Showing Some Gratitude

Hello my dear delightful friends and family!

Can you believe it's already the middle of October, NO WAY!! It just can't be, but the calendar doesn't lie! And it's been over a week since I've posted! Good grief, I've been a slacker! How many days until Christmas?? There are so many things I want to make and the time is getting away from me!!

I guess I've been a bit on the busy side with family and church so I've not been too crafty here of late. Well, I have been, just perhaps not taking the time to post due to time management! And now I've got a whopper of a cold which I really don't have time for! Trusting the Lord to heal my throat before Sunday.

I've had an exhausting week but a blessed one too! My dear friend Abby sent me a CARE package full of delightful crafty odds and ends for cardmaking and scrapbooking. And a beautiful tag that I'll be putting in my Bible to keep my place in the Gospel of John which we are studying at Christian Paper Crafts. The verse on the tag is from Psalm 46:10 "Be Still and know that I am God." God certainly has been speaking to my heart and continues to prove Himself faithful, what a blessing it is to serve Him. THANK YOU ABBY!! You just don't realize the encouragement I feel knowing people are praying for me.

Well here is the color and sketch challenges this week at Christian Paper Crafts! I managed to combine the two in one card (is that great time management or what?!)

CPC Color Monday#78 Inspiration

Sketch Tuesday #78 at Christian Paper Crafts

Here is my list of ingredients:

Designer Paper, Cream card stock and ribbon is from Taylored Expressions Key Ingredient Sept. kit (Crate Paper, Restoration) Card stock, Bazzill; Stamp: Inkadinkadoo, Filligree Fall set; Ink: Memento, rich cocoa; EK Success corner rounder; Copics: E19, E97, R59, YR18, YR23, Y17, YG67

Thanks for looking! Have a delightful weekend and God bless!

For my Sew Crafty Friends!

Good Morning!

Hope all my crafty Delightful friends and family had a great weekend! My family is very excited our fav team has made the playoffs! Go Giants!! Whoo-hoo!! I know that has nothing to do with paper crafts but I just had to give them a shout out!!

Here is my card for Fun on Friday (#73 using bling) thanks for the fun challenge Jonia!! AND Color Monday (#76) from last week (blue and brown) thanks Miss Boo! I've been having problems uploading my card at Christian Paper Crafts because we've changed servers and the "bugs" are being worked out in the gallery. Well, I need to get to work so following the card are the ingredients! Have a fantastic Monday!!

Ingredients: Designer Paper: DCWV, Linen Closet; Cardstock: SU! and Neenah bright white (for image and sentiment); Stamp: Unity Stamp Co, Sew Crafty; Ink: Memento, rich cocoa; Buttons, Basic Grey; Ric Rak, Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients kit; Rhinestones, Queen & Co; Copics: E00, E33, Y11, B12, B52, W1; Tattered Angels Glimmer Glam, Espresso Bean; Spellbinders Nestabilities label Six.

Thanks for looking!!

Sugar 'n Spice and don't forget the Puppy dog tails!

I've been scrapbooking pictures that have been older photos of the grandbabies. So I thought I'd post some current pics. This was taken yesterday of the three. Can you believe it, they sat still for a photo, of course Poppa was behind me making faces at them!

Jakob (age 3-1/2 )

Riley Ann (2-1/2 yrs)

Addy (15 months)

Yes, they are a D-E-L-I-G-H-T! And yes, I'm a proud G-R-A-M-M-I-E! And we are expecting another granddaughter early November and we are very excited!

Blog Candy Info for a Worthy Cause: HEART TO HEART

Good Morning and welcome to Delightful Details!

At the end of this post is a card that I will be sending:

To the Staff at the Artman Home
250 N. Bethlehem Pike
Ambler, PA 19002

It's for a very worth cause bringing attention to those who are so faithful in caring for those afflicted with Alzheimer's. The Alzheimer’s Association does a great job and finding way to fund raise for research and to spread the word about the disease and how widespread it has become. This card drive is an effort to thank the silent victims---those who work every day so that someone they love (and sometimes someone they don’t even know well) can survive another one. I hope you will participate in this card drive to help a whole bunch of caregivers feel appreciated for all that they do.

The details:ONE LUCKY PERSON WILL WIN an ESTIMATED $1,000 in prizes PLUS ALL THE AMAZING HANDMADE GIFTS AND CARDS!!!!!!

To see all the complete details visit CAMMIE' S BLOG

You will be amazed at all the sponsors for this blog candy. Just to name drop a few:

Gina K Designs, Taylored Expressions, Paper Craft Magazine, Verve, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps, Stamping Bella, Spellbinders... the list is huge! Some individuals sharing their talents are: Theresa Momber, Jessica Fick, Dawn Lusk, Belinda Langler... the list goes on of very talented paper crafters!

