Liberty Sophia

Good morning everyone! Whose happy it is Friday? ME! I get to go pick up Kyler today...woot! Actually, I have quite a few things to do today so it will be a busy one. I like that though...keeps me out of trouble! LOL!

Yesterdays, Thursday challenge on Kerry's blog is to make a no layer card. Kerry's sample is a card made with Liberty Riley from Hannah Stamps. All I have to say is...I see your Liberty Riley and raise you a Libery Sophia, Kerry!! I got this image from Paper Pretties about a month ago and I just love her!Isn't the deep embossing on this card wonderful? Gina K's Stamp T.V. has a video on how to use your Nestibilities to do the embossing in your Cuttlebug this week. I have a Big Shot so I just adapted it a little. The sentiment is actually from PaperTrey. A few red pearls from limeLIGHT and sparkly black dots really pull this card together.

Alright everyone, I'm off to link my card up to Kerry's blog and let her know about my raising the stakes in the card makin' game and then I'll probably be off to get Kyler!




**This card got a "me likey" from Allison on Stampin' When I Can!**

Q.T. Hooty

Morning everyone! Remember how I was hoping to get so much stamping done yesterday? Yah...didn't happen. I'm having some problems settling into a good time for me to be creative. I used to stamp at night after everyone was settled at home for the night but that just hasn't been happening...I'm too tired. The rest of my day is busy too though so I guess I just need to find a time and do it, huh?

I did, however, make one card with my new Q.T. Hooty set that I got at limeLIGHT. Isn't she the cutest?! I have always wanted this stamp set and just splurged and purchased it the other day. I'm not totally happy with this card, however, due to the flower soft that doesn't really look like a flower. I did decide to post it though so that maybe someone who is familiar with the product will leave me a comment/send me an e-mail with some suggestions. (hint, hint...anyone?) Anyway, I used Retro Prints DCWV as it just seemed fitting with those wonderful retro glasses she has on. I just added some small details that make things fun like gel pen on the glasses and hat band, a Prima flower with pearl in the center and then I love the ribbon from LLPC, too. The green just kicks things up a notch...dontcha think? Oh, and this is the Mojo Monday sketch for this week. And finally, the size of my card is 3"x6". I really love making cards this size and don't know why I don't do it more often...weird!

I have started a class (it meets four times) at our local Care Net (crisis pregnancy center) and had that last night, tonight and next Wens/Thurs as well. I'm not sure exactly what purpose God has for me being there (but it is definitely God ordained that I'm there) but I'm open to learning more about the center and how they help woman of all ages, backgrounds, and situations. Please pray for me during this time so that I may more clearly see what God has in store for me after the training.

I get to go pick up Kyler tomorrow...woot! I have missed him terribly! I'm also going with a friend, tomorrow, to see The Proposal. Looks like a funny movie!

Okay, enough dribble from me. I hope you have a super fantastic day!

My Friend, Jen

Good morning friends! I hope your week is going well! My Bible study group finished up our 10 week study last night. It was a great study by Stormie Omartian based on her book The Power of a Praying Woman. I would highly recommend this book and study to everyone! We are taking a couple of weeks off and then heading into a study by Susanne Scheppmann called Birds In My Mustard Tree, How To Grow Your Faith. Should be another good one!

Today, I want to showcase a gift card holder that my friend Jen made. A couple of weeks back I held a Many Masculine Cards class and in it we made some gift card holders for the men in our lives. She took the ideas home and made a gift card holder from the instructions for her husband's niece. I just had to show you as I love the colors and stamps that she choose AND I love it when my stamp club members/workshop attendees use the ideas for their own purposes! Well, that and I love Jen's creativity and thought you guys would appreciate it too so be sure to visit her blog!

I'm hoping to have some good time to sit down and do some stamping today. I need to get stuff cranked out for next week as it is VBS time at our church and I won't be around much to craft so I need to get some stuff done up ahead of time. Wish me luck!

I hope your day is filled with wonderful things and that you get lots and lots accomplished! Make it a super day!

