T Stands for Totally Junk Journaling

 Delight thyself also in the LORD;

and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

⁵ Commit thy way unto the LORD;
trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. Psalms 37:4-5

I meant to post earlier, but got distracted with this month's Julie, Dear Julie Junk Journal Challenge!  I have been working all day on it.  I am making a completely different kind of junk journal this month.  I am recycling an old 2 ring photo album into a junk journal.  I am really excited about it because it is so different.  It is even smaller than usual.  I made eight of the challenge pages today.

We are to use Julie, Dear Julie's digitals in our journals:

Photo album:

Double Pocket page made from recycled calendar.

Page from wallpaper with side pocket:

Page with recycled gift bag with side tuck and top tuck:

Well, that is what I have been doing!  Now for my ticket to TSFT over at Altered Book Lover, where Bleubeard and Elizabeth host a blog hop every Tuesday.  T stands for Tuesday.  Get it?  All you have to do to join the hop is have a drink reference in your blog post.  Oh, and I know it is Monday here in the states, but it is Tuesday for a lot of our bloggers in other countries.  Feel free to join or to blog hop and see what they all are doing.

Back to my ticket: It did warm up to almost 40 a couple of days this past week.  We took advantage and ventured out to eat at one of our favorite comfort food diners for comfort food!  So good!  We didn't have to eat but one meal that day. LOL

I appreciate your visit.  Please let me know you were here.  I hope you all have a wonderful week.  We are in the deep freeze again with our temps, and we even had snow flurries again today.  Our other snow is still here.   So, my parting words are STAY WARM!

T Stands for This & That

⁴ Delight thyself also in the LORD;
and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
⁵ Commit thy way unto the LORD;
trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. Psalms 37:4-5

 We still have a lot of snow.  I can't remember when I was away from home.  Maybe when I went to the doctor on January 3rd?  My husband went to the store one day in between our snowstorms and it was terrible out then.  He didn't try going out anymore except to shovel.  Our neighbor shoveled the first snow, but hubby has been doing it since.  He has our driveway clear, but our deck is a lost cause because the sun never hits it. 

I have been working on a scrapbook layout today, even playing with stencils and modeling paste. The photo shows how much the snow was coming down on Thursday, January 9th.  I couldn't even get the door open!

Now for my ticket to TSFT over at Altered Book Lover with our hostess Elizabeth, and our host Bleubeard. We have to include a drink reference on our blog post as an entry to her blog hop party. This is difficult since we haven't been anywhere.  I will dig into my archives.   Here is a photo of a teapot card from 2016! LOL  You are invited to stop over and visit the ones who link up to the party.

Thanks for stopping by.  Please leave a comment so I know you were here.  I really appreciate it. Hopefully, I will see you next week!

Happy New Year

⁴ Delight thyself also in the LORD;
and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
⁵ Commit thy way unto the LORD;
trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. Psalms 37:4-5

Last post, I named Snow.  I should have saved it for this week!  Here is what it looked like yesterday at our house.  I couldn't get the door open wide enough to take a good photo, and I couldn't take it through the glass as you can see.

Today after early temps and feel likes of 0 and -5, the sun is shining.  My husband who is elderly like me, went out the garage to begin shoveling.  He was standing there as the garage door opened, and surprise, there was our neighbor shoveling our driveway!  My husband asked, "what are you doing?"  He said, "helping you".  He did the whole driveway and most of our walk to our porch.  How wonderful!  Hubby did a little and cleaned off our porch.  Well, the neighbor is nice for sure, but also about 60 years younger than my hubby!  We haven't got to know them really well as they just moved in a couple of months ago.  I took them a plate of goodies at Christmas; I am sure glad I did!  Thank you, God, for good neighbors.  We live on the right side of the street, so with the sun shining, even though it is still 13 degrees out, it should hit that concrete and do some major melting.  I think we had over three and a half inches on ice, as it had rained and sleeted first.  So everything is closed here, and we had alerts on our cell phones to warn us not to get out on the roads!  So we are in for a while.  Temps are going to remain below freezing and with feel likes below 0!  So, we continue to leave cupboards open at nights under sinks and leave the faucets dripping!  

