Melonheadz Friends Monday Challenge

Hello Friends.  Thanks for stopping by today.  I had minor surgery on my back this morning so if my post is a little crazy it's the pain pills I am on, so forgive me.

The card I have for you today is for Melonheadz Friends Challenge: Die Cuts.  I chose to use the 4th of July 2013 set to make my card.

I began by making the background paper using the shaving cream technique.  I used alcohol inks to add the color.  It's a very easy technique and produces some beautiful results.  I trimmed down the paper to fit a 5.5" square red base (Recollecions).  After coloring the image with BIC Markers, I die cut it using Nestabilities Classic Circles and embossed it. The scalloped mat is Recollections Red and die cut with Scalloped Circles Nestabilities.  The sentiment is die cut with Labels 10.  I added some star ribbon from my stash and a few gems to complete the card.

I hope you enjoyed your visit today.  Have a great night.  God bless.

Back Home

Hello friends.  I am finally back home after 10 long, stressful days in VA.  My darling cousin came down from PA to pick me up and bring me home so that I didn't have to ride the bus home with my dad's ashes.  What a wonderful trip it was.  I haven't had a chance to spend that much time with my cousin, Mike, for such a long time.

God sure proved Himself faithful this past ten days.  My dad didn't have any insurance and we struggled to get the money together to have him cremated.  God blessed us by having someone call the funeral home and pay the bill in full.  Praise God!  What a relief it was.  

My mom has the most wonderful group of church friends possible.  They rallied around me and prayed and loved on me each time I went to church with my mom while I was in VA.  Thank you, True Vine, for all your love and support.

I will be back to crafting this weekend, so stay tuned for some new work.  Some of the challenge that I usually participate in have Father's Day/Men challenges this week, and I just don't feel up to those, but I will be posting some of the DT cards that I will be creating.  I'm missing my daddy right now and just don't have the heart to make Father's Day cards.  I think I will even have to break down and go to the store and buy one for my FIL or have my husband go get it.  With that day so close, I just can't make one.

Thank you for all the love and support you guys have given me over the last week or so.  I truly appreciate it from the bottom of my heart.  God bless each and every one of y'all.

Update on my Dad

Hellow dear friends.  Thank you for all the prayers and good thoughts.  Sadly, my father passed into the arms of Jesus on Monday about 12:30pm.  I was able to be with him, holding his hand when he took his final breath.  It was a great joy to me to be able to spend his final hours with him.

Now the hard part really starts.  Anyone who doesn't have life insurance, please, I beg you, for your loved ones sake, get it.  My dad didn't have any and now my brother and I are having to come up with all the money. 

I thank God that He made a way for me to get here and I know that He will make a way where there doesn't seem to be a way with the financial responsibility.  Please continue to keep me and my family in your prayers. 

Thank you and God bless y'all.

Sad Day for Me

Hello my friends.  I'm sorry I haven't posted in a few days.  I had to make an emergency trip to VA this past weekend.  My father has been in the hospital since May 9th and was transferred to hospice yesterday afternoon.  I was able to get down here and spend the night with him last night.  He, sadly, passed away today at around 12:30 pm EST.  I am thankful for the last few hours that I was able to spend with him even though he wasn't fully coherent.  I was able to be with him, holding his hand and stroking his forehead when he took his last heartbeat.  I know that my dad crossed over to the arms of Jesus and that one day, Lord willing, I will see him again.  Thank you for all the prayers and thoughts that were said for me and my family during this trying time.  I am not sure when I will return to PA and back to my regular schedule.  I have to finalize my dad's affairs before I can come home.  I will be back as soon as possible.  Thanks again and God bless y'all.

Daddy's Girl

Welcome back to my little spot in the cyber world.  I hope y'all are having a good day.  It's not too dang hot here today so I'm happy.  They are talking in the mid 50's for the next few days.  Go figure.  Crazy weather.

The card I have to show today uses a cute little beastie from Dearie Dolls.  Mary Ellen has some adorable images on her blog and the best part..they are all FREE!!  Don't ya just love free?

