Stampin' Up and Burnin' Money

Well today I had a SU! workshop.  Such fun!  I've also been burning money.  Yes I have money to burn...

It was just part of a $5 bill.  There wasn't enough to turn it in at the bank so I thought this would be a cool photo.

Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Paper from SU!

The butterfly punch

On Board Chipboard letters, painted, then stamped on using the I {heart} hearts set

I believe this paper was from Sassafrass.

Well off to take more photos will my lovely camera that likes to randomly delete all my photos!

Busy Busy Busy!

I've been scrappin the day away today.  I've been playing with the Feb. Kit from LRS.  I know a lot of you don't like the green...but I'm loving it!!

This was a contest for LRS...hoping it's good enough to win guest designer.

This sketch layout was taken from Sketch Inspirations.  I used LRS Feb. kit for it.

Joey's album is 8.5 X 11.  Maybe one day I'll finish it.

Devotional that really touched me...

Today's homeschool email devotional really touched my heart so I thought I'd share it:

"I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry" (Psalm 40:1).







My daughter's riding lesson had gone well that day. I was proud to see her riding correctly at both a walk and trot, and I knew she was looking forward to cantering soon. As she circled the arena for the last time, I shouted, "It's time to quit for the day, so we can finish the rest of our schoolwork. Bring her in, and we'll brush her down together."






As my daughter turned her horse back toward the paddock, she replied, "OK, Mom, but watch this." Thinking she was ready to handle the extra speed, she cued her horse into a canter. I shook my head "no" at her, but her horse was already moving so fast she could barely hang on to the reins. As her horse took control and increased its speed to a full gallop, I knew my daughter was in trouble. Quickly, I ran in front of the gate to slow down her horse. Instead, her horse applied its full brakes and stopped dead in its tracks. However, my daughter didn't stop. She flew through the air and hit the fence with her chest. As I picked her up, she couldn't breathe, and I thought her windpipe had been broken. Fortunately, only the air had been completely knocked out of her lungs, and she was OK after several anxious minutes. "I'm sorry, Mom," she said when she was finally able to speak. "I thought I could handle the speed."






The real lesson my daughter learned that day deals with the same pride that causes many of us Christians to fall. Not willing to wait on the Lord, we too run ahead and attempt to take the reins. We forget who is in control and make unsound financial decisions or foolish choices based on our emotions, not expecting to be hurt in the process! God may even tell us "no," but we ignore Him and let our pride tell us we can handle it. We run into problems and pain we could have avoided if we had just waited on the Lord.






Are you struggling with waiting on God today? Is your anxious attitude becoming like the world's that says, "I can't take this anymore. I'll take care of it myself"? Be careful! Running ahead of God may find you lying on your back someday as you struggle to pray and ask Him for help. "The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him" (Lamentations 3:25).






Lord, teach me to "be still" and know You are God. Help me to trust in Your answers instead of my own and wait for the best You have planned for me. In the name of Jesus, Amen.
 
The above was taken from Daily Focus from aophomeschooling.com.

Digi Fun!!

I've had so much fun playing with the new digital downloads I've found online.  I used Photoshop Elements.  I found the downloads at http://www.acherryontop.com/ and http://www.jessicasprague.com/.

Burning the Scrap Bucket

All scrapbookers must have one...the place where the extra papers go...stuff you just don't need anymore but not good enough to pass on but not bad enough to throw away.   My girls couldn't keep up with the scraps!  I finally threw most of the bucket in the fireplace today.  Now I can fill it with my new scraps from recent projects and my girls still have scraps to play with!

Stampin' Up for Haiti

Scraptacular News!!

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2009 Year in Review

Recently I attended a Year in Review scrapbook class.  The kit was put together by Lisa Wilkinson.  There were various patterned papers, cardstock, and lots of embellies.   We completed 2 pages in class.  Then I went wild and did the rest on my own.  I couldn't wait for instructions...the papers they were calling me...

March 1st page (above) completed in class

Some things were precut, like papers, flowers (pink part)

and butterflies.  Then we painted and glittered them.  Very pretty!

I added some machine stitching.

above finished mostly in class

love the chipboard trees!

You really can't tell from the photo, but there's 6 clear pockets on this page.

Idea taken from Lisa Wilkinson...don't know if I made it the same though.  I went by memory.

I love these papers!!

Such fun...and did I mention I love the embellies?

Reflections Technique

I've been busy scrapbooking/playing with my sister that's home from CA.  But I did manage to try the reflections techinque.  It's fun and easy but messy!

Busy Busy Busy!

We've been very busy making things and going places.  I haven't had a chance to scrapbook but here's some of my favorites from December...

I didn't make the wreath, but I added the photos and hemp.  It was fun. 

It hung right behind our Christmas tree this year.

Joey and I made an experiment for the birds.

Yeah! I made my advent wreath...even though I didn't get the correct colored candles to go with advent, there's always next year!

This lovely desert was just beautiful to look at while at Wentworth by the Sea with Grammy Pearl.  I love the bubbles!!

This was just a package we made up for Kiki's teacher for Christmas.  I sewed the packaged then printed out some stamps from My Digital Studio from Stampin' Up...another way to use that software, lol!!