T Stands for Terrific Weather

 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD;

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

Yes, it is beautiful here.  Overcast & cool! It is 71 now, but earlier in the 60s.  I even walked a couple of miles this afternoon!  70s is so much better than 90s!  We have our windows open, and everything smells so good because it has sprinkled off and on all day.  It smells laundry on the line good!

I am taking part in an Altenew inspiration color challenge, so here is my card using one of their images, Blossoming Freesia. There are prizes!  So check it out.  Even if you don't have their stamps, you can get free coloring pages right there in the link.  I die cut it and used their stencil for sponging color on.  This is for a precious lady friend at church.  We both celebrate this birthday this year, only she is first. :) I die cut the happy and 80th out of gold (poster board paper) and added green rhinestones to the centers of the die cut image.  I used a Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder on the Certainly Celery panel and layered on a 110 lb white base.

For today's TSFT ticket, I will share a photo of our recent "brunch for dinner" at the local jimmy's egg, and yes, their name is in lower case letters.

I ordered the three eggs Western Omelet with two sides.  I chose mini stack and fruit.  They made an error and gave me hash browns, too, which I didn't eat.  I didn't like the taste.  The pancakes and omelet and fruit were great.  My husband had the meat lover's skillet and left the potatoes that were in it.  I guess he didn't like their potatoes either. We had our usual waters.  We just can't see paying $2.50 to $4.50 for drinks when we go out to eat.  That is like adding another $10.00 to your ticket.  We can drink our coffee and tea at home.  The only time we get the drink is when it comes with the meal, like a combo.

Other projects this week:

The Challenge of Splitcoaststampers was to use pencils.  I chose to use watercolor pencils to color my angel.  I think this is only the second Christmas card I have made so far this year.  I better get on the ball.  I love that patterned paper.  Isn't it beautiful?  It is from an old 8x12" paper pad that has been in my stash forever.  The angel image is from Stampendous and I had picked it up at a garage sale for a dollar!

Thanks for stopping by.  Happy T-Day.  See you next time!

T Stands for Too Hot!

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

Although, I tried to go walking this morning, it is still too hot.  I walked about a mile at 9:00 this morning.  I did errands and was home by noon, and it was hot.  I am so over this heat!  Maybe by September I can walk again.  I haven't even crafted much, only made a couple of cards and printed off some photos for scrapping.  

What I have enjoyed is reading.  I have read a couple of good books.  One was Restored in Tuscany: A True Story of Facing Loss, Finding Beauty, and Living Forward in Hope by Angela Correll.  I really enjoyed this book.  The writer has also written a trilogy of fictional books called Grounded, Guarded and Granted.  I haven't read those yet but loved her book of her renovations of a home in Italy, and restored faith.  It was a beautiful story of the little village and people in Tuscany and even included photos. 

What else is going on this Summer?  We have discovered a new place to eat, Magnolia Cafe.  We love their Chicken and Waffles! We went for lunch.   I forgot until we were almost done to take a photo.  We were full after eating the large waffle and one of the chicken pieces so we each took home two pieces of chicken, and had that for dinner, later.  Everything was absolutely delicious.  The chicken was drizzled with honey.  Oh, my goodness, scrumptious!

I recently was reminded of this sunburst technique when perusing the Featured Stamper at Splitcoaststampers.  She had a link to the way to cut it.  For a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 card or A-2: You cut 2 strips of three different patterned papers of 1 1/4 x 5 1/4.  You then cut those strips diagonally from opposite corners.  This is great way to use up those scraps!  You glue to a 4"x5 1/4 panel.  Arrange how you want and cut off what is off the card and cut off the points instead of gluing down.  I put another panel to cover up the points. I distressed everything with TH Vintage Photo Distress ink.  I submitted this for three challenges on Splitcoaststampers: Featured Stamper, Clean and Simple &  the Fan Club Monthly Challenge for Back to School.  The image with the books is from a free digital from Sande Woodson or Sande's Poema on Facebook and You Tube.

This one is a submission for a card challenge of ACOT to use a inspiring sentiment.  The DSP for both these cards is from a 6x6 paper pad by Authentique.

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you are staying cool and having a great T Day.  Stop over at Altered Book Lover and check out TSFT.  See you next time.

