We're #1!!!

Good morning friends!  I'm back to with a challenge from Meljen's Designs.  I wanted to say card but it isn't.  It is a one sided 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" little plaque.  We love our Green Bay Packers here so I thought using this sentiment and making it a decoration for our house would be fun!

I used one of Meljen's $1 images called We're #1, colored it in Packer colors (green/yellow), and then pulled out some football-ish paper that I had in my stash to finish the card off.  The woven strips of paper are not all the exact size as I wanted to be able to read some of the words and the words are varying sizes.  I colored the sentiment with Copics and added green/yellow to the white piece around sentiment.  All the stars have Illuminate Smooch (my favorite shimmery product) on them.  Lastly, something you can't see very well, the edges of the bottom layer are green on the top/bottom and yellow on the sides. 


So, the challenge this week is 'stars', hence the starts on my project.  There have been some changes to the challenges at Meljen's so I'd suggest you go HERE to take a look at them and then HERE to see the challenge itself.  Most of all...create and have fun!


Thought of the day:  Women aren't supposed to make coffee.  In the Bible it says HEbrews.  (Sorry, just couldn't help myself!)

Teddy Angel

Good morning! It's the day before the night before Christmas! Are you busy being good?  I know!  That can be so hard sometimes, huh?  LOL!

I wanted to make a special thank you card for someone who did something for us.  What an angel they were!  I used a pre-colored image from Meljen's Designs...this one is called Teddy Angel.  I think the image looks so comfy so I used some 'quilting' patterned paper and made some stitches with my white gel pen.  A couple of buttons to finish it off and I put it in the mail.  I'm pretty sure the recipient will love the card!


I'm just wondering...have you been to the Meljen's Designs blog recently?  It is a fabulous blog full of inspiration, freebies, and lots of great info!  I hope you'll go check it out soon!


I am excited to show you my digital scrapbook page tomorrow.  It is my official second digital page.  I'm loving the software that I have.  It truly does make it easier to scrapbook!  Hope to see you back tomorrow!


Thought of the day:  It's easy to stand in the crowd.  It takes courage to stand alone. 

Hot, Hot, Hot!

Good morning friends!  I can't believe it is almost the end of the week again!  Tomorrow is a half day for Kyler and then two glorious weeks off!  I can't wait for Christmas Break! 

Today I get to share with you a new image from Meljen's Designs.  This one is call Holiday Chili Pepper.  From the time I saw the image I knew I wanted to make Todd's Christmas card with it (shhh...don't tell!).  It reminds me of the time we spent in Cabo this last spring.  I'm not sure why it does but it does.  I used paper from MME's The Merry Days of Christmas pack and tried to focus on the blue in the patterned paper as I was so reminded of the water from our trip (which was a cruise).  While the weather was not hot on the boat it sure was beautiful on shore.  We definitely plan on going back to Cabo to vacation one day (sooner rather than later I hope!).  Oh, and the challenge for this week is anything but a rectangle shaped card.  I don't get outside of my comfort zone when it comes to card shape so I just went with a square, 5x5, card. The layout for this card is from the month long Sketches by Carly challenge. 


Anyway, all three of today's new releases are super fun so make sure you hop on over HERE to check them out and see what the rest of the design team has to show you!  I'm also entering this is 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge this week which is Christmas Cards. 

OH!  I almost forgot to announce the winner of my black Friday/Cyber Monday sale.  So, without further ado...Jerusha, you win!  Just contact me and I'll get you the code for your $5 coupon!  Congrats girl!

Thought of the day:  Get up and go.  Take a chance and be strong.  Today is your day...go for it!

I'll be back again Someday!

Good morning!  No, I did not disappear...this has just been an incredibly busy week so far!  I have two bits of VERY exciting info.  One crafting related and one personal.

