Saturday, August 13, 2011
Cooking Up Creations Layout and Eyelet Outlet
My challenge today over at Cooking up Creations was to use yearbook pictures and to be inspired by the following sketch... I also included in my layout some wonderful apple brads from the Eyelet Outlet.....
Friday, August 5, 2011
Polkadot Door Designs August Blog hop
Hi everyone
I am so excited again to be here for the Polkadot Door Designs Blog Hop..... Here is the inspiration for this month! I just loved it!
I am so excited again to be here for the Polkadot Door Designs Blog Hop..... Here is the inspiration for this month! I just loved it!
My daughter loved the flowers so much she begged me to make her a hairthing so here that is...
Here is the line-up for this month in case you get lost...and remember if you liked my project let them know over at Polkadot Door Designs blog....
Diana
Smitha
Mazlina
Angi
Elizabeta
Libeeti
Nicole
Dee Dee
Valerie
Trina
Sabrina
Polkadot Door Design
Smitha
Mazlina
Angi
Elizabeta
Libeeti
Nicole
Dee Dee
Valerie
Trina
Sabrina
Polkadot Door Design
PRIZES
Our Challenge winner will receive these this set of antique type writer wooden
embellishments as well as 2 other embellishments sets from Pork Chop Show!
embellishments as well as 2 other embellishments sets from Pork Chop Show!
gift certificate to Live the Chaos.
Duetica is donating a prize package worth over $38 to the featured designer.
The prize includes access to thier brand new design software and 5 inovative and unique
fonts that you won't find anywhere else.
As well, three to five authors of the most impressive creations
will be chosen to join our October Design Team and Blog Hop, and
will be chosen to join our October Design Team and Blog Hop, and
compete for the Feature Designer prize in October!
Inspiration Details :
- Create a paper crafting project (card, layout, off-the-page item), based on provided inspiration (photo, sentiment, or element : felties).
- Post your creation on your blog or an online gallery (using a code PDD), and link it here with the Mr. Linky widget below. Please provide a direct link to your post, not an entire blog.
- A new challenge is being posted the first of every month, and you've got until midnight on 20th to submit your entry.
- You may enter as many times as you like, but you're asked to provide a newly designed project. We ask that you combine this challenge with no more than 3 other challenges.
- We will choose one winner from the list of players who will receive the prize provided by the sponsor(s). In addition, the authors of the three to five most impressive creations will awarded the design team positions for the following month, as well as the opportunity to be our featured designer. Special consideration will be given to participants who use all three of the inspiration elements.
- We will announce the Inspiration Challenge winners on the 20th. Design team members will be contacted before then by email.
- Above all, have fun - and be inspired!
Please note : there will be no September Challenge. Regular challenges will resume in October!
Scrapping Everyday Miracles Challenge #5 and Eyelet Outlet Sample
I created this layout using brads from our wonderful sponsor over at Scrapping Everyday Miracles... The Eyelet Outlet....
I used 2 monkey brads... one on the banner and one wrapped with baker's twine. I used two orange rhinestone brads on the banner. The glasses are new brads just released from Eyelet Outlet. Finally I used teeny tiny white brads along the bottom under the blue trim and a green mini brad on the LOL sticker....
I love that God has given my sweet 3 year old the best sense of humor!
Friday, July 29, 2011
Faith Blog Hop
Hi everyone!!!!
I am so glad that you are here for this months Faith Hop... You should have come from Wendy's Blog.... If you just arrived at my blog, you should go to Paper Tree House Studio in order to start at the beginning.If you are wondering what this hop is all about well every month a group of ladies gets together to share what God is doing in our lives and share our wonderful talent God has belssed us with.... This month we are focusing on God's Promises.... and how He is promises to be there for you no matter what you are going through.
