One Direction

For quite some time, my prayers concerning this blog have been about which direction it should take. Should I stop it all together, no longer do the scrappiness and card making but switch over to the other hobbies that I have ventured to, family blog, or dare I say it... Should I follow my heart and tell you, the only answer I know is that this blog is for Him! It always has been, but perhaps by just laying it out there, the flow will seem more natural to you. It's real, it's life. It's what's happening at the moment faith, family, and crafty wise! It's also got to be me acctijg the realization that I am human. Many irons are in various fires at the moment, but God, well He's always been first and always will be. So, I just had to share that. Maybe you needed to hear it, or maybe I did, but whether you we're a reader in the past or just stopping in, stick around, enjoy the ride :o)

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

Halloween Hop!

Welcome

Here is the Whole Hop list:

Cyndi Bundy

Pam Hornschu

Suzi McKenzie

Jingle

Krissy Fossmeyer

Alison Heikkila

Wendy Price

Wendy Jordan

Berenice Rendon

Lynn Mercurio

Maria Levine

Lee Kellogg

Stampendous! Blog

Sandie Dunn

Tanya Johnson

Beth Raney-Thomas

Mary Collins

Lea Kimmel

Angelique Nederpel

Betty Roberts

Taylor Usry

and here are the sponsors:

Stampendous! ( 5 winners... 1 Halloween bg cling stamp each winner..Crowscape, Graveyard, Beware Gate, Castle Gate, Pumpkin Fence)

Karber Digital Designs...2 digis to one winner

Skipping Stones Design...Halloweenie set

Smeared Ink  (5 single digis...1 each to 5 winners? or 5 to 1 winner?)

Strange Skin...1 set of choice (except Zombies)

Jens Digi Stamp...(5 images to one winner)

Simply Betty Stamps...($10 Gift Certificate)

La-La Land Crafts ($10 Gift Certificate)

Dreamweavers Stencils: 3 prizes: each is 4 stencils, 2 brushes,  with 3 technique sheets each!

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

Happy Wednesday!

I am so excited to share today's little card with you! This little awareness ribbon butterfly if from ippity and has so many limitless opportunities!
My card today uses this set which you can find from Heather over at I heart {ippity} and is also showing off the new hallenge over at Fab n Funky this week which is to use fall colors!

Now if you look closely, you will notice that my card does nit have the traditional pink awareness ribbon, but rather a gray one. Do you know what that ribbon is for? It is brain cancer awareness. I lost a dear uncle to brain cancer and we miss him oh so much. It's nice think that his love is still with all those whose lives he touches, as gentle as the wings of a butterfly!

Have a great day and 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

Not Playing Nicely....

That would be my computer!  It has decided that it is no longer going to be a team player lol, so packaged up in a box and off to the factory it goes to get an "attitude adjustment"!
Today is a great day to play along with a couple of challenges and join in on a super fun blog hop though!  Fab 'n Funky has a challenge sure to pull you out of your normal stamping funk of making the same old thing over and over, here is a Sympathy card I made for there today!  Sooo not my style of card, but I did it!

(Paper: PaperTreyInk, misc pp, Stamp: PI: Botanical Silhouettes)

Now, if you are here looking for the Taylored Expressions Blog Hop, you have the right place as well!  Here is my card for the hop:

(Paper: PTI, misc dp, Stamps: TE Sew Happy)

Thanks for stopping in today and God Bless You,
Mary