Card making!

I've been trying to make some actual cards with all of my new Stampin' Up! goodies my WONDERFUL hubby let me buy!


For the card above, I used the One of a Kind stamp set, with the Boho Blossoms punch, chocolate chip ink and Pretty in Pink ink. The big flower is actually three layers, and has a very dimensional feel to is. The patterned paper is DCWV and the brown ribbon is from Offray.

My inspiration was sadly lacking so I went to Splitcoaststampers to try and find some. I found this beautiful card: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/858203 and decided to case it. I used the SAB set Friendship Blooms, with Chocolate Chip ink. I used my SU watercolor pencils and blender pen to color in the flowers. The striped patterned paper is DCWV, and the pink paper with white dots I made using a Sassafrass Lass stitched border stamp and Whisper White ink.

It felt good to get a little creative again, even if I did borrow some ideas, lol. Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Life is crazy, but God is good

I've been negligent of my blog, as Ashley informed me, LOL. These past couple of weeks have just been kind of crazy! The weekend of of the 8th, we had our biggest snow of the season, go figure. We ended up stuck at my inlaws for the night. While we were there, Keith decided to browse houses online. He happened to stumble upon one that seemed to be exactly what we were looking for. An older home that was well-taken care of and updated with a huge yard, and what we *thought* was an affordable price for us right now. We called a realtor we know, and he had Keith do some mortgage pre-approval work. It turned out that what would be our monthly payment on that house was going to be too much for us. We were so bummed. We started getting really discouraged and it began to look like we were just going to have to put house-hunting on hold for several more months. Then a few days later, Keith found another house online, right across the road from the other one! It was the same type house, just with a smaller yard and a much more affordable price. We met with the realtor so we could get in the house and look around. It has an awesome, updated kitchen, spacious living room, good sized bathroom, and three small but do-able bedrooms. Just needs a tad cosmetic work. Within one week we saw the house, bid on the house, had our bid accepted, and now we have plans on Monday for an inspection. If the inspection goes well, we will close on the house April 8 and be moved in by the beginning of May!!! How's that for crazy?!? And just when we were getting so discouraged and doubtful, God came along with this HUGE blessing for us. We prayed that if God really wanted us to have this house, that He would allow our bid to be accepted and it was. Now we're praying that if God still wants us to have this house, that the inspection will go fine. Its exciting, scary, wonderful all in one! God is so good, even when our faith wavers.

Losing Wisdom......Teeth that is!

Well I went under the knife Friday morning and finally had my wisdom teeth cut out. I was absolutely terrified!!! Keith and his mom were both with me. They let Keith stay in the room while they hooked me up to laughing gas and gave me an IV, but then they asked him to leave. All I remember is the doctor telling me I was going to be feeling goooood and then zzzzzzzz. Next thing I know they were helping me stagger out of the building LOL. I would say the numbness in my tongue, bottom lip, and jaw when I got home coupled with keeping gauze crammed in my mouth to stop the bleeding for 3 hours was the worst part. Once I was finally able to take some pain pills I zonked out for a few hours! I woke up feeling good enough to eat some applesauce and mashed potatoes, took another dose of pain meds and zonked out again for a few more hours. Such has been my routine for the past 30 hours. I am weaning myself down on the pain meds now, which is good b/c I was tired of feeling so loopy and sleepy. And itchy, too. But now my left jaw is really starting to swell and feel uncomfortable. It doesn't really hurt, just doesn't feel good. Anyway, I have to praise the Lord for taking care of me, I couldn't have asked for things to go better, really. I've not been in any pain, so that has been a blessing. And I have to thank my sweet hubby for taking such good care of me! That's all for now!

"The Judgement"

I only wish I could figure out a way to actually add the song on here so you could listen to it, but I don't know how, LOL. This song is so powerful to listen to, it really makes you think about what it will be like one day.

