Challenge #4

"kisses at midnight"

Challenge #4,

this is a scrapbooking layout challenge.

You are to use this kit I have created for my 

HNY virtual party on a scrapbook layout.

All information on the contest is posted on

this blogs

FB fan page.

QKR Stampede Challenge

Welcome my blogging lovelies to another

challenge from:

QKR Stampede

Christmas Decorations/Home Decor

Here is my project

an 8 1/2" by 11" printable calendar.

I will be printing it off and placing it in a frame so little J can

mark down to Christmas with an erasable marker.

You could also run this through the Xyron with a magnetic cartridge and

place it on the fridge for the little ones.

Multiple Digital stamps from

QKR Stampede were used to create this project and they are:

Reindeer Balloon 

Present Balloon

Santa Balloon Holder

Merry Christmas Sentiment

Below is the colored Reindeer, I have so much fun creating with these cute images;)

You can find these images and many more when you shop

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the best of both creative worlds in one stop shopping.

The images are somewhat cute and somewhat quirky and

you are sure to fall in love with them all.

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Christmas Decorations/home decor

Calendar was created using My Memories Suite Digital Scrapbooking Software.

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Thanks for coming by today;)

Thankful Word Challenge

I played along with the word challenge over on 

STS this week.

The word for the week is:

"Thankful".

We all have so much to be thankful for.  On this layout I picked some photos of my Mother. 

 I miss her so much this time of year, I am very Thankful for the

24 years I had her sharing this life with me.

Digital kit used is:

Thanksgiving Feast by Christin Thomas

Template used is by:

M&M

Paper Crazy Part 1

I am also very thankful for all of you.  May you have a blessed day;)

Introductions

Good Sunday to you my blogging peeps, hope you get to enjoy

this beautiful day with your loved ones.

I participated int he November Template Challenge at

Stuff To Scrap "STS"

This month the layout provided is by

Christin Thomas.

Here is my creation...

Jessica, was born in November of 2005 while Grandpa and Grandma Tieszen were

off relaxing at their winter home in Arizona.

These pics were of their first meeting when they returned in the spring of 2006.

It was just before Easter and they brought toys, that is what every photo of J is a blur she is

trying to get to them.

I love these pics and they make a cute page fuzzy or not;)

Here is the November layout,

you can pick up your copy for free and play along here

Stuff To Scrap.

Now for the awesome kit I used

Enjoying Life mini kit...

Thanks for stopping by today;)

18 and Legal

Today is the big day.

Donna, is 18.

Holy help me Hannah, where does the time go.

Happy Birthday, Donna!

I played along with the October Blueprint

challenge over at DHD and created this 18th bday layout:

Here is the blueprint:

The digital kit I used was also from Mye De Leon

Let It Be Me

I am thinking this may possibly be my next blog look, so YUMMY!

I so have to get  moving on finding more pics for graduation.

So many to pick from;)

And that is a good thing!

Frankie Stein Scraplifted

I was playing along with the October Scraplift challenge over at

Design House Digital.

Here is my lifted creation:

 I lifted the layering and Halloween theme for my page.

 And the MOST AWESOME digi kit I have seen

by Mirelle Candeloro Designs

Monster Girls,

you can purchase at this link HERE.

Here is the inspiration page to be lifted by:

Terry

over at DHD.

Staycation with Inspired Crafters

Ramada Sioux Falls SD AKA...Our other HOME, the PIRATE SHIP. Jessica loves this place. Okay, we all do. Before it changed to the Ramada it was the Holiday Inn. My Sister was working with banquets and when she needed help she would call me. Banquets okay. Working the Comedy club as a waitress not okay. Seriously, I was not enough of a consumer to do the proper job and I disliked it very much. It was fun in other ways that were not work related and way more fun today as the Ramada;)

Anywho, with the front moving in for the weekend we decided not to travel and just spent a couple days in Sioux Falls at OUR OTHER HOME.

This is the scrapbook sketch challenge over on Inspired Crafters. Click on it and come play along with us.


My take on the sketch. DH can't take a good photo to save his life he always has to be goofy when the camera comes out. Now he has taught the girls to do the same thing. ACK!! They do it just to make me squirm and I know it. I will be uploading the pics to facebook you can see the crazies up close. LOL!





Sorry the pics stink today. I am in "nerd" mode so Donna says. I have been tossing around a switch to Mac for a couple of months. I think I have finally decided to make the switch. I think? I might just keep Microsoft for Online Blog and creative work and transfer media files to the ipad and save some green in the process by not repurchasing or upgrading my major software and cameras. Photoshop alone would be killer.


