CPS sketch challenge

Good Sunday evening:

Well, I have been in the throws of creating again :)  HURRAY !!  I have a co-worker with a birthday tomorrow and thought CPS would give me a great sketch to work from and of course, wasn't disappointed when I looked at what sketch they provided us this morning.

Well, I'm off to do more creating.  I hope you all have a great evening.

Janet

supplies -   Basic Grey Oliver paper
                Tim Holtz Fired Brick Distress Ink
                Birthday sentiment - ??
                Queen & Co brads

New Challenge Blog

Hey everyone:

I just wanted to stop by real quick and let you know about a great challenge blog my friend Jill is a part of and after looking at the blog, it looks like it's going to be a lot of fun.  It is called Just Tracy's Craft Challenge - head on over and take a look at the party going on :)

I hope you are all doing well and will see you soon.

Janet

It's May already

Hey everyone:

This is the first time I have been on my blog in over a month and was very pleased to see my followers are still with me.  I thank you so much for that.  It has been a very hard few months and I appreciate your patience seeing as I may not be back for another one.  As you know, I went to Washington, DC back in February, which was great and when I came back, my father-in-law got sick and was admitted to the hospital at the beginning of March.  He had surgery on March 4th and 7 more surgeries after that to try and resolve his problem (his small intestines were blocked) but seeing this was dad's 5th time in the hospital for this same problem, they just couldn't fix it.  Dad fought and tried his best to make it through, but in the middle of March, he suffered a massive stroke and even though he kept trying, he was just to weak to pull through it.  Dad passed away last Thursday and even though we knew it was coming for a few weeks, it is still sad not having him up the hill from us.  Patrick and dad were very close and I have been so proud of Patrick because he has been very strong the past week - he has breakdowns from time to time, but he knows that dad is in heaven with his youngest son, Patrick and enjoying his company again.

I ask that you please keep my mother-in-law in your thoughts and prayers as this has been hard on her - she and dad were married for 57 years and she told me yesterday that she is so lonely (our daughter, Elizabeth, has been so kind and told her grandaddy before he passed that she is going to come and live with mom until she gets married after she graduates college), but we are hoping that with Elizabeth coming to stay with her will help - as well as the rest of the family.  We are all believers in that prayers are amazing and can get us through anything.  Jim and I have a lot of paperwork and other matters that need our attention this month, so I may not be on until June, but I am going to try and get back sooner than that.  I have just missed you guys so much and can't wait to get back.  I hope everyone is doing well and having a great time stamping and creating.

Thanks everyone and I send love to you all - you are all so important to me and keep me going.

Janet

Colorful

Well, I have been working hard this weekend on some birthday cards and have been using challenge blogs to help me get them done - I am so thankful for those :)  The first one I finished was completed by using the sketch at The Sweetest Thing by Karen Giron (love her) and colors from The Color Throwdown.  When I first saw the colors on The Color Throwdown, I was like, that's  going to be a difficult combination to work with, but after I got started, it was a lot easier than I thought.  If all goes well, I'll have another posted for you tomorrow :)

Have a great Monday !!!

Janet

In Sympathy

Hi everyone:

I have had several friends from work who recently experienced a loss in their family and wanted to show them that I am keeping them in my thoughts and prayers.  I have such a hard time expressing how much it hurts my heart seeing them in pain and hope their card was able to show them that.

Janet

Look at what I did ...

Hey:

As I stated sometime ago, I have been wanting to do more altered projects and when a friend from work asked me to make some for her boss, I was like, well I can't make her any monogram cards because another friend from work had already asked me to do that, so a hunting I went.  

 

I came across a writing pad folder in SCS and was like, I'm going to give that a try.  I was very pleased I did, because I LOVE IT and it was so easy - you use a decorated file folder and that's all (well, of course you have to embellish a little bit) - it was easy peasy.  I haven't had a chance to talk with Amy about it since she hasn't been in the office this week, but can't wait to get with her to see what she thought (the lady who gave it to her said she loved it).  I can see teacher's gifts in this and know that I will be using technique often.

 

This is the card I gave her to wish her a happy birthday. 

 

Hope everyone is having a great week - we are having beautiful weather and from what I am hearing, it's going to be an even better weekend.

Janet

Sunday night

Well, it's Sunday night and that's means one thing - a new week is about to begin :)  I for one am truly blessed to say that, especially after all the bad news coming from Japan and everyone involved in the tsunami - my heart goes out to them all and will be keeping them in my prayers and thoughts.

I am gearing up to start scrapbooking my Nova Scotia trip Jim and I took back in 2007 (yes, I know, I'm very behind) and went through all those pictures this weekend (wow, what a job).  Here are a few of my favorite ones - I'm sure I'll be posting some layouts as I go along.

Also this weekend, Patrick started his own blog (http://mississippiensis.blogspot.com/) for his school science project so if you get a minute, please go by and leave him a comment - he gets so excited when he sees more people have visited :)  He has told me that he wants to keep up with it and hope that he will - he'll have a lot of fun.

Well, I'm headed off to bed so I can start the week refreshed - we had to spring forward this weekend and will be loosing an hour of sleep tonight :(

Enjoy

Janet

Woo-hoo, it's the weekend

Hi everyone:

I hope everyone has had a great week and is looking forward to the weekend - I know that I am.  I am slowly getting back to doing some creating, but want to show you something that I did last weekend for a very special friend's birthday, who loves purple (hince the color).  This was a very fun card to make and I just love the sketch (I got it from Paper Crafts Magazine) and know that I will be using it often.

Enjoy your weekend and I'll be back soon.

Janet

supplies - Gina K cardstock; DCWV patterned paper; spellbinders big scalloped ovals large; Michael's ribbon; computer generated fonts.