Away In A Manger

I just had to purchase this digi kit over at Faith Sisters created by Simply Susan Godfrey. It was a Rock Bottom price at $1.oo and I used it for my holiday blog skin. This is my first ever Purchase of a digi kit up til this point I have just downloaded the freebies;) Totally in love with supporting the TRUE MEANING of CHRISTmas in such a wonderful way!


I really took a ton of time on this layout and did some extra bling to it, what do you think? A few more tweaks I need to teach myself and possibly then I will be happy with it. Good thing for my digital walls NO HOLES only a few glitches if you stop by while I am swapping things out.
Thanks for hanging in with me this past weekend.
I will be back on Tuesday with a Card Creation to show, Happy Stamp Day!

Give Thanks to the Lord and more...

The highlight of last week for me was to brighten the days of the Nursing Home Residents, this is the third year God has blessed my life with the ability to do this. Little J was upset and crying because of the H1N1 she could not enter with me and had to sit in the car with Dad, she wanted to say, "hi" to the Grandpa's and Grandma's inside. Usually we go on Halloween and hand out the cards as treats they love the added bonus of seeing the costumes and are a bit confused when the girls are not there looking for candy and instead they have a treat to give. And giving is such a treat and leads me down the path to some thank yous here is mine...


and here are yours...
Thank you for your support and comments of my crafty adventures I really enjoy getting my blog posts and creations ready to share with you. Thank you to all the other crafty bloggers and creators out there that share and let me CASE ideas.
Thank you to my Sister Julie, she spoils me with crafting goodies all the time and with out the supplies I could not do such a donation so Julie Thank You for all of the Goodies!
Thank you to all the PTI swappers who graciously have swapped creations with me for going on three years now I love this and have totally enjoyed getting to know each and everyone of you and at the same time learning new thing. Thank you! Thanks to the girls that help out by hostessing on rotation, this is a huge job and I am so grateful for your help.
Thanks to Blogger for hosting my blog, how wonderful to have a such an outlet and for FREE. I tell you if you have not tried blogger yet get moving!
Thanks to God for blessing me with abundant creativity and wonderful beauty on this crafty adventure, thank you!

1 Chronicles 16:8
Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done.

Sultry a Jr notebook tutorial

UPDATE...spoooktacular crop posted on the left has been postponed 'til tonight starts at 8 central and ends at 10 central. Click on over to get signed up they will be giving yummy Cricut products away. AGAIN this is taking place tonight, you must be signed up so take the spooktacular link now;)


I was asked for some measurements after posting my Bella Rose Altered jr. legal pad you can see it here.What you need...
Jr. Legal Pad Measuring 5" by 8"
1 Piece of DSP measuring 4 3/4" by 7 3/4"
1 Piece of matching DSP measuring 5" by 1/2" (to cover the branded strip of notepad)
1 Piece of card stock measuring 10 1/2" by 8 1/8"
7" length of ribbon
matching ribbon bow
sentiment stamp
ink
tag 2 1/4" winter woodland cartridge
tag shadow 2 1/2" winter woodland cartridge
scotch brand tape
double stick tape
dimensional dots


Tutorial...
1) score your card stock at 5 1/8" and again at 5 3/8" (this makes your spine)
2) adhere ribbon to back of dp with scotch tape
3) adhere dp to front cover of card stock with double stick tape
4) adhere dp to branded strip of notebook with double stick tape
5) adhere notebook to inside back cover with double stick tape
6) stamp sentiment on smaller tag then back with shadow tag and adhere to front cover to the left side on top of your ribbon strip (I used dimensional dots here)
7) tie a bow and place opposite of sentiment tag let dry

Simple and beautiful, have fun!

Product list for this pictured project
Sultry DP by BasicGrey
SU card stock
PTI ribbon, ink and Sentiment from Everyday Blessings stamp set
jr legal pad
black pen
binder clip
large paper clip
SU scallop circle punch

Happy Stamp Day!

12 Days of CHRISTmas Day 4

You can find more on the 12 days of CHRISTmas free download mini kits at Faith Sisters these kits are totally amazing and fun to play with.

So here is what we have illustrated so far up to day 4...

4 Calling Birds represent Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
3 French Hens represent the fruits of the Spirit Faith, Hope and Love
2 Turtle doves represent the Old and New Testaments
A Partridge represents Jesus and the pear tree the Cross

Who would have ever imagined such a goofy song had such deep meaning to it, I can't wait to see what the upcoming weeks have in store.

Run and grab the free downloads while you can you won't be disappointed.

Have a happy stamp day!

Faith Sisters 12 Days of Christmas week 2 and 3

Phew, now I am caught up on the 12 days of Christmas from Faith Sisters, you have to check this out in the end you will have 12 wonderful FREE downloads faith based on the 12 Days of Christmas. Does it get any better...I would have to say not! You can find more over at Faith Sisters.


All digital Free downloads from Faith Sisters and Nova Development Scrapbook Factory program.

Have a Happy Stamp Day

Photo Card throwback

I admit between having no extra craft mojo and working on nursing home projects I have not had much time to create new cards to show so for today I am throwing it back to last year and PTI's Photo Card challenge, pic is of our little tea cup two years ago enjoying the snow.

You can see this years challenge along with a link to last years creations here at Nichole's Blog.
All products used are PTI except for the Pink Hedge Hog brads.

Happy Stamp Day!

Faith Sisters 12 Days of Christmas Week 1

What a wonderful Challenge you can find over at Faith Sisters they will be hosting a 12 days of Christmas Challenge with free digital download kits to go with each day. What a Glorious Gift this first kit is AMAZING and you can find it here...
Faith Sisters Pear Tree and I also have a blog link button in my sidebar, go check it out it is a wonderful site packed of YUMMY digi treats and challenges.
Challenge info found here
Here is what they have to go along with the Pear Tree Digital kit to show how it goes along with CHRISTmas (this is taken from there site).

This week's challenge is hosted my Susan Godfrey, from Simply Susan Designs and features the first verse:

On the first day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
A partridge in a pear tree.

I know, I had a hard time figuring out how a partridge and a pear tree could represent anything scriptural, so I was surprised to learn that you really can tie them to Scripture.

THE PARTRIDGE: The partridge in a pear tree is Christ Jesus upon the Cross. In the song, Christ is symbolically presented as a mother partridge because she would feign injury to decoy a predator away from her nestlings. She was even willing to die for them.

THE PEAR TREE: The tree is the symbol of the fall of the human race through the sin of Adam and Eve. It is also the symbol of its redemption by Jesus Christ on the tree of the Cross.

MY TRUE LOVE: True Love refers to God

For a limited time, you can download this digital mini kit for FREE