I am a Guest Designer for Her Craftiness Today! :)

Hello Friends!

I am a guest designer for Lynne Kirsch of Her Craftiness! :)....I am thrilled! :) She is a dear friend and sister to me...we have known each other from a previous life we like to joke...lol...giggles...anyways make sure you check out her blog...pretty kewl stuff! :) Her Craftiness at http://hercraftiness.blogspot.com/

Here is my take on the Theme she had for me...The Good Old USA...I thought I make another mililtary card for the Soldier Angels that Maria (another good friend) gave me when I did a Military Hop a while back...so here is my take on it and I hope you like it! :)



The recipe:
I used red cardstock and Miss Elizabeth papers (Dollar stores) and a ribbon ( Wal-mart) and then I punched the yellow stars out of course yellow cardstock, then I stamped the Eagle and the USA (Studios) on white card stock and cut it out for the card then added pop up dots...along with the stamping up Let Freedom Ring (Verve) then added stars to that making it look like it is going up in the air...I sort of made it look vintage with the printed paper kind of shredded...

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to give bloggy love to me and Lynne and have a great day! :)

In His Love,
Be Inspired,
Kari

Guest Designer Tuesday...we have two...

Hello Friends!
Welcome to my blog! hope you are having a wonderful summer so far...and thanks for stopping by and I have two guest designers on today since I have lost a few posts and having problems with blogger and comments and the like so I am giving them the showcase today! these are awesome gals...and make sure you give them some bloggy love and visit their blogs...and I hope you enjoy their inspiring creations...give some love to Gill McGill and Shannon Leffew Keith.

First designer is Gill McGill...who is one talented lady and she is very crafty! :) I am thrilled she is here to share her LO with us...I hope you are inspired by it.

• The theme for my creation today is on "Vacation" and i have chosen to create a SB layout for a holiday in Majorca - which was the first time we ever went to Majorca where we stayed in Puerto Pollensa.
  When i create a layout i like to give the readers a feeling of "Who, Where, Why, What and When" it is all about you to experience the same as me by incorporating all 5 senses into my journalling which i hope i have achieved with this. This is something i learnt when i took the SDU - scrapbooking design and u course a couple of years ago.
  
  I have used turquoise 12x12 cardstock as my base and covered it with patterned paper where i cut with a thin layer around the edges so the turquoise edge showed. I then ripped a piece of 12x12 sand looking paper to add a strip to the bottom of the layout to look like a beachy sand scene. I chose 2 photos - one from day & one from night then matted & layered them onto lime green & pearl brown card. I used a scalloped pair of scissors to edge the brown layer to give it a nice water wavy look. I then typed the wording and matted & layered it in the same way.
  
  I then placed the photos and wording on the layout and used a template of water, swirls & dots to cut out the shapes to represent the sea splashes. I used a sanding tool to scratch the surface of these shapes as the cardstock i used was coredinations so it has an inner coloured core to come to the surface when sanded or scored.
  
  I then used a sizzix alphabet and cut out the letters Majorca using the big shot system where i used the co-ordinating lime green card. Lastly i then found some beachy embellishments in the form of a pair of flip flops, a shell and a pina colada epoxy sticker to complete the loo
• 

Thanks Gill so much great job and lovely!! :)

Now for my second designer Shannon...she is talented as well and makes beautiful flowers and I would recommend you check out her Etsy shop....I have some beautiful purple ones from her and they are so pretty and I will show you what I made with it...I am behind on my posting personal creations due to some personal things and hops....but I am going to try to catch up in the next few weeks...thanks for you patience...anyways check out what she has done and you will love it!

Shannon made a lovely card and I think it is just adorable.... check it out! :)



Thanks for stopping by and be inspired today and have fun crafting and don't forget to give bloggy love! :)

In His Love,
Be Inspired,
Kari

Christmas in July Blog Hop 7/22 - 7/25 (Day 4)

Hello Friends!

Welcome to my blog! If you are here for the Vintage Christmas Blog ...please scroll down for the next post...thanks...and if you are here for Day 4 of Christmas in July Blog Hop ...you are in the right place...

Well it is coming to an end here for the Christmas Blog hops today... I hope you all enjoyed my creations and that it inspired you to try some that I have made...today's project is my favorite...
don't forget to give bloggy love and comment on each designer's blog...they rock! :)
Now unto the hop....have fun hopping!

Christmas in July Blog Hop 7/22 - 7/25 ( Day 4)

Welcome to my first ever Memories in Tyme Christmas in July blog hop!!! After going to my first blog hop recently, I knew I needed to host my own hop this month for people to start to look at Christmas! The economy is hard right now, what better way to save money by making wonderful things for your friends and family instead of spending a ton of money you don’t have! Plus if you spend a bit of time and money each month, things will not be so hard at the end! Everyone has been working really hard on things this month, and we all hope you enjoy all the fun ideas we are sharing with you!!

