Fun Mail!

I had a fun mail day the other day! First is a Bella card from Ami Cook. She and I along with some other ladies signed up to be part of what Allie is calling Postabella. Basically you sign up for how many people you'd like to send a card to (I did two) and how often (once a month for me) and then Allie assigns partners and you are all set to go. Ami made me this really cute Emmybella card. You all know how much I love pink so this card is right up my alley! It is just so happy! Thank you Ami!

The other card with FUN stuff is from Mia. Mia is an international partner that I got from Sari's blog. She sent this super cute card along with some paper flowers, images, and my very own Magnolia stamp! It was seriously fun to open up that package! Thank you Mia!

Today we sent Jon on his mission trip. All the kids and chaperones met at the church at 6:45 and they will be driving to Spokane to catch a plane to San Diego where they will rent big 'ole 15 passenger vans to drive into Mexico where they will build a house for a family that is, right now, living in conditions that I only have nightmares about. They do this trip every two years but they always go through Amore Ministries. Scott went twice while in high school (duh...of course he did!) and I believe it helped his world thinking some and helped him realize how blessed we are that we are living in this time and in this place. It isn't all work on this trip though. Thursday night and Friday they will spend in San Diego at the beach, Sea World, and one other place that I can't remember the name of right now. Then quite early Saturday morning the kids will fly home just in time to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus with their families. I'm so glad he will be home for Easter! While Jon is gone we will be going to a fun indoor water park for a couple of days. The dogs will have a sitter though so all is good!

I hope everyone has a fun and safe weekend!

Gift bag gone wrong?

I don't know girls? I wanted to take this gift bag and kick it up a notch. It holds the candy dish I showed you some time back for Kyler's teacher. Here is what I do like about it...I got to use my Nestibilities with it (lots of learning curve here and if someone reading this has them please e-mail me so I may ask you a question or two)...and I got to use my PTI set called Shapes By Design. I wanted to use the ribbon to close the bag and I do like the scallop circles but I'm not sure that I like them together. It looks almost like a ribbon, you know the kind you win in a race or something like that which I guess isn't bad but...well...I just don't know! I do love the colors (Wild Wasabi and Purely Pomegranate) though! So tell me...cute or ewwww?

For those of you doing the Bible study with me how is your reading coming? We have read about Eve, Sarah, and Rebekah at this point. God illustrates his grace and mercy with each of these women and it is a great comfort to me to know that no matter how I mess up, if I ask, he will forgive me. Praise God 'cause I mess up often! Remember our first chat e-mail will be tomorrow!

So, did you know it is Friday? Woohoo! I'm so thrilled! What do you all have cooking this weekend?

Yikes!

So...last month when PaperTrey released their new sets I bought two. You've seen one of the cards from the Everyday Blessings set. This is from the Shapes By Design set. I wanted to participate in the SCS color challenge for this week, which is Purely Pomegranate, Basic Black, and Basic Grey. This is what I came up with. A couple of things you probably cannot see in this picture are the scoring at the bottom of the white and around the Purely Pomegranate base. Also, there is some clear glitter pen on all of the black circles. I love the simplicity of this card. Sometimes you just need to send a little not and this is perfect! Check out Nichole's blog post today to see the designer paper they are going to be releasing on Saturday. It is gorgeous!

We have a rainy dreary day today but I'm still in a good mood about it. It is almost Friday and then next week is spring break...woohoo! Oh, and I got some great mail today that you'll get to see soon. I also received my order of card scents! Go to www.card-scents.com to see what I'm talking about. My cards are about to be taken up a notch! And, guess what else? I went to the dentist today and no new cavities! Woohoo! I have to have one filling replaced because I broke it but other than that...I'm good to go!

I have faith that you've all had a great day so far today and I hope it only gets better for you! Happy Thursday and I'll see you tomorrow!

Hanna's back!

I signed up to be part of a small swap of Hanna cards and I started working on it yesterday. I have to say that while I like this card...I think I could do better and I'll try it again today. Isn't she cute though? I just love the sentiment...You lead, I'll follow...to the mall we go! Okay, maybe just Costco for me, but still...you get the idea!

I think I'm going to have some exciting news for my US friends soon! I can't tell you what quite yet but I really think that some of you will be quite thrilled with what my friend, Katie, is planning!

So, it is a short post day but I spent way more time in my e-mail than I had wanted sooooo....

Have a very blessed day and lets all try and do something nice for someone today!

Seeeee????

