Friday, December 31, 2010
The Story of Jonah video
David sent me this link that I had to race over to share with all of you! This is one of the most precious things I have seen in a long time. Not only is this young girl adorable, but her passion for the story is so contagious. I found myself both smiling and crying at the same time as I listened to this messenger God sent........ May you be as blessed as I was.
The Story of Jonah video
Monday, December 27, 2010
Enjoying the Days.....
Hello to all of you! I hope you had a most beautiful holiday - full of love, good cheer, laughs, and memories to keep your heart full of smiles! :) Ours was quiet, well, with the exception of the game systems going non-stop and the laughter that went along with it, but you know what I mean. It was glorious, truly glorious, to have everyone together! :)
Thought I would give just a little update on what is going on and what to expect with my crafty blogging.......
Still recuperating from a pretty nasty time of it. oh well, life has ups and downs. we must accept that the valleys will come, put on our muck boots, and just walk right on through them. so I am hopefully coming out of it all and will be back to crafting again soon. at least I hope so! ;) my butons and ribbons are calling out to me every day, so I am anxious to get back to playing with them! grins!
Santa blessed with me with a few crafting magazines in my stocking. how delightful to see some of my friends in publication! kudos to you! a big shout out to Dru at Garden of Dreams! I have always admired her way with vintage, so it was a thrill to see her card published. Makes me think I might get back to sending things in to try again, but we shall see. I am just so proud of those who DO get accepted. way to go! :)
as for DT work, you will probably notice that I have cut way back. Some I stepped away from, some I was removed from, some the time was up. Right now I remain with Shady Tree Studios. I have to say over and over again that I have loved every team I have ever been on. There have been so many amazing people I have met over the years and of course wonderful companies to be associated with. I appreciate so much the people who took a chance on me.
I hope to keep trying new techniques over the upcoming year. I have seen such fun things featured that I am anxious to try! I would love to work on more scrapbook pages. Perhaps a few more altered projects as well....... who knows what might end up on these blog pages in the new year?! maybe even that dreaded sewing machine will get pulled out of the attic........ giggles!
I guess that more than anything I want to stay true to who I am, but keep refining my style. I don't ever want to lose sight of myself in my crafting and get caught up again in trying to 'keep up' with everyone else. I can't afford it, but I think I lose a part of who I am when I do that.
So for those of you who would like to hang around for this journey, grab a cuppa! I so love and appreciate you! I will give my blog a new look again right after New Year's Day, but until then, I do love the look of this bg! :) For those of you who decide to choose a different road, it has been a great time having you around and I thank you for your visit for a while! You have all, in whatever degree you have stopped by, made my life a bit brighter. and for that I thank you deeply! :)
Until next time.... Jennifer
Saturday, December 25, 2010
A Beautiful Merry Christmas to You!

Just wanted to take a moment to wish you and yours a most beautiful Christmas Day! May you rejoice in the celebration of the birth of our precious Saviour, Jesus, and the gift He so lovingly brings to us all. May you know that every day God looks at you with love and sees a person of great beauty and worth! You are important to Him! :)
Friday, December 24, 2010
Shady Tree Studios Winners!

Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Delay on Shady Tree Studios Drawing....
until then, stay warm and enjoy the holiday prep time with your friends and families! :)
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Shady Tree Studio Release Day!!! :)


- edited to add - I am giving everyone some extra time to get those comments in. I will draw the winner for the "Sweet Romance" set on Sunday evening and post on Monday. so you have a few more days to leave a comment for your chance at a free stamp set! :)
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Shady Tree Sneakies, Day 2!


Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Day 1 of Shady Tree Sneaky Peeks! :)


Monday, December 13, 2010
Big Stuff coming this week from Shady Tree......

Monday, December 6, 2010
We Three Kings

Thursday, December 2, 2010
A Wonderful Award!

