• Just For Her

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I made this card for a lady in my SU! Yahoo Group. It's actually for her daughter, who has a few disorders. Here is her message:

This is to my real family and all my stamping group families. I am seeking everyone's love, support, and kindness. My 14 year old daughter, Anna, is having some problems, so severe that they have placed her in a hospital. She will be there for 7-14 days. She can receive mail and I am asking that everyone shower her with cards of encouragement, thinking of her, to lift her spirits. She is bi-polar, ADHD, oppositional defiant, aspbergers, sensory integration disorder, intermittent explosive disorder, and some other learning disabilities. She is a very difficult child but I love her so much. My family who is reading this is probably thinking that I am the one in need of prayers and cards but it is her I am thinking of and would love help in sending some sunshine into her day. She had a major episode on Friday and she had to be taken to a maximum security facility for juveniles. A little blue cell until they decided what to do with her, we want her home, she is NOT a juvenile delinquent, she is just a young woman with lots of problems. So, while she is away, I wanted her to be showered with love and kindness, so if you could help me in doing that by sending her a card I would appreciate it so much. I have not ever asked for a special request before but have and continue to send many cards out for anyone who has a special need. The card will have to be sent out in the next day or two to assure that she gets it. The address of where she is :
Lakeland Regional Hospital
Anna Glaser - 4 South
440 South. Market
Springfield, MO 65806

Thank you all so much for your support and help and sending her sunshine. Any prayers you want to offer up would be appreciated also. We need all of them we can get also!!

Tammy Glaser

So today, I am sending this card out to her! As soon as I read this message I thought of Gardenia Gardenthumb. I used Bubblegum, Sunny Yellow, and Breeze CS. In the image, I used those colors and Olive, for the pot and the leaves. I also used soft chalks in the background of the image. Last I used my Bloom Dots Cuttlebug Embossing Folder for the base. And don't forget about my favorite ribbon ever from Pebbles Inc.! You seriously have to get some! So that is that for that card. Now I am off to work on a SBS 21 sketch and my Riley Swap! Hope you have a great day.

• BeLlA sKeTcH cHaLlEnGe #43

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This is my card for the Bella Sketch Challenge #43 in the Bella Forum at SCS! If you haven't been there, go check it out! For this card I used partygirlbella. Isn't she so cute? I used Holiday Red, Sunny Yellow, and Clover Meadow CS and Markers. I used the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug Embossing Folder on the red part and, once again, that delicious yellow polka~dotted ribbon is from Pebbles Inc. So that is all for now. Hope you all enjoy your day!

• CaTcHiNg Up!

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I finally found my cartridge for my camera! Yay! I
almost thought I was going to die! So now I get to post! Since there are 4 Bella challenges that I haven't posted I am just going to post them all on one post! (I'm sure you could have figured that out!) :D



This is Bella Sketch Challenge #39 in the Bella Forum at SCS. I used Winobella and the sentiment from Billboardabella. My card base is Papertrey Ink White CS. Then I used Vineyard Berry CS and the Divine Swirls Cuttlebug Embossing Folder. I used Old Olive DP and White Daisy Brads for the middle part. So there is that!





This is the next sketch challenge, Bella Sketch Challenge #40. I used Buttercup and Petal CS and Paper Garden B&T. The stamp is Bridalpartybellas and the sentiment is from the Billboardabella stamp set. I used Autumn Daisy Just Blooms and White Daisy brads, too!







Here is the card I did for Bella Sketch Challenge #41 in the Bella Forum at SCS. I had so much fun doing this card #1, because it was a fun sketch and #2 because I was making it for my friend Jena, who is expecting a baby in February? I used Kiwi CS and Sweet Pea B&T. I also used Papertrey Ink White CS and my brand spankin' new Swiss Dots Cuttlebug Embossing Folder! The stamp is Teddybella and I used the Whimsy Caps Stamp set for the letter ~J~ for Jena! Jena has 3 girls, already, so I was trying to go a little boy~ish for her on this one! :D Now that I look at it, the only "boy~ish~ thing is the Heavenly Blue saftey pin from my My Accents Accessory Kit.


And, finally, here is my card for the Bella Sketch Challenge #42. This sketch was very important to me because I CAME UP WITH THE SKETCH! Yes, I am very proud of myself! :D You will have to excuse my thumb in the picture as I forgot to crop the image. :D I'm just glad my nail looks good! :D

For this card I used Frizzybella and the sentiment is from my Happiness stamp set. I used the Divine Swirls EF w/ my Cuttlebug for the background and I used the Swiss Dots EF for the orange part! (see it?) And look at that delish ribbon! That is ribbon from Pebbles Inc. Have you shopped there? If you haven't, I suggest on heading that way because they have some fab stuff! :D

So that is it for this post! I hope you all liked the cards. Keep coming back as I will be posting A LOT more! You might even get to see some scrapping getting done! :D

• I cAn'T tHiNk Of A tItLe FoR tHiS pOsT!!!

