Twinkles Glow with Stamps

Happy Wednesday Everyone! I hope you are all having a good week!!  This a.m. I fought blogger to get my post.  It kept losing my text.  Grrr.  So today you get the shortened version! This is why yesterday I took a well needed break from blogger. (LOL)  I also know the weather is becoming much cooler here and yesterday I spent the day doing things outside that needed to be done before it freezes or winter sets in.  Today I can do more blogging and crafting again after I home school my girls of course...

Anywho...today I have a little bag I created.  We don't celebrate Halloween at our house but I like to make treats for my girls so they don't feel left out or anything.  We have a family fun night at our house.  This little witch from YNS is so darling I just had to create a treat bag for my dear daughter Meghan.  I did not use a template or die but rather created it on my own.  For a decorative edge at the time I used my curvy edge punch from Ek Success.  



The layout of my sketch follows the Midnight Madness sketch flipped on it's side.  The image is Your Next Stamp Cute Ellie Witch and her kitty

This treat bag is also for the following Challenges:
2 Sisters - Halloween
Bee Crafty - Halloween
One Stop Craft - Halloween
Stampin For The Weekend - Fall/Halloween
Stamp Something - Halloween
Moving Along with the Times - Halloween
Crafts and Me - Halloween
Stampin Royalty - Halloween
Creative Cottage - Halloween
Fussy and Fancy - Halloween
Really Reasonable Ribbon - Halloween
Just Inspirational - Anything Goes
Paper Cutz - Anything Goes
Tip Top Tuesday - Anything Goes
Little Red Wagon - Something Old and Something New (old scraps of dp and ribbon, new image!)
Cinema Saturday - Diecut or hand cut
Papertake Weekly - 3 of something (embellies-brads, ribbon and rhinestones)
Stamping Vacation - Occasion Oasis (Halloween)
Card of the Week - Halloween project
Creative Craft Challenges - Trick or Treat
Double Dutch - Halloween
If the Shoe Fits - Holiday (Halloween)
Creative Inspirations - Hallowe'en/Fall
 Pile it on- Kid themed Halloween
Ooh la la- scary stuff
Simon Says Stamp and show- anything but a card
Stamp with fun- Halloween
The crazy challenge- Halloween
Creative Card Crew- Fairy tales- The witch from Snow White
A Spoon Full of Sugar- Halloween
Stamptacular Sunday- Anything but a card

Here's The Recipe
stamp: Your Next Stamp Cute Ellie Witch and her kitty
Paper: American Crafts Halloween dp
accessories: EK Success curvy border punch, ribbon from stash, pom pom trim from Joann's that I have had for over a year.

Thanks for stopping by and for your sweet comments!!

hugs and blessings,

 To create my box I used the Bag it up template from Leigh Ann Baird.  The sentiment is from Stampin ups Yummy stamp set.

For more inspiration using Halloween stamps available at Stamp and Create for 25% off, please visit my talented dt sisters:  Joy, Lacey, Heidi, Vicky and  Jeanette.

challenges:

Fussy and Fancy- Halloween
Stamp Something- Halloween somethings
Stamping Vacation Occasion Oasis - Halloween
Crafts and Me - Halloween
Stampin Royalty - Halloween
Creative Cottage - Halloween
Alys - Halloween
  Stempel Magie - Halloween
Everybody Art - Halloween
Inktegrity - Halloween
Sisterhood of Crafters - Bling (notepad and bottom of box)
Sweet Stampin -ribbons
Going Grey- going 3D 
The Pixie Cottage- stitching
Little Red Wagon - Something Old and Something New (old scraps of dp and ribbon, new image!)

Thanks for stopping by and for your sweet comments!!

hugs and blessings,

Happy Sunday everyone!!  I hope you are all enjoying the weekend.  Today is my Dad's Birthday. Happy Birthday Dad!!  So ...we are celebrating!!  My Dad is such a special part of my life and so much of who I am today.  I am so blessed to be able to be visiting with my parents and family for the weekend!!

Anywho...since it is Sunday, it is also time for the Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge this week!!  This week's challenge is brought to us by Lisa.

Lisa chose the verse:
Matthew 6: 9-13 "This, then, is how you should pray: 'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.'

Prayer is such a privilege and an integral part of my life.  You are never alone, He is only a prayer away.  Prayer is for thanks, for help, for comfort, for guidance...Even Jesus prayed.  So often we pray when we are in trouble or when things are not going our way but prayer is also for the good times or a way of saying thanks.

What is the purpose of prayer?  Does God answer our prayers?  I believe He does always answer our prayers but not always the way we think they should be answered.  Last week we had a minister who preached on prayer.  In his sermon he shared that his daughter was diagnosed with cancer when she was 41 and had four young children. Of course, he prayed she would be go into remission and be healed but God's answer was to take her home to His Heavenly home.  After the sermon there was not a dry eye in the church.  All can relate...at one time or another God did not answer their prayers to heal someone.  That is why the Lord's prayer says "Thy will be done".

My dear friend Ruby was able to make it to her daughter's wedding ceremony but she is very weak and not doing well. I cry each time I think of her and it seems God is not answering my prayer for healing as I would like but truthfully am I praying out of selfishness for me and her family.  Would Ruby be better off in her Heavenly home without pain or suffering.  Yes God can heal...he can do the impossible but is it His will to do so.


