Blogger Pay It Forward

I've joined the Blogger's 2013 Creative Pay It Forward!!

Details:

The first 5 people to comment and leave their email and blog address, will receive from me, sometime in the calendar year, a small gift-perhaps a card, baked good,--something handmade by me....a surprise in the mail! 

There will be no warning, but once I know that the recipient has indeed received the surprise, I will blog about the gift I sent and count down the five surprises with all my blog readers!

 

The Catch:

Those 5 people will have to make the same offer on their blog!

Okay, so how fun is this?!! If you happen to be one of the lucky 5, I will be contacting you today to get your address-that way it will really be a surprise when it arrives! Thanks Amy@clippiedips for this wonderful idea!

Itty Bitty Card

Moxie Fab World is having several card challenges.  One is an itty bitty card challenge.  How big is an itty bitty card?  The rules say that it can not be bigger than 3" x 3".  So, here is my take on the itty bitty card for the Make an Itty Bitty Card Challenge in the Moxie Fab World.

As you can see in the following picture, my card measures 2" x 2". 

And, here is the inside greeting............

Supplies used:

red cardstock - Bazzill Basics
gray/white stripe and gray lace (circle) - My Mind's Eye Lost & Found 3 - Ruby collection
red/white stripe (heart) - Bazzill Basics - Red Devil collection
Happy Valentine's Day stamp - Stampin' Up - Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set
Sending all my love stamp - stash

I even made an itty bitty envelope!!!!

Are you ready to get your "itty bitty" craft on?

Bella Blvd Giveaway!!!

Stephanie Hunt, owner of Bella Blvd, is having a giveaway on her blog!  In fact, she is having 3(!) giveaways of some great Bella Blvd products.  This may be of interest to all my crafty peeps!  Even if you're not crafty, you can still enter to win.  And IF you win???  You could always give your prize to a crafty blogger (hint...hint....hint - and just in case you can't take a hint....that crafty blogger would be yours truly).  Just sayin'.   So run, don't walk, to Stephanie's blog and enter now!  Then go get your craft on!

Sending You My Love

The Christmas decorations have been put away and now our thoughts turn to hearts, hearts, hearts! 

A favorite verse of mine from Proverbs is "A merry HEART doeth good like a medicine...." (Prov. 17:22).  How true!  Why not surprise a friend who is hurting (physically or emotionally) by sending her a Valentine to show how much you care.  I don't know about you but when I open the mailbox and see an envelope with a friend's handwriting, I immediately smile.  Someone has taken the time to mail me a blessing in the form of a handwritten note and that makes my heart merry. 

I started working on Valentines this week.  Here is one that I made for the Valentine swap that Bazzill Paper is sponsoring.

Actually, I made 11 of them!  Ten will be mailed to Bazzill for the card swap and one goes in my card "stash"....hmmmm, wonder who I need to mail it to?

Supplies used: 
striped ribbon  - Stampin' Up
Love stamp - Stampin' Up, You Are Loved stamp set
Red card stock - Bazzill Paper
Patterned paper - Bazzill Paper, Red Devil Collection
white button - stash

I am also entering this card in the Word Art Wednesday Challenge #62 - Hearts/Anything Goes. 

Valentine's Day will be here in 5 short weeks so........go get your craft on!

Great is Thy Faithfulness

I recently got a new stamp set from Our Daily Bread Designs. One of the stamps in the set is a verse from the song Great is Thy Faithfulness which is one of my favorite songs. The verse on the stamp is

Summer and winter, springtime and harvest,

sun, moon and stars in their courses above,

join with all nature in manifold witness

to Thy great faithfulness,mercy & love.

I have already been playing around with the stamp set and have made the following monochromatic card...............

 

supplies used -
green cardstock - Stampin' Up
patterned cardstock - Graphic 45, Botanicabella collection
background stamp and sentiment - Our Daily Bread Designs, Randi's Song

I am entering this card in the Our Daily Bread Designs Anything Goes challenge and also Word Art Wednesday's challenge #60 - Faith/Anything Goes.

The Christmas holiday is over and a new year ready to start so.............go get your craft on!

A Baby Card for a Special Friend

My friend Lydia is pregnant with her fourth!  Her baby shower was last weekend but I didn't get to attend as I was out of town on an annual "shopping" trip with three friends (I hope to blog about that soon). 

Anyhoo, I wanted to post the card that I made for Lydia.  I used gender-neutral colors since the baby's sex is not known.  I pulled out some papers from two of my favorite paper companies, Graphic 45 and Webster's Pages, and here is what I came up with..........

 

 

A very simple (but elegant!) card. 

 

Supplies used:

 

yellow cardstock and ribbon - Stampin' Up (Summer Starfruit)

green background - Webster's Pages (Sunday Picnic collection)

Sentiment paper - Graphic 45 (Little Darlings collection)

 

The card size is 5" x 5".  The Graphic 45 paper was attached using foam dimensionals and the bow was attached using (another of my faves) Glue Dots!

 

I am also submitting this card for the Word Art Wednesday Challenge #56 - God's Goodness.  One of the ways that God's goodness is manifested is through the giving of physical life.  When we look at newborn babies, our first thought is "how sweet"; however, beause of sin, that newborn is at enmity with God and will continue to be as he/she grows unless God opens their spiritual eyes and heart to the Truth. 

 

"Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good."  - Psalm 107:1

 

 

A Christmas Story

Twas the night before Christmas....

And all thru the house......

Not a creature was stirring......

Not even a mouse........

Wonder why?????

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE END!