Have you been enjoying the others stories about how God is faithful in their lives... well now it is my turn.... I currently live in Norway but before that I lived in Albuquerque New Mexico... we picked a neighborhood on the Northwest side of town in hope that we would have good neighbors and low crime... that was just what the neighborhood was like when we moved in... After a couple months a family with extended family rented the house next store... and to make a long story short.... there were fights, starving kids, US Marshals, drugs, overdoses, police, babies... pure craziness. God told us to love them and show His love to them through it all. The 3 oldest kids started coming to my house to get away from theirs. Finally the family was kicked out after a little more than a year. The kids were left on my doorstep with a note from the mother that asked for them to stay a couple of weeks with us until at least school was out. Summer came and they stayed then school started again and they stayed. We saw the mother about once a week when she could be bothered to show up. During this time my own daughter was born so I went from just my husband and I to having 4 kids. I loved them like they were my own... then my husband got a job in Norway. The mother told us that she wanted us to take them with us.... we got an attorney and she signed them over to us. Then she got in trouble and went to jail... as we waited for our court date... my husband traveled to Norway to do training. I stayed with the kids... for Thanksgiving 2008 I was driving from New Mexico to California with the kids and we had a major car accident in Kingman Arizona... everyone lived by a miracle... one of the boys was thrown from the car and had to be flown ti Loa Vegas to the Children's hospital... one day I can share more about the accident... the same day as the accident the mother got out of jail. Following the accident my family came and got us and took us to California. The mother called and said that she had done a lot of thinking in jail and would miss her kids if they were to go to Norway. She said that she planned to contest the guardianship... the kids stayed in California with my sister while my daughter and I went to Norway to try and find a house for all of us. When my husband, daughter and I returned from Norway to California for Christmas the attorney let us know that he could not move up the court date and we still had to wait until Feb. but the worst part was that since she had filed to contest... the judge would probably not give the children back to her but she would receive visitation which meant that we could live anywhere in the US but not out of the country. There was nothing we could do... and the attorney said we had to give the kids back to the mother. I couldnt even turn the kids over to child protection because they said that she acted responsibly by turning the kids over to someone when she knew she couldnt take care of them.... and now she says she can so she has to be given the chance. God really talked to my husband and I told us that the kids were in His hands that He had given us them for a time and that He would take care of them. I continue to believe that promise... I continue to know that those kids are His and pray that the morals and teaching about God our in their hearts. I will love them forever but God loves them more. We dont really get to have contact with the kids because they never have a working phone. We do talk to the Aunt from time to time on FB but she doesnt do that much with them. So we continue to pray for the kids and miss them. I stand firm though on the promises that God gave us.
Just a note: I wanted to let you know the kids names and their ages just so that you could lift them up in prayer.... Antonia was 12-13 when she lived with us and just turned 16 a couple of days ago... Ramone was 8-9 when he lived with us and he will be 12 in Sept... Anthony was 7-8 and he will 11 next March....
I am so glad that you are here for this months Faith Hop... You should have come from Wendy's Blog.... If you just arrived at my blog, you should go to Paper Tree House Studio in order to start at the beginning.If you are wondering what this hop is all about well every month a group of ladies gets together to share what God is doing in our lives and share our wonderful talent God has belssed us with.... This month we are focusing on God's Promises.... and how He is promises to be there for you no matter what you are going through.
