48th Wedding Anniversary

Hello again!  My parents just celebrated their 48th Wedding Anniversary this week.  This time around, I have not been able to see them or celebrate it with them, even though they live just a short 30 minutes away.  Why?  Well, it is their anniversary and they went away on little trip and then stopped at my sister's in PA.  So I am glad that she got to see and celebrate it with them this time around.  I am so blessed to be able to spoil them when these events like anniversaries/birthdays come around...I think my sisters kind of get a bit jealous because I do get to spoil them on such occasions and don't have to share them with anyone else.  So it is nice to share them once in a while.  LOL   They are such awesome parents, and I love them so much!  I am so blessed!  What a great example they have been to me, in their marriage, in raising children...the list could go on, but you get the picture.  Anyways, when they do get home from their little trip, is when they will get this beautiful card I made for them plus a few gifts.  I think this card turned out beautiful, elegant yet simple.  I think they will like it!

I Used:
Professional Series Royal Metallics Cardstock
Spellbinders Shapeabilities Parisian Motifs Dies for the background cuts
Cricut Craft Room Basics and Craft Room for all the heart cuts
Adhesive Pearls
Paper Flowers from my stash
Satin Ribbon from my stash
Dimensional Tape and Dots

Thanks for taking a peek at what I have doing!

I hope you have a fantastic day!

 

Happy 17th Birthday

Wait, what??? My niece just turned 17...where does time go?  They just grow up way to fast.  She is very special to us, she is not only my niece but also one of my daughters best friends!  When she comes to our home, she brings so much joy and sunshine with her.  The sad but exciting part is that her boyfriend, of three years, has just recently left for the Air Force.  He just finished Basic Training and is now in "school" for training of the things he will be doing.  While we are so proud of him and miss him like crazy, he is now talking about marriage with my niece...which could happen in about two years.  Ahhhh, not yet!  I am getting so old, YOUNG...they are just getting old not me!  LOL
We are so proud of her, and we love her so much.  I hope and pray that she continues to keep growing closer to God and keeps her eyes on Him for the rest of her life.  I know she liked her card a lot!  It is one of those that you have to just touch, when you look at it!  I love this embossing folder.

I Used:
Core'dinations ColorCore Cardstock
DCWV The Linen Closet Stack
Darice Dandelions embossing folder
Crystal Stickles
White ink
Pebbles Inc. Chalk
Stamp Sentiment from Hobby Lobby
Ribbon from my stash

Well, thank you so very much for stopping by!

I hope you have a day filled with many blessings!

 

2013 Fall Bulletin Boards

Hello again! As you can tell I have been very busy! Being productive is a good thing. Anyways, as I said, I would share my church bulletin boards as soon I got them done. Well I got them done today and I have time to share them with you all. I am so pleased at how they tuned out too. I think I said it before, but I really fall and the colors that come with it! I did reuse some things from other bulletin boards from the past. Hey, it saves on time and money, plus if they are still in good shape you might as well reuse them. Right? Does anyone else do this?

Again, thank you so much for stopping by!

 I hope you have a wonderful day!

I am on a roll!

Hello!  Apparently, I AM on a roll...with the colors of black, red and white and wedding anniversary's!  LOL  I just love how they contrast against each other!  I made this quick little card for my niece and her hubby, for their 5th wedding anniversary.  We are so glad that they are doing so well.  We hope and pray that God will bless their marriage for many more years to come.  They have moved closer to us all so now we get to see them a lot more and spend time with them more and that is wonderful!  So naturally, I had to make them a card too.

I used:
Cricut Craft Room Basics Cartridge for the heart cut
Paper Doll Dress Up Cartridge for the Arrow cut
Black Cardstock
DCWV Glittered Stack
Making Memories Wedding paper pad
Red Satin Ribbon
IRock gems
Black and white bakers twine

I hope they like it as much as I did!

 

Thank You for stopping by!

I hope you have a great day!

 

Love Birds in the Park

Hello again!  I have not posted much in while, but that does not mean that the creating stops...it just means that I am very busy creating.  Did you catch that?  LOL  Anyways, my SIL and BIL, just celebrated their 22nd wedding Anniversary.  They were so willing to give up their anniversary weekend and travel about 3 hrs. up here from their home to help my FIL cut wood for the winter.  What a blessing and a great example to us all.  What love they share and have.  Anyways, I found the inspiration for this card again on the wonderful site of Pinterest!  LOL  What a great resource!  I did not have access to a  "Bench" cut, so I just designed my own in the Cricut Craft Room, another great resource!  LOL  I think it turned out really cute!  Very simple but I love the black and white contrast against each other!  Well, I hope they liked it! 
 
I used:
Cricut Craft Room Basics for the general shapes of the "boards" of the bench and the heart
Gypsy Font Cartridge for the word "LOVE"
Country Life Cartridge for the birds
Martha Stewart hearts punch for the tiny heart above the birds
Polka Dots embossing folder
Black and white bakers twine
Dimensional Tape

Thanks for taking a peek at what I have been doing!

I hope you have a day filled with many blessings!

 

Church Project Poster

Hello everyone!  I hope you all are having a great day today!  I know I am enjoying this cooler "fall-like" weather here in Ohio!  So much so that I have gone ahead and put out my "fall" decorations in my home and at my church!  I love the fall season, and the colors that come with it, plus the cooler temperatures.  I am one of those rare people who love the fall and the winter seasons more than the summer.  Well, here is just some of the things that I have done at my church.  I am still working on the bulletin boards at this time but they are almost done!  So I will share those with you all soon.
In the mean time here is our Communion table décor that I did up and the a "Project Poster" I did up for the people, which I will explain in a minute.
 

 

 

I just love the fall colors!