T Stands for Tea

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

Happy Tuesday!  I am a little late to our tea party!  I wanted to finish a journal layout for Art  Journal Journey for Chris's August Hot Summer (Nights and Days) challenge.  I am still working in my Smash book and using leftover photos from my scrapbooking.  These are Summertime photos from different years. Besides leftover photos, I used leftovers from a Simple Stories kit that I got at a scrap retreat in K.C. Mo. in 2018!  The journaling was printed off with my label maker.  After everything was down, I covered the photos, and spattered with Mango Lemonade Memories Mists.  I kid you not, that is the name!  That could be my ticket to the TSFT, couldn't it?  It is a drink related reference....  but, see below, as I have a more normal ticket.

This is also for a Splitcoaststampers "Summer Fun" Clean and Simple Challenge and for the Art Journal Art Journal Sketch Challenge on A Cherry on Top, (ACOT)

Here is my ticket to TSFT over at Altered Book Lover:  This card is for the Alpha Challenge on Splitcoststampers. The letter this week is F for furniture.  These were gifted dies, so I am excited that I could actually use them!  I layered the scene on a heart embossed panel, another gifted item.  I stamped and punched Just for You from Tea Shoppe, an old retired Stampin' Up! set. This is also for a challenge on A Cherry on Top (ACOT) to use some shiny paper and to use at least 5 sequins.  I inked the edges and over the raised hearts with TH faded jeans Distress Ink.

Thanks for stopping by.  I will see you next time.

T Stands for Taking it Easy

  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

By taking it easy, I mean less walking; it is just too hot, and I can't get motivated to get out early! It is just nice to stay in the A/C and play in my craft room.  All week-end I watched videos for the Card Makers for Success Summit.  I got a lot of ideas and have several cards started.  I was inspired to begin making a few Christmas cards.  

Let's get to what I have been working on today.  I looked up the Art Journal Journey Challenge and found that Chris aka Pearshaped Crafting's theme this month is Hot Summer Nights and Days.  Great theme!!  I am journaling/scrapping in my smash book just to use it.  It lay unused for many years!

I used some 49 and Market papers, and ephemera, but the feathery paper was what was in the smash book.  Every page in the smash book has different patterned paper, which makes it nice.  I also entered in the VSBN Challenge on Splitcoaststampers to use a sun on your layout.  Also, it is a submission for the Art Journal sketch on ACOT.  I used some leftover zoo photos, which I liked and really wanted to use.

For our TSFT party over at Altered Book Lover, I show our meal at Bagatelle's recently, with our free cake.  I had a wonderful chicken peach poppy seed salad and soup.  Everything there is always so good, and the portions are always generous.  This time they gave us our dessert right with our meal!  We usually go about once every 5 or 6 weeks.  So good!

Happy T Day!  Stay cool!  Thanks for stopping by.  I will see you next time, dear friends.

T Stands for Technique Re-visited

 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

 How are you all doing on this hot afternoon?  I am composing this post Monday afternoon, and it is 95degrees F out, with heat advisories for 105 degrees heat index!  Great day to spend inside with the A/C.  Although, I did go to Michaels earlier, went in and used their 5.00 reward coupon and only spent $1.06!  I got some mini-ink blending foams, 20 of them in a package.  I am happy with that.  I have no idea why they emailed me this reward, not because I have spent any money there.  In fact, I haven't spent any money since the last $5.00 reward they sent me!  I only spent $2.00 then, the difference between the coupon and some snail adhesive.  Thank you, Michaels!  All that to say, that I then walked the whole parking lot of the very large shopping center, even walking another block to Dollar Tree to get some double-sided tape, then back to my car, near Michaels.  I now have 6000 steps!  But the heat was brutal as it was around noon.

Down to business!  As the title says, I revisited a technique this week.  It is called Cling Wrap Background.  Here is a tutorial on Splitcoaststampers.

I did a few of the backgrounds in different colors using oxide inks on Watercolor cardstock but didn't take a photo of the one I used before I made the card.  Below shows the process:  Swipe the oxide inks onto the cling wrap, spritz with water, scrunch up, then lay on the cardstock, and leave until dry.  When you lift it there will be a pretty pattern on the paper.  You can do this with inks, or watercolors, either one.

Below is the finished card using TH stamps, Archival black ink, and twine.  This particular card is going to one of our church ladies who will me 102 or 103, can't remember which.  A couple of years ago I made her a special card for 100. 

