Help Raise Money For A Meningitis! - DigiStamps for a Cure...

My friend Jak Heath at Crafter's Kitchen has had some sad news. Her Great Nephew, Layton succombed to complications of meningitis and she is doing a fundraiser on her blog for the cure.  Our friend Katie atMy Paper Haven gave an example of her cards she did and a really nice post.

In addition to your purchase, you will have a chance to win a free set from her line of Decoupage crafting. I'm not sure how to describe it, but she has it on her site.

The download is $6.90 US and you can keep and use the images forever!

I'll be back with mine!
Love and Blessings!
em

TUTORIALS ROCK

Hey Stamper Friends.
Are you as behind as I am? Are you as BROKE?
OK - irrelevant... but it does have me looking for FREE details tutorials.

Like this: Holiday Treat Box.  Scroll down on that page and you will see TONS of great tutorials.
Also Lori McCroskey's Blog. She is the owner of Clear Dollar Stamps and OMG are they generous with their tutorials.  So generous!  I know there are tons more out there. Please let me know if you find any!

Update on My Dad:  It's been NINE weeks. I can't believe it! Anyway... he is doing so much better.  He is walking with the help of a walker. He is still not as aware as I'd love for him to be. But thanks to a lady at Church, I'm getting to understand he is as good as he can be. And GOD IS GOOD! So thanks for all of your praying and hard work spiritually since the stroke.

That is all for now. Just checking in.
Blessings...

Chichiboulie Blog Hop & Happy Halloween!

Howdy Sistahs (you must write sisters like that in Bellaland!)! Hope you are enjoying the Chichiboulie Blog Hop sponsored by Stamping Bella.  You probably came from Sistah Kathy's blog. Isn't this FUN!  If  you want to start from the beginning, please go to Em's Blog.

Now, for my ChiChi. I used Wendy Papillon. You can find HERE , with the other Chichi fairies.  Aren't they so very cute. I was going to Halloween One of them... but how can you make a sweet and beautiful fairy scary? I couldn't...

Remember the Pixie Pouch?  (You can find some Here.)  There are a few birthday's coming up in my family and I am going to make a few to hold money.  Teenagers LOVE money!

Details:

Wendy is colored with Copics. So many different colors, it would take me forever to list. But the Greens are the YG's and the Orange is YR02/04, Violets are V95/91, Blue is B41.

Paper is PTI's Vintage Cream. DP is from a pack I picked up at Hobby Lobby.

Ribbon is from Hobby Lobby as well!

What I did - I cut a 7x7 paper. Scored it at 3.5 and folded it in half. Cut down the center by 1.5 inches, and fold down the front flap. I used the SU Paperdistressing Tool to go around the edges of everything. The original calls for redline tape, but I can't find mine (gasp) sooooooo I used Loctite Gel Glue.  Then I cut the DP 8x5.5 and put it all the way around the pouch. Then I matted the image on PTI's Lemon Tart and Lavendar Moon.  I tossed some glitter on her (Martha Stewart from Hobby Lobby) and that is all!

How about a prize? In addition to the fabulous eye candy, we have decided to hide a prize somewhere along the hop! One pre-selected blogger will draw a random winner from the comments on her post, and the winner will receive a $25 Gift Voucher to Stamping Bella!!! The fun part is...we're not telling you who it is! So as you hop, make sure you leave comments on every post so you have a chance to win!! We will announce the winner on Friday here -- Stamping Bella SCS Forum. MWAH to the Blog Hoppin Sistahs!


Thank you so much for playing along and visiting my blog. Make sure you hop on over to Sistah Dee's blog to see what sort of eye candy she's got for you this morning!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 


Have a great day!
Blessings... Emily

Updates and Apologies...

GOOD GRIEF! I have had such a hard month or so with my dad's stroke. He's so much better now. We were worried just a week or so that he wouldn't live, but with new meds on board and more PT and God's grace, he is so much better just a week ago later. Thank you for all your prayers.