If you are starting at my blog – make sure you start at the beginning at Lynda’s blog which is http://memoriesintyme.blogspot.com/. If you came from Kimmarie you came to the right place... :)

Participants are:

Lynda: http://memoriesintyme.blogspot.com/

Kimmarie - http://kimmarieskorner.blogspot.com/

Kari - http://purplefuntastickcreations.blogspot.com/ here now

Elsa - http://www.justafewdesigns.blogspot.com/

Anita-http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com/

Dana- http://www.danascraftycorner.blogspot.com/

Barbara - http://barbaras-crafty-corner.blogspot.com/

Lori - http://www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/

Jenny –http://jennyplace26.blogspot.com

Brynn – http://flairandfrillscreativity.blogspot.com/

Jennifer – http://jenlovestoscrap.blogspot.com/

Amy – http://www.lovetocrop.com/

Margie - http://mysweettater.blogspot.com/

Now for the totally fun part – I will be giving away a $25 gift card to use at any store to one person… In order to be eligible for the drawing, you must do the following:

1. Leave a comment on every blog on the hop
2. Become a follower of each of the ladies on the blog

Winner will then be chosen from all the comments from followers from the entire event.

Thanks for being a part of this fun blog hop – I hope you have had as much fun as we have had in doing it!

Lynda Jeffs

Memories in Tyme

My project is a frame that I had for awhile...was going to put pictures in it but not any I have that fits it...lol...so I decided to use it as an inspiration for A Christmas sign as a gift you can give yourself or to someone else...pretty simple again...but fun...

I used some scrapping Christmas printed paper I had on hand (12x12) cut it in half and it fitted perfect for the frame since it is 6x12 anyways...then I stamped my snowman (my favorite stamp of mine) on a white cardstock which I cut out and then I used water color pencils and then I used pop up dots and then I stickled it...then I stamped some letters to spell SNOW then cut them out and taped them down on the paper, then I used my MS snowflake punch for the flakes...pop dot them as well...then place them all over and then I use white glitter to make snow on the whole thing to make it pretty...lol...I did take off the glass since I used pop dots and it makes it tight so I removed it for that to let it breathe....oh yeah forgot the embellishment is from KC comp and I love how it looks like wind...lol...

Hope it inspired you to make something similar or another idea altogether using your scrapping stuff to make something pretty and neat to hang up in your room or someone elses...thanks for stopping by...

Now you go to Elsa's blog... :)

In His Love,

Be Inspired,

Kari

Vintage Christmas In July Blog Hop - 25th

Hello Friends!

Welcome to the Vintage Christmas in July Blog Hop and I am thrilled to be thinking "cool" since it has been extremely hot!! It has been over 100 here and it is just nuts! :( but the good news it keeps me busy indoors and I can craft which makes me happy! :)
I wanted to thank Denise for letting me be a part of it....So "Merry Christmas"...lol..check out my creation below and here is the rules for the Hop...thanks! Now lets get to business....

Hello everyone and welcome to the Vintage Christmas in July blog hop. The list of participants below are here to celebrate Christmas in July with good friends. This hop is hosted by our Design Team. The theme of the hop is Vintage. If you were just looking at my blog and want to play along with our blog hopping fun, you can go to the beginning at Dee at http://vintageheartfeltdesi​gns.blogspot.com/. But if you came from Debbie then you are in the right place....There will be opportunities to win some blog candy and get some great ideas for your holiday cards. So sit back, and enjoy the hop!

If you would like to participate in the blog candy giveaway, which will be a goodie bag filled with different items you can use for scrapping. Please post a comment below and become a follower on everyones blog to be available in the blog candy. If you are already a follower, please mention that in your comments. Also to everyone that leaves a comment, please leave your name and email address so I can contact you if you are the winner. Thank you and have a great time.

Here is my card that I made and the only requirements were to make it vintage and with snow so here is my take on those:

Here is my recipe:
I actually had to make this without vintage paper...I thought I had some and didn't have time to get one so this is one of my oldies in scrap pile...hope you still like it and I use the MS snowflake punch to do the flakes and then I stickled that and then used pop dots for that, then I stamped my snowman stamp that I love and had for several years...then I used my watercolor pencils and colored my "snowman" and used pop dots on him then I used stickle on him as well...then I used a little bit of glue on the bottom of card and put a little Aleene Glue to glue the snow I have on hand for lots of winter and Christmas crafts...and then Voila! ...



Here is the line-up in case you get lost....I hope you liked my card and please be a follower and comment to win the goodies!... :)
I also have an e-mail if you want to keep up with the blog of mine...happy hopping.... :)

Denise - http://vintageheartfeltdesig​ns.blogspot.com/
Jennifer Restivo- http://craftycardgallery.blogs​pot.com/
Nicolette Sheridanhttp://www.beyondscrap​in.blogspot.com/
Tonya Wilson- http://creativeaddictiontopape​r.blogspot.com/
Carol: Carlson http://cardstockscisso​rsandglue.blogspot.com/
Amy Courchaine http://lv2scrapandfibrofacts.​blogspot.com/
Debbie Trevenen http://debbiescrafttime.blogs​pot.com/
Kari - http://purplefuntastickcreatio​ns.blogspot.com here now
Jackie http://jackrabbitscrappin.blog​spot.com/ next
Lori http://swandog-4scraps.blogspo​t.com/
Sylvia - http://Www.bellascrapbookdesig​ns.blogspot.com
Pam Bray - http://pammejo-scrapbookflair.​blogspot.com/

Thanks again for stopping by and now you go to my good friend Jackie at http://jackrabbitscrapin.blogspot.com/

In His Love,
Be Inspired,
Kari

Christmas in July Blog Hop 7/22 - 7/25 (Day 3)

Hello Friends!

