Thank you/Get well

This has got to be a quick post.  I have planned a very busy day for us today.  It actually seems nice again today so we are going to meet up with some new friends at a local park for a few hours before getting lunch.  After that I need to run to the store before getting home so my middle man can get ready for his second game of the week.I wanted to show you a card that I made for a service member.  A friend from church mentioned that her cousin was injured while fighting overseas.  Right after he saw 2 of his men KIA he was injured, a broken leg and the loss of the other among other injuries.She has requested that friends make cards, signs, short notes of encouragement.  I couldn't pass up the opportunity to say thank you to this man for the sacrifice he made for us.  I also included the boys in this but didn't take a picture of their pictures.  I didn't even think about that until just now.  Although I am worried about my older sons picture.  He decided to men in a shootout.  One is the bad guy and is bullets are flying over this soldier's head.  The other guy is the soldier and not only does he have a rifle like the bad guy but he also has a pistol and all of his bullets are hitting the bad guy.  My friend assured me that her cousin is on so much pain medicine that he probably won't even understand it anyway.

 I made it very simple because 1) I didn't have much time and 2) most guys like simple.The cardbase is blueberry sky.  Then on the white cardstock I stamped the trees from PTI's through the trees set in enchanted evening, used a red copic marker to make the border and the sentiment is also from through the trees stamped in pure poppy ink.

 I did want to put some sparkle on this card to push it to the next level, just seemed to ordinary without it.  I used my clear glitter pen to highlight some of the trees branches and some diamond stickles to accent the sentiment.I need to make another card for my sister-in-law.  I can't believe I forgot her birthday was Friday.  So, it will be late but it will get made.

Demure

Hello everyone!!! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Ours was crazy and relaxing. Saturday we had a full day and it ended with a date night to see my niece play in "Annie". Her school was putting on the production and she played many parts but her main art was "Duffy" one of the orphans. When I saw her on stage I had to stop myself from crying. I was just so proud of her and all that she has accomplished in her 13 years. It just amazes me how time goes on and things change. I still think of her as a little girl no bigger than my boys' ages.

Sunday was a day of relaxing and enjoying the company of my family. Since we got home so late Saturday night it would have been to crazy to get up and go to Stake Conference. Where we have to go for Conference it is a 45+ minute drive instead of about 20-30 min drive to our church building.

Anyway, on to my card. I didn't know what I wanted to do to show everyone today. I have been working on something else but I am not finished so I wanted to do a card so I had some eye candy for all my 3 loyal fans hehehe.

I figured I would use a new stamp that I got when I ordered my mom's mother's day stamp. There was an accident that caused me to get a different stamp than what I ordered but they were the same price and the company hasn't contacted me yet saying they wanted me to send it back so I inked it up. She is beautiful and the stamp is called "Demure".

Now, since I was at a loss for what to make besised the stamp I used I went in search for a sketch to use and make things as easy as possible for me. I remember CPS (Card Positioning Systems) and went to work on the awesome stamp. Their sponsor this week is Stamping Bella.

I also got to do some shopping at Michael's and I just happened upon some paper that is so me. I didn't hesitate to get it and I usual hesitate for everything. Now, I am can't be sure where the aper is from. It just says ancestry.com and it is BEAUTIFUL!!!

I want to also mention. While I was looking around for a sketch to use I came across copic challenge blog and the challenge was to color blonde hair. Since I was planning on using "Demure" anyway I decided to just color her hair blonde. I love it.

Here are the deets:

stamps: PTI silent night, Sweet art ebony-demure

ink: Tim holtz distress ink-tea dye, staz-on jhet black

paper: PTI aqua mist, vintage cream, kraft, ancestry.com

buttons are from Michael's "Dress it up", spica glitter pens for highlighs, colored with copic markers.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

P.S. I also wanted to inform you on some info that I found out. It turns out that the resmith that won my blog candy is my Mom. I cannot believe I didn't realize that. But now she has just started her own blog. She just put a beautiful card on there for my niece. Go here to enjoy some wonderful eye candy.

