Last Post For 2009

I will leave you this year with this card share using one of my favorite Sweet 'n Sassy stamps to make a masculine card. The set is Light Of The World and is back in stock! I love how this stamp turns out when colored. my husband is a big lighthouse fan and has them for his office. I used the grid technique and sponged it and added twine to give it that vintage feel.
I pray you all have a safe New Years Eve and a Blessed 2010.

Happy New Year!

Count Your Blessings

I still can't believe it is almost 2010. 2010...wow I remember that song "Party like it's 1999", and 1999 was so far in the future, now it is 11 years past 1999. Remember the year 2000 when everyone was so scared of Y2K what was going to happen? Everyone thought Jesus was coming back that year and here it is 2010 and still waiting for Jesus to return. I truly believe that the end is very near, though no one knows the time or date for Jesus' return. He will come life a thief in the night. Let's count our blessings today and be ready because we are not promised tomorrow.
The stamps I used on my card are from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Dream Silhouettes and the sentiment is from Jesus Cares

Sweet Stop Sneak Peek

Good evening!
Sweet 'n Sassy will release 7 new sets on Jan 7th. I wanted to share a sneak peek with you. This cute little snowman is from a mini set "I Love You Thus Much". Isn't this snowman a cutie? I have a heart for snowmen as I have a collection that I put out at Christmas and leave up through winter. The sketch I used is this weeks Sweet Stop sketch.

Giving Thanks

It is nowhere near thanksgiving but I was reflecting on the upcoming new year and giving thanks for all God has done for me in 2009. We serve an awesome God who takes care of our every need. I love the cracked glass technique how it makes things look vintage. The scripture I used for this card is a retired set from SNS Thanksgiving scripture.

Stamp Something

Stamp Something's challenge is to make something that reminds you of the holidays season. I took it as the Christmas season my favorite time of year. Red and Green always remind me of Christmas. When I think of red, I think of Christ blood that He shed for me and green reminds me that I am to grow in that relationship with Him. I pray you have that relationship with Christ, if not please leave me a comment and I will get back with you on how you can become a child of the King. The sketch I used for my card is this weeks sketch at 2Sketches4You.

Clean & Simple Snowflakes

This is my last card share for today and it uses an oldie but goodie from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Snowflakes. I love the sketches at Clean & Simple Stamping, and when I saw this sketch I knew this set was perfect. I will be back tomorrow with some more cards to share as I am loving being able to stamp again

Mojo Monday 119

Good afternoon!
I am so happy to be back to stampin! I feel it has been months and it has only been a couple weeks. This card also shares the set from Sweet 'n Sassy Tress Of The Field. Not only is this a great set because of its beauty. This set is a tribute set in honor of Henry Anderson the 3yr old son of a former DT member Sarah Anderson who lost her little boy in October of this year.
The set features 6 different tree silhouettes as well as sentiments and scripture. It sells for $18.75 with $5.00 for each set sold going to the Anderson Family. We would love for you to help the Anderson family by ordering one of these sets.
The sketch is the Mojo Monday sketch for this week.

Stampin' Sisters In Christ #19

Good Morning!
This weeks challenge was set by Lisa , she choose Psalm 25:4-5 as the scripture to reflect on as you make your challenge card


Psalm 25:4-5 "Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior and my hope is in you all day long."

As we approach a new year what a great verse to reflect on. Let us all make this our prayer to allow the Lord to guide us in His truth for our journey here on earth.
The challenge is to make a New Years card or project. Our sponsor the Cutting Cafe has lots of digis you can use to make our card. Regina gave the DT some digi's to use but unfortunately due to all my computer problems I do not yet have my printer hooked up yet.
To play along with us create a New Years project and post a link on the SSCC blog using Mr. Linky. If you post to an online gallery, please use SSCC19 as the keyword so we can find it

Belli #81

Hi there,
If you have been stopping by my blog you have noticed that I have not posted in over a week, I think that is a first for me. I have been away for Christmas and just got back but before I left I had computer problems and could not post. Hopefully everything is solved and I will be back to posting regular. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas holiday as we celebrated the birth of our Lord and Savior.
The current Belli challenge is TAGS, all you have to do is make a tag, use a tag on your card, anyway you want as long as its a tag. For my tag I used a new release from Sweet 'n Sassy, Trees Of The Fields. This is a beautiful set of tree silhouettes along with some great scripture and sentiments. To play along leave a link on the Creative Belli blog using Mr. Linky, if you post to an online gallery please use keyword CBC81 so we can find it.
We also have a DT call going on you can find all the deets HERE

Stampin' Sisters in Christ Gettin' Sketchy

Good Sunday afternoon!
I have been sending some time with my daughter who will be stationed at Ramstein Air Base in Germany in January, thus the reason for a late post.
I cannot believe Christmas is this week! Wow where did the time go!?!
Kathy is our hostess for this week and she chose for us to focus on the Wonderful Christmas story that gave us a reason to celebrate Easter this week

Luke 1:26-32.