Nice of you to stop by and join me in the Christmas in July Blog Hop! :) It is the 3rd day of the hop so if you miss anything and want to see what I have made so far you can check out below this post and the archives.... :) and I am happy to be a part of this ...there are some talented ladies on this hop so make sure you comment and give some bloggy love as well as the chance to win the big prize! :) Now you can check out my project below. :) Happy Hopping! :)

Christmas in July Blog Hop 7/22 – 7/25

Welcome to my first ever Memories in Tyme Christmas in July blog hop!!! After going to my first blog hop recently, I knew I needed to host my own hop this month for people to start to look at Christmas! The economy is hard right now, what better way to save money by making wonderful things for your friends and family instead of spending a ton of money you don’t have! Plus if you spend a bit of time and money each month, things will not be so hard at the end! Everyone has been working really hard on things this month, and we all hope you enjoy all the fun ideas we are sharing with you!!

If you are starting at my blog – make sure you start at the beginning at Lynda’s blog which is http://memoriesintyme.blogspot.com/. If you came from Kimmarie then you are the right place! :)

Participants are:

Lynda: http://memoriesintyme.blogspot.com/

Kimmarie - http://kimmarieskorner.blogspot.com/

Kari - http://purplefuntastickcreations.blogspot.com/here now

Elsa - http://www.justafewdesigns.blogspot.com/next

Anita-http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com/

Dana- http://www.danascraftycorner.blogspot.com/

Barbara - http://barbaras-crafty-corner.blogspot.com/

Lori - http://www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/

Jenny –http://jennyplace26.blogspot.com

Brynn – http://flairandfrillscreativity.blogspot.com/

Jennifer – http://jenlovestoscrap.blogspot.com/

Amy – http://www.lovetocrop.com/

Margie - http://mysweettater.blogspot.com/

Now for the totally fun part – I will be giving away a $25 gift card to use at any store to one person… In order to be eligible for the drawing, you must do the following:

1. Leave a comment on every blog on the hop
2. Become a follower of each of the ladies on the blog

Winner will then be chosen from all the comments from followers from the entire event.

Thanks for being a part of this fun blog hop – I hope you have had as much fun as we have had in doing it!

Lynda Jeffs

Memories in Tyme

As you can see below there are some Crystal Light Containers that I have and I love to re-purpose things so I thought for Christmas these would be cute as candy containers for some of my groups I am in like my bible study group...and then the candles you can get cheaply from dollar stores as well and they come in sets or singles and very inexpensive and who doesn't like candles and whether they are small like I am showing here or bigger you can basically do the same as I did to these....candy at the dollar store is also the best way to go for you can get variety ones for like 5 dollars and fill the quite a few containers. So this is a nice and simple gift to give along with the candles and you can get a bag and decorate that also and give it away...I have not any bags otherwise I would do it here...lol...you think I would forget that?? :) ...lol...
As you can see I wrapped them in Christmas scrapping paper and embellished with ribbons and the like and used a Circle punch for the buttons of Merry Christmas and then on the candle I used the snowflake puncher and used up the leftover paper again and along with lace...pretty simple but it looks like you took the time to give thought in it and your friends and anyone else will be impressed! :)

Well thanks for stopping by and I hope you come back again! :) Now you need to comment and then go to Elsa's blog! :)
In His Love,
Be Inspired!
Kari

Christmas in July Blog Hop 7/22 - 7/25 (Day 2)

Hello Friends!

Due to the storm I lost this post and therefore late...apologize...lol...but it is here and look at my project below and thanks for coming by! :)

Christmas in July Blog Hop 7/22 – 7/25

Welcome to my first ever Memories in Tyme Christmas in July blog hop!!! After going to my first blog hop recently, I knew I needed to host my own hop this month for people to start to look at Christmas! The economy is hard right now, what better way to save money by making wonderful things for your friends and family instead of spending a ton of money you don’t have! Plus if you spend a bit of time and money each month, things will not be so hard at the end! Everyone has been working really hard on things this month, and we all hope you enjoy all the fun ideas we are sharing with you!!

If you are starting at my blog – make sure you start at the beginning at Lynda’s blog which is http://memoriesintyme.blogspot.com/. If you are coming from Kimmarie then you are in the right place...

Participants are:

Lynda: http://memoriesintyme.blogspot.com/

Kimmarie - http://kimmarieskorner.blogspot.com/

Kari - http://purplefuntastickcreations.blogspot.com/ here

Elsa - http://www.justafewdesigns.blogspot.com/next

Anita-http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com/

Dana- http://www.danascraftycorner.blogspot.com/

Barbara - http://barbaras-crafty-corner.blogspot.com/

Lori - http://www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/

Jenny –http://jennyplace26.blogspot.com

Brynn – http://flairandfrillscreativity.blogspot.com/

Jennifer – http://jenlovestoscrap.blogspot.com/

Amy – http://www.lovetocrop.com/

Margie - http://mysweettater.blogspot.com/

Now for the totally fun part – I will be giving away a $25 gift card to use at any store to one person… In order to be eligible for the drawing, you must do the following:

1. Leave a comment on every blog on the hop
2. Become a follower of each of the ladies on the blog

Winner will then be chosen from all the comments from followers from the entire event.

