Christ is Risen Indeed!

I serve a risen Saviour -- Halleujah, Amen!

Happy Easter

It's so hard to believe Easter is almost here! We're so hoping that Mom is up to traveling tomorrow so she and I can go to Ballinger for Easter. She has been so sick off-and-on because of cancer treatments and we're hoping for an 'on' next few days! We will miss being with Tripp for Easter egg hunting this year so I put together a little basket for him that Jason will give to him this weekend since we will be away. It's a basket complete with chocolate bunny cookie crisps, Thomas-the-Train (his favorite) short set, and Tonka's Chuck truck (from the "Cars") complete with a hand-cut Easter egg card I made with my SCAL and Cricut -- still loving this program. Smaller, intricut cuts are still a challenge to get to turn out just right -- paper tears in places -- but I'm still learning and hanging in there. I know it's not a typical Easter egg basket but I love to put in other treats as well. It will be so good to be home with Joe and be at church on such a very special Sunday -- to celebrate our risen Lord - Halleujah - Christ has risen indeed!

Alaska book complete

Yeah -- I've finally completed my Alaska Scrapbook! (well, except for my title page that is). We took a wonderful 2 week trip over this last Summer and it has been so much fun reliving all the good times. Used my SCAL again to create the title from varoius fonts I have on the computer - love the welding feature. Also, above the totem pole pic are some 'wingdings' already loaded onto the computer that I tweaked, again using SCAL. Absolutely love this program! I 'roughed' up the edges of as many of the papers as I could to add to the rustic feel of where we were. I'm always trying to put as much as I can on a page (probably too much sometimes) and am fond of creating 'hidden' journaling - notice my totem pole pic is a flap that lifts up to reveal a few more pics and journaling. Enjoy!

Mom is continuing to struggle throughout her cancer treatments -- so ironic and horrible that something that is supposed to be getting rid of all the bad 'stuff' also gets rid of a lot of the 'good' stuff you need! She continues on though. As of last Friday, she completed half of her 34 radiation treatments -- whoo hoo! Will receive another chemo 4 day dose beginning the Monday after Easter -- we're both dreading that for her.

Our last Sunday at our current churches will be on April 11 -- so very hard to leave those you've grown to love! We've always been warmly welcomed in our new church homes and believe this new experience will be no different. Lots to do between now and then.

Hello Approaching Spring

Wow -- it's been a long time since I've posted. A lot has happened in the last few months. My mom was diagnosed with cancer on February 1 and since then, she has had multiple procedures, tests, and treatments in order to start fighting this disease. The doctors are hopeful that by the time radiation and chemo are completed, she'll be cancer free - we look so forward to that day. I'm staying with mom and getting her to and from appointments and doing what I can to help take care of her. We've also found out that as of April 15, we will be moving to Mineral Wells. It will be (and always has been) hard to leave churches and people we've become so fond of. However, we're looking forward to the location change as we will be so much nearer family and friends; generally only an hour away at the most as compared to 3-4 hours. Packing and moving will definitely be a challenge with our situation as it is now, but I'm confident that all will work out as it needs to. While at mom's, I've been doing some scrapbooking (looks like I just packed up my craft room and moved it here). Wanted to share some pages I made for Katie's album. Enjoying looking back through old photos and reliving great times. I received the SCAL software from my wonderful hubby for Christmas and have been having so much fun using it to embellish cards and scrapbook pages. The "Full Circle" title was used using special fonts I downloaded and 'tweaked' using my SCAL. Love this program. I wrote in the varoius activities Katie was involved in (church, athletics, and school).

Mojo Monday Challenge - Week 116

Haven't entered the Mojo Monday challenge in a while so thought I'd give it a try -- I really like the pattern sketch for this challenge. As I've been up to my elbows in making Christmas cards (should have started these back in July!), thought I'd make one for the the Mojo Monday challenge too. We'll, the colors aren't typical Christmas colors and the design doesn't lend itself just to Christmas either -- could also be a 'thinking of you' or 'sympathy' card too I think. I used my Cricut Joys of the Season to cut out the wreaths, Cuttlebug Embossing folder Snowflakes, Color Box Chalk ink, various stamps and papers, glitter and satin ribbon. My photography still isn't that great, but I'm working on it. I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.

Christmas Card Workshop in Granbury

We had a great time at Mom's house making Christmas cards. I love all the creativity going around -- check out all the different styles of cards we all made.

Cute as a bug (or gingerbread man) !

Oh my goodness -- just look at these -- I think they're absolutely adorable. Got the patterns from Dawn's Stamping Thoughts (thanks Dawn) and tweaked the gingerbread one a little bit myself. All nestled inside the gingerbread packet is a package of hot cocoa. Inside the smaller snowflake packet are two hot-tea bags! Aren't they cute -- I just can't get over myself!!! I'll be showing these off at Curiosities here in Ballinger this weekend and showing all the gals who come to the card workshop during the next week how I made them. Love, love, love 'em!