Busy Summer!

What A busy summer it has been! Bubba graduated from homeschool and so now that means I have officially graduated as homeschool teacher! Loved my time teaching both of our children, but now I am on to a new stage in my life. Bubba was able to get into the voc rehab program and I am ecstatic! All through his senior year I worried about what his future would hold. When St. Jude Children's Research Hospital mentioned that voc rehab would be a great resource, we jumped right on it. I gave them all of his medical and psych records and they said because of the tumor, surgery, and radiation effects, multiple meds he is on, and multiple medical conditions he faces, he certainly qualified for the program. Yay! He wanted to go to college for culinary arts, but the past 2-3 years in particular were so difficult because of the issues caused by the tumors. Brain tumors... Ugh! But, God has us right where we need to be and He is constantly providing for Bubba. So after 12 years, 2 tumors, brain surgery, and 30 radiation treatments, seizures, narcolepsy, memory issues, learning issues, non functioning pituitary and thyroid glands, inability to control body temp, inability to retain fluid, etc....I honest to goodness feared for his future. BUT, after talking with voc rehab, I can say that this is the first time I have been over-the moon-excited for his future! This momma is feeling so blessed! So, they are in the process of finding the right spot for him and he is soooo excited!
      Also, we had a major hailstorm come through at the end of May and we are STILL trying to get the contractor to finish up the repairs. What a nightmare! BUT, we are taking it all in stride. At least the roof is done and we have no leaks!
      Well, hoping to be back to posting craft pics soon!

Last Day of Spring Break

So, we have had a bunch of illnesses over the past two weeks. Our spring break has included many doctor and pharmacy visits...yay...not. Got a chance to do some card making today and was able to use my new Stand-Up Card die from The Stamps of Life (Who else?)! I used my strawberry set, basket die my son bought for me, the camera and film strip sets, and the coffee set. My craft room was a total disaster, but it's nice and tidy now. I also received my new Card Club Kit for March yesterday. It was SO nice. A completely different color scheme than what I am used to. But, it is perfect for making cards for males and just an all around neat set. I'll post more on it later. So, here are a few more cards I wanted to share.
The first one is a center-cut Step-up card I made for my sis-in-law Marcia from THE state of Ohio. hehe

Here is the closed and opened berry cards.

Bubba even made a berry card for a nice lady at church who sent him a get well card.

This one was a fast card using my camera dies. I am in love with the filmstrip!

And who doesn't love lattes! I've been enjoying Stephanie's patterned paper. This card was no exception. Even added some Queen & Co. diamond shaped bling. Oh yeah...mommy likey!

Hope you liked the new cards. We had a great experience at church Wednesday night that I will have to write about later. We got to participate in the Jewish Passover Seder. It was beautiful and full of symbolism....and horseradish and a few runny noses!

Quick Cards

Bubba has had strep for the past few days and was unable to sleep. Fever, couldn't eat, wouldn't drink, dehydrated, etc. So, when he finally was able to sleep, I kept busy with cards. It is a nice stress reliever for me. We've been so busy that I hadn't had a chance to play with my new Stamps of Life sets. So... I got our my new Kitty and Bicycle sets and made a few quick cards. I could have easily spent 2 hours on each card, but I wanted to get something accomplished while I had a few minutes while he slept.

 

How could you NOT love the bicycle?! The die cut it perfectly and even came with a tiny bike and die. I didn't use it on this card, but instead used the bike paperclip that came with a previous TSOL Card Club set.



Ahhhhh! I love Stephanie's patterned paper! She said for the longest time she would never make any, but I'm sooo glad she changed her mind! I colored in the bike with a Sharpie and added bling to the wheels. I love the twine and buttons that have come in her kits.

And we all know kitty lovers! I was anxious to see how the kitties and little fishies stamped and cut out. Completely adorable! Bub had a great idea of making it look like the cat was eating the fish. I carefully cut along the cat's mouth and it worked great. I also made a slit in the bowls so it would look like the fish were inside the bowls.

 

So...simple, quick cards but I think they turned out cute. I've decided that from now on I am going to cut multiple shapes as I go and make coordinating cards. The kitty ones use the same colors of papers, just in different places. The sentiments are different, but it took me a lot less time to crank out two than to do one at a time. And if the same person happens to get both kitty cards, they will look different enough that they may think they are from a set! Ha!

Cards, Cards, and More Cards



We have Thanks You, Just Because, Valentines, Birthday, etc. Even a special card for my sister-inlaw who just fell in love with KC Royal Eric Hosmer. Ha Ha!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boxes

I made this box for my sis-in-law, Marcia. She loved the Graphic 45 Alice in Wonderland paper we got at the craft convention. I have enjoyed making the easel boxes very much.

I made this pop-up birthday card for my secret sister at church.

Bulletin Board

Here is a bulletin board I did at church.

Cheerleaders

I made these treat bag toppers for my niece's junior cheerleading squad. I used the Paper Doll Cricut cartridge. The pompoms are made from red and black thread.