Thanks for being a part of this fun blog hop – I hope you have had as much fun as we have had in doing it!

Lynda Jeffs

Memories in Tyme

This is my project : I am doing something for kids in this one...I was thinking of how all the time they say I am bored or when can we eat or when can we open presents and the like and just drives parents and other people crazy at times...but they are fun...This ornament should not take more than 20 mins or so if you pre-make the flakes ...I have done this in the past and the kids always love it! and you can do it too to decorate the windows or whatever ...I just recommend you keep it out of the way of animals...the glitter and snow is toxic to them. I have had popcicles on hand for this project and use 4 stickes and make it simple...I use snow and glitter and mix it up and I put it in a flat box or plastic bin and then that is set to "dip" in for the flakes but first you should paint it white which I did with Acrylic paint and it dries fast approx 10 mins and then I paint glue on it...that way it don't get so messy with the little ones...and then you "dip" it in the snow mixture and then when all set use fishing line to hang it up and double knot it.




Hope you enjoy the snowflake! I know it is pretty simple and childlike but it reminds you to have fun and spend time with family and not get all annoyed and that it takes a child to remind you what of the Christmas spirit...I have done this for Sunday School class and they had a blast with this...so enjoy! :) See you back tomorrow for a present to give away!

Thanks for stopping by and go to Elsa next! and don't forget to comment to win the Grand Prize!
In His Love,
Be Inspired!
Kari

Christmas in July Blog Hop 7/22 - 7/25 (Day 1)

Hello Friends!

Thanks for stopping by and I am in another hop and this is fun...CHRISTMAS! ...I want to thank Lynda Jeffs for having me and this will be a fun couple of days and I have something for each day so make sure you come back...and below are the rules and the like; so go check it out! :)

Christmas in July Blog Hop 7/22 – 7/25

Welcome to my first ever Memories in Tyme Christmas in July blog hop!!! After going to my first blog hop recently, I knew I needed to host my own hop this month for people to start to look at Christmas! The economy is hard right now, what better way to save money by making wonderful things for your friends and family instead of spending a ton of money you don’t have! Plus if you spend a bit of time and money each month, things will not be so hard at the end! Everyone has been working really hard on things this month, and we all hope you enjoy all the fun ideas we are sharing with you!!

If you are starting at my blog – make sure you start at the beginning at Lynda’s blog which is http://memoriesintyme.blogspot.com/. But if you came from Kimmarie you are in the right place. :)

I decided to make a gift tag card you can put on the tree...who said Christmas has to be red and green...not me for sure...lol...I love cold man winter...so I made mine "snow" special...lol...I used the printed papers I got from a pack that I brought from Wal-mart a couple of years ago...use a die tag from Sizzix and cut two of them one you keep whole and the other you cut at just below half...then decorate with paper, snowflakes with self adhesive gems, and laquered them and the pop up underneath the flakes to give dimensions and then the stamps are from Inkadinkado and the other stamps from my local store and I used different shades of blue and I inked the sides of the tags and then I taped the half on the back where I wanted to be able to hold a gift card in the back and put strings and ribbon on for prettyness and well you got to be able to have it hold on a hook or tree...so there is that...lol...hope you all enjoy my take on a simple gift you can give

...my teenage son loves Taco Bell, and the like that is what I give him so he can go with friends and when he is tight on money this only cost 5 to 10 dollars...pretty simple and he loves it! :) but you can do this for movies and other things like cell minutes too! :)

Well I hope this gives you an idea what you can do and you could even do a whole tree for the whole family and have a contest to find there own tags....in so many mins....lol...
Now you need to go to Elsa.

Participants are:

Lynda: http://memoriesintyme.blogspot.com/

Kimmarie - http://kimmarieskorner.blogspot.com/

Kari - http://purplefuntastickcreations.blogspot.com/ now

Elsa - http://www.justafewdesigns.blogspot.com/ next

Anita-http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com/

Dana- http://www.danascraftycorner.blogspot.com/

Barbara - http://barbaras-crafty-corner.blogspot.com/

Lori - http://www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/

Jenny –http://jennyplace26.blogspot.com

Brynn – http://flairandfrillscreativity.blogspot.com/

Jennifer – http://jenlovestoscrap.blogspot.com/

Amy – http://www.lovetocrop.com/

Margie - http://mysweettater.blogspot.com/

Now for the totally fun part – I will be giving away a $25 gift card to use at any store to one person… In order to be eligible for the drawing, you must do the following:

1. Leave a comment on every blog on the hop
2. Become a follower of each of the ladies on the blog

Winner will then be chosen from all the comments from followers from the entire event.

Thanks for being a part of this fun blog hop – I hope you have had as much fun as we have had in doing it!

Lynda Jeffs

Thanks for stopping by and make sure you come back tomorrow... :) Now you go to Elsa's blog at http://www.justafewdesigns.blogspot.com/

In His Love,

Be Inspired,

Kari

Hello Friends

...for some reason blogger didn't put up my guest designer yesterday so I am doing that now and Shannon will my guest designer tomorrow and again I am going to have to delay my TP mini album....starting to get annoying and I apologize but I don't know what is wrong with this thing....talk to you Wednesday night!