"In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary.

The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored? The Lord is with you."

Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David."
Her challenge to us was to make a card using a sketch drawn up by here, you can find it HERE.
I chose to make a Christmas card using her sketch. Please stop by our Bog and see how the rest of the DT chose to use her sketch and participate for a chance to win a prize from our sponsor Scrapbook News and Review, a three month subscription to SNR magazine

Have a HOLLY Jolly Christmas!

This one is a clean and simple card using a Serendipity stamp Holly With Frame. The paper is Christmas Past from Graphic 45 definitely a favorite of mine. I colored it with my Copic markers with I am so addicted to. Patti at Paper maniac has a Copic Coloring Club Kit each month that comes with tutorials on how to use these awesome markers.

Tuesday Throwdown #9

Good Tuesday morning!
Its time for another Tuesday throwdown, this week is a color challenge. Kim of Sherrod Studios challenged us to use the following colors:

SU= Very Vanilla, Certainly Celery, Tempting Turquoise, Close To Cocoa
CTMH= Cream, Sweetleaf, Ocean, Cocoa

After I got my card finished and was uploading it, I realized I did not use one of the colors. Oops I must drank all the cocoa :) My card uses the set Pond Friends.


To play along make a project or card using the above colors and share a link with us on the DT blog. If you post to an online gallery be sure to use the keyword SSTT09 so we can find it

SSCC #17 Bling

Good afternoon, I hope you are having a blessed Sunday as it is the Third Sunday in Advent.
My card is late today because I had a little problem with my computer. It finally crashed bit the dust. it would have been nice to give me just a tiny bit of notice. So that made Santa come early to my house. On to the challenge.

Kristine is our challenge hostess this week and she choose the following verse :

Matthew 6:19-21 "Do not store up for yourself treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."

The challenge is to use [crafty] "treasures" on your card or other project... in other words, BLING IT UP! (ie. bling = gems, pearls, dazzling diamonds, charms, glitter, etc.)
My card uses an image from Sugar nellie and for my treasure (Bling), I used glitter on her wings and gold stickles on her dress. I also used liquid applique with a touch of glitter on the puppy's hat. The paper is Graphic 45 Christmas Past from Paper Maniac

Paper Maniac Christmas

Good Morning!
I am sharing a card with you today using the Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses. You can find this one plus all the latest Basic Grey papers at Paper Maniac. I did not use any stamps at all just the paperpack to make this cute little card.

Clean and Simple Faith

My card share with you today uses a stamp set "Doodle Birds" that I love from Sweet 'n Sassy stamps but is being discontinued. This means you can get this set for 70% off which will only be $7.50. Be sure to go and check out all the discontinued sets there are some great ones for really great prices.

Release Day At Sherrod Studios

Good Morning!
It's release day at Sherrod Studios and Kim has two cute sets for your stamping pleasure. I hope you have enjoyed the sneak peeks over the past two days, if you missed them be sure to check out the DT links on my sidebar to see some beautiful samples.
My card today uses a different image from the set I used yesterday, Down Home Blessings. This inside of my card has a sentiment from this set "When I count my blessings I count you twice"
This is an adorable set along with Out Of This World that is also being released.
Be sure to go over to Kim's blog and leave a comment for a chance to win

Belli #80 And A DT Call

Good Wednesday Morning!
First up I would like to announce that we are having a DT call at Creative Belli, you can find all the deets HERE on how to apply and you have until Jan 3, 2010 to do so.
Now on to the challenge. Our challenge for the next two weeks is FLOURISHES. I love flourishes they can make a simple card very elegant. To play along just use a type of flourish, it can be wood, stamped, chipboard or a diecut as long as it is a flourish. Be sure to link your post to the belli blog using Mr. Linky. If you post to an online gallery be sure to use CBC80 as a keyword so we can find it. The design team has some beautiful samples so be sure to check them out on the Creative Belli blog.