As a requirement of receiving the award, I need to do the following:
1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded you this
2. Share 8 things about yourself
3. Pay it forward to 8 bloggers that you have recently discovered
4. Contact those bloggers and tell them about their awards.
So here are 8 things you might not know about me after all this time ~
1. I have a tattoo - a heart with a cross inside on my ankle
2. I am a big fan of The Big Bang Theory. we watch it every single week and have it on DVD, too. :) just call me a big geek!
3. also like to watch UFC. GSP is one of my faves. yep, it shocks most people to know I am a fan of the octagon!
4. Pink is my fave color in crafting. you will find it on almost every single project I make.
5. I'm the rare person who is not a chocoholic, unless you count white choco. I would much rather have a fruit type dessert or cheesecake. strange, I know.
6. I absolutely positively MUST read every day. this comes before crafting as a priority.
7. I also need to have trees and wildlife around me. I just love nature!
8. My all time fave movie ever is Disney's Sleeping Beauty.
now for the people I would like to pass this award along to: (yes, I went over 8 and not all of them are new to me......)
1. Holly - http://hogwildaboutstamping.blogspot.com/
2. Maria - http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com/
3. Darlene - http://darscraftycreations.blogspot.com/
4. Stef - http://glitterbabegreetings.blogspot.com/
5. Heather - http://stampdetails.blogspot.com/
6. Nancy - http://shadytreestudio.blogspot.com/
7. Roxie - http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/
8. Michele - http://iamderby.blogspot.com/
9. Tracy - http://inky-doodles.blogspot.com/
10. Lisa - http://www.silverstamping.blogspot.com/
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving!

Thursday, November 18, 2010
Thank you for spending time....

Saturday, November 13, 2010
My Version of CAS - Shady Tree Style....

Happy for our Libraries!

- Sassy Cheryl - use tulle or ribbon
Friday, November 12, 2010
A few fun cards....


Thursday, November 11, 2010
Break a Leg, Ryan! :)

A New Addition to the Baby Bud Family! :)


Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Golf is for Girls

Friday, November 5, 2010
Pumpkin Cheesecake Please :)



Thursday, November 4, 2010
Alleluia Nativity
Hello! I know I have been away for several days. David had taken a few days off from work - much needed days I might add - and we have been having a wonderful time spending some fun together visiting antique shops, little local restaurants & coffee shops, and just driving around northeast Ohio taking in the fall scenery. it has been truly glorious spending time together! not much crafting has been done, but that is okay, too. just so wonderful to be with my lovey dovey man! :)
I do have a Christmas card to share with you using Shady Tree Studio's Nativity set, just released last week. this is such a versatile set and I am

We are expecting snow here tonight or tomorrow, so you know just how happy I am about that!!! I can't wait! :)
chat with you tomorrow! love ya! JenniferSunday, October 31, 2010
A Baby Bud Bee Hive

Saturday, October 30, 2010
Hold onto your seats, there's a buncha cards in this post......



Friday, October 29, 2010
A New Challenge begins at Baby Bud Designs! :)


- City Crafter - Autumn Leaves Falling
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Don't Dance in a Small Boat.....

Good morning! I hope today finds you doing well!
I want to share another vintage set with you from Create with TLC. This sentiment just makes me giggle every time I see it. I hope it brings a smile to your face as well.
Please forgive the funky colors from my scanner. it didn't seem to appreciate the greens and yellows last night as I entered the card in..... irl there is a much greater difference I assure you.
I tried something

I grabbed some neat goodies from my stash on this project - this great flourish transparency gifted to me by my friend, Melissa, some paper from my Rhonda stash, and lovely Daisy D's paper that I try so hard not to hoard, but love so very very much. some fun punches, a few unique buttons, a Prima, and good old fashioned twine finish this off.
enjoy your day and I will see you tomorrow! btw, I am sooooooo close to being caught up on craft projects! yeeehaw! :)
- Creative Card Crew - punches
- SCS HYCCT25 - buttons
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Shady Tree Studios New Releases for Christmas! Hooray!



- SCS HYCCT08 - Fab Flower Power
- Sentimental Sundays - Distressing
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Shady Tree Studios New Release Contest!

Thursday, October 21, 2010
A Vintage Flower Child! :)

- SCS HYCCT18 - Vintage Style
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Come to Me Autumn....... plus a hugey huge announcement!

- Our Creative Corner - 3+ embellies
- MelJen - tags
- SCS HYCCT10 - Walk On By
- City Crafter - vintage
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Imagine a World of Mermaids....

