Goodbye For Now....

From here on, I won't be posting as much to my blog anymore. The Lord has opened doors for me, that I couldn't possibly image happening, and I have to let some things go. One them being this blog. I will however continue to post my projects to my Facebook account. So if you like, you can connect with me on Facebook Here.

One of the doors that the Lord has opened is of a local florist will be selling my card creations, and I don't think I will be able to continue to up keep this blog. So, come and find me on Facebook, and let's connect there. I will keep this blog up and running, so that readers can check out my past creations, and of course links to the many tutorials shared.

I will also be focusing more on doing Worship with the new Christian Band that we started. Creating project for my church's store and for my sister's store in California. Of course with God and my Family in priority!! Please continue to keep me in prayer, for without Him, none of this would be possible!! Pray that I am able to share HIS LOVE through my art, my singing and my nourishment upon my family and friends!! There is nothing more fulfilling for me to do, which is to be obedient to HIS Word, and do what His will is. Thank U for coming along with me, and sharing in this journey with me.... looks like I've gotta fasten my seat belt and see where else the Lord is gonna take me!! See ya on Facebook!!!

Much Love n' Blessings, Jen

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Winners of Last 2 Challenges

We have 2 winners from the past 2 challenges... here they are:

Monday Theme Challenge - MTC9 "Father's Day":

Carlie (click on her project to go to her blog):

and last week Friday's Die Cut Challenge "Hearts":

Julia....

Thank you, Ladies - you can grab the badge on the sidebar to post on your blog. Please send your addy to me at littlecs7@gmail.com and I will get the prizes shipped out to you.

Thank you to all that have played along. These last couple weeks of challenges have been fun.

Much Love n' Blessings, Jen

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POM's Friday Die Cut Challenge - DCC10: Hearts

It's Friday Die Cut Challenge day!! Yay!!! First, let's announce our winner from last week's Die Cut Challenge... it was...

Nancy Brown of Inspired By Stamps - and here is her card:

Nancy, please grab the badge from the sidebar, and post to your blog. ;o) Also, please send your mailing addy to littlecs7@gmail.com, and a little something will be shipped to you for playing with us!!!

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Now it's time for a new Die Cut Theme.... this week's theme is:

{{ HEARTS }}

Yes, use your die cut heart shapes to create your project this week... here's what the DT came up with:

By Toni...

By Heather...

By Sheng....
Awesome creations!!! Your turn, here's how to play along with us:

1. Create your project using any die cut that you own, according to the theme that is shown above. Please submit a NEWLY created project, and not one that has been created before today's date.
   
2. Upload your project anywhere to the web: (blog, gallery, flick'r, photobucket, etc.,).
   
3. Link back to your project by clicking on the blue "add your link" button below and entering the link or url to your project (not your blog address, as this may get confusing).
   
4. Deadline to link your project is May 2nd, 2011, 12 noon Hawaii time.
5. Winner will be announced on next Friday's posting of the new Die Cut Challenge of that week and will receive something sweet in her mail box!!!

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Father's Day Red Chevy

I found another freebie car image online to use on another Father's Day card that I created. I colored it up with my Copic Sketch markers, colored in the sky and the ground, and layered it on SU! Real Red cardstock. I also used the sentiment from and old Stampin' Up! set, I can't remember which one, but I believe it is already retired, sorry!! I then used the tag punch to punch out the sentiment, and layered on Real Red cardstock, then cut around it to make it have the same shape as the tag, and to have it layered. Ribbon is Black Organdy. I used a 1/8" punch to punch the hole for the ribbon to go through. Black cardstock is from Walmart, and DSP is Die Cuts with a view. This week's Monday Theme Challenge is "Father's Day/Masculine" so don't forget to submit your work to enter into winning a prize!!! This is a sample for this week's theme!!

Family Tidbit: This pass Monday marked the 1st day of Summer Break for my boys. Our goal is to get this house "tidy" before we start having fun for the Summer. We cleaned out the garage on Monday, and yesterday, my oldest tended to his laundry. My mom spent the day with us yesterday, and bought Cy his 1st "real" bike. He is so happy to have it, and can't wait to ride it every chance that he gets. The oldest now wants a bike as well... we'll have to talk to dad about that. Yesterday, my hubby n' I found out that we recently lost a good friend of his. They were close friends since his childhood years, and was really like a sister to him. It saddens us that she has passed so suddenly, and we were in shock to hear the news. She leaves behind a 5-yr old daughter, and her widowed mother. Please pray that the Lord calms the hearts of her loved ones left behind. And I pray that you are able to take the time to spend with family and friends who are still here. Life is so precious and unpredictable! U can be here 1 minute, and gone the very next!! Know that Jesus Loves U, and that we were created to live an eternal life... Eternal Life in Heaven, or Eternal Life in Hell.... either way, you will live an eternal life somewhere!!! If you do not know WHERE that somewhere is, I encourage you to call out to Jesus, and ask Him to help you to understand and He will show you the way!!!!!