This little girl is colored with BIC Markers and Glitter Pens.  I tried to make her skin look scaly, but it didn't come out like I envisioned.  She is matted on a panel of Hot Pink from Recollections and a Lime Green from Recollections.  I used a Fiskars Scalloped Border Punch for the Green layer.  The DP's are from Colorbok's Bright Collection.  I added a piece of Offray Yellow Ribbon to finish off the card.

Thanks again for stopping in.  Have a wonderful day.  God bless.

Challenges:
Mojo Monday--#294
Love to Create Challenge--#66 For the Kids

World's Best Dad

Good day to y'all.  We had some really bad thunderstorms last night.  Some of the thunder shook the entire house.  It was like the sky just opened up and poured buckets of rain.  The winds were pretty bad too.  It didn't cool things down too much but every little bit helps.

Today, I have a card that features a Birdie Brown image.  This image is the monthly freebie challenge over at Birdie's blog.

This cute little Mr. Fix It reminds me of Dilbert.  I colored him with my colored pencils and OMS and then cut him out.  I printed the sentiment off of the computer.  The card base and mat for the sentiment are from Colorbok.  The brown card stock is Recollections.  I used a Fiskars Shape Cutter to make the circles.  The DP is from Colorbok's Earthtones.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I truly appreciate it.  God bless and have a wonderful day.

Challenges:
Birdie Brown--Monthly Challenge
Avenue 613--Sketch Challenge
Shopping Our Stash--Use a tool that hasn't been used in a while.
Penny's Challenges--#128 Use Circles

Dancing Queens

Hello there.  Happy Hot Wednesday.  Thanks for joining me today.  I have a Rick St. Dennis image for y'all today.  Don't ya just love his work?  I do!

My goodness..these ladies are sure cuttin' a rug.  I printed off the image onto Crafter's Companion card stock and colored it with my BIC Markers and Spectrum Noir Pens.  I then trimmed it down and matted it on a deep purple.  The dark purple DP was a freebie from Cardmaker Magazine and I matted those two panels on light purple.  The background DP is from Colorbok.  I put the whole thing on an Old Olive card base.  I stamped the sentiment from Gina K in Versa Magic Plumeria ink.  Adding a few purple gems from Queen and Co. finished off this card.

I hope y'all enjoyed the visit.  Have a great night..God bless.

Challenges:
Twisted Tuesday--#50  Girlfriends
2 Sisters--#144  1-2-3 (One Sentiment, Two DPs and Three Dancing Ladies)
Divas By Design--Friendship

Maniac

Howdy.  Well, I did it.  I turned on the a/c last night.  I slept great.  It was nice and cool in the bedroom.  We still have to put the living room one in, but it's coming this weekend.

I appreciate you guys stopping by today. I have a cute card that will take you back to the 80's.  Flashdance..remember that?  Well, here ya go....

Isn't she cute?  This image and background come from The Paper Shelter.  I used the precoloured set to make this card.  I printed the background then printed another girl the same size and cut her out.  I then used pop dots to add her to the card.  I printed out a sentiment from my computer and added it behind the popped up girl.  I also cut out the boom box and added it with pop dots.  Adding some gems around the edges finished up this card.  Easy Peasy.

Thanks for stopping in today.  God bless.

Challenges:
Cute Card Thursday--#269  Dancing Queen

Congratulations Mr. and Mrs.

Shheeewww!!! It's hot here today.  88 degrees in May. This should not be happening.  We have three ceiling fans and two smaller fans going and it's still hot.  My husband is going to have to plug in the a/c tonight.

So, thanks for stopping by today.  I have a wedding card for y'all today.  My husband's cousin is getting married next month and I made this card for them, but it fits a couple of challenges too.  I used a Beccy Muir image for this card and paper pieced the wedding dress, veil and tux.

I had this fancy cream colored paper in my stash and I'm not sure what I was hoarding it for, but it worked perfectly for her dress and veil.  I used a SU Gray for the tux.  The vest is the same paper as the dress.  I used my Spectrum Noir to color in the couple.

I stamped the sentiment with Memento Espresso Truffle.  It's a set from Inkadinkado called Marriage.

I used SU Basic Black for the card base.  The DP is from Colorbok.  I added a sheer silver ribbon and some pearls from Queen and Co. to finish it off.

Thanks so much for joining me today.  I have a couple more to post so stay tuned.  God bless.

