WOYWW 249 - Project Life Overload

I'm finally back to Project Life.  And it's WOYWW which means I share a picture of my desk and go blog hopping around the world looking at other desks.  And we owe all this fun to Julia over at Stamping Ground Blog to check out all the fun.

Here are my desks:

I am behind on Project Life because I am not good at multi tasking.  I am either focusing on cards or I am focusing on Project Life or I am focusing on scrapbooking.  I scrapbook differently that I do Project Life.  Anyhoo  I am trying to catch up on my Project life and having been away from it for a few weeks I'm not in the PL groove.  But I will get my groove back.  I have faith.


Thank you for stopping by.  Have a great day and be inspired.

April
Psalm 100:3 - 5  Know that the Lord is God.  It is he who made us, and we are his;  we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

More Shades of Gray

I'm enjoying working with these Hero Arts gray inks.  I've created another card for the CAS-ual Fridays Blog.  Love the fact that we have a month to participate.

Here is my card:

The stamp came in a pizza box full of stamps from Club Scrap as part of an OWH fundraiser.  I put the stamps in a two tier basket so they would be out and in my site.  I'm really liking the bright green of Hero Arts green hills.  I again used one of my favorites stamp set - Stampin Up Gorgeous Grunge in addition to the 'spot' stamp from Club Scraps.  The sentiment is from Stampin Up set Perfect Pennants.

This card will go to www.operationwritehome.org to be sent to our troops serving away from home.  If you have any extra cards that you don't know what to do with or you just want to make some cards for our troops - go to the website and check it out.

If you see a Stampin Up set that you just have to have - contact your local Stampin Up demonstrator.  If you do not have a Stampin Up demonstrator, you can purchase it from my demonstrator website:  dowhatyoulove.

Thank you for stopping by to visit.  Have a great day and be inspired.

April
Psalm 32:1 - 2  How blessed is the one whose rebellious acts are forgiven, whose sin is pardoned!  How blessed is the one whose wrongdoing the Lord does not punish, in whose spirit there is no deceit.

Daylight Savings Remorse

I cannot seem to get over my frustration of losing an hour of sleep.  But even as I work through my bitterness - I found even positive thinking to create a card.

I used a stamp and die set by The Stamps of Life:

You can see the other products I used in the pictures.

I used that Fancy Pants Swagger collection paper for this project.  I was disappointed with the weight of this paper.  I like my paper to be really heavy and this paper is not a heavy weight paper.  But since I am using it to layer - that is okay.  I also like that this paper pad has more masculine patterns.

Thank you for stopping by my blog.  Have a great day and be inspired.

April
John 6:33  The Bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.

Shades of Gray

The challenge at CAS-ualfridays Blog is use 2 shades of gray.  And because they've revamped their challenges to last longer - I think I actually made it in time for this challenge.

Here is my card:

I really like how this card turned out.  I was able to use one of my favorite Stampin Up Stamp sets - Gorgeous Grunge and the new set - Six Sided Sampler.

I don't think I'd used the in color ink Coastal Cabana before.  I like the gray and the Coastal Cabana together.

This card will be heading to OWH to be sent to our troops serving away from home.  Check out their website if you're interested in donating cards to this very worth organization.

If you see any Stampin Up products you would like to purchase, contact your local Stampin up demonstrator.  If you do not have a Stampin Up demonstrator, you can purchase any of these items from me at website:  http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/dowhatyoulove/.

Thank you for stopping by.  Have a great day and be inspired.

April
Psalm 100:  Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise;  give thanks to him and praise his name.  For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;  his faithfulness continues through all generations.

In the Middle of the Night

I've been talking about the revelation I had in the middle of the night for the layout of a card.  And here I am finally sharing it.

It looks like a simple card, but I found the execution was a little more complex than I had originally imagined.  Lining up triangles in a straight line without getting any color on the white cardstock isn't as easy as it looks.

I took my Paper Trey Ink stamp set and created this CAS card.  Althoug his is more clean than simple.  I had to break out my ruler and the Stamp-a-majig to get his card created.

Here is the video:

Have a great day and be inspired.

April

Blog Stalking Friday - Finding Nana

As you know I have been doing Project Life faithfully since October 2013.  There are a couple blogs that I follow for their Project Life pages.  This particular blogger, Leena, creates the most beautiful pocket pages.

If you want ideas for exceptional PL pages check out Finding Nana.  Leenah likes to use cards that have mostly white backgrounds and combines those with black and a few bright colors.

She is the member of the Studio Calico design team and she shares their monthly kits.  Go see Leena and check out her pages - you will be inspired.

Have a great day and be inspired.

April
Job 23:10 - 11  He knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.  My feet have closely followed his steps;  I have kept to his way without turning aside.

WOYWW 248 - It's Clean!

Today is WOYWW and that means that I get to share my desk with all my friends who are doing the same at Julia's Stamping Ground.  Go check it out to see desks from around the world.

I did not leave my house this weekend!  I cannot tell you the last time I was able to do that.  I was able to spend the majority of my weekend in my craft room.  I organized and cleaned and straightened.  I also made cards and videos.

