Bible Journaling using a Paper Napkin

I will update the photos when I correct Anxiety!! But you get the idea!! LOL

Why yes! I am posting about Llamas again tonight! LOL

For my birthday, my sister in law, made me a beautiful cake. She found some adorable plates and napkins at Dollar General. I loved them so much, I wanted to save one forever. 
So....
I used it in my Journaling Bible with a verse from Proverbs.

Proverbs 12:25 New International Version (NIV)

 Anxiety weighs down the heart,
    but a kind word cheers it up.

We all know that when we suffer from anxiety it puts a heavy burden on us and affects us in our every day life. It's hard to focus, socialize, cope with life, and simply smile. But a kind, encouraging word can help us and warm our hearts. If someone is suffering, please don't point out their faults. The worst thing you can say to someone is, "Are you doing your part? Are you living right? Maybe if you didn't do this, or say this?" 

Don't point out someone's flaws if you fail to see your own. I'm just speaking from experience.

 God does not want us anxious and suffering from life's burdens. 

Here he says:

Philippians 4:6-7 New International Version (NIV)

6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Have you used paper napkins in your Journaling Bibles yet?

I love using them! It's so easy and so pretty. 

Simply peel off the 2nd layer of tissue, cut out your design, and apply it with clear Mod Podge. 

Quick tip: I use a sponge applicator to apply the mod podge to my page, then carefully lay the napkin down. Dab it very carefully w/ the sponge to adhere to the page. Do not wipe, or you will tear your napkin!! Ask me HOW I KNOW!? LOL

And there you go.....

Thanks for stopping by! 

Have a blessed night!

Handmade Cards are always Special

Good evening!!! Today, is my Mom's birthday. I won't say how old she is...but she does look very well for her age. So we will just focus on how YOUNG she looks!!! :)

My mother loves vintage, shabby and chic. So, I made this card for her this year. 

Every year I try to make her a Handmade Card, and she proudly displays them on her walls! 

Happy Birthday MOM!!! I love you!

Patterned Paper by My Mind's Eye, Pearl Stick-ons by Recollections, Martha Stewart border punch, Stickles, bling on flower is a button from WalMart. 

Thanks for taking a look. 

Goodnight and God Bless!!

"Happy Birthday" Handmade Cards

Yea!!! It's Wednesday! We are half way through the week! Today I'd like to share 2 new cards with you.
Since I used to make cards on a daily basis, I am really trying to use up my stash. So I have not shopped for any new supplies. 
 I have lots and lots of cardmaking supplies, especially since I used to Scrapbook so much. I guess sometimes it's good to be a hoarder!!! Craft hoarder, that is! 

Here are a couple of colorful Happy Birthday cards:

Digi Image: Whimsiedoodles, Patterned Paper: The Paper Studio, "happy birthday" stamp:

 Studio G, crocheted ribbon: WalMart, Stars: Unknown, Scrapbook Stash, Stickles: WalMart

Digi Image: Whimsiedoodles, Patterned Paper: Unknown, Scrapbook Stash, "happy birthday" stamp: Studio G, Pearls: The Paper Studio, Pink ric-rac: WalMart, Border Punch: Martha Stewart, Stickles: Walmart

Have a blessed Wednesday!

Handmade Birthday Card

Wow...we are at the middle of the week! I am SO looking forward to Friday! 
Yesterday was my Mom's birthday and I actually got a handmade card made for her! It had been a really long time since I had sat down and made a card. And I'm so glad I did!!!!

She loves vintage, shabby, little girl images and lace. This card has a little of everything. I found this image online, printed it onto off white paper and adhered it to card stock. I used a distressing ink around my edges. Stickles was used to outline the photo. I backed it with a doily, and layered some lace. 

 I really enjoyed making this and have decided I need to do this more often. I found it quite relaxing!!!!

Have a blessed Wednesday!!!

Happy Birthday Lil' Cowboy!

This past weekend, we celebrated my nephew's 1st Birthday. His parents, mostly his mama, did a wonderful job at decorating for the party. She even set up a  "photo prop" w/ hay bales, pumpkins, and my dad's saddle. My nephew had a wonderful time!

I wanted his 1st birthday cards to be special, so these are the 2 that I made for him. 

Image by 2 Cute Rubberstamps. Stars and printed cardstock are by ___. and Stickers are by____. Will have to come back and edit because I'm typing this at work on my lunch break and can't remember! LOL 

This image is by Pink Cat Studios. 

Thanks for visiting! Have a wonderful Tuesday!!