 

 

Okay, now to explain about this "Project Poster"

My church needed new siding very badly.  It is this dark brown wood siding with wood windows, and  beautiful stone on the front and sides of it.  But the wood siding/windows are wood, and with time and years of the elements of weather changes, it has finally come to a point that no matter how much paint or whatever you do, it needs replaced.  So we wanted to get it done before winter.  Well, our church is just a very small country church with an average attendance of 30-40 people.  We needed no less than 10 boxes of siding and at least 5 windows that must be replaced at this time and each box of siding/windows cost about $150.  So we wanted the people to see the progression of the siding/windows being paid for by making this "Project Poster" by putting the strips of siding on slowly over top of the original dark brown wood siding, and the windows being replaced by putting window panes overtop the window openings.  So my wonderful hubby and I worked together in designing this up and had it up for about 2 weeks and then suddenly, someone felt led by the Lord to pay for the whole project, plus extra.  WOW!  We were so stunned!  We are rejoicing at what God has done for our little church in such a short time.  I am so looking forward to the building being done up with the new siding and windows!  God is so awesome!

Either way, I used my Cricut to cut the windows and doors for this project.  I think it didn't turn out to bad at all, and I guess it was more affective than I ever thought it would be!  LOL 

God is so good!

 

Anyways, I know this was not my regular post of cards but I just had to share what I have been doing as of lately!

 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a fantastic day!

 

Oh Snap!

I made this for my niece who just turned 16 and loves photography!  She even has a job with a photographer who is teaching her how to use her camera and what to do.  She is doing a great job!  So naturally I had to make a card with a camera for her, plus she loves to say the phrase, "Oh Snap!"  So the idea was perfect for her!  I hope she liked it, even if it was a little late!

I used:
Everyday Paper Dolls Cricut Cartridge for the camera shape
Cricut Craft Room Basics for the camera lenses cuts
Sentimentals Cricut Cartridge for the background cut
Core'dinations Color Core Cardstock
Making Memories Wedding paper pad
DCWV The Glitzy Glitter Stack paper
Ribbon from my stash
"Buckle" from my stash

Thank you for coming over to see what I have

created lately! 

 I hope you have a fantastic day!

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With Gentle Thoughts

Hello again! Have you ever made a card for someone and then changed your mind?  Well that is the case with this card.  I have a sweet elderly man at my church whose precious wife of 50 years, passed away quite a few years ago, and he just seems so lost without her, especially as of lately.  So I thought that he needed a little cheering up and that he is not forgotten at all, but loved by all of us.  I have made it a point to always say something to him, and engage him in a little bit of conversation, and maybe tease him a little too, which he does it to me mostly.  He is always ready to give me a hug and a kiss.  Such a sweet gentle man.  I can only imagine what it would be like to be without my spouse.  Then to move on in life without him would be soooo terribly hard.  So having a little bit of compassion and love for him, hopefully with help him to keep moving on.
Anyways, thanks for looking and I hope you have a wonderful day!

I used:
Winter Woodland Cricut Cartridge for the layers
Love's in the Air embossing folder
Stampin Up! Garden Collage Stamp
IRock Gems
Turquoise, Lime Green, Yellow, and Orange Peel Stickles
Water Color Pencils
Ribbon from my stash
Staz On Black Ink

Well thanks for stepping into my little world, take a look around leave me some love!

I hope you have a wonderful day!

 

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Sentimental Birthday

Well my wonderful MIL had her birthday this past week.  I have always wanted to make a card using a "furniture" scene.  So this is what I came up with!  Lots of layers and different papers.  I think she liked it! I love the little telephone...I may have to use it again by itself for someone else!  It is so cute!

I used:
Sentimentals Cricut Cartridge for all the cuts
The Paper Studio Mirabelle Paper Pack for the background papers
Burgundy/brown cardstock
Royal Metallics cardstock for the golds and the whites 
Gold Ribbon from Hobby Lobby
IRock gems
Happy Birthday stamp sentiment from Hobby Lobby
Brown/White Bakers Twine
 

Thank you so much for stopping in and have a great day!

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The House that I built!

D.L.ART THANKFUL THURSDAY AUGUST LINKY CHALLENGEI hope everyone is doing well!  We have been doing pretty good!  My favorite oldest sister and her hubby, came all the way up from Mississippi, to visit and go to my dad's family reunion.  Then my favorite middle sister came out from Pennsylvania!  So it was like having two family reunions for us!  I has been so nice to see them both and to just have fun.  I just wish we had more time together just to "catch up"!  They will be leaving to head home all to soon.  :'(
 
Anyways, my oldest sister and her hubby just celebrated their 6th wedding anniversary!  Woohoo!  We are so happy for them!  So while they were here, I had the chance to give something more than a card.  Soooo, I think I may have gone overboard a bit...but I just could not resist!  They are never "home" to be able to give them one of my "3D" creations.  I think it may be more for her and not so much for him, except for the goodies inside!  LOL  Inside, I put some Hershey's Kisses & Hugs, with some Reese's Pieces, Also, some battery operated tea light candles to turn on and put inside the house, so that the velum paper windows will glow like there is lights on inside! I think they liked it, what do you think?  They are so cute!  Love those two so much.

I used:
Winter Woodland Cricut Cartridge for the house cut
Everyday Paper Dolls Cricut Cartridge for the grass cuts
Chipboard
K & Company Life's' Journey Designer Paper
White Velum paper
DCWV The Glitzy Glitter Stack
Recollections Glitter on a Roll
Recollections Adhesive Rhinestones
Martha Stewart Scallop Punch
Brown polka dot ribbon from my stash
Tiny flowers from my stash
  

 

 I think they may have liked it all!  What do you all think?

 

So cute!

 

Thank you so much for looking

and I hope you have a day filled with many blessing!

 

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