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Finally, my life calmed down and I was able to do some stamping/scrapping. I would be posting the pictures, but I haven't taken any. I "misplaced" my cartridge that hold the card for my camera and without it I can't use my card. Therefore...I can't upload any pictures...I have been working though! I have so many challenges to catch up on, plus I have Kolby's books to work on...and...We are looking at houses to buy! Yikes! One plus factor for all of this is my baby started day care today. Now I have more time to do this stuff, but here I sit...on the computer!

I hope you all have a wonderful day and keep checking back in for posts!

• cArDs FoR a FrIeNd ...PLEASE RESPOND!

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I put posts up on SCS, but forgot to post here.

I had a friend get in a car wreck a couple of weeks ago. When I first posted, they thought he was paralyzed from head to toe, but it turns out..he is paralyzed from the waist down. I am asking people to send cards of encrouagement or thinking of you cards to him and/or his family. It doesn't matter to me what stuff you use or what theme. I was asking to have them by August 9th, but now am extending that to the 23rd. If you would like to make a card for Brady, please let me know and I will give you my address. You can leave a comment here or you can email me at ramseystepp@mac.com!

• HaWaIi....ThE lOnGeSt PoSt EvEr!!!

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Hawaii was so amazing. We got home last night. Sunday our flight got cancelled, so we got to stay another day! I'm glad to be home, but can't wait to go back! Sorry about the 3 mile long post. I couldn't get my pictures to show up on a slideshow???




On the plane to Hawaii...5:30 a.m.....we had been up for about 3 hours already






First pictures of Hawaii....we ate a restaurant after we left the airport and this is the view from the restaurant!





These chickens are seriously everywhere....and way overpopulated








Kalapaki Beach




At the luau





Doing the hula Laughing at my little brother





Hula girls...sorry about the blurry picture





Tunnels Beach





Kilauea Point Does it look like we are holding it up?



Tarot Fields....they use the roots of this to make Poi.....my suggestion..don't try it!




King Kong...He's kind of hard to see in the picture








Wailua Falls







Opaekaa Falls





On a boat ride down the Wailua River





At the cave.....there have been over 19,00 weddings here since 1970 something!


Doing a hula.....again!



Fairwell Hula

• mY rInG!!!

So...
Here are the pictures of my ring! Isn't it perfect! I still can't believe I'm engaged!

I {{heart}} HaWaIi!

So...
I got some time to use my Dad's computer! I am having so much fun in Hawaii! Yesterday was our first full day! We went out to breakfast....then went ot the beach and did some body boarding! :D It was so fun! the waves were huge! Today we are hanging out at my dad's house...then we are going into Kapaa and going shopping...4:00...Luau!!!! I'm so excited to go to the luau tonight!!! I have taken a lot of pictures, but you have to download some stuff to the computer in order to put them on here, so I figured I will just do it when I get home! Then you can see the whole trip! I have to say, though, I miss my craft room! I hope you all are having a great week! Right now it is around 11:15...which means it is around 3:15 at my house! This time change is crazy! Anyway...hope you all are having fun! I will try to post later on in the week...if I don't...I will next week when I have time to download all of my pictures!!!!!

WAIT!!! I forgot to let you know...I am engaged! Kolby proposed on Friday night. He said he wasn't going to do it until we got to Kauai, but he got nervous about packing the ring in the luggage (what if it got lost?) and he knew he couldn't put it in our carry on...so he did it! Right in our house...when I was LEAST expecting it! So now I have a wedding to plan...I'm so excited!!!! I will post pictures of the ring later!

• BeLla SkeTcH & cOlOr ChAlLeNgEs #38

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Here is my card I made for the Bella Sketch Challenge and Bella Color Challenge. The color challenge was to use Watermelon, Baby Pink, Grey Wool, and Grey Flannel. It was kind of difficult for me, but I did it! I used one of the images I got from Meli...remember the post? :D I'm not too sure about the Just Blooms...I may have to do something else! Ok...NOW....I'm off to get ready.....after I order some ribbon from Pebbles Inc. It's so yummy!

• BeLlA sWaP!

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This is the card I made for a Bella Swap in the SCS Bella Forum. I chose to use frizzybella. Isn't she so cute! :D I just made one card for now. I am going to do the rest when I get back from Hawaii! (Countdown....2 days!) I just knew if I didn't get an idea in my head I would be thinking about the whole trip! :D For the card I used my favorite CTMH paper packet ~ Whoops-a-Daisy! I love, love, love, this paper! I colored miss frizzybella in using Kiwi, for her shirt, Watermelon for her pants, and I used Taffy for her skin. I don't have a color specifically for the skin, so all I do is get my blender pen out and swipe it on the ink pad..then I color a little off on scrap paper, then color her skin! It's a long process, I know, but it works well! I used SU! Close to Cocoa for her hair. The sentiment is stamped in CTMH Archival Black and is from the You're Special Stamp Set! I love the whimsy look! I also embossed the sentiment and frizzybella's shoes, shirt, and pants! I took pictures, so you could (kind of) see! And like most of my cards, I used 3-D foam squares for some dimension! It is so hard for me NOT to use these in all of my cards! :D

Well that is it for now, I have to go finish getting packed for Hawaii!