Happy Birthday to Me!! Blog Hop

Welcome Friends!

Thanks for stopping by my blog and I have two hops I am in....this one is for Happy Birthday to Me in honor of Dee's birthday and I am so honored to be invited to her birthday party...Happy Birthday Dee!! many wishes for a wonderfully blessed birthday and wishes to come true! :)

If you happen to stop by here by chance you may want to start at the beginning at Dee's at http://deesdesignsfrommyheart.blogspot.com/ and while you are there make sure you wish her a Happy Birthday!


The blog will run from 6/4 12am to 6/4 11:59pm EST. If you were just looking at my blog and want to join in on the Birthday Bash blog hopping fun you can go to the beginning. This blog hop is in honor of Dee's birthday. Please post a comment and become a follower to be eligible to win some blog candy. Thanks to all of you for celebrating with us. Happy Hopping! :)

Dee: http://deesdesignsfrommyheart.blogspot.com/

Becky http://beckscricards.blogspot.com/

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

Emily: http://www.createserendipity.net/

Linda: www.thefruitofmyhands.blogspot.com
Nicolette www.beyondscrapin.blogspot.com

Jessica http://thecreativestamperspot.blogspot.com/

Gill: http://creationsbygillm.blogspot.com/

Kari Sanchz http://purplefuntastickcreations.blogspot.com/ Me

Gina: http://californiascrappin-gcinderella21.blogspot.com/ Next

Corri: www.buglvr.blogspot.com

Jennifer: www.craftycardgallery.blogspot.com

Deborah: http://www.scrappingmamma.net/

Krista http://www.KristasPaperCafe.com/

Nicole: http://canadiannickelscrapn.blogspot.com/

Now unto the project....we all had to use the color of purple any shade we want which thrilled me to no end...I love purple and if my blog name isn't any indication (giggle) so this is what I decided to do for a birthday card use many purples of many things! :)


Recipe: Lavender Cardstock (SU)
Stickers by Sticko (EK Success)
Ribbon by Miss Elizabeth (Dollar Store)
Pastel Self Stick Gems ( Auto-Collants Pierres)
Pattern paper (Walmart Paper Stack)



I hope you were inspired and it makes you want to make some cards too! Thanks for stopping by...oh yeah ...forgot to mention there is some blog candy...Birthday stickers by Sticko (EK Success) wooohoooo!! I love the stickers! the winner will be drawn by random.org
I would love for you to comment and please put your email addy so I can notify you ...if not another draw will be done. I would be honored for you to be on my e-mail list as well as you can take my button....just let me know what you did and thanks a lot for being here today! :)

In His Love,
Be Inspired,
Kari

Hello!

Hello Friends!

Been a very busy few days...getting ready to do two hops and then deal with getting ready for surgery that I am having on my shoulder next Tuesday. There is so much planned for this summer and it is going to go by fast!! My son don't get out till next Tuesday so he is so ready for that and me too! it has been a very busy year! He will officially be a senior in a few more days...I am happy but then I am so sad too...he is growing up into a wonderful young man but he is my last child to leave home...

I will be on the Happy Birthday to Me Blog Hop and then All About Dads Blog Hop starting the 7am on the 4th. So make sure you come back by to see what I have been up to in my crazy life! ;)

I wish you all a wonderfully blessed summer and fun times with family and friends and be safe during the storms and on the road traveling....

In His Love,
Be Inspired,
Kari

Guest Designer - May 30th

Hello Friends!

I am really excited to introduce you to one of my new friends that I met recently on FB Jen Roseman...she is very talented at http://memorieswithjen.blogspot.com/ and does great stuff. Give her some love and on here and her blog ...she is so sweet and does a lot of blog hops so make sure you sign in as a follower of hers and keep up. Below is her short bio and she will be one of my regular guest designers for my blog. I am pumped to show you what she does ...check it out! :)

My name is Jen Roseman and I honored to be a guest designer for Kari. I have been scrapbooking for 9 years and I am currently back at school to pursue a Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design. I am in a lot of blog hops and I love being a part of them. I have a challenge blog that I am one of the owners.



Wow...look at that awesome LO and makes me want to go to the beach!! ...lol...thanks for sharing Jen your talents and idea!! :)

Friends thanks for stopping by and have a great day today! :)

In His Love,
Be Inspired,
Kari

The Proverbs Woman Hop

Hello Friends!
I am glad you were able to stop by today...it has been a crazy week with the tornadoes and thunderstorms and flooding...we been fortunate only to have a warning and the tornado to bypass us by 15 miles...whew!...too close for comfort but then we have to deal with the flooding...but God protects us Thank Goodness!! :) But please be in prayer for other states like Missouri, Alabama and Oklahoma and Ohio of course! they got hit hard! and for the loss of life and property and please pray that they may know God's love and Hope at this time...thanks...