Baby Kayleigh/Friday Sketchers challenge

Happy Wednesday everyone!!! I am so utterly confused on what day of the week it is anymore. Last Thursday my hubby had off so we could enroll my oldest in kindergarten. Let's just say I am SOOO not looking forward to August 17th.

Friday he had to take off because he had a doctors appointment that was "in town" so took most of the morning and into the afternoon just to accomplish. Monday he was gone all day because of the filming of the movie. Yesterday he had off because he was on call for the movie.

I think he got sick of us yesterday because today he decided to go into work and wait for a call from someone to do with the film. I am still trying to decide if I should take offense to it or not :)

Today I have a card I made using a digi-image. I mentioned it before on my blog. I was having a little issues crafting yesterday because of yet another headache (seriously the heat is really getting to me here). I figured what better way to get some ideas flowing then to find a sketch that someone else came up with. Where do you go to find a sketch? Well, lots of places but I went to Friday Sketchers and thought I might as well play along with a challenge while I am at it, right?

The image is called "A Fairy for Kayleigh" and I bought it from Paper Makeup Stamps. The proceeds of the purchase of this digi-image go to a family who has gone through a lot in almost a years time. Kayleigh was born about 3 months early and has had many surgeries. On the 11th of this month she lost her battle here on earth and is now running around and having fun with her Father in Heaven. It is a very sad story but now she doesn't have to suffer anymore. My heart goes out to her parents and hope that they can find peace in this terrible time.

This card seemed to come together so easily and I couldn't get a bad picture of it. I think it is lovely and it is fitting that things came together so smoothly.

Here are the deets:

stamps: digi-stamp from Paper Makeup Stamps "A Fairly for Kayleigh"

ink: palette brown, PTI lavender moon

paper: PTI vintage cream, chocolate remix PP, DCWV latte and brown, me & my big ideas

prima flowers, joann's brads, kaiser self-adhesive rhinestones, and the image was colored using copic markers.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Almost all PTI for a non-PTI challenge

Happy day to you all!!! Thank you for the well wishes. My youngest is doing much better and just about over his sickies. My oldest is still in the mist of it but I think he is headed for recovery as well. He still has a bad cough but he is getting medicine and with the sleep I am making him get he should be done by the end of the week *crossing my fingers*.

My headache finally died away last night so that was nice as well. The only weird thing is that after my headache was easing up I got a bad case of the quesies. My headaches make me feel sick to my stomach but it seemed to get worse after my headache started to go away. That is very strange. I woke up still feeling a little sick to my stomach. I guess I will take some more pepto and hope it goes away.

I was able to get in some crafting last night though. It felt good to get back to my work but it was hard to get started. My sister directed me to a challenge blog "Caardvarks" that was offering some goodies from Taylored Expressions. A new stamp set called "Whimsical Wishes".

The challenge the posed was to make a project using a tree. I was excited because I have not yet got to experience any of Taylor's stamps. Plus, I have a tree stamp from PTI that I have inked up but has been neglected lately.

I wasn't sure what I was going to do but I did know I wanted to use my new cardstock from PTI and the new ink pad that I got in my last order as well.

I am happy with how it turned out but in my opinion it is obvious that my mojo needs a little help.

My goodness!!! I was doing some blog surfing and found this cool blog challenge called "365 cards" It looks awesome and I look forward to doing more with them. Their challenge is to use a leaf on a project. Well, since I made this tree card for "Caardvarks" that has leaves on it I had to enter it into that challenge as well. Go check them out here. It is great.

deets:

stamps: PTI father knows best, simple little things, boxes, bags and tags

paper: PTI guide lines II, spring moss, kraft, Joann's pink cardstock

ink: PTI spring moss, hibiscus burst, tim holtz distress ink (tea dye)

threading water border punch, spring moss ribbon, SU! linen thread

Have a great Wednesday!!! As always, thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Fairy Eva/Anya Stamp

Happy Monday everyone!!! I certainly hope you had a wonderful weekend. It was really nice and crazy at the same time here. We got a lot accomplished but still have a lot more to do.

