Home Sweet Home

I’m home!!!  Yay!!! 

It was 88 degrees in my house so I turned on the air and went outside to take a few pictures and play with my pup.

 

And look what I came home to!  They were just buds when I left and now some of them are past their prime. 

 

 

 

 

Aren’t they beautiful!!!

 

 

 

 

If you look closely, they have a few unwelcome visitors.  I’ll be taking care of that tonight when it cools of a little.

 

When I pulled up in the driveway, I saw my beautiful lupine!  I’d been looking for wildflowers all week and I found them at home!!!

 

 

They also have some unwelcome friends.

 

 

 

 

This little guy came out in an empty pot that I have not watered since last September.  He’s a brave little pansy.

 

My peony bush will be in bloom in just a few days. 

Do you say it pee-a-nee or pe-O-nee?  I’ve lived several places in the United States and I’ve noticed that pronunciation is regional.

Anyway, I just wanted to share my homecoming with you.  I think I will need to get something stamped, colored and made tonight.  It’s been way to long.  All my new goodies are still in the truck; I’m waiting until it gets a little cooler out to bring the stuff in.  I mostly bought paper and ribbon.  Lots of paper!!!

I have the pictures I took during my drives while in Utah on the internal memory of my camera so I’ll have to scare up the cord.  I’ve never used it but I think I know where it is.  I also took the scenic route (on purpose-hehe) this afternoon and have some other pictures to show you.  I’ll probably get them all posted tomorrow.

Blessings,

Christine

Catching Up with Sore Feet

I haven’t had much down time this week to blog hop.  Hopefully I’ll be catching up tonight and stopping by and saying “Hi” to everyone!!!

As per my luck this week, yesterday, the mem card for my camera was in my computer (oops).  I stopped at Sam’s Club and bought a new one.  Again, according to my luck this week, my camera wouldn’t read it.  There were some beautiful sights to see throughout Logan canyon but I had to ration my photos because all I had was internal memory. I will need a cord to download the picts so therefore, I won’t be able to share any pictures until I get home.  I’ll share yesterdays stories with you when I get home.

Today, my niece, my sister and I went shopping!!!  We first stopped at Joanns because Rose wanted to get a xyron sticker machine and had a coupon.  Luckily, they were on sale so she could use her coupon for something else.  Oh, I forgot, her daughter confiscated the coupon!!!  I also had to pick up a couple of things that were on sale.  I’ll also be sharing picts of all my wares when I get home and get them all unpacked and spread out.  I bought a lot of paper; I’m not sure why. Suffice to say, I don’t need to be buying paper for a looooong time. but that doesn’t mean I won’t (hehe).

I also had to stop by two different Walgreens to pick up prescriptions.  I usually use the Layton Walgreens when I’m here.  However, drug stores don’t usually carry transplant drugs unless the have customers that use them because they are very expensive inventory.  The pharmacist had to call around and find another store with my drug but it really wasn’t out of the way much.  This is one of the many reasons that I use Walgreens pharmacy!!! 

Our next stop was Robert’s Craft Store (that’s the one owned by Provo Craft).  When I was there on Thursday, the lady told me that the new Lyrical Letters Cricut cartridge would be on sale this weekend.  That’s all I got at Robert’s since I bought them out of everything else on Thursday.  I guess I did buy too much because the cashier remembered me.

Hint to people that live near a Robert’s Craft store: a lot of their Cricut and Cuttlebug accessories are cheaper at Robert’s, even regular price.  The alphabets for the Cuttlebug are $39.99 ($79.99 at other stores) and most of their Cricut cartridges are $69.99 ($99.99 at other stores). 

We then ate lunch at Iggy’s (their nacho’s are huge, but yummy) and off to Deseret Industry thrift store in Ogden (one of my favorite thrift stores, ever).  I found several fun, old books and something else that I can’t remember right now.  Isn’t that horrible when you buy something and two hours later you don’t remember what you bought?!?

