Birthday lady

I received this image in a swap and I fell in

love with it. In the course of trying to use things

in my stash, though, I was mystified as to what

to add to the image. Then I found this little

piece of plastic. I have had it for centuries

now, never sure how to use it, but I never wanted

to throw it away. Finally. Success! I have used

that little piece of plastic and I love it!

  I had a really nice visit with my mom yesterday.

She was awake, in the moment and was able

to carry on a conversation. I was praising God

all the way home.

  Nahum 1:7

The Lord is good,
A stronghold in the day of trouble;
And He knows those who trust in Him.

Happy Saturday!

Mickey's Christmas

This Mickey card is for a little boy who is dying

from cancer. The “let it snow” one from a

few days ago was for another little boy.

These are both verified, not like the one from

the 90's that people still see and send cards

to. When Nathan was in the hospital I

saw a lot of very sick babies, one of whom

died while I was in the room. Not that Nathan

wasn't very sick-he was-but unless something

had gone wrong, they could heal him with

surgery. It gives you a heart for other sick children.

All items I have in my stash, of course.

I'm going to go see my mom today.

Most times when I go she is sleeping

and hard to wake, if at all, so I'm hoping

she will be a little bit alert. I think one

of the reasons she sleeps so much is

because she's not eating much of

anything. Your body needs fuel to keep

you going. Two signs that you are at

the end of your life, as well. It's sad.

But we know where she will be when she

is finally called home and that is

always a comfort.

  Romans 8:37

Yet in all these things we are more

than conquerors through Him who loved us.

Happy Friday!

Under the sea

This card turned out WAY different than I

thought it would. I knew I wanted to put

the matted boxes on the left side but wasn't

sure what to do with the the other side. I

looked through die cuts that other people

have sent me and tried a couple out. Nothing

worked. Then I tried the seaweed and seahorse

dies and voila! I think they look so cute. But

it didn't really fit in with what I thought the

card was going to look like. Oh well, I like it.
You can see Karen's here

  I spent yesterday in all kinds of pain from my

sciatic nerve. Thankfully it has settled

down and I am pretty much pain free. When

I got up yesterday I couldn't even straighten up!

Enough of that.

 

Luke 6:37

“Judge not, and you shall not be judged.

Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned.

Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

Happy Thursday!

Red diamond fold Christmas card

I love this card and it turned out exactly how

I intended it to. That doesn't happen often,
LOL. I love doing these diamond and lattice

folds. The lattice fold goes on the edge of the

card and is just beautiful when opened.

Maybe I'll do one with that fold soon.

 

When I first got these templates all I could

find around here was clear vellum and

these folds look so cool with coloured

vellum. So John ordered a pack of different

colours. This was probably 6-7 years ago.

I still have it. Unfortunately all I have are

red and yellow. I used all the pretty colours.

Not that red isn't a pretty colour, but I

tend to lean toward blues, greens, purples,

things like that.  Karen's challenge card is here

1 Corinthians 13:2

And though I have the gift of prophecy,

and understand all mysteries and all knowledge,

and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains,

but have not love, I am nothing.

Happy Hump day!

Black and red stash card

My second stash card is made using some

swirls and lines that Karen sent me ages

ago. I've used some of them, but she sent

a bunch so they got put off to the side

and forgotten. Which is the point of this

challenge, after all. I love black and white

together, and add a splash of another

colour and you have a really pretty card.
You can see Karen's card  here  .

When I got up yesterday morning it was

spitting snow, but turned into a misty

rain. Right now all the snow is gone

and I'm good with that. All around, people

(including me) have leaves alongside the

road and I think they've stopped picking

them up-they're so wet right now, I don't

know if they could even be picked up. I

wish they would, though. It's sure not

doing my grass any good.

And yet another picture of my beautiful

granddaughter.  I'm so proud of her!

Philippians 4:8

 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true,

whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure,

whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—

if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such thing

Happy Tuesday! 

Stash card

My friend, Karen, and I decided we would

take up the challenge that's going around

to make one card a day using our stash, rather

than buying new things. Yeah. Wonder how

long that will last?! LOL Anyway, here's my first.

 

On the inside it says: “Angels watching over us”.

I'm using it for the December RAK attack. This is

one of the cards I'm sending. I've shown this before,

but I'm showing it this time because of the edges.

I ran the embossing pad around the edges and

embossed it with gold. I thought it came out

pretty cool. 

The other thing I managed to make during

this not so good weekend, was a gift for

the two guys I clean for. They are really

nice guys, brothers, and I wanted to

give them a little fun something for

Christmas. This is what I came up with.

They have Hershey kisses, cherry flavoured-

absolutely divine-and hot chocolate flavoured-

they are terrible.  But that is my  opinion and

they may think they are better than the cherry!

Psalm 37:4

 Delight yourself also in the Lord,
And He shall give you the desires of your heart.

Happy Monday!

Chill out!

A friend of mine has a lot of stress at her

office (who doesn't, right?!) and is experiencing

some family sadness, so I decided to make this

for her before Christmas. I saw it on pinterest

and thought it was just the perfect thing.

Thanks to my brother in law, Larry, for the blue

ball jar. I was having trouble finding the right

size jar and didn't want to buy an entire package.

I think she's going to get a big kick

out of it. It has both dark chocolate and caramel

M&M's. That alone is worth it, right?!

I saw something else I'd

like to make for her, but I don't know

if I can, since it requires sewing. I'll

see if I can hand sew it, but, well,

I don't hold out high hopes for it!

 

 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine

and puts them into practice is like a wise man

who built his house on the rock.

Happy Thursday!