Still kickin' ...

I didn't fall off the face of the earth, nor did I sell all of my crafty things to give it all up for lent. Life as we all know, just gets busy. Most of the time in a good way, because it usually involves family and friends. I have been playing catch up also with Patter's His Holy Name challenge. I was a couple of weeks behind but am happy to say I am right on now. Here were the past attributes we studied: Sovereign, Protector, Righteous and Creator. It is so exciting to be spending time in God's word, learning more about HIM. Too cool! Have a blessed week! - K

TFL! :)

a dream

All of my life I have enjoyed creating, whether it was drawing, scrapping, stamping, painting etc. I still enjoy, now perhaps more than ever. It is an extension of myself, and a gift from God who is the most Awesome creator there is. I see His work daily, in my children, in the sunrise as we go to school in the morning, in nature as I walk and in the sunset every night as God paints a new masterpiece that calms my spirit every evening. I am fortunate to get to share this gift, not jsut with my family but with others too. I have been designing stamps for Unity Stamp Co. and it is such a joy when I see something I created come to "life." I am particularly fond of the most recent stamp set, one where I can use that gift to glorify God.

Blessings from Him stamp set

Rain and Flowers stamp set

I will hoepefully being posting again soon! Sooner than last time anyway :) I have some Bible Study pages done and I am hoping to get a chance to create with these new stamps too!

Until then - Blessings to you and yours - K

the "WOW" girl...

I have the privilege today of getting to be the "WOW" (watch out Wednesday) girl at Unity, and it is a privilege to me to be featured on their blog. I created a couple of projects just for this awesome day.

The first is a fun lo of my dd. She was 3 here, seems like yesterday - yet so long ago at the same time, if that makes any sense (I often don't ). I have been having a blast looking through old photos and scrapping those that just tug at my heart. She was wearing a dance costume that she never performed ... my husband brought her to practice about halfway through the year and after that she never wanted to go again no matter what I promised her, (he thought she might have been embarrassed about falling during practice but we really never figured it out, but the good news is she is over it and just had a dance performance last night :)). We had already bought the costume so she used it plenty of times at home and boy did she look CUTE!

supplies:

Paper: Pink Paislee - Lunch Hour; American Crafts - Moda Bella; KI Memories - Blue Urban Linen

Stamps: Unity Stamps - Love Grows & Our Life Our Stories

Stampin Up! Inks: Brilliant Blue, Pink Passion & YoYo Yellow

My second project I wanted to share is my attempt at organizing all those school papers that my kids bring home and appear about to explode in the current boxes they are residing in. I only have this one done for my youngest and need to do 2 more for the older 2. I like how it turned out. I know they won't hold it all but it should help in getting the "mess/memories" under control and organized. I just used an accordian file folder you can get at Walmart or Target or any office store for that matter. I used the really good red double stick tape to make sure it would last and the paper wouldn't peel off.

Outside of cover

inside, using the files, one for each grade, preschool and Kindergarten in very front.

back of accordian file

Supplies:

Foofala school paper kit

Unity Stamps: School rock Star & Our Life Our Stories

accordian file folder

I wanted to share a couple more LO's I did also for the "So you think you can Scrap" contest over at Scraptivity. Do I really? think I can scrap... well, the contest did give me the little shove I needed to get scrappin so that is a bonus. It is kind of tough since they are doing dance themes and I have two left feet (I know nothing about dancing!)

First lo is "ballet" themed, second is "flameco" ... Unity stamps of course ;)

Well,thanks for sharing "my day" with me and taking time to check it out!

God's blessings - K

can you believe it?

I was stunned today at church while hanging up a calendar and a friend told me to turn the page to February as next Sunday would be the 1rst!! Where did January go? Probably somewhere in the midst of our remodeling project, maybe behind all those pieces of sheetrock? or under all that sawdust? Yikes! February. I just can't believe it.

I have been feeling kind of house bound lately, going a little stir crazy just because of how cold it is outside. I still try going walking to get out but that is only for 20 minutes. I would love to go out and work in my shed but it really isn't all that inspiring while my teeth are chattering incessantly and my hands are shaking too hard to glue down anything where I want it. So I do alot of reading, alot of computer games and cleaning. Boy, am I ready to have my workspace in the house! I did manage to get my page done for "His Holy Name" Bible Study and didn't lose any appendages while out scrapping :) you can check out all of the pages here.

this is just a doodle page I did while thinking about last week's attribute of God: Holy...

It was kind of fun to just draw, color and write about some of the verses about God and His Holiness... maybe I will do this with each attribute, we will see ;)

this is my page for this week's attribute: Sovereign. I used the recipe stamps from Unity, some old SEI stickers and I kept the study notes in the library pocket. This study is something I look forward to every other week when it comes out but also something that is on my mind throughout the day. Thinking about God and His certain attributes... pretty neat.

Have a great week! K

a winter to remember

I can't remember this much snow since I was just a kid - oh so long ago :) not really but kind of. Since we got out of school early today I thought I would get a jump on my "to do" list. My blog being one of them. I've been meaning to post more, create more and share more ... we'll see how it turns out.

I did spend some time working on my "His holy name" study that Patter is leading and was truly blessed as I am every time I stick my nose in God's word. We were to pick 2 verses with "holy" in them. I wrote down all the ones that stuck out to me and then narrowed it down to 2. I am so excited to be in this study and knowing that I get to create also. Knowing that at the end of this study I will have a book full of verses and notes and a deeper understanding for God and who He is. Did I say I get to create too? What an awesome time! Here is my page(s) for this study. You can check out all of the participants pages in the Splitcoast Gallery here.

I used AM letter stickers, Unity corner stamp, Stampin Up arrow, scallop and tab punches along with some SU ink. TFL! Come and join too!

I love Mondays, they are full of opportunity! Plus it helps when you get to come home early from "work"!

Have a great week.

PS look for some great new Unity stamps coming out this Thursday!

I'm ready.

I am ready to go back to school tomorrow. I am ready for the kids to go back to school tomorrow. I am ready to get back to a routine. I am ready to buckle down and exercise and watch what I eat. I am ready for more snow. I am ready to start this awesome Bible Study with Patter. Yep, I am ready for a New Year, a new week and a new study.

this will be my Bible Study book to keep my notes and creations in. I am sooo excited!

Merry Christmas - one more time

We finally got to have our church Christmas program today. It was canceled last week due to weather and the week before the practice was canceled also because of weather. So it seemed like forever ago that we were preparing for our program. The kids did an amazing job and we are so blessed with the families that go to our church, especially one lady in particular. Her kids are all grown up but she is still involved and does most everything. We would be lost without her...

Anyway, I thought we needed a family picture since we were all dressed up. Unfortunately, we don't seem very photo-genic today :) The sun was bright, it was cold, kids get impatient, etc etc. (honestly, I hate pictures of myself, I always try to cover myself up with the kids!) We did get 2 pics, not professional looking by any means but realistic enough! That Walker, he has got the smile down pat!

I also got to finish a scrapbook page I was working on for the Splitcoast Unity Sketch challenge. It was a card sketch but I used it for a layout sketch as I need to scrapbook a bit more than make cards lately!

Products used: several Unity stamps, some awesome BG and sassafras papers, puff paint, Thickers etc