First, up crafting related very exciting announcement.  I am, officially, a member of the Meljen's Designs DT..  I am SO excited!  I applied thinking I would never be selected so I put it out of my mind.  And then, an e-mailed arrived that I had been chosen for the team.  I am so thrilled!  I love the cute, whimsical images that Meljen's has and am excited to share them with you!  That said...today is my first challenge with them. The theme is Inspired by a Christmas Song and the newest set, 'Christmas Carols', is so perfect for this challenge!  There is something about Frosty the Snowman that is so endearing so I had to chose this image.  I added it to MME Be Merry papers, snowflakes, and a lovely bow to make this card.  I hope you'll play along with this fun challenge!  I'll be checking, and commenting, on the entries for the challenge so I'll see ya there!

So, what is my other bit of exciting news?  Well, my son, Jon, is back int he states for his mid-tour leave!  Woohoo!  This blog will be pretty silent for the next week as I spend some time with him.  I don't even feel like I need to 'do' anything with him.  Just being in his presence will be more than enough!

Thought of the day: Yeah, my son's experience is way more like the one on the right.  Please pray for our soldiers!

Let It Snow

Good morning friends!  Happy Saturday!  Who has fun things to do today?  I hope it includes lots of fun crafting!

I have been really blessed recently that my weekend hasn't been too overflowing with things to do.  That really gives me the change to get ahead on things...like this card.  I made it for this week's Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge two weeks ago.  Go me!

The paper for this card is from Cosmo Cricket's Mitten Weather pack.  I love the coziness of the plaid and dots and those mittens?  Adorable...at least I think so.  The word art is from Meljen's and I believe it was a freebie awhile back.  It is always fun to receive Meljen's freebies!  What you can't see in the photo is that I used lots of Gelly Roll pen on the little swirls, dots, and lines on the image.  It is really shimmery in real life.  So fun!

I hope you'll join us for the sketch this week!  You can see that I flipped the sketch but either way it is perfect for so many main images!

Okay, and before I link you up to my design team sisters I had to share a photo with you.  Trixie loves to sit in front of the heating vents in the house so I removed the bin of paper that I had under my crafting table and put her blankets (old pillow cases but I'm going to get her a blanket for that spot) right by the heater.  It has taken a couple of days but it is now a spot that she likes to lay in when I'm in there.  As a matter of fact she looks almost exactly like that photo as I'm typing this post up!

Okay...now get along and visit my design team sisters...I know they have made beautiful projects for you all to see!

Cathy

Chris

Janice

Kim

Monika

Shannon

Shelby

Wendy

Thought of the day: The only way to have a friend is to be one.  I think I have some e-mails to send!  

Happy Thanksgiving?

Did you see The cute images released at Meljen's Designs this morning?  You know I couldn't resist this super cute Turkey Shooter!

I'm not sure I love the way I did the paper (I think I should have made the orange the background and the light patterned the accent) but I still think it is a cute Thanksgiving card, that I need to get out in the mail soon, huh?  The sentiment is from the turkey's point of view.  I doubt he thinks Thanksgiving is very happy!  LOL!  The sketch is from A Gem of a Challenge for the week.  I will also enter it in at Meljen's as the challenge for the week is fall...easy, huh?

Alright, just a quick post for ya this morning as I need to get my day officially started as it is a even busier than normal Thursday.  Have a wonderful day everyone!

Thought of the day:  Difficulty-The only thing that makes it a part of your life is that you keep thinking about it.  Give it to God and then let go!

Make a Wish

Good Saturday morning friends!  I hope you are all having an amazing day!  Welcome back for another Sweet Stop sketch!

I did take this sketch and expand on the segment to the right as I wanted to use my 'happy birthday' punch.  My card is way different than the rest of them this week but...I needed a bright and happy birthday card and this perfectly fits the bill!

The image is from Meljen's Designs and papers from the Sassafrass Ellie's Tale paper pack.  I had a ton of fun coloring that yummy looking cupcake!

I know I'm behind in posting this (another long night with the new dog...she does not like her kennel!) so I'll move along to the list of design team members...

Cathy

Chris

Janice

Kim

Monika

Shannon

Shelby

Wendy

Thought of the day:  Refuse to be content with just the knowledge of God, but insist on experiencing his presence.  Have a personal relationship with Jesus!  Do you have questions about what that means, a personal relationship?  Just shoot me an e-mail and we'll talk.