Now we’re home again and I’m going to do my best to stay off my feet tonight and tomorrow.  My sister, Alice, and my Mom are coming up late tomorrow night and leaving again Monday.  Most of the relatives on my Mother’s side are from Bear River City, a tiny town near here.  It will be a very quick trip for them.  That will be fun to have them here too.  It’s always fun when all of us girls get together!!!  I’ll have some pictures from Bear River Monday (I’ll be sure to remember my mem card).  My great-great (maybe one more great) grandpa was among the very first team of settlers to the city of Bear River.  There is a monument in the park that includes all of the names of the first settlers.

That’s about it for today.  It’s kind of fun to review my days as I post about them on my blog.  I hope you are having at least a little fun reading them!!!

Blessings,

Christine

I’m leaving you with an hilarious video!!!

I’m back . . .

. . . and I missed you all so much!!! hehe  I’ve finished with my medical stuff and now I’m staying at my sisters house until I go back home.  She and her husband took off for a romantic trip to Wendover, Nevada and I’m at her house dog sitting.  My favorite part at the moment (until she gets home) is that she has the Internet.  Yay!!!  My favorite part when she gets home will be visiting with her.  We plan to got to Salt Lake City on Saturday and have a sisters day.

The rest of this post may be boring for everyone.  I just wanted to ramble about my week so don’t feel bad if you don’t want to finish reading.  I won’t be offended.

I have mostly been looking for shoes and a dress on this trip.  On Tuesday, I went to a mall and checked out their shoe stores but found nothing.  I really wanted to find something that would help with the pain in my feet.  Then my friend, Sharon (she let’s me live in her basement when I’m in SLC), and I went out to dinner and I went to her neighbors to take a quick look at my email because I had a dinner date the next night. 

On Wednesday, I stopped at the Easy Spirit outlet store to see what they had only to find they only had a few shoes left and were closing on 5-25.  As I mentioned in my post on Monday, I had plans for a drive up in the mountains to see the wild flowers.  After paying the forest service $6.00 to access the road, I went about three miles to find the road closed.  I’m still going to display my ticket on my windshield until it expires tomorrow just out of spite.  (I forgot to tell you about locking my keys in my truck Monday night at Wal-Mart.)  However, that’s where the bad luck ended.

I took a different, not as scenic, road and headed to the Park City outlet mall.  I looked at a few of those stores for shoes and a dress but found nothing.  I had to rush home for my 7:30 dinner date with a fellow transplant patient.  I met him and his wife at Texas Roadhouse and had a wonderful visit.  He is still waiting for his transplant.  He is also from Boise and relocated to SLC a year ago to wait for his transplant.  He has been listed for a total of three years so, please everyone, keep him in your prayers that he will be able to start his new life with a new heart soon!!!

I had a few minutes to kill before dinner so I stopped by a shoe store near the restaurant and took a total of 15 minutes to buy two pair of shoes.  I should have stopped by there first!!!

This morning I had a Transplant Support Group meeting to attend.  I tell you, I know that God takes care of us all but I think he has a special place for transplant patients.  If I told you all of the “coincidences” to do with my heart transplant (and other peoples) it would send shivers up and down your spine.  I was the only post heart transplant patient at the meeting today.  A family came in whose father/husband had suffered a debilitating heart attack and the wife and to make the decision whether or not to have him listed for a heart transplant.  I talked to her at length about the choice she was having to make.  I really pray that she makes the right choice for her husband since he can’t do it for himself.  She lives only a three hour drive from my house and I told her she could call me whether she was at home or in Utah and I would be there as soon as I could get there.  I can’t even imagine having to make that decision for someone else.  Also, please keep her and her family in your prayers.

Tomorrow, I’m going to take a drive to some different mountains.  First, I will go to the Pepperidge Farms factory store for cookies and then I will go though Logan canyon.  It’s also a beautiful drive.  Speaking of a beautiful drive, my next doctors appointment is at the end of September so I will be able to take the same drives and see all the beautiful fall leaves.   The red and orange oak brush and the golden aspens are striking in contrast with the forest green of the pines.  I wish I had a picture to show you but those were among the pictures that I lost when my computer died.

