CPS #100

I'm running out of time!!! In stead of packing for CA, I'm sitting here making cards! I love it so much! It is fun to create cards using sketches. Here is the sketch #100 from CPS.

I created this card to send to Sweet n Sassy Stamps for sending me two sets of owl stamps, which I won last week. I've been having a lot of fun with them and I appreciate them so much for sending them to me!

Gift of Love

My cousin Amber just had quads. That is quadruplets--FOUR babies!!! They are about four months old now, and I'm heading out to CA this weekend with my mom to help Amber and hopefully give her a little bit of a break. Can you imagine! I made these thank you cards for her a little while ago, but neglected to get them into the mail. Now I will be able to hand deliver them! She has had such an outpouring of gifts and service from people all over the world. There is probably no way she could even acknowledge every person that has helped her. It would be way too time consuming. I thought I'd give her a little help, so I'm giving her 18 cards, envelopes, and even a personal note to slip inside so she doesn't have to spend time writing out the thank yous. I had a lot of fun creating her congratulations card with scraps from the thank you cards. I spent way too much time doing it, but it was worth it.

Amber is such an amazing person. She was amazing before the babies were born, and now she can add Super Mom to her amazing status! Congratulations, Amber, I can't wait to see you and your little ones!

Sweet Cupcake Cards and Owl Treats

What could make you feel cozier than fresh homemade whole wheat bread and hot cocoa on a freezing cold day? These treats went to a friend of mine whom I visit each month :)

I won the CPS drawing for blog candy--my choice of Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps!!! I have been wanting an owl for a while, and they have a really cute one, so I chose this set. I was so excited to get it in the mail, and I've been creating with it ever since!



I love cards with anything sweet to eat on them! I played with some designs for a cupcake card, and this is what I came up with. I put the cupcake base through the paper crimper for a fun textured look. Ooohhh They look almost good enough to eat! Each one is a little bit different, but I think I like the way the first one came out best. I'm off to make more yummy creations!

Working Hard but Having Fun!

Phew! It's been a week filled with paper crafting! And I love it! I uploaded Grimpow onto my ipod (which is 11 cd's) and enjoyed scrapping way into the night for several nights! I created a 20 page scrapbook for my friend's daughter for her birthday, and several cards. I quite enjoyed myself eventhough several things went undone around the house! The price you pay when you're an adict!

This is Sketch #99 at CPS. I had fun playing with the sketch, but didn't get my card in on time :( I actually won the drawing last week!!! It was my first time entering, and I was sooo excited! I'll try again next week.

. . . And here is my take on the sketch! The image was downloaded from an amazing site with lots of free clipart The Vintage Moth.
My sister's birthday was on the 14, so I made this lovely card for her also using clipart from The Vintage Moth.

I fell in love with this vintage image and just had to create a valentine card with it.

Ooooh, and this vintage bee. I couldn't resist!

Another vintage image card--maybe for Mother's Day.

Here are a few glimpses of the scrapbook I made for my friend's daughter. I saw Hailey looking through my kids' albums and wishing she had one of her own. Her dad is always trying to get her mom to scrapbook their kid's photos, and I just couldn't help myself! I had to do it for her!

Here is the cover and matching card.

Page one. The following page was scraplifted from a layout in Desigining with Simplicity by Jennifer. I fell in love with the layout, and I think the results are very precious! I'll have to do one of these for my own daughters! This page was from a sketch on Page Maps website. They have some cool layout ideas. I downloaded the perfect fairy and put glitter all over her wings. The teeth are Quickutz die cuts. Another one that I'll have to do for my daughters.

My own sketch here! :)

This page was scraplifted from the calendar I made at Creative Escape '07.

Now on to the real world! Laundry and dishes, I know you've missed me, here I come.

Hope of Things to Come!

This morning when I woke up, I went to the window and looked out and asked myself, "Where is the sun?" It was sooooo dark, like the darkest of winter mornings. The winter fog had set in and there wasn't a ray of light in sight. It left me feeling sad and empty.
As I was going to get ready for the day, I flipped on the bathroom light, and there, clinging lifelessly to the switch plate, was a friendly little ladybug. "How did you get here?" I asked her. Of course, she didn't respond. I was puzzled. I didn't know if she was alive. I moved on to get ready for the day, and the next time I looked, she had flown down to the sink. "You are alive!" I said. I watched her for a few moments. She crawled back and forth on the slippery sink. "Hope" I thought. Yes, winter is here for a time, but there is hope for a warm, bright future--just as there is in life. Hope. Times can be tough and hard to bear at times, leaving us feeling sad and empty, but through the Savior there is hope for the bright future He has in store for us!

CPS Challenge

CPS is a Card Positioning System blog that has a lot of great card sketches. The DT members are very talented and always come up with amazing cards! I decided to participate in this week's sketch, and had a lot of fun doing it. I kept with the cowboy theme with this card.