Lastly, here is a photo of freebie digitals from Scrapbooking With Me on YouTube, Edith Wray

I can't wait to make a journal with these pages.  Don't those drinks look scrumptious?  I think these would work especially for a coffee drinker who likes music.  Of course I have someone in mind.

Happy T Day, as celebrated every Tuesday over on Altered Book Lover where our host and hostess are Bleubeard and Elizabeth.  Thanks for stopping by.  I will see you next time.

T Stands for Sharing Art

 "Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, was judging Israel at that time. She used to sit under the palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the people of Israel came up to her for judgment." Judges 4:4-5

I created this Bible Art Journaling page for the Ladies Bible Study I lead every other Tuesday at our church.  Our study this year is Remarkable Women of the Bible by Elizabeth George.  As you might have guessed, our last lesson was on Deborah.  I knew she was one of the judges but hadn't ever really studied her.  It seems not only was she a judge, but she was a wife, and a warrior!  She had to go to war with Barack, or he wouldn't go.  And, after the victory she wrote and sang a song about the victory!  You can read poem, song in Chapter 5 of Judges.  What a remarkable woman to be able to do all of this as reported in the Bible.  We can learn many lessons from reading about Deborah, and the rest of the remarkable women in the Bible.

I was inspired to do this Bible art journaling.  I am sorry to say I cannot find the person's name to give her credit for the images I used.  I had virtually attended a Bible Summit this or last year and they were free.

I thought about this being my entry for the Botanical theme for ART JOURNAL JOURNEY, but wasn't sure if it was enough botanical? :)  So, I just had to play some more and create the art below!  LOL

I had fun playing with alcohol inks and Isopropyl alcohol.  Then I used some TH stamps, and words.

I also used some 49 and Market ephemera.

And here is what happened to the back of the page on which I used:  I almost liked it better!  Oh, well, I will use it next time.

Now it is time to share a photo of a drink for my entry to the party over at Altered Book Lover.  Last week, we went to Red Robin.  We order their smaller version of hamburger with a side.  Our waitress said we could have salad or broccoli, because the fries come with everything regardless.  Otherwise, we might have ordered the fries. It really wasn't on the menu like this, but she explained that was the way it was.  Delicious!  We both got the standard hamburger with the 1000 Island dressing.  The waitress was wonderful, our hamburgers were wonderful and so was the salad.  We hadn't been there in a couple of years.  Oh, and we ordered water with lemon, and she brought us a whole bowl of thickly sliced lemon, might have been the whole lemon!  Oh, and BTW, the sauce that came with the fries was awesome!  I ate fries on my sauce. LOL

Very filling, so won't go there too often!

Thanks for stopping by!  See you next time!  Don't forget to check over at Altered Book Lover and check out the others on the T Stands for Tuesday blog hop party.  It is the 12th anniversary of TSFT!  So big celebration!

T Stands for Tuesday & Art

 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD;

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

I will try to do another TSFT post!  Doctor appointments and physical therapy take up a lot of time, and Tuesday is also Bible study day.  So, I am scheduling a post but actually doing it on Sunday afternoon.  That is what I did last week, and it worked pretty well.  I just have to remember to link it to Elizabeth's party at Altered Book Lover.  I also want to link to **Art*Journal*Journey* this week, as I did a journal spread for Hallie's Botanical theme.

This is actually called a Smash Book from K& Co.  I have had it for years and decided to start using it for art journal spreads. The size is about 7 x 10 inches, which is just right.

I used 49 and Market ephemera & rub ons.  My photos are printed off of social media of our grandson.  I just thought they were so cute and had to be used somewhere.  I thought this concept worked better than traditional scrapbooking.  I used an art journal sketch off of ACOT, with theme of rectangles, Challenge #31.

Here is my ticket for TSFT:

We love their fries!  My husband gets the double steakburger, but I like the Patty melt, which is on rye.  It is so good, and I am sure none of this is healthy.  But this is a place we only got to about twice a year at most!

I took a photo of a photo hanging up in the establishment.  So cool.

Thanks for stopping by.  Stay cool.  See you next time.

June is Over!

   Enter into his gates with thanksgiving,

and into his courts with praise:

be thankful unto him, and bless his name.  Ps. 100:4

Between Doctors appointments, twice a week trips to physical therapy, and doing physical therapy at home three times a day, Bible study, and just life, June has flown by quickly! I did however get some crafting into the schedule.  I even took part in a 4 -day Prompt and Play Zoom with Tracy Sundue and Heather from Fun Scrapbooking Circle and Scrapbooking Summits.  Each day we had different prompts, but also, a 30-minute time limit.  I finished them all.  We could do any project, card, journal page, scrapbook, just any project.  The first day I did a card, but the other three days I did a scrapbook layout.