Well, if your not bored and still reading this, that’s about it for now.  Hopefully, I’ll be back tomorrow with some beautiful pictures,  I know at the very least I will have had a delicious red raspberry milk shake in Bear Lake.

Blessings,

Christine

Oh, I forgot to tell you why I was shopping for a dress.  My niece got engaged and she is getting married on August 8 (this year).  She has asked me to design and make her wedding invitations, thank you notes, etc. I will be having another giveaway/contest for those who help me to them.  I think I’m going to purchase Photoshop (I've been looking for an excuse to buy it for awhile now hehe) to make most of the invitation and then add some final embellishments/details.  I’m thinking of a tri-fold with a belly band.  Details to follow when I get some more details myself.  Since I will be new to Photoshop, I’ll be needing some help!!!

Flutterby Wednesday

It’s Wednesday – so it’s Flutterby Wednesday. This is my second card for the design team.

The challenge this week is to use two designer papers and a butterfly or fairy.

I used papers from the DCWV Pocket Full of Posies stack. It’s so easy to combine papers when you use coordinating from a paper stack. I colored the fairy with water colors and used a Martha Stewart punch for the scalloped edge. Everything else is from my stash. I don’t know whose stamp it is.

I’m writing this post on Sunday because I will be away this week and probably won’t have access to the Internet until Thursday. I’ll have a lot of emails and blog hopping to do when I finally get back online!!!

Blessings,

Christine

I’ll be missing for a few days!

I have to go to Utah for my regularly scheduled doctor’s appointment this week.  I’ll be leaving in a few hours and hitting the open road.  I have to get a blood test tomorrow am and then a visit to the doc on Thurs afternoon.  In between, I’ll be doing a lot of playing and a little shopping.  In Utah, they have a craft store called Roberts.  It is owned by the same people that own Provo Craft so you can imagine how nice that store is.  Hopefully they’ll have some great bargains.  At the very least, I can print several coupons and hit each of the stores and get 40% off at each store.  I’ll get my crafting fix by shopping. hehe

My friend who I’m staying with only has dial up and when I try to get on her computer it is just frustration!!!  I’ll “move” to my sis’s on Thursday after my doc appt and then I’ll be checking in.

Hopefully, Mr. Blogger will play nice and post my Flutterby Wednesday creation.  If not, I’ll post it as soon as I get to my sis’s house on Thursday evening.

Tuesday or Wednesday I’ll be taking a drive in the beautiful mountains near Provo, Utah.  Hopefully I’ll get some picts of some beautiful wildflowers!

On Friday, I’ll be going to Logan, Utah.  (The picture above was taken during a drive through Logan Canyon last year.)  Logan has awesome thrift stores and a little further north, there is a Pepperidge Farm thrift shop.  They have seconds of their cookies and other products for sell there.  You can get the little bags of Milanos for 1.50.  They have things in bulk too (broken cookies, chocolate smudged, etc.) by the pound but it’s “take it or leave it”.  Whatever they’ve been baking lately is what you get.  I’ll take a pict of my goodies and tell you how much I paid.  You’ll be amazed.  Anyone within driving distance will be headed down there!!!

We’ll, that’s my week in a, not so small of, nutshell.

I hope you all have a great week too!

Blessings,

Christine

The Simple Woman’s Daybook

for Today

Monday, May 18, 2009

Outside my window... I’m preparing this Sunday because I will be leaving for Utah in the morning. What will be outside my window tomorrow? The wide open road!

I am thinking... I hope that my doctor’s appointment goes well.

I am thankful for... That all of my doctor’s appointments/test have gone well to this point.

From the learning rooms... This isn’t going to apply today.

From the kitchen... I’ll probably be bringing Cafe Rio to my friends house for dinner.

I am wearing... I don’t know yet. Probably jeans and a tee-shirt.

I am creating... sadly, nothing today.

I am going... to Utah.

I am reading... nothing today.

I am hoping... see “I am thinking.”

I am hearing... hopefully, I’ll be hearing a a book on tape. That is if I can get to the library on Sunday.

