And high above or down below, when you're too in love to let it go...But if you never try you'll never know...

Happy Friday, y'all! I hope your week has gone smoothly and you're ready for the weekend! I have a super-fun card to show you today, but first I gotta brag on my sister for a second. *wink*
A couple of weeks ago, my friend Stephanie Wilson had a Women's Only mini photo-shoot. Since I have lately abandoned my "I can't get in front of a camera until I'm skinny!" logic, I thought it would be something fun to do with my sis to document this time in our lives. Stephanie was kind enough to shoot a few pictures of us together, and I wanted to show you a couple of them.


Isn't she beautiful? She's an opera singer, a student, a teacher, a mentor, and a children's choir director...I don't know WHAT she does with all that spare time...*wink*
The photo below is titled "When did we get wrinkles? And thanks, Dad, for the great teeth."


What I love about Stephanie's pictures is that she really captures moments. Love that. Anyway, my sister is awesome. Just thought you'd like to know.

Ok, on to the crafty stuff. You ready? I had no idea what I was doing when I started this card, it just kind of came together on its own. I was just playing, really...pulled out my Friendly Flowers set from Paper Smooches and stamped them randomly onto a 4" x 5.25" piece of white cardstock. My new Copic colors had just arrived, so I pulled them out and just played. It was so relaxing!



Maybe I'm ready for Winter to be over, or maybe it's just a new trend, but I'm totally into bright colors right now. (see above) You've probably noticed. So I've got this awesome card front panel and I think, "Man! I can't cover that up. And I really don't want to cut it. What should I do?" My eyes fell upon some vellum, and I remembered this card of Charmaine's a while back. Perfect! I stamped the "thanks ever so much" sentiment from the Pretty Phrases set in black Stazon on my vellum strip. I realize I have no vellum adhesive, so I dusted off the old sewing machine, then realizing that I hadn't used it in a while because my needle broke. Replaced the needle, threaded the needle, then we were in business. I stitched the vellum piece to the colorful flowered panel...using low tack artist's masking tape to hold it in place until I was finished. Here's a closeup:


To finish off my card, I added a black mat, then mounted it onto a white A2 card base. I thought about layering white on white, but I wanted to the black to pop off the page a little. Then I added some Diamond Stickles to some of the flowers...perfect! I hope you like it as much as I do. You can't get much better than flowers, pretty colors, and sparkles. *grin*

Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today. I'm off to a home show this afternoon...have a wonderful weekend!

Just remember, in the winter...far beneath the bitter snow...lies the seed that with the sun's love, in the spring, becomes the rose...

Hey y'all. I wanted to check in here, for those of you that read this that hadn't heard yet. Yesterday I lost my husband, my best friend of 18 years, and the father of my children. This was sudden and unexpected, and we are all heartbroken over this loss.

We met when we were 12 years old, in the 8th grade. Our choir director matched us up to sing a duet at the upcoming talent show, and we have been inseparable ever since. We didn't date until the summer of 2001, and as soon as we started, I knew we were going to get married. This April would have been our 8th anniversary. I will miss sharing my life with him, sharing my every day with him, laughing with him, and I sure will miss his cooking. I can cook from a box. *trying to grin*

Here are the most recent pictures of him...the first one was in September at the Alamo:

This one was at the music program at school. I adore this picture.

Please pray for all of us, but especially my boys in these coming days and months. They adored their daddy, and there's a big empty spot in all of us right now. I don't really know what to say, other than thank you to the entire Splitcoast and stamping community for the amazing outpouring of love that has been gushing over us all day. We are so lucky to be covered in prayer by so many, and we appreciate it more than words can say.

I don't know what tomorrow holds, but I will try to post as I can. Hugs to all of you.

When I grow up, I wanna be famous, I wanna be rich, I wanna be in movies...

Here's a funny video of the boys playing guitar hero. Cole's a madman! It's all about style, baby!

Where is the love.........

Here I am!!! I am back! Didja miss me? *grin*

This week was a killer....I was out of town all week for work, and then went to San Antonio on Friday for a little visit with Julianna. If you're new to my blog or don't remember, you can read this post to learn who she is and why she's important.

Here's a pic of us being silly.


She's looking at me like...what the HECK is wrong with her??? Seconds before the camera clicked, she was acting just as nuts as I was. It was really fun.

Anywho, it's time for another Sketch for You to Try, and I finally got my card done! WHEW! I colored a bunch of images last week before I left, so I used one of my new Bella Fairies, Betty Bombshell. I loveeeeee her!!

I don't know what I was thinking when I picked these colors, but luckily the Basic Grey Baby Boy papers matched her...YAY! I turned the sentiment from Verve's Great Expectations set into a one line instead of two so it would fit along the bottom of my horizontal strip. To do this, ink up the first line with markers, stamp, clean your stamp, then ink up the second line and line it up. Super easy!

Thanks for being patient and still coming to see me today! Make sure you check out Jen's blog for her and Dawn's creations, as well as my girls Amy, Carole, and Susan. If you decide to play with us this week, please use the keyword SFYTT so we can all check out your creations, k?

Have a great Saturday!