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy Rosie Mini stuff till then....

Kari

Islands of Adventure

Hello Friends!

Glad you stopped by today....my friend Rosie Mini is my guest designer today and I am thrilled to bring her here today...this is her first time as a guest designer so make sure you give her some bloggy love!!! :) She is going to be showing us her LOs from her trip and it is pretty cool! :)

Good Morning everyone! First I would like to thank Kari " PurpleFuntastick Creations" for asking me to be a guest designer. With all the hoopla of "Harry Potter" I thought it would be perfect to show some pictures of our vacation last year.

Recipe:

Islands of Adventure Vacation- 1 1/2 inch Storybook Cartridge

Matting- Close to my Heart Z56698 Autumn Garden Combo Pack

Owl- Create a Critter Cartidge at 3 "

Wand- Create a Critter at 5 " with silver glitter glue

Thanks Rosie for a wonderful job and love the LOs and you did an awesome job for your first time!! :)

Thank you friends for stopping by and hope you come back and see what else I am up to and then I will also be in a few hops this week so make sure you have a chance to stop by and see all the great stuff!! :)

In His Love,
Be Inspired,
Kari

Happy Tuesday!

Hello Friends!

Great of you to stop by but I have not been able to post for some reason today and so I am going to have to delay posting the TP mini album till Wednesday and since it is so late I am wanting to make sure you get a chance to catch up on the stuff I have done since my celebration started for 200 followers so if you missed anything look at the posts below and in the archives if you want to see more of what I have done....and tomorrow I have another guest designer appearing on my blog....Rosie Mini and I can't wait to see what she has done and it is fantastic!!! :)

I hope you all have a great week and may God bless you!

In His Love,
Be Inspired,
Kari

Late Faith Post for Sunday

Hello Friends!

So sorry I posted this so late but I was so busy and didn't come till late and then spend time with my son since he has been busy all weekend and then someone try to break in his room! jeez....what a night...lol...but all is okay...have to make a police report in afternoon. So now here lets get to business....here is my LO I did for my faith post Sunday....I was baptized last summer and tonight when I went to church the pastor at our campmeeting was speaking about 2 Corinthians 5:17....interesting enough that is the verse I used on this lay out! :0)

2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, the old has gone, the new has come!

My story is about my baptism and the commitment I made to re-dedicate my life to the Lord, I was 19 when I was saved and it has been many years and a hard road...but I don't regret a minute of it...sometimes I just don't feel worthy of God's love...but thank goodness he has mercy and compassion on ME and YOU...we can approach his throne through his son Jesus Christ and he can create in us a heart for him and for others and show us the way we should be. We can't fix a lifetime of habits overnight but he can! The flesh cannot do it alone...only Jesus can...he is the way the truth and the life! Amen! I am so glad that I am covered under his blood. I praise his Holy name forever! I am in awe of his wonderous ways and the hope I have in him...I pray you have that same hope and that same promise that he has for me; he has for you. :) May he bless you and keep you and give you his peace!

I want to thank my Pastor *Doc* and Pastor James for helping me for that special day and I want to thank Shawnda for sharing that special annointing together and what a beautiful day it was...even when someone tried to scare me and say there was a water snake in the pond!!! :) ...giggles...sheesh...always got to tease me...lol...but I love my church family and I have great pride in my church and my community. I also want to thank Rita Wallace my dear friend who took these pics so I can record my journey...much love to you all! :)





I use a seagreen 12x12 paper from Walmart brand stack....I use a circle puncher and hand puncher to make all the circles from green, blue and white cardstock, I use the Baptism on my computer and use a medium green for the lettering then punched it out and then I use this circle print I had and use it to make a background for my pics and my story and use sticky rope ribbon for embellishment.
I thought the circles were fun and it reminded me of water and the outdoors were green and that printed paper fit the bill! :)

Well thanks for stopping by again! hope you come back later today and I will be doing a tutorial on how to make TP mini album so easy and so fun! :)

In His Love,
Be Inspired,
Kari

I have decided to have a party all week!

Why not! ...lol...it is too much fun...and I have another question for you all what is your favorite color combination for a lay out....hmmm...I have a LO to show you tomorrow...and I will be doing a tutorial on the TP album since I have had some people asked me how to do that...so I will show that to you on Monday....tomorrow is Faithbooking post....

I am so thrilled that some of you have come by and helped some of my friends and their blogs and websites....so here is another one for you if you check the archives you have seen that I made an altered frame the other day with new stamps I got and see if you can get the answer on that ....and she has a button that is on my sidebar....love it and I will post a new card I made for someone later...so there is more puzzles...lol..am I keeping you in suspense with all of my creations you want to see!!!! ????

Stop on back! and good night for now ... :)
Kari

Party continues!!

