Showing Off My Bling!

Yes, I may be talking about bling...but I'm actually getting ready to show you my card I made for this week's SSCC challenge...who says a Christian can't show a little bling? :) The verse this week is:

Matthew 6:19-20 "Do not store up for yourself treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal."

And the challenge is to use [crafty] "treasures" on your card or other project... in other words, BLING IT UP! (ie. bling = gems, pearls, dazzling diamonds, charms). :) So here is my card for the challenge:

Hope you play along with us this week! :) See the challenge post and post your links here.

Oh, and Regina was nice enough to let me refrain from doing yesterday's challenge at Scrap and Stamp, but I still wanted to let you know what the challenge is! The challenge is to scrap a gathering (any kind will do) and use stamping. you can see the challenge here. I do hope you play along there too!

Rusty Pickle Holiday Hop!!!

Woo Hoo...that's right, it's time for the Rusty Pickle Holiday Hop! If you're just coming to my blog why don't you join us and start at the Rusty Pickle blog. There's a lot of giveaways! Not only that, but there are a lot of FABULOUS projects to inspire you, so join in the fun! If you came from Julie's blog, then you are in the right spot....thanks for hopping with us! :)

**First, I am sure if you are following the blog hop that someone else has already mentioned this, but I'd like to ask for your prayers. Our fellow Rusty Pickle DT member, Rachelle, and her family need our prayers. Rachelle's husband Lyndon was in a serious car accident. Last I heard he was still in critical condition and in a coma. Rachelle's mom is updating us on her blog with any news. So, please, say a quick prayer right now even.

So the other day we all went to the thrift store and I found some amazing finds! All of the thing I got were things I intend to alter. My favorite of my finds was this cool star tray...there was a few of them, and apparently they had been there for a long time. I couldn't imagine why the weren't selling because I seriously thought they were awesome, even as is! I was so excited and I showed my husband what I had found. I got the blank stare and the "oookkkk." :) I said "You don't see all the cool things I could do with this?" And his reply was "Well no, but I look forward to seeing what you do." Gotta love that man. Anyways...so you want to see what I did with it? Here it is:

Here are some close up's:

I just love how it turned out! All the papers and trim are from Rusty Pickle. That picture is one of my favorites...it is NOT of Eryn. It is my oldest son, Austin. I can't look at that picture and not smile.

So I thought I would share with you how I made that flower...it's really easy!

You want 4 or 5 flowers.

Fold the flowers in half.

Stack all your folded flowers, and stitch them all together at through the middle part of the flowers.

Tie a knot. Then you can open then all so it looks like this:

I then sprayed it with glimmer mist. Make sure you have something behind your flower to catch the glimmer mist so it doesn't get on anything else.

Ta da! :)

Ok, and now comes time for the really fun part! The giveaway! :) One lucky winner will win all this:

10 Sheets of double-sided patterned paper (The Snowflakes and Mittens line), 2 full sheets of chipboard (my favorite ones, called the "Photo Mounts" chipboard...full of fun frames and borders), 6 awesome trims (you know I love Rusty Pickle trims!), black alphabet stickers and a fun chipboard mini album!

All you need to do to be entered in to win this is leave me a comment!!! Simple as that. :) I will draw the winner on Monday.

Now HOP ON to my friend Cathleen's blog!!!

And a have a fabulous weekend!!!!

Life

So I have all these unfinished projects sitting around, but the past 2 days we have been sick....very sick, so life kinda got in the way. That's why I haven't posted more Christmas projects like I promised. :) But at least one of us is feeling better this morning, so...

I will post a card I made just so I have something to post. It was a card I made for the Christmas card class I taught. :)

Oh...and in case you haven't heard, Tattered Angels is getting ready to make a huge announcement (there's a new angel!) and then show their fabulous new releases! So stay tuned! And there are clues being given out on the blog as to who the new angel is...you can even win just by guessing...so check it out! :)

Have a great Thursday!

Joy

I don't know about you, but the word "Joy" and "Christmas" go hand in hand in our home. It seriously is my most favorite time of the year. I love all things Christmas. So it isn't any surprise that I make a lot of Christmas projects each year. So let them begin. :)

This is a project I made to hang on the wall. I didn't alter anything, I just made it from scratch. It's different because I liked the idea of using the Bind-It-All and wires on the top of each one, which is also how I hang it. :)

There's a lot going on on each of these...and I LOVE it! Almost everything came from a kit from Timeless Daydreams. I loved the kit because it came with a bunch of fun stuff that I probably wouldn't have bought on my own...but I love (like those birds, or the branch like thing). They are a new kit club...and you should definitely check them out. :)

Well I will be back with more fun Christmas projects!

Have a great Tuesday! :)

Praying

2 Chronicles 7:14 "If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." (NIV)

As Christians, we are called to pray. To pray for those we know and love, to pray for the poor, and yes, to even pray for our enemies. But I fear that most of us don't make enough time for prayer. I once heard a startling statistic about the percentage of Christians that pray everyday. Now I am not trying to make you feel bad, I have struggled with this myself...so maybe we should make a pact to try harder at this prayer thing. I do know that when my prayer life is healthy my whole life seems to be better (and even when it's not, I seem to be able to handle things better). :)

Sketch 175

I've got lots of samples for you today. Today's sketch is actually one I did for the Rusty Pickle blog. If you use some Rusty Pickle and the sketch to make a Christmas layout then you can enter for a chance to win on the RP blog. Check that challenge out here. If you don't want to do that you can still use the sketch as you like or post it in Scrapbook Challenges for a chance to win the sponsor prize there. Or of course, you can post it in both places. :) You just have to use Rusty Pickle to post on the RP blog. Here's the sketch:

And here are some samples from the Rusty Pickle DT:

Cathleen--
Dawn--
Jodi--
Kim--
Sarah--

And here are some samples from the SC girls...

Lyndsay--

Marilyn--

Rowena--

SSCC #16

Hi everyone! Day two in my Christmas program today...just a quick post, as I have to run...

2 Chronicles 7:14 "If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." (NIV)

As Christians, we are called to pray. To pray for those we know and love, to pray for the poor, and yes, to even pray for our enemies. But I fear that most of us don't make enough time for prayer. I once heard a startling statistic about the percentage of Christians that pray everyday. Now I am not trying to make you feel bad, I have struggled with this myself...so maybe we should make a pact to try harder at this prayer thing. I do know that when my prayer life is healthy my whole life seems to be better (and even when it's not, I seem to be able to handle things better). :)

So the challenge over at Stampin' Sisters in Christ is to pray...pray for someone else, and let them know by making a card. On this card include some sort of person. :) Simple enough, huh.

Here's my card:

Ok...now I seriously got to run. :) Have a wonderful Sunday everyone!!!