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My Memories Import Outside files and Version 4 Digital Software GIVEAWAY

I am back today with my version of the My Memories Designer Bag freebie this week.

Below I will show you how you can import your own digital files into the software.

It is super simple and makes the possibilities for your creations endless.

There is also a GIVEAWAY.  You don't want to miss this one.

My designer bag...

Steps to import files into your My Memories project.

*I am using the free download for this week.

Designer Bag.

See the post below or take this link for all the freebies.

1.  Open your downloaded template file.  This one is called Designer Bag.

2.  Click background papers/custom/ (open the folder that contains the paper you wish to use).

For this project I used my Epic Ride kit and my favorite paper Gingham Distressed.

It is that easy and you can use any image file on your computer from jpg to png's.

Click on photos to enlarge.

Below you can see the imported digital paper under the template.

 

Here is a video from My Memories...

 

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52 Weeks of Gratitude, Week 3

Welcome to week three of

52 Weeks of Gratitude from

Inspired Stamps

This week we are to work with

Psalm 28:7

 The DP is old Martha Stewart, I also used

  Cricut cartridges Songbird and Cherry Limeade.

Respective Script from Dafont.com for my main sentiment.

The inside of my card...

The entire time I was working on my creations 

Sing, Sing, Sing from Chris Tomlin 

was looping in my head.

Don't worry it soon will be in yours as well if you listen to the youtube link I have posted below;)

"Grateful that you hear us

 when we shout your Praise, 

lift high the name of Jesus"

Chris Tomlin

Sing, Sing, Sing

Thanks for stopping by today, God Bless;)

Easter Week

My favorite Holiday has come quickly this year, I wonder if it is because our winter was so timid it passed quickly?  Anyhow, this year I will be sharing with you this week what Jesus did during the days preceding the Crucifixion.

 Map from J B Philips

Sunday he entered Jerusalem Matthew 21 1-11

Jesus speaks to two disciples telling them

"Say to the Daughter of Zion, See, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey"  Matthew 21:5

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord Matthew 21:9

Monday Jesus was at the Temple Matthew 21 12-17

A different version however, it drives the point home.  My older girls need to see this.

enraged at the buying and selling he started overturning tables and benches.

"My house will be called a house of prayer.   But, you are making it a den of robbers" says Jesus

John 2:15

so he made a whip out of cords and drove them out of the temple area

After the cleansing of the temple Jesus began the healing of the blind and the sick.

Jesus than left for Bethany where he spent the night.

You know this part of Easter is disturbing to me when Jesus shows a temper first in the temple than directed towards the fig tree he withered for life. 

 Like you are stripped somewhat of your childlikeness naivete of a loving God at this moment in the gospels.  

I am not God "Fearing" in the  manner as the artist depicts above.  

God Bless!

Christ is the Reason

Merry CHRISTmas

Reconstruction Time

No, not another blog look!  I know that is what you were thinking;)

 Not yet anyhow,  I am working on my own version from scratch
and is taking more time than anticipated.
 I will be have more time on my hands and this is why...

TOTAL KNEE RECONSTRUCTION 

Many of you following me know that since April of this year I have been struggling to rehab my knee.  

My stubborn attitude had me thinking I could rehab it and avoid surgery.  

My luck would have it this thus backfired  

causing more problems for the surgeon to fix.
Go figure!

Our little Jessica says, "they can't just give you a robot knee or something".

HaHaHa!  Comedians are abundant these days!
In older patients this type of damage would require a replacement. 

 Thank goodness I don't fit into that category yet!

So not looking forward to the pain and discomfort. 

 In fact I am terrified! 

 I am struggling with the WONDERFULLY made portions of Psalms 139:14 

The FEARFULLY part is scorched into my memory however!

(Oh, crap!  I better watch it
who knows what he is ready to throw my way next!) 

Here is what has to be done...