Now onto the Hop...I am excited and please enjoy and follow the rules:


Welcome to another special Faith Blog Hop sponsored by Paper Tree House Studio! At the end of every month a group of bold women gather to give Glory to God with the talents He has given us in a very loud way... :) Our prayer is that through the projects we have created you Will be able to see Him in all of His Glory! May He touch you today as we look at the theme of the Proverbs 31 woman, and may you find that you are indeed everything He designed you to be.

This is how the hop works:

Below you will find the list of the beautiful and brave women that are ready to show their weaknesses in order that you may see His strength. :) Follow the line-up and please leave some love throughout the way. Allow yourself to cry, laugh, smile, along with any other emotion the Lord may bring your way. You will find that there are many prizes throughout the hop. In order to qualify to receive them you must be a follower of the blog and you must leave a comment. Know that if you are announced as the winner of a prize you are responsible for contacting us in order for us to make the prize go your way.

Here are our sponsors:

Paper Tree House Studio: Scrapbooking Kit (valued at $45)
Tombow: Amazing Adhesive Pack
Scrapbook News and Review: 1 year subscription to their magazine.
Punky Sprouts: Sweetie Album
Sweet Stamper: Stampin' Up Stamp Set

Now let's get the hop started! :)


Here is the line up of the hop in case you get lost along the way...

Nana www.youniquereflections.blogspot.com

Jessie www.scrapbookingmiami.blogspot.com

Carrie http://carriewimbish.blogspot.com/

Carolyn http://messmuddleandfun.blogspot.com/

Monique http://www.uniquemoniquecreating.com/

Diane http://dianemarra.typepad.com/

Karel www.kareljcreations.com

Jennifer www.createoften.blogspot.com

Kari http://purplefuntastickcreations.com/ ME

Wendy http://wendyscrappings.blogspot.com/Next

Nicole http://scrapmethis.blogspot.com

Chalese http://delectabledesigns-chalesek.blogspot.com/

Candy www.sweetstamper.com

Diane: http://dianemarra.typepad.com/

Christel http://onescrappinsista.blogspot.com/

I love Proverbs and I like to read one a day since it has one for every day of the month so why not make it a habit and add on to my daily devotional time. It doesn't hurt to ask God for wisdom and he will give it to all those that ask Him and I learn all the time from his word which is Living Water! He is an awesome daddy! I wanted to share my insight that I have received when I was reading Proverb 31.

Proverb 31:10-31 is about a woman who has the qualities God esteem us to have. But as I read and meditate on it over a couple of weeks when I knew I had to write about it as I was going to do this for this Hop...Verses 25-26 spoke to me....and I been writing in my journal and wanted to share with you what I have learned for myself and even maybe for you to consider.

25 She is clothed with strength and dignity, she can laugh at the days to come. 26 She speaks with wisdom and faithful instructions is on her tongue.

These words had my heart stuck on them and I thought okay Lord what do you want me to get from them...then I meditated for days thinking I am in trouble if I don't get it soon...lol...but I know God has his timing and I have to wait on him and not on my own understanding....then it came almost a week later after I have asked...he is reminding although I am going through a difficult time that I have inner strength to get through it because of him I can...he carries me beyond the crest and then the days to come I will look back on the experiences that I have had and be able to laugh at them and be happy and have dignity that I have made it through and share my joy with others as well as be able to help others because of it. Trials can't be avoided but we have the tools and the book to get through them with God on our side ever step of the way. Then 26 by my difficulties I can share wisdom from my trials what I have learned and be a light to others.

I try to attain the qualities that God wants us to have as a woman but it is difficult to be a "perfect" woman but I can still do my best as I can and eventually I will be what God wants although I am already in his eyes...and so are you beloved. Don't forget he wants to transform us into amazing women we are becoming in his eyes...isn't that awesome that He loves us in spite of our imperfections but WE ARE AMAZING IN HIS EYES NOW!!!! that is such a great joy to me because I can still mess up and I have messed up but I am being loved anyways!! woohooo that makes his grace wonderful that I don't have to work hard because He is doing it in me as he transforms me and you!! :) So continue to meditate on his words as He wants the best for you and as he transforms you to change and be the woman you dreamed to be and as He thinks you are now. Be blessed! and remember him in tough situations that he is refining you and getting you through the fires and making you an AMAZING woman! :)

Thanks for letting me share my story and now you can look at my project and What I decided to make was a journal for several ladies that are fabulous to me and I know to God too...I wanted it to be a "Hip Happy Upbeat" look for my amazing friends! and maybe you know someone you can make it for....



