A Grateful Heart!

 Make It Monday #196: Colorful Card Corners

Danielle made a beautiful card and MIM for this week!

My corner cluster of flowers are a little heavier than I would have liked. I stamped on watercolor paper and used my watercolor pen to blend many of the stamped images.

I wanted to show you there is two cards, I thought maybe the first one I made was a bit dark so I made the second one a little lighter. Not sure why I always seem to add a bit of glitter, I guess it makes me happy to see it sparkle.

Hello and thank you for all your sweet comments and prayers again! You are the BEST!!!

We received an early morning phone call, it was Phil and he sounded good as new. He is very grateful and feels so unworthy of all the love and prayers and the fact that he survived ! He breaks down in grateful tears often. He is going home today!!!! We still can’t believe it and the doctors are shocked as well. 

I am truly sorry for those of you that this may be hard, because you prayed and did not get your miracle. Know that you are in my thoughts and prayers as well.

All Papertrey Ink stamps and dies

Solid Stitches & Swirls Stamp Set

Stitches & Swirls Stamp Set

Lovely Layers Stamp Set

We Needed A Miracle!

Make It Monday #162: Paper Scrap Pie Charts

Happy New Year 2015!! NBUS Challenge #3!

This is the first time I used Papertrey Ink - A Few Pointers Die

Papertrey Ink - Phrase Play #4 Die

Hello and thank you all for so many kind comments on my last post. I only had a bit of craft room time this last few weeks. 

The new year was to be spent quietly at home with my husband. God had other plans!

 Around 4 pm in the afternoon I received a frantic call from my sister. She called my to say her husband didn’t feel well, she was going to drive them to their hospital and he said were not going to make it. She turned into the hospital 5 mins from their  house. He walked in and then collapsed no pulse or heart beat for 10 mins.  I was on the phone with her as he still had no pulse. He was attended to within seconds and they were at a heart hospital( She did not know) He had a massive heart attack with complete blockage.  They shocked him  many times to try to bring him back. We drove to be with them as fast as we could, about one hour. They took care of the clot and put in a stint  . Now the wait. He was on a breathing tube and heavily medicated for 3 days.  At first doctors were not happy with the way he responded to coming of the medication and told us not to expect much more that what we saw for a whole day, Just movement and slight eyes open. We were told most don’t survive this kind of heart attack. 

He was fit and slim and exercised daily, the last person you would think, didn’t smoke and not a big drinker. 57ys

We all prayed , along with many family , friends, churches across the country. 

You won’t believe me when I tell you today he was walking , talking, eaten and joking ! We got our miracle. So many beautiful things happened along the way. Just no time to share them right now. 

Thank you and God Bless You !

Home Sweet Home!

Welcome 2015! 

We have some beautiful new dies to share with you today!  

I just love this little house stamp and thought the words went so well with  it!

This little house is heat embossed , then water colored with distressed inks. I added a bit of glitter to the sun and windows. I also added some Glossy Accents to the door and window.The word dies have 3 layers.

 

I cut one heart apart to link them together then layered 

two more hearts on top of each one. 3 layers in all.

When giving my husband a valentine card, the best words for me to give him are simply: Thank You!

Hello, you should have arrived from Miss Talent herself : Karen Amidon’s blog . 

Please be sure to leave a comment on each DT blog for your chance to win a random 20$ gift card from Serendipity Stamps  . We also have a monthly challenge you could enter for another chance to win a 20$ gift card off your order at Serendipity Stamps

 Next on the hop is the very talented Miriam Napier

Design Team

Mary's Blog

Karen Amidon
Marybeth Lopez( me)
Miriam Napier
Vickie Zimmer
Jeanne Jachna
Jenny Gropp
Julie Warner

Dies

Mini Scroll Heart and Scallop Heart Dies

My Die

Sweet Die

Stamps

Thank You

Cottage

Baby Its A New Year!

Welcome to the December 12 Kits of Occasions!  Cathy is our hostess for the month! Oh my gosh I could have made 10 more cards with all the beautiful baby trimmings Cathy sent us. 

 The very talented Lynn Mangan  is our:

 Guest Designer, Welcome Lynn! We are so excited to have you join us. 

This one year old card was already given away for a babies first birthday! 

This card will go to our youngest granddaughter who turns two, Ellie (elephant)!

Please stop by the The 12 Kits of Occasions blog to see the complete list of designers and supplies at the upper tab ! I am so glad I made all my cards weeks ago because I am not feeling that well today. 

 God Bless!

I hope you have a Blessed 2015

Make It Monday On A Sunday!

Edited to add: My husband just informed me this is too bright and looks like a couch! Hmmm ...maybe :)

Make It Monday #194: Sympathy Cards & Stamped Borders 

Melissa asked us to make a: sympathy or thinking of you card with stamped borders. 

Simon Says Anything Goes

Hello! I hope you  had a wonderful Christmas !  I have missed you all! Just like most of you I have been so busy and with my husband home for the long weekend ... its family time. We even had a few extended family birthday events to go to this past week. We had a wonderful Christmas filled to the brim with love and a big mess.

Wouldn’t have it any other way!

 Happy to get a card in this morning while my husband was at golf. Sad, I didn’t have a chance to do the Papertrey Ink blog hop, but your cards were amazing. 

I made this card with the new free stamp set from Papertrey Ink, very kind of P.T.I to include it with our order, thank you!

 I have been busy with our 12 kits cards that you can see on Dec 30 and we have a special GD too!

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog! 

december-freebie-pretty-petals.html
Delightful Dahlia Additions Stamp Set
Papertrey Ink - Basic Bookmark 3 Die

A Few More Papertrey Ink Snow Globes

Edited to add picture !

colourQ challenge #272...