Knee Scope

Lateral Release

Chondroplasty

Fulkerson Osteotomy

So I am going to be in a world of hurt, not knowing when it will end is were I am hung up.
I can handle anything for a predetermined time.
The closest the Dr will say is six months to arrive at a pain level of 1.
There better be some wonderful painkillers involved that WORK!!!!

That I won't develop an allergy to,
 or make me feel like BLAH 24/7!
A girl has to be able to type and surf after all;)
Possibly keep her eyes open long enough to catch up on some TV!

I'll be back!

Heck, I may even take on the steps like Rocky...

OKAY, NOT!
 However, a visit the Philadelphia Museum of Art is on the list.

And a BOWLING PARTY!

When health is lost, something is lost; 
When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; 
when character is lost, all is lost.
Billy Graham
I  would appreciate you saying a few prayers for me.

I will be back when I can.
Follow me on FB and Twitter for updates.

 Happy Stampin' and God Bless!

So Very Blessed by a Wonderfully Gracious God

ONE YEAR
365 Days

Here is the link to my post 

Driving Accident
(Want to catch up on our one year journey check into the posts following the one listed above.)

Just a quick update on the subject.

Donna is finished with all Dr. Appointments.

Her body has healed and that  is truly a miracle from God.
I have posted this song Hold On for her and I
this is how we made it through this past year...

"I want to see you smile again, give some love to your CrAzY fRiEnDs.
Wipe your tears away those days are through."

"And the stars are up there shining for you.
 Oh how the Father does adore you.
 His lOVE will never change!"

As for myself I continue to have overwhelming anxiety, PTSD, sleepless nights
and constant worry for the safety of our girls.
I can't seem to get the sceene and my reactions to move on out.
When my phone rings, I won't answer, fearful of what is on the other end.
. ( My family has gotten used to texting or PM's on FB.)
Slowly I am coming around to the fact that I am not in control of anything!
Nothing I could have done different on August 16 would have changed the circumstance.
Everything that happens to us is in someway a GIFT from God.
(May take some time to see what the GIFT is but it is there cloaked in the darkness.)

Today I wish to share with you one gracious GIFT God had hidden in the dark just for me.
I figured out I had to do something different to become unstuck.
I found myself with more than my usual level of creativity.
So with the new year and a clean slate I decided to to something big.
"Go Big or Go Home" 
seeing as how we don't know how to do anything small it is fitting don't you think?

I would get so excited when I saw a crafty friend published in my favorite craft magazine
Paper Crafts
I would do a happy dance for them.
Our girls thought I was CrAzY and  they asked me why I did not submit to publications.
I had lots of excuses for not.  But, with the faith they had in me I gave it a go.
!!!!So I started submitting thus arriving here today!!!!
Paper Crafts
September/October 2011
!!!!On your newsstand today!!!!

Pages 69 and 74

are showing off projects I designed.

Woo Woo!

********************************************
ONE YEAR 
Exactly 365 Days to the DAY!
August 16 2010-August 16 2011
********************************************
I have posted this song for you before you know it as one of my favorites.
I just can't get enough I am always inspired when I listen to it.
TobyMac Get Back Up

"It is never to late to get back up again.  
Maybe knocked down but not out forever..."


I want to take time to thank all of my wonderful family, friends and faithful blog readers that have supported myself and the family through this past year.
  You are all a wonderful God given gift! 
 I love and appreciate each and everyone of you!
Thank you!  God Bless!

JERK

The featured Video this week is totally hilarious to watch and the scent gel is so very easy to make.  Today I have Elizabeth's "JERK" to show you.  (When you watch the video you will find she names her creations.)   Grilled pineapple with Jamaican Jerk seasoning (photo and recipe after crafty post) was on the menu and her jar was ocean scented.  LOL!! 

Meet Jerk...

For supper we grilled up some fresh pineapple seasoned with Jamaican Jerk from Tone's.  This is some YUMMY stuff;)  we put it on a bed of greens with left over chicken...

You can find recipes all over the place but they are long in ingredients and some of them are difficult to find locally.  This from Tone's is the best in my opinion...

http://www.spiceplace.com/tones_jamaican_jerk_seasoning.php

You can make Jerk...