Around the house car... my puppy sitting next to me.

One of my favorite things... springtime.

A few plans for the rest of the week: blood test, shopping, dinner w/friends, doc appt, dog sit.

Here is picture thought I am sharing...

This is my puppy, Chloe, when I got her two years ago, May 13th.

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Blessings,

Christine

Simply Thanks!

This weeks challenge at Stamp Something was to make a thank you card while casing one of Lauren’s cards. I chose this one. This is kind of hard for me because she has a very (and I mean very) clean and simple style. I admire this style of cards but have never done one. Here is my try.

I changed my card a bit from Lauren’s but I think it foots the bill.

The paper is from a stack I bought yesterday made by Me & My Big Ideas. I love this stack; not only is it in my favorite colors but most of the die cuts can be used for card making. With most stacks, the die cuts would mostly be used for scrapbooking.

That’s it for tonight. I have to get to bed early (for me at least) because my Mom and sister are coming over to help me paint the deck tomorrow. Yay!!!

Blessings,

Christine

Hello, My Name is Christine . . .

,,,and I’m a Chirper!  A chirper is someone who owns and loves their Cricut machine.  Why am I admitting this?  I’ll tell you why!  I was just named DT for the Chirper Challenge blog.  Some of the blogs that I lurk upon belong to women who have and do a lot with their Cricuts.  I was looking at one the other day and she had entered a card in the “Cricut Challenge."  Well, I had to go check that out and they were having a DT call.  I said to myself, “why not.”  So I made this card:

 

and a side view so you can see the dimension.  

 

 

 

 

The challenge was a sketch with some sunshine and bright colors.

The card is a lot cuter in person.  I did some shadowing on the edges of the flowers with red chalk.  You can see it on the top of the flower pot but it doesn’t show well on the flowers in this pict.  The cuts are all from the In My Garden cartridge.  The sentiment is computer generated and the paper is S.E.I. Dill Blossom.  I used rick rack for the flower stems and added it to the lace,  I also sent them this card.

All cuts were done with the Cricut George cartridge except the teapot’s handle and spout.  That sounds like a song. hehe

One other thing for all paper-aholics.  I was in Joanns yesterday and they had a box of 300 sheets of K&Co paper for $39.99.  But 13 cents a sheet wasn’t good enough for me so I went back with my 40% off coupon and got it for $25.43 including tax (that’s 8 cents a sheet).  If that isn’t enough, it comes in a beautiful reusable box.

I just looked for the picture online and it’s only $23.99 online!  That doesn’t include shipping.  I haven’t opened the box yet but, form the pictures on the back of the box, it doesn’t look like there’s a dud in sight.  Just thought you might want to get in on this good deal too.

Blessings,

Christine

Go-Go In Style

This little girl reminded me of a Go-Go girl so I just had to use some retro looking paper on her.

The image is a digi stamp from In Style and I water colored her. I cut the flowers with the Cricut George cartridge and shaped them with the end of a paint brush.

I, once again, used the sketch from Midnight Madness. They are having a great giveaway this month for their challenges. Go over and check it out.

It’s late and I need to get to bed. Talk to you tomorrow. I’ll be out and about most of the day but I’ll probably have some crafting time in the evening!!!

Blessings,

Christine

Fabulous Bookmark

I made this Pawsitively Fabulous bookmark for my sister who comes over to help me all the time.

I can’t believe I can get three challenges into one little bookmark, but I did. If I’m wanting to make a bookmark, I look for a sketch that is clean and doesn’t really have embellies because I don’t want something on it that is dimensional because it might damage the book. I try to get as many books as I can through the library to save money!

I used the sketch from Sunday Sketch and Stamp and the challenge at Lili of the Valley is pink, green and blue. Creative Card Crew’s challenge is “minimal.” This is certainly minimal. That’s the whole point!

I’ll be back in a few with another card!

Blessings,

Christine

Thursday Thunks

Thursday Thunks brought to you by Kimber, taken over by Berleen, the color carrot orange and the number 94.

