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Good Evening. 

I thought I would share this adorable image from Fresh Brewed Designs, curious kitty.  I've had it colored for a while, but hadn't used it a card. So today, while our oldest granddaughter was taking a nap, I created this.   It will be going out in the mail to a lady who needs some cheering up and encouragement.  I used her favorite colors and like me, she is a cat lover, so perfect image.  I also included Psalm 138:1-2 on the inside for her.  I colored the curious kitty, similar to the coloring of my female orange tabby, as this is something I could very easily find her doing if I had a fish bowl or aquarium. 

 

My image was colored with copics and I sponged the background with memento summer sky, very lightly, so it wouldn't over-power the image.  I added pearl accents and my sentiment was computer generated. 

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A few Teapot Tuesday cards

This was the card I created for this week's MMTPT challenge on Splitcoaststampers.  Each week we create cards based on an image of a teapot and a story.  The really special part of this is that each week we have the opportunity to send our cards to a person who is facing a challenge of some sort and in need of some happy mail.  Sending a card is never required, but it sure is heartwarming to know there are so many caring crafters who do this week after week.  I thought I would share this card with you.

Below are some other cards that were done for other weeks.

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Times-a-changin'

Ever noticed that when you 'cut back' on activities or try to, that somehow more just seems to end back up on your plate without you even noticing it?  Or maybe you notice it more because now you are getting to the neglected things you couldn't before?  Either way, I think our lives in general are just filled with too many 'things'.  I remember when there was far less technology readily available, in fact, my first computer operated from DOS, not windows!  Does that make me a dinosaur, no, not really, it just shows how quickly things can change in 20 years.  Speaking of change, we can also apply that to ourselves and the people in our lives, past, present and future.  Do you ever view your friendships as part of your journey in life and that each may have it's 'season'?  Some have long seasons, while others are short, so the trick is being aware and learning when a season of friendship is passing or has passed or is there for the duration.  When you think the friendship is passing or has passed, do you ever wonder if it was something you did?  Maybe it was or maybe your interests and goals have changed.  It could be that those of your friends have, even or especially, when you've not had any dissention or harsh words exchanged.  People grow and our needs change with that growth, sometimes bringing us closer to others or moving us further apart.  When you do become aware of this change, do you try to hang on and stay with the status quo, or do you move on and take a lesson learned from it?  The connotation of lesson learned usually has a negative consequence, but not all lessons we need to learn are negative, some are positive. We all have something to learn from others, the trick is to focus on what you need to learn and not who you are learning it from.  God always puts just the right person in our life at just the right time for a lesson, we're the ones who may or may not be open to the changin' times...


Food for thought?  I'll have to let that one gel for a while and see what comes to mind...  Maybe you could too and share yours with me...

Where has the time gone???

Wow, I didn't realize it has been almost a year since I have posted anything to my blog.  It was not intentional, it was one of the things that had to fall by the wayside as other higher priority projects took it's place.  Looking back, I am amazed at how much I managed to cram into each week and almost keep my sanity! I would highly recommend NOT trying to take an online university course which has a heavy load as far as reading requirements while trying to teach Church classes weekly.  If you work full time, I would suggest adding one or the other, but not both, since it means you may have to cut back on time spent with your family and always being so busy that you are torn between spending time with them and doing your 'work'.  Life is too short to just cram it so full of obligations that you don't have/can't make the time to spend with your loved ones.  Looking back, I can see how I short changed not only my family, but myself, in placing them second to what I thought was the right priority at the time.  It wasn't and I do regret that I allowed myself to become so dedicated to my volunteer activities that I couldn't keep track of my schedule well enough to plan for special events like the party after my granddaughter's baptism.  I had to miss her party because I forgot to cancel the class I was teaching, which is something I can't get back.  I have since stepped back from a lot of my activities so that I can have my much needed down time and hopefully regain my perspective on what is most important.  Not that my volunteer work wasn't important and very enjoyable, it just got a much higher priority than it needed to.  While I still need to finish the second half of my university course, I am now getting to enjoy time spent with my older granddaughter {16 months},her newborn sister {10 days old}, my daughter, and son-in-law.  Now that some parts of my life are slowing down, I am hoping to get a little more time in my neglected craft room and can stop and smell the roses along the way.  Maybe I'll even be posting to my blog more regularly.  Who knows what my future holds?!?

MMTPT 154 - Flowers and Bees that Sneeze!

Good Morning!  Today is another Teapot Tuesday Challenge.  We have a real pickle on our hands, or should I say Bee-anca does on hers!?!  Seems that mean ole bumblebee, Tate, has it in for sweet little Bree, whose not a bumblebee... she's a birdie {not the golf kind, the feathered one}.  Every time she flies out to eat breakfast, lunch, dinner or do anything else, Tate is ready to start chasing her.  Well, little miss Bee-anca has discovered through the bee-vine that Big Tate is allergic to daisies so she has asked all the teapotters, {42,000 of us, according to Mothermark! or it's just her favorite number} to bring flowers, bees and birds to this week's teaparty. With all the extra birds and bees, we may be able to distract Big Tate long enough to get the daisies in position, then with some extra wing power, can blow some pollen his way, to help Bree fly free.  Plus, with all the other birds and bees, Big Tate might get so confused, he doesn't have time to look for Bree...  I also brought some "special" daisies, the polka dot ones carry extra pollen!! 

My card this week will be going to the destination station recipient, Rita, who is battling lung cancer.  You can read about it on the Teapot Tuesday thread, look for the MMTPT  154 post and there will be a link within that post.

My "daisies" are prima and other flowers from my stash, with brads for the center.  The stems and grass are hand cut from mulberry paper. My bees are part of the Gina K. Designs set, A Beautiful Life, by Melanie Muenchinger.  Didn't even remember there was a little bee stamp in the set.  I added color to the bees with copic markers.  My inside sentiment is simply "Praying for you" from a Clear Dollar Stamps set, Chirstian sympathy.

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A Fun FBD Mocha Manic Monday Digi

Good Morning!  Wow, does time fly!  Didn't realize how long it has been since I posted to my blog.
I was scoping out the Fresh Brewed Designs group at the Latte Lounge  and found out about this cute digi that Heather put in her shop for the weekly Mocha Manic Monday challenge she posts there.  She's going to have another one coming up in a couple of days so check it out! 

I colored my fairy with copics in icy blue shades and added a blue ribbon bow with some bling. Her hair is a deep "fiery" red.  The image was cut out with a nesties labels 8 and mounted on dimensionals.  I added the blue flower with its center of a blue gem.  The background paper is from my stash, and I used a funky corner punch on one side of the card.  I will be sending this card to Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada.  This community has been burned out, you can read about it here. I plan on making a couple of other cards to send off also or pulling from my stash of older cards.

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Cards for Colton {MMTPT style!!}

Good evening!

This week's MMTPT {Mother Mark's Tea Pot Tuesday} challenge on the Teapot Tuesday challenge thread on Splitcoaststampers.   This week we are trying to brighten the day of  a 10 year old boy, with bone cancer, and are sending our cards to his school.  I had some really fun digis from both Fresh Brewed Designs and Busy Beauties Boutique that seemed to fit with this challenge, so I am tossing my card in and challenging you to do the same!!!

My card was created using a digs from Fresh Brewed Designs and Busy Beauties.