 Burgers

Shrimp

 Fruit

and my ultimate Jerk meal...

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Joels-Jerk-Chicken-Pineapple-Pasta/Detail.aspx recipe is below also...

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cubed
• 1 (8 ounce) can pineapple tidbits with juice
• 1/4 cup shredded coconut
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon jerk seasoning mix
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 4 ounces dry fettuccine noodles

1. Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir chicken until no longer pink and juices run clear, 7 to 10 minutes. Stir in the pineapple and its juice, coconut, brown sugar, jerk seasoning, cinnamon, chili powder, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper. Reduce heat to low and simmer 15 minutes.
2. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook until al dente, 8 to 10 minutes; drain. Toss chicken mixture with drained pasta.

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless.

Honeycomb Happily Ever After

I love this, and the idea is a bit out of the box.  The concept has not caught fire yet in the craft industry.  Let's see if we can change that;)

Now this road is not easy, this type of decoration is getting difficult at best to find.

I did stumble upon one pre-made Honeycomb wedding bell in white at our local party store.

I used the smallest version in this card.

I had plans to make my own Honeycomb design just have not had the time as of yet.  There is a post below that will show you how to create your own pumpkin.

Some light reading for you on the subject of Honeycomb paper.

Two Peas in a Bucket Message Boards

Kamya Craft Supplies Online

3D pumpkin Card

Directions here for making your own pumpking Honeycomb using tissue paper.

Honeycomb Cinderella Carriage

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0026BMBSU?ie=UTF8&tag=decormedley-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0026BMBSU

You can do this yourself.  Purchase a pre-made Honeycomb ball at your local party store.  Cut a Cinderella Carriage from Cricut Cartridge Happily Ever After and Mount it as you see above.

Blog post...http://wannabecrafter.blogspot.com/2009/05/oh-martha.html

Origional photo is from Martha Stewart Crafts

So I would love to hear your comments.  And please if you have more links that you love on Honeycomb 3D cards please leave that also I would love to see it;)

A side note on Happily Ever After

This week a friend of mine from Lennox laid her 17 year old son to rest on Friday.  My heart is broken for her and the family.  I can't imagine the loss of a child, I just can't. 

We came close on August 16 2010 when our oldest and middle child were involved in a rollover ejection accident.  This road has been extremely stressful and difficult to deal with and make amends to.

The advice I can give is this.

God never makes a promise to us that becoming a parent is going to be a Happily Ever After let alone easy.

After the Accident Donna had many Questions for her Momma.  This was one that still stands out for me today.  "Mom do young children who have not been baptized go to heaven?"

In fact I had this answer for her.

YES, YES and YES!

and this is why...

Genesis 33:5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.

Matthew 19:13-14 Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

Our Children are not in fact ours.  They are God's Children GRACIOUSLY given to us by God.  We are to enter into his kingdom as children of God!  Since babies and young Children are not in control of their minds and hearts God is they are automatically given the Grace and Mercy from their Father and the Gates of Heaven are open to them.

This is where some religions depart on this topic.  In some beliefs to baptize an infant is the norm.  In some religions babies are in fact not baptized.  Baptism occurs when the child is older and have made their own decision on God.

For me I have done both.  I was baptized as an infant.  Thank you Mom and Dad for my precious gift.

I also rededicated myself to the Lord when I was in High School after completing Catechism in the Reformed Church Of America.

Now for my Own children this is what we have done...

Donna was dedicated as a child in the beliefs of Mennonite Religion.

She made the decision to be baptized as a knowing Christian by immersion into the Reformed faith.

Liz did the same as her sister, we did not dedicate her as a child.

Jessica has not been dedicated or baptized at this point.  Yet, she will be the first one to openly tell you of her love for Jesus because that is how she lives her God Given Life.  That is what she has been taught by hear family as God has instructed.