1. You are at the store when suddenly 2 men walk in with guns and rob the place. Are you the hero, quiet & follow the rules type, or try to make a run for it? quiet & follow the rules type

2. Do you like Twizzlers? Not really, they taste like red (I’m not sure of the flavor) plastic.

3. Are you a YouTube watcher? Not really. I do have an account but only use it once in a while with a few family members.

4. When a auto glass store calls you and asks if you have a chip or crack in your windshield, what do you tell them? I wouldn’t answer the phone because I didn’t recognize the number. When I listened to the message, I would press delete before they got three words out. I don’t like sales calls!

5. What is the age difference between you and your father? 34

6. Have you ever tried to find the end of a rainbow? I did once when I was a kid. I thought it was in the field just down the street.

7. Camping - recreational vehicle or tent? RV—I get scared in a tent all by myself!

8. Have you ever had to call 9-1-1? Yes. This is kind of a long story so get ready. It ends kinda funny though. I had just moved into a new house and as I was getting ready for bed, I heard something in the kitchen. I couldn’t figure out what it was but I didn’t like the bare kitchen windows. I started looking in boxes and found some skirts and hung them on the kitchen windows.

I went to bed and a little bit later I heard something outside my window and the dog made a wuff (she doesn’t bark much). I heard things outside my bedroom window. Now I was scared! I dialed 9-1-1 and it wouldn’t ring; dialed again, still no ring! So then I had to go look for my phonebook and look up the police number. I was being very quiet so I couldn’t be heard from outside. I could hear someone out there. Wandering around in the dark, I found the number and they connected me to 9-1-1. They sent the police and kept me on the line until they got there. The police walked around with there flashlights for awhile and then came inside. Of course, the first thing they saw were the skirts on the windows (he-he), but the didn’t ask why! They checked everything out and left.

The next morning I went outside to check by the bedroom window and a dog had been digging in the previous tenants garbage outside my window. That’s all it was!!!

BTW: I called the next day on got my 9-1-1 fixed. Never had to use it again though.

9. Who is your favorite blog in the Thursday Thunk bloggers to visit? I haven’t been doing it long enough to know a favorite. That’s a tactful answer, isn’t it?

10. How long do you think you could live locked in your house on the food that you have on hand right now? Probably about a month. I wouldn’t necessarily like what I was eating but I’d at least be eating. If I could get to my shed, I’d have another two or three months.

11. Pepper - shaker or grinder? Both, usually grinder.

12. What state (or country if you are not in the US) is 2 states west of you? There aren’t 2 states left of me. It would be in the ocean.

13. What color do you believe you look best in? pink

and once again... next week is Thursday Thunkers Questions... so....
14. What is your question submission for next week? How many states are to the right of you? And don’t give us a map to look at. Now that would be hard!!!

Blessings,

Christine

Thinking Flowers

 

One again I’ve used the sketch from Midnight Madness.  I do like this sketch but I might get tired of it by the third time!!! 

 

 

 

 

I decorated the inside too. 

 

The image is a digi stamp from Bee Crafty and, of course, the image is painted with water color pencils.  The DP is DCWV-Sweets and the bottom right corner was made with a Fiskars corner punch and a Martha Stewart edge punch.  It’s hard to make something that little!!!

The Cute Card Thursday challenge is to make a card to cheer someone up and Fun Frilled challenge is make a card for a friend.

Blessings,

Christine

Nitey Nite Pink Bear

I recently heard from another one of my heart transplant friends. She and I “met” through a Congestive Heart Failure message board. She had been listed for heart transplant 6 weeks before I was. We emailed, usually several times a day, until long after she and I had received our transplants. Through a bit of bad luck and computer crashes (both of us), we lost touch. She has asked me to make some cards for her to give to the people that have helped her through her illness and recovery. I am so happy to do that since I have become addicted to card making!!! This is the first that I will be sending to her. I’m also going to go through the ones I have lying around and send some of those to her.