I will share the last one we did because the prompts were so interesting.  They had a wheel with National Days for June 27th on it.  They spun it 4 times, so we had our choice of four prompts or could use more than one.  The choices were Nation Helen Keller Day, National Onion Day, National Sunglasses Day, and National Big Dreams Day.  We could interpret it literally or in any way we wanted.

I went with Helen Keller Day, thinking of what this woman overcame in her lifetime.  I am not saying I overcame like she did, not comparing myself to her, just using the overcome for the inspiration for my layout.  I scrapped photos of me, thinking what I had overcome, a bad shoulder, surgery and recovery, at almost 80.  To me that is big accomplishment.  Then I went ahead and incorporated the sunglasses, red for red skinned onion, and the word dream.  I even printed the photos from my Selphy in the 30-minute time limit!  We all showed our end result on the Zoom.  I couldn't believe I could do it that quickly, but wow, what the others did, too! It is amazing how quickly you can do a project when you don't overthink.  I used what was out on my desk, and this swirly cut out paper, as well as the vellum sentiments, I had just run across in my stash and it was fresh in my mind.  So another win was using stash!

 I do want to say I could not have come through this ordeal without the many prayers that were prayed for me and for the strength and healing touch of the Lord.  I am thankful for all the encouragement and help from my husband.  I am thankful for the surgeon, the nurses, and physical therapists.  I am so thankful for the prayers and for how the Lord is healing me.  He after all is the Great Physician.  I trust that eventually I will be completelly healed and able to lift my arm above my head.  One thing I know is I have no pain, unlike before surgery!

My giant cup of water in the hospital photo is my ticket to the Tea Stands for Tuesday party over at Altered Book Lover where our hostess and host are Elizabeth and Bleubeard. They have this party hop every Tuesday (or Monday evening) where we share what we are doing over a beverage of choice.  That is the only requirement, to have a drink reference in your post.  You can join if you do that!

Thanks for stopping by.  See you next time, whenever that is!

Man on the Moon

   Create in me a clean heart, O God;

and renew a right spirit within me.
¹¹ Cast me not away from thy presence;
and take not thy holy spirit from me.
¹² Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;
and uphold me with thy free spirit.
¹³ Then will I teach transgressors thy ways;
and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Psalms 51:10-13

These are Bible verses I try to pray each day.

I have decided to do a blog post today!  I know it has been a while, but I do feel I am on the road of recovery!  I am in physical therapy and am gaining my range of motion back.  Next will be strength building.  So, thanks for the prayers and check ins while my blog was on hiatus.  

I am doing several challenges with this journal page.  One is the "people challenge" by Matilde on **Art*Journal*Journey.  The other two are challenges on ACOT for the art journal sketch and the In The News Challenge to remember circumstances that you might remember when news happened.  I chose when man walked on the moon, and made One giant step for mankind.  I will always remember it because I was pregnant with our first child.  And because of that I always remember when it happened!

 It was fun to do this page and remember.  I used old book pages as a base, and then stenciled TCW Sea Glass Stencil butter through a My Favorite Things brick wall stencil.  I printed off the photos from the internet, because it was all on TV just like this.  You can go online and listen and watch it all again.  I used 49 and Market rub ons, Washi tape, and ephemera

Finally, I will join Elizabeth over at Altered Book Lover for Tea Stands for Tuesday!

Here is my entry.  We recently ate at Bagatelle's again.  We had wonderful talapia with rice and lemon sauce and the best chicken and rice soup I have ever tasted!  And it seems every time we go they bring us and everyone in the small dining area a complementary desert.  This time it was cheesecake!

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It is good to be back!  I hope to visit you all and see what you are doing this week.  Thanks for stopping by and welcoming me back!  See you next time.

T Stands for Totals from CalvinBall

  Create in me a clean heart, O God;

and renew a right spirit within me.
¹¹ Cast me not away from thy presence;
and take not thy holy spirit from me.
¹² Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;
and uphold me with thy free spirit.
¹³ Then will I teach transgressors thy ways;
and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Psalms 51:10-13

These are Bible verses I try to pray each day.