Product list...
My Minds Eye DP
Cricut Expression
Cricut Cindy Loo
Cricut Every Day Paper Dolls
Bling
Dimensional dots
marvy scallop punch
computer and printer for journaling
SU boho flower punch
MS border punch

Have a Happy Stamp Day. God Bless.

Must Love Cars

Donna's totaled Camry...



Okay, I love cars. DH rebuilds the old school muscle cars. They are way HOT!

Remember when Jesse surprised me for our anniversary with a Dodge Magnum? The grocery getter on steroids, the Hearst (no lie some people did this google it for pics) and Space Shuttle all in one. So much money for a ride I could not stand. I cried all night. Lucky for DH the dealer let him exchange it the next day or he would have been living in it! And guess what, Dodge no longer manufactures the Magnum! Really? How could it be? Say it isn't so!

Then came my Durango, I LOVE THIS SUV! Was interested in the 2011 model before I saw them. After I saw one the love affair was over. They totally took an awesome sweet looking ride with soft lines and turned it into a bold, aggressive looking monster!
Shame on you Dodge:(

Okay, who names their cars? YES, I do! My Durango is named FRANK, thanks to the girls. I have a Jesus "FREAK" sticker on the back. Somehow they mistakenly thought it said "FRANK" and the name has stuck.

Now we have Donna, she trashed her ride back in August. I refuse to hand her another set of keys. Never, never, never ever will she get a set of keys from me! No chance. Not even if pigs are flying and Hell has froze over. NOT GOING TO HAPPEN! We have a running joke about a Barbie Jeep "Til I found this video on youtube linked to this post" Horse and buggy are even out of the question.
She has to earn her own. Work her butt off for a new ride instead of leaving it on a gravel road.

Product list...
Cricut Expression
Cricut Cars cut at 9"
BasicGrey DP
PTI ribbon and cardstock

Happy Stamp Day. God Bless!

Inspired crafters Jan 2011 SOAR

Inspired Crafters Jan 2011 Sketch I had to take a break from Inspired Crafters Design Team, happy to report that I am back. Banu has this awesome sketch up for January...I will be using it a bunch since most of the pics of 2010 are on my phone and they are crap. I can print them out 2 to 4 on a 4" by 6" page and then they look presentable.




I had to print these pics and file the rest. They are hard to see every day.
Guess what Donna said? I about passed out! "Mom, it feels like nothing ever happened." Are you kidding me? I need about a hundred of what she is having! So she is in critical care holding her cell phone. She is on my laptop logged into Facebook. Yep, that is so my girl;)




Product list...

Cricut Expression
Cricut Cindy Loo Cartridge
BasicGrey Urban Prairie DP
PTI cardstock, ribbon, buttons and PTI Polka Dot Basics
SU ink and pretties kit
Circle punch 1"
Dimensional dots

Happy Stamp Day. God Bless!

Faith Sisters Sweet Sweet Song

Faith Sisters Sweet Sweet song challenge with free download, find out more at this link.

from Faith Sisters site...Can you think of a song that reminds you that you have a perfect Heavenly Father? Or a song that makes you think about your own children and how much you want to be the very best parent you can be for them? Maybe just a song that brings you the comfort and protection that only being embraced by Him can bring? I hope you will join us this month in creating a layout inspired by your favorite songs. Below are a few songs I thought fit this topic, but feel free to share any song that you feel drawn too.

Already Home- Thousand Foot Krutch
In My Arms- Plumb
Prodigal- Casting Crowns

To hear Come Home Running by Chris Tomlin take this link.



For my song I used Come Home Running by Chris Tomlin. Chris has been a long time fave of mine, he also sings Amazing Grace My chains are Gone. Some words to this song that remind me of the love and Grace of God are...
Oh child of God, so dearly loved...and called by name.
Isiah 43
43:1 But now thus says the Lord,
he who created you, O Jacob,
he who formed you, O Israel:
“Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by name, you are mine.

God is forever loving we are fearfully and wonderfully made(Psalms 139:15), he has named us, counted the hairs on our heads (Luke 12:7). So Come Home Running his arms are open wide.

Inspired SB Page Eleanor

This is my page for Chris' last post for April over at...
Inspired Crafters Blog Challenge 16...Chris Corner



I am still working on a Family Tree Album I used Chris' Layout for this week on my Aunt and Uncle Eleanor(Adrian)and Harold Anderson. I love the picture used here because that is totally how I remember Harold he was quite funny I loved his sense of humor (in this shot he is trying to cover his laughing). I think by the look on my Sisters face that out of range either my Sister or I were doing something we should not have been, go figure, LOL! My aunt Eleanor suffered long from Diabetes and spent the later half of her life visually impaired just like my Grandmother also pictured in the photo. They lived on a hog farm in Iowa came to SD for Reunions and special occasions I do remember visiting the farm once in the early 70's the smell was horrible but my Aunt let us play on her prized Organ 'til they could not possibly stand one more second.