Friday my son's T-ball game got cancelled due to wind. Yeah, we live in the dessert and get a LOT of wind. My son was so disappointed. I don't even think the wind was that bad. I see it is windy again today and I am worrying that they are going to cancel the game AGAIN today. I certainly hope not. My son would be crushed. After all, we have a very short season and any games that we miss are not going to be made up so that just shortens his t-ball season. And since this is his first season I don't know how he would handle 2 games in a row being cancelled. But that is enough of what is going on here.

Last night I realized that today was Monday and I had nothing to show you. Then I remembered that I have a Greeting Farm stamp that I haven't inked yet. So of course I had to get her all inked up.

I also have to say that I am so happy with Staz-on ink. I am not one to jump on the bandwagon right away. I wait it out and then see how it is received. I am loving my staz-on so much that when I was at a craft store afterwards I looked for some white staz-on. Right now I am just looking for white but am sure going to have to try more later.

Okay, so today I used some new stamps and punches that I have. I love it. The Greeting Farm stamps are just lovely and after playing with these two I am going to have to get more for sure.

Here are the deets:

paper: PTI vintage cream, Joann's brand cardstock and PTI SS white.

ink: PTI melon berry, ripe avocado, Palette black, staz-on black

stamps: The greeting farm fairy eva, PTI spots & dots, paper tray

prima flowers, martha stewart butterfly punch, copic markers, liquid pearls, joann's brads, organdy ribbon, linen thread.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Simple Lauren Sketch

Happy Thursday everyone!!! Man am I glad that yesterday is over with. It was to be a crazy day anyway because we had a lot of things to do last night but it got even crazier than anticipated so I am extremely glad to be done with it. The only problem is that I didn't have much time to craft yesterday and today I am beyond tired. Good thing the only thing I have to do is take my oldest to speech class today.

I did make a card to show you today. It seems that since I was able to do a few challenges in one I had nothing to show you like I thought I would. So, I just reused one of Lauren's sketches but mixed it up a bit. The card today uses the same sketch that I used for yesterday's card.

Like I said, I am pretty exhausted so I don't have much to say today. I will leave you with the picture and the deets.

stamp: the greeting farm's flutter anya

ink: staz-on black, PTI spring moss
paper: PTI berry sorbet, SS white, lemon tart, DCWV (can't remember the name)
copic markers, spica glitter pens, self-adhesive pearls

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Another 2-in-1

Happy Wednesday everyone!!! I have a VERY busy day today so I am getting this typed up a little early so you don't have to wait until who knows when to see this.

I have another card that I used Lauren's Saturday Sketch for. I LOVE how this one turned out and it is awesome. I am really excited that Lauren is trying something new with her Saturday challenges and that she is opening up a design team call as well. I love what Lauren does with paper and it would be an honor to be able to work with her on a regular basis.

Here is her sketch:

Here is my card:

This is also a card I am entering into a Copic challenge. They are here. The challenge this week was to color jeans. Thankfully my sister has a LOT of copics (at least more than I do) and let me borrow some of her blues to color some jeans. The rest of the copics are mine and I LOVE how the coloring went. I also used some Spica Glitter pens as well.

Here are the deets:
stamp: Whiff of Joy, Verve stamps:petals and stems
ink: Palette black, PTI ripe avocado
paper: PTI spring moss, vellum, SS white, and Marcella K PP
Bridal flowers from Michael's, Making memories buttons, SU! linen thread

The cool thing to is that the copic challenge was to color jeans. When I was looking for buttons I happened to see that these buttons had writing on them. These buttons, since you can't probably read it, says "Faded Glory Jeans Co."

Well, I believe that is it for now. Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

2 challenges in one

*Second post of the day*

Holy Moly!!! I actually did it. I am so happy with myself. My mojo must love to have to be backed up against a wall. Not only did I make a card with 2 challenges in one card but I made TWO cards using two different challenges per card. I am so excited to show you the first one.
This card was made using one of Lauren's sketches for a design team call for her Saturday Challenges. She is starting up something new. A different kind of challenge every Saturday and if you want to officially participate then go to her blog and find out all the details.

