Time to Distress!

Lovin' the Distress Inks by Ranger -- yea Tim Holtz! Used the inks to try some reverse embossing with the butterflies (saw the technique by Gina K. on Stamp TV). Love the look. Also just recently bought a 'dandelion' stamp -- adore how it looks stamped and embossed over and over across the blue background. These techniques would really dress up a scrapbook page too!

News and pages to share

It has been so long since I've posted. We've been on such a roller-coaster ride with my mom's cancer, radiation and chemo treatments. As of about a week ago, we've gotten biopsy results showing there are no more signs of cancer!!!! Praise God! Tripp celebrated his 3rd birthday (oh my goodness, I can't believe it!) I feel pretty settled in at the 'new' house, Joe is enjoying and working hard at our new church, and I'm looking for a job! Anywho, I have actually been working on some pages (some a lot longer than others), and found a video demonstration on how to make 'washer' necklaces. So, of course I rushed right out to buy the supplies to make some (very inexpensive I might add). I think they turned out really cute -- I've worn one and it really wasn't as heavy as I thought it might be. What do you think?

Baby gift final pics

And here's the last pics!

Baby gift last few pics

These are the last few pics of the baby book. Really pleased with how it turned out!

Baby gift

The pics are from a baby gift I recently made for the daughter of a good friend. I purchased the basic chipboard book at my new favorite scrapbook store, Cats Creations, in Mineral Wells, Texas (it's an AWESOME place). I then used the nursery theme of baby jungle animals and individually paper pieced each page. I think it turned out really cute but definitely was a lot of work and took a lot of time. I've got a new niece coming in August so I think I should get started on another one now in order to have it finished by then!! Hope you enjoy.

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!