Happy Birthday to You! and a scarf

Hi there! I'm sitting here in the office eating my lunch. We are getting some much needed rain thanks to Tropical Storm Ingrid.
I actually got some crafting time in this weekend. Felt great!
I made this card and scarf for our church pastor. I was happy to hear she loved them both. Now I just can't wait for it to get cool enough for her to actually enjoy wearing it!

This is a simple, crocheted Infinity scarf.

 

 

Well, back to my lunch. I had some delicious Rosemary/Basil baked chicken, and pasta salad. These were leftovers from my weekend of cooking.

I'm now enjoying a mini pecan pie.

 

Be blessed! Have a wonderful Monday!

 

 

It was a SPECIAL day.....

My sister's birthday that is. You see, the other day was my one and only sister's birthday! Her birthday is as special as she is to me. She's my older, wiser sister. I meant to post this on that day...but my schedule this week has been crazy. PLUS..on her bday we had to travel to Austin to move our boys from one apartment to another. It was HOT!!! But, we got it done.

I made my sister, Arlene, this card and sent her a little goodie package. I hope she enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed making it just for her! I am posting this a couple of days late because I didn't want to spoil her surprise!!!

I actually won this set last year from

a thousand sheets of paper

 

Thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful Thursday!

 

 

 

Wow!! I made a card today!

HI there!! Well, today is Martin Luther King day!! That means that I have the day OFF from the office! I am so happy to be home. I have laundry to do and some house cleaning to do, but I had to put my priorities in check and MAKE A CARD first!!! It has been forever since I've sat down to make a card....I was in complete heaven this morning! {{{sigh}}}}



 

 

Card Details: Cardstock-Bazzill, Patterened Paper-My Mind's Eye, Digi Image-All that Scraps, Ribbon-Offray, Bling-The Paper Studio, Sentiment-Create with TLC

 

The day is so beautiful out! The sun is shining and it's warming up!!!

Enjoy your day! Be blessed!

 

I'm a Guest Designer today!

WooHoo! It's Friday! And even though its rainy and cool outside, I'm still super excited to be on Joni's
Raise the Bar Design Team for this week! The theme for Challenge #92 is A Side of 'Chips'. Use Chipboard on your creations!



I had the hardest time getting a good photo. These papers are pastel and shimmery...and they were not cooperating with the camera! LOL Okay, so to fit with the theme, I used a #2 chipboard piece and covered it with pink glitter.

Card Details: Patterned Papers-Heidi Grace 8x8 pad, Stickles and Bling-Studio G, Seam Binding-Vintage..really vintage..bought this at a thrift store. 25 cents for a big roll! :), Border Punch-Martha Stewart, Chipboard-Basic Grey, Digi Image-Pure Innocence
 
Linking this card to these challenges:
Card Makin' Mamas-Challenge #39-Happy Birthday
CAS-ual Fridays-Party Card w/ Ribbon
Scrapbookaolic By Abby-#3 Birthday Cards
Thanks for visiting today! Have a wonderful Friday!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Well, the day is almost over and I think it was a pretty swell one! I hope my Mom enjoyed her day!
I also hope she enjoyed her cake and handmade card. She loves the vintage look, so I made a card especially for her!

This was her "vintage" mini cake. The frosting was cream cheese, so divine!

She was also "showered with cards" by many of my "pea-friends". Thank you ladies for making my Mom's bday a special one! 

I think it was a very blessed day. And I know she deserves SO much more! But I do know

she enjoyed her day!

Love you Mom!!!

Linking this to:

Sassy Cheryl's Show Me #63

The Pretty Little Ribbon-Challenge #7- Anything Goes

Happy Birthday to You!

Hi there! Today I am showing you a card I made for the new challenge over at Meljen's Designs Challenge Blog. This week's challenge is a "recipe". Challenge #68 is to use Ribbon, a Circle and 3 Brads on your card.  I love cutting my image out into a circle, I love ribbon, and I love brads, so this was a super fun challenge for me!!!

Card Details: Digi Image-Meljen's Designs, Sentiment-Microsoft Word, Ribbon-Offray, Circles-Stampabilities, Button-Cosmo Cricket, Stickles-Ranger, Brads-The Paper Studio, Glittered Patterned Paper-My Mind's Eye

There aren't  any new release's this week because Melissa has been on a much deserved vacation. But she has been busy creating Art Cards (ACO's) that can be seen here in her etsy shop: Meljen's Designs Etsy Shop.