- SCS HYCCT15 - Colors of Hope (pink, olive, aqua)
- Creative Card Crew - Fairy Tales with Digis
Friday, October 15, 2010
Trick or Treat Ellie

- Tiddly Inks - Halloween
- Creative Belli - Pumpkins
- Papertake Weekly - Three of a Kind (decorative papers)
- Pile it On - Things in Threes (decorative papers)
Black Cats for Sale


Thursday, October 14, 2010
Happy to be Square
Coffee of the Day - Tiramisu
Hello everyone! Sorry to have been away for a bit. We had the entire fam at home for the weekend. Mick had Fall break until Tuesday, so what a joy to spend some extra time with him! didn't even know such a thing existed, so that was a treat indeed! then had a few other not-so-treatful things to deal with, but don't wanna talk about ickies here.... so suffice it to say, my crafting has been on hiatus for a while.
But now I am back and better than ever! tee hee! I don't know about better, but I am back! :D
I have a card to share with you made for the SCS Hope You Can Cling To challenge - Let's Dabble in Some Scrabble. The idea is to make a square card with pink and then add at least 4 other squares. I chose to use this adorable little Baby Bud Designs image called 'Heidi'. I used fun papers from the Cosmo Cricket DeLovely collection, added some faux stitching with my white gel pen, popped up the main image with some foam tape. added a few highlights with shimmerz paints, and then put on a few more little embellies to accent. The card is a smaller square than I usually make, coming in at 4 1/4" square.
I hope all of you have been well! see you tomorrow! :)
Digital Tuesday - Stitching
Wild Orchid - Stitch it Up
Friday, October 8, 2010
Doilies of Hope

Thursday, October 7, 2010
My First Attempt with Copics..... yikes!

- HYCCT03 - SCS UnSentimental
- Stampin Sisters in Christ - Nature
Monday, October 4, 2010
U Rock!

- Tiddly Inks - Diamond Glaze/crackle accent
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Thanks for You
Good morning! Just a quickie little post to start us off. It was a BRISK 45* here this morning when I woke up. add the rain on top of that and my toes were chillin'! think it is time for a new pair of pink fluffy slippers for these tootsies! hope you are comfy cozy wherever you are today!
I wanted to send Tyler out the door this morning with a card for his girlfriend. He told me that her fave flowers are daisies, so

To do something a little different, but still try to keep with a fall feel, I went with paper from Basic Grey's Sugar Rush collection. I like the fun, fresh colors in this pack, in addition to the funky, hip mood it inspires. Added a bit of vintage lace tied with some buttons, a scalloped photo corner, and Prima with rhinestone center. a few little glitter pen accents complete the card once a rub-on sentiment was added. Pretty simple, but I think she will like it.
The fall/Halloween challenge is still going on over at Baby Bud Designs throughout the month, so we would love to have you play along! A great prize pack is up for grabs! :)
- Digital Tuesday - Thank you/Give Thanks
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Bunnies are Angels Too! :)
Sorry to be so late posting today. for those of you who aren't aware, today is World Card Making Day!!!! woooo hooo! doing the old lady fist pump over here... btw, that is becoming my signature move much to the delight (cough, cough, sputter, sputter) of my beloved family. hey, I figure at 46 years of age, I need a signature move. so why not the fist pump that so many 'noted' celebrities have adopted as their own? I can be so ghetto right along with them! ;)
anyhow, I think we need to start a petition stating that all take-out should be free and there should be mandatory pedis on WCMD. anyone want to be the first to sign? I have a pen right here.......
okay, on to my card -
the other day I was blessed beyond belief to discover I had won the challenge over at Sassy Cheryl's. so on a shopping spree I went! this adorable angel bunny was the first image that went into

the wings were painted with opal shimmerz and then sprinkled with white glitter. I rubbed off a bit of the glitter to add to the prim feel. the hearts on her dress are painted with the same opal shimmerz, stars with sunny shimmerz, and dress lace with candlelight. I made a flower from pink tissue and a portion of a hymnal page that were all sprayed with pearl glimmer mist. The glitter leaves behind the flower are Prima. Papers are Basic Grey Figgy, pearly buttons are from my vintage stash, little baby tag is Making Memories, and vintage seam binding finishes it off. oh yes, can't forget the doily!
I am trying to get back involved over at SCS, so was reading about some of the WCMD challenges going on over there today. I will be sending this card off to the cancer hospital in Texas as part of their month long drive. I know I will be making more cards for this great cause, so will have more info for you in future posts.
- City Crafter - frills & flowers
- Ellen Hutson - EHWCMD4 glitter
- Little Red Wagon - make your own embellies
- Paper Sundaes - things with wings
- The Shabby Tea Room - Pearls & Pastels
- Stampin' Sisters in Christ - Peace
- Sassy Cheryl - fave image
- Flutter by Wed. - glitter