Welcome Christmas Craft Show

A fun little easel card for you today.

This one used up some of my last My Minds Eye fave DP:(

Sentiment stamp is Stampin' UP!

Cut file from Silhouette America.

Parker SD Hometown Christmas

Craft Show

Parker Public School

11AM-3:30 PM

Saturday December 7th 2013.

See you there!

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Asolutely Fabulous Post it Note Holder

I am making great use of the birthday gifts I purchased for myself.

You may have guessed that though;)

Sophia Rose Post it note holder... 

Here is my Sophia Rose colored in PSE10 using PTI color palette of

melon berry and ocean tides.

Those two colors went perfect for the paper stack I wanted to use by

My Minds Eye.

I know the photo is a funny color however, IRL they do match;)

 

 I used the Silhouette Studio America cut file:

Other products used:

PTI card stock, ribbon, Everyday Classics stamp set and ink

SU oval punch

 Thanks for stopping by today;)

QKR Stampede "Wild Wild West" Challenge

Good Day and welcome to my lil' ole blog

 for some inspiration.

QKR Stampede

has a new challenge

"Wild Wild West"

And for my creation I have the Rodeo Princess...

QKR Stampede image used is

Digi Lil' Cowgirl

She was colored in Photoshop, printed, cut out and mounted to this yummy

wood grain paper from 

My Mind's Eye Stella and Rose.

Rodeo Princess sentiment was also created in PS.

I punched a tiny 1/16" hole and threaded the lasso twine to the back of the card.

Please check back in with QKR Stampede Challenge

and play along with us;)

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for Rubber and Digital images,

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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LEJ Designs Challenge 20 Winter Wishes

Hello, and welcome to my DT creation for:

LEJ Designs

Challenge 20

Winter Wishes

I used:

 LEJ Designs

Snowman 1 digi stamp

He was digitally colored in PS and fussy cut;)

I paired the image with My Mind's Eye Colorful Christmas.

I took and Xacto knife and cut around his hand so it appears that he is  holding the

mug of cocoa.

I love to think the steam from his cocoa blew off his lid.

LOL, I love this image!

So, come over and CHILL with us at

LEJ Designs

Winter Wishes Challenge #20

Happy Stamp Day, God Bless!

Je T'aime

 A Love card to ring in the first of August!

Seriously, August is here already? 

Yikes, I was just cleaning up my calendar in preparation for the July 4th Holiday and

now I am showing off a love card.  

 I better get my backside moving because August is just

as jammed packed with creative bliss.

A new adventure has come my way and I can't wait to tell you about it

so keep tuned in.  You are not going to want to miss this one!

Meet my banner card...

A cute shabby little gem;)

Sweet Love stamp set, buttons, card stock and ink all Papertrey Ink

DP is Lost and Found Two by My Mind's Eye

Epiphany Crafts Banner punch and epoxy stickers

Happy Stamp Day, God Bless!

To the Moon and Back

Midweek throw down challenge at OWH

Love Theme cards

I made a love card for a little buddy:)

Why did I purchase Lime Twist?

To force myself into making more boy and manly creations.

So far I have made this one;)

Product list...

Lime Twist Out of the Blue by My Minds Eye

Cricut Expression, Cricut Everyday Paper Dolls spaceship cut at 3"

Paper Smooches buddy sentiment

computer generated to the moon and back sentiment KG's Strawberry Limeade script

Embossing folder stars

PTI cardstock

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless!

Botanical Card Pattern 148

Another Card sketch for you today this one brought to you by

Card Patterns

Sketch 148

Yes, it finally arrived!!!!  Last Years Bonus Set from PTI Botanical Silhouettes

Product List

My Minds Eye Stella and Rose Mable DP

Cardstock PTI Kraft, dark chocolate and vintage cream

PTI ink

PTI dotted ribbon

PTI stamp set Botanical Silhouettes

Bling from Hobby Lobby

Flowers from Recollection's.

Marvy Scallop circle punch

SU scallop Border Punch

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless.

Recovered

I need to get my card making mojo going running and there is no better way than a great sketch challenge!

I loved the sketch from OWH this week and I played along...