Anyway... I apologize for so neglecting this blog. I will update soon and spend some time putting my old blog posts up here so there is at least something to look at.

I had a great bday. I'm 46 now. YAY It's not so bad. For those of you who I know who I may not realize you can't read my family blog that I've split out and is now private. I just want to be able to vent and talk about private things with those I trust reading and no one else. SO if you want to red it, please let me know via email.

I apologize that I have not been commenting so much on your blogs either. Dangit... I just realized today is October 20th. I missed the PTI and several other releases... AACK

More posts soon. Love and hugs...
Em

Bella Cards

We all love our stamps, I am particularly fond of Bellas these days. Here are a few cards I've made of late:

I will be back later with recipes. lol

I just wanted to get up at least one creative post. lol

Em

Welcome Back To Inemscloset

As I take my family blog private, it occured to me that I better split it out again.
There will be bits and pieces of my family life on here, but mostly CRAFTING!

Keep Checking Back as I get her up to speed!

Sick of the Flu... lol (and an INCHY Card)

This post starts out whining about the flu... but ends good - lol

NewsFlash - the Davis Family is sick of the Flu! lol
I wish more people would be diligent and keep their sickly children home from school. Of course, I am unsure if it would make a difference in Kindergarten (just the perfect place for flu germs)... all the hands in mouths, noses and other places.... hahaha  But wouldn't it be nice if folks actually followed the guidelines. 24 hours fever free WITHOUT THE USE OF TYLENOL/MOTRIN kind of meds.  Otherwise, don't send them. How hard is that?  In one of our district's Middle Schools, over 200 children are out with the flu. My friend Kel was telling me that just a few more at the school and they'll be closing it to disinfect!

Christopher and I are both THE ONE. You know, ONE in 99000 gets the measles from the live vaccine. Um - Christopher did. That is the ONE we are. You are sick, you look at us, We are sick! That's how it works...  I am so tired, I said on Facebook this morning that I couldn't believe it was already Thursday! Um.... that's because it's only Wednesday ya ditz! lol GOOD LORD! 

He's missed school all week and still has 100.2 and all over the news, five children in our area have died from the Swine Flu (that is what the news reporter called it), though it is technically the H1N1 Flu.  Luckily we have a good doc and we'll get a note from him tomorrow. But now he can't play soccer this weekend either. So how fun will this be? We are taking him to get his pics taken with the team AND Marque is a coach, so he needs to be there.... BUT - Christopher can't play. Doesnt' that sound fun? To tell you the truth, if he isn't well, we won't take him and frankly it may just make more sense to skip the pics. He won't know. lol And that way it won't cost me anything... that would be nice. Hmmm... it's sounding like a plan.

Anyway.... I promised good news... I made a card for the Bella Twisted Challenge. We had to take a Bella Stamp and only use one inch of it. Honestly I could pick it apart, but it's decent. lol

Close Up of Image (used Souffle pens to make an icing look.

Here's the card: Paper is PTI, Stamp is Stamping Bella's Chef Huggabugg. Sentiment I picked up at Hobby Lobby. Ribbon is PTI. Image colored with Copics and Souffle Pens. Flowers embellished with Stickles and sticky pearls. Pink Paper embossed with Cuttlebug Embossing folder.

Update on Dad: He sat up for like 15 minutes by himself yesterday! YAY. PT every day a couple times/day. Good news right?  I think so.

Nothing else I have to say is good - because I am tired. So I'll keep it to myself. One day I'll tell ya'll about the rolling bar and other fun stuf.... but not today. I'm going to figure out how to password protect my posts first so I can talk freely. Did ya get that? It's in black and white!

WAIT - We just got a new catalog: http://www.buycostume.com/ hahaha There are tons of children's Halloween Costumes, but I wish I could have gotten a pic of Christopher's face when he got to the Adult section. HAHAHA Priceless. Nothing vulgar, but not childlike either. Gotta Screen better I guess. hahaha



Anywhoooooooooo
Later TOWMATERS!
Em