The Winner Is........

Thank you, EVERYONE for participating in our first celebration.  Your kind words are so appreciated.  We attracted 56 new followers.  That is so awesome.  Thank you for your support.


The winner of our blog candy is.....

SANDI who wrote on August 2

"Great Blog-Keep up the good work!!"

Sandi I need a way to contact you.  I also need your mailing address.  Congratulations and thank you for your kind words. 

Peggy & Donna

Calendar For Grandparents Day

Hi Everyone - a tradition that I started when I got into scrapbooking and cardmaking five years ago is to make my parents a calendar every year with pictures of my son, Jacob, with his two favorite people (his Mamaw and Papaw). Jacob would present the calendar to them as their gift for Grandparent's Day. My parents live three hours from us so when we were not able to visit each other as often as we would like at least they would have a reminder of Jacob whenever they looked at the calendar.

The calendar that I gave my parents last September contains a lot of pictures of Jacob with my daddy and with my mom!! Throughout my daddy's illness, I tried to capture pictures of Jacob with his Papaw playing together, watching tv, looking at a book, or playing "men" in the floor. I wanted to make sure that Jacob would have those memories to look back on. I asked Jacob one day not long ago to describe his Papaw in one word and he immediately said, "Buddy!" He said, "he was my buddy, he always had time for me, he talked to me, and he always played with me!" Jacob idolized his Papaw and misses him greatly as everyone in our family does. Jacob has now taken on the role of being Mamaw's protector. He worries about her and prays for her every night!! I'll ask Jacob sometimes who he loves most in the world. This is always his answer - "you, Mamaw, Papaw, and Daddy." As long as I'm in the same category as Mamaw and Papaw, I consider that to be very good.

Well, I hope that you enjoy the few pictures of the calendar and will forgive my rambling on. I'm simply missing my daddy today. For this calendar, I cut the background paper at 6 x 6 and then used the Expression, Cuttlebug, and stickers to decorate the pages.


Thank you for coming to visit and we hope you'll come again! We love company!! I hope you're able to stay cool wherever you are. It was 108 degrees (yes, you read that right) today in Chattanooga, TN. Until another day, God bless. Donna

My three grandsons.

Ben & I really enjoyed getting these calendars. Every year I would keep it sitting on my crafting table. I don't think this calendar is produced anymore. It was from All My Memories, LLC. If anyone knows where we could get them now, please let us know. Thank you for allowing us to spill our hearts today. Ben was all about love and we miss him terribly. Peggy

Cindy Loo Cuttlebug & Cartridge

Have you heard about the coordinating Cuttlebug folders for Cindy Loo? Well I ordered them. There are (2) 5X7 and (2) A2 folders in the set. I recently ordered them from Scrapbook Pal. They have free shipping for orders over $25 and they ship the same day most of the time.



I was anxious to try them out so I decided to make this card.

I cut the card front from Core'dinations cardstock. The color is a rich purple. I embossed it with one of the 5X7 Cindy Loo Cuttlebug folders. I then sanded the embossing with a fine grit sanding sponge. Here is a picture of the sanding sponge.

This is what the card front looked like after the sanding. Sanding this Core'dinations paper brings out the inner core color. I love the way this looks.

I then measured the block inside the paisleys and cut out the doily on page 72 of the Cindy Loo handbook. If you notice, this doily has a paisley on it.

I stamped a sentiment on my label. This could be anything you want but mine says, Be Still and Know I AM GOD. Psalm 46:10. I forget sometimes that He just wants me to be still and let Him talk to me.

I cut out the Peace from the font feature of page 72, made a label and affixed the word to it. I then stickled the P of Peace. I cut a paisley border from page 33. These 2 items I placed on the inside of the card. You still have plenty of room to write or stamp a message for your recipient.

I hope you find some inspiration from this little card. Thanks for your kind words of encouragement. Until next time, God bless you. Peggy

Male or Female BD Card

I made this card with a sister-in-law in mind. However once I got it made I thought it could be used for a male as well. (You all know I have the most trouble with masculine cards) I used DCWV Sweet Glitter Paper Stack. Not all of the sheets have glitter but a large number of them do.

The card size is 5 1/2 X 4 1/4. All of the elements came from a single page of paper. I just cut around the argyle design to get my label. I then stamped a "Birthday Wishes" on it. You could use this card for something other than birthday.

I hope you are having a good week. It seems to be flying by. We truly appreciate your visits and comments. God bless you. Peggy

I'm So Happy Friendship Card

I have a friend whom I dearly love. She's one of those friends who even though we don't talk every week, when we do talk it's like we've talked every day. She is a constant friend. I'm going to send her this card. When I saw this digi-stamp I just knew I had to make a card with him.

He is a Doodle Pantry digi-stamp. I downloaded him for free. He is such a happy little thing. I colored him with my new Promarkers(I'm still getting used to them). The background paper is DCWV Spring Stack printed paper. The edge is punched with the Martha Stewart Deco Fan Punch. I used the Lacy Labels cartridge to cut the label. The I'm So Happy is part of the digi-stamp.

The inside of the card: I used Cursive 101 cartridge to cut the "for your friendship" after welding it in Cricut Design Studio. The frame is cut at 5X7 from Lacy Labels. I will write a message to my friend within the frame.

Thank you for stopping by. We love visits and comments. God Bless You. Peggy

New Baby Card

Hi Everyone - my cousin, Angie, (who is younger than me!) became a Grandmother last week. Her daughter, Rachel, had a bouncing baby boy that she, and her husband, Brian, named Cain! They decorated their nursery in a jungle theme so I thought this card would fit right in with the theme.

Once again, I made this card from my scrap stash (YEA!). The background paper is from the DCWV stack, Safari Kids, that I purchased at Big Lots. I used my newest favorite Cricut cartridge, Create a Critter, and cut the monkeys at 2 1/4" and 2". The vine was cut at 2 1/4". I pop dotted the monkey and added bling for a little sparkle!

I created the border on the inside of the card using a Martha Stewart punch. I hope Rachel likes her card. She's a follower of our blog so she may see it here before it actually reaches her house.

Thanks for visiting and thanks for following our blog. Mom and I are honored that you would want to visit with us!! Take care and please send your friends for a visit!! Until another day, God bless! Donna

Hooray!!!! We have 50 Followers

YAAAAA!!!!  We have reached 50 followers.  In appreciation of our wonderful visitors, we have been shopping for some "blog candy".   All you have to do is leave a comment on this post.  We are not requiring you to follow our blog but would be happy if you do.  We are so honored for those that have decided to follow along with our adventure. We will be choosing the winner Friday night at 9:00pm.  Please only one comment per person.

 As we told you in our profile, we started this blog to honor my husband who passed away in March.  He was our biggest fan and cheering section.  We feel he had something to do with our reaching this goal in 1 month.  I know he is smiling down from heaven saying, " I told you two you could do this.  I'm so proud of you."

Thanks to everyone who has visited.  God bless you.  Peggy and Donna