"The Judgement"

All is still, Heaven is silent
As the Mighty Judge ascends the throne
The Book of Life is opened
As countless souls begin to mourn
From the throne, comes a voice like thunder
"Depart, I know ye not,
For the names written in this Book
Are the very souls, My blood has bought."
Faces turn, as into the courtroom
Comes the very seed of sin.
He who was the saints' accuser
Must faces the charges, against him.
With the fury of all the ages
That demon voice begins to cry,
"Its not fair, I almost had you,
On Golgotha, I watched you die."
Then Satan begins to tremble
As his fate, to him was known
From the throne comes the verdict
The lake of fire will be your home!
And I see every knee is bowing
Every hand in honor is raised
Every voice to Him is lifted
"Thou Art Worthy, The Lamb Be Praised"
Angels standing at attention
As the redeemed begin to sing
Heavens courts resound their anthem
You are our Savior, Lord and King
Heavens courts resound their anthem
You are our Savior, Lord and King
Thou art worthy
Thou art worty
The Lamb be praised!

Little Updating

Woopsy! I've kind of been neglecting my blog lately! Well I thought I'd update with a few scrapping goodies I've created lately. I have finally jumped in on Patter's Scripture Challenge (you can find it on Scrapjazz), but I'm 6 weeks late! LOL So I'm just trying to catch up. I got weeks 1-4 completed. The words for those weeks were: Faith, Kindness, Beauty and Wait. It was a blessing to search for these words in the Bible and to study them.
FAITH: "...for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you." Matthew 17:20. "...for we walk by faith, not by sight." II Corinthians 5:7
KINDNESS: "And by ye kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you." Ephesians 4:32 (Show the love of Christ through kindness!)
BEAUTY: "One thing have I desired of the Lord, that I will seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple." Psalm 27:4
WAIT: "Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord." Psalm 27:14 "Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass." Psalm 37:7

We shall reap what we sow..

So far this has been a pretty good week. Nothing overly exciting, but not boring, either, LOL. Monday evening, my sister-in-law, her husband and their two kids came over for dinner, and we FINALLY got to have our Christmas with McKenna (3 yo) and Adam (1 yo). We still hadn't yet, because the day that the family all had Christmas together, Keith had a stomach virus, and we just hadn't had the opportunity to make up for it since. So that was fun. It was so cute to see little Adam opening his gift because he would gasp in excitement, LOL.
Tuesday evening, Keith went visiting with Bro. Davis, and I went with Natasha (This picture is the yearly Christmas Parade picture of Natasha and I, aren't we cute? hee hee Gosh that's a lot of teeth in one picture.). We have really enjoyed Tuesday visitation with them so far. Its a good opportunity for us to spend time together, and we're also doing something for Jesus at the same time! Afterwards, we ate at the Mexican restaurant for dinner, and just had a silly time. God truly blesses our efforts. Bro. Davis was just saying at dinner Tuesday evening that sometimes it seems like we visit and visit and visit, and nobody ever comes to church from those visits. But last night, a lady and her children that Keith and Bro. Davis visited came! AND SHE'S A VERY GOOD PIANO PLAYER, lol, and if you knew how desperately our church needed one right now, you would understand my excitement!! So we're hoping God will answer our prayer through her and her family! And also, another lady visited the church last night as the result of Thursday night soulwinning. It was such a blessing. Just last night in my Bible reading I read this precious promise:
"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: fo rwhatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season, we shall reap, if we faint not. As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith." Galatians 6:7-10
When I get weary in the work, I can hold to that blessed promise, that if I faint not, I will one day receive my reward in Hea
ven! Thank you, Jesus!

Artist Trading Card & Thought for the Day

I feel like I have been sickeningly lazy today! But I have washed a couple of blankets, paid some bills, yada yada. I have also been working on my Artist Trading Cards for a swap I am in. These little guys are so tedious! We had to use a Dr. Seuss quote on them, so I used: "Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you!" Anyway, gluing all of the words on it has been the most tedious and annoying part. But in the end I think they're pretty stinkin' cute! Unfortunately the picture is pretty dark because I am camera challenged, but its a pretty mixture of pinks and greens.

The thought for today: "God honors the faith of His people because the faith of His people honors God." -- Dr. Jon M. Jenkins