I do to this day as I have done from the beginning I bless my own children by placing the sign of the cross on their for heads and saying a prayer for them.  I did this most when they were ill.  I so go back to the accident on this day because the Sheriff at the scene of the accident did not allow me access to Donna.  (I understand why that my presence was giving Donna more stress.  See all she was worried about was the fact I was there and I was going to be ANGRY at what she had done.

(The total opposite is true if you are a loving God Fearing Parent.) 

 You are not interested in the vehicle condition only the condition of your child.  

 I understand a 15 year old girl does not have this thinking pattern developed yet.

I can see now Months later why this has happened to our God Loving Fearing Family.  I can see the change in myself.  I can see the Change in Our Daughters.  I can see a change in their friends this effected. 

This situation actually physically brought God into my life.

I have told you in the past he was there beside me I was talking to him as I walked the halls of Sanford Children's.  I am sure the security guards watching me on the cameras thought that crazy lady has flipped a lid and is walking and talking to herself.  Indeed I was not! God was walking with me and I was talking to him!

Does not mean I don't  scream and shout  at my Lord out of despair.  Does not mean I can't question his actions and pray for some sort of answer.  Does not mean I can't ask him why our children, why our children?  Why not ME?  

Take the burden from the children!  Take me!

When you are looking at the path through the raw pain and despair of the moment.  It is difficult to see God's plan very hard to keep on the path of righteousness.

Okay, If you wish to learn more about this journey you can look up past posts starting back on 

August 16th 2010.

Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

If you wish to read the Obituary for this young Child of My childhood Friend and

 Child of God you can take this link...

Kendall Cressman

I have not run into my friend much after Graduation.  Does not mean I don't think of her or her family.  The fact is on May 12th I was looking up limericks for limerick day and thoughts of her came back to me.  See her Mother was a Teacher for the Lennox School System.  Mrs. Wells;)  I loved her as a teacher and was looking to thank her for implanting the love of all things Literature in my life. If you were lucky enough to be in a class with me you can most likely remember I had her LOL at one of my writings.  She makes the most awesome Orange Julius I drool over yet this day.

Only days later did I learn from a friend what had occurred earlier in the week.
And after Bloggers "freak out" this week the post that is missing is my Limerick day post.  HMMM?  

See how God works.  I think he is a bit loony at times and his humor is more wicked than my own.

May God Bless you my Friend and I lift your family up in prayer.

Remember God does not make any promise of a Happily Ever After.  God Bless.

Rising He JUSTIFIED....

...Freely FOREVER!

On the third day He rose again from the dead.

He ascended into heaven

and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.

From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,

the holy catholic church,

the communion of saints,

the forgiveness of sins,

the resurrection of the body,

and the life everlasting. 

One day he is coming!

May God Bless your life this Glorious Easter Sunday.  Amen.

He Descended into Hell...

As I am finishing up this post tonight the sky has become dark with some awesome clouds and the sunset shining through at the horizon.  Amazingly strange and Beautiful at the same time.

And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.  At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.  The earth shook and the rocks split.  The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life.  They came out of the tombs... 
Matthew 27:50-53

I believe in God the Father Almighty 

maker of heaven and Earth.

       And in Jesus Christ his only 

     son our Lord.

who was conceived by the Holy 

Spirit,

and born of the virgin Mary,

suffered under Pontius Pilate,

was crucified, died and was 

buried.

He descended into hell.

I will meet you back here on Easter Sunday to celebrate our Risen Saviour.  God Bless.

Good Friday

He humbled Himself and carried the cross...

LOVE so AMAZING

the RESCUE for SINNERS

the RANSOM from HEAVEN

JESUS MESSIAH!

The Pieta by Michelangelo

St. Peter's Basilica Rome

Jesus in the lap of his Mother Mary

Last Year's Via Dolorosa Post can be found {HERE}  Yes, this is still my favorite song of the season;)




As you stand before the cross remember that Jesus' worst day was was carried out with AMAZING love for you and me.  
I will meet you back here Sunday to celebrate our
risen Lord.
God Bless.