Monday, and you are NOT going to believe this...

I started to not tell you what happened today, because you all are going to think something funny is going on here, but here goes. It was raining here this morning (like it has for the past week) and Hunter and I was watching the rain fall. He went on to play and I sat down on the sofa to play with Sister. I wasn't there very long when I heard a neighbor coming down our street. He has a two wheeled car hauler attached to the back of his truck and you can hear it bouncing on the street. Well, I heard the trailer and then a HUGE boom. I jumped up and looked out the front window, there was 3 guys at the corner of my house pulling that trailer out of my flower bed. The trailer and hitch came off the truck, crossed the neighbor's driveway, through our yard and came to a stop when it hit the cement block foundation of our front porch. No one was hurt, only one corner was broken off of a landscape brick and a dent in one block. Thank the Lord!!
Can you believe it? Two Mondays in a row two freaky things happen. The same Officer came out today. Before he left he told me he needed a vacation day next Monday. LOL I told him I was skipping Monday next week. LOL

Today's Blessings-
**God's protection**
** Mom's treatment went well today**
**The Sun did come out for awhile**

Until later~

Another "loser" LOL

Here is another submission for The Angel Company's Fall/Winter Inspiration Book and Catalogue. This is Twinkle Toes. This is an adorable stamp set, and the possibilities are endless!! I stamped the little girl 3 times and tried to make them all look different. (She looks really cute paper pieced too.)

I really like the Lyra Skin tone colored pencils, they are not only perfect for different skin tones, but work with animals too.

Ingredients:

Stamps- Twinkle toes

Paper- Genevieve and Blue/Green Bazzill Mono pack

Ink- Palette Noir

Misc-Scrappers floss, 3/4" circle punch, Prismacolor Pencils and OMS

We are headed off to DH's hometown after church tomorrow. His FFA advisor retired at the end of the school year, and tomorrow is his party. It is not often that an student develops a strong friendship with a teacher that last for over 30 years. I pray that our children are blessed with teachers like Mr. Snyder!!

Until later~

A card for mom

I am going to be cropping today. Woo Hoo!! I packed my bags last night. LOL I have decided to work on last year's vacation. (I just want to remind you to back up your pictures on your computer. My computer crashed last July and I lost everything on there. I had not saved our vacation pictures to disk, but I had sent some off to be developed. I am so thankful that for once I was on the ball getting them printed!)

I talked to mom several times this week. She is doing very well. Her next treatment will be on Monday. We are praying all goes well. Here is a card I made to remind her what cancer cannot do.

Have a great weekend everyone!! Do something good for someone today!

Until later~

A "loser" LOL

Here is another submission I sent to TAC for the new catty. This one did not make it. I really liked this one, maybe because I love the horse. LOL I also like the LO, it is based on a sketch used by TAC.

Stamps- G is for Gratitude, Happy Trails, Curls and Swirls

Ink- Palette Burnt Umber and Versamark

Paper- Rustic Chic , DCWV and TAC's brown

Misc ribbon

Confession time- Did you notice anything about the cards I made for my mom? Do you remember that beautiful ribbon I bought to use on her cards? Oooopps, I didn't use it. I will though, I promise!! :-)

Tomorrow I am cropping with The Columbus Scrappers (waving hi to CS) for the first time!!!! I am so excited!!! AND we will be at my favorite LSS- PizazzIt!!!! I am really hoping to have lots of stuff to share next week. *fingers crossed*

Until later~

Sheet load of cards

What a night! Storms rolled through, sirens blared, we went to the basement, the rain came down in sheets, thunder and lightning were incredible and Hunter slept through it all! LOL

I made mom 10 Thank you cards for her to give to those giving her Chemo. I used two 12x12 pcs of card stock, a 8.5x11 pg of cs, two 12x12 DPs and a 8.5x11 DP. I added a couple of brads and flowers too. I got the cutting LO and card sketch from Sheet Load of Cards. <--click If you haven't checked them out yet what are you waiting for? They send out a e-zine each month with samples, a sketch and a "recipe". They make it easy to get a bunch of cards done in a little time. LOL Here is the card from June-

The DPs are from a book of Breast Cancer papers, cardstock is Bazzill as is the flowers (not sure who made the brads), the sentiment is from Trendy Greetings from TAC.

Today's blessings-

** Sunshine after the storm**

** The joyful sound of the little birdies singing**

Until later~

My first time being published!!

OK, I can share some news with you now. On Saturday one of the kind Angels at The Angel Company's Seminar posted a list of all the catalogue designers. I wasn't expecting to have any of my 4 cards picked, so I wasn't too disappointed that I didn't make it. You know, being the first time I submitted. So, the catty is delivered and I sit down and start looking through it. I get to page 71 and one card catches my attention. I thought, Wow, she used the same papers and stamps I did for that stamp set. I look closer and I start to think it is MY card. I ran to the big computer and check the scans of my submissions- sure enough it is my card. I have been published!!!! Woo Hoo!!

I called The Angel Company, and sure enough my name was accidentally left off the Designer list. I was told that they will get something up on The Company Updates soon.

How funny is that, I wanted to be published to have my name in print. Well, I am published and my name is not in print. LOL Isn't that just my luck? LOL

Here is Wild West with the Genevieve papers-

I feeel good......

Have you ever had a day that when you get up in the morning you just feel good? Today is one of those days! (Hmmmm, I wonder if getting to make some cards last night helped?)

For the past couple of weeks we have been working in my studio and I was able to create. Well, last night was "Momma's work night". I was able to get 12 cards done. I was running late with a birthday card, so I was glad to get it on it's way this morning. Oh, and after I had finished DH asked if there was anything I wanted to change in the studio, and I could not think of even one. :-)

Here is the birthday card. The DP and butterfly stamp are both retired from The Angel Company. I miss them both. The card opens from the top and the bottom edge was trimmed to allow the strip of yellow paper show. All card stock is Matchmakers.

I used Prismacolor pencils and blended with OMS.

Today's blessings-

** Things to work on today**

** Leftovers for dinner**

**Kids in a good mood today and playing well together**

Until later~