Thanks Lynne for your wonderful creation! it is so darling...love the fairies! :) and make sure you all give her bloggy love on blog and check the link below! :)

Now there was only 3 comments and since Lynn was first she gets to receive my sticker prize and I will show you later what I did with it...have to keep you all in suspense so you can come back...lol... :)

Now I want to promote another thing...Eye lets setter....this is the coolest tool...I love it! I ordered it from the Eye-Lets Etc Inc and here is the link...www.eyelets-etc.com so please go check it out and they have a FB page as well and then I will be showing you how to use this later in a tutorial sometime this coming week because there is so much you can do with it and what is my fave about it is that it is magnetic so you can't lose it...lol...and helps stick the eyelets wonderfully....and I highly recommend the tool! You can go to the store here: http://store.eyelets-etc.com

So please go there and check it out! :) love their products and they have wonderful service!! :)
So go check it out and and they also carry other things and I plan on getting a few more things from them later and their service is quick and prompt and I like that!!! :) I know I am repeating but I really like them!! :)

Kari

Guest Designer Lynne Kirsch

Hi, this is Lynne from Her Craftiness http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/.

I felt honored that my dear friend and sister, Kari, has asked me to be one of her Guest Designers for today! Thank you Kari and I promise you won't be disappointed!

I love to make note cards! This is not something that I particularly plan on doing but instead when I am cutting a card with my Cricut with 12-inch paper, I simply make an extra card and put in a box for future use!

I normally use my A Child's Year with cutting my cards as there are sew many possibilities with that card. Now, another thing that I do is re-purpose an odd item. Those reams of paper that you purchase how they have on the front page all the colors that are included in that pack - well, I cut them apart and put them through my Cuttlebug with different embossing folders and then they also get put in the box with the wayward card. Also, I know that many times, I have cut out an object that I just love and its easier to cut 2 as much as it is to cut one and you guessed it - it goes in that surprise box! One other thing is when I print a digi, I also print 1 or 2 extras for the nights I have trouble sleeping, coloring is actually very relaxing and again it goes in this box! The purrrfect box is one of those photo boxes you can purchase at Michaels or JoAnn Fabrics just to name a few places.

Now, on days those creative juices just aren't flowing, I open my box and viola I have a lot of pretty little things that just need to be made into a note card. I have a couple of samples here with the digi being "Annie's Card" from Tiddly Inks (she has adorable kid type digis) and stamped on the card "So Sweet" and used the little color samples that have been embossed for the background!. Now, the other two notecards have the "toothfairy" from A Child's Year with the words "Dream" and "Wish" with just a few bling bling rhinestones! The paper that was used with the fairies was from a ream with a super large print that you wonder, whatever shall I do with that piece of paper --- well, its a purrfect notecard.

Now, what I do with my notecard creations is that the nursing home that my parents had resided, there are a few special residents that I still visit that were near and dear to my parents. They love to send little notes to family and friends and this makes a wonderful gift to take to them with a little ribbon tied around them and they have the option as to whether to use it as a note card or a special birthday wish!

Thank you again Kari for asking me and I hope you enjoyed my note cards!

2nd post ...lol...

Hello Friends!

hehehe....how we doing and now for the pic of what you think I am gonna do next!....it is a fun thing something I wanted to do for awhile...and well here is a clue!! like Scooby Doo you have to guess what this is and what I am gonna do ....should be an easy start for the party!

I have stickers for the prize here....so go on and comment below this post of this one to give me your thoughts...lol...

Then in 3 hours I will show you what I did with it so it gives everyone time to do the first two posts for the time being and I also will have some guests ...so don't miss the fun!!

Kari

Let the Par-ty begin!!!!

Hello Friends!

Here we are at non and it is time to have some fun!!! .....giggles....I am so excited and I am so happy to have 200 followers and so lets celebrate my first milestone.....starting now!

I will be posting in another 30 mins a picture of something I made...you have to figure it out and see what that is going to be and if you answer there will be stickers available for prize! yes ...there will be all kinds of prizes not just from me but from others as well! woohooo! :)

But to start it off with a bang....I am going to post some blogs you should visit and then you have to come back and tell me you did....

First off my friend, Kathy Wittlock from www.scrapinkats.blogspot.com/ and she is giving away a BIA yep...BIA.....so check her out and come back and say you commented on her blog and then also you are a follower!!!

I will be recommending other blogs and businesses through out the day so make sure you can keep up with me...lol...

Now go!

In His Love,
Be Inspired,
Kari

Hello Friends!!

Hello Friends!!!

Thanks for the get well wishes....so appreciated but I am tired of falling...lol...now I have to take off another day and wanted to post this last night but couldn't due to meds. So here is the good news that I am going to be okay but the specialist still wants to see me on Wed due to the fact I had surgery only over a month ago on the shoulder to make sure all is okay. I feel better today but there is still pain. Now lets get this out of the way....lol....

Thanks so much for helping me reach a goal....200 followers and I want a party!!! wanted it yesterday but better late than never huh! :)

So tomorrow starting at noon ....I will be giving out the first post....it will fun throughout the day! I hope all goes smooth and the problems with everything including blogger...so please pray that it goes that way...lol...

Thanks for stopping by! :)
In His Love,
Be Inspired,
Kari

Update

First off, congrats to Kari for reaching 200 followers!!!!
Second off, this is Lynne filling in for Kari to give you an update!

Just wanted to let you know that Kari took a fall yesterday and is hurting.

She did, however, go to her son's last ballgame this evening. She will be on later this evening.
Prayers and hugs to Kari and hope this fall doesn't hinder her recuperation!
God Bless all of Kari's followers!
Lynne
Her Craftiness
(http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com)

Hello Thursday!!

Hello Friends!

