Cards

Hello!!

So glad to have you stop by to visit!!

I have 3 cards to share today!!

Word Art Wednesday

This one was sweet.

The verse was, "I prayed for this

child and the Lord has granted me

what I asked of Him." 1 Samuel 1:27

It is the exact same verse (in a different version)

that we used on our daughter's birth announcement!!

As such, I dug around until I found the

hand print stamps I used for the birth announcement!!
I was so excited to find them and use them on this card!!
It's so hard to remember her being so tiny!! Especially when
I think about how big the stamps were in comparison
to her tiny little hands!! When she was born a quarter
would completely cover her tiny little hand, and my husbands
wedding band was like a bangle bracelet on her wrist!!
Thank you Lord, for the wonderful blessing of my daughter!!

Paper Pretties Wednesday-blue, black and white.

Tuesday Morning Sketches-sketch.

Paper Pretties Monday-Valentine.

I hope that you enjoyed looking at my cards!!

Thanks for stopping and for any words

of kindness you leave behind!!

I hope you have a wonderful,

love filled weekend!!

Until next time..................tootles!!

And the Winner is........

I apologize for being a day late

in announcing the winner of

my Blog-O-Versary blog candy!!

My brother came into town yesterday

so I was slightly side tracked!! :)

So......without further ado....

the WINNER IS.........

VICKI

Congrats Vicki!! I'm so glad to have you visit

and for becoming a follow of my blog!!

Please email your mailing address at

finallymama at hotmail dot com

and I'll get this gift right out to you!!

Thanks to everyone who played along with me!!
I hope that you will come back often to visit!!

Until next time................tootles!!

Pattie's Creations!!

Our theme for Challenge #36 is Embossing.

Miss Pattie's ETSY Shop has a lot of awesome images,

so be sure to stop over there and check it out!!.

Don't forget her freebie's page!! We'd love to see

what you do with one of her images!! Any image
will do, just incorporate embossing into your project!!

The challenge starts now and ends Thursday,

February 10th at 1PM CST.

Also stop by and check out what the very

talented design team has made for the is

fun challenge!!

Here's mine:

I used Miss Pattie's Moon Fairy image.

I embossed the background with tiny stars.

Put the image on pop dots and added stickles!!

Then I added the ribbon and stars to spice it up!!

Also using this card for the challenge at Flutter by Wednesday!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

I hope to see you at Pattie's Creations!!

Until next time...............tootles!!

Cards Again!!

Well, it finally happened. I got bored and

decided to make some cards.

Takes a bit to get back into them!!

How is that you can go about making cards,

make a couple you really like, and then

totally make one that is not at all how you

envisioned it and really just don't like it at all??

Well, I seem to do it regularly!! *L*

Here's what I made:

Stampin' Sisters in Christ-use a heart.

(GREAT devotion there this week!! Be sure to check it out!!)

I Did It Creations-love.

This card is a lift from Nicutopia over at sb dot com.

LOVED it!! I have a few changes, like the clock,

which is from 3tailscraft, that I embossed with brown

embossing powder. I just really like the way this one turned out!!

(It is really cream and burgundy, not sure why it looks so yellow)

Lollipop Crafts-wings. (see the little bees?? aren't they cute?!)

Wednesday Word Art-word art.

Gem of a Challenge-sketch.

Card Patterns-sketch.

Our Daily Bread Designs-sketch.

Crafty Catz-buttons and bows.

That's all for now!! Thanks so much for

stopping by!! Love to have you visit!!

Don't forget the blog candy

I'm offering in celebration of my

2 year Blog-o-versary!!

Be sure to leave a comment on the post

Blog Anniversary for a chance to win this *Blog Candy*!!

Hope you'll visit again soon!!

Until next time...............tootles!!

Old vs. New

Since I'm celebrating my 2 year

blog-o-versary this week, I thought

I'd re-visit a post I made 2 years ago today!!

Organization!!

I love being organized!!

I'm ALWAYS looking for efficient, in arms reach,

in a small space, solutions!!

Wow, that was a mouth full!!

I was looking back at some of my first posts

ever and saw this one: Scrap Space!!

I thought not much had really changed here

in my studio, but upon further looking,

there are a few things added.

This is what it looks like today:

This a pretty good overview!!

I'm currently looking for new storage that

will bring the plastic boxes down to a level

that I can reach them!! I'm short and have a

hard enough time just getting the bottom ones down!!

This is my paper storage. Well, 95% of it!!

There is actually 4 plastic bins on the middle shelf.

Then the 4 - 12x12 bins on the bottom.

Above that is more paper.

As you can see, I have a serious paper problem!!

These upper shelves have been put up since the last post!!

I LOVE them!! They are shallow and hold flowers,

buttons, glimmer mist, and few other important things.

Between the shelves on the wall and the shelves on the

floor, is my fabulous salvation army find!! 3 bucks.

It holds my inks and embossing powders!! LOVE it!!

The bottom sets of drawers hold a variety of things...

adhesive, punches, lettering, journaling spots, ect.

I love that most everything is just an arms lengths away!!