Even though I could still do another project for CalvinBall today, the 31st, I am done.   My total points were 1020.  Right now, I am 14th in the standings.  First place has almost 4000 points!  My totals included 17 scrapbook layouts, 2 journal pages, 25 place setting favors for our Bible study (with help at our church craft day), 1 junk journal project, 21 cards.  I call that pretty good for one month, and there are some things I didn't bother to count.  I call it a good crafty month.

Since I featured this event in a blog post, I thought I would share this two-page layout I did, about the Chinese New Year event we attended.

I used the place mats on the layout as well as the chopstick sack and fortune, and the invitation.

I am in 14th place now, and sinking lower, but here it was in first place at the beginning. LOL Here is proof, a screen shot. 

And again, it was all for fun, the points don't mean anything!

My ticket for TSFT is in the layout photos.  Be sure and stop over at Bleubeard & Elizabeth's at Altered Book Lover.  They are the host of T Stands for Tuesday.

Thanks for stopping by, I don't know what I will feel like after surgery or whether I can stop by and see you, but will try. 

Happy T Day.

Chicken, Chicken!

  Create in me a clean heart, O God;

and renew a right spirit within me.
¹¹ Cast me not away from thy presence;
and take not thy holy spirit from me.
¹² Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;
and uphold me with thy free spirit.
¹³ Then will I teach transgressors thy ways;
and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Psalms 51:10-13

These are Bible verses I try to pray each day.

No, we are not playing Chicken!  I had recently taken a photo with my phone from the car of a chicken, a giant chicken, and had to look up what it was all about?  What is this chicken doing, and why is it so large?  It turns out it is an advertisement for a Chicken Chicken Drive thru soon opening in this location.  I had never heard of it, but it turns out it is the second one to open in this area.  Probably that sign that I didn't notice or include in the photo, tells us this info.  But I had to research when I got home.  Anyway, giant chicken siting! For Elizabeth, it is at the corner of Mosley & 13th.  She has probably seen it already.

We were on our way to eat that day at Copper Oven, one of our favorites.    He ate a Rueben, and I ate a healthy chicken salad, although I helped him with his fries.  And of course, we had lemon with water for our ticket to TSFT over at Bleubeard &  Elizabeth's Altered Book Lover where we all get together once a week to celebrate with our beverages. 

As I ate, this is what I was looking so, I had to take a photo of the pretty mural but had it on movie.  So, I have been down a rabbit hole to figure out how to just have a photo out of it.  Googled and found how to use the snip it on my PC.  Took me a whole bunch of tries.  Now, I have to go figure out where they are and how to delete the ones that were wrong!

You can see it was not busy, because we usually go in the middle of the afternoon when restaurants are busy.  We like it that way. :) Actually, there were two more areas that were full. 

This excursion was back in February.  I do have a photo below of how Spring has Sprung in our neighborhood.   These people even decorated their tree. Most the balls are on the ground however as it is so windy!

 No craft blog is complete without a craft, right?  I watched vidos on the four day Card Makers For Success Summit (CMSS) over the weekend.  One of the presenters gave us some free digitals, as many did.  Then I watched her class and made this card.  Her digital was really for children's cards, but I don't have a need for those at this time. So, I adapted it to be an adult card.  It is a special fold, to be slightly interactive for a child.  I think adults like interactive cards, too.  It just opens a few times.  The crafter was Alicia McNamara of Paper Craft Secrets.

Bottom right is what it looks like closed.  Bottom left is with one part opened, and top is open all the way.  I also submitted to CalvinBall and got 50 points, because if you had less than ten on Twisted G.R.O.S.S Day, then you automatically got 50.  LOL  All just for fun!

I don't know if I will post next week or not, but next Tuesday, I am having Reverse Shoulder Replacement.  My husband says I am going to come out of surgery with my arm on backwards. LOL

I hope not!  I hope it means that eventually I will have less pain and more mobility. Anyway, I am not sure of how much I will be able to blog for a while.  They say 6 weeks in a sling and 6 months for complete recovery.

