random act of kindness

I find life to be very interesting sometimes. You know how I challenge you guys to go out and do something nice for someone? Well, yesterday my friend Janel stopped at my house out of the blue and dropped off a stamp that she had borrowed from me. In addition to the stamp was the wonderful RAK that you see in the pictures below. I was so surprised and pleased that she thought of me...she made me smile and be happy all day! Now the interesting part is that the Janel that RAK'd me is the Janel that won the May 3 Little DReaMs kit! It was funny because what I did was type up everyone's name on a word document, printed it out, had Jon pick a number and then counted from the top down to determine the winner. When I landed on Janel's name...I counted again and it was her again. So, one more time and indeed Janel was the winner. How is that for "when you do good for others it comes back to you"? So anyway, I want to share her RAK with you because it is just so neat!

Janel's RAK came with a bucket that had tissue paper in it and a couple of envelopes taped to the handle. Pretty cool presentation I think! There is some yummy candy hiding in that tissue paper but the best part is...I've been looking for something to put all the loose Prima flowers in that I have and this will be perfect! I will use some rub-ons on it and it will be all set to go! Yay!

Crud! I just realized I didn't get a good picture of the really cute card she made for me. I will take it though when I make my card with the neato card kit that she also had for me! I love this idea! I already have a little thought in my head for what I'd like to make. Anyway, there is cardstock, designer paper, and embellishments to make my own card or two with! So exciting! I can tell you that Janel used the SU! set called If The Halo Fits. This is such a cute, cute, set! It may now be on my list of wants!

Pretty neato RAK huh? I'm so blessed with the friends that I have! Thanks so much Janel! I also wanted you to know that my grandpa had his surgery yesterday and as far as I know he is doing well today. I haven't heard anything yet today but as Courtney said, no news is good news! Thank you for your good thoughts and prayers! ***edit...Just heard from my grandpa's wife and he is doing so well that they are moving him out of intensive care today! If it continues he'll be headed home Monday or Tuesday. Can you imagine? 3-4 days after open heart surgery and he could go home. Praise God! ***

Kyler is spending the weekend with his grandparents that are in town visiting so it will be a quiet weekend for me but I still have things to do so I'm off! I hope you have a great weekend everyone!

and the winner is....

I listed all the names and Jon choose a number...the winner of the May Bella Kit from 3 Little DReaMs is....

JANEL!!!

Congratulations Janel! I'll get your address to Katie and she'll get the kit out to you as soon as they arrive!

The BEST Glory From Lorie!!!

Wanna win some fantabulous Glory from Lorie? This week is the week! On Friday the 18th at 5:00 p.m. I will be pulling a name for the 3 Little Dreams May Kit! What you see at the right is what you will receive...thats right...the Bella stamp, the paper, the ribbon, and a sentiment!!! Woohoo! This kit has been very generously donated to me by the very talented, very wonderful Katie Skiff who is the owner of 3 Little DReaMs!

Do you want to know what to do to win? Easy schmesy ladies! Just go to Katie's site and tell me what you like best about it. That is right...do you like the stamp company choices, the way the kits are built, or maybe the wonderful quality of the paper and embellishments she will be sending. Do you want another chance at the kit? Okay...I'll do that! All you have to do is mention this drawing (with a link to my blog and Katie's site), post back here with a link to your blog and you'll be all set to go with two chances to win! ***Edited to add...if you purchase this kit for May delivery and win it from this drawing Katie will send you the June kit instead and it will consist of Bikebababella!***

Please let me know if you have any questions at all! Good luck everyone! Oh, and this will stay at the top until Friday so check down for my daily update!

tart & tangy

Now, this was fun! I finally decided to try one of the neat Double Pocket Card with Flap Front. I've linked you to the tutorial on Barb Mullikin's blog. It is pretty easy to follow. I would suggest that you are careful when you score the designer paper (at least SU!'s) as I tore mine at the bottom. So, do you think the cherry is okay with the flowers? I should have used a flower are something, huh?

So, here is the outside. The ribbon is some ribbon that I got as a thank you from an Ellen Hutson order that I placed. It is lovely. I think it is satin. It is definitely a little thicker than SU!'s taffeta.

And here is the inside. Now I have to say that I don't much care for the inside. I do think it would be better if I decorated it a little more and probably will do so if I send this to someone. I just cut two pieces of Real Red cardstock and layered white PaperTrey cardstock on top for the inserts. I would definitely think this is a great presentation for a gift card w/sentiment, a chocolate bar w/sentiment, or the like.

So there you have it...if I can make this you all can too. All you need for the card itself is an 8 1/2 X 11 piece of designer cardstock, a cutter, and adhesive. If you decide to make one please link to it in the comments section so I can see too!