Details of my card:
Stamps: Moments, No Greater Love~ CTMH
Sentiment: Christmas Scripture~ SNSS
Misc: Copic Markers, CB Embossing folder, Gems

Day 2 Sneak Peeks From Sherrod Studios

Hi friends!
Today I am sharing with you another sneak peek from Sherrod Studios. This set is called Down Home Blessings. Don't you just love that name? This is a cute little set illustrated by Kelli. I just love this sentiment with the bucket. Be sure to check out the rest of the DT sneak peeks you can find the links on my side bar or go to the DT blog

Tuesday Throwdown Sneak Peek

Good Tuesday morning, today Kim has another sketch challenge for us. You can see it HERE. The set I used is a set to be released this Thursday named "Out Of This World. I used the tole technique to give it some dimension. For the flames I used some liquid applique covered with fine gold glitter. To play along with this sketch challenge just create a card or layout using THIS sketch and link to our BLOG using Mr. Linky. If you post to an online gallery please use SSTT08 as a keyword so we can find it

Recipe Monday ~ Progressive Dinner

I am late sharing my recipe card for the Recipe Challenge, but better late than never huh? The challenge for this week is to make a recipe card for a progressive dinner. Julie assigned each of us a part of the dinner. If you have never done a progressive dinner before they are really fun! You go from house to house to eat a course of the meal. My course is the salad. I love this ramen noodle salad and thought I would share the recipe with you. All my supplies are from Scrapbook Store At Your Door.

If We Humble Ourselves

Good Sunday morning to ya!
I am our host at Stampin' Sisters in Christ this week and I was lead to the following verse.
"If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land."

2 Chronicles 7:14

The challenge is to make a card using an image of people (i.e. children, men women) to let someone know you are praying for them. Maybe you know someone who is sick, battling cancer, or maybe someone who has had a bad week and needs a card saying I am praying for you!
Prayer is such a powerful weapon against satan. Prayer is also very powerful when interceding for others. God promises to heal our land if we just humble ourselves and pray, how cool is that?
I don't think any of us can fathom how powerful prayer really is. It can move a mountain. I know there are times I have prayed and in the back of my mind thought, that's not going to happen. We need to put our trust in God's ability to do what He says He will do. God is all powerful, all knowing and always present. I pray that God will help me to handle things with prayer and always look to him for guidance amongst this crazy world we live in.
My card uses a discontinued stamp from Sweet 'n Sassy Child Of God. The paper is CTMH, I used copics for my coloring and a MS border punch

Cocoa's Mittens

Wow those mittens are bright! I had colored this image the other day and was wanting to post it on digi day and I have been preoccupied and didn't get it finished. I used this weeks (well for 20 more mins) Sweet Stop sketch. The image is Cocoa the cute little Sweet 'n Sassy digi mouse no one can resist.

Distressed Snow Angel

Good Afternoon!
The card I am sharing with you today uses the distressing technique. I used the graphic 45 Christmas Past papers which I love because of the vintage look. These papers are great to use the distressing technique with. To distress you just run your distressing tool or a pair of scissors down the sides of your paper to rough it up. I also use a piece of sanding paper as well along the sides and corners. Next you swipe a contrast ink pad over the sides and corners to give it that worn look. The stamp I used is the Snow Angel from Serendipity Stamps. I finished it off with twine and a button from the Christmas buttons , you can find these and many many more supplies at Paper Maniac. Enjoy the rest of your day and have a wonderful weekend

Apple Of My Eye

I am sharing another card using the new release "Punny Fruits" from Sweet 'n Sassy stamps. For my card yesterday and my card today, I used sketches from clean and simple stamping. If you like CAS cards you should definitely check out their blog.

And The Winner Is......

#12 Heidi
Congratulations Heidi! Here is what she had to celebrate. The angels are celebrating right along with her.


BIG congrats to your daughter, what an honor it is to have her serving to protect us all. I am sure it is hard for you but as a mother makes you so proud. Thank you as well......

As for me, we will be celebrating my son's confirmation. I am thrilled to see him take this next step with Jesus our Lord and Savior. I am so proud (can you tell!?)

Thank you for this wonderful opportunity to win
Heidi

Heidi please email me with your address at ceal331@gmail.com and I will get your goodies to you