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Mayberry Card

2011-05-03T21:34:00.000-07:00

A card I made for a friend with the Mayberry paper! Such wonderful paper!! Cant get enough use out of my "A Tweet" bird stamp!!

2011-04-07T23:58:00.000-07:00

I havent posted anything in sooo long I decided it was time to blog again!! Here are a couple of cards I made for friends!! Inspired by Tresa Black, and Erin Morris!! Blessings!!

Veranda Card

2010-09-06T11:17:00.001-07:00

A card (made with Veranda paper, stamps used: a tweet, and Authentic) I made for a sweet friend Carol!! She was diagnosed with breast cancer. After having pain in her breast she had her mammogram early. The cancer was found very very early and was contained in the duct. She had surgery last week!! And she has her own "gang" of men and women and children who love her and are standing and BELIEVING GOD with her that she will not need any further treatment for this! And that cancer is finished in her life!! 1 Peter 2:24 says that by Jesus stripes she was healed!! God speaks to us-that thought-feeling- that knowing!(do you know what Im talking about??)-dont ever ignore it-your life could depend on it!!

Love and blessings!! jolena

2010-06-04T11:59:00.000-07:00

Congrats to graduates!! My friend Alex graduated this past weekend. We have known her since she was 6 years old. This past winter we went out and played around and I took some photos of her. (then my friend Ali Brown added her editing genius touch to it!) And so I scrapbooked this page for Alex. And I also made her this little card to go with it!

Flitter Card

2010-05-13T23:25:00.000-07:00

I made this simple circle card using Close To My Hearts new stamp set A Flitter. I also used the paper from Cherry-O creative basics. I got this card pattern from Wishes (Inner Court, pg. 67)

Simple Cards!

2010-05-02T19:29:00.000-07:00

A couple of simple cards I made. I just love the Veranda Creative Basics paper that I made the thankyou card with.

Topstitch layout

2010-04-04T04:38:00.000-07:00

My layout with Top stitch, of my precious Peyton who turned 8 in February!! I'm crazy about my Peyton and this paper!! Pink and brown are always yummy together!! Don't you think?

And by the way Happy Resurrection Day to you!

We celebrate You, JESUS, with hearts full of praise and gratitude for who You are and all You've done for us! Did you know our sin separated us from God, we were sentenced to hell for eternity, Jesus was crazy in love with us, and He stepped in and paid the price that our sin deserved! He suffered and died for you and me! His resurrection is the proof of His payment! Jesus the Son of God is alive and we are forgiven!! He longs to have a close relationship with each of us! Have you chosen Him to be your personal Lord and Savior? Today is great day to call on Him and be saved! Has your heart drifted away from Him, draw near to Him and He will draw near to you!!

Love and blessings to you!! Jolena

My Wishes card!

2010-03-31T11:50:00.000-07:00

So with a crazy life and a computer that has been very dysfunctional-my blog and time to create have been on the back burner. So things are settling down a bit, I have been making a little time to create, and a new computer will be here soon!! I thought Id post this card I made last week!! I love the card on the Wishes Book cover-so here is my version, using Topstitch!!

Thankyou, you rock!

2010-02-04T05:11:00.000-08:00

My blog has been badly neglected, so I thought it was time for a post!! Here are a couple of cards I recently finished! Made with Close To My Hearts new papers Topstitch and You Rock!

Blessings!! Jolena

Oh Christmas tree!

2009-12-14T15:44:00.000-08:00

Finally I made time to create something!! I made a Tracy Mason Christmas tree!! There was loads of cutting and curling and taping!! But it was fun!!! Big thanks to Tracy for sharing!! Mine is not nearly as gorgeous as hers so go check her blog out for instructions to make your very own!!

http://tmasonstudio.blogspot.com/2009/10/paper-tree-print-out-1.html

Blessings to you!! Jolena

Trifold Card

2009-10-25T14:14:00.000-07:00

Well its been a while since I've had time to create! My sweet friend Erin found this adorable trifold card tutorial at Split Coast Stampers-grab some of your favorite paper and check it out!!
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/trifold_pocket_card/
She made one-I loved hers!! so I had to make one too!-our cards are almost twins-lol!!! All products are Close To My Heart-Twitterpated, Many Thanks stamp set, ask me if you want more info.
check Erin's card out too! http://ctmhmama.blogspot.com/

Creative Word Study

2009-10-01T09:59:00.000-07:00

Hi! Im starting a new Creative Bible Word Study!! Im really excited about this-and have invited the ladies at my church to join me and now Im inviting you too! If your interested in joining me check out my blog: http://www.victorywordstudy.blogspot.com/

Have a wonderful blessed day!! Jolena

owl set

2009-09-24T01:09:00.000-07:00

I made this card set using the You're a Hoot, Thankyou and Who Loves You stamp sets. I

also used the Twitterpated bulk paper. I hope

you have a blessed day!