Just look at some of these adorable ACO's:

She has a whole bunch one one-of-kind ACO's created just for you, by her! She is ubber talented, don't ya think?!

Have a great Thursday! Thanks for visiting, and I look forward to seeing what you create with this super fun challenge recipe!!!

I am a Princess!

Good morning! It is the middle of the week...we are half way to the weekend! I have been so busy this week, but took some time off to finish up some cards that I couldn't wait to finish up.
I love working with Mo's images and have had these for a while. I also enjoy my images from All that Scraps. Here are my cards using these images:

Card Details: Digi Image-Mo's Digital Pencil, Patterned Paper-The Paper Studio, Border Punch-Martha Stewart, Circle/Scalloped Circle-Nestibilities, Sentiment-Microsoft Word, Bling Crown-Not sure, it was out of it's packaging, but I believe it is by The Paper Studio, Stickles on crown.

Card Details: Digi Image-Mo's Digital Pencil, Patterned Paper-The Paper Studio, Border Punch-Martha Stewart, Circle/Scalloped Circle-Nestibilities, Sentiment-Microsoft Word, Bling Crown-Not sure, it was out of it's packaging, but I believe it is by The Paper Studio, Stickles on her barrettes.

Digi Image-All that Scraps, Scalloped Music Note Paper-Sassafrass, Green, Dotted Paper-The Paper Studio, Circle/Scalloped circle-Nestibilities, Sentiment-Microsoft Word,Stickles on Angel wings, and Machine Stitching.

Thanks for visiting today. I hope you have a wonderful Wednesday. Remember, tomorrow is Thursday..you know what that means...Meljen's New Releases and New Challenge!! WooHoo...I'm so excited!

Happy Birthday!

WooHoo! Today is Thursday! So many great things about today!!!

1. One more day til' Friday!
2. Meljen's New Release Day
3. A new Card Challenge

Here are the new releases:

And this week's Challenge #46 is to make a Happy Birthday card, and it must include a Birthday sentiment!
That should be easy, peasy with these new releases!

I had so much fun with yesterday's papers, I decided to use them on today's card:

Card Details: Digi Image-Meljen's Designs, Patterned Paper-My Mind's Eye, Circle and Scalloped Circle-Spellbinders Dies, Border Punch-Marth Stewart, Misc.-Crinkle Ribbon, button, floss, floral pins

I cannot wait to see what you create!!! Please hop on over and share your talent with us!

Thanks for visiting today! Have a blessed Thursday!!!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Today is a VERY special day! It is my Mom's Birthday! And I get to spend today with two Moms! Yep, it has become a tradition, that on this day, take my Mom and Mother In Law out to lunch and shopping for the day! Here is the card I made for her.
She loves the vintage, shabby chic look so I hope this card does justice! :)

Card Details: Image-Google search, sorry I didn't get the source. I was in a super hurry.

Pattered Paper-My Mind's Eye. Border Punch-Martha Stewart, Ribbon-Paper Prairie,

Flower-Handmade by ME! Misc.-Button, Staz-On for distressing

Okay...I'm off to shower and get dressed. We have a fun day planned for us!

Remember to check back tomorrow for a new Meljen's Challenge, my Card Sample,

and a peek at the New Releases! You will love them!!!!

Happy Birthday!

Wow! Friday already!!! This week just flew by! Today is my mother in law's birthday! I have a really special mother in law, she is like my 2nd mother! A real blessing! This morning I baked her a cake and have made a couple of birthday cards....not sure which one I will give her yet, but I think I'll let the kids decide.

Digi Images: Pure Innocence, Patterned Papers: The Paper Studio, Border Punch: Martha Stewart, Ribbon: WalMart, Scalloped Border: Jumbo Scalloped Scissors, Misc.: Stickles

Sentiment: Microsoft Word, Inside Sentiment says: "Wishing you a Wonderful day!"

Thanks for visiting! Have a wonderful Friday!!!

Happy Birthday!

I was asked to make a "special" birthday card for a "special" teenager. Yep, her family thinks she's pretty special and her grandmother wanted a card made just for her!!!! I was so thrilled to be given the assignment! I hope she enjoys it.
I am also using this card for a challenge over at Scrap-Creations: Make a card with a summer theme.

Card Details: Digi Image: Elisabeth Bell Designs, Sentiment: Microsoft Word, Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket collection, Rhinestone brads: Making Memories, Border Punch: Martha Stewart, Circles: Nestabilities, Misc. Ribbon, Stickles