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The Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge this week was to make a humorous card. I don't have any humorous stamps, so I looked for some one liners. I thought this one is kinda funny. Although, I am sure my husband doesn't think so. I printed it and decided to use pinks, yellows and oranges for the ink spray smash. The Technique Lover's challenge today was to use ribbon with out a bow or knot. I made a ribbon medallion and added a hot glue pearl to the center. I made an evelope to match.
Happy Birthday Stampin' Sister is Christ Challenge!!!!!

Photos taken this weekend

This afternoon, my kids accused me of never doing anything different from our regular Saturday routine. Every Saturday morning, I work on invoicing for my husband's and my trucking company. I then take my kids and we make a 45 min drive to Mt Pleasant IA to fedex our invoices. Today I decided to take the long way home. The kids and I went down some gravel roads, and saw the countryside. What a blessing to have been able to photograph a rainbow. I loved the way the sun looked coming through the one cloud. Sunflowers are my favorite flowers. The usual 45 minute drive home took 2 hours. 2 hours of having my kids undivided attention was priceless!

I am praying for you

The challenge on SCS Friday Free for all was to make a get well card for someone and send it to them. I decided to make one for my sister ShariLynn. She has been bed ridden this week with complications from Chrone's disease. She has 8 children under the age of 13. She also homeschools. It is really hard for her when she gets down because she is just a little outnumbered. My brother in law is a great guy and helps a lot, but he is a professor and with school getting ready to start up has a lot to do to. I just hope this cheers her up. I rarely think to decorate the envelope or inside of the card, and today I remembered to do both.

I have put together a tutorial on

Ink-Spray-Smash (I-S-S)

I used the Daffodil and Anise set

from Mark's Finest Papers.

Butterfly Birthday cards with Buttons

Today's Ways to Use it challenge was to use Buttons on our cards. I made the background paper with green ink, and a leafy flower stamp. I then Ink-Sprayed-Smashed it with blue and turquoise markers. The top card used Layers of Color butterflies, and Joyful Noise set. I stamped the keyboard on ribbon and I stamped the music notes on the button. I used a rubon for the butterflies trail. I used the Happy Birthday from MFP's Daffodil and Anise set. For the bottom card, I stamped the butterfly from MFP's Daffodil and Anise set along with the sentiment and the Anise flowers at the bottom. I added little paper flowers and buttons and pearls.

Get Well Wishes for Andrew

Andrew is a little boy who has been suffering from brain tumors. When he started losing his hair to the treaments, his friends on his baseball team, the Elm Grove Eagles, shaved their heads, making them the Elm Grove... Bald Eagles. This weeks teaparty is in honor of Andrew. We are all mailing our cards to him to try and bring him some cheer.

Rebus

Here is the card I made for the rebus for the TLC challenge. The answer to my rebus is You Are too funny for words.

Blessings for the heart box

I was inspired to make this box by looking in Irene's gallery. She was chosen yesterday as Queen of the day. I loved her explosion box with a teal rose on top. I kinda got carried away with my box, and it ended up too big for just 1 rose, so I have 4 on mine plus a Layers of Color butterfly. On the inside of the box, I have a Layers of Color butterfly on a paper spring that makes it pop up. I also printed scriptures for the 4 panels. I had so much fun making this little box.

His eye is on the sparrow in my garden

I made this card for several challenges. It was for the Stampin' sisters in Christ challenge to have a bird on our card. It was also for the blooming teaparty of Mothermarks. It was for the sketch challenge, and finally for the Free for all challenge to make a garden card.

Common Orange Sulfur Butterfly

Yesterday's ways to use it challenge was to stick it. I chose to make a porcelain paper butterfly using my Layers of Color butterfly stamp. I colored it to look like a comon orange sulfur butterfly. I found this buttefly corpse in the parking lot of our McDonalds. It was in really good condition considering... I brought it to my office to be my model for my butterfly. It really helped having it side by side with the one I was coloring. I made a box for it using my favorite origami box technique. I used ink-spray-smashed paper on the box. I also used my Layers of Color art stencil on the box. I made hand made flowers. I added a twist this time by adding yellow fringe to the centers of my flowers.

Psalm 100

This was made for the TLC to make plaid on a solid stamp, and for MMTPT to bring flowers. I used this watering can set for the plaid. By the time I was finished it was too big to be a card. I ended up making a wall hanging. I added Psalm 100 at the bottom. It is my challenge to myself this week to memorize it.