hugs....Jen

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Monday's THEME Challenge: MTC9: Father's Day / Masculine

It is time for our Monday Theme Challenge!!! First our winner from last week... my kid sister, Jackie-Lou won the Graduation Theme challenge!!! Thanks for playing girlie!!! Here is her card:

You can click on the picture to get to her blog..... post a comment or two, letting her know how she has my coloring genes... LOL!!! Just kidding sis, you have your own beautiful way of coloring!!! Luv Ya!!! Here is your badge to display proudly on your blog girlie....

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Now for this week's Theme Challenge... the theme this week is very much appropriate for the upcoming occasion.....

{{ FATHER'S DAY }}

Yep, we chose this theme because it'll help us create our cards for our Father's Day... lol!! But we wanna see yours too... so we hope you come n' play along. Here is the prize for this week's challenge - a Brand New Clear Stamp set of Hanna Stamp's Pirate Hanna:

Here's how to play....

1. Create your Project for a Father's Day theme. You can create anything, it doesn't have to be a card.
2. Please create new project, not one that has been created prior to today's date.
   
3. Post your creation on the web. (Blog, Gallery, Flick'r, Photobucket, etc.,).
   
4. Copy (ctrl + c) the link to your project by right clicking on your blog's title post, and then paste (ctrl + v) it to the section below by clicking on the blue "Add Your Link" button below.
   
5. Deadline to submit the link to your creation will be on Sunday, May 19th, 12 pm, Hawaii Standard Time.
   
6. Winner will be announced next Monday, within the same post of the NEW Monday THEME Challenge.

Happy Crafting!!

Here are the DT's samples of Father's Day cards....

By Ali:


By Pene... check out her blog for the template that she used for this adorable button down shirt.


By me....
The truck image I used on my card was a freebie digital image, drawn and is a freebie given out by Paula of "Handmade by Paula". Thank You, Paula for this beautiful drawing!!! I love it!! Colored with my Copic Sketch markers, and kept it real simple.

Hope you all have some time to play along with us....

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Birthday Gift Card

Recently, I have been using more and more digital images. I just love the simplicity of it all. I still love my rubber stamps but I guess with the option to have the image right then and there, rather than having to go anywhere, or wait for an order to arrive, is very satisfying. I will never give up using rubber stamps, but if given the option to purchase the image digital, I would go that route first.

For this card, I used an image from Dustin Pike's Doodle Dragon's Studio. I colored it with my copics, and because it was a last minute card, I didn't have much time for shading. I also made this card a gift card holder, so instead of cutting an 8-1/2" x 11" card in half (5-1/2"), I cut it half way through (til' 4-1/4" way), then maybe about 2" lower, I cut the rest of the card off. I then scored at 5-1/2" and had that little fold in the card to hold my gift card. At both ends of the fold though, I cut in a diagonal so that the card could close with ease. I then embossed the upper section of the card, using Cuttlebug's Happy Birthday embossing folder. I cut the fancy panel behind the image using my cricut machine, from the "Lacy Labels" cartridge. The sentiment is also a print out, from Stampin' Up!'s digital images. I punched out using my 1-1/4" circle punch, and then the 1-3/4 scallop punch, both from Stampin' Up!. The ribbon and buttons were added for embellishing. I forgot to mention that the cardstock I used is Stampin' Up!'s Rich Razzleberry. I am soooo in love with this rich deep color!! Love to work it with.

On the inside of the card, the part where I made the flap, I cut out a little border on my cricut, using the Elegant Cake cartridge. I cut a smaller panel of white cardstock (4" x 5-1/4") and adhered it to the inner part of the card, and then slipped in the gift card from my church's Chapel Store.

So school officially ended yesterday, June 10th. I'm going to be quite busy trying to keep the kids busy, and hopefully they can help me straighten up the house. Which means I probably won't be able to post as much. But I will try my best to pre-post my projects, and get the post up before the kids get up for their day. Either way, please keep me in prayer!!

Have a blessed weekend!!

Aloha,
Jen

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Friday Die Cut Challenge: DCC9 - Birthday

Good Morning Friday!!! It's time for a new Die Cut Challenge.... the theme this week is:

{{ Birthday }}

Use your birthday die cuts, and create something for a birthday celebrant!!! (Or for future use!)

Here are the samples the DT came up with....

By Toni....

By Sheng...

By Heather....

Ur turn!!! We hope you have a chance to play along this week....

1. Create your project using any die cut that you own, according to the theme that is shown above. Please submit a NEWLY created project, and not one that has been created before today's date.
   
