T Stands for Technical Issues

 ³³ But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. ³⁴ Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Matthew 6:33-34

I have spent hours on the phone with HP Instant Ink today. The good news, the problem was resolved.  I have put off calling them for several months.  I am glad I finally did.  My problem began several months ago when HP said I needed to update the HP printer driver.  After that, I could no longer print wireless as I had before.  And it was only after hours of reloading and uninstalling that I was even able to print with the printer plugged into my laptop. Today, however, by calling HP, they were able to get me back to wireless printing!

I do have to praise the HP Instant Ink program, and its support.  If you don't know that program when signed up for it hooks up with your printer and keeps track of how many pages you print and how much ink you use and sends you the ink before you need it, free!  You just pay per month for whatever level you want.  I am grandfathered from the original free level of 15 pages free a month, since I bought this cheap printer at Walmart in 2020.  I love this program but, am sorry to say the free level is no longer an option. If I happen to use more than 15 pages, it just purchases 10 more for $2.00.   But most months, I don't owe anything.  I love the fact that I no longer have to go to a store and buy printer cartridges!  

So, that was the first technical issue.  Next our internet, tv and phone which are all Cox went out!  Thankfully, internet and phone came back, but not tv.  I received texts that it should be back by 5:38.  I am enjoying the quiet, as usually my husband has it on sports talk shows all day!  LOL

The other tech issue is with my cheap Walmart phone.  I have had it for probably at least 4 years, and mostly it does what I need.  It isn't like I use it all the time.  I just buy time for it once a year, so not on any monly contract.  It is for emergencies and photos! LOL But I do get texts, like from Cox telling us about our outage issues.  It does not make any sounds when I get texts.  I have looked at settings, in the app, and doing everything I can think of to do.  Still, no sound.  eek!

Okay, so we love this technological world and all these convenient devices, but eek! LOL 

Moving on:

Here is a card I created for a friend's son who is retiring from being a pilot.  I got the idea from Pinterest.  It is a fun fold with a belly band.

Here is my ticket to the TSFT party over at Altered Book Lover with our awesome hosts Bleubeard and Elizabeth.  Go ahead and stop over there and see what the rest of the T-Gang are doing.

This is a digital from Sandee Woodson. aka Sande's Poema I will be using it in the future to either make a junk journal or a card.  You can sign up with her for her emails and digitals HERE

Thank you for stopping by and for your kind comments.  See you next time.  Have a Tea-riffic week!

Time for Show and Tell

¹⁹ Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: ²⁰ Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. Matthew 28:19-20 

I told you last time that this time I would show you what I have been working on.  It is a Book of Scraps.  I got the idea off YouTube from Treasure Books channel.

I am sorry I did not take photos as I went, only the maybe finished product, because you can keep adding forever.  Anyway, you just begin by picking out your base pages, then start gluing scraps on the pages.  I provided a link for you to watch the process for yourself.  You could make a cover, but I just used the pages.  I used 6 8 1/2x11 navy cardstock, as I didn't have good black cardstock.  I didn't begin to use all my scraps.  I could make these books forever, which isn't a bad idea, because the whole process is very relaxing.  I can go back anytime and add more.

1. pick pages

2. glue paper scraps

3. paint or watercolor

4. modeling or texture paste

5. Gold foiling : I used a gold pen

6. sewing and stitches:  I don't sew, so I skipped this step.

7. Spraying:  I splattered

8. Binding :  I used brown waxed binding thread and five-hole pamphlet stitch

9. fabric or lace

10. words/ journaling/ sentiment

11.  focal point, something special

12. stickers

13. details-white /black pen/bling

Here are the photos from cover page through book:

That is my project, not for any challenge or for a gift or anything, just for me, enjoying my crafting.

My ticket to TSFT :  I am on Be Real so I can keep up with some of our family.  You don't get to see their photo unless you post one.  Be real pops up some time during the day, you never know when it will be!  Sometimes, I save photos off Be Real, just like a do off of Facebook.  Since family isn't here, that is best way to get photos of them!  Here is one from last year.  I happened to be on a live Zoom at the time.

Thanks for looking, commenting and stopping by!  I hope you have a wonderful week! 

T Stands for Time

 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD;

and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. Psalms 33:12

Yes, T stands for Time!  How quickly it passes for example.  I haven't posted since the 4th of July!  I don't know how that happens.  I have done quite a bit this Summer, just not blogging.  I traveled out of state to our granddaughter's wedding and had so much fun.  It was joy to be with young people and our family!  Then we have had family here, and I am lovin' that!  I have made a couple of junk journals this Summer.  I have been reading quite a bit.  Our daughter recommended a new author.  That is always fun to have a new book list!  Oh, and we celebrated our 60th wedding anniversary this month!  

So, here is a photo of the cover of a 60-page, 2 signature junk journal I made as a birthday gift for a friend.  I covered a gutted book cover with fabric from an old table cloth.

Inside front cover.

A page inside.

This is the middle between the two signatures.  Left side is a page covered with tissue, and the right is some brail paper.  The digitals are Jule Dear Julie.

Another page, this one covered with napkin.

And the inside of the back cover.

That is some of what I have been doing.  Next is my ticket for TSFT over at Altered Book Lover where  I think Elizabeth will be surprised to see me! 

Another one of my favorite mugs from Spice Merchant.

Thanks for stopping by!  I really appreciate hearing from you.  Do you remember me?  Since it has been so long!  I have missed you.  

Happy 4th!

