NEW in store Quatrefoil Paper Packs

New in My Memories Designer store,

Quatrefoil paper packs.

Quatrefoil:

In art, architecture, and traditional Christian symbolism,^[1] the quatrefoil is a type of decorative framework consisting of a symmetrical shape which forms the overall outline of four partially overlapping circles of the same diameter. The word quatrefoil means "four leaves", from Latin quattuor, four, plus folium, a leaf.^[2]) and applies to general four-lobed shapes in various contexts."from wiki

I was actually ahead of the craze when I purchased pillows for my studio a few years back and in my favorite color no less.

You can check out my quatrefoil on Pinterest.

Scroll down one post and see my altered Quatrefoil mousepad. 

Quatrefoil is very hot in home decor and paper crafting this year.  The good news is I have some paper packs now available;)

What you will get per download is 12, 12" by 12" digital Scrapbook Papers, 300DPI.

Okay, so you wanna see my paper packs?

Here we go.... 

Quatrefoil Green and Blue

 Quatrefoil P Y R  O

 Quatrefoil Color Play

Surf on over to Sara's Creative Adventures FB Fan page and pick up some Quatrefoil freebies.

And this is just the beginning keep a lookout for

"Hello" coming to my shop in May.

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SpringFling20

use the link code above to save 20% on your photobook purchase.

 

 

Purchase my digital kits at the following:
My Memories Store Sara's Creative Adventures
Shoplocket Store

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Flower Throwdown from OWH

It is a flower midweek throwdown  over at OWH.

You can play along at this link

This is a CASE card I have pinned to my board on pinterest.  

I love the simple beauty of the card it is a perfect fit for

an OWH creation. 

Product list...

PTI Botanical Silhouettes, vintage cream cardstock and bling

SU Wasabi ink, Peach Parfait ink and cardstock, 

Memento tuxedo black ink

CM corner rounder

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless America and our Heroes.

Good Dog Treats

Wanna Treat?

Go ahead, you can have one.

Made from 4 ingredients 

Water 1 1/4 cup

Flour 2 cups

Oatmeal 1 cup

Peanut Butter 1/3 cup

Our doggies LOVE them, even the girls had a few;)

Found on Pinterest

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless.

True Loves Kiss

Switched my photo wall over to a Valentines theme. 

 The Valentine subway free art printable link is found on my Pinterest boards.

I used the Cricut to cut some hearts out of Pure Poppy and placed them in the frame.

Here are the photos I used

I am so happy to announce I have launched a new blog

dedicated to my German Mennonite Father

He turned 80 last month and this is my gift to him.

I am excited, can't wait to hear some feedback.

Take this link if you wish to see more.  

http://tieszenlowgermanmennonite.blogspot.com/

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless.Pinterest

Subway Art

Yesterday I shared with you the free links for CHRISTmas subway art you can find the links here

CHRISTmas Subway ART Free printables

I was waiting for night because there are so many shadows in this room during the day for picture snapping however, I am not sure that even helped to wait.  So sorry for a BLAH pic, looks so grand IRL.

I printed off the subway art in 5 by 7 so they would fit in the frames I had.  My DH calls me the woodpecker because I am always putting holes in the walls.  Not today baby, I am using what I have;)

A few pine boughs and cones from outside and suddenly the wall is festive for CHRISTmas.

I was in need of some quick ornaments, the CHRISTmas program for church snuck up on me.  I am so disappointed that the Church  caved and switched the program from CHRISTmad eve because people are busy.  Too busy to celebrate CHRIST this season in the church, so disturbing for me!!!! 

Thanks for listening to my little rant moving on now to show you the ornament. 

 I printed off the subway art 9 to a page (wallet size setting for my printer).  I just had to trim them up a bit to fit inside.  Inside what?  A Name Badge holder!  A touch of PTI Pure Poppy ribbon and I was set.  I also made it reversible.  

Okay, for this one I found a nativity silhouette online and printed it off so it would fit a...Button.  I have had them for ever in my stash I thought it would work wonderfully and it did;)

Product list...

Name badges

Buttons

Ribbon

computer

printer

digital files

So there you have it three

 totally fast and easy CHRISTmas ideas.  

There are so many free files for this type of printable art not to mention the "keep calm and" printables

You can find these printables and more in my what?

My Pinterest Board CHRISTmas ideas of course;)

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless!

Thank You

I want to take time right now while my Home is quiet to kindly say THANK YOU to all of my Blog readers and followers.  The past two years have been plain crazy around here and I have not been doing a great job of posting.

Donna has healed so wonderfully and has matured to a wonderful Woman.  I am so very proud of our Daughter.