Lisa's challenge this week is:
Make a card/project that features prayer; either someone praying, or a verse about prayer, or a greeting that lets someone know you are praying for them
Here is my take on the challenge:


 I created a card using Our Daily Bread Designs Full of Grace Prayer stamp set.  The designer paper was given to me by my friend Grace for my birthday.  The dp is Prima Pinkpaislee.  I added some flowers, an ivory silk bow, and old ric rac (that I have had for years!!) The nestablilites I used for this creation is the Lacey Squares.

This is a card I made for my dear friend Ruby.  We have had the conversation that in these hard times how hard it is for her to pray.  She is unsure what to pray for.  No she does not want to leave her 4 children and husband but with her pain and her loss of abilities and suffering, what would be best.  I feel this sentiment is so true and perfect for her.

This week's Our Daily Bread Designs Stamping in Time challenge hosted by Betty is easy peasy...embossing!  So I embossed my verse in gold.  I hope you can join in this challenge as well for your chance to win a $15 gift certificate toward stamps!

Challenges:
Corrosive - Clean up the Dust (my ric rac is OLD)
The Pixie Cottage- stitching
Little Red Wagon - Something Old and Something New (old ric rac and new Prima dp)
Sisterhood of Crafters - Bling
Sweet Stampin - ribbon
Stamping in Time- embossing


For more inspiration, please visit my dt sisters: 

Grace, Linda, Lisa, Peggysue, Randi, Meisje, Rebecca, Patti  and Cindy

For the full devotional and challenge details please visit the Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge.
Thanks for stopping by today and for your sweet comments.  Have a great day!!


blessings,

Happy Saturday Everyone!!  Well I am away for the weekend visiting family and celebrating my dear father's birthday but I am stopping by to share this week's Shining the Light challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs.


This week's Challenge:
This week the team is challenging you to an anything goes challenge but you must use at least one Our Daily Bread Designs stamp on your creation!!

To make the challenge even more fun, we will be giving out a prize , a $ 15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Thursday,

This challenge is unique from the others since we are asking you to use at least one Our Daily Bread Designs stamp on your creation!!As we do every week, we will again be choosing 1 to 2 creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by October 21 at 8 p.m. EST.If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC33. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

Here is my take on the challenge using Our Daily Bread Designs Missing You stamp set!

I colored my image with copics and used the Midnight Madness sketch for my layout.



Francie Gumprecht
Patter Cross
Sabrina Jackson


To join the challenge, please link your creation here.

challenges:

SSDS - Anything Goes: embossing

Stamping In Time Challenge-embossing
My Sheri Craft - In Stitches
The Pixie Cottage- stitching
Little Red Wagon - Something Old and Something New (old basic grey dp- Bittersweet and new lace and punch)
Sisterhood of Crafters - Bling
Sweet Stampin - ribbon
Anything Goes - ribbons
Midnight Madness sketch
 


Thanks for stopping by and for all your sweet comments. Enjoy your day and weekend!!
hugs,

Welcome to the Your Next Stamp SURPRISE BLOG HOP!  

If you didn't arrive here from Wendy's blog, please CLICK HERE to return to the start of the hop at the Karen's blog and begin hopping!

The hop starts today (Friday, October 15th at 9:00 EST) and ends on Sunday, October 17th at midnight (EST).

So what's this surprise hop about? Well....if you've popped by any of the Your Next Stamps DT's blogs this week, you may have read our posts about today's very special hop showcasing a VERY special, NEW and EXCLUSIVE Your Next Stamp stamp! The DT have been 'in the know' about a secret project involving Your Next Stamp and ScrapFest for a little while, and now the day has finally come when we can officially announce the proud news that Karen was approached by Lisa (owner of ScrapFest in Ontario) to design an exclusive Your Next Stamp stamp for this autumn's ScrapFest (15-16 October 2010) - YAY!! And here is the creation I made with this adorable and fun image!!!
... here is the inside.  The sentiment is so fun and one I typed after I received a pad which used this saying on it from my dear friend Grace.  Oh how true.  I colored my image with copics and used paper from Basic Grey Green At Heart. The image is framed with Lacey circles from Spellbinders.



This stamp will be available to buy from the Your Next Stamp booth at ScrapFest Ontario, but fear not if you can't get along to ScrapFest as Karen is also selling this fabulous stamp in the YNS online store!! IMPORTANT: This stamp will only be available to buy online for the duration of ScrapFest, so do not delay in placing your order! As it is only available for a very limited time, Karen is offering the stamp at a very special price of $6 with FREE SHIPPING!! (*NB Free shipping only applies to the ScrapFest stamp - if you include other items in your order, you will be charged shipping accordingly).
If you do plan to pop along to ScrapFest this weekend, don't forget to print out this voucher and take it along to the YNS booth to receive 10% off your purchase of YNS stamps:

 

(Click on the voucher to open it in new window ready for printing)
The next stop on the hop is the sweet and talented Maureen's blog.  Be sure to complete the hop as we have a prize draw at Simonne's blog where you can enter to win one of these gorgeous and exclusive YNS ScrapFest stamps. [If you purchase one of these stamps and then find you are the lucky winner of the prize draw, you will be given a $6 gift certificate to spend at the store instead.] To enter, please leave your details in the InLinkz widget below. The lucky winner will be randomly chosen on Monday October 18th.