Seize the Birthday Challenge Anything Goes - Addy's Birthday

Hello Delightful Friends and Family!

Here is my granddaughter Addy's birthday card, cannot believe she is 7 years old already!!
I am entering this card at Seize the Birthday -Anything Goes (as long as it's a birthday!) the birthday sentiment is on the inside.  It's been ages since I've played along in this challenge blog.

 Ingredients: Stamp (Sherri Baldy - Flower Petal Bestie); Sentiment (MFT) Oval Cross Stitched Die (Cottage Cutz); Colored with Copics; Pattern paper (Basic Grey)

Celebrating her birthday at the Cupcake shop!

Riley Ann, Jake, Addy and Tucker Lynn, (all the grandkids!)

Thanks for visiting!  Have a great week.

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen   Ephesians 3:20-21

Showered with Love Card and a Little Baseball, too!

Hello Delightful friends and family,

Hope this finds you all well.  Sure glad I was able to stay in and have a day off from watching the little ones play baseball.  Not that I mind going to their games at all but it is so windy and cold even though it looks like such a nice day with the sun shining so brightly!  Thankful I had a blanket in the car to take to the game on Tuesday evening.  Brrrr!
(I do have a card to share but had to share the grandkids playing ball first! )

Even Princess Riley (age 7) had a jacket on over her uniform.  

All ready at 3rd base!

 Princess Addy is ready at 2nd base! To be honest the picture before this one she was playing in the dirt.  

 

Jakob (age 8) all ready to hit the ball (and he did!)

Here is the card (finally!): 

I made this for my daughter-in-law who needed a card for a baby shower she was attending.

I've used the Taylored Expressions Hello Baby Stamp & die combo. I love all the little elements for the "mobile" each is a die included with the set. I've added Glossy Accents to each of them.   I stamped the pink cloud with Versamark Ink and heat emboss with white embossing powder.  The sentiment and stitched lines were stamped with Avery Elle pigment ink (Raspberry) and then heat embossed with the clear embossing powder (Wow! ...that's the brand but it is pretty incredible!!!).  I love the stitched scallop border from Lawn Fawn and I've used the Echo Park Dots and Stripes 6x6 pad and the Bundle of Joy - A New Addition Girl 6x6 paper pad.

I almost forgot the cloudy background, I used Distress Ink (Salty Ocean) and with the Rolling Clouds Build A Scene die (Taylored Expressions) I cut a template and used it to make the clouds, it's really faint but it's there!  

I will be sharing this at Word Art Wednesday #180 Anything Goes 

Thanks for visiting, enjoy the rest of your week!

"These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” John 16:33

Happy Birthday Princess Tucker Lynn!

Hello Delightful friends and family!  

We are celebrating our youngest granddaughter's birthday Monday.  Can't believe she is already turning 3 years old!  I just had to make this "art-themed" birthday card for her.  She loves to draw - on EVERYTHING!!  You should see her eyes light up when she has a marker in hand!  Anyway, when we got this stamp in the store, I just knew it would be perfect considering the gift we are giving her: a pint-size art center!

Here is Princess Tucker Lynn, I took this picture last week and it's sooo her!  

That look on her face is the one she get when she has a marker in her hand (ha!)

Here are the ingredients to the card:

Stamps: La-La Crafts: Artist Marci; Taylored Expressions: Bikes and Trikes (sentiment)

Designer Paper: Carta Bella, Giddy Up Collection

Card Stock: Bazzill and Neenah

Dies: Spellbinders, Nestabilities; 

Punches: Ek Success: Round Binding Edge, Scallop Diamond

Ink: Memento, Tuxedo Black

Copic Markers

Ribbon, Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients

I'm entering this card in Seize The Birthday (STB: Anything Goes)

and this is my second card for Sister Act Card Challenge #31

Thanks for visiting!! 

 Have a great week and I'll be back on Wednesday with a fun project and a delightful announcement.

