Friend and Monica

  "Praise the Lord.  Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good:  his love endures forever." Ps. 106:1

I did a card for House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge, Celebrate It!

Stamp House Mouse Berry Birdie (Friend & Monica)

I colored image with Copics and die cut with MFT Wonky Rectangles.  I added gold twine, and glossy accents to the berry.  The sentiment is a digital.

Challenges:

1. House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge #393- celebrate or anything goes.

2. Splitcoaststampers MMTP778 Nature's Beauty

3. Splitcoaststampers F4A366 In The Garden

Thank you for stopping by.

T Stands For Typing Is Difficult!

Ps. 51:10 "Create in me a clean heart, God, and renew a right spirit within me."


I am feeling so much better I thought I would post, even though  I still have casts on!  Believe me it is difficult to type! The good thing is I am no longer in pain, unless all this blogging and also pie making bring it on!  Yes, feeling so good,I baked  a pecan pie!

Oh, if you don't know, while visiting our daughter at Christmas  we went walking and I fell and broke both my wrists.  The broken wrists broke my fall and saved my head!  They took me to ER, where they took X-rays and wrapped them, and gave me a prescription for  pain pills.  Coming home on the plane with cast on one side past the elbow, and in a sling, and the other in a cast to the elbow made for an uncomfortable trip.   The day after New Years, I had surgery on both.  They implanted plates and screws in both, and put me in heavy white casts. For about three weeks, I couldn't do anything!   Several weeks later they took thoses off and put me in these black splints that I can take off when bathing, but have to wear all other times. Only in the last day or so have I felt well enough to almost be able to totally dress my self!  My dear hubby has had to do everything!  He made the comment that Winter is usually boring, but he has been too busy to notice this year!  Hopefully, I will start PT next week.  Right now, I can't unscrewn lids, and barely turn doorknobs.

What have I done, since I can't do anything and hubby does it all?  Reading books on my iPad!
I re-read Little Women, and all the Anne of Green Gable books.  I shocked my 16 year old granddaughter when I said  I prefer Anne of Green Gables!  I have watched lots of craft you tubes! The first few weeks, last of Dec. through part of January, when on pain pills I watched a lot of Hallmark movies!  I am now pretty sick of & reading!  I am ready to start crafting! okay, fingers are sore now!  So here is my post.

First pecan pie I have ever made!  I don't know what possessed me to do it today!

Of course, I made a mess!  I have this to look forward to cleaning, with casts on!

These are casts they put on me after surgery.

This is what I looked like after they cut the casts off.

And the casts/splints I have been wearing since.

Friends, several from our church brought in meals and flowers.

I felt loved when Kathy of the Ozarks sent this card.  Thank you!

Jan, Crafty Scoripo sent this lovely card!  Thank you Jan.

These are the first arrivals of a Tea Pot Party for me on Splitcoaststampers.  The theme was places to visit, in honor of my scrap albums of all our trips. One of these came all the way from France!   I love them.  I will show rest next time! 

One friend has been sending me cards with nice newsy letters every week.  So sweet of her!

A lot of other handmade cards my crafty friends have sent me!  Aren't they all beautiful?

I am linking up at Bleubeard's  Elizabeths  for our TStands For Tuesday. The link is on my sidebar.  Come join the party!

Well, my fingers are wore out! I DO WANT TO PRAISE God for my wonderful, loving, caring, patient husband!  I could not have got through this without him! I praise God for all our friends who brought meals, and just did kinf tings for us. I praise God for healing!

Thank you for all the get well wishes you all posted on my last post!  You all cheered me!  Happy T Day!

Another Tuesday Post & And Yet, Another Teapot!

Ps. 90:12 "So teach us to number our days,
that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom."

I am again joining in with Altered Book Lover for T Stands for Tuesday!  What fun!  

I enjoy reading her posts as well as the others who link up.  The T Gang are fun! 

