T Stands For Taking time

The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in
from this time forth, and even for evermore. Psalms 121:8

I am taking time to plan my month today which includes planning for visitors, making Valentines, planning Challenges on SplitcoastStampers, and planning meals for the week. We still have snow on the ground, 7 1/2 inches!  It is up to 48 F, but it will take more than a day or two for this snow to go away! LOL

Here is the Valentine I made today for our granddaughter who is a violinist.  I used some assorted stamps and a heart embossing folder.  SU! Itty Bitty Banners.

Beginning last Thursday, I participated in Justine Hovey's Craft Your Stash Summit.  These are cards I made from watching her class and using her sketch:  I used her sketch to make 11 cards from one 12x12 sheet of patterned paper.  Then I used die cuts that had already been cut and were laying around my area.  I found a little baggie of cowboys and horses.  I decided to make them as masculine cards.  I have already used two of these cards!  I always seem to need cards for men, as most the cards I make have flowers on them!

It was a good time to have the summit as we were below freezing and snow outside.  So, I just crafted!

I almost forgot my ticket to join Bleubeard and Elizabeth over at Altered Book Lover for TSFT! I would take time to take a drink of this, which was a gift, but the first bottle was terrible, so didn't!  It was too sweet and not only that, but I don't want to drink my calories!  I even tried to just add it to a drink or drink it hot.  Still terrible!  What about you is this a kind of drink you would like?

Hope you are having a great day.  I don't know what it is like where you are, but hope you are warm and safe.  

Thank you for stopping by.

T stands for Terrific Day!

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

I did get outside for a walk after a busy morning.   I was hubby's designated driver for his eye appointment, as he had to have his eyes dilated.  I read my book on my iPad while I waited about an hour and a half for him.  We then did banking and headed to Mardell's Christian Bookstore where we bought items for a church ministry.  Then we headed home, and I took my walk.  I did not wear Elizabeth's hat today as it was very windy! The temperature was really mild, even cool.  Even though I begin my walk wearing a jacket, I soon took it off and tied it around my waist.  But it was definitely an enjoyable walk. 

Now to show you what I did over the weekend.  I attended virtually another card summit and learned lots of new techniques and crafting tips.   One of the speakers was Alicia with www.papercraftsecrets.com.au.  She gave us a free digital to make 6 cards with envelopes. Her digitals are gorgeous!  The theme was Steampunk/ Country Western.  I will show you one that I made.   She made the digitals to be printed and cut with a Silhouette or Circut machine.  I have neither, so all were fussy cut. I added pearls to flowers, butterfly and cowgirl's neck.

Maybe you can see the pearls on this one and the front of the envelope.

Here is more of the kit I printed.  Aren't these adorable images?

I plan on making more cards using these.  I even decorated the inside of the card.

Remember last week when I said I had made 20 cards for challenges on ACOT for World Card Making Day?  I won one of the drawings and here is my prize that I already received on Saturday.  Lots of goodies.  I haven’t even had time to play with any of it yet!

Since I am joining Bleubeard & Elizabeth over at Altered Book Lover for T Stands for Tuesday, I will share the following.  We had a scrumptious lunch at Longhorns, but I forgot until after to take any photos.

Our drink of choice:

Western decor: 

My favorite: 

That is about it this time.  Thank you so much for stopping by. Just like my posted Bible verse says, I am thankful for each one of you.

 Happy T Day to the T Gang!  See you next time.

T Stands for Thunderstorms

   23 Search me, O God, and know my heart:

try me, and know my thoughts:
²⁴ And see if there be any wicked way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalms 139:23-24

Haha! I always like it when I can say T stands for something that actually begins with T!  We did finally get some much-needed rain over night, at least an inch.  We will take it as we are very dry here.  We even had tornado warnings last night late but didn't hear of any developments around here. That is good. We had lots of wind and thunder.  We were already in bed when it all started. It didn't bother us enough even to get up and look out the window.  And today was nice enough to go walk for as long as I could stand the wind.  It is supposed to get up to 67 degrees F.  

On to more important things, like crafting.  I watched several videos presented by the Card Maker Success Summit.  I saw lots of fun techniques, and new products.  I did not purchase the VIP which gives you unlimited access to the videos, just watched while available for 24 hours for free.  I also did not purchase any new products.  I am in the mode to use up what I have, which is considerable! The individual designers did provide us with free worksheets on how to make their projects, and I downloaded some of those.

Here is a card that I made for the Challenge Your Stash group on SplitcoastStampers for a monochromatic red card.  I used stash for sure!  I have hoarded this SU! designer paper for over 10 years, and I only used a little 4x5 piece of a 12x12 sheet for this card.   I used SU! Real Red cardstock for the base, and also die cut the sentiment from the Real Red.  I added prima flowers and a brad from my stash.  Now, I only have 199 more prima flowers and 999 more brads!  I die cut the little flowers for the upper corner.  I think I nailed the challenge!

It is time for my ticket to the TSFT over at Bleubeard & Elizabeth's at Altered Book Lover.  I will share some photos I don't believe I have ever shared from when we ate at a place called Jimmy's Egg.  It was the first time we had been there.  They had some WSU (Wichita State University) type decorations on their walls, so I took photos. 

I do not know why some of my post looks wonky with white around it.  I even cut and re-typed.  Blogger has a mind of it's own!

Happy T Day to the T Gang!  Thank you for stopping by.