I did not like any type of design with an embellishment over the top so I just went with this.  

I need to go back and trim my chairs you would think I had little J cutting for me;)

Product list...

On My Couch Additions from PTI

Terracotta Tile and Orange Zest cardstock from PTI

Palette Noir Ink

DP Stella and Rose Mabel by My Minds Eye

SU oval punch and scallop border punch

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless!

Happy Hello

I am always short on cards this time of year after gifting and donations etc.  I had to find something that I liked and was quick.  Bonus doing this used up lots of 12 by 12 paper I have.  Get rid of it quick and get a new stock pile for submissions;)

I took and envelop apart carefully, traced and cut it out.  

Then I stamped a greeting in the corner leaving lots of room for writing.

Simple and I like the results, in no time I had a good stack.

Happy Creating, God Bless!

National Limerick Day

Re-posting from May 12 2011

This is the post that went missing from the 12th to the 17th while Blogger had an aneurysm!  The comments are still lost!  I have held onto it until now I was dealing with what happened during its absence...

I was trying to get in contact with my HS English teacher to thank her for my love of literature. (Notice I said literature and not English as a reader of my blog you know I find any type of structure confining.) I am sure some of you remember the Flash Gordon Paper.  OMGoodness, it made her laugh Hysterically;)  

In the process I learned that my Friend (the teachers daughter) had lost her 17 year old son.

Is it not amazing how God works and knits things like a Limerick day post back to my friend in her darkest hour.  As of yet I have to send a card or give her a call.  I am lucky, our girls were permitted more time in this world when her son was not.  I know how close we were I just can't imagine the crushing feeling of burying your child.  A child one week short of graduating HS. 

 A child full of vim and vigor just as his mother.  

So God Bless you my Friend and I am keeping you and your family in my prayers.

  Remember to tell the people you love that you love them EVERYDAY.  Because no one knows when your last day will be.

So here it is again if you missed it....

Celebrate National Limerick Day!

I love this holiday it is obvious if you know me or have the pleasure of living with me!  My kids laugh hysterically when I  am in a rhyming mood.  

Don't you ever let go and say what comes to mind?  Try it!  You will be amazed.

If you are submitting to PaperCrafts Magazine the have an open submission call for a Card a Day 2012.

I printed off a list of my favorite days I wanted to work with I have submitted some but others are just hanging around.  This is one of those creations...

I printed off the sentiment in Word because I am having issues with my computer!  I plan on getting some word art in photoshop up for grabs as soon as I get this figured out;)

Here is a quick one Jessica and I made up...

There is a girl named Jesse

Her room is very Messy

She did not pick up her shoes

now she suffers the one shoe blues

and her Momma is a bit testy.

My Minds Eye Stella and Rose collection dp and ribbon

Cuttlebug flower dies

PTI cardstock, buttons, felt and bling

Nestabilities lacy circle dies and the Big Shot

computer/printer

Scrap Fabric

embroidery floss

Okay, the MRI scan results are back on my right knee.  Not what the Dr. was expecting.  

What can I say it is ME!

In short my problems are being caused by degeneration, arthritis and my body sending too much fluid to heal the area.  This fluid is getting trapped in the back of the knee were the situation above has done damage and is collecting making movement of my knee difficult and painful.  There is a name for it but I am not going to look it up cause if I do I certainly will have earned a Doctorate Degree!  So I can deal with it or go get an injection directly into the knee cap.  I went and looked it up anyhow and the term is EFFUSION.  Now you can call me Dr. Sara Paschal!   I don't know what the worst of the two evils are at this point.  I know in the past I have different results with injections.  Have been told the more of them you get the less they work.

So no surgery is needed...that is a good thing. 

However to chalk up one more body part to degenerative disease does not make me one bit happy.

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless.

RaNdOm Spring

It has been a very WET and COLD spring here in South Dakota.  Makes it easy to work on fall and winter creations.  I have yet to turn the CHRISTmas carols back on.  I did manage to eek out a spring card.  I used the Dress form die from PaperTrey Ink and made a skirt, blouse and scarf for it.  I have shopped the idea around for dressing these things.  All you see is just the form in many different forms. 

