Happy Anniversary - Nettie G's Image

My sister and her husband celebrated their 17th wedding anniversary yesterday.  Her husband had a stroke in November, 2009.  He has been confined to a wheelchair since.  He can't get out and buy her a card so I try to make him one when he needs one.  He didn't ask me this year because he knew I was dealing with issues of my own anniversary without my husband.  However, I had received this image from Nettie G. for posting today, so I thought I could kill two birds with one stone.  This is the card I made.

Card Recipe:
5X6.5" card
Background Paper - KayandCo. Smitten Paper Stack
Ribbon - from Hobby Lobby
Flora Doodles Flowers - Hobby Lobby
Chalk - for background of heart to lessen intensity of white
Happy Anniversary - $1 stamp from Michaels
Promarkers Used to color digistamp

Heart - Black, Rose Pink, Cerise

This is the inside of the card.  I signed the card for Charles.  

Thank you for visiting us today.  We love your comments.  God Bless You!!!!  Peggy

We Have A Winner!!!!!

Thank you for the great response to our giveaway.  I truly wish I had something to give everyone of you.  You are the greatest and your comments are so encouraging.  You are such lovely, creative and talented people.  We are so blessed.  Okay Okay I'll get to the winner.  Drum Roll Please.................................

Charlotte Cornett said...



Love your blog!! It is such an inspiration to me, thanks for everything you do!

Congratulations,Charlotte, please contact us with your information so we can get your prize to you.  We will wait 3 days before we choose someone else.  Thanks.  God Bless You!!  Peggy


Thanks everyone for entering our giveaway - we so appreciate all your comments and your encouragement.  Mom and I have so much fun with our blog and we appreciate all of you. 

Charlotte, congratulations on your win!!  We will get your prize to you as soon  as we receive your address.  I hope you'll send us a picture of something that you make with this cartridge.

Have a great day everyone!!!

WOW!! We're Almost To 275 Followers

I would never have thought when we started our blog in July 2010 that we would have this many followers in 7 months.  Plus we have almost 21,500 visits.  We are so thankful for our followers, we are going to offer a prize to you.  This is what we're giving away.  We hope we're not breaking any Cricut rules by giving away an exclusive Cricut Circle cartridge.  However, we have no use for a dance cartridge and we would rather someone who has brought joy to us have it.

This is strictly for our followers.  So, if you're a follower or wish to become a follower, leave a message below this post ( please comment only one time).  If you have a blog, we would appreciate it if you would post it on your blog and link it back here.  Be sure to leave a way for us to contact you if you win.  We will leave this post up until Saturday at 6:00 pm. We will announce our winner on Sunday.  Please scroll down for newer posts.

Thank you for your support.  God Bless You!!!  Peggy and Donna

I've Been Chosen As A Doodle Pantry Guest Designer for February

I received an email from Laurie Wilson at Doodle Pantry DigiStamps saying I had been chosen to be guest designer for February. Jacob thought there was something wrong with me because I started squealing as I was reading the email.  Needless to say, I feel so honored to have this opportunity. I'm a huge fan of Laurie's digital stamps and have made many cards using her designs. On February 5, a new challenge will start on Laurie's blog.  If you've been wanting to try digital stamps, this is your opportunity and Laurie's blog is a very good place to start.

For my first post in February, I chose Laurie's Clover Patch Ants. I thought the little ants were so cute and I loved the saying about friends because true friends are hard to find. 

My card is 7"X 6.5" using Provocraft Design Studio to cut the card base with my Cricut Expression and the cartridge, A Child's Year. I colored Laurie's image using Promarkers:


Ants - Cocoa, Tan, Red
Clover and Grass - Pine, Forest Green, Leaf Green


Thanks for visiting our blog. Please tell your friends about us. Now go over to Laurie's blog and become a member and enter her challenge. Until another day, God Bless You!!! Donna

Fence Friends Birthday Card

First let me say, check back tomorrow, Donna has some news. 

You can never have too many birthday cards, especially when there are as many birthdays as we have in our family.  This is one I made this week.  OOPS!!  Sorry, left the picture off.

