A birthday and a Fall Fest

Several pictures for you today and only one has to do with cards. Today is my oldest son's 20th birthday. I can hardly believe it has been 20 years since I brought home my 7 lb 10 oz baby boy. I was only 18 and a senior in high school and wasn't really sure what I was to do. Thankfully, God was guiding me even though I didn't know it and now,20 years later, I have a wonderful son who is a sophomore at CWU studying history and then on to get his teaching certificate. It is his hearts desire to teach history to high school aged kids. I know he can achieve it! He has a great sense of humor, has run for our city counsel, and is just all around a great person (notice I didn't say kid!)! I love you, Scott, and I'm SO proud of you! So, that is a picture of Scott on the left and on the right is a picture of the card I made him. Note...those are root beer bottles on the card! LOL!

Next are a couple of pictures of the Wild West Fall Fest that took place at our church yesterday. While the number of kids and families that came is very low I'm still happy that I was obedient to God (He told me to make WWFF work) and only God knows how we affected the hearts of the people that attended. The other thing that was very exciting to me is that there were many volunteers that came that don't usually work with the children's ministry that came to help. To me, that is a HUGE success!

I hope you all had a great weekend and I'll see you tomorrow!

Another Season of Joy Swap Card

Good Saturday morning! This will be a short post as I MUST go get in the shower and get ready for the Fall Fest at church today. Anyway, both pictures are the same card but a front and inside view. This was made by Janice Przybyla and is a card made with an acetate sheet. I LOVE the look of these cards. I believe the DP and card stock colors are Always Artichoke and Whisper White. I'm going to guess that she used a White Stazon pad for the snowflakes. Do you see the fun jewel on the tree? HERE is a tutorial for acetate cards. This is just a great card, Janice!

I hope you all have a super fantastic Saturday! Tomorrow...I will be the mom to a 20 year old boy. Yikes! I can hardly believe it! 20 years...where has the time gone?

Season of Joy Swap Cards

Okay, everyone be prepared to love the next couple of days worth of cards!

See! I told ya they are great! The best part about this swap is that there is little explanation as to what the participants used...LOL! It is all the same set just different layouts and accessories and such! Oh, and the cards are in the order that my computer saved them.

Okay, so the first card is by Carol Valentine. She used Purely Pomegranate and Wild Wasabi as her main colors. And of course you see that most gorgeous Pomegranate stitched ribbon! Yummy!

The second card is by Paula Oesch and utilizes the fun "Z" fold that I showed you with my Hanna card a few days ago. I believe she used paper from the Winterbright designer paper and some yummy Soft Sky stitched ribbon. I love the brad accents she used too!

Tomorrow or Sunday, I believe you'll see at least one card with the snowflake from the Season of Joy set. Amazing how versatile this set is!

Have a great Friday everyone! I'm super busy today...and tomorrow even more busy so I hope that I'm able to post but I'm not entirely sure.

SECRET ANGEL SWAP

If you have joined the Secret Angel Swap please be sure I have your snail mail address and e-mail address by tomorrow (NOV 2) or I cannot include you in this swap. Thanks!

The Neighborhood Robot

I just have to show you Kyler dressed up in his costume! He was so awesome and EVERYONE (I do mean everyone) commented on how much they liked his costume. One neighbor lady even took his picture! Neat, huh? Okay, actually that made me kinda nervous but Todd said to let her do it so I did. Kyler and Todd made it together. Last year we made his costume too...he was I-90 with an interstate sign on his head and cars driving up his legs and arms...way cute! We get the ideas from Family Fun magazine and then go from there. We have found, though, that it costs just as much to make a costume as it does to buy on BUT when you buy it...you don't get to spend time with your child in the creative process...well worth the money and time you spend on making a costume! Oh, shoot! I just noticed in the picture that you can't tell that the green rectangle thing in the middle of his chest was blinking! It is a bike light and we set it to blink fast...Kyler just loved it! Anyway, isn't he just the cutest?

Oh, and I must show you something else! After Kyler received his Pokemon frame from JoAnna he just had to make her a card and I wanted to send her a little something so we sat down together one afternoon. He made a cute card and I cut a bunch of purple ribbon for her. Well...she got her package in the mail and posted it on her blog! So go HERE to see Kyler's card and the purple ribbon! :o) He has one more card to make and he is so excited! He loves to make cards with me and we don't do it nearly enough!

Alright, if I have time later today I will show you some of the cards I received in the Season of Joy swap that I hosted on a demo only website called SUDSOL. I have been so blessed in the swap department because each swap that I have ever posted has just had beautiful artwork included and this swap is no different. I think you all will LOVE what you see!

Have a wonderful first day of November!