Here is the Recipe:
8 1/2 x 11 white cardstock paper (scored at 5 1/4 and 5 3/4)
Printed paper cut to size (mine is from a long time ago in one of those Walmart packs)
and cut a strip of another paper from the same pack for some fake ribbon look
then I stamped with Versa Mark green for the stamps sayings and on Orange cardstock
then popped with dots onto green cardstock for uplift to give it dimension.

Easy peasy...enjoy and remember you are a fabulous woman!!! :) and God loves you and so do I!!

I forgot to mention....yeppers I do have some blog candy but not sure what to give yet so it has to be a surprise (squeals) so don't forget to leave your email addy so I can get a hold of you!! :)

Your next stop is Wendy's Blog. Remember to leave a comment on this post if you want to be considered for one of the Grand Prizes. :) If you became a follower it would be great and to keep in touch with my blog you can sign up for my e-mail too! :)

Love in Christ,
Be Inspired,
Kari

Guest Designer Tuesday!!!

Hello Friends!

I am so excited ...I got some talented ladies lined up for the next couple of months to be my guest designers ...love their creativity! and you are gonna have your socks knocked off!! woohooo! :)
Can you tell that I am excited! :) Well you should be too! so to start off on this Tuesday is the very talented Kimberly Seldomridge and give her some love and leave some comments here and check out her blog and FB page....so off we go! Enjoy!! :)

Note: For some reason I had problems with Blogger and sizing her pics so I know this is small and I have enlarged and all but for some reason it was not working in my favor but I hope you can still see what a nice job she did.

Hi there!

Here's a short little bio about me...
My name is Kimberly Seldomridge and I have been crafting for as long as I can remember and scrapbooking for 9 years and have loved every minute of it. I've been married for 9 years and I have 2 beautiful little girls. I live in rural Indiana and am a Vet Assistant at my local Vet office. I love my job but spending time in my studio is my true passion. I am on the Glue Dots design team and the Your Memories Here webstore design team. I have my very own Facebook Page called Creatively Fabulous where I share all my ideas and projects. I love it when others post, so please come share what you've been working on.

Thank you Kari for this opportunity!
Go get crafty!
~Kim

My project was made out of a blank chipboard frame I got at a crop at Archiver's. I painted it pink and then used Tattered Angels glimmer mist and a mask to add some pretty layers. I used Recollections butterflies, flowers and leaves. The lace on the frame is Prima and the lace hanging it up is a random piece from my stash. I bought the stamps at Archiver's too. I used a scrap piece of canvas and glimmer misted it with a mask too in turquoise and stamped on it with distress ink. I love the fun summery colors and it makes me happy. :)



Wow! Kimberly did a wonderful job and who wouldn't want to make this ...I am going to eventually and post it here on my blog when I finish it later in the week...thanks Kim for being my guest and showing a inspirational project for us. :) Till next time every one God bless! :)

In His Love,
Be Inspired,
Kari

Baby Shower Card

Hello Friends!

I had a baby shower to attend to today after church and it was a great time...but I wanted to show you the baby card I made and I think it is cute! I use a blue cardstock to cut the card to A2 size and then I took the blue plaid paper and cut it a centimeter smaller than the 4 3/4 x 5 1/2 and then I stamped some images on white card stock cut them out in little squares, then put blue card stock backing behind them and then taped them to the card and then I cut the baby bottle and the rattle...and popped them up with pop dots...then before all that just kind of smatted some ink on it to give it some visual color....then the bow was made and I shriveled it up with a heating gun and then attached with a baby blue pin since this card was made for a boy.



Love making baby cards and I am getting low so will be adding that to the list of need cards to make...lol...I am going to have to get more sayings for baby cards too...a shopping expedition is coming soon...lol..

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I hope you enjoyed that and have fun crafting your own creations and I will see you later if I get my Faithbooking done with out distractions....lol...

In His Love,
Be Inspired,
Kari

Winner !!!

Hello friends!

I finally had a drawing to see who is the winner of my March Celebration Grand Prize and drum roll....please...bum bum bum....Rosie StampinShorty.....yay!!!! Congratulations Rosie!! Please send me your address and I will send it out to you by June. Thanks for participating! :) I am looking forward to another celebration next year ...so you will have to stay in tune to see what happens again next time! I am definitely gonna have to make it a bigger prize....to get the fun going next year! :)

Still cleaning my room and I think I am going to show you another green thing I did to get it organized...coming in a few days...

Also I have a contest going on FB for a name for my crafty corner and if you want you can join the fun and I am giving away a surprise prize! :) Be creative and have fun!

Well now I got to get to my room again and keep cleaning....lol...hope to have my space shown on here soon...

Have a blessed Sunday friends!

In His Love,
Be Inspired,
Kari