Today at 5:00 p.m. I will be drawing a name for the winner of the May 3 Little DReaMs kit. Which, by the way, is now sold out so this drawing is truly the last chance to get the fun summery feeling of Beachabella! If you haven't...go sign up!

Yay! It is Friday! I hope you take today and turn it into whatever your heart desires!

celebrate today

Not to long ago I found a neat blog that has video tutorials for different projects. I love video tutorials! Last Wednesday the tutorial was how to cover a full size composition notebook. I've had one laying around for some time that I've used for a couple of different things but decided that I wanted to use it for my food diary so it needed to look good for that, right? Anyway, I decided to cover it with SU!'s Summer Picnic paper that has the cherries on it and then the spine is just the reverse side. I was going to put my name on the front but decided I needed something upbeat instead hence the "celebrate today". I added a little bling in the form of crystals and glitter pen and taa daa I was done. Now, I know it isn't the most fancy schmansy thing but I like it lots. This week's tutorial is a 3x3 envelope card...so cute!

I hope you have a great Thursday of creating and don't forget to sign up for the Glory from Lorie in the post above!

hopes, dreams & wishes

So, this is a very simple card that I made with the Wordsworth set that Courtney got me. I had a slightly different plan in mind but I don't think it will work out. I really like the simplicity of the card and the Purely Pomegranate is one of my favorite colors...don't know why I don't use it more often!? You can see the particulars HERE but really there isn't much to it. I did use a little clear glitter pen on the flowers.

And HERE is a new blogger that is giving out some blog candy just 'cuz she'd like to meet some new people. That is a fun way to do it, huh?

And, of course...don't forget to sign up for my blog candy at the top of my blog. You can't beat that yummy Bella Kit for your winnings!

So short and sweet is what it is today! Have wonderful Wednesday everyone!

Happy Forest

Good morning everyone! Over the last couple of months I've joined image swaps on the Bellaholics Yahoo group that I on. Thankfully the quality of the images continues to go up and up so that is just great. I received my last set of images the other day in the mail and when I saw this image, Happy Forest, I just had to color it in and make a card with it. All the information on this card is HERE but in short I took the colors and the die cuts from the Summer Days Simply Scrappin' Kit from SU! I used some yellow Stickles and blue Spica glitter pen to give it some jazz and it was all done. Simple yet happy I think.

This card is going to my grandpa and his wife to get them the information about my visit this summer. Long before I knew that grandpa was going to have to have the bypass surgery I decided to go to Iowa this summer to visit him. I'm taking Kyler with so that I can show him some of my childhood memories. Hopefully we'll eat some yummy stuff like Sterzings chip, tenderloin (pork) sandwiches, and homemade applesauce. Plus they have a big backyard garden so both Kyler and I will be happy campers in there! Anyway, it will be quite the walk down memory lane while we are there....I'm very excited to be going. Only 2 more months!

Anywho, don't forget to sign up for the Glory for Lorie at the top of the page! Have a Terrific Tuesday everyone!

***I forgot to mention that I got my first spam comment yesterday. I deleted it right away but if I continue to get more I'm going to have to go to comment verification or moderation. I really don't want to do that though so please pray I don't get anymore yucky comments!***

Pun Fun

Well, you saw what Courtney sent me yesterday and today you get to see what she sent to Kyler. First a picture of him with the Swedish Fish (it's his favorite candy) and Pokemon' cards. He was so excited because one of the cards in the set is "rare". Thank you so much for making his day great Courtney!

Here he is with the gifts. FYI...the Swedish Fish are almost gone. He shared with me yesterday and I now understand why!

And here is the super cute card she sent him. I love that Pun Fun set from SU! People are doing such fun things with it!

Right after this post you'll see some REALLY good Glory from Lorie so make sure you check it out!

Ahhh...

So, Kyler got a big padded envelope from Courtney yesterday. I knew she was going to send him a little something for his birthday so it was no huge surprise to me...but it did end up being a surprise 'cuz she put a little, okay a big, something in there for me too! She made this cute Bella card and attached some bath salts to the inside (which smell so soothing!). I can't tell you the last time I got the chance to soak in the bath tub but I can't wait to do it now...maybe tonight? Along, with the card and bath salts was a Wordsworth set. This set is called Love and is absolutely adorable. What I don't think that Courtney knew is that every since I've seen Wordsworth stamps I've wanted a set. I love the stick figures and cute sayings and such that they have. Now I own a set thanks to Courtney! I'm just so excited and thrilled about it! Thank you so much for the wonderful surprise Courtney...you really made my day!

Tomorrow I'll show you the super cute card and gifts that Kyler got. He loves his too! Have a great Sunday all!