Make a joyful shout to the LORD, all you lands!  Serve the LORD with gladness; Come before His presence with singing.  Know that the LORD, He is God;  It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves, We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.  Psalm 100:1-3

Autumn-themed card - And a Trip to the Pumpkin Patch

Hello Delightful Friends and Family!

Wow, another week has flown by and it's already late Wednesday evening so another week is half over.  I am learning to be thankful for everyday because this life is so fragile.  The verse on the card says "Give thanks to the Lord for He is good; His love endures forever" and that's what I'm doing: Giving thanks in the midst of this busyness!  When I'm thankful to Him, I find a peace and even a rest within that God is so faithful to provide. He is so good!

This first card is a Clean and Simple design that was so quick to put together.  It's one layer, one stencil (Stampers Anonymous, Layered Tree), one stamp (Taylored Expressions) and two inks (Distress Ink, Bundled Sage and Memento, Rich Cocoa).  Fast, fast, fast!  The second card is the same basic card but "dressed up" a bit. 

I'm entering the 2nd card in two challenges:

Word Art Wednesday (Anything Goes #103)

Chocolate, Coffee & Card Challenge (Autumn - not Halloween #50)

 I've stenciled the leaves with 2 colors (Bundled Sage and Wild Honey) and used those same colors to sponge around the edges.

Inside of the 2nd card (you can really see the natural fibers on the inside, but the picture doesn't do this justice)

Both cards have the same base and it came from the lss, it comes in a package of pre-cut card stock (A-2 size, desert storm color with lots of natural fibers throughout) with matching envelopes. 

Here are the ingredients I've used:

Stencil: Studio 490 Layered Tree (Wendy Vecchi - Stampers Anonymous)

Stamp: Taylored Expressions, Thankful set and Falling For You)

Inks: Distress Inks, Bundled Sage and Wild Honey; Memento, Rich Cocoa

Card Stock: Bazzill 

Copics (to color the wing and beak of the bird)

Button: Favorite Findings (Nature)

I cut the small green flags from the matching green card stock.

Here are some little ones that I'm thankful for!

Pictures of the kiddo's at the Pumpkin Patch last Saturday:

Jake(6), Riley(5), Addy(4) getting ready for the hayride to begin.

Tucker (almost 3) found a big one!  Poppa can you carry it for me? PLEASE???

Here are some good ones!

Riley is one strong little girl!

Teamwork!

The cousins having some fun trying to roll the "big one" to the haywagon.

This is the one I want.

Posing for Grammie

Thanks for visiting!!  Enjoy your week.

Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; His understanding is beyond measure.  Psalm 147:5

Happy Birthday Sweet and Sassy, Addy!

Hello Delightful friends and family!  Wow it's been over a month of lots of activities that kept me out of the craft room and away from my blog.  But with my little granddaughter turning four (Addy) I of course had to make her a card.  This  was inspired by the Wednesday sketch challenge at the MFT blog (MFTWSC127 ).  I didn't make the deadline to post today but that's okay, but I still want to give credit for the the great sketch inspiration. 

We had Addy's party on Saturday (however, her birthday is today) so I thought it would be fun to share some of the pictures.

Here is the card I made her.  Love the Pure Innocence stamp set.  It fits little Miss Addy-tude to a "t".  I've colored the image with Copic Markers and paper pieced her outfit. At the end of this post has the rest of the "ingredients."

WHEEEE!!!

Addy told us that she wanted a Fishing rod for her birthday so guess what?  She got a fishing rod plus a tackle box, flotation vest, hat and of course some gummy worms for....bait! ha!

She blew out her candles, no problem!

Here she is all happy and ready to head to the river or lagoon for some fishin' time with Poppa!  They are making plans to go very soon!!