2. Upload your project anywhere to the web: (blog, gallery, flick'r, photobucket, etc.,).
   
3. Link back to your project by clicking on the blue "add your link" button below and entering the link or url to your project (not your blog address, as this may get confusing).
   
4. Deadline to link your project is May 2nd, 2011, 12 noon Hawaii time.
5. Winner will be announced on next Friday's posting of the new Die Cut Challenge of that week.
   

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Monday's THEME Challenge: MTC8 - Graduation with Freebie DS Cut File

Good Morning Monday, Gang!!! It is already June!! Oh gosh, how time flies, doesn't it??? With the month of June, I am always reminded of all the graduations going on. Oh boy, the kids are released from High School, and ready to face the world... it's just the beginning, huh? I remember being so happy to finish high school, thinking that I was DONE with it all.... only to find out that there was soooo much more ahead of me. But for that short moment, I was on cloud 9 ..... hahaha.... well, let's see who won the last challenge from Monday... it was:

{{ Anna }}

and here is her adorable card, using ribbon:

Thank you Anna for playing!!! I will get your goodies mailed out to you today!!

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Ok, on to this week's challenge.... being that we're in the graduation season, as mentioned earlier, I thought that this theme would be great!! So let's create for....

{{ Graduation }}

Here are what the DT came up with....

By Pene...

Here in Hawaii, a lot of graduates receive cash as a gift, so with my Design Studio program, together with the George Cricut Cartridge, I designed a money envelope to cut out and use. If you have the Design Studio, George Cartridge and Cricut Expression machine, you can use this cute file for your money giving gifts as well.

Click Here to download DS Cut File

By Ali....

I totally CASED this gorgeous card for a graduation party we will be attending this weekend. I didn't have the same pearl spray as she did so I had to hand form my own..it was tricky but I love the way it came out!

Card Info: Paper(SU), Stamps(Hero Arts), Flowers(Prima), Pearls(Kaiser Craft)

It's your turn to play along.....

Here's how to play:

1. Create your Project around a "Graduation" theme. You can create anything, it doesn't have to be a card.
2. Please create new project, not one that has been created prior to today's date.
   
3. Post your creation on the web. (Blog, Gallery, Flick'r, Photobucket, etc.,).
   
4. Copy (ctrl + c) the link to your project by right clicking on your blog's title post, and then paste (ctrl + v) it to the section below by clicking on the blue "Add Your Link" button below.
   
5. Deadline to submit the link to your creation will be on Sunday, May 22nd, 12 pm, Hawaii Standard Time.
   
6. Winner will be announced next Monday, within the same post of the NEW Monday THEME Challenge.

Our Prize this week...

will be 5 Money Envelopes cut out on my Cricut Machine - I will post pics of them here later!!!

We hope you can join the fun!!!

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Winner for May Blog Candi Blessing....

Hey All, I haven't forgotten!! Here is our winner for May's Blog Candi Blessing:

#46 was Regina.... of Butterflies & Flowers

Congrats, Regina!!! Please email me at littlecs7@gmail.com with your mailing addy, so I can get your package out to you.

Next Blog Candi Blessing will be in July... stay tuned for some yummies!!!

Thanks again to everyone that participated n' posted about the candi blessings! It was a fun run!! God Bless!!!!

Aloha, Jen

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Friday Die Cut Challenge - DCC8: Trees

Hi Gang!!! I took a week off last week because I just had some things going on that was too crazy to even lift a finger to post. Anyways, let's move right along, I am sorry that I might've thrown some of you off, but you gotta agree that it was a nice break, wasn't it? Ok, let's begin to post these challenges, so we can get on with the fun....

Here is the last winner of Friday's Die Cut Challenge:

{{ Suzy }}

Thanks for playing, Suzy!! Here is a badge for you to display on your blog:

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Now on to this week's Die Cut Challenge, the theme is:

{{ Trees }}

Yes!!! Trees make such great backdrop or even on it's own, a sweet card creation. I hope you will be able to join us. Here's how to play along:

1. Create your project using any die cut that you own, according to the theme that is shown above. Please submit a NEWLY created project, and not one that has been created before today's date.
   
2. Upload your project anywhere to the web: (blog, gallery, flick'r, photobucket, etc.,).
   
3. Link back to your project by clicking on the blue "add your link" button below and entering the link or url to your project (not your blog address, as this may get confusing).
   
4. Deadline to link your project is May 2nd, 2011, 12 noon Hawaii time.
5. Winner will be announced on next Friday's posting of the new Die Cut Challenge of that week.

Here are some samples the DT came up with....

By Heather.... I believe this is a Tree Envelope, with the "Owl Card" (below) would go into.... very cool!!!!

By Toni...

Cute projects with "Trees", huh?? Ok, it's your turn....

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