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Good morning.  I thought I would make a random post today re: the baby cards that I have been making for church.  In one of my Red Carpet Studio posts, I believe that I mentioned that I volunteered to make cards for the babies, sympathy, get well, etc.  Whatever was needed, I said that I either have on hand, or will make.  There has been a flurry of births this past year, & on Sunday (the 1 year anniversary of the church start), they presented each of the babies born in the past year with a cross, & one of my cards.  I had put the church logo on the back, & a scripture inside, & Pastor Gary signed the cards.  You have seen the bear cards that I made for RCS, so here are a few more that I made for some of the other babies:   What is fun about these cards, is that I had bought a daily calendar from Five Below when we were still in PA.  I came across it recently, & what the calendar was to be used for was a scrpbook p...

Hello there!  How are you?  What is new & exciting in blogland?  If you can believe this, I am still trying to get caught up from the holidays.  My list just never seems to get quite complete.  But in the mean time, I did get to use another Nuts About Sketches sketch.  Fabulous as always. Here is what I came up with: Again, I can't recall the manufacturer of the paper line, (I really need to start writing these things down!).  The base is blue cardstock, then I used multiple strips of patterned paper from a kit I had. I used my circle cutter to cut out multiple circles, & a big half circle w/ the stripes.  I used ribbon, thickers, & basic grey fabric brads to embelli.  The pictures are of Emma at 11 months old.  My sister had bought her her first pair of boots & made her a hat. Of course we put them on her right away.  She didn't quite know what to make of the boots, & the hat made her ears stick straight...

Happy Sunday!  Today Red Carpet Studio has a new challenge for you.  If you so choose, your challenge is to create a card using the movie "Ted" as your theme.  Create a card with an image of a bear on it.  Easy enough, rig ht?   The sponsor of this challenge is: Th e winner of this weeks challenge will receive their choice of 3 digital images (including sets) from Squigglefly .  That is an incredible prize!!  So, what are you waiting for?  Head over to Red Carpet Studio now & submit your entry.  We can't wait to see what you create!    Squigglefly supplied the card design team bear images to use for this weeks challenge.  As you know, because I have told you many times before, I am stamp challenged, especially digital stamps.  Well, I went out & bought several sets of Tombow markers, & let's just say, I think that RCS has created a monster in me!!  I have become quite addicted to digit...

Welcome to Day 1 of the Love is in the Air Blog Hop, brought to you by the card design team from Red Carpet Studio ! This weekend the Red Carpet Studio design team would like to share with you love-themed projects to inspire you during this Valentine's Day season. Throughout the hop you'll see a variety of projects and we hope one or more of these wonderful creations inspire you to create. :) If you've come from Tonya' s blog,  you're in the right place. If you'd like to start at the beginning of the hop, please visit Red Carpet Studio .    For t oday's hop I made a card:   I used paper from the January Memory Works kit, along with the red ribbon & stick pins (which are also in that same kit).  I had some random ribbon, which I used to embellish my card, the twisted the ribbon to make my flower.  Have you ever used a Glubber?  It is the biggest glue dot that you ever did see!  I used it for the first time for this car...

Hello!  How are you this fine day?  I hope that you are as wonderful as ever.  It is a new week, time to start fresh, & have a splendid week. Today a new sketch was posted at Nuts About Sketches .  As usual, it was so much fun to work with.  Here is what I created with it:   I honestly forget the paper line that I used, but it sure is pretty.  I just love the bright colors.  I was able to cut around one of the flowers in the patterned paper, & slide my picture/mat under it to make it pop a bit.  I found some really cool maroon, soft flowers in my stash, that have this cool stitching on it.  Not quite sure where they came from, but they are cool.  I had gotten the leaf ribbon at CK Convention this year, & it came in handy for this sketch.   The picture is of Tony & Emma, way back in 2006.  This was a regular occurrence for them.  Every night, Tony would come home from work, we would have d...

Happy Monday.  Don't I say that every Monday?  Well, I hope that you are having a good start to your week.  My weekend was jam packed with undecorating from Christmas, crafting, & spending time with some great friends watching football.  The best kind of weekends, productive & fun!  Shawn has posted a new sketch & Nuts About Sketches today.  It is a double page layout this time, which have become a challenge to me lately.  I'm not sure why, but they are.  But as usual, they are always fun to work with.  Here is what I created with the most recent sketch: I used Basic Grey paper, & fussy cut the circles.  I also used Glossy Accents on my letters to make them pop.  I love that stuff.  What I really like about this sketch is that it allowed you to get a lot of picture on one layout.  It actually called for more, but I didn't have as many as she wanted us to use.  The pictures are of the girls at...

