Just Bee-cause!

Hi friends.  I hope you had a good weekend.  Mine was very good.  Our daughter arrived back from a pet sitting job and it's so nice to see her.

This cheerful card is made with a digital stamp set from Deedee's Digis.  Beware, her digis are addictive. :)  Some day I hope to own her whole collection. I added a silk flower with a button center to embellish my card.

I'm entering my card in the following challenges:
Crafting with Deedee's Digis
Do You Stack Up?
Sentimental Sundays

Blessings

• My daughter has had plenty of pet sitting business with the holidays & she has been safe throughout.
• Watermelon in January - what a yummy gift!!!
• Phone visits with my mom & both of my sisters. :)

Have a fabulous day!!!

Inky hugs!
Shelly

Merry Christmas!!!

I couldn't let Christmas pass by without popping in and wishing all of my online friends a wonderful Christmas.  I hope you all have a joyous Christmas and that 2011 will be a great year for you!

The project I have to show you today is a Christmas wall hanging.  I found the wonderful vintage image and the vintage background music for my wall hanging at The Graphics Fairy, which is a terrific blog.  Karen offers thousands of vintage images for free. I used vintage lace and antique buttons for embellishments.

I wanted to share a few pictures with you from the evening that Mark and I went out looking at Christmas lights.  Our evening ended with our own private light show by a policeman, because the van had a light out and we didn't realize it. :)

This first picture is my favorite, because it shows a Florida style Christmas - a Palm tree wrapped in lights.

This picture was just too cute to pass up. :) 

Blessings 

• My dear, sweet husband, who has pitched in to do so much for the holidays.
• Someone gave us a phone system, in great used condition, that is what I needed to accommodate my neck problems.
• A special time with family at a gathering.
• That we have Christmas to remind us that God gave us His only son.

Have a fabulous day!!!

Inky hugs!
Shelly

Fairy Song

Hi friends. It's great to be back!!! Weeks of only limited use of my arms was very boring. lol Thank God for audio books. I'm still not back to 100%, so won't be able to leave many blog comments yet, but that too will come with time. Thank you all so very much for your prayers, messages, emails and cards. They have meant the world to me.

This card is for the Flutterby Wednesday Challenge, Alys Sunday Sketch, Raise the Bar, Paper Play Challenges, Crafty Catz Weekly.  I used Shimmerz on the wings and accented the pocket heart and hair flowers with Stickles.

Blessings

• The love and caring from my family and friends as I have recovered from my surgeries.
• My husband finished his last class with a 99.8% grade average!!!
• I lost 8 lb. due to feeling so bad from the surgeries! Please pray I can keep it off.

It is unseasonably cold here. It dropped 20* the other day and it has sure been a shock to this warm weather lover. :~)  I don't know how people deal with winter clothes, blankets, etc. on a regular basis.  They're so cumbersome.  Okay, enough whining. lol

Have a terrific day!!!!

Inky hugs!
Shelly

Have to be away

Tomorrow morning I'm having the first of two neck surgeries.  The second one will be on October 13th.  They were scheduled for a week apart and I chickened out on having them that close together. lol   I hope to be back feeling more creative after I'm healed up.  The amount of pain I'm in has really affected both my creativity and my ability to create. See you in awhile.

Inky hugs!
Shelly

So blessed!

I won stamps from two different blog hops and hadn't posted about it yet, because I was hoping to make cards with the stamps I won to go with my post.  Due to very bad pain I've been having, the cards are partially finished on my desk and I'm not up to completing them right now.  So, I'll show you the stamps I won and another time I'll show the cards.

First, I won a darling set of clear stamps called "Celebrate Sophia" from Paper Pretties.  I love this set.  The multiple sentiments make it so versatile and Sophia is so sweet that I just fell in love with her instantly.  Thank you very much Heather and Paper Pretties for this fabulous set of stamps.

Next I won 5 digital stamps of my choice from Paper Cupcakes.  It sure was hard to make up my mind, but I finally chose the five I did, because I love the delightful little scenes that Nina draws.  Thanks so very much Nina and Paper cupcakes for these awesome digital stamps.

Ronan and Izzy - Christmas Surprise

 

Yarah and Blow

 

Lily's Morning Tea 

 

Ladybug Rides 

 

Beached Boat 

 

Now you can see why I'm feeling so very blessed. :~)

Have a wonderful day!!!!

Inky hugs!

Shelly

Stamping Cat-astrophe

Both of these stamps are old favorites of mine.  Unfortunately, I've forgotten the names of the manufacturers.  If anyone knows, please let me know.  I added Crystal Lacquer to the eyes of the cat to make them look real and used my clear glaze pen on the stamped paw prints.  This card is for a friend who is battling cancer.  Please remember him in prayer.

I'm entering my card in these challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - Dieing for a punch- No die cutting machines or punches can be used.
Stamping Sister's in Christ - Proverbs 27:17 -Use Metal
CES challenge - Anything Goes

Blessings

• Received my first Zentangle from a friend. Awesome creativity!!!
• Hubby found some good used books for me.  I was almost out.  
• A phone call from a friend I hadn't talked to in awhile.

Have a wonderful day!!!

Inky hugs!
Shelly

Pretty Posies

I'm really sleepy, so I'll keep this short.  This card is for the Sentimental Sundays Challenge.  This weeks challenge theme is Words to Inspire.  My main image is an older stamp from TAC.   I used a word charm for my sentiment.  The main image is painted with Twinkling H2O's, but you can't see the shimmer in my photo, unfortunately. Please pray for my friend that I made this card for.  She's recovering from major surgery.

 Blessings

• I saw my first Monarch butterfly of this season.
• Fabulous happy mail!!!
• An evening out with my husband this week.

 Have a great day!!!

Inky hugs!
Shelly