Challenges:
Papertake Weekly--If The Paper Fits--Paper Piecing
Fab N Funky--#171  Use Your Favorite Embellishment

DoodlePantry Monthly Challenge

Good Afternoon Friends.  I hope everyone's week got off to a great start.  School is less than a month from ending and I cannot wait.  I am so done with this school year.  I'm praying next year will be much better.

The card I have for y'all this post uses one of the cutest little birds I have ever seen.  It is a Doodle Pantry pre-colored digi and background.

Isn't he just a cutie?  I love the cornstalks too.  I printed out the image and an extra farmer bird on GP card stock.  I cut around the second bird and used pop dots to add him to the back ground.  The background paper is from the same set.  I matted everything on a Delightful Daffodil card stock from SU.  The sentiment is from the set and matted on the same yellow card stock.  

Thanks for stopping by to visit today.  I will be back either tonight or tomorrow with some more eye candy for y'all.  God bless.

Challenge:
Doodle Pantry--Anything Goes

Clyde Peeling's Reptiland

Hello everyone.  Today we took Kierstynne and her friend Emma to Clyde Peeling's Reptiland for an outing with our homeschool group.  They had such a wonderful time.  It was the first time we have visited this little zoo.  I thought I would share some of the pics with you.  

The girls petting the Burmese Python

This is a Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly

                                               

Kierstynne and the Emu

 

This is a baby American Alligator

Not sure what this one is called, but I thought it was beautiful

This is Al the Galapoloso Tortise

Kierstynne and Emma sitting on the Dinosaur

These are so adorable

T-Rex and the girls

The girls and the huge Anaconda

One of the oldest tortises

We thought these were fake, but there are the poison dart frogs

This is the coolest lizard.  It has a flat tail

Sunday Morning Candy

Hey y'all.  Just wanted to let ya know that Dewi over at Sunday Morning  has some birthday candy she is giving away.  It's open until May 26th so head on over and link up for this wonderful candy giveaway.  Here is the LINK.

Mother's Day Card

Howdy folks.  I know it's past Mother's Day, but I didn't get this posted before.  I made this card for my husband to give to his mom for Mother's Day.

I had made a Mother-in-Law card for her and my husband wanted one just from him.  This image is from Imagine That and it's for the progressive freebie challenge for this month.  I colored it with BIC markers after enlarging it to fit the whole card.  I used a black card base and added a black printed DP.  Adding a few gems from Queen and Co finished it off. Tim's mom loved all the cards she got this year, especially this one.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope y'all have a wonderful night.  God bless y'all.

Challenge:
Imagine That--Progressive Challenge #6

Lady Bug Card

Howdy y'all.  It's been pretty chilly here this week, so I thought I would make a card to try and bring back some beautiful Spring weather.

This cute card uses an image from the internet that I found a while ago.  

I colored this little lady with BIC markers.  I followed this week's sketch from My Favorite Things to make this card using papers from DCWV.  I matted each paper and the image on a Blue card stock from Recollections.  The card base is made from the same Blue card stock.  Adding two square buttons from my stash finished up the card.

To create the inside of the card, I used the same papers and card stock, following the sketch pretty closely.  I don't know why there is such a shadow on the right side of the picture, but there isn't a dark spot on the actual card.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I truly appreciate the support.  God bless y'all.

Challenges:
My Favorite Things--Sketch
Pink Gems--Things with Wings
My Time to Craft--Show us the Inside

Without my Coffee

Hello my friends.  Welcome back.  Even though I haven't been posting, I have been creating.  I have a card for y'all this time that uses a Digi Darla image.

I used my BIC markers to color in this image.  I added some glitter to the cell phone and her coffee mug.  The image was cut using my Cuttlebug and Nestabilities.  The banners were hand cut.  The black and white polka dot at the top is Washi Tape.  I printed out the sentiment from my Word Processing program.  The card base is Black from Recollections and the DP is DCWV All Girl stack.  I pulled some pink card stock from my stash to make the two pink banners.  All the papers and card stock were in my stash bin.  I added some pink gems to finish it off.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I truly appreciate it.  God bless y'all.

Challenges:
Crafts4Eternity--#123  Tic-Tac-Toe (Pink, Bling, 3 of something--my three of something is the banners)
Shopping Our Stash--#101 Scrap Attack