Card Recipe:

5X6.5"  Card
Fence Friends from Heart Song Design Shop 
Paper - KayandCo. Wild Saffron Paper Stack and Cardstock
Paper Lace Cricut cartridge - Happy Birthday die cut
Ribbon
Studio 18 Dimensional Stickers-Butterfly and Bee
Promarkers Used:
Fence - Tan, Cocoa
Squirrel - Cool Grey 1 and Cool Grey 3
Bird - Pale Blue, Denim
Flowers, Orchid, Amethyst, Gold, Sunflower, Cerise
Grass - Grass Green
Leaves - Leaf Green, Forest Green
Sky - Sky Blue

Thanks for dropping by today.  God Bless You!!!  Peggy

Thank You Cards - Paper Lace

Hi Everyone!! I'm happy to report that Jacob is feeling better and back at school.  I actually found a few minutes to make some simple Thank You cards using that wonderful cartridge, Paper Lace!  I'm trying to teach my son a little etiquette and to be appreciative when someone gives you a gift by sending them a Thank You note.  So I made him some cards to send to his Mamaw (my Mom whom he loves more than me but that's okay), his Aunt and Uncle, one of his cousins, and my boss.  I made all the cards similar but different.


Background paper measures 4" x 5 1/2"
Paper Lace Thank You Shadow - cut at 3"
Paper Lace Thank You - cut at 3"
Ribbon to match

 These cards are not all that fancy but the main point was the life lesson for Jacob.  He wrote a personal note in all the cards and signed his name.  He worked really hard on making sure that he had neat handwriting so everyone could read what he wrote.  He typically has awful handwriting.  I told him he must be destined to be a doctor.

Thanks for visiting us today!  We love visitors!!  Until another day, have a great day and God Bless!!  Donna

Heart Song Designs

Today is the first day of the new Heart Song Inspirations Blog and  Heart Song Designs Image Store.  It's owner/digital artist is Leah Cornelius whom we met on the Cricut Message Board.  Leah is a very talented lady and is stepping out on her own to help fund the completion of  their adoption of an Ethiopian son.  You can read about it here.  I have been blessed to be chosen to be on Leah's inaugural Design Team.

For my first card I chose her Love Birds digital image.This is my card recipe.

5X6.5 " card base
Background Paper - KandCo. Smitten Paper Stack
Heart - cut at 4.5" from Create-A-Critter cartridge - Pearlized paper
Ruffled Lace - attach to back of heart with Zip glue
Promarkers used:
Birds - Lipstick Red, Berry Red, Gold, Blender
Branch - Tan, Cocoa
Wreath - Orchid, Amethyst, Leaf Green, Forest Green
Stickles - Add Lavender to flowers

Another of her designs I used was the Lovely Cupcake and this is the card I made with it.

Card Recipe:
5X6.5 Card
Basic Grey Euphoria Paper Stack
Ribbon
Happy Birthday cut from a Cricut Cartridge-I can't remember whixh one I used.
White Gel Pen for Faux Stitching
Promarkers Used:
Cupcake Wrappers - Satin, Saffron
Icing - Ivory, Satin
Flowers - Baby Pin, Rose Pink
Leaves - Leaf Green, Forest Green

These are the members of the Heart Song Design Team..  Just click on their names to visit their blogs.  There are some very talented ladies in this group.

Leah (owner) - Paper Blossoms

Ceal - Simply Beautiful

Chris - Creating with Chrissy

Davi - Alstromeria's Artistry

Deb - Little Works of Art

Holly - Glitter, Stamps, Ink
Karen - Feline Creative
Katrina - Flutterby Trina

Lauren - LEM Photography & Papercrafting

Peggy - Daily Grace Creations

Ruby - Ruby's Impressions

Shelly - Shell's Space

Stephanie - Stephanie's Stampin Spot

Please stop by these blogs today and leave them some love.  This would be a good time to try your hand at digital stamping.  Thanks for stopping by our blog.  We love your visits and comments.  God Bless You!! Peggy