I used a free digi stamp from Dustin Pike. Isn’t this cute!!! He draws wonderful images and gives one away every Wednesday on his blog. As usual, I used water color pencils to paint the image. Everything else came from my stash.

I also decorated the inside of the card.

I’ll be submitting this card to the Stamp Something challenge which is to make a pink Birthday card. Also, My Time to Craft’s challenge was to make a kid’s card.for a kid.

I used the sketch from a new challenge blog, Midnight Madness. I hate to tell everyone, but I will because you are my friends! For the next three challenges you can enter up to three cards for each challenge. For each of your entries, up to nine, you will have your name put in the hat for a drawing for a $100 gift certificate for Stampin’ Up goodies. But DON’T go check it out because I have had my eye on a couple of Stampin’ Up stamps for a while now.

By the way, you’ll probably be seeing this sketch a couple of more times.

Blessings,

Christine

Flutter by Wednesday

It’s Flutter by Wednesday at Danni’s Dreams. This is my first challenge as a new design team member. I was nervous and excited about my first challenge but I think I did OK. Being on the Flutterby team is a perfect fit for me because I {heart} butterflies. I have a lot, and I mean a lot, of butterfly stamps, dies and butterflies on Cricut cartridges. Butterflies have a special meaning in my life.

The challenge this week is to make a card with a butterfly or fairy that also has a quote or sentiment. Easy peasy tutti fruiti!

The DP is Slab XI from Provo Craft. The image is a digi stamp from Bee Crafty that I colored using water color pencils. The quote is an acrylic stamp from Impression Obsession. The 3d butterfly is a Quikutz die. You can’t see it very well in the pict, but there is a crochet looking trim under the image from Memory Makers. I put pearls on the butterfly and on the corners of the quote.

Whew, now that the first one is done, the rest will be a breeze, right? I hope you all have a great Wednesday!!!

Blessings,

Christine

The Simple Woman Daybook

 

For Today,

May 11, 2009

Outside my window... It’s a beautiful sunny day.  The climbing rose on my trellis has grown over a foot since winter.  I planted it 3 years ago and it has already covered most of it’s share of the trellis.  The other two roses are not growing quite as fast.

I am thinking off... how I need to get off this computer and go to work on some cards I need to create.

I am thankful for... my internet and fellow transplant friend who I had lost touch with.  We found each other again a few days ago and she sent me a long email today!!!

From the learning rooms... I am really wanting to learn to expand my art to collages and altered art.  I am going to make an ATC today with a couple of images I received for free.  Check back later and see where I got them (maybe you can get 1 or 2 also) and what I came up with.

From the kitchen... I have no idea.  It’s way to early to think of that.  But I have some left over chocolate cake!

I am wearing... A sleeveless cotton knit dress.  I love to wear them when the weather is warm.  They are so much more comfortable than shorts.

I am creating... a card for Flutterby Wednesday and then an ATC.

I am going... to get off this computer and create!

I am reading... Nights of Rain and Stars by Maeve Binchey -- one of my favorite authors.

I am hoping... for good results from my doc appt next week!

I am hearing... Oprah.  She has some very talented people on her show today.

Around the house... are my favorite fur babies, Chloe and Tuxie.

One of my favorite things... my bleeding heart.  No my heart isn’t bleeding.  It’s a plant!

A few plans for the rest of the week: get my giveaways mailed out and gardening!

Here is a picture that I am sharing... I have two today:

My climbing rose.  This is the opposite side from what I see from my window.  It will be full of blooms in a few weeks.  Then I’ll really have a great view outside my window.

 

 

 

 

And this is my beautiful bleeding heart.  Sad to say, but these blossoms will be gone soon.  They are beautiful.

 

 

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Blessings,

Christine

Kindness Matters!!!

A friend of mine who is waiting for a heart transplant posted this on his blog yesterday. I think it needs to be read by everyone within eye shot so I asked him if I could post it on my blog. Here is what he said.