Happy Sunday!  How are you all today?  I hope that you are having a glorious weekend.  I know that we are having a productive, yet fun weekend here.  I know that I got some scrappy time in this weekend, so it was especially happy for me. Today at Red Carpet Studio , a new challenge is posted.    "The Butterfly Effect" - In which you are to create a card with a butterfly on it.  The challenge is sponsored by     Floppy Latte Digital Designs - Once you create your card with a butterfly on it, & submit it via the link at RCS , if your creation is chosen, you could win a  $10 gift certificate at Floppy Latte Digital Designs .  So be sure to head right on over to RCS & submit your card for this awesome prize.   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   As you know, I am stamp challenged, & certainly digital stamp challenged.  However...

Good morning!  Can you believe that it is January 7th already?!  Holy smokes, we are in the year 2013!  And before you know it, I will be making a post & saying the same thing one year from now about 2014!  It just seems that as I get older, the years go by so much faster.  I hope that you are well this fine day & that the new year is treating you good.  We are either on our way back from Disney, or just got back, so I can't wait to fill you in on all the fun that we had!!!   Today, sketch #247 has been revealed at Nuts About Sketches .  Shawn posted another outstanding one, that's for sure!   I'm not sure if I ever mentioned to you or not, but I have an ongoing album that I do for my parents, & every so often I will create pages to add to their album.  This one I did for my father's album, & gave it to him for Christmas. This is my mom & dad with my girls on Easter in 2010.  Don't my parents look...

Hello!  Happy happy happy New Year!!!  As you are reading this, I am in Orlando, FL with my family, skipping around Disney!  We finally broke down & took the girls to the Greatest Place on Earth!  I am sure that they are having a wonderful time, & really wearing us out.  We met my parents there, so I am sure that they are getting spoiled as well. Anyway, Shawn, as usual, created a great sketch this week at NAS .  It was so much fun to work with.   This is of Emma at 2 years old.  She was helping me make a cake, but I think she ate most of the batter!  You can see it dripping from her nose in the bottom picture. So cute & funny.    Thanks for stopping by today.  I would like to wish you a happy, healthy, prosperous new year!  See you next year!

Hello!  Happy New year week!  If you are reading this, on Sunday, the 30th, I am in Epcot with my family!  We finally decided to make the trip & take the kids to Disney.  Tony has had his nose in a book or online planning out each day we are there, & has it down to a science.  I surely hope that nothing stands in the way of his plans, because he will be really upset if something messes them up. :o)  I can't wait to tell you all about how our week was, & how much the girls enjoyed it! Well, today I bring to you another challege from the Red Carpet Studio .  The CHALLENGE: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Anything Goes - Anything "sweet" The SPONSOR: Vampire Craftin - http://www.etsy.com/shop/VampireCraftin PRIZE: Blog makeover! Custom made banner, blog button, background and signature, along with installation help.  Today's challenge, the entire design team participated in, cards & layouts. With that being s...

Merry Christmas Eve!!!  I hope that this day finds you in good healthy & happiness in this joyous time of year!  I hope that all of your shopping is done, & that you are gearing up for a nice vacation, time w/ your family, & celebration of the birth of our Lord & Saviour! Today at NAS another awesome 2 page sketch was posted. Be sure to stop over there to check it out, & see all the creativity flowing over there.    This page is of Emma & our old dog Charley.  This is also a sad layout as we had to leave Charley behind in PA.  He was always the protector of Emma, & she just adored him.  He put up with her hanging all over him, tugging, pulling, & shoving him.  He was such a good dog!    I do believe that I used Basic Grey paper on this as well, with some random tags that were in my stash.   Thank you for stopping by today.  Again, have a very Merry Christmas!!! 

Awww!  I just loved this sketch from NAS !  It was so much fun, & the Basic Grey paper that I had was perfect for it, too.  (Like how I just jumped right in today, lol).  Anyway, there is a new sketch over at NAS today, & as usual, it was an awesome one!   As I mentioned, I used Basic Grey paper & embellis on this layout.  It is of Emma & her cousin Nicholas when they were not even 1 yet.  The reason I said Awww, was because they were sooooo close!  Their eyes just lit up when they saw each other.  Then we moved to TX.......  So the title/saying, it is quite fitting, because they were awesome together, & now they are apart......   Awwww!   Thank you for looking at my creation today.  It was so much fun creating, & brought a tear to my eye writing this post.    See you soon.

Welcome to the Oh Christmas Tree Blog Hop, brought to you by the design teams of Made Especially For You and Red Carpet Studio ! Today the design teams of Made Especially For You and Red Carpet Studio have teamed up to share with you all sorts of Christmas tree projects to help you get ready for the Christmas season!  If you're looking to start at the beginning of the hop, please visit Ashley 's blog. If you've come from Dawn' s blog, you're in the right place! For today's hop, I made (with a little help from my friends at Archiver's )...  I stamped, I embossed, I colored with actual stamping markers....all outside of my comfort zone!  Thank you, Archivers !!  We have some wonderful sponsors giving away prizes to those who comment on every stop of the hop! Paper Piecings by Nikki $15 Gift Certificate SK Digis $6 worth of digital stamps Participants have through Sunday evening to hop. The winners of ...