The main reason I did that was so that I could put together a room tour.  I tried to do a room tour last year, but there was a problem with my video.

So here is my clean desk.  I can guarantee it won't stay like this.  lol

Well it was clean - except for the cat.  lol

This is the desk without the cat.

Gracie picked up some pink duct tape from somewhere.  She's so stinkin cute!

This is my scrapbook desk.  I'm toying around with the idea of leaving my Cricut E2 for convenient access.  We'll see what happens.

And if you want to check out the video, but I warn you it's long.:

Thanks for stopping by.  I'm off to do some blog hopping.

Have a great day and be inspired.

April
Jeremiah 33: 2 - 3  This is what the Lord says, he who made the earth, the Lord who formed it and established it - the Lord is his name:  'Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.'

I'm Ape for You

I actually made this card in a card class that I go to in Glasgow.  The wood stamp has the word Judith on it, but I'm not sure if that is the brand or not.  I used my Spectrum Noir pens to color the ape.  Because the paper was provided for the class, I do not know the brand.

This card is not my normal style, but it's good to get out of one's comfort zone - don't you think?

Have a great day and be inspired.

April
Hebrews 2:1 - 4 Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.  For if the mesage spoken through angels pvoed to be so firm that every violation or disobedience received its just penalty, how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation?  It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him,  while God confirmed their witness with signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.

Monochromatic - Kind of

I woke up in the middle of the night with a card design in my head.  I don't know about you all, but sometimes when I dream something I will remember it when I first wake up, but within an hour of being awake - it's gone.  Fortunately I stuck with me.  This card is not the design that woke me up, but it was inspired by that design.

I also did a video showing how I made this card for Operation Write Home.

If you are a card maker looking for a reason to make more cards - check out the Operation Write Home website to get instructions on how to donate your cards to a worthy cause.

Have a great day and be inspired.

April
Psalm 55:14  What fellowship we had what wonderful discussions as we walked together to the temple of the Lord on holy days. 

Happy Birthday with Heidi Swapp

I've been trying to 'catch up' on my card making this week.  I went to the craft room one night this week while I was on a conference call for work.  I had to be on the call, but didn't really have to participate.  So while I was stuck on the phone I cut out some balloons on my Silhouette and made some birthday cards.

I used 2 sided paper from Heidi Swapp, enamel dots from Basic Grey, a banner die from taylored expressions, a Happy Birthday sentiment from Technique Tuesday and ribbon from American Crafts.

These cards will be going to Operation Write Home so that our troops can send them home to their loved ones.  Check out the website and see how you can let our troops know you care.

Have a great day and be inspired.

April
James 3:9 - 10  With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God's likeness.  Out of the same mouth come priase and cursing.  My brothers and sisters, this should not be.

Taking Off

We recently took a trip to Las Vegas.  I judge the success of a vacation on the number of pictures that I take on the trip and how many scrapbook pages come from said pictures.  On a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being the lowest, this trip was a 2.  Not enough pictures to create many scrapbook pages and most of them documenting things we'd done on past trips.

The first trip to Las Vegas was automatically a 10 because it was the first experience.  The second trip to Vegas we went to see the Eagles and Barry Manilow and of course gambled so it was a 10.  The next trip to Vegas we took the girls.  We saw Barry Manilow in concert and went to the Hoover dam.  We got to stand on the Hoover dam and watch cars drive by.  Now you can't drive on the Hoover dam anymore which of course automatically makes that trip a 10.  :-)  You see a pattern here.

This trip we went to see the Eagles in concert (been there done that) and we gambled (been there and done that, too).  We did go to the Kounting Cars garage and VivaLasVegaStamps, but those were just couple hour jaunts.  So like my Mom said - so you relaxed?  Like she was surprised.  On Saturday, we never even walked outside the Casino.

So, again after being very wordy, I am getting to my point.  This trip was on the verge of being a 1 until I got the following picture from the plane as we were taking off.

If you look in the middle of this picture you will see Mandalay Bay at the far right, the new Ferris Wheel in the middle and the Stratosphere wwwwwwaaaayyyy at the end of the strip on the middle left.

The fact that I was sitting by the window was a miracle in itself.  Todd likes to sit next to the window so he can sleep.  I think that is wasting a perfectly good window seat.  I was sitting there because I made Todd feel guilty.  It's a gift.  He is 6'3" and is a big boy.  He swears the window seat provides him some extra room.  The flight wasn't full so I got the window seat the whole time.  He slept in the aisle seat and leaned over the middle seat.

Considering I took this picture with my ipad out an airplane window - I was pretty impressed with myself.

And that is how the trip went from a 1 to a 2 memorabilia wise.  Relaxation wise - it was great.  However, I do have a favor to ask.  If anyone goes to Vegas - I left something behind.  I would appreciate it if you could pick it up for me.  It's at the Mirage - my money.  lol

Have a great day and be inspired.

April
Psalm 118:19  Open to me the gates of righteousness I will go through them and I will praise the Lord.