A gift set and a RAK

Hi Everyone! We had a busy weekend so I didn't get a chance to post, sorry about that. Saturday we had a yard sale that wasn't all that successful, but I did sell a couple stamp sets. I still have more that I need to sell before I move to Italy, but I have to get them photographed and posted somewhere. I'm thinking on SCS or Ebay, but I don't want to pay on Ebay. I tried Craigslist and that didn't do me any good. Maybe the second time will work better. Also, Angel's been a little sick, and she broke out into a rash on Saturday. It got worse on Sunday so we spent ALL day on Sunday in the ER. MAN! Everyone was sick and we waited for 5 (yes, FIVE!) hours in the waiting room! Sheesh! Oh well, she is doing great now.
Anyway, I am part of a monthly Random Act of Kindness group and I made this gift set to send out. I made a coaster magnet, a post-it note holder magnet, a notebook and matching pen, and an altered tin. I just need to get something to put in the tin (I ate all the gummy bears!Lol!) I used the Summer Picnic paper again. I think it's so happy and fun. Also, I was part of a Gina K. Designs Secret Swap and I got a beautiful decoration from JenMarie! She used the "He is Risen" stamp set which is so pretty in real life. I love the silver embossed cross. Thanks so much JenMarie!
Thanks again for stopping by, and until next post, be blessed!

He's Baaack.....

Gary that is! Gary the Gecko made another appearance this morning. He was hanging out on the window screen (a great place to catch flying bugs) only he was on the INSIDE of the screen. He was looking particularly yucky today, so I decided to snap a pic to share. Here he is being yucky: And here he is being even yuckier with the sun shining through his skin! Gross, huh? Isn't is crazy how translucent his legs are? Anyways, I used the Summer Picnic DP to make another card using a sketch by Lauren Meader and Melanie Muenchinger's stamps of course! It's a busy card, but I like it. It seems "happy" to me. Lauren always does such great work, I wish I cold attend one of her classes. But alas, she is about a hemisphere away.
So, last night I went out and got some ink! Tattoo ink that is! (yes, I know I'm a dork) What do you think? I love it. Obviously it's Angel wings folded into a heart. All my tattoos so far are hearts. It's still healing so that is why there is so much red. My skin is irritated of course, but after about 2 weeks it will be completely healed and looking all gorgeous! I'll take another pic then, and post it for you all to ogle at. LOL!
Well, thanks for stopping by again. Until next post, be blessed!

Designer paper and more blogs

Hi Everyone! It's already Thursday already, can you believe it? For some reason this week has gone pretty quickly for me. I haven't been super busy or anything but the week has still gone by quite quick. I recently got new paper to craft with and I've been inspired by it! You saw some of it on the card posted yesterday and here are two more cards using Summer Picnic Paper by Stampin' Up! I used the bear from Melanie Muenchinger's Jumping for Joy stamp set (I promise to use other stamps eventually-lol!) because he was already colored and made these cards quick and easy to put together.

I have these cards in my SCS Gallery with all the stuff used on them listed, in case you're wondering. You can just use the link on the right and it will take you to my gallery. Speaking of links...

My SIL Patty has a blog now too! When I was visiting them last month she mentioned wanting to start up a blog and I encouraged her to do so. She has a great love for God, and her blog really reflects that as well as being really encouraging to read. She's linked up on the side too, so click on it and check her out.

Also, I've found another blogger with amazing coloring skills! You have to go look at Frances' blog, Franmade. You can click on her blog name, or click the link on my right panel. And she's having a blog candy contest if you're interested!

I hope the rest of your week in wonderful and until next post, be blessed!

I want to win some Magnolia's!

Hi Everyone! So, I updated my blogroll a little bit (that's the list of blogs on the right column of my blog) with some of the blogs I frequent, but didn't have listed. First off, I have Pretty Pressings! You have got to check out the amazing cards Rosa makes. She uses a lot of Magnolia stamps, and they are so adorable. I've been wanting some for awhile now, but they are a little pricey and a bit difficult to get in the US. Well, Rosa is having a blog candy contest to win 200 images! Not only that, but they come in an adorable little album that she made, and there is a Magnolia Stamp too! So, this is my attempt to win the great blog candy.

Also, I added a blog called "Not Quite What I Had Planned" by Kristie. I stumbled upon it one day and she is hilarious! She tells stories of her life being a surrogate, adopting, and just day to day stuff.

Then, there are two blogs I linked up from "real life" friends of mine. "My Life" is my friend Nicole's blog. Check it out! She does great work, I've even put a few of the cards she's sent me here on my blog. The other blog is my dear SIL's blog, "My Opinion". Kristel is a Vegan and she talks about her life, and trials, of being a Vegan in a world (and family!) of carniferous people. Seriously, she's got some interesting stuff on there! I've also posted a card of hers here... The Tinkerbell one!

