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,

Happy Fall

With all of the hot weather we have been having lately, I loved seeing the temperature actually drop down to the uppper 70's and mid 80's during these past few days!  It really has me in the mood for Fall to wake up to a good cripsy morning!

This cute little guy is from Deedee's Digis, and the sketch is from Sweet Stop Sketches!  Don't forget that today is Bible Verse Thursday over at Christian Paper Crafts, where today's theme is time.  The sentiment for the inside of my card is none other than a verse from Ecclesiates 3:1.

(Paper: PaperTreyInk, Misc; Image: Deedee's Digis; Accessories: Stickles, buttons, jute, copics, lace)

God Bless You,

*Back to School*

Around here, school has either already started back, or is starting back this week.  For me, grad school has started, and the whole concept of being away from my family, especially Abby, for a week is somewhat overwhelming!  So, this one is for all the little kiddos out there starting back to school, or all of you with kiddos going that way!  Nothing like a wonderfl sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches and a Digi Stamp from Deedee's Digis!

(Paper: PaperTreyInk; Cosmo Cricket; Image: Deedee's Digis; Accessories: Jute, ribbon, buttons, cork, copics)

Have a wonderful day!

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,

WCA63 - Christian Paper Crafts Case Artist

Good morning!  Welcome to the middle of the work week!  Today I want to introduce you to a sweet little stamp set that is all new from Deedee's Digis: Inchies for a Cure!  These little things are so special, and especially to me!  You see, the money from the sales of this set (minus payal fees) goes to the National Childhood Cancer Foundation.  Since my sister passed away when I was only 18mos old from Aplastic Anemia, I feel so blessed that Deedee is doing something like this!!

Here is my little card made for the Wednesday Case Artist at Christian Paper Crafts, featuring LelaScraps and using the sweet set!

(Paper: PaperTreyInk, Basic Grey; Ink: Copics; Accessories: Jute, Buttons, Ribbon)

God Bless You,

Mary

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

Cupcakes and Church

Sounds like a good combo to me!  And I'm super excited about both!
Today's card is a little ironic since many people near us experienced massive flooding last night.  The thing is, I had the card made before the rain started, so I decided to post it anyways...

(Paper: PaperTreyInk, Cosmo Cricket; Image: Deedee's Digis, Accessories: Copics, Jute, Button)

The super cute little guy is from Deedee's Digi's and the sketch is from Midnight Madness Sketches.  I had not heard of their sketches, but was looking for something I could do as a Sunday post and think I may have found a keeper!  Thanks for the fun sketch!

Have a Blessed Sunday!

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,

Still Missing the Beach...

Really, you would think I would be over it by now, but I wanna be back at the peaceful beach!

I couldn't resist playing along with some "beachy" themes and accessories to reminisce on our sweet vacation time.  The super images are from Deedee's Digis, and guess what?  Deedee has a Dollar Digi section now!  That is totally awesome, and if you wanna know why, well here is the scoop:  You see, for just a dollar, you get a digi image that you can resize, print, and color as many times as you want.  Now, most of us are guilty for buying the stamps in the dollar bin where we are stuck to the small size the stamp is.  But with these, you can make them as BIG or little as you wish!

(Cardstock: PaperTreyInk, Abbey Road; Image: Deedee's Digis, Accessories: Tattered Angel's Glimmer Mist, Prima Flower, Lacce, Copics, Spellbinder's Nestabilities)

Head on over to the Deedees Digi's Craft Blog to see more ideas with today's stamp and play along with this week's sketch challenge!

My next card once again uses a Deedee's Digi's image - and it's one of my faves - The Flops!  Over at Christian Paper Crafts, today's Color Monday challenge is Royal Blue and white.  Being a Kentucky girl, those colors tend to come naturally, so here is what I can up with:

(Paper: PaperTreyInk, BoBunny; Accessories: cork, prima flower, Stickles, CuttleBug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder)

Over at Kaboodle Doodles, they are having a luau and you should totally go check it out!  Both of my cards fit the theme!  I hope you are having a Blessed Monday!

God Bless You,

Sweet Sunday Summertime

Well, another VBS has come and gone, but the kids AND adults are saying this is the best one ever...  I don't think it could have anything to do with me wiping a couple of stores clean of Barbasol shaving cream, could it?  ;)
Welcome to the Craft Blog today! I'm Mary, but you would probably know me better by Softangelkisses since that is the name of my blog and the name I use mostly in the crafting world! My little card today is made with one of Deedee's cute little bears and I just fell in love with him! I hope you do too!

(Paper: PaperTreyInk and Cosmo Cricket-The Boyfriend; Ribbon: Offray; Image: Deedee's Digis Leap of Faith; Flower: Prima; Misc: Button, Jute, Copics, Dawn McVey Download from PTI)

Hopefully this will be a restful and relaxing Sunday since we are all headed back to work tomorrow!!
 
God Bless You,

Super HERO's

That's our VBS theme for the week, and we sure are having fun :o)
Today, I want to show you a fun little image from Deedee's Digi's that is just too cute!  I love this because I think it is the ultimate "picker upper"!  It's cute enough to be for a kid, but sweet enough for an adult as well!  Just look at this little guy:

I colored him with my copics and the papers are all PaperTreyInk with the exception of the designer paper - it is Cosmo Cricket, the boyfriend.  The super sketch is from the talented ladies at 2Sketches4You and the Bible verse is from the Bible Verse Thursday Challenge at Christian Paper Crafts!

Keep Smiling :o)

God Bless You,

Mary

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,