My goodness...how cute is this little girl?! This is Sammie. She is my neighbor and she came over to play with me for a little while this morning. After I had volunteered and made plans with her mom I thought to myself...what am I going to do with a 3 year old girl? I mean, seriously, I have only had boys for years now. I've come to find out that little girls are just like little boys only with higher voices! LOL! Anyway, we walked Kyler to school...okay, I walked and she got a piggyback ride...we watched a Barbie Fairy movie, colored together and then she needed a snack so she had a Kudos bar...yummy! Oh, and she is very good at counting and putting the crayons in color order...a 3 year old that puts crayons in color order...wow!

So anyway...seeeee I can entertain little girls! I know...it is shocking to me too!

One more....

So I had to use Goodluckabella again! I'm part of a swap where we send cards to our designated person either once a week or once a month. I choose to send two people a card once a month. This is one of the cards. HERE is a link to SCS with the listing of what I used with this card. I do have to say though...after making four different Goodluckabella cards I like this one the best. I love the paper (it says March, Spring, and has circles and shamrocks on it!) and the blue/green color combo is so perfect! The other thing I love, although you probably can't see it, is the glitter I put on her hat and the bow on the bucket. It is some of SU!'s new glitter in the celery color. Oh, and I also used the Melon Spica Glitter Pen on some of the shamrocks and on the sentiment. I hope you can see it if you click on the picture because it really spiffies up the card. Speaking of the sentiment...I thought it would make it so the card could be used for anything. So...is she cute or what?

I've had two questions on my Bella Bindah post that I'd like to answer. First...Shannon, the stinker that she is...asked me if my bindah's are full. No, they are not. I got two bindah's because I wanted my Bella's to have their own place to live so that would mean everything else would have to go somewhere else...so two bindahs. Plus I bought them when Em was having the free shipping so I thought I might as well take advantage of it! The second question was about the closure flaps on the page inserts. HERE is the explanation that Em gave when she debut the bindah. For a quick answer...the inserts that Bella (and non-Bella) stamps go into...the flap is on the side. The sentiment inserts have the little flap is on the top. Now, if I knew then what I know now...I would just have ordered all Bella stamp inserts and used them for sayings too as I prefer a little more room in the pockets. So...there you go! I hope this helps you a little Mary Jane.

I'm still waiting to hear back from a couple of my ladies that are interested in Bible study so that we can get started. Please e-mail me with the information that I asked for yesterday ASAP. Thanks!

I hope for you today that as you go out and about in your world that you have the chance to affect another person in a way that will make their day!

Spring

I don't know about you but we've had some signs of spring here recently. My Crocus's are blooming in the front and the dogs are sniffing like crazy in the yard. I wonder which bug is the smelliest? I got this spring stamp from Elzybells at the same time I got the cute Moon Girl stamp. Anyway, I was inspired to make a fun light colored card the other day by the weather and this is what I came up with. The layout is from Beate's weekend sketch challenge from a couple of weeks ago and the colors are some extra papers that I had in my card stock container. HERE is the link to SCS for the list of what I used. I got three new colors of Spica Glitter Pens some time back and I used all three on this card. Pink, Melon, and Lemon. I LOVE the extra little oomph that they give a card!

Just a reminder that if you would like to be part of an online Bible study with myself and some of your blogging friend please e-mail me. You can find my e-mail HERE.

I hope that you make today a great Monday! See you tomorrow!

Bible Study

Hi girls! If you responding positively to my offer for an online Bible study please e-mail me personally at mom2kjs@yahoo.com so that I can get everyone's e-mail address. Thanks!

Yay!

Finally! I got the pictures uploaded! So...here they are...my Bella binders. Em has these for sale in her store and are just PERFECT for all your Bella stamp needs! I have two binders...one for Bella's and one for everything else. It is great because I ordered extra inserts so I will be able to add new stamps whenever I want. The second picture is of the binders on my shelf. Forgive the mess!

Now...because I'm weird I put each section of stamps in alphabetical order so that it is easier for me to find which one I'd like to use. I also used the little pink piece of paper that has the image/name of the Bella to make it even easier to identify the appropriate Bella. What a pain it is going to be when I purchase more though, huh?

Anyway, I just thought I'd share in case you hadn't seen these yet. And, if you are on the fence as to whether or not you should buy them....DO IT!!!

I hope your weekend has been great!

Bella Organization

Well, I was going to show you the Bella Binders that I got while I was gone but Blogger isn't letting me post a picture so that won't work...darn it! I think I will just leave this post for now but I will come back later and post a new one so that you all get notification of the post again.

I'm glad to be back and blogging again!

***Edited to add that blogger still isn't uploading pictures at 2:35 p.m....grrr!***