My Creative Chaos

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Easter Sunday: The Outlawz Clean & Simple Challenge

Easter is not a time for groping through dusty, musty tomes or tombs to disprove spontaneous generation or even to prove life eternal. It is a day to fan the ashes of dead hope, a day to banish doubts and seek the slopes where the sun is rising, to revel in the faith which transports us out of ourselves and the dead past into the vast and inviting unknown.

Author unknown, as quoted in the Lewiston Tribune

Good morning!

Grace unto you as we celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior. May the peace of God, which passes all understanding, keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Today is Easter Sunday! Show us, in CAS style, what Easter means to you and perhaps you might share a brief happy Easter memory with us.

Easter has always been a happy time for my family, whether it was the Easter egg hunts with the kids when they were little or sharing dinner with family and friends. I love everything from the chocolate bunnies to hearing the story of Jesus's return from the grave to remind us that we too, can find everlasting life if we believe in him.

Here is my card

Size A2

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Ink used to color daisies from Stampin Up!

Bling on small flowers (hard to see in the picture) from The Paper Studio

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Friday, April 18, 2014

Easter Cards

Where man sees but withered leaves, God sees sweet flowers growing.

Albert Laighton

Good morning

Another card from a set I made for Easter!

Size A2

SUPPLIES:

Card stock from Stampin Up!

DP: Wonderland from ADT

Sentiment from American Art Stamps

Fiskers Border Punch "Eyelet Lace"

Ribbon and Sequin Flower from my stash

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Lots of Love for Lauryn Card Drive

Isn't this little girl just precious? Let me introduce you....
Lauryn was diagnosed with Leukemia on March 27, 2014. She is currently hospitalized in the DC area undergoing chemotherapy to fight this terrible disease. Lauryn is Linda Payne's granddaughter...many of you in the stamping community probably already know sweet Linda!

Please create cards to share your love and encouragement for Lauryn and her family. Lauryn's parents are Josh and Elizabeth and she has two older siblings: Lily and Logan. We thank the Lord for this dear family and need to pray for them as they are seeking to glorify the Lord throughout this trial.

Cards can be mailed to:

Children's National
Hematology/ Oncology RM 437
Lauryn Newsome
111 Michigan Ave NW
Washington DC 20010

You can find updates on Lauryn via a Facebook page that has been set up by some family. It is Fight on Little Lauryn. They have shared how encouraging it is receive a simple "like" on a Facebook status or words of love and encouragement that is posted.

On my right sidebar is a donate button and this LINK will take you to the blog set up for Lauryn. This is where the card drive starts. Please check out all the wonderful cards made for Lauryn and her family.

Here is the card I will be sending!

Size: A2

SUPPLIES

Card stock from Stampin Up!

DP from DCWV (I think)

Sentiment from The Angel Company "Trendy Greetings"

Ribbon from my stash
Cuttlebug EF "Swiss Dots"

Anything Goes Challenge at Through The Craft Room Door

Accept the seasons of your heart, even as you have always accepted the seasons that pass over your fields....

Khalil Gibran, The Prophet, 1923

Good Morning Reminder

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Easter Card

For I remember it is Easter morn, And life and love and peace are all new born.

Alice Freeman Palmer

Good morning. One of several Easter cards I made for family & friends

Size: A2

SUPPLIES:

Card stock and scallop border punch from Stampin Up!

Sentiment from Halo Rubber Stamps

DP and Ribbon from my stash

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Sunday, April 13, 2014

Grieving with friends

Thought for the Day

“Be open to your dreams, people.

Embrace that distant shore.

Because our mortal journey is over all too soon.”

David Assael

Good morning

Such a sad day - good friends of ours lost their mother to cancer earlier this month and today is the final fare thee well.

Gatherings such as this bring home the reminder that my days with my own mother are numbered and that someday I'll be having to make this same journey as my friends are today.

She is all I have left of my family ... My father and two older brothers have already moved on to a better world, and they are waiting for her there. But for now, it's just her and me and her health is not so great that I can delude myself into thinking she will be here for many more years.

I can only try to be a good daughter for this remaining time. A challenge, to be sure, because we seem to butt heads quite often ... two strong willed, females that we are. Some things never changes as this was our relationship when I was living at home.

I don't agree with the path she feels she needs to follow but she has made her choices in life and I think, once I truly accept that, I will find a modicum of peace in how I handle our very turbulent relationship. Don't get me wrong, I love my mother deeply, I just struggle with how many of her decisions negatively impact her and those around her. As I am sure my children wonder about mine and will in the future!

So for now, I will work on spending more time with her as I can and hope, that before her journey ends, we both come to an understanding...

For her, understanding that despite our many differences, that I do care for her. That I love her very much. and that I truly value and appreciate her.

For me, a reconciliation of my heart for the Mother I knew as a child, and the Mother I know as an adult.

I LOVE YOU MOM!

This card is for my friends.

Size: 5.5 x 5.5

Supplies

Card stock from Bazzill and Stampin Up!

Images from Sizzix "Butterflies #3)

Sentiment from Stampin Up! "Teeny Tiny Wishes"

Die from Spellbinders "Beaded Ovals"

Embossing folder edge from Darice "Lace"

Glitter

Daisies or Sweet Peas: The Outlawz Clean & Simple Challenge

Bright flowers, whose home is everywhere Bold in maternal nature's care And all the long year through the heir Of joy and sorrow, Methinks that there abides in thee Some concord with humanity, Given to no other flower I see The forest through.

William Wordsworth Quotes

Happy Sunday morning to one and all!

This week is my turn to post the CAS challenge at the Outlawz! I'm running a bit late but here it is!

According to the Old Farmer's Almanac "April's birth flower is the daisy which conveys innocence, loyal love, and purity. It is also a flower given between friends to keep a secret; the daisy means "I'll never tell."

The other April flower is the sweet pea. "Sweet peas signify blissful pleasure, but are also used to say good-bye."

April is a busy month for this gal as birthdays abound in our family so you challenge will be to create a BIRTHDAY card or project showcasing one of these lovely flowers. Your choice - Daisy or Sweet Pea - just have fun and keep it CAS

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My card!

Unless I can get them for a killer price, I will rarely purchase flowers that are packaged and sold for crafting because I think they are over priced. So when I need flowers, I will make a stop by the local dollar store and buy a stem and then deconstruct it. At the price, I get a lovely pile of flowers and leaves to play with.

That is where my daisy on this card came from. A dollar store stem. I added a little Prima paper flower and the pearl is from The Angel Company. I glued everything together then adhered to the card with a foam dimensional.