*It was asked if I could share the pattern for this card and unfortunately I cannot do that. If you'd like to see where I got the idea from you can visit HERE.*

50th Wedding Anniversary

Morning friends! I hope you all had a wonderful start to your week. Kyler got dropped off at camp yesterday and I'm sure he is having a great time. The camp has a super hero theme and what boy doesn't like super heroes? It should be a fun week for him!

On Sunday our dear friends Al and Nancy had their 50th wedding anniversary. What a feat it is to make it to 50 years now a days, huh? I truly look up to this wonderful couple. I know that they have their times, too, but they are what a Christian marriage looks like. I thank God for bringing them into our lives!

As I was making this card for them I wasn't thinking that it should really be gold as that is the "gift" for 50th anniversaries. Ends up I used Summer Sunrise (from PTI) anyway so it kinda looks goldish (right? just go with me on this one!). I can honestly say I have no idea where this paper is from but it had the "look" I was going for...homey and comforting. The bow turned out perfectly (thank you Kristina Werner for having a tutorial on tying bows) if I do say so myself.

Anyway, there you have it. I'm off to get things done today. Have a super day!

Card Deets:
Stamps: Whishing You, PTI
Ink: Summer Sunrise, Ocean Tides, and New Leaf
Cardstock: PTI Vanilla, Ocean Tides, Summer Sun, Patterned (??)
Accessories: Summer Sun Satin Ribbon, Kaisercraft Rhinestones, Nestibilities

Sweet N Sassy Stamps Round Up

Good Monday morning everyone! What a wonderful way to start the day...with the Sweet N Sassy Stamps Round Up!

Today I am featuring the set Gone Buggy. This set, which was previously only available as a digital set, has three cute bugs and five sentiments to compliment the images. It is also part of a new release party that SNSS has going on tonight. It will be at 8 p.m. EST right HERE. Due to the fact that it is at 5 p.m. my time I most likely won't be there. (I'll tell ya why in a sec.) Those parties are always full of fun and chatting so hopefully you'll get a chance to check it out!

Today, I take Kyler to camp. This camp starts at 3 p.m. today and goes until 3 p.m. on Friday. He will be attending with his friend from church that he always has a good time with. If you remember last years fiasco you'll understand when I say he is a little reserved about going but is willing to try. Hopefully the nurse will give him his medicine when he is supposed to have it and he won't get to many bug bites. Anyway, his friends mom and I plan on getting dinner and maybe a little shopping after dropping off the kids so that is the reason I won't be at the release party. I'm more than sure you'll have oodles of fun without me!

Alright...I'm off and about to start my day! I hope you have a wonderful Monday and I'll see ya later!

Card deets:
Stamps: Gone Buggy
Ink: Palette Noir
Cardstock: PTI White, Riding Hood Red, Cherry Hill from October Afternoon
Accessories: SU! Black Gingham Ribbon, Rhinestones

Flag Day

On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress approved the design of a national flag.

Since 1916, when President Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation establishing a national Flag Day on June 14, Americans have commemorated the adoption of the Stars and Stripes by celebrating June 14 as Flag Day. Prior to 1916, many localities and a few states had been celebrating the day for years. Congressional legislation designating that date as the national Flag Day was signed into law by President Harry Truman in 1949; the legislation also called upon the president to issue a flag day proclamation every year.

According to legend, in 1776, George Washington commissioned Philadelphia seamstress Betsy Ross to create a flag for the new nation. Scholars debate this legend, but agree that Mrs. Ross most likely knew Washington and sewed flags. To date, there have been twenty-seven official versions of the flag, but the arrangement of the stars varied according to the flag-makers' preferences until 1912 when President Taft standardized the then-new flag's forty-eight stars into six rows of eight. The forty-nine-star flag (1959-60), as well as the fifty-star flag, also have standardized star patterns. The current version of the flag dates to July 4, 1960, after Hawaii became the fiftieth state on August 21, 1959.

If you've got a flag(and you know you should)...fly it proudly today!