 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD;

and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. Psalms 33:12

I just thought I would post a Happy 4th to my USA readers!  This is a special anniversary of our independence as it is our 250th!  I am so proud to be an American and so thankful for my country.  Last Sunday in Church we sang some great patriotic hymns and I included the words on two of them:  

God of Our Gathers:  written to celebrate our 100th Anniversary by Daniel C. Roberts

Battle Hymn of the Republic: Written by Julia Ward Howe during the Civel War

America the Beautiful:  written by Katharine Lee Bates and originally titled Pikes Peak, 4th of July 1895

1 O beautiful for spacious skies

for amber waves of grain;

for purple mountain majesties

above the fruited plain!

America! America! God shed his grace on thee,

and crown the good with brotherhood

from sea to shining sea.

America: "My Country Tis of Thee" written by Samuel F. Smith 1832

1. My country,' tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing; land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrims' pride, from every mountainside let freedom ring! 2. My native country, thee, land of the noble free, thy name I love; I love thy rocks and rills, thy woods and templed hills; my heart with rapture thrills, like that above. 3. Let music swell the breeze, and ring from all the trees sweet freedom's song; let mortal tongues awake; let all that breathe partake; let rocks their silence break, the sound prolong. 4. Our fathers' God, to thee, author of liberty, to thee we sing; long may our land be bright with freedom's holy light; protect us by thy might, great God, our King.

I was crying by the time we got finished.  Despite everything that is happening, I love my country and am thankful we live here!

Since I am posting anyway, I thought I would post another card for the House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge: Water Fun Midway Inspiration.

I colored this House Mouse image with an assortment of brands of pencils and added Glossy Accents and stamped the sentiment from a SU! set on a MFT die cut cloud.  The wonky rectangle white panel is a die from MFT. (MY Favorite Things)

Here are some photos of how we spent the 4th of July in 2008:

Watching the 4th of July parade in Ketchikan, Alaska from our ship

And here is a scrapbook page of how we spent 4th of July in 2022.

This year, hubby is grilling hamburgers out for the two of us.  You can see that is my ticket to the TSFT party over at Altered Book Lover.

Happy 4th!

Thanks for stopping by!

See you next time.

T stands for Another New Technique and House Mouse

 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: Hebrews 12:14

Good afternoon!  I hope you are all doing well!  I am celebrating the new House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge for Water Play or Anything Goes.

I am sharing with you my House Mouse card: Colored with assortment of brands of pencils.  I added Glossy Accents to the fishbowl and splatters of silver ink.

Next are cards I made with a new to me technique called Double Vision.  I used Graphic 45 Designer paper from By the Sea Pad.  These are from a scrap.  To make this card, I cut 1/2" strips of the part of the paper I wanted to use.  Then you glue every other strip down leaving room for the strips in between.  Then you put those on with dimensional tape.  I added a charm to the lighthouse scene and a stamp to the seaside one. 

Which of the three cards is your favorite?

The only thing left is to share a drink for the T party over at Altered Book Lover, hosted by Bleubeard & Elizabeth.  This is our drink of choice when we got out to eat.

Sorry to be a little late, but here it is still Tuesday! LOL

Thanks for stopping by; I appreciate you all.

T Stands for Still Tuesday here

 

 “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. Matthew 6:34

Hello, hello!  I hope you all are having a great week so far!  I thought I would do a quick late post.  I am joining TSFT and House Mouse and Art Journal Journey.

In reverse order, here is my entry for the Art Journal Journey Challenge this month with theme of houses or buildings.  I just finished a junk journal for a very dear friend who is very ill, and this is one of the pages with a windmill:

and here is the cover and some other pages:

Also, I am joining in with the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge for the first time, with this sweet image.  The theme was anything goes.

And, lastly, my ticket to the TSFT party over at Altered Book Lover where Bleubeard and Elizabeth host a blog hop every Tuesday. Just have a drink reference on your post.  Here is mine.  Do you think I was double dipping?  I just forgot that I had brought coffee home in the to go cup from Bible study this morning.  I was really just having tea while watching a video on you tube.

Thanks for stopping by!  Hopefully, you will post a comment so I will know you were here.  Love our little one sided chats. LOL

See you next time!

A Play with Mixed Media

 “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. Matthew 6:34

I have been playing today with mixed media.  I had watched Nadine Milton (Hop-A-Long Studios on YouTube Channel) on the Art Expression Summit.  I used her ideas for this page.  I stamped, watercolored, stenciled with acrylic paint, and collaged with a napkin and with stamped and die cut acetate pieces.  I just totally had fun!  I am submitting this for the Art Journal Journey Challenge to use birds this month.  Thank you, Mia.  There was a bird on the napkin I used, which by the way is from our napkin swap a few years ago for TSFT.  Also, there are birds in the stamped image with the lighthouse.  I also submitted for the ACOT Rewind Challenge of the Mixed Media Hidden Journaling Challenge and to SplitcoastStampers for their Free4All challenge to use paint and for their Mix-Ability challenge to use the letters of the word Grads for elements in our project:

G- green
R- round, the stamped acetate pieces are circles.
A- acrylic paint, acetate
D- daubed paint
S- stamping, stenciling

I used Ken Oliver Color Bursts which I have had for years!  I used Stampers Anonymous TH Leger Script background stamps, Stampendous stamps, Art 101 acrylic paints, napkin, and acetate, using Ranger Archival Jet Black ink and Stazon Jet Black ink.

I hope you are having a great week!  Playing in my craft room today was very relaxing.  I hope you have something you like to do for relaxation.  

Here is a photo of another relaxing element in my life:  A cup of tea.  (photo from archives).  I am posting this for my ticket to TSFT.  However, I am posting early so I can get in on May's AJJ Challenge. 

9Thanks for stopping by everyone.