 I know very well that you have to dress these puppies up!  

The skirt and large tag have micro beads on them.

For the scarf I just unraveled a bit of the ribbon. 

I do think I will go back and remove a few of the flowers looks a bit overdone looking at it now.

Now on to a bit of RaNdOmNeSs...

A French Pedi always make a girl feel special;)

Have to get some if you are a flip flop wearer like myself.  These babies by Under Armour

are comfortable and your feet don't slip around like they tend to in other flip flops.

This is a FUNNY right here.  Took Donna out to Brunch after one of our many Dr. appointments.  We ended up at Panera YUMMY!  I had a ham and cheese souffle delivered in one of these cute wrappers.  I could only think of was Betsy's Cherry Pie Note card set in Papercrafts May/June.  You can see a peek HERE  When I picked it up to look it over you should have seen the look on Donna's face.  "You better not MOM!" Well that just meant I had to right?  So when we got ready to go I went and asked to purchase some of them.  The girl had to go ask the manager and I heard, "why?".  

Have not had time to play with them yet but they are on the list;)

Donna and Rachel right before D had her wisdom teeth removed

 

An after Pic

 

Jessica calls her...the chipmunk sister.  LOL!

She ended up with one dry socket on the lower left.  We went and took care of that yesterday.  However, it calls for another trip to Sioux Falls on Friday.

We are waiting for Jesse's test results to come back.  Please keep praying that he can get his numbers down quickly and be more diligent with his diet.

Jessica is on her last week of school in the fall she will be attending the Marion School.   Even tho she has been in pre-k and enrolled in Marion she was  taken by car to Parker for school.  Next fall she can ride the bus to Marion with the other girls and I will be much less stressed over the situation.  You remember the day the bus arrived and little J was not on it??  YIKES, that was my nightmare scenario come to life.  I did not know if she was in Parker, Marion or anywhere in between and that is a large area to have a five year old on her own.  It all turned out in the end when she was found at a nearby Church;)

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless.

Christian Paper Crafts Blog Hop

Today is the day!

Here is my Blog Hop Project.  This was fun to make and there are a lot of tiny details hidden in this beauty.  Everything from Copics, embossing, number of cuts in different colors and stitching all aid  in the dimension I was looking for. 

Then I found this DP in My Minds Eye Stella and Ruby Mabel Collection I had to use it.

  I was thinking about ripping it apart and using the dp for the tree. 

Obviously I let that idea pass for this card. 

However, I do plan on making another using it.

                                                                                                                   

Cut at 4"

One summer sunrise, cut out the bird

One Chartruse this is your piece to place your layers.

One in Kraft cut out the branches.

One in spring rain cut off the scallop edge.

One in spring rain on shadow for a base.

Spring Rain  base run through SU dots embossing plate, distress with Marina Mist Ink and highlight scallops with white gel pen.

Adhere green doily to blue blackout base with foam dots.

Use copics to shade the branch and place with Tombo Mono Multi Liquid Adhesive.

Adhere shaded bird with dimensional foam dots. 

Use a piece of scrap to create wing and black marker for the eye.

Distress the scallop spring rain with Marina Mist ink and draw on the stitch lines.

Place the scallop rings using dimensional foam dots.

Place the recollections flowers using glue dots.

Stamp your tag ad dp and sticker.

Place layers on card base, tie ribbon. 

Place sentiment tag using a glue dot.

Place the doily cut using glue dots.

Product list...

Cricut Expression

Cricut Cindy Loo Cartridge

ODBD He is Risen stamp set

Memento Tuxedo black dye ink

white gel pen

Copic markers

PTI ribbon and cardstock

SU marina mist ink and dots impression plate

My Minds Eye Stella and Ruby Mabel Collection DP

Recollections sticker cross and flowers

Tombo Multi Liquid Adhesive

foam dimensional dots

Happy Stamp Day!  May God Bless our Country and the World.



This and That

Be sure and check out the post below see if you are creating cards with a professional look.