What’s different? ( the grand kids love this game) 

Sorry, about the glare in all the pictures!

Hello!  I woke up at 3am just so I could go in the craft room and play. I knew I was going to watch our youngest granddaughter for the morning. I wanted to play just a bit more with this Papertrey Ink M I M Kit: Tinsel & Tags   I did get use the kit a lot and let the grandchildren each make one or two . 

The little figures are buttons from Hobby Lobby found with the Christmas craft items. The inks are from Stampin Up.

My grandfather always game my grandmother a corsage for  Christmas. Somehow many years ago my mother gave this to me, its what is left of the corsage minus real flowers. I put it on my tree every year and every year I think of them... of course it brings tears. 

Not sure if I will be posting again before Christmas, So I wanted to wish you all of you a Happy Chanukah and:

 Merry Christmas!

My you find peace and love this time of year and always

Merry Monday #139 - Winter Wonderland

 Simon Says Winter Inspiration

Happy Hanukkah /Peace On Earth

Serendipity Stamps Challenge Blog 

Welcome to the last Serendipity Stamps challenge of 2014! 

I have a mix of cards for this post that kinda gave me a hard time. 

I kept doing the first two over and over. 

Happy Hanukkah to all my Jewish friends!

The menorah is from a past 12 kits, that Joyce sent out.

I just made the card below for fun and thought I would go ahead and post it. A fast shaker card. 

The sentiment is not from Serendipity Stamps .

 I love this: Wise Men on Camels !

Hope you find some time to play along and have a chance to win 20$ certificate. 

Let not your heart be troubled

GD Nancy Penir

Karen Amidon
Jenny Gropp
Jeanne Jachna 

Marybeth Lopez( Me)

Miriam Napier

Julie Warner

Vickie Zimmer

Stamps and Dies from Serendipity Stamps :

Wise Men on Camels

Joy Die

Peace, Hope, Punctuation Dies

Postcard

Earth Ornament

Peace On Earth

Floral Flaps

Papertrey Ink Make It Monday #193: Camouflaging Die Cuts

by Laura

I did the same as Laura and layered the die 4 times, the first layer I left all the pieces in.

Hi! It’s been a few days since I have posted. Its that time of year and our church is keeping us busy with wonderful guest speakers for Advent. I hope you all had a great weekend. My husband and I  drove up to Big Bear Mountain to see the first snow and it was gorgeous!

 I made this card very early this morning and just couldn’t get my photos right and I had to run a bunch of errands. I decided to post the photos as is. Laura’s card is a gorgeous CAS beauty!

Thanks for stopping by.

Papertrey Ink - Floral Flaps Die

Botanical Blocks Stamp Set

Sequins from Pretty Pink Posh

Inks are from Papertrey Ink

Snowflakes and Bells

Hello! My turn to post on the Poppystamps Blog today. Hope you’ll stop by and take a look. 

 Hope you have a Blessed weekend!

Got My Make It Monday Fix!

Edited to add ink colors.

Make It Monday #191: Glittered Frames

by Dawn McVey

Woke up early this morning, because I didn’t want to miss out on another MIM . 
I loved this simple technique by Dawn, so many, possibilities. 

I used both chunky and fine white glitter on my score tape frame. 

I know busy photos today, but I like it!

Hello! My gosh time is going by so fast these days! I missed a few MIM but happy to get this one in under the wire .

We welcomed some  much needed rain here in California. Even though, we are by the foothills we had no flooding. Looks like rain again next week! 

God Bless!

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge

Paper Players 225: Black Tie Theme Challenge from Nance

City Scene Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink - City Scene Die Collection (set of 4)

Think Big Favorites #20 Mini Stamp Set

Memory Box / Poppystamps Blog Hop With A Chance To Win

 Welcome to the Poppystamps and Memory Box Blog Hop!

You can read all about it Here

I have two tags to share with you.

The design teams from Poppystamps and Memory Box are joining together for a three day blog hop featuring holiday tags and treats.  

Each day of the hop (December 2-4) we'll be giving away a prize from Birch Press Design.  There will be two winners each day - one selected by Poppystamps and another from Memory Box.  So while you're hopping be sure to leave comments along the way.  Winners will be selected from DT blogs.

Day 4 Prize : Birch Press Design Apron Winners Choice – Memory Box will pick one winner and Poppy will pick one winner.

Birch Press Design

You could win an apron of your choice!

   Layered it using foam tape.

I love the way this gold tag turned out!

I cut the tag out twice second time I put it face down and moved it up a bit. You end up with a shorter tag.

Hello, you should have arrived from; Deborah Nolan.

For a second chance to win – like Birch Press Design on Facebook , and share the post about the hop.  One person who does both will win a prize from Birch Press Design.  Facebook/BirchPressDesign

You have until    December 10 to leave a comment – winners will be posted on December 15 on the MB and Poppy Blogs.  The winners will be selected at random from the DT posts.

Next on the hop is:Jeanne Jachna

Thanks you so much for stopping by, I know, long post! 
 Hope you win something!

 Memory Box

  Poppystamps

 Kay Miller

 Deborah Nolan ( came from)

   Marybeth Lopez ( you are here)

 Jeanne Jachna ( Next)

 Pam Sparks

   Lezlye Lauterbach

  Patty Tanuz

Zuzana Obert

Jean Okimoto

[1110] DIES- Peace Love and Joy Tags

Poppystamps Ivy Tendrils ( in the bow)

   Country Landscape 98239  

Serendipity Stamps :From Me To You Small
Papertrey Ink - Tag Sale #10 Die
Gold glitter paper is from Michael's Craft Store