My wonderful husband was hospitalized  very close to death this past spring.  He is learning a bit faster now that he has to overcome his extremely bad eating habits and he can no longer stick to his southern ways.  He was accepted to the VA for health insurance.  Such a burden lifted when that day arrived.

I on the other hand was caught off gauard when my knee dislocated.  I had no idea the damage that had been done and the long road of recovery.  I will have to travel 6 months on this path.  So I am sure my blogging start to January is not going to be a record breaker however, I am starting to wind downhill now;)

These happenings, as big of struggle they were to overcome the GRACE and learning that come from them are truly AMAZING.

So THANK YOU.  I appreciate each and everyone of you.  May God Bless you and your family in the New Year.  May God bring peace, calm and health to my Family in the coming year.

I am leaving some links to BW subway art I have printed off to beautify our home for CHRISTmas.  I have to wait to take a pic there is so many shadows in the photo it is hard to see it as glorious as it is IRL.

The Crafted Sparrow

Today's Fabulous Finds

Auntie Lolo Crafts

Thank you to the wonderful bloggers above who have graciously shared their files free of charge!!!!

All and more can be found in my CHRISTmas Idea Board on 

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless.

Fake Feebreeze

My SIL loves the smell of Gain and wishes her entire house cold smell like it.  

Well guess what kiddo here you go...

Fake Febreeze

Reclaim your income and the landfills!!!!

1/8 C of your favorite scented fabric softener

1 TSP Baking soda

Reclaimed Febreeze Bottle

Warm tap water to fill up the rest of the room in the bottle.

I used some chalkboard paint on my old Hawaiian scented Febreeze bottle and  some chalk.  

I also placed my Baking soda in a glass jar, reclaiming both the glass and the pour spout lid from an old salt container.  So much easier that that dang box and it will stay dry and not soak up odors.

***I have found this very slippery on vinyl flooring so be careful where you are spraying***

Both of these ideas were found on Pinterest

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless.

Pumpkin Place Cards

My Aunt and Uncle called me this past week asking if I would have time to make some place cards for Thanksgiving.  Heck Yes, sounds like fun to me.

They turned out really cute here is how they are done.

Punch 8 circles, fold them in half and run your score tool over the fold.

I used quick dry adhesive to stack the eight half circles.

Cut off a small amount of the bottom so they will stand correctly.

Glue halfway up a toothpick and insert into the center of the pumpkin.

LET THIS PART DRY, does not take long but makes life easier;)

On the computer I generated all of the names and used the center point function on the cricut to cut the names out on the leaf.

Emboss the leaves that do not have the name printed on them.

Tie bow right above where your toothpick was inserted.

Glue on the leaves, placing the name leaf on the right hand side.

(I also glued leaves to the back to make the project looked finished from all sides.)

Tie button and adhere with dimensional foam dot.

Trim down toothpick so it is just above the leaves.

Products used...

SU DP, card stock, impression plate and ink

Quick dry adhesive

Circle punch

Toothpick

Computer and printer

Cricut and Plantin Schoolbook cartridge

PTI twine

Here is the link for you to my Pinterest pin so you can see where my idea came from.

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless!

My Live is Pinteresting Part 3

You may be wondering why I am not posting cards or scrapbook pages.  Well, for me right now it is just to painful to sit in my design room. However, I was able to get to a 104 degree bend this past Monday.  Standing  in the kitchen is strengthening my knee quickly so hopefully I will be able to create paper crafts again soon.  

These have been some really good tips, hope you are enjoy them.

Today I worked out a perfect dish washing powder that works well for our old school hand washing of dishes.  With 5 of us they sure can stack up quickly;)

What you will need...

EQUAL Parts

1.  Washing Soda

2.  Kosher Salt

3.  Ivory Bath Bar

4. Fine Grater

5.  Jar to mix and hold the powder

Yes, your soap does have to be this fine otherwise it will not dissolve in your hot wash sink.

**As for the post on laundry soap you will also need your bar soap looking like this.**

Now this works perfect for us, I tried many other combinations with not so good results.  Basically, everything else left a yucky film on the plastic dishes.  This mix does not leave that film and works well with our rural water.  It takes one heaping Tablespoon per sink load.  Another money saver and a greener way of doing things around the Paschal household. 

If you have some DIY household tips you love to use please share in the comments.

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless!

My Life is Pinteresting Part 2

Oh, how I love thee Frigidaire Affinity!!!!  

The Gear Box went out on our old set and Jesse said he was not going to fix it this time.  So Veterans Day we went shopping (NOT RECOMMENDED) every store was busy.   Anyhow, we did find something I liked...

High Efficiency, large capacity, with steam washer and dryer set.

You can see my handmade Downy Dryer sheets soaking and waiting atop the dryer...LOVE THEM!