Inspired Crafters Challenge Blog

Inspired Crafters Blog
Card
SB page 1
SB page 2
Chris' Corner

Two SB challenges from my friend Chris and the other is a Christmas Card Sketch Challenge and I also CASED her creation for my card (except I used bo bunny Pink dot..wink wink). I guess you could say I have been a bit creatively challenged lately however, I have had fun being a copy cat Meow;)


Product list.
Bo Bunny DP, Basic Grey DP, PTI Holiday Button Bits, Signature Christmas and vintage buttons.

Easter/Friends= Inspired

My wonderful friend Chris sent me the beautiful card you see below stuffed with some Amuse BW dp and a sketch for the week. I was so excited and happy to play along in fact, this is the only creative thing I have done in WEEKS! Feels great to be cutting up some photos and yummy paper;)
You can find Chris' challenge here at Inspired Crafters blog and see more from Chris on her blog here.

So here is my page totally inspired by the dp I used and Little J's Easter dress...


Okay, so you gotta love stuff that sits and sits but still works wonderfully when you need it. Case in point my photo printer...had to wipe the dust off before it could be used (I do need to hunt up the directions to see how to edit with it I have totally forgotten how to use all the functions) but it worked and I printed off the pic I wanted to use. You can also see another photo of little J that did not make it onto the page, she is so darn CUTE! Want the full run down of the Easter Story she can tell you, I should record her it is wonderful. I have started doing things different in my craft space took months for DH to arrange it for me and the girls to organize it but we are there and I will show pics soon for you. I have started sorting out matching stuff before I get crafty in this pic you see dp Grandmas Kitchen with matching card stock from Papertrey. I also put a basket together of matching accessories wow, this system sure works well for me!


Product list...
Grandma's Kitchen DP
Papertrey ink card stock, polka dot basic stamp set, bling
Marvy scallop punch
cricut
cricut designers calendar
chipboard flower
SU felt flower
MM Chloe's closet pin
Ric Rak
twill tape

A Look Back into 2009

WOW, 2009 is quickly coming to a close and that means in March 2010 I have been blogging my crafty creations for THREE years that is HUGE! There are many great ideas you can find in my Creative Adventures and many posts about random things. I am getting close to hitting my storage limit and plan on going back and deleting some random posts through that journey I thought about closing out the blog year by highlighting my fave post for 2009 below you will see my faves for the first 6 months of 2009 but, first I want to share with you my top 5 tools that helped me in this adventure.

1) Cricut Expression
2) Cricut Design Studio
3) PapertreyInk.com (there is not much here that I don't like;)
4) Scor-Pal
5) SU Bella Rose DP pack

Now onto my monthly picks...

July 13 CAS swap card This was my swap card and it made use of my Lil Bloomers I had such fun creating these this past year. July also meant my DH started treatment to lower his cholesterol and triglycerides levels. Proud to report the first 6 months he has made awesome progress and is on the road to feeling MUCH better.




June 2 flower pot shape card I taught myself how to crochet flowers in 2009 in the process taught our DD L and now she enjoys making crocheted items. She took on a huge project making scarfs for Christmas gifts.



Ice Cream cone treat bag May 22 One of my Cricut DS projects, I am addicted to this program and LOVE making cut files. You can download my .cut files for free take the link under blog header and you are on your way.


April 3 2009I found JenC in 2009 she was very helpful on my Journey with Cricut and Cricut DS this is one of her .cut files I used it to make these cute bags for Easter Gifts.


52 sketches Week 8 and Week 9 This site was great for me and got me into doing more scrapbooking (my first true crafty love). I enjoyed taking pics of Little J and scrapping them for her. And you my readers know 2009 was the year of the digi camera. From broken cameras to new cameras that stunk to my friend Wanda creator of My Creative Corner that actually sent me the camera that I now use. Thanks again Wanda!


PTI blog hop Feb 25thA PTI blog hop project later won second place at the county fair (I was crooked on some cuts). I used my fave dp pack on this creation.


OCC Sketch Card Jan 30th 2009 Made use of the Bella Rose DP pack on this creation also along with a sketch from Our Creative Corner.


Well that is the first 6 months of 2009, what are your faves from the past year?

52 Weeks 52 sketches week 35

Yikes it has been a long time since I have completed a SB LO for 52 weeks 52 sketches, the one this week really caught my attention and I had the perfect pic for it so I decided to play along.