As I am documenting my teapots before downsizing, I continue to show them on Tuesdays.  You have assured me you wouldn't  get tired of them.  About my musical teapots from last week, I gave them to two of my closest friends and they said  they were thrilled with them!  I forgot to say where I got the musical teapots.  One was a going away gift when we moved away and they had gotten it in an antique store.  The other one was one I found in an antique store.  So, here is the next teapot:

I had purchased this one off of eBay about 20 years ago.  It turned out to be a lot larger than expected.  It is the only teapot I bought off of eBay.  Usually they were gifts, or purchased on vacation somewhere. There is some kind of crest on the bottom, but the writing is so small, I can only read "something" Ware.  The reason I got it was because it reminded me of those Dutch Blue dinnerware.  I remember it was less than $20.00, so not an expensive piece; I just liked it!

And here is my beverage; not tea, this week!  I enjoy a smoothie now and then for breakfast.  Even when it is snowing out, it tastes good after coming home from the gym.

I make it with Greek Yogurt, milk, frozen blueberries, strawberries and banana pieces.  So thick you have to eat it with a spoon!  And so yummy!

I forgot my tea art!  Here is a tea card for you:

I made this one a couple of years ago with an old Winnie the Pooh stamp and then colored with Copics..  I stamped a background and did some distressing.

That is it for today!  Thank you for stopping by!  I love reading what you have to say and I feel like I am getting to know you. 

WOYWW #423 & Splitcoast Challenges

Joshua 1:9 "Have not I commanded thee?  Be strong and of a good courage:  be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed:  for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest."

   Good morning! I am posting!  Although, not a photo of my desk as my camera is already packed for our Ladies Encouragement Ministry card making day, today!  So, this will be short and sweet.  I will show you a card that I made as a sample for the ladies today.  Two of us did get together beforehand and make up about 40 kits, that include die cut verses and panels, and die cut sentiments and panels.  We put card bases and printed paper in with it and they can put it together and add embellishments.  We yak and craft, and hopefully the receivers of the cards will be blessed and encouraged.

Sample:

And below is a card I made for our Alphabet Challenge, the Stamp2Spend Challenge and the Tuesday Teapot Challenge  on Splitcoast Stampers.  It is D for dies, D for Dimentionals, and D for Dani, the wonderful lady it will be sent.  And D for different fold.  The fold is  Fanfare Fold, and I followed the tutorial, on Song of My Heart.

Check out WOYWW at Julia's Stamping Ground.  We have a lot of fun every week with What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!  I appreciate you letting me know you were here!

WOYWW 378

Hebrews 11:1  "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."

Good Morning!  Another Wednesday look at desks all around the world!  You can check out the others at Stamping Ground.  But here is a quick look at mine.  I have been working on a Tea Party card for the Splitcoast Stampers' Teapotter Tickle Challenge.  I was trying to make a pocket card.  hmmm.    I see, that it is time to change my calendar out.  What happened to August? Oh, and there is my Color Coach from SU!  Did they stop making them? I didn't see one or cards for the new In Colors in the new catty.  Then you see how  I ruined three sheets of 12x12 trying to make this card.  I have never been good at special folds and special cuts cards.  But it is almost done now.  I wanted it to be special.

Happy WOYWW!  Have a great week!  Thank you for stopping by and your very nice comments.  I am on the way to see your desks!

Remembering Mom & WOYWW 360

Hebrews 11:1  "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."


Good morning, almost afternoon! I have been thinking I wanted to remember my late Mother today.  It is her birthday and she would have been 91.  She has been gone since March 2014, and I miss her very much.  I am always wanting to call her and tell her something.  She was a faithful prayer warrior, and I miss her prayers, too! No one prays for you like your Mother does!  She was interested in everything about me, unlike any other person in the world.  I know my heavenly Father is interested in everything about me.  So thankful for him and for the fact that because of my hope in his Son, Jesus Christ, I will see my Mom again.  Because of that hope in him, I know she is with him.  So, as I remember her today, I look forward to seeing her again, someday. 

