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Hello my dear sweet friends - I just wanted to wish each and every one of you a HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR!!  I wish you joy, peace, happiness and lots of love. This is my last post for 2012 and to be honest I am so excited for 2013.  I just keep hoping and praying things will get better.  I won't go into all the details at this moment in time however I have really been sick the past two weeks and I feel like I am behind on everything in my life.  I have a lot of decisions to make and lots to share in 2013.  I will go into more detail later this week but for now - HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! There are so many possibilities and I am looking forward to every one of them.   Until tomorrow Hugs and smiles Laine

Hello dear sweet friends Happy Monday!!  Hope you had a fabulous weekend.  It's been insane at my place.  Lots of doctor appointments (finally) but still not feeling very well (several migraines) and exhausted.  Man oh man - something has to give - way to many life changes right now.  Is it just me or is time flying by at warp speed?   On a more positive note my sister is finally better and is heading back to work this morning.  It's been kind of nice having her home and being able to spend a little more time with her. Well this weeks challenge with Tammy's Scrappin Corner is "Anything Goes".   Our sponsors this week are: Eureka Stamps Doodle Dragon Studio The design team has some wonderful inspiration this week and the links to their blogs on listed on the right side of my side bar.  So jump in ladies and show us what you got this week.  There are some great prizes for the winners and I am excited to see wh...

Hello again my super sweet friends and Happy Happy Tuesday!!  Hope you are doing well - it sure is quiet in blog land.  I helped my sister get all the Christmas packages wrapped and it feels great to have that part behind us.   Today's Challenge with Tuesday Alchemy is Anything Goes and I decided to shake things up a little bit.  More about my project in a moment because I want to share we have a terrific sponsor this week and the winner will receive their choice of 4 digital images from: Sassy Studio Designs Our design team has some great projects to inspire you this week and you can find all their links at Tuesday Alchemy Challenge Blog  and the design team links are on the left side of the blog.  They sure would love for you to visit and leave a sweet comment for them. For this weeks challenge I decided to shake things up a little.  I have been wanting to create things with craft supplies I already have and came across numerous pack...

Happy Tuesday my sweet friends -  It's time for another challenge at Twist of Faith.  This weeks challenge is all about creating a card inspired by your favorite Christmas Carol.  Our sponsor this week is  Meljens Designs  and she is giving the lucky winner their choice of 4 uncolored images.   I love her images and I absolutely fell in love with this little snowman.  As soon as I saw this snowman looking up at star in the sky I thought of how peaceful the scene was and it made me think of "Silent Night" which is one of my favorite Christmas Carols.   I'm not 100% happy with how my card turned out - there are some  details I would like to have done differently.  I want there to be a little less bling in the sky so the background appears a little more peaceful and not so busy.  I am going to make another one and add it to this post a little later today.  I really do love this image and want my final card to re...

Hello my sweet friends - Hope you are doing well and had a wonderful weekend.  Are you ready for Christmas?? Wow - last week was a tough one.  My sister is finally getting around a little better and I am working on getting back into the swing of things. This weeks challenge with Tammy's Scrappin Corner is all about Christmas and shaped cards.  Sounds pretty simple doesn't it??  We have two great sponsors: Stitchy Bear Stamps QKR Stampede Stamps The design team has put together some fantastic creations this week and you will find all their links on the right side of my side bar.  You will be amazed at what they have created this week and we hope you are inspired as well as eager and ready to join in this weeks challenge as well. I used a design from QKR Stampede called "Elf riding on a Christmas Tree Bulb" and I think he is adorable. I wish I had been able to take a better picture - sometimes it looks like the background is gold instead of...

This post will stay at the top until after the blog candy give away has ended and the winners announced.  I hope this will make things easier for everyone.  The winners will be announced by noon on December 6th.  (Pacific time). 12/6/2012 Well I must be a little wacky tonight - I just can't stand the thought of waiting until the end of December to choose the two winners of my blog candy.  I am extremely excited about this give away and don't want to wait any longer so I am going back to how I first set up this give away.  Are you ready for the winners??? (((((((((((((DRUM ROLL)))))))))) The first winner is: Shea #24 and The winner of package #2 is: Tammy #11 Congratulations ladies!  If you will email me your addresses I will get the prize packages out early next week.  Thanks so much to each and everyone of you for joining in my blog candy and sharing some of the things you are so grateful for in each of your lives.  I absolute...