As I said, I'm always looking for awesome

new storage idea's!! I hope to sort out the plastic

box issue soon!! I am also working on a good way

to store my spellbinders dies!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking

this little old vs. new journey with me!!

If you have any idea's or suggestions for me...

PLEASE share!! Thank you!!

Until next time...........tootles!!

Stampn' Sisters in Christ

I have just the one challenge card

to share today!! It's for

Stampin' Sisters in Christ!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!
Be sure to check out the post below,

and sign up for the blog candy I'm giving

away to celebrate my blog-o-versary!!

I hope you have a wonderful,

love filled week!!

Until next time.................tootles!!

*Blog Candy*

As promised,

pictures of the blog candy I'm offering

in celebration of my Blog Anniversary!!

To be entered in the drawing,

simply leave me a comment on the post:

Blog Anniversary!!

Here's the prize:

I will draw a winner in a week!!

Thanks for visiting!!

Until next time................tootles!!

Blog Anniversary!!

Hellllloooooo everyone!!

I hope there are still a few people hanging

around here from time to time!!

Today my blog is 2 years old!!

WOW!! I even impress myself for sticking

to it for so long!! I have really enjoyed

doing this!!

Like last year, I thought I'd give my stats since starting:

Blog hits: 10,794 (WOW, hard to believe!!)

Posts I made last year: 168 all time: 235

I now have 98 followers!! (woo-hoo!! Thank you!!)

and 1772 comments posted!! WOW!!

Those are awesome stats!!

THANK YOU!!!

Without you none of this would exists!!

I have been so blessed by the comments and

sweet things you have said!!

THANK YOU!!

To celebrate, I would like to give away

some blog candy!! I have some great things to give away!!

I haven't got it all together yet to get a pix,

but I promise to post the prize in a day or two!!

All you have to do to enter is leave me a comment on this post

and I'll throw your name in the hat!! If you're not a follower, I'd

love to have you become one and visit often!! I'll even throw

your name in the hat an extra time if you join!!
I'll draw a winner one week from today!!
Invite your friends!! Everyone's welcome!!

Thanks for sticking with me!!

I hope that you have a wonderful, love filled day!!

Until next time................tootles!!

Sketchabilities

Hello everyone!!

I've been slow posting this month, I know!!
I just haven't been able to get

myself into the card challenges since

the Christmas break. I'm thinking of

only doing a few of my favorites

from time to time, but we'll see how that works out!!

I'm still really into doing layouts right now!!

I haven't found a lot of challenges for them, however.

If you know of any good ones, please pass 

them on to me!! Thanks!!

This one is for Sketchabilities!! Great sketch.

I really enjoyed making this and the outcome 

was even better than I expected!! 

The papers are DCWV fresh florals.

I made the flowers.

The birdcage was cut on my cricut using SCAL.

The bird bling is prima.

I did this one for the 2 photo challenge

over at SB dot com. This one came out great!!

It's all mine...no sketch or anything!!

So proud of me!!

I used my grand calibur for the banner and fence.

The papers are DCWV trade winds and textures.

The embossed butterfly and key in the corners were

printed on the paper already.

I used a MS punch for the little butterflies, and

a fiskers butterfly punch for tiny ones on the fence.

I used a teeny, tiny flower punch for the flowers on the fence.



That's all for now.

Thanks bunches for stopping by!!

I hope you have a wonderful,

love filled week!!

Until next time...........tootles!!

Pattie's Creations!!

Happy New Year and welcome back to our challenges!

Our theme for Challenge #35 is FANCY FOLDS.

Some examples are Step-cards, Tri-fold, Gatefold, Easel cards etc..

Stop on over to Pattie's ETSY Shop and have a look at her images.

New ones are being added all the time!! 

And don't forget to check out the Freebies!!

The challenge starts now and ends

Thursday, January 26th at 1PM CST.

Be sure to stop by Pattie's and see all the great

Fancy Folds the DT has worked up!!

Then I hope you'll be inspired and join us

in the fun challenge!!

Here's my design!!

 I used Miss Pattie's fabulous bird house image!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!
I hope to see you at Pattie's Creations!!

Have a wonderful, love filled day!!

Layout Challenges!!

Hello!! I sure hope everyone has

had a wonderful start to 2012!!

I have 2 layouts to share with you today!!

This layout is for the One Pix Challenge

over at SB dot com.

The floursishes, leaves, and butterflies

are all from the lovely Faye, at

3tailscraft. Thank you Faye!!

This one is for the challenge over at

Sketchabilities!!

Thanks bunches for stopping by!!

Have a wonderful, love filled week!!

Until next time................tootles!!

A Sweet Layout

Hello!!

Thanks bunches for stopping by!!

Just thought I'd share this LO

I did of my DD from Christmas Eve.

We always go to Gram and Opop's

to open gifts from them to us and from us

to them!! It's a wonderful tradition!!

This was her BIG gift from them this year!!

This is my entry for the Multi Pix Challenge

at SB dot com.

Thanks again for stopping by!!

Until next time................tootles!!

Happy New Year!!

 

I pray that each of you have a wonderful,

 love filled year, full of happiness,

good health and plenty of blessing !!

Happy New Year!!

Until next time......................tootles!!