Have you been enjoying the others stories about how God is faithful in their lives... well now it is my turn.... I currently live in Norway but before that I lived in Albuquerque New Mexico... we picked a neighborhood on the Northwest side of town in hope that we would have good neighbors and low crime... that was just what the neighborhood was like when we moved in... After a couple months a family with extended family rented the house next store... and to make a long story short.... there were fights, starving kids, US Marshals, drugs, overdoses, police, babies... pure craziness. God told us to love them and show His love to them through it all. The 3 oldest kids started coming to my house to get away from theirs. Finally the family was kicked out after a little more than a year. The kids were left on my doorstep with a note from the mother that asked for them to stay a couple of weeks with us until at least school was out. Summer came and they stayed then school started again and they stayed. We saw the mother about once a week when she could be bothered to show up. During this time my own daughter was born so I went from just my husband and I to having 4 kids. I loved them like they were my own... then my husband got a job in Norway. The mother told us that she wanted us to take them with us.... we got an attorney and she signed them over to us. Then she got in trouble and went to jail... as we waited for our court date... my husband traveled to Norway to do training. I stayed with the kids... for Thanksgiving 2008 I was driving from New Mexico to California with the kids and we had a major car accident in Kingman Arizona... everyone lived by a miracle... one of the boys was thrown from the car and had to be flown ti Loa Vegas to the Children's hospital... one day I can share more about the accident... the same day as the accident the mother got out of jail. Following the accident my family came and got us and took us to California. The mother called and said that she had done a lot of thinking in jail and would miss her kids if they were to go to Norway. She said that she planned to contest the guardianship... the kids stayed in California with my sister while my daughter and I went to Norway to try and find a house for all of us. When my husband, daughter and I returned from Norway to California for Christmas the attorney let us know that he could not move up the court date and we still had to wait until Feb. but the worst part was that since she had filed to contest... the judge would probably not give the children back to her but she would receive visitation which meant that we could live anywhere in the US but not out of the country. There was nothing we could do... and the attorney said we had to give the kids back to the mother. I couldnt even turn the kids over to child protection because they said that she acted responsibly by turning the kids over to someone when she knew she couldnt take care of them.... and now she says she can so she has to be given the chance. God really talked to my husband and I told us that the kids were in His hands that He had given us them for a time and that He would take care of them. I continue to believe that promise... I continue to know that those kids are His and pray that the morals and teaching about God our in their hearts. I will love them forever but God loves them more. We dont really get to have contact with the kids because they never have a working phone. We do talk to the Aunt from time to time on FB but she doesnt do that much with them. So we continue to pray for the kids and miss them. I stand firm though on the promises that God gave us.
Just a note: I wanted to let you know the kids names and their ages just so that you could lift them up in prayer.... Antonia was 12-13 when she lived with us and just turned 16 a couple of days ago... Ramone was 8-9 when he lived with us and he will be 12 in Sept... Anthony was 7-8 and he will 11 next March....
During the hop you will find many chances to win prizes! All you have to do to be considered for one of those prizes is leave a comment and become a follower of the blogs you will hop through. For the Grand Prizes , make sure to leave a comment, become a follower, and "LIKE" Paper Tree House on Facebook. This will allow you to find out about future hops we will be having. Your next stop on the hop is Jessie... and just in case you get lost here is the line up!
Here are the brave women that dared to share their stories:
Paper Tree House - http://mypapertreehouse.blogspot.com/
Jennifer E. - www.createoften.blogspot.com
Candy - http://www.sweetstamper.com/
Amanda - http://asjmade.blogspot.com/
Nicole - http://scrapmethis.blogspot.com
Jessie - www.scrapbookingmiami.blogspot.com
Diane - http://dianemarra.typepad.com/
Lynne Kirsch --- http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
Carolyn Phillips - http://messmuddleandfun.blogspot.com/
ScrappyZeni Pradel --- www.scrappyzeni.blogspot.com
Grand Prizes:
Stamping Things: The Topper Ink Pad Holder (http://www.stampinthings.com/stamp-pad-holder.html)
Paper Tree House Studio: Exclusive PDF file tutorial for Mini-Book Taught at CHA.
K Andrew Stamps: Stamp Set
Tombow: Grand Adhesive Set
Have a wonderful blessed day!!!!!
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Giveaway at My Scrap Stuff
The super duper amazing designer Abby who's blog is My Scrap Stuff is having a giveaway... so if you would like to join in here is the link
http://braytab.blogspot.com/2011/07/blog-candy.html?showComment=1311810172000#c2427184205216485541
Here is what you can win....
http://braytab.blogspot.com/2011/07/blog-candy.html?showComment=1311810172000#c2427184205216485541
Here is what you can win....
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