Christ - I pray you each are blessed with this special love in your lives!

God Bless You,

P.S. Here's the list of AWESOME companies donating prizes!
- StampInsanity - with a set of choice for one winner
- Meljens designs - 4 digis to one winner
- Pixie Dust Studio - 2 digis to one winner
- Lizzie Anne Designs - $10 gift certificate (donated by Taylor U)
- Christian Paper Crafts - 1 year general membership
- Paper Pretties - 3 total winners: 1 person will receive Timeless Love stamp set; 2 people will receive 5 digis of their choice from the store
- Karber Digital Images - 2 digis to one winner
- Di's Digi Downloads - 5 digi images to one winner
- The Scrappychick Boutique - 2 6x6 Cosmo Cricket paper pads to one winner
- Stampendous - 4 cling rubber stamps from new release to 1 winner
- Pink Cat Studio - 5 digis of winner's choice to one winner
- Amber Ink - $10 gift certificate (and more if people use an Amber Ink product - see deets on their blog)
- Simply Betty Stamps - 3 digis of the winner's choice
- Mark's Finest Papers - set of their choosing to the winner
- Dreamweaver's Stencils - a couple stencils, pearlescent embossing paste and a palette knife
- Chi Chi Memories - Meaning of Love Digi Stamp Set to one winner
- Little Potato House - $20 gift certificate
- Kenny K digis: 4 digis to one winner
- Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps: winners choice of 2 images

Monday Morning Monkey Time!

Good Monday Morning...  We are supposed to get - get this - another Snow Storm this week!  Trust me - all this white stuff is totally ruining my mojo for getting anything done!
Later today over at Christian Paper Crafts, I will announce the winners from our very first PPN!  If you missed this one, you have another opportunity to play along coming up February 17th!
Today is Color Monday and I have some super fun colors picked out for you to play along with!  Here is my sample that I encorporated with the wonderful Sweet Sketch Wednesday sketch for this week:

(Paper: PaperTreyInk, Image: PaperTreyInk; Ink: PaperTreyInk, Copics, Momento; Accessories: Ribbon, Lace)

Have a great week!

God Bless You,



Campbell's Soup Kind of Friday

Whew!  Can you believe Friday is finally here?  I'm sure excited about it!  Hopefully the snow will hold off and we will get to have church Sunday!  *insert super happy face*

Today's Fun on Friday at Christian Paper Crafts inspired my litte card below, along with the sketch challenge from Card Patterns!  These old "Campbell's Soup Kids" (SU! Vintage Valentine) are some of mine and Abby's favorite images!  Oh - PaperTreyInk release is tonight at midnight!  I can't wait to "get my stamp on"!

(Paper: PaperTreyInk, BoBunny; Image: Stampin Up, PaperTreyInk - Background Basics-Text Style; Ink: Momento, Copics; Misc: ribbon, lace, button, jute, cuttlebug swiss dots, marvy scallop punch) 

Have a wonderful day!

God Bless You,

Friendly Thursday

Good morning everyone and welcome to Thursday!  Now if you're liek me, Thursday has took its sweet time coming, but tomorrow is Friday :o)

Today is Bible Verse Thursday over at Christian Paper Crafts and I am so tickled to get to play along!    The wonderful sketch is from the CPS blog.  Check my little feller out here:

(Paper: PaperTreyInk; Image: Unity; Ink: Momento; Accessories: ribbon, Misc: edge distressing tool, cuttlebug swiss dots folder)

Have a wonderful day my lovelies!

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,

*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,

Fun-ly Friday

I'm actually excited to go in and get my work day over with!  When I get home, my loves will be waiting and the weather man says we may be snowed in this weekend!  Ahhh - time to play with paper!

Today is Fun on Friday at Christian Paper Crafts and I can't wait to show you what I made.  You see, if you've ever visited my blog, you know 1) I almost always have a brown or kraft card base, 2) bright colors are WAY outside of my comfort zone!  But look below:

(Cardstock: PaperTreyInk; Designer Paper: Basic Grey; Stamps: PaperTreyInk - Love Song, PaperTreyInk - Background Basics-Music; Misc: buttons, cuttlebug, lace trim)

What's even wilder is that I am actually tickled with it!  A real oddity for me and my creations!  Along with the Fun on Friday Challenge at Christian Paper Crafts, this card also falls under the Color Dare challenge for this week, Fab n Funky's challenge, and the wonderful sketch is from Sweet Sketch Wednesday!

I hope your weekend is as lovely as you are!

God Bless You,

Music in my Heart

Good Thursday morning!  Today is Bibe Verse Thursday at Christian Paper Crafts.  There are lots of fun ad exciting changes going on over there and I encourage you to check them out!!  Today's challenge inspired this little card below, which I also paired with challenges from Claudia & Company (Die Cuts R Us), The 12 Days of Christmas Challenge (sketch sponsored by Flourishes), Tuesday Throwdown (embossing), and the 2Sketches4You sketch (tag).

(Cardstock: PaperTreyInk; Designer Paper: Bo Bunny; Ink: PaperTreyInk; Misc: Ribbon, button, jute, ric-rac)

God Bless You,