 Sassy & Sweet Card:  Stamp Set, My Favorite Things (Feeling Sassy);
Bazzill card stock, Designer Paper: Echo Park Sweet Girl 6x6 pack; Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa and Distress Ink, Worn lipstick. Spellbinders Nestabilities Circle and Scallop Circle; MFT Die-Namics, Fish Tail Stax Die, Cuttlebug and Embossing folder and lots of Copic Markers to color!

Thanks for looking, hopefully it won't be a month inbetween posts!  I've missed you all!


A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.  Proverbs 18:24

Our Sassy Pant's Birthday! ( MFTWSC96)

Hello Delightful friends and family!

We celebrated our youngest granddaughter's birthday on Saturday, can hardly believe that she is already two years old! Today is her actually birthdate.

Here is the card I made for her.  I followed the MFTWSC#96 challenge this week and HERE is the link for more information.

 

Stamp: My Favorite Things Pure Innocence: Cute-a-Tude and Pennant A La Carte (Taylored Expressions)

Inside I used the same stamp set from MFT and also a Hero Arts (Sending Smile set) Happy Birthday sentiment.

Ingredients:  Paper - Echo Park Everyday Eclectic and Prima Doodle Deux collection (dress); Bazzill card stock; Inks: Memento tuxedo black; Distress ink worn lipstick; Ranger Liquid Pearls; MME Indie Twine; American Crafts ribbon; EK Success Round binding edge; Copics: E000, E11, E13, E79; R11, RV34, Y00, Y11, Y21. Spellbinder Scallop Circle Nestie and Cuttlebug.

Here is the birthday girl!

Thanks for looking and Happy Birthday sweet Tucker Lynn!

For you need endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.  Hebrews 10:36

Pumpkin Patch -Digital Scrapbook layouts, too!

Hello Delightful friends and family,

Well you must know that I've got to show off the grandkids ever so often.  Today we had an adventure at the pumpkin patch so here are just a few (considering I took about 175 pictures!) of the photos I took today.  Let me tell you they were not very cooperative so I had to be a bit sneaky and take them from afar!

 

   Princess Tucker found a big one! (I did a couple of digi layouts of her at the end of this post!)

Prince Jakob (aka Hawk - he watched the Avengers with his dad the other night) was intrigued by the white pumpkins.

 

 He and Princess Riley had to examine them a little closer.

 

Princess Addy-tude frowned all day at me when she caught me pointing the camera her way!

 

Princess Riley posed for me! (finally some cooperation from one of the girls!)

 

 

 Princess Tucker jumping off the hay bales into Poppa's arms.

 

I've used digi supplies from Shabby Princess and Publisher 10 to do the layouts.  They are pretty simple if I compare them to what I see around blogland but that's okay.  I have 4 kiddos I'm scrappin' for so sometimes less is more for me, kwim?!

 

Well, thanks for visiting!  Enjoy the rest of the weekend, I'm off to my craft table to get busy with some projects I've started. 

 

And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.  Colossians 3:17

 

 

Sweet - Twisted Pixel Challenge Sept 2012

Hello Delightful Friends and Family!

Another layout!  This is of the youngest of our granddaughters.  This is Tucker Lynn at 2 months old.

This layout was done with the Sugar and Spice Kit and Alphas by Isabel Mendez of Crisdam Designs.  I'm hoping to enter it in the Twisted Pixels Challenge for September (as soon as I'm approved to post on their forum!) Here is the sketch from Gotta Pixel plus there were some added "must haves" included with the challenge: polka dot paper, an arrow, journaling card, cluster of flowers, and ribbons or string.

  

Here are two updated pictures of Tucker Lynn at 22 months old! Look at those mischievious dark brown eyes, gorgeous! AND she does not like to be still so I can take her picture! She loves to explore and get into EVERYTHING!! Good thing my house is pretty much childproof. I took these pictures last week.  So you can see I'm really behind in my scrapbooking!

She looks so serious!

Thanks for looking! Have a great week.

Oh give thanks to the LORD!  Make known His deeds among the peoples!  Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him; Talk of all His wondrous works!  Psalm 105:1-2