I had printed off some extras of this photo to send to my childhood friend, she has been diagnosed recently with a brain tumor. I find myself saddened at the thought it took this diagnosis for me to pick up the phone and call a good childhood friend. I have kept up with her through other people my Sister her Mom and Aunt through the years but truly it is not the same. During the summers we were growing up we were inseparable where one would be you would see three more. We rode our bikes, played on the swings and soaked up water and sun at the pool. Don't make my mistake pick up the phone, send one of your creations snail mail and let your friends know you are thinking of them.

Product list...
MM Chloe's Closet DP
PTI Enchanted Eve ink and buttons, Spring moss buttons
"lil Bloomers"
SU not quite navy card stock
Sakura glitter pen
dimensional dots

Happy Stamp Day!

Scrap and Stamp Challenge Page and Moving Mountains

Scrap and Stamp
For the challenge this week we are supposed to scrap our creative space and use stamped chipboard somewhere on that page, this was fun to do however the cleaning and organizing I had to do before I took a new pic was not fun. You do see some older pics of my space just a few things have evolved over the past two years. I used a chipboard S and Grunge board frame to create my title and comply with this weeks rules.

Some of my Fave craft items...

1) Fiscars Trimmer
2) ATG Gun and tape
3) Scor Pal
4) Cricut Expression and Design studio
5) PTI stamps, paper, ribbon, buttons and some inks (Don't agree with switching to a new formula)
6) Scrap Buckets

You can see that I recycled our old computer cabinet and made it into my craft cabinet this way I can shut and lock the doors to keep little J OUT! I love my closet Maid setup this way most of what I have is organized into clear shoe boxes so I can see what I have. I store my SU paper in a cropper hopper file and my PTI paper in a two drawer filing cabinet. For now I have all my SB's and 12 by 12 paper in an old dresser that my Sister gave to me. AS for my Rubba stamps they are stored in two six drawer plastic organizers.

God took me on a different type of adventure on Monday...
Our DD's BFF's Grandmother Joan Passed away on Friday, over the weekend I was asked by the BFF if I was going to attend the funeral. I made up every excuse under the sun and made no promises of attending. Well on Monday I was flip flopping all morning at what to do I tell you just as soon as I set my mind to NO the phone was ringing DD wanted me to come pick her up so she could go and right after that BFF knocked on the door asking me to please go with her. Such courage this girl has I tell you she is one amazing Little Lady. So I pulled myself and Little J together and we attended...Little J amazed me as well she actually behaved for the entire service and showed empathy at the age of 3 to BFF and her Dad "Uncle Bill".

Here is what my bible says...Mom's Devotional bible NIV
Jesus tells us to respond with faith. With faith all things are possible. When we surround ourselves with proof of God's control over our days, our spirits are lifted and most mountains do, in fact, move. Yesterday I had a mountain move and when you can realize the proof of God's love in the little things in such a PROFOUND way you can then begin to realize how the bigger mountain that is not so mobile you can hold tight to God and let him lead us through the days, packing the path around the mountain to the other side.

Matthew 17:20
He replied, "Because you have so little faith, I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, MOVE from here to there and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."

Happy Stamp Day!

Beautiful Falls Park

Challenge this week is to use embossing and stamping on your page, find more about Stamp And Scrap Saturdays {Here}.



Remember my scanned page is stitched using my scrapbook program you will see this line running down the page.


For my embossing I used the CB folder Traffic Jam because it reminded me of the quartzite that makes up the falls. You can see the word Beautiful stamped directly onto my photo (I used Staz On white opaque ink).

As part of First Friday in Downtown Sioux Falls, SD the Pavilion had the science center open for free. I took our girls along with friends to the event, everyone had a wonderful time. When we were done we had a picnic at Falls Park, in the Picture you see little J feeding the ducks that were playing above the falls. One of the girls was able to get a duck to eat bread out of her hand, I was busy making sure none of them were hurt not an easy task as they were going in all different locations. At one point our oldest and her friend were smack dab out into the falls on slippery rocks (keep in mind they were thinking that nothing was wrong while I was about to have heart failure).

See more of the falls here you can also view a video on Sioux Falls Music is by Cory and the Fireflies.

Since my camera is still down I went back into my pic stash and brought out some falls pics from a youth trip in 2007.

Product list...
CB embossing folder Traffic Jam
PTI stamp set Beautiful Blooms, card stock and button enchanted evening
Staz On opaque white ink
MM chloe's closet DP
Piece of scallop chip board
SU brocade blue and white card stock

Happy Stamp Day!