Did you notice anything????? I am in awe and so happy for all my friends and followers and thanks to you I reached a goal...200 followers so today we are going to party!! par-ty! par-ty! ....giggles... so starting in the afternoon I will be showing you several posts of things I made and due to blogger and the dead cam batteries I could not post and I am hoping my guest designer will also be able to post so that is just the beginning of great things to come and I will be introducing several blogs for you all to check out too! so don't miss the party and I may have a surprise or two! :)

Also those waiting for their prizes please forgive me for being so late due to health injuries I forget a lot so I have some in the mail and others going to the mail this weekend...so thanks for your patience!!! :)

In His Love,
Be Inspired,
Kari

Faith Sunday and an Altered Frame

Hello Friends!
Hope you all had a wonderful weekend and sorry I am posting this so late been feeling blah today so it took me a while and while studying my pastoral stuff God spoke to me and said you need to faithbook this today and this is my verse for you:

For you created my inmost being,
You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made,
Your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you,
When I was made in the secret place,
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
Your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
Were written in your book,
Before one of them came

Psalm 139:13-18

I thought wow...I have not heard this one in a while but how appropriate he gave it to me today for I was thinking about some things and not so good some things and yet I know so many that are going through a rough time and also putting themselves down so God knew and laid this on my heart today....I pray that you know how much you mean to papa...he loves you with an everlasting love and he loves you no matter what and what you are going through he is walking through the fires before you and will get you through...he even knows the number of hair you have on your head!!! I mean I can't even imagine trying to count my hair strands can you??? It is awesome when you think of that and how you were made and how he looked at you before you were even born...this is astonishing when you think about it and it is like whhatttt???? I am that important to him and yet even through life with the all the trials, and sadness, lost and grief and even worthiness of ourselves he always loved us! I am blown away by this truth and so should you and realize YES HE LOVES YOU !!! to the end of Age!! It fills my heart with a song and I hope your heart is filled with joy of His truth!...I just love him more everyday...Praise God for his glory and his word of truth! Amen!
So remember when you catch yourself telling yourself "I am no good" DON'T BELIEVE THE DEVIL'S LIES!!!! You are worth and GOD LOVES YOU! DON'T LISTEN TO THE ENEMY, STOMP HIM DOWN AND SAY I AM LOVED!!!!
Say it with meaning and conviction till you believe it! because it is TRUE!!!
If you need someone to help you know how you can get to know God let me know and I will be glad to help you know him.

I had a frame that was broken and well I decided to alter it a bit and wanted to give it away as well...I made what I call A POSITIVE THINKING FRAME! Sounds familiar...lol...I got that from Kristal Andrews Stamp Set I brought just recently and which I love and I use a few favorite sayings on this frame...I put embellishments of flowers, buttons and stickers, bow and sticky string on it...looks a little country to me but I still liked it...and I hope you do too and I highly recommend her stamps I have a button of hers on the sidebar to go to her site and then you can check out store online! I can't wait to get some more....I am going to be posting all week of her stuff...on the stamp set "Positive Thoughts". :) I also put the Psalm verses inside of the picture frame...good way to remind yourself that God loves you! :)


Thanks Kristal for some wonderful stamps! much love to you! :) Thanks for stopping by and make sure you give Kristal some love too! check out Getting Cricky and grab the button on my side bar to take you there! :)

In His Love,
Be Inspired,
Kari

Pinkalicious Birthday Blog Hop - July 9th

Hello Friends!


Glad to have you stop by today...I am in a fun hop for Melissa and we are celebrating her birthday and love for pink too! ...lol...thanks Melissa for letting me be a part of it....I want to wish you a wonderfully and blessed birthday ever! :)
So if you stop by here by chance please go back to the beginning at Melissa www.adventuresinheels.com and give her some love and birthday wishes while you are at it!! :) but if you came from Sylvia then you are in the right place! WELCOME!!!

Below is the list line up in case you get lost along the way....now check out my creation!

www.adventuresinheels.com – Melissa

http://crossmyheartpapercrafts​.blogspot.com/ - GISELLE

http://www.gettingcricky.com/ – Krystal

www.nadiasbeautifulmess.blogsp​ot.com – nadia

http://mommakcrafts.blogspot.c​om/ - KERRY

www.craftyscentiments.blogspot​.com – YOLANDA

www.kreations-by-kristi-crafti​ng.blogspot.com - KRISTI

http://www.bellascrapbookdesig​ns.blogspot.com/ - SYLVIA

http://purplefuntastickcreatio​ns.blogspot.com/ - KARI (here now)

www.thescrapbookingqueen.com – TERESA (Next) *sorry but the link isn't working cut and paste to get to Teresa...thanks! don't want to miss her! :)

www.daisylovecreations.blogspo​t.com – DIANA

http://cutecricutcorner.blogsp​ot.com/ - PHYLLIS

http://www.princesspaperprojec​ts.blogspot.com/ - HEATHER

www.almabrooksblog.blogspot.co​m – ALMA

http://www.yellowbirdcreation.​blogspot.com/ - Micia

http://kathleessnippitsncricut​s.blogspot.com/- Kathy

www.365daysofcricut.blogspot.c​om – Sandra

http://www.anitaandbugs.blogsp​ot.com/ - Anita

http://www.lovetocrop.com/ - Amy

http://www.fancyframework.com/ – linda

www.inkingitupcrazy.blogspot.c​om – Kassidy

www.thatzuneek.blogspot.com/ - Jessica

http://www.KinderStampO.com/ – Jess

Well as you know it is Melissa's birthday and her only major thing of course is she LOVES pink and wanted a pink theme but we were allowed to add black or white to the project.

