Yet another birthday

I told you June was full of 

birthdays!  One more to go.

This car is for my grandson,

Wyatt.  His momma is red

headed and his daddy's father

was red headed so he and all

his brothers have beautiful

red hair.

This is a pic of him and his momma and

brothers.  He's the little guy in the right

hand corner.  I think this was taken

last year.

 

I slept much better last night even though

he said the shot wouldn't take affect until

Monday or Tuesday.  We discussed 

surgery and I told him I wasn't ready.  He is

sure it is not a tear but tendonitis and I'm

not sure what can actually be done for

that in surgery.  Anyway, he said when

I was ready I would come to him and

say, "I can't take it anymore!" and he

would take further steps.  Since the pain

coming back is measured in months

yet, and not weeks, I am no where 

ready for that.  Except at night.  At

night I would consider surgery in a heart

beat if I thought it would help!  So

hopefully this will last a while.

 

Happy Saturday!!

 

One sheet wonder take 2

The one sheet wonders are fun to

make and you get a bunch of cards

all at one time.  I don't have a clue

what to do with these, so the first 

person to comment on FB that

they want them gets them.

I think we got spoiled with all the nice

weather last week because it's been chilly

all this week, not to mention the rain.

I hope it dries out by tomorrow so I

can finally get the lawn mowed.  The

mower isn't going to be very  happy.  I 

would do it today, but I don't think I'm

going to be much in the mood after 

getting back from the doctor.  At least

that's the excuse I'm using....  By 

tomorrow I ought to be in tip top

shape.  I have to believe that, LOL.

 

I forgot yesterday to add a picture of

my sister in law, Laurel's beautiful 

orchid plant.  She said she thinks

it's about 8 years old now and blooms

every single year.

 

Isn't it gorgeous?

 

Happy Friday!!

 

 

One sheet wonder

Sorry for being MIA.  I've been

in a lot of pain with my shoulder

and will finally get a cortisone

shot on Friday.  I haven't been

sleeping much so I'll be grateful

for that.  Naturally, when it

rains it pours, so my sciatic

nerve has kicked up again.  It's

been years and truth be told I

haven't missed it....

Needless to say I haven't

been in a creative mood and my

muse deserted me again.  She

is now officially fired, so I'm

looking for another.  I did

manage to get some cards made

yesterday though, that I like a

lot.  This is called a one sheet

wonder.  You cut one sheet of

paper into multiple sizes and make

different cards from one paper.

I've seen some people make up

to 20 cards!  That's way too 

many for me.

Here is the blinged up version

of the card I posted last time:

It looks a whole lot better that

way.

It's been raining for two days and my

lawn needs to be mowed so badly.

I am hoping everything will dry

out by Saturday.  I have a window

of opportunity in between a breakfast

invitation and practice at church later

that day.  Not that I'm anxious to

get it done, of course, but it needs

to be.  I hope my leg/back settle down

before that.  I'm loving the rain, 

though, and we even got a thunder-

storm yesterday!

Happy Thursday!

Negative space birthday card

I tend to use only what the die cuts

and ignore the negative space it

leaves behind.  I thought I'd

utilize that in this card.

I like how it turned out.  I think monotone

cards are really pretty anyway.

Maybe I should add a little bling

here and there before I get it ready

to send, though.  It looks kind of plain.

If I do, I'll take another picture and post

it tomorrow. 

 

As I suspected, all the storms went around

us.  Actually they went east of us.

It's really no fair.  But I don't get a vote,

I guess.    Maybe this weekend.

 

The zoo trip is off because my son, Nathan,

has to work, but since it's double time,

it's well worth it and we have the whole

summer to go.  Wednesday I found out

that the church here in Fremont

(which I am still currently a member of)

is having a seminar on the end times

on Saturday, so I think the Lord

worked that out very nicely.  I

am looking forward to going and I'm

right around the corner so I can step

out at lunch time and walk B'Elanna

 quickly.  That works out

very well.  I don't think the ministry

talks about the end times enough.

Maybe they are afraid that people

will not want to hear things like that

and just want to hear "warm fuzzy"

things about the Bible.  There's a place

for that, of course, but we need to 

be prepared for what is to come.  I

think more pastors need to take that

and run with it even if they offend

a few people.  Jesus wasn't afraid

to offend people when He told

the truth, right?!

 

Happy Friday!

 

Stacked die cuts

I found an awesome new technique

yesterday that I want to try again

with some different dies.  The way

the demonstrator did it didn't work

for me, because she used tape to hold

them to the paper and the only tape 

I had would tear the paper.  So I just

winged it and it worked perfectly.

Isn't that so cool looking? I used the

satin cardstock and I think it looks

fabulous with this technique.  Maybe

I'll run to JoAnn's (which is where

I got this paper pad) on Sunday and

see if they have some darker colours.

When I'm at church I'm halfway to 

Fort Wayne, so it's easier to go then.

 

I heard that we may have thunderstorms

tonight.  It will probably pass us by.

We live in what I call the "goldilocks

zone".  We're "Just right" and get 

passed by for storms pretty much

every time!  It's not fair!  It's also

supposed to cool down over the week-

end.   80 degree temps in May!  I'm 

loving it!

 

Happy Thursday!

 

Unfinished

One of my favourite artists is

Mandisa.  Songs like "Overcomer"

and "Stronger" really helped me

during hard times in  my life.

Because she's an artist, we tend

to think, like other artists, she

has this fabulous life.  In reality

they are people just like us, subject

to doubts, depression and other

life challenges.  She has turned her

life's challenges into song.  She

has a new song now, that really 

speaks to me called "Unfinished".

She sings of how she has had doubts

and times that really got her down,

but God isn't finished with her yet.

He's got something really special in

mind with her, but she's "unfinished"

right now.  That's how I'm feeling

lately.  I have so  many doubts and

wonder if I'm doing the things

that He wants me to do and doing

them the way He wants me to.

I have to keep remembering that

I am a work in progress.  In

card/scrapbook lingo that is

WIP.  I'm God's WIP and I know

He will never give up on me!

Here's the card which is NOT

unfinished!

I'm happy with how it turned out.

 

Happy Wednesday! 

 

Black and white with a dash of red

Lots of birthdays are on my calendar

for June, so I'm sure I will have more

birthday cards to show.  This one

is in my favourite colours, black and

white.  I had to add something else,

though, just to make it stand out a 

little more.

I have to say, I like how it turned out.

 I'm not super crazy about the wishes

stamp.  it's very bold on the words 

"come true"  I would like to have it not

so dark.  I don't think it looks quite right.

But then, I've never been asked to design

stamps (good thing) so I guess I have

to take what I get or find something new.

It's really old anyway.

I pulled out all the lights around the house

yesterday.  They were wired into the house

so it was a chore.  More than I thought it

would be.  They never work right anyway

and half the time aren't lit even if I

get new bulbs.  I WAS going to plant grass

seed around two sides of the house until

I remembered that I had bush stumps.

We just chopped them down but never 

dug out the stumps.  So I guess I'm back

to my original idea of vinca.  I am going

to toss out the railroad ties, though, as

they are pretty rotten, and put in some

pavers that stand upright.  My brother in

law says they last forever and don't cost much.

Speaking of Larry and Laurel, they were

over last  night and I took pictures when

they weren't expecting it.  I told them I

was going to put them on my blog, so

here they are:

writing down scores for cards.

Trying to figure out what I'm

doing.  TOO LATE!  Snap!

Happy Tuesday!