Finally, here is a card I made for Split Coast Stamper's Sketch Challenge #182. When I was coloring a bunch of images from Melanie Muenchinger's stamp sets (have I mentioned how much I {heart} her images? lol) I decided that I wanted to try to make this cute froggy look like a Red Eyed tree Frog. So, I asked my hubby to google images of them for me, and I followed a photograph to color this image. Then, I got this wonderful paper from SU! and thought the colors matched the froggy just right. So here is the card. I'm quite happy that it coordinated so well.

Well, thanks again for stopping by my blog. It took me over an hour to get this post done! Not only did I have two sleepy baby girls to take care of, I lost the internet connection! Well, at least it's done right?
Until next post, by blessed.

RAK's and my little friend

Happy Tuesday Blog Readers! I hope today is terrific for you. I have to take my Angel Baby to the Physical Therapist for a routine checkup. Hopefully they can clue me in on how to get her to start crawling...

This is going to be a short post today since I need to get moving with my day. First up is a wonderful RAK I got from my dear friend Julie. I love that she randomly sends me cards. It's like getting an automatic "happy day" in the mail. Thanks so much Julie! Next up is a RAK from my dear SIL Kristel. She's not a cardmaker, but she and I have a shared love of Tinkerbell! Inside this wonderful card was an even more wonderful poem, and a picture of the tattoo that I'll be getting with her next time I'm in California for a visit. I can't wait! And finally, here is my little friend. I like to call him Gary the Gecko. Unfortunately, Gary does not like me. You see, I stepped on him! Oh, it was the most horrible feeling to walk across the living room carpet and feel a soft, cool thing under my foot. That's what I get for attempting to do laundry! LOL! Luckily, while I was screaming and squealing and jumping onto the couch, I noticed that little Gary was alright. I think I stunned him, and maybe broke the end of his tail, but it was nothing too serious. I decided to snap this photo of little Gary and share it with you all. He later climbed all the way up the wall to the second story of the house (vaulted living room ceiling, so I could see him) and he made it all the way to the top. So I think he's ok. Well blog readers, thank you so much for stopping in today and reading my little blog world. I hope you leave me a comment just to say Hi. I only know of 2 or 3 people that actually read this! Have a Blessed day.

Some patriotic cards.

Sunday morning at church I noticed a lot of people wearing our Country's colors. There were so many red, white, and blue Aloha shirts that I thought for a second it was still July 4th. Admittedly, I dressed Angel Baby in red and white that morning on purpose, but she's just cute in red... Anyway, here are some more cards I made with the intention of sending them out to someone for Independence Day. I decided to just mess around with all my red, white, and blue papers and buttons and things and see what would happen. Again, I threw in some silver, and also some rhinestones on the second card. They came out ok, even if I didn't have an appropriate sentiment to stamp on them.
Sunday was somewhat of an emotional day for me. Without going into all kinds of details and rambling on and on... The sermon made me think about how blessed I am to live and raise my children in our country. I have been so anxious to get into another country, that I've been taking this one for granted. I've also been thinking about the other things in my life that I've been taking for granted, and I want to stop doing that. There is a ton more I could write about my thoughts and emotions from Sunday, but that's for a whole 'nother book...
Thanks so much for stopping by and reading my blog again. I think I've lost some readers, but this isn't just for them, it's for me too.
Have a Blessed Week Everyone.

Independence Day events!

Warning: This post has a ton of pictures, and only one is craft related... I decided that I needed to make a few "patriotic" cards and this is one of the few I made. I pulled out all my stamps and the most appropriate image I had was this shooting star one from a Gina K. Designs set. I made it work for all the cards I made, and I kept the colors red, white, blue and silver. They came out decent, but I didn't get ANY in the mail! LOL! Oh well, maybe next year...

We had a good time yesterday. After picking up a few fireworks at Wal Mart, we came home and the boys messed around with them. Here they are throwing Pop-Its at eachothers feet.Later we all went to Schofield Barracks (Army Base) for the festivities they had going on there. First we lounged on the blanket and ate some yummy food.While we were eating we watched Billy Ray Cyrus. Yup! He was there as our entertainment for the evening. He was good, and I enjoyed the part of his concert that I got to watch. I couldn't watch all of it because the boys wanted to go to the rides...This is them looking all happy on the spinning bathtub ride... And them after getting their hair sprayed with colors. They were out of red, white, and blue (of course) so Andrew opted for orange and green and Ashton got silver and gold (although his just makes him look like he's go gray hair!). We had a good time, but it started to rain so we decided to pack up and go home to watch the fireworks. Can you see those clouds in the sky? I don't know if it actually rained there but it didn't at home. Oh well. We all had a good time anyway. I hope you all had a great day as well. Until next post, thanks for stopping by!