So I made this pretty and yet simple card for her for her birthday and I hope she likes it! :) I was going to put my butterflies on their and couldn't find my small butterfly stamp and then stickers did not look right for this card (sigh) ...really need to go shopping...lol...but I hope you like it. :)



Recipe of card:
Pink Carstock/SU, Plaid paper *idk*, leftover ribbon from MM, and MS Daisies, left over self adhesive gems and stamp by Hero Arts, Pink Stamp pad from Uchida


Thanks for stopping and sharing the love ....please comment and I don't have any blog candy at this time due to the fact I didn't have a chance to go shopping...but I really appreciate you stopping by my blog. Thanks and would love you to become a follower and as well as get my e-mail to keep updated on my blog happenings...thanks and have a blessed day friends! :)

Now you need to go give bloggy love to Teresa (go back to the line up and cut and paste since the link isn't working...sorry!)

Thanks again for stopping by and hope to see you again soon! :)
In His Love,
Be Inspired!
Kari

Thoughts

Hello Friends!

I have had many thoughts lately about the direction of my life...I am amazed where I have been and what I have done and the mistakes I made and the losses I have suffered over the years especially the last couple...and yet God always held me in his hands...he loves me so wonderfully and unconditionally like I am suppose to be loved and want to be love...and yet I get dumped on, I am struggling financially, without a car and raising a teenager that has his own problems...and the list goes on...then a verse stood out in my head 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 and Yep I want you to look that up...lol...thought hmmm....lol....then he reminded me yesterday that he still hears my cries and he still knows my needs and he knows my heart and yet he fulfills them in the most unusual way and the call he has placed on my life.

It is amazing who we meet in life and it made also realized that we meet each person for a reason...some to lift them up and some to lift us up and some to help you and you to help them...we are all a part of the dream catchers that God makes in our lives with our troubles, hurts and mistakes....and yet aren't they beautiful...a lot of people that know me know I am deaf and I am completely deaf in my left ear but I have 30% left in my right but I wear a hearing aide...and I am normal and if you met me in person on the street you wouldn't know that I was ...12 years of therapy can do a lot of help...lol...I have been told that I am a good talker...lol...but I have not been able to get a hearing aide in 8 years due to the cost...mine alone was 1000 dollars 8 years ago....and so I been praying for a long time.

And then I got information about a person through a good friend of mine who knew another and you know what happens I finally meet the right person I need...and it all came together after years of waiting...and I was able to get the top of the line hearing aide I needed at a payment I could afford and on top of that it was a 3000 hearing aide...I am like here we go again...but nope I got some help after help and got down to 1200 dollars with a decent payment plan a month and then 3 years warranty (unheard of) and then 3 years worth of free batteries for it (unheard of) and then a free mold and I was like are you kidding me!!!!!!....lol....nope God doesn't play....He did it for me....and I am humbled....when the doubts come and you think it is never gonna happen BOOM!~ lol...got to admit he is pretty awesome!

I didn't create anything tonight but I had to share you this personal story to let you know not to give up on prayer(s)...sometimes he answers quick and sometimes a week, month or year or years!!! but he has his timing and his timing is great!!! our timing is well has to be like fast food and it don't work that way...lol...we wish but don't always get it...but he teaches us to rely on him and have patience and yep sometimes the answer is NO which we dislike but have to realize that He wants the best for us....well I am still praying for the car, the healing of physical issues and the like but I know one way or another He will answer it and I will obey the answer that He gives. May not always like the answer and I might be doubtful, or question but I will go where He wants me to go...that is the learning...to believe and trust in Him beyond my flesh and the thoughts that come to my head....but the rewards go beyond our difficulties and produces the fruit of the Spirit!

I pray for each and every one of you to know the love of God has for you and if you don't know Him I would be glad to help you with a prayer and you can accept His free gift and his love that lasts forever! :)

In His Love,
Be Inspired,
Kari

Guest Designer Tuesday - July 5th

Hello Friends!
Hope everyone had a fantastic weekend celebrating our country's birthday and freedom and don't forget to pray for the troops who helps us keep that freedom!! I am so behind lately...I will catch up on the latest hops and draws for the winners on my Random.org and thanks for the new followers that have come aboard!! And my other winners from last month...will be getting their stuff soon! ;)

Today my dear friend and funny gal Maria Delgado from http://just getscraphappy.blogspot.com/ is my guest today...very talented and give her some love here on my blog and don't forget to visit hers....and she created the cutest card just check it out below...and give us your thoughts! :)

Yep! It’s me!! I am so thrilled that Kari let me be part of her Guest Designer Schedule. For July the themes were 4th of July and Vacation.

Here’s the card I made using an SVG file from SVGCuts.com
Paper from Stampin’ Up
Glitter from Studio G



Thanks for stopping by and hope to have something posted by Wed. and so stop on by and keep checking in....thanks! :)
Have a blessed day friends!

In His Love,
Be Inspired!
Kari