Hello again my special friends - It's only been 5 hours since my last post.  Times passes quickly because as you are reading this I am at the hospital with my sister.  Both of us will be glad when her surgery is done and she can finally start feeling better.  Bless her heart - she just had knee surgery 5 months ago.  I am hoping this will be her last surgery for a very long time. This week's challenge at Tuesday Alchemy is "Anything Goes but a Card".  Sounds pretty easy doesn't it??  Here is the link to Tuesday Alchemy Challenge Blog .  All you need to do is join in the challenge and show us what you got this week.  We have two sponsors this week and they are: Di's Digi Downloads  - $10.00 Gift Card  Hugs4theHeart Designs on Etsy  - $10.00 Gift Card  Di's Digi's are really really cute and it looks like I might need to do a little shopping this week.  And of course - the last sponsor is silly ole' me - ...

Happy Tuesday my dear sweet friends - this is just the beginning of my posting today.  I will be back in a while with my second post for the day.  I think I will call Tuesday's my "Two 4 Tuesdays Challenge Day". I sure hope you are doing well.  And just in case you have missed it - there are two more days left in my blog candy give away.  The details are listed at the top post on my blog. Today's challenge with Twist of Faith is called - "Light" - "Let there be Light".  Your card should depict LIGHT - a light source such as the sun, moon, a lamp, a candle, etc.  And make sure you include a scripture, quote or uplifting sentiment that follows this weeks theme.  Our wonderful sponsor this week is Pholkart Blessings who will be giving this weeks random chosen winner their choice of two digital images.  You can read more about Patty and her wonderful shop on the Twist of Faith Challenge Blog.   I love this sweet image and had ...

Happy happy Monday my dear sweet friends - Wow - what a weekend - it was so busy running all around town getting lots of tasks out of the way.  What about you?  How was your weekend?? This week at Tammy's Scrappin Corner its time for challenge #39 - "Anything Christmas".  Boy oh boy did the design team make some amazing projects this week.  So much inspiration and extremely happy to be a part of this group of such talented women.  Please check out their blogs and leave a little comment if you have the time.  You can find all their links listed on my right side bar.  Our guest designer this week is Adrienne Crist - and she has made a gorgeous card.  The link to her blog is: We have two wonderful sponsors this week and they are: A Day for Daisies Challenge Blog Digi Darla Designs I used an image from A Day for Daisies called -   Warm in Winter  and decided to create some Christmas Tags.  As you will be able to see -...

Hello again my lovely friends - this is part two of  my Tuesday Post.  It's also time for this weeks challenge at Tuesday Alchemy.  Once again our design team has made some great projects.  I hope you will check out their blogs as well as join in.  Listed below are the links to our sponsors for this week and each one is giving a $10.00 gift card voucher for one winner.  You can't be one of the winners if you don't join in the challenge so we hope you will jump in and show us what you got!!!  Think of how much fun it would be to do a little shopping.   Floppy Latte's Loves Rubberstamps   I made a small altered album this week.  Actually it was a special order for a young lady who wanted to give her hubby a little something something extra for their wedding anniversary.  She wanted it to be simple and with no fluff.  It was hard letting this one go - I really like it and wanted to keep it for myself.  Isn't that...

Happy happy Tuesday my lovely friends - It's a new challenge at Twist of Faith and our theme this week is "Blue Skies".  Our sponsor is Stamp Art Design by Kathryne at Whimsy Stamps.  Our random prize winner will receive their choice of 4 images from her collection.   Our design team has some great cards this week and we are just waiting for you to join us.  Here is the link to the challenge blog and we can't wait to see what you create to share with us.  All you need to do is create a card within our guidelines which is easy as 1.2.3. Twist of Faith Challenge #13 - Blue Skies It was a little challenging deciding which cute little bear to use from her new digital stamp set called New Little Bear Winter Fun .    I really love this background paper and just had to use it again with this card.  It makes a fun background and I can add glimmer and bling.  I colored the sweet little bear with Copics and created a snow bo...