The other challenge is the Whiff of Joy challenge. The challenge there was to use black, white and one accent color. This one had me stuck for a while. Are you serious? Just one accent color? Have you looked at these stamps? There is just so much to color and I LOVE them. The only thing I could think of to do is to use one color and color some of the picture. I am very happy with how this turned out.

Okay, here are the deets:
stamps: Whiff of Joy, PTI polka dot basics
ink: Palette black, Staz-on jet black, PTI plum pudding
paper: PTI SS white, Quickutz black, $1 target pp
copics, clear glitter pen, prima flowers, Michael's self-adhesive pearls

Alrighty, tomorrow I will show you the other card I made today using 2 different challenges again. I love it.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

The project I intended for yesterday

Happy Tuesday all!!! What a day it was yesterday. My boys were in full force yesterday. They drove me crazy. I don't know what it was yesterday, Monday? I don't know. My hubby also had a bad day at work yesterday too. Good thing it is over.

Of course we did end it on a good note. We are having some comfortable weather here so we barbequed and since my oldest is getting ready for T-ball he wanted to practice, especially since we got him some balls and a new mitt to play with. While my hubby was grilling I was helping my oldest to bat off a "T". My hubby usually just tosses him the ball and he hits it so this is new to him. Now we just have to work on the throwing. He always want to "pitch" the ball not just toss it to someone so this is going to be fun.

I was going to show you something else yesterday but stupid me forgot to take a picture of it. It was something I made for my sister so it was at her house. I had to ask her to take a picture of it for me and then email them to me. I figured I already had the pictures of the other project so I posted that first.

This is another Lauren's My Timeless Template. I love the little filed with flair goodies. My sister and I decided to play around with them this passed weekend. It was fun.

My sister is in love with pink so that is what I used as the base of the file holder. Here are the pics and then the deets follow. Enjoy!!!

Deets:

paper:PTI sweet blush, vintage cream, chocolate remix

ink: palette brown, SU! creamy caramel, versamark, PTI sweet blush, and berry sorbet

stamps: PTI life, borders & corners monogram edition

extras: PTI berry sorbet stitched ribbon, prima flowers, joann's flower brad, kaleidoscope embossing powder, treading water fiskers border punch, clear glitter pen

I also made a few mistakes on my last post. For the letters of my son's name we used a alphabet stamp set from SU! and the ink for the Connor baseball player wasn't palette black it was momento tuxedo black.

Well, that is about it for today. I hope you have a good day.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Whiff of Joy Challenege #22/Niece's birthdayAmy R.'s sketch challenge

Happy Monday!!! (that is quite the title, right?)

I had a wonderful weekend. On Saturday we went to my sister's to have a birthday party for my niece (She will be 13 tomorrow) Happy Birthday JoAnna!!! And my brother-in-laws birthday (He will be 3? on Friday) Happy Birthday Aaron!!!

It was so much fun. Can you guess what we did? OMGosh!!! I think the last time I did what we did on Saturday for their birthday's I was still a teenager (and I am not even close to that anymore). I actually got into a pair of skates. I was so excited and nervous at the same time. But after a few trips around the rink I was pretty much back to where I was when I stopped skating. I seriously did not take those skates off again until we left. My husband thought I was crazy. Maybe I am hehehe.

I tell you what though. My bum is a little sore. Can you believe after many, many trips on the skating rink I didn't fall? That is until I was watching my oldest son playing skee ball. Yep, just standing there watching him play and bam, right on my hiney. I still have no idea what made me fall. Nothing what so ever. There is absolutely no reason I should have ended up on the floor. That is the most frustrating part.

I have to brag too. My boys have NEVER been on skates before, NEVER, and they are 5 and 3. Both of them put skates on and my youngest did okay but didn't want to have them on for long. My oldest, he did awesome. Refused to let me help him and he actually went around the rink by himself once. He did great. He never gave up, kept trying and eventually got it. Well, he isn't a pro by any means but I know if we get the chance to go skating again he will do it.