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My card is inspired by the Sketch Tuesday Challenge at CHRISTIAN PAPER CRAFTS (thanks Jennipher for another wonderful sketch this week!)

Here are the details:

Basic Grey designer paper (Max and Whiskers), Bazzill cardstock, Neenah white cardstock, Inkadinkadoo stamp(Filigree Fall), Memento ink (rich cocoa), Adirondack dimensional pearls (terra cotta); Punches: EK Success corner rounder, Marvy Uchida small blossom; Embossing folder: Victoria, Cuttlebug

Fall Colors, masking technique

Happy Saturday to you!! Welcome back Delightful friends and family!!

I'm on a roll, three layouts in the month of September (whoo-hoo!!) AND they are of each grandchild, no favorites shown here!! :-) I'd best get busy because another one is due the first week of November!

This layout is for the challenge at Christian Paper Crafts by the Scrapbook Specialists. Each month will be a different technique to try. This month is MASKING. So I punched out some leaves (embossed leaf punch made by Marvy Uchida) and "masked away" using a Adirondack Dabber (Hazelnut) and a paint brush to blend a bit making the bottom border of my layout. Then I added the buttons (Foof a La Bag of Buttons) in a sequence to give the border more of a finished look, I've strung them using hemp cording (Darice). The Designer Paper is from BoBunny called "U Bug Me Dot" and the cardstock is either Bazzill or Paper Accents (or both!)

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The Alphas are by The Dream Street Papers Company

Close up of the border and also I've handwritten (Zig black pen) the journaling because I think it personalizes it - I don't always do this but probably 90% of the time I do. I love seeing my grandmothers handwriting so I think it will make it special in the future. The metal leaf brads I've had for a while and I'm sorry I'm not sure who made them.

Well, I think that's it for the day. I hope you have a wonderful weekend. Please remember the Lord's Day and spend some time enjoying the fellowship with other believers as you worship the King of kings and take time to love the Lord with all your heart!! To God be all the glory!

Thanks for stopping by and I love reading your delightful comments!

Fashionably Late!

Hello Delightful friends!

Yes, I'm late in posting a couple of challenges but my new stamp is a fun Apple Doodle Ink line called Fashionably Late from Taylored Expressions. Don't you think this "little" lady is just the cutest?!! Now she is far from being a Diva and don't get mad at me, but she looks a lot like a few elderly church ladies that I've known! (Yikes, no offence to anyone and the ones I'm thinking of have passed on) I definitely have plans to update her look!! Okay... back to the challenges: Christian Paper Crafts
Color Monday (Red, Brown, Yellow, white or black) and our Sketch Tuesday (below)

CPC-CM75 and CPC-ST75

Inside sentiment

Here are some details about the card:

LOTS of paper piecing! Oh my goodness, that was challenging but fun too.

Designer Paper: Echo Park (Walk in the Park and the TE Key Ingredients); Bazzill cardstock and DCWV cardstock stack - Pastel; Ink: Palette, black (sentiment) & Distress Ink, aged mahogany (for blending around the edges of yellow cardstock); Spellbinders, Nestabilities scallop circles; Cuttlebug, Embossing folder (stitching border); Marvy Uchida small scallop circle punch & EK Success flower punch; Pearls, ColorStories; Sunflower brad (stash) COPICS: W1, E33, R20, R29, R37, Y11, YR23; Glam, Tattered Angels - Espresso Bean (for shoes) the picture doesn't show that they are shiny brown because of the camera flash.

Stay tuned for our BIBLE VERSE THURSDAY coming soon!! Have a great day!!

Play Date Cafe #47

If you are looking for the Blast From the Past (Taylored Expressions Blog Hop) please scroll down!

Hello Delightful friends and family! Here is another color challenge from the Play Date Cafe ladies. Boy was this a challenge!!! It took me quite a while to figure out how to incorporate these colors into a card, but I persevered and had some fun and did it! Hope you like it - it is definitely, well let's say vibrant in it's colors! (btw, I loved this inspiration picture, don't you?) Ok, got to hurry up, dh is waiting so following the card will be the list of ingredients. Thanks so much for looking!

Ingredients:

Paper: (designer paper) Imaginese, Birthday Bash line; Bazzill cardstock, Neenah white cardstock for images; Stamps: TAYLORED EXPRESSIONS, Make a Wish set; Ink, Palette, black; Copics: BG18, BG52, BG45; YG23, YG07, R29. Adirondack Dimensional Pearls (Bottle, Espresso) Spellbinders, Nestabilities Labels Nine.

Thanks again for looking and leaving a delightful comment and God bless!! Have a happy week.