One problem with the new HE washers, you can not use regular laundry detergent.  All the bubbles created will clog up the small capacity pump and do damage to your washer over time.  So...what to do????  Not going to use the HE detergent way to expensive to be using on a family of five, it would totally break our budget for cleaning supplies alone.  So with some research and the help of PINTEREST I found this...

Greener Living Blog

We found everything side by side on the shelf at Walmart. 

I had the numbers crunched and the cost per load is 2 cents.  That is right 2 cents, one penny for the pre-wash cycle and one penny for the wash.

Two hard parts for me in the creating of the soap

The bar soap was hard for me to grate, you need to use the super smallest size you have making it look like shredded cheese.  Any larger pieces are hard to melt during the process.  

I am not sure if it was hard just because I was not feeling a 100% or if the soap is just that compact.

It also takes along time to cook down to a honey consistency, stir and watch carefully.

We all love it, works wonders on the laundry and does not bust the budget.

Give one or both of these a try and let me know what you think.

Now I just need Jesse to get that outdoor laundry line up for me!

So that is my two cents;)

Happy Stamp Day,  God Bless!

My Life is Very Pinteresting

You can always take the link to my pinterest board it is found under my header.
Since it is really difficult to sit in my design room I have not been able to create for blog posts:( however to build up some strength in my knee I have been in the kitchen more than usual. Hence the post for today done with help from little j.

This can be found in my tips and tricks board about fabric sheets.
1. Cut up a kitchen towel on the fold lines giving us six sheets.
2. Poured 1/8 cup Downy over the towels.
3. Let them soak in sealed container.
4. Ring them out and let them dry.
5. Throw dried cloth in with load.
6. It is stated that each sheet will last 40 loads.

Helping to save some on the monthly budget and help green up the planet with less plastic and dryer sheets.

God bless!

Welcome to Surfing Saturday

Welcome to week 2 Surfing Saturday.

I post here my absolute favorite finds from the week 

right here...

1.  Herbert the Hedge Hog by Wanda  My wonderful friend Wanda posted this little guy this past week.  She is selling the pattern and teaching a class on how to make Herbert.  Visit the posted link for more details.

2.  Fabric Garlands in Anthropology's window
This display window has my name all over it.  From the colors used to the technique I am HOOKED!
I was seeking out garlands this week had a project in mind for our front doorway windows.  Needless to say when i found this I was swooning;)

Here is a new flower that I have not seen before.  Circles for petals, I can do this!!!!  I plan on making some felt ones and some from paper out of my "scraptacular" basket.

Tip Junkie a new love over on FB and the net.  So many ideas here, this site is fabulous!

Looking for more inspiration visit My

Boards

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless.

Surfing Saturday Inspiration

 What a phenomenal week this has been.  So much good stuff going on such as...Jessica Tubing by herself...Donna Driving alone to Sioux Falls...Liz helping out in the kitchen trying a new Oreo recipe and Paper Crafts arrived in the mail.  Why so excited about this issue you ask?  I have a "Big" Cricut project published and a card creation.  

So when it hits newsstands on the 16th make sure you pick up an issue K;)

Here are some Saturday Surfing photos to

 inspire your creativity for the weekend.

1.  Crochet Booties from the Shoe Goddess $425.00 at Saks

This sexy girl is not your Grandmothers Doily;)

2.  Erin Lincoln gifted this PTI card.  You can read about it here on the Procrastination Station

I have plans to get a few of these made this weekend so I can execute my birthday calendar again.

3.  Oreo Cookie Truffles from Kitchen Funk 

These are simple, quick and fun to make with the kiddos!

4.  I <3 Lime Green and totally have to have the smocked dress

I injured my right toe this past week and the Dr. said, "any woman that would paint her nails green would want her nail to grow back."  Yup, I want my nail back!

So go get some OPI Gargantuan Lime in support;)

Inspired yet?  If you are looking for more visit my

Boards

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless!

Stacked Design

My bloomer is Stacked and looking Beautiful!

I used Cricut Cartridge A Walk In My Garden 

Daisy cut on Blackout feature

1"-2 1/2"

There is lots of texture on the creation yet simplicity sparkles.  Love that!

My inspiration card from alittlehut.blogspot.com

You can find this creation and more on my

Boards

Simple, cool,  white and Grey. 

 I will be CASEing this card.   For today I just used it to inspire some creativity and motivation that I have been lacking as of late:(

School is starting soon for the most part we are organized and ready.  

The girls will be attending Marion where DH works.  Everyone in one place is a plus!  Hopefully no repeats of last year where Jessica went missing between Parker and Monroe.  Yikes!

Product list...

PTI Cardstock, ink, dp and stamp set

Cricut/Cricut A Walk In My Garden cartridge

SU top note die and word window punch

Embossing plates

Ribbon (unknown)

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless