Smile!

I had a little extra time last night and I threw this card together. I just got this bella stamp a few weeks ago, and I have been wanting to work with it. The card base and background paper is from the Life Delights paper packet from Close to my Heart. This ribbon is random from my sack of ribbons. The sentiment is also from CTMH-Playful Petals, and we all know the stamp is Huggiebella from StampinBella. Hope you enjoy!!

High Hopes Stamps

I saw this stamp while blogging the other day and fell in love with it. The company is High Hopes http://www.highhopesstamps.com/ and their products are precious. They have some really cute Christmas stamps.

Everything on this card is from my scrap stash. The sentiment is also from High Hopes.

Another week has come to a close. Can you believe it is only 59 days until Christmas? This year seems to fly. Hope everyone has had a great week and have big plans for the weekend. I am on call all weekend, and we are supposed to go to two costume parties tomorrow. I am not real sure we will make anything due to work. Tonight is the last home football game. I traded out with one of my good friends--if she will take my little one and hers to the game (she was already going for her older kids) I would let them spend the night here. DEAL!!!! I really cannot take a chance of getting caught in the traffic if I have to go in the hospital, so I try not to go to ballgames on those nights. Better go and get them ready for the game. Have a nice and safe weekend! God bless ya'll!!

Sockafellabella

This is going out in the mail tomorrow as a RAK. The stamp is sockafellabella and it is paper pierced with some random paper scraps I had. The brads are from my stash---have no idea where they came from and so is the ribbon. The leaves in the stocking are covered with green glitter from CTMH and the holly bolls are mini pom poms. The card stock and background paper is from CTMH and the sentiment stamp is something I got this week from The Cat's Pajamas http://www.thecatspajamasrs.com/ Really cute stamps!! Take a look if you haven't been there before. I used my snowflake cuttlebug embossing folder for the cardstock under the stmped image.

Wow!! I heard from Kristine today at PaperPretties yahoo group and I won this weeks sewing challenge. I am having so much fun with these challenges. The post prior to this one has the card I submitted. Every Monday they give out a challenge and you have until Sunday to submit it. This coming Monday they are having a Stampin in Your Jammies on the yahoo group. I have never been involved in one of these, but everything I read sounds like they have a great time. Mondays are kind of bad for me sometimes due to time, homework, soccer, and work, but I am really going to try and be involved. I will let you know how it turns out.

Ok, I hardly ever get into politics or controversial issues on here, BUT-------
The World Series is another story. GO BOSTON REDSOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's it. Time to go watch the game. God bless ya'll!!!

Weekly challenge card--Sewing

I did this card for the weekly challenge on Paper Pretties. This week it was a sew challenge. This card stock and background paper are from a kit I have had for some time. The ribbon is from my stash. The stamps are: the girls are from My Favorite Things--Think Pink; the sentiment is from Celebrate Life from CTMH; and the faux stitchings are from Simple Stitches by CTMH. I took my corner rounder and scalloped the edges of the under layer cardstock. Again as usual the clothes on the girls are paper pierced. I just cannot color lately.

We have had a great week and I hope you have also. Oldest son had a mid term and another huge test this week at Mississippi State--2nd highest grade on both tests. YOU GO BOY!!!! Has just about decided to finish in May instead of graduate in December. This way he will have two degrees--one in marketing and one in real estate. They had a tornado this week right off campus. Thank God I did not know until it was all over. He was at his house and they sent out a code maroon to all students--this means if you are in class stay there; if you are on campus get to a safe shelter, and if you are off campus stay put. No one was hurt, what a blessing!! Daughter had her first real patient in clinical. She really had a great time and apparently did real well. Her mid term grades are good also. Unfortunately over half of her class is on academic probation. Her friends that are in class with her are also doing well, but one is on probation. She has started studying with Carre to hopefully help her understand better. Last, but not least little buddie had straight A's on his report card. I am so proud of all my children!! I have never really had to worry about their grades. Sometimes if they were not good, they would double up and do great the next time.

Wishing all a blessed week and please continue to pray for our troops and there families. Remember all those affected by breast cancer and put them in your prayers also. May God bless ya'll!!!

Breast Cancer Awareness Card

This is a card I did for Breast Cancer Awareness. I just got this stamp set last week. I just love these stamps!! The stamp and saying are from My Favorite Things. The card stock is CTMH and the background paper is from Junkitz the Shabby Chic Collection. The ric rac ribbon is from my stash---could not even begin to remember where that came from. The brads are the large ones from CTMH. The pink ribbons are stamps from the set and I put Crystal Effects on them so the would look like real pins. It is hard to tell in the pic, but they look like pins. They are pop dotted. I hope all have taken care of themselves and gotten your mammograms or had your breast exams this month. I had to cancel mine due to work, but I rescheduled today. This is very important gals!! The only way to beat this thing is to ban together and fight!!! Take care and God bless ya'll!!!

Prayers Needed

My daughter just called me and we need extra prayers. My older kids grandmother had surgery last week and she is not doing good. She had hiatal hernia surgery 1 week ago today. My ex-husband told me last week the doctor said he had done 400 of these and this was the worst one he had ever done. They tried to give her a sip of some fluids today to see how she did with the swallowing and the fluid leaked into her chest. This has been the worry the entire time because her stomach lining is so thin, they do not know if it will heal. They are going to try again in a few days and if it continues to leak they are going to have to go back in and repeat the surgery and try to fix what they could not last time. She is a great lady and we really need your prayers. Thank you and God bless ya'll!!!

I Won!!!

I am so excited. I won the weekly challenge at Paper Pretties!! I have so many nice comments sent my way today. I came home from an ok day at work. I was looking for something in the snail mail that did not come, but when I checked my email----there it was---the congratulation mail from Paper Pretties, followed by lots of congratulations from members. A great way to make an ok day fabulous!

I thought I would post something a little different tonight. These are some tags I made several years ago for a family swap I was in. This was the Grandmother part. The saying on the small one is "Grandmas are moms with lots of frosting" and the saying on the big one is "It is such a grand thing to be a mother to a mother...that's why the world calls her Grandmother". Found these this weekend while cleaning up.