There will be another chance to get your hands on some of my creations. The demand was so high on Sunday my stash was depleted. More card creations will be available Sunday March 6th During Fellowship Time. All sales support the Calvary HS Youth retreat.

Michael's 40% coupon for the week. Remember to sign up for their emails and get the coupon coming right to your inbox. They will soon be ceasing the newspaper coupon.

The new line from My Minds Eye Stella and Rose is just YUMMY! I would suggest you go out and purchase some paper treats. Poor Hattie did not make it through the weekend before being exhausted.


Circus Digital stamps from Sweet and Sassy Stamps.

Scrapbook Max has an adorable Cameo digital download. I love the rich colors and the elements in this kit. Days Gone By

Book I am reading Philip Yancey What Good is God?

Have a Happy Stamp Day. God Bless.

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.

My Top Picks from CHA Winter 2011

I have not had the computer off in days trying to keep up with all the blogs, web sites and facebook post on CHA Winter 2011. For those of you who don't know what I am talking about what are you doing here? LOL, JK;) I will explain below...
Craft and Hobby Association it is THE trade show for the international craft industry. It opened on Saturday in Anaheim Ca. summer will once again be in Rosemont IL.

Below I am sharing some of my fave posts, links and pics from the show.

OMGoodness, I LOVE Stella and Rose HAZEL. My fave for sure! The prints and colors so ME!

Above photo from My Minds Eye
Other lines released of Stella and Rose are...
Mabel
Hattie
Gertie

Cosmo Cricket...
UpCycle
Social Club
Salt Air
And hang on for this one all of my fellow flower lovers. GLUBERS are coming...HAVE TO HAVE SOME OF THESE SWEET BABIES!

Pic above is from Scrapbook.com.


Maya Road...
I love the die cut doilies and tags. More colors of the Organza Roses Ribbons.

Basic Grey I so HEART Basic Grey! The new line at the winter show that stole my heart is Sweet Threads.


Sweet Threads Video


Other Basic Grey lines CHA winter 2011...
Lauderdale
Life of the Party
Hello Luscious

Let's chat Cricut. OMGoodness, PC has another Cricut called Cricut Expression 2 Anniversary edition.
It is WI FI no more cords to run Design Studio. (Not that mine has been chirping away lately.)
It is Digital
Available Midnight April 26 on the Home Shopping Network no price listed for this However the MSRP is $399.99.
Not much out there yet on this bad Girl, I am sure I will faint as I find out more.
And Cricut TOYS. Little J wants a few of them. Can you say REWARDS PROGRAM! Seriously, if you Cricut you must sign up for the rewards.

That is all for today's Yummy Crafty Treats. I will be back with more on Wednesday.

Happy Stamp Day. God Bless.

CHRISTmas Tree, Legends and Decorations

Legend has it that about the year 1500 Martin Luther began the tradition of decorating trees to celebrate Christmas. He decorated it with candles to honor Christ's birth. It is thought that German immigrants brought with them the Christmas Tree Tradition.

Take this link to a past post on the Christmas Tree Spider

Take this link to learn about the German Christmas Tree Pickle.

Cinnamon Art
10 T cinnamon
4-6 T plain applesauce
Mix in small bowl til forms a dough. Roll out like a sugar cookie to 1/4" thick, use cookie cutters to cut designs. To hang poke hole at top with straw or toothpick.
Dry in the oven 150 degrees for three hours.

Matthew 7:25
The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against the house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.

Product list...
My Minds Eye DP, chipboard element
Papertrey ink Card Stock and Buttons

Happy Stamp Day, God Bless!

.

My Minds On Christmas

My friend Wanda over at My Creative Corner made some of these snowflakes last year and they went right to my CASE files, I made them this year for my Niece and Nephews. The tin I used was purchased at our local Menard's Home Improvement store (it is roof flashing) sold on a roll and is very sharp on the edges. After the tin us die cut the edges are no longer sharp.
The DP I used is from My Minds Eye Colorful Christmas from 2009. The ribbon hangers I used was from the Wrinkled Seam Binding shown to you earlier this year.





Give these tin ornaments a try they are super fun and will make awesome gifts.
Happy Stamp Day, God Bless!