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I thought you guys might enjoy this song by Jeremy Camp. It is called You Never Let Go. Have a wonderful day!

Scott's Birthday Card

Happy Friday friends! I hope you've had a wonderful week. I'm sure you are ready for the weekend like I am!

Today's card is actually Scott's birthday card and yes, there is a story behind this type of image. When in high school Scott was the judge in the musical Trial By Jury (and hilarious in it I must say). Also, when asked what he wanted for his 18th birthday he said..."a duck." So, I bought a whole bunch of those little ducks from Oriental Trading and had them out for his party and yes, he had friends here for his party...lol! When I saw this stamp at Stamp and Create's store I knew I had to have. Oh, have I mentioned that Stamp and Create is this months sponsor for the Critter Sketch Challenge Blog? Yep, they are and I have a super cute card for you on Monday but in the meantime you should go check out Stamp and Create. They have an incredible selection of stamps and a great clearance section!

No frills on this card as it is for a boy ya know. I did use the sketch from Taylored Expressions again...it just fit the image so well. And I can also enter this for the Paper Sundaes Challenge for this week which is to make a card for a boy. And I just realized this would work for the free for all challenge on Wee Memories this week...yay!

Oh, I forgot to tell you that on the inside it says "A Happy Birthday." A simple but perfectly suited card...love it when that works out!

So...I hope you all have a wonderful

It's a birthday!

Warning...this is a non-stamping related post! Since I've talked on and on about Jon and Kyler I thought that I should give equal time to my oldest son, Scott, too and what better day then his birthday?

Today, 23 years ago I gave birth to my first son. I know...can you believe it? 23 years (it is also how I keep track of how long I've been out of high school...lol! Ahh...lessons learned)! I wanted to show you a photo of him as a baby but those photos are not on my computer so this photo of him on what I believe was his first day of college will have to do. Besides I think a baby photo might have been a bit embarrassing for him.

My Scott has an incredible sense of humor, love for his family and friends, and dedication to his country...among other things. He is currently finishing up a double major in Poly Sci and History and he'd like to work somewhere in the political arena. Unlike most of us he has enjoyed this last political season and frankly I called him to ask him what the heck a couple of things meant when trying to figure out who/what to vote for. I respect his opinion and knowledge and love talking with him.

So, with that I want to wish Scott a . We'll see ya tonight for dinner!

Happy Flower

Wow, it is Wednesday already. Can you believe it? Next thing you know it will be Thanksgiving and then Christ...never mind, I'm not going to type it. I plan on making a bunch of my gifts this year and need to get moving on it so if I ignore it the date will go away, right?

Anyway, today's card is an interesting one. First of all it is HUGE a whopping 6"x6". That is not a size that I would usually make but since I used my Cricut with my Sure Cuts A Lot and a SVG pattern from My Scrap Chick. With only a few cuts this one was easy to cut and put together...I love that! I did decide that it needed a sentiment though so I inked up my stamp then thought I should use my stamp a ma jig. In the process of putting my stamp down it fell out of my hand and landed on the flower...nice huh? Sheesh. If you look at it close you can see where I dropped it. Silly thing! Guess what though? I'm sending it the way it is as I know it will be appreciated. Now I'm having a hard time resizing the envelope SVG that I have to fit this card but I'll get it!

And, I'm sure you've noticed my new blog look. While I liked the other one I really like the caricatures that I've been seeing and this new look has a lot of elements of my actual craft room so it is so fun. Do you see my diamond earring? Yep, that is so me too...the only thing I wear is my diamond earrings.

Anyway, have a super Wednesday! Hope you get your entire to-do list done today!

Going Grey with Scrap- Creations

Well, hello there friends! Welcome to another week of the Going Grey with Scrap-Creations challenge. This week's challenge is a technique challenge. Choose a technique, make a card (or what not) and then link it up for your chance to win....a year subscription to the Through The Craft Room Door magazine! Pretty cool prize huh?

Now, about my card. The technique I used is the Grid Technique and can be found on SCS HERE. It didn't turn out the exact way it is supposed to but I still love it! Believe it or not just about everything used to make this card is from Stampin' Up! Let's see the only thing that is not is the music sheet background stamp which is from the now closed shop, Cornish Heritage Farms and then the Tim Holtz distress ink that is used on that same piece of cardstock. Well, that and I used Copic markers to color the main image.

I was having one of those weird days in my craft room where the sun was really bright so I'm afraid you can't see the sentiment too clearly but I hope you get the idea. Oh, and the sketch is this week's Taylored Expressions sketch, this also will work for the Wild Orchid Challenge for this week which is Classic Christmas, as well as Stamp and Create's challenge which is Tis the Season.

Alright, I know you'll want to check out what everyone else did so make sure you check out their blogs from my side bar to the right. Don't forget to create your card and link it to Kristen's blog HERE for a change to win that magazine subscription!

Have a wonderful day everyone!

Turkey Pumpkin

Or Pumpkin Turkey? Which one do you think this image is? Either way it is cute isn't it? That image is from the new Verve set called Bountiful Harvest. The sentiment is from that set too...so pretty!

This card was made for the limeLIGHT Papercrafts sketch challenge from this last week. I wanted to be sure I got in for the challenge so I posted it on SCS yesterday and am showing it to you guys today. It has been forever since I've been able to play along with LLPC sketch challenges so it was really fun to be able to do it today!

Incredibly enough there are only 3 days until my oldest son's 23rd birthday. I know...I can hardly believe he'll be 23, too! He usually asks for me to make roast and a couple of years I've totally flubbed it up but since I found Pioneer Woman's recipe for roast I've not had a problem and it is SO good! I'm looking forward to Thursday!

Well, not much chatter from me today. I hope your weekend was wonderful and that you have a great day today!