Hi there!  I hope this day finds you well.  I bring to you today another creation from a NAS sketch.  I love 2 pagers, & don't do them much any more, so it is always so much fun when Shawn sends one my way.    This layout is of Audra's first visitors at home after she was born.  They are of my Aunt & Uncle, & my cousins, & their daughters.  I remember how Audra just stared at my Uncle.  We all giggled at it, & I know that he got a huge kick out of it.  I think she still may stare at him funny today.  ;o)   Well, that's all I've got for you today.  I hope that you are having a glorious day!

Oh my goodness!  I know that I have mentioned before that I am very challenged when it comes to stamps.  Well, this week at Red Carpet Studio, the challenge is sponsored by Crafty Sentiments , who creates digital stamps.  She provided several snowman digital stamps for the DT to use this week, &  I have to tell you that I am really loving using them!  Here is the card that I created for the challenge this week:     My friend Courtney let me use her markers for this stamp, so that I didn't have to break out my girls water colors this time around.  Thank you Courtney!  I used a small circle punch to created the notches in the red & white cardstock, & used paper & embellishments from the November Memory Works kit.  I am really starting to dig digi stamps, that's for sure!!!     Alright, for some reason, this post didn't go live on Sunday like it was supposed to either!  I have no idea wh...

Good morning.  How are you today?  Did you have a good weekend?  I surely hope that you did!  I cannot believe that we are in December already!  22 more days until Christmas.  Almost an entire year since we moved from PA to TX.  It seems like just yesterday!  Boy time goes fast!  Today at NAS a new sketch was posted.  Of course it does not disappoint.  I hope that you stop over there & see the great sketch for yourself, & also what my fellow DT members created with it.  Here is what I came up with:     Audra was watching me type up this post, & she doesn't like this layout at all!  She gets embarassed about her hair that day, but what does she expect?  It was crazy hair day!!!  lol.  It was cute & she was not the only one that had crazy hair that day.  It was at her preschool here in TX in May.    Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope that yo...

  Good morning, how are you today?  I would like to share with you my creation for wonderful sketch #80 at Sketchabilities .  The minute that I saw this sketch, I knew exactly what paper & picture I was going to use!  I have to tell you...that RARELY happens to me.  I usually have to dig through kits & pictures to figure out what I am going to use, but this sketch was perfect for what I had in mind!   The picture is of Tony & I, right after boarding the ship, when we went on a cruise for our 10th anniversary in 2011.  He didn't want to pose w/ the "Statue of Liberty", but I made him.  What is funny about looking at these pictures is that I have lost soooo much weight since then, that it doesn't even look like me anymore.   It was a great sketch to work with, & I had fun creating with it.  I used a kit from Memory Works .   Thanks for stopping.   Enjoy your day!!

As I am setting up my blog posts, I realized that I used the same paper line/pack for a lot of my past few weeks layouts.  It was Basic Grey, & it was a line that I picked up at the CK convention.  Love Basic Grey!  Today another great sketch has been posted at Nuts About Sketches.  You already know how I feel about her sketches, so no need to gush about them, yet again.  If you don't believe me, head over there & see for yourself.  These pictures are of my sister giving Emma a bath.  This was the first time that Dawn had bathed a baby (I think), & as you can tell by the bubbles on Emma's head, she was having fun with it!  Thanks again for stopping by my blog.  I hope that you enjoyed my creations. See you soon!

Well hello there!  I hope that you are all settling after your Thanksgiving.  Did you have to break out your elastic waisted pants?  Did you do anything exciting, or stay close to home?  No matter what you did, I hope that it was fantastic!  We drove to Florida to my cousins house!  My cousin that I have reconnected with since moving to TX.  His sister, & my parents also made the trip.  Honestly, it was a fabulous time!!  Thank you, Joseph & Amber, for inviting us to celebrate Thanksgiving with you & your family!  We had a great time & are so thankful to have you back in our lives!!! Today, a new card challenge was posted over at Red Carpet Studio.  The challenge was to create a black & white card.  How much fun is that?  I love the contrast of black & white.  Now I used a combo of off whites & a hugh of grey in there, but I think it turned out ok:   Here is what I created....

Check this out!  Another awesome sketch is posted over at Nuts About Sketches.  It doesn't matter if it is a one page sketch or a 2 page sketch, they are so much fun to work with.  This layout is of my oldest, Emma, right around her 1st birthday.  She is with my husbands Aunt Maryann (his God mother).  She had come & stayed with us to help celebrate Emma's birthday.  To this day, Emma loves Aunt Maryann, & talks about missing her quite often. Maybe she will come visit us in TX sometime.....  Love Aunt Maryann! Thank you for visiting today.  Have a great week!