The winner is.....

OMgoodness I almost forgot about u...Sorry anyway the winner said...Great pick Krista! Love your card - and sorry you are having a rough time with the loss of your parent. Wonderful project and I am now a follower! I believe her name is Melissa? Congrats...Please contact me at skianorman@comcast.net to claim your goodies...I wish I could pick u all...U guys mean so much to me...I am off to CHA....I will post some pictures for u guys when I get back...Happy Creating...

Going to pick a winner for the BBTB2 Hop tonight..instead of tomorrow...

I am going to post a winner tonight before midnight. My time right now is 8:15 pm...I am heading out of town and need to pick a winner tonight instead of tomorrow..If you haven't made your comment yet....see post below to be entered to win the goodies...Thanks and good luck..

Boo!!!!!!! its the Blog Hop....

Happy Monday it is BBTB2 time, I am excited to participate in this end of the month blog-hop especially because this is the first one I have done since my dad's death.  I miss him a lot but I am sure you all know that.  Thanks so much for continuing on with me during these unexpected things that have happened in my life.  Some of the things that make me very happy in my life R simple things like Fall weather, warm sweaters, Yummy Apple pie, watching my hubby get excited about Football season, and Halloween.  I know I am a bit early for this type of card, but heck it is never too early for your heart to smile, so I chose to make my ice-cream pumpkin cone Halloweenish.  I was also excited to see that my Dear friend Regina Easter made some awesome line paper to add to her digital stamps she sells at The Cutting Cafe.  I added this line paper to my card, but before I did I recruited my family in the fun by asking them words that came to mind when they thought of Fall.....If you click on my picture you can tell a bit better that we came up with words like, Black cat, Candy Corn, Pumpkins, Witches, Etc and added them in Microsoft to the lined paper...Fun stuff.....Thanks for stopping by my little blog..it brings joy to my heart.  The blog candy below is up for grabs, all you have to do is leave me a comment and I will pick a winner using random.org Saturday July 31st.  Now Hop on over to Penny Shuberg's blog and see what she has created...Happy Crafting my Friends....

Supplies Used:The Cutting Cafe Stamps

Bazzills paper

SYI Cart

Gel Pen

CuttleBug Dots Folder

Stickers: Making Memories

Best Friends....

Hello friends.....
It has been such a long painful journey for me. Losing a parent is the hardest thing I have ever had to endure. I love God so much and know that he has a plan for each one of us, but it still has been very difficult. I miss creating and hope that you guys are still out there, this healing time was something I needed to do. I still have hard days with lots of tears, but everyday the pain gets a little less. I really feel like tragedies teach people a lot about who really cares about you in your life. It is so easy to walk with someone during the happy times, but one really finds out who their true friends are when the hard times happen. Unfortunely, I have experience this during my dad's death. The people I really thought would be here for me weren't. I am praying about the hurt I feel for those people as well and trying to except that I still need to keep pushing on, that maybe those people weren't really my friends anyway. I need to continue to keep my faith and be grateful for people that really love me. I am still a Christian, Wife, mother, daughter friend and a designer. So anyway I created today, it felt good to let all that energy out on something I love so much. This card was made with the sweet sweet Regina Easter's stamps from The Cutting Cafe's beautiful digital stamps. I am so grateful to her for being patient with me. She is a wonderful friend. The set I used is called Cute Critters. Thank you so much Friends for the prayers and understanding during this life changing experience. Tight Hugs...

Supplies: used Making Memories papers
The Cutting Cafe Stamps     Cute Critters
Martha Stewart punches
Sewing
papertrey Ink Jute