Thanks for stopping by.  I will see you next time.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

 Create in me a clean heart, O God;

and renew a right spirit within me.
¹¹ Cast me not away from thy presence;
and take not thy holy spirit from me.
¹² Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;
and uphold me with thy free spirit.
¹³ Then will I teach transgressors thy ways;
and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Psalms 51:10-13

These are Bible verses I try to pray each day.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!  We really don't celebrate, but this year we were invited to a St. Patrick's Day event at a senior living facility last week.  We were given coins with our assigned number and a piece of paper with the names of places we were to visit, like the library, model apartment, movie theatre, cafe, fitness room, etc.  At each place spread over three stories, we got our paper stamped, deposited our coin and ate a snack.  At one place, we had guitar music and tall green drinks with fancy straws which we got to keep.  The drink was a flavor of Hawaiian punch mixed with Sprite.  The idea was for us to see all these places in their facility, in hopes we would pay them a lot of money and move into it!  Also, they would draw coins out for prizes.  We weren't called, so I guess we didn't win.  They also had a photo op where they took our photos with a lady dressed all in green.  I haven't got that photo yet, and I didn't take one with my phone. :(

I took one photo at the event but first here is one of the fancy straws because you really don't see them that well in the next photo. 

And the drinks were really green, just doesn't show well here, no matter how I tried to fix the color.  This is also my ticket to Bleubeard & Elizabeth's TSFT over at Altered Book Lover.

This particular food was some kind of potato pancake.  Other food was fruit, like berries and grapes.  In the theatre they served a tiny cheesecake thing, and we were there too early for some kind of chicken thing.  The food wasn't all that impressive.  We did get a gold coin that when opened was chocolate.  I couldn't figure out how to open it, and decided it really wasn't anything to eat, but hubby broke it and there was chocolate in it. :)

Today I also am showing a journal page I did for Art Journal Journey, CalvinBall and ACOT Art Journal Sketch challenge.

For AJJ the theme was Home Sweet Home, and on the right side of the page I show that I am thankful for my home sweet home and that it is my happy place, and I do count it as one of my blessings.

I used the 2page sketch as given on A Cherry on Top. For Calvin Ball I think I got 34 points.  Again, the points are just for fun and inspiration. 

Points: 2 pages, star, date, real or faux stitching, frame, heart, polka dot, stripes, sketch, handwriting, film strip, hexagon, circle, grid, coffee or tea, stamp, pink, flower, fussy cut, splatter, butterfly, banner, bling, 2 social media shares, 2 blogs., among other items!  We have over 100 items to choose from for points, and we can double dip which means, the circle with stitched die counts two points, for stitching and for being a circle, except on "no double dipping day".

For the background on my pages, I played with some new Distress Mica Sprays from Tim Holz.  I had picked them up at JoAnn's which is closing.  They were only 20% off though.  I am sorry they are closing, but I sure didn't think they were having much of a sale, and everything was about gone in the store where I was.

All of the items were just in my stash.  So, I just used what I had already cut and stamped.  The top stamp is Paula Best, and I don't even have it anymore, but found it in a container with pre stamped and cut images. I love using up stuff that I didn't want to toss but saved! 

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure and check out the links above for inspiration.

See you next time.

T Stands for Time for Warmer Weather

 ¹⁰ Create in me a clean heart, O God;

and renew a right spirit within me. 
¹¹ Cast me not away from thy presence;
and take not thy holy spirit from me. 
¹² Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;
and uphold me with thy free spirit. 
¹³ Then will I teach transgressors thy ways;
and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Psalms 51:10-13

The above is a prayer I try to pray every day.

Hello!  Happy Day!   76 degrees F outside today!  I am so ready for warmer weather.  I didn’t go outside though because I have crafted all day.  I have made 16 cards using Crafty Al’s March sketch.  But I am personalizing each one.  I am trying to get my birthday cards made for April.  These are mostly masculine, as I never have enough.  I make mostly flowery feminine cards, so have some of them on hand.  I also am still doing CalvinBall as it is for the whole month of March.

Here are some of the cards I have made today.  All the little details added up to a lot of points for me today.

Can you see they are all one sketch?  Which one is your favorite?

I already know who some of these go to, and one has already been sent.  I also am busting a Graphic 45 6x6 pad of paper I have had in my stash for a couple of years!  By using all these bits and pieces, I am really using stash.  It hardly makes a dent in my “Craft collection “. LOLNow for my ticket to the TSFT party over at Altered Book Lover with Bleubeard & Elizabeth!

From the archives, here is a photo from a dinner on our last cruise.

This was taken on February 14, 2019.  It was a Hawaiian cruise.  It was fabulous!

 Happy T Day to the t-gang!  Thank you all for stopping by. See you next time.