Okay, enough about the weather!  Let's craft.  One thing about the weather being this way, can't go anywhere, can't go walking, so it is great for crafting.  I have been playing today.  

 

I found this note I had taken when watching videos sometime, don't ask what video as I have no clue:

So instead of cleaning, which is what I had started out doing, I tried this technique:

So, first I looked in my gel print drawer and came up with this piece, which I thought was quite ugly, so I didn't think it would matter covered in black:

Then I found an old embossing folder that I wouldn't care if the black ink ruined it.  (it didn't, it washed off real easy)

I then inked it up with VersaFine Black Onyx ink.

I had cut down to size the gel print to run through in the embossing folder through with my Big Shot.

I don't think I got a photo of it after the black.  This photo shows after I ran white ink over the raised parts.

I glued to a turquoise base.  Then had to decide how to decorate.  I decided it looked masculine  card and I always need those.

I added a vertical greeting that someone had given me and added some chipboard from 49 and Market, my newest mania.  LOL

What do you think?  It sure improved on that gel print, or at least I thought so!  I will try again with different gel prints, (after all I have a drawer full on them!) and different embossing folders.

Today is TSFT over at Bleubear & Elizabeth's Altered Book Lover.  All you have to do is have a drink reference and you can join the t-party. (link to her blog and be part of the blog hop).

We went out for the first time in 2025 at Braum’s one of our favorites.

What we love about it is we get the combo, cheeseburger, fries and shake!  Their ice cream is wonderful!  My shake was peanut butter. Then despite knowing it was going to be record setting low temps, we bought ice cream to bring home, and we have been eating it! LOL He got Chocolate Carmel Moose, and I got Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup frozen yogurt.  So good!

Happy New year!  Thanks for stopping by.

Stay warm! Stay Safe!  Stay Crafty!

Snow

⁴ Delight thyself also in the LORD;
and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
⁵ Commit thy way unto the LORD;
trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. Psalms 37:4-5

 I will try to commit next year to the Lord about everything including whether or not I post, or how often.  However, I thought I have been on sabbatical from Blogging long enough, so I will end the year with one last post.  I have decided to join in at **Art*Journal*Journey for Sharon's (Sharon from That Girl Friday Fritchey) Snow Challenge for January. This made me get out an old stencil that I haven't used in years.  I stenciled with Blueprint Sketch Oxide Distress ink over a Aspen Trees stencil.  I spattered with White India Ink and used a Uniquely Creative clear Sparkle Brush for the glittery look of ice.  I die cut and stamped the deer from a very old Fun Stampers Journey set.  They are not even in business anymore.  The snowflake dies are an unknown source, but I die cut from silver.  I added gems, Nuvo drops and Washi tape for interest, and just to use stash!  I did this in my 7x10 Canson XL Mix Media book.  98 lb paper.  My stencil is only 6x6. so had to move it to fill the page.  As you can see, it isn't really lined up, but oh, well.  I am just playing with all my stuff! LOL

Maybe a closer view will show the glittery trees:

Here is my ticket to the tea party over at Bleubeard and Elizabeth's at Altered Book Lover.  I have missed so many, they may not know who I am.  I prepared this little hot chocolate station next to my tea station for when our family were here.  We all enjoyed it; in fact, I am still enjoying it.  Who knew that mini chocolate chips, mini-marshmallows and candy canes could make something so good ever better?

Well, I hope you all had a blessed Christmas, and I wish you Happy New Year.  Who know what it will bring?  Maybe I will see you next year.  

Thanks for stopping by.