Now, why are you here?  To look at my desk, of course!  Check out Julia's Stamping Ground and see more deskers from all over the world!  I am working on a scrap layout for two challenges. As you can see, I have some papers out and my sticker storage out.  I even have my color coach out.  Down below are some cards I made this week for challenges on Splitcoast Stampers. 

O is for Ornament is a card I made for
the Alphabet Challenge and for the Christmas
Card Challenge.  It also qualifies for the USEIT2016
Challenge.
I used the Alcohol Ink Technique for the background.
The stamp set is an old 2009 set, Holy Triptch.
I colored the image with Copics.
The "Peace" is a stamp from RiverCity Rubberworks.
The inside and envelope are stamped with O Come
To Bethlehem.  The ornament is a Spellbinder Die
I bought a couple of months ago from Tuesday Mornings
for $4.99.  The paper is Lavender Lace  S.U.

This card was made for the Teapotter Challenge.
The theme was Wizard of Oz.  Since I didn't have
any Oz Stamps, I went with this theme.  Can't you hear them chanting this? I used Chocolate Chip with the woodgrain EF.  The card base is Crushed Curry.  The lion is from Wild About You, the Tiger is Art Gone Wild, and the bear is unknown.  The sentiment is computer generated.  The charms are off a broken bracelet! 

Thanks for looking.  I am late to the party, but will try to visit you!  I want to see what everyone else is doing! Have a great week!

WOYWW #351 & Teapot Tuesday Card

Hebrews 11:1  "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."


Good afternoon!  Today is a special day!  But, on to why I am here.  I am showing what is on my desk as part of Julia's Stamping Ground Blog hop!  Last night I had a mess as I was making a "shoe" card for our Tuesday Teapotter Challenge on Splitcoast Stamper.  You see, I had every stamp set out that had a shoe in it.  I think I used at least one stamp out of each set, even one shoe off the shoe cube. I hope the recipient likes this card. It is a side step card.  I thought that would kind of look like a closet with shelves for the shoes. I even included a dress form die cut on here. I also stamped on the back of glitter paper and fussy cut out two of the shoes.

Thanks for stopping by!  Now to go make a call to someone on their special day! :)

WOYWW 321 and Beatrix Potter

   Col. 3:16-17 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus giving thanks to God and the Father, by him.


   It is Wednesday again! And that means it is time for What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday!  I cannot believe how quickly time passes.  In retirement, it even goes quicker!
I don't know, maybe it is because I am having so much fun or am so busy.  It doesn't seem like I am that busy!  But here it is again, WOYWW!  Some of the things I have done since I last posted is sort through stamped images, scraps of papers, and die cuts.  I am trying to organize them for our upcoming DTGD Challenges.  We will have maybe up to  7 challenges a day for a whole week! I even colored a couple of images, so they would be done, if I need them.  That is when I found out some of my Copics are dried out.  I don't even use them that often!  So I am wondering what to do.  It seems like it would be cheaper to buy new ones with a coupon at a local store, than to send off for refills and pay shipping.  If I even need to do that!  Maybe I will just live with the ones I have.  I have never been into them as big as some are.  I like to water color and to use gelatos and chalks, also.  What do you think:?

      I also made a card for our Tickle a Teapotter Challenge this week on Splitcoast Stamper. I used an old stamp set for the main image (one that I had intended to sell, but now will keep) Tea For Two, and then two other newer stamp sets for the sentiment and label, Tea Shoppe, and Layered Labels, all Stampin' Up! sets.  Our challenge was to honor Beatrix Potter.  So, my card is supposed to be  Flopsy and Mopsy. It was a fun challenge.  I stitched one of the panels under the Copic colored image and put lace under the sentiment.  I used retired Baja Breeze, my favorite SU! color,  card stock as well as Whisper White.

My desk this morning.

I will send this to another Teapotter as a tickle. 

It was nice of you to stop by.  Be sure and stop by Julia's Stamping Ground and see the rest of the deskers.  I will try to get by and see as many of the deskers as I can. Right now, I am posting this at 1:00 a.m. on wednesday morning, and am headed to bed!  :)