This is the card I made for my niece for her birthday. I love how it turned out. But as you noticed it also has two other purposes. I just love Whiff of Joy stamps. They truly are so relaxing and therapeutic to color. I colored her again with my prismacolor pencils. If I had the copic markers to color her I would but I also love the look that a pencil gives her as well. So the Whiff of Joy challenge is to use green. Do you think I have enough green?

Deets:

paper: PTI sweet blush, spring moss, stampers select white, and PP is from JoAnn's

ink: PTI spring moss, palette black, PTI sprig rain for the sky

stamps: PTI my punny valentine (sentiment), silent night (flourish on the card base)

copic markers for the grass

prismacolor pencils to color in the angel

jewelry thread for the "ribbon"

Prima flowers and a $1 spot target find brad.

I also used Amy R.'s Friday sketch for this card. I had to turn the sketch to fit the image I wanted to use but I hope she doesn't mind. It made the card so lovely and the colors I used, I think, makes the card so soft and sweet. My niece seemed to like it too.

Now, I also said it was my brother-in-laws birthday too. I made him a card as well and I will be sharing that card with you tomorrow. Until then, have a great Monday!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Lauren's notecards

Happy Thursday!!! Can you believe the week is almost over already? It has been a crazy week for me and my family.

Tuesday my oldest had speech in the morning and in the afternoon I had an eye exam. Yesterday my boys had their first dentist appointment. Actually my oldest had been to the dentist once before but he refused to let the dentist even touch him. I was very stressed out about how yesterday was going to go because we were taking both my boys at the same time. A friend of mine recommended a dentist in a near by town. My husband was able to go with us and both the boys wanted their dad to go with them to the room. It went perfectly. No cavities, no problems so far. My oldest does have an overbite that is obvious and when he gets older he may have to have braces but being that he is 5 there isn't much to do about it right now. My oldest also let them take x-rays which was great. My youngest didn't want to have anything to do with the x-rays (not that I blame him).

After the exam they got a "goodie" bag filled with a new toothbrush, a personal flosser, and their own tube of toothpaste. They also got to pick a toy out of another treasure chest.

We were home for about an hour after the dentist before we had to head off to church for a meeting I had to go to and my hubby had cub scouts to lead. Needless to say I am very tired today on top of having to get up early to take my husband to work so I can have the truck to take my oldest to speech again today. Oh, I am so looking forward to this weekend.

All of this is why I wasn't able to get to the computer to post anything. I haven't actually been able to create much lately. I hope to remedy that. I have a few things in my head paper-craft wise as well as a blanket I am crocheting for a service project my ward is doing for the local hospital.

I am making a blanket but they are also asking for layette's and hats for babies that were called home early to their Heavenly Father. Very sad. It is the least I can do for someone in need. What the hospital does is give these to the parents of the kids who have passed. I just hope that this small token of my time can bring some solace to those in mourning. I couldn't imagine the pain that they would be feeling.

To try and lighten the mood. I have made some note cards that I "stole" from Lauren. I just love her ideas and this month of template releases for Papertrey Ink is no exception. I gotta get my hands on those templates. Not to mention the stamps that they are coming out with. Have you been peeking in on their peeks? Oh My Gosh, is all I can say.

So these note cards are 4 1/2 X 2 3/4 and so easy to mass produce. I decided to make some thank you cards. Who doesn't need a stash of thank you cards, right? So easy peasy.

Here are the deets:

paper: PTI berry sorbet and SU! kraft

ink: Palette white and PTI berry sorbet

stamp: Gina K. Whimsical Autumn

ribbon and buttons I got from Wal-Mart. I also used my spica pens to outline part of the flower stems and vase.

I am very happy with these and may have to make a few more with the envelopes that Lauren shows you how to make for a gift this Christmas or birthday or mother's day, who knows?

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy