Happy Easter!

Hello! Happy Easter to you! I am so grateful for what Jesus did for me on Good Friday, and that He rose from the grave on Easter Sunday! We will be celebrating Easter with the kids and grandkids this year down at my daughter's house. I hope you have a blessed day! Here is a card I made to celebrate my Savior.

I used Papertrey's Tulip Time (can't put that set down!), the first Inspired set by Betsy Veldman, and one of the Modern Background stencils. Note to self: be careful where the diecut dot above the "i" in Savior falls! Too late to change it now! Thanks for stopping by!

The true meaning of Easter

Although I have spent many hours preparing for this Easter, in the way of decorations and gifts for my grandchildren, never has the real meaning of Easter left my mind and my heart. I want, more than anything else this Easter, for my grandchildren to know that I love them and that Jesus loves them even more! Amidst all the bunnies, carrots and things I made them, the most important thing was the message I wrote in each of their Easter cards. Hopefully, these are the things they will read one day when they are older, and ask me or their moms what they mean. I  told them that on Easter, we celebrate what Jesus did for us on the cross, and how much Jesus loves them.


We have been blessed to watch the most unusual mini series this month on the History Channel - entitled "The Bible". I wasn't sure what to expect of this series - so many of today's shows - even ones on this same History channel, are full of bad words and unspeakable horror. I can't imagine letting my children watch many of them. But to my joy, this series on the Bible stayed pretty close to the story line of the Bible. We watched the conclusion this evening - the story of the crucifixion - and I pray that God will use it's truth to bring many people to Himself. So many people have been reported tuning in to this story this past month - probably trying to find some hope in this messed up world. I pray that they will find that hope in Jesus - our Messiah and Savior. His story is true. He lives! Praise the Lord for what He has done!

Here is a clip from the minis series. If you did not get a chance to see it, I believe it goes on sale this week. What a wonderful witnessing tool it would be.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=D2BbDQuHPUw

The word art above is a free pdf offered by Peppermint Creative  here.

I'm ready for Easter!

Hello! I have been working like a crazy person these last couple weeks! I've been making things to go in my 4 grand kids Easter baskets. Although it's been alot of work, I really enjoy doing it. I like it when I can use my stash and talents to give cute things to them. I've been waiting for grandma-hood all my life. :)

Two of the things I've made for the three little one's baskets are carrots and peeps made out of minkee fabric - it's really really soft. I didn't have a pattern for the carrots, I just reasoned it out. I got the pattern for the peeps here. Then I made a little ribbon blankey for my newest grandbaby. Then I decorated each basket with their name, using Papertrey Banner Builder stamps and dies. I cut out a bunny tag for each basket too - with my Silhouette. Here are some pictures:

I hope they enjoy them. I'm glad I'm finally ready for Easter! Except for the food I have to fix - oh well! Hope you have a blessed Easter!

Papertrey March 2013 Blog Hop

Hello! I am participating in Papertrey's March Blog Hop. The challenge for the hop is to use sequins on your card.

You can read all about the challenge here.I fought this for a while, thinking I didn't need to invest in ANOTHER embellishment. I know the way I am - these kinds of things are addicting! But alas, I gave in and picked up some sequins at my local Joann's and made a shaker card for my grandson for Easter.










I have 4 grandchildren, and I made cards for each. Here is Will's, who is almost 8 months old. I used Hello Foxy, Scrambled Eggs (the little flowers) and Fabulous Frames to make this shaker card. I just loved Nicole Heady's birthday card here, and used it as my inspiration. This is the card that meets the Blog Hop challenge to use sequins.

Next up is my card for my 1 1/2 year old granddaughter Chloe. I resisted buying the Papertrey Movers and Shakers Dies when they first came out. I wasn't sure if I would use them. I bought a Silhouette Cameo for Christmas and have been working to come up with ways I can cut these interactive elements on my Cameo. The slider card was the easiest to figure out - just a long oval cut in the middle of the card. After watching Nicole's video of how the slider element worked, I pulled out my Papertrey Button dies and used a larger pop dot in the middle of two of the larger buttons to make it slide along the track. It turned out to be a fun card! I used Scrambled Eggs and the dies for the chick, as well as Hello Spring for the flowers and sentiment.

Next up is my older grandson Lucas's card. He's 10, so I figured he could handle the zipper card. As I studied the zipper card on Nicole's blog, I figured out how to reproduce the zipper on my Cameo. So now anytime I want, I can cut out a zipper for a card! The bunny is from Paper Smooches, and the sentiment is from Scrambled Eggs. Underneath the zipper is "Easter's on it's way" from Scrambled Eggs. I used Background Basics: Houndstooth on the background of the zipper part.

And lastly, is the card for my newest granddaughter, Sophie. She's only 2 months old, and I decided to use the Polka Dot Parade bunny on her card. I cut the bunny out of the front of the card, and attached him on the inside with a pop dot. I still need to find a white pom pom for his tail.

Thanks for sticking with me on this long post! Enjoy the Blog Hop!

2012 Easter cards for the Grandchildren

Hello! I had such fun creating Easter cards for my grandchildren this year! I thought I'd share them with you.

First up is the card I made for Lucas, our 9 year old grandson. I found it was harder to make an Easter card for a 9 year old that wasn't too girly, or too childish. I decided to use the new Seeing Stars stamp set from Papertrey Ink, as well as one of the sentiments from Movers and Shakers Sentiments. I also used the double ended banner die and the new stars border die. it isn;t real Eastery on the outside, but the inside message is an Easter one.

The next card is for my 7 month old granddaughter Chloe. I try to make her a birthday card each month (for the first year). This was her first Easter card. The stamp I used on her card was a Tilda stamp from Magnolia. I love coloring these with my copics. I used Flower Soft on the tummy and bottom of her foot. I used the computer generated tutorial on Make-it-Monday #59 by Erin Lincoln to make the sentiment on the top of the card. I cut it out with a Spellbinders banner die. I also used PTI white cardstock, and Happy Spots patterned paper. The ovals were cutout with Spellbinders Labels #10 dies. The ribbon is an Offray ribbon from an outlet near me.

The last Easter card is really a tag, it's for my yet unborn grandchild. The baby will be born in September. I do not know the sex yet, so I left the tag gender neutral. I used the  Friendship Jar stamp set and Tag Sale #3 from Papertrey, as well as some copics to color the image in. Again, the ribbon is from the Offray outlet.

Hope you enjoy! Thanks for stopping by!