“I was raised to exist in a world where people are people and monsters were myth. Where neighbors were like family and family was (and still is) the strongest bond. Where doing your job was important and above and beyond was the norm. Fair was more than a term in baseball, rules were NOT meant to be broken, charity was in the hearts of all and we helped one another because we should. I know, I was sheltered and privileged and was protected from the evils of the real world, right? WRONG! It is not a given that politicians must lie, cheat and steal their way to the grave. It is NOT only cheating if you get caught. It is NOT a foul only if it causes harm and doing the right thing is STILL the right thing to do. Apathy has led us to this place of fence-building, dog-eat-dog, outta my way and kill or be killed. We have the power to make a change. I am not suggesting that we can cure all ills of society today or even next week but the direction needs to change. NOT MY PROBLEM was a catch-phrase in the late '70s, not a new way to live. If you pull away from the picture far enough, you will see that we are all together in this. Let's start a good virus, one that spreads more rapidly than swine flu and lasts much longer. A "disease" that we all should be infected with. The symptoms are generosity, empathy, courtesy and kindness. That doesn't mean take care of others before yourself but remember others are there. You are not the only one driving, shopping, looking for a parking place, working hard, paying taxes, raising children or donating your time just to name a few. We are in this together and we need to SEE each other. Don't take "it is what it is" for an answer!! Kindness matters!!! Help that neighbor with their garbage cans, help the woman in front of you at Starbucks as she struggles with 3 cups, a briefcase and the newspaper and do it because you can, not because they can do something for you in return. The gift is in the giving. I know-the world is too far gone, people are too litigious, you'll be labeled a masher and that woman in front of you is a jerk, right? Well we are only here by our own actions or inactions and we can only get out the same way. Plant a seed of kindness and help the world grow."

“Be good to each other!! (or so help me...)”

I have nothing to add. He said it all. BE GOOD TO EACH OTHER!!!

Blessings,

Christine

Oh, but I do have one thing to add. If you are not on the organ donor registry list, please click on the button to the left (there is also one at the top of my sidebar). They have all the information you will need to answer any questions or concerns you may have. No one is too young (my donor had been registered since she was 15), no one is too old and no one is too sick to save the life or eyesight of others. My donor saved the lives of seventeen people! Thanks for taking the time to read this.

New Background

  Do you like my new background?  If you do, go over to Cute and Cool Blog Stuff for You.  She has many free backgrounds and accessories.  I’ve seen a few free background sites before and hers are very unique.  Very cool stuff!

She is also having a free digi collage sheet giveaway on her art blog.  She has some great stuff to choose from.

You’ll want to go check her stuff out!!!

Blessings,

Christine

Framed Butterflies

This is the last card for the Stamps and Smiles challenges.  I followed the sketch for challenge two.  The stamp is from a RAK and I colored it simply using water color pencils.  I had some background paper in mind with purple butterflies and yellow flowers.  I pulled out the purple paper for the matting that I used on a previous project that I tore.  I decided to leave it torn on the bottom and not use the back ground paper.  I made the flower out of some velvet rick rack.  Pretty simple!

Blessings,

Christine

Peach Rose

I know; I used this stamp yesterday.  I know, I did a monochromatic card yesterday.  I’m getting boring.  No, I didn’t realize when I started this card it would end up monochromatic, but that’s what happened.  You can’t tell in the picture but the white paper is actually a print that looks like eyelet lace fabric.  I used this paper because Tilda’s dress has eyelet lace trim.  I used water color pencils to paint the image.

Once again, this one is for the Stamps and Smiles challenges.  I followed the sketch for challenge one.  Just one more to go for tomorrow. 

Blessings,

Christine

Off to Paris Again

I’ve been playing with this stamp again. This time I did it in brighter colors and tried to make the flowers standout a little more. I think I was also able to add a little more dimension. In person you really notice the dimension where the ground ends and the wall begins. The photo didn’t turn out that great – a little blurry – but I didn’t feel like getting up and taking it again. hehe

I used a combination of water color paints and pencils. This is definitely my favorite stamp. It is very time consuming to paint.

This one is also for the Stamps and Smiles challenges. I followed the sketch for challenge three.

Blessings,

Christine