Today & Anything Goes

“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”  Philippians 4:8 

 Hello, I am still here!  I had a great morning today because it finally cooled down and I was able to go walking!  I decided to join in with TSFT and with Aimeslee's Anything Goes Challenge over at **ART*JOURNAL*JOURNEY*.    I did this page inspired by her challenge, my walk and using prompts from my Mixed Media Joy Challenge over at SplitcoastStampers. 

Use 3 or more of the following:
Napkin
Recycled household item
Blue or teal
sequins
Book page
Washi
Suggested Technique: anything using water

I did a page in my 7x10 art journal today. I water colored the base with different colors and some scribbling. Then I added washi (the stamps & the today and leaf), napkin, and book page. Then stamped birds, date, and some journaling that inspired my page. I wish my napkin had been woodsy but was I matching the color. I was just having fun, so doesn't matter, anything goes!

I almost forgot (because it has been so long!)  that I need a drink reference of some kind in order to join TSFT with Bleubeard & Elizabeth over at Altered Book Lover.  So, here is my favorite to go mug.  I will be taking it with me this weekend to a Ladies Bible Conference Retreat.

Thank you for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day!  

My June 2024 Post

Philippians 1:3 "I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,"

 Maybe I can post once a month.  Do you think?  Hello everyone, I am back....  I am anxious to see what everyone is doing. It is a hot Summer already here, in the 90s and even 100s F.  I have been out to Panera with friends this morning, so didn't walk early and now it is too hot.  Maybe tomorrow.  I have been trying to be out the door by 6:30 and home by 8:00 to beat the heat.  Usually, 75 already then.  I thought I would do a post to my blog, but not a planner, and not sure what you might be interested in.

Here is a page I did over the weekend:

I think I have mentioned before that I like to take photos of dogs I see on the trail.  This was also for a Becky Fleck sketch on ACOT, A Cherry on Top.

I spilled my full cup of tea, so don't have that in here now.  What a mess that was!  I spilled it on my current journal:

Below is the result:  On left you are seeing bleed through of digital I printed on other side of my chart:

Below is front of other and is the digital that bled through.

I don't know about you, but I kind of like the result! LOL Maybe I have created a new technique!

Spilled tea probably doesn't qualify for my ticket to the tea party (TSFT) at Altered Book Lover hosted by Bleubeard and Elizabeth.

So, here is a photo of one of times we went out to eat recently:  I think it was at Cracker Barrel.  We always choose the fried apples as one of our sides and count it as dessert.  Mine came with two pieces of Grilled chicken tenderloins, so brought one home and next night we split it and made a meal out of it for two.  And there is our water with lemon. 

Happy T Day everyone, and Happy July!

Thanks for stopping by.  I really will try to post more often.  I can't wait to stop by and see what you all have been up to.  Me, I am just staying in because it is 96 degrees F and feels like 104!  I have a fan blowing on me and it feels pretty good.  Bye for now.

Results from NSD

 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped:  therefore, my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.    Psalms 28:7

In the last post I was getting ready to participate in National Scrapbooking Day, which lasts all of May here. :)  I did get 14 layouts done and I think as many cards.   Some of the cards have already been mailed , so they didn’t get in the photo.  But May isn't over, so fully intend to get more done.  Below, is a photo I took on our stairs of everything so far.  I scrapped layouts of photos taken in 2021, 22, 23 and 2024.  I don't scrap in order,  but should.  It took me a half hour to get all these layouts into the proper albums!

I hope the ones who celebrate had a nice Mother's Day, Sunday.  I had a lovely, relaxing day.  Below are photos of my gift from our church Sunday for Mother's Day.  They gifted all the ladies these lovely travel mugs.  Good thing because I left my other old scratched up one at the Junk Journaling retreat last month.  I will just have to remember not to take it to Bible study, because all of our cups are the same! LOL

It even came in a pretty box.  This is also my ticket to the tea party over at Altered Book Lover where Bleubeard & Elizabeth host the Tea Stands For Tuesday event each Tuesday.

Thanks for stopping by to see what I have been doing.  I hope to see what some of you have been doing.  See you next time.