Happy Happy Monday my dear sweet friends - I hope you had a great weekend.  For those of you in the U.S. hope you had a terrific Thanksgiving.   It's time for this week's challenge with Tammy's Scrappin Corner.  This weeks theme is - "Let it Snow."  The design team has made some wonderful cards and I hope you will visit each of their blogs and leave a little love too!!  You can find their links on my side bar.   Here is the link to  Tammy's Scrappin Corner Challenge Blog We have two great sponsors this week and they are: BugABoo Stamps Prize is 7 Free Images QKR Stampede  Prize is 5 Free Images I had "snow" much fun making this card.  It sure took a while to put it all together but I fell in love with this image from BugABoo the minute I saw it.  His name is "Eggbert" and Eggbert stole my heart.  My goal for this card was to create as many different textures as possible.  I used some pom poms to create ...

Hello dear sweet friends - Happy happy Tuesday!!   This week's challenge #41 at Tuesday Alchemy is "Anything but a Card".  Our design team has some great inspiration and you can peek at all their projects on their personal blogs.  Our amazing sponsors this week are: Sassy Studio Designs and Birdie Brown Etsy Shop I found  some old ceramic coasters at a thrift store a long time ago.  Thought this would be a great project for this weeks challenge and the perfect time to turn them into something new.   Altered Coasters All I did was cover the coasters in various cardstocks, stamped swirly images around the edges and fun sayings in the middle of each.  They were all sealed for extra protection. Old Coasters    It's a quick and easy project plus a dear friend of mine loves them and wants them for her office at work.  Makes me happy they have found a new happy home.   So please jump in and join us this week...

Hello my dear sweet friends - I sure hope you are doing well and ready for Thanksgiving and precious time with family and friends. It sure feels good to be back.  I have been down with bronchitis this past week and finally starting to feel a little bit better.  And I have so many things to share this week. First of all I am so excited to announce I am a new design team member with Twist of Faith Challenges.  I am delighted, excited and honored to be a part of this amazing group of talented women.  I hope you will join in our challenges each week.  I have a link on my sidebar that will take you to their website - please check them out!!  I hope you will check out the other design teams blogs as well.  Bugaboo Digi Stamp - "Girl and Cat". This week's challenge at Twist of Faith is all about children and I used this adorable little girl with her kitty from our sponsor - Bugaboo Digi Stamps.  I love their images and had so much fun c...

Happy Monday my dear friends - I hope your weekend was wonderful and relaxing.  It's time for this week's challenge at Tammy's Scrappin Corner.  This weeks theme is "Anything Goes - Fall".  We have two wonderful sponsor's: Sassy Studios  - a fabulous digi stamp company Eureka Stamps  - where you will find amazing rubber and digi stamps. I hope you will check out their websites and look at all the wonderful images they have.  The design team has created some amazing creations this week and it would be wonderful if you visited their individual blogs as well as joining in this weeks challenge.  You never know - you could be one of this weeks winners. Altered Wall Hook For this week's challenge I used an image from Eureka Stamps called "Heart Angel".  I absolutely love angels and hearts so this was the perfect digi for me to use.  I colored her with copic markers and was hoping I would be able to give her a type of glow...

Hello dear sweet friends - As some of you already know I had a different post here earlier today.  I have moved that post to my Life Lessons from Hercules Blog which I have been wanting to start for quite some time now.  And so, if you feel so inclined - you can check out my new blog and let me know what you think. (For this card I wanted to use my scraps of paper and other embellishments that are over six months old.  And I achieved that by using the brown lace and butterflies.  In fact, they are almost a year old and I have just been saving them for something special.   With hugs and smiles Laine I am also submitting this card to the following challenges: Twist of Faith Challenge #10 - A Sketch Challenge Craft Door Magazine - Challenge #43 Anything Goes Paper Take Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes Lady Anne's Challenges - Anything Goes Stampin Sisters in Christ - Challenge 164 Challenges for Everybody - #6 Sta...