Jolena

wedding card

2009-09-19T12:59:00.000-07:00

I went to the sweetest wedding last weekend. So I made this card for my dear friend Amy and her new hubby! She was such a beautiful and happy bride. Amy has an amazing story of Gods grace, mercy and goodness! She once was a meth. addict and she lost over 10 years of her life to drugs. But our God-Savior,Redeemer, and Restorer got a hold of her heart and forever changed her life into one of great beauty. While serving God at church-her prince came! And now I pray they will live happily ever after!

Creature card

2009-09-18T19:21:00.000-07:00

My sons love to draw me pictures of googly eyed creatures when I saw this CTMH stamp set Merry Monsters-I had to have it for them! They are going to have so much fun stamping and making some very cute cards with it! I saw and was inspired by a card that Mercy Kerin did and so I had to pull it out and play with it myself.

Blessings to you! Jolena

Blog Candy!

2009-09-15T13:39:00.001-07:00

Congrats! to Melody who is celebrating 1000 hits, so go and visit her blog http://melodysscrapchat.blogspot.com/ to win over $100.00 in CTMH product!!

Birthday gift card

2009-09-10T23:54:00.000-07:00

I've decided that gift cards are great gifts to give! No stressing about whether they will like, want or need your gift. Just send them shopping to pick out exactly what they want!!

I made this Birthday gift card with yet more Twitterpated paper, and I pulled out an older but cute animal stamp set In The Wild.

Blessings to you!

True Happiness card

2009-09-03T19:38:00.000-07:00

This is a card I made totally inspired by Teresa Kline aka VA Sunshine-Im sure I must be her biggest blog stalker!lol! You have to go and see all of her beautiful inspiring artwork-she is my favorite! I made this card with CTMH Caprice paper and the True Happiness and TLC stamp sets.

Altered Picture Frame

2009-08-30T11:41:00.000-07:00

I bought this unfinished frame at Michaels for $1.00. I decoupaged it with the twitter-pated paper, and added some buttons and ribbon. I love it! The best part is the picture of my beautiful Peyton Blaise!!

more Twitterpated

2009-08-29T19:50:00.000-07:00

Cant get enough of Twitter-pated!!This is a layout I created. I had fun with the new Organic chipboard buttons.

Twitterpated Layout

2009-08-29T19:20:00.000-07:00

I made this layout using Cherish-Desiner's Eye, Twitter-pated paper, and the adorable stickers to match.

card

2009-08-29T16:55:00.000-07:00

Im loving the new CTMH Twitter-pated paper, I made this card by paper piecing with the Who loves you stamp set.

A simple thankyou

2009-08-20T13:55:00.000-07:00

Love the Notebook papers-I havent used them near enough. I made this simple little thankyou card, I used a chipboard frame, and the cute little dragon fly is CTMH rub-on, and the Thankyou stampset. I love to make cards-I really need to get better about sending them to people though!!

Grace

2009-08-20T11:17:00.000-07:00

I'm so excited about the Close To My Heart Autumn/
Winter Idea Book. As always it is full of beautiful papers, stamps,embellishments and more!! I have a huge want list! Here is a little card that I made from Jeanette Lyntons how to book Wishes. I used the new stamp Delightful Things,I embellished with twilight corduroy brads,and I used the new Grace papers{I love that word Grace! The Bible definition-Gods unmerited favor. Gods kindness to each of us, and we didn't or couldn't do anything to deserve it-it's free! I'm so thankful that He just loves us and gives us the gift of His grace not just for our salvation but for the victory we need in every circumstance every single day in our lives!(I like the acronym: God's Riches At Christs Expense.)
Ephesians 2:8-9 God saved you by His grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.”}