Darling Daughter drew a winner for me!

The winnner of my Rak is ......


AmyG said...
I am usually inspired to scrap by my photos or just the happiness I get from the memories!
Your roses are gorgeous BTW!

Amy please send me a pm with your snail mail!!!!
Dylan says congradulations Amy!!!!

Where do you get inspiration from? CHALLENGE and Rak

Inspiration is such a neat word! Have you ever thought of what it means? WOW I just love the word and it's meaning!

in·spi·ra·tion    [in-spuh-rey-shuhn] –noun
1. an inspiring or animating action or influence: I cannot write poetry without inspiration.
2. something inspired, as an idea.
3. a result of inspired activity.
4. a thing or person that inspires.
5. Theology .
a. a divine influence directly and immediately exerted upon the mind or soul.
b. the divine quality of the writings or words of a person so influenced.
6. the drawing of air into the lungs; inhalation.
7. the act of inspiring; quality or state of being inspired.

What inspires you? For me there are many ways I am inspired, from a photo to a poem, from nature and from things that happen in my life and from challenges that others make.

Earlier today I took a photo of some roses in my garden playing and learning my new camera! I love love love it! Anyways I had not planned it but once I downloaded the photo I then realized I had caught part of a statue in the background. The statue is one that my husbands family had in a bouquet at my mom's funeral. My mom loved roses and so the angel was placed in my rose garden and many times when I work in my garden I ended up talking to my mom or just thinking of her. It brought tears to my eyes when I saw the statue peaking back at me in the photo as I felt like my mom was responding and sharing the joy of how pretty my roses looked! Of course now I am inspired to scrapbook the photo and tell my story!


I want to challenge you to tell me what inspires you? Have you ever had a surprise peak out of a photo for you?
Here is what I will do! Each person that posts a comment telling me what inspires them will get a entry into a drawing for a rak from me! Also to earn a 2nd entry if you post me a link of where you posted and showed something that inspires you! This challenge will end on wed. Aug. 25th and the winner to be announced on Aug. 26th

I am off to Ohio!

Leaving in the morning for a painting convention in Ohio!! I am so excited! I also get to learn a technique where I will paint on scrapbook paper!!! Super excited about that!! Also excited to see what the trade show will have this year for cross over of scrapbooking versus painting!!!!

Heres another layout I did for the Scrap Friendzy contest! this is my niece Michelle!

I am so loving my new camera!!!

I have learned alot already! I plan to learn a lot more!!!



I am still in the contest on Scrap Friendzy (well at least till tomorrow when they announce the next and last elimination before the last and final week where the winner is announced! It is such a fun and friendly site! Come and check it out! Scrap Friendzy
This is my layout for this weeks challenge! Wish me luck!

My Camera broke!!!!! But!

I am getting a new and much better one!!! YEAH a dream come true! I am so sad can you tell that my camera broke!

Not that my old camera did not take some nice photos but I had truly out grown it, I want to learn so much more!

I really want to take some classes on photography! that is a huge dream of mine!

Well maybe I will just post a few recent photos I like to say thanks to a camera that has really work hard for me! I am positive it has give me THOUSANDS OF PHOTOS and deserves a decent funeral!

Well I am home from camping but still participating in Scrapfriendzy Camp!

Yes that is right I have made it through 4 full weeks now of elimination at Scrap-friendzys Camp Contest and I want to thank all those that have voted for me! I am looking forward though to this week which is a week off from the contest! We are still doing our bonus challenges but no voting this week!

I enjoyed my week camping and was lifted up spiritually, which I trully needed! I am going to start sharing a few more tutorials and ideas and keep my blog a little more active. YES I know it is about time!!!

I leave you with a few recent layouts!

Wow it is the end of week 3 of the contest

I am pleased with my layout again so if all else fails I have some great layouts
So Don't forget to head over to Scrap-Friendzy and check out all the layouts as the gallery is just on fire! It's not to late to join and earn some badges and chances at some great prizes. the links are in the previous posts!

I leave for camp tonight, looking forward to it! I really love the tent revivials!
Hoping for some great photos too! Here is one from last year! This is grandson Noah and daughters father in law Fred.

It's been a long night, but a good night!

I wish I had taken more photos! I enjoyed my tastefully simple party tonight and I appreciate all who came and made it a success! The only photo I did take was of their newest product!

It's called Dylan in a Bucket!

I finished my layout for the next round of Scrap-Friendzys Camp Friendzy contest in the nick of time! Well I thought it was the nick of time and then I found out they extended the finish time till saturday at noon so at least tomorrow I can put up a better photo of the layout because the photo is terrible since I took it indoors! I will put up the photo tomorrow when I take the better photo!

Off to get some rest after all that cleaning for my party! I am tired!!!

Time is running out!!!!

I have one wonderful friend so far that has posted and joined scrap friendzy and unless someone else goes over and joins (see previous post) Judy will be the automatic winner of a hand painted item! It is not to late to join the contest!!! hurry and join Scrap friendzy's summer camp contest and tell them susieq sent you to be entered into my drawing!!!!

BLog RAK! BLOG CANDY Yummy! LOL

First I want to Praise God for some answers to prayer! Daughter has found a place to rent. We are praying something happens soon and she is able to get the boys! THis has been such a roller coaster ride! But God has a plan and I know all this is going to work out and those who lie and do wrong will face Him one day! Thank you to all who support us and love us! God is so good! I do not know how people who have no faith make it in our world!

well this Blog candy has a little catch! OH no you say! well auctually it's rather
easy! IF you read my last post Scrap Friendzy is having this great contest and I invited you all to go register and join, which cost nothing and is easy to do and mention Susieq sent you! Well I have decided anyone that does this will be entered into a drawing for blog candy on my blog. All you do is come back and leave a commment that you registered and left a post on Scrap Friendzy!!! I will post a photo later of the HAND PAINTED ITEM YOU CAN WIN and the more that register the bigger the blog candy!!!

thats http://www.scrap-friendzy.com

Woo hoo a new look and an invitation!

Well I finally finished the remodeling and all the constructions signs are down and the plaster and dust is cleaned up! I hope you like my facelift!


Now for the fun to begin again! I have a wonderful fun invite for you!
Scrap-Friendzy is having a wonderful contest! This is a wonderful place to make new friends! PLEASE COME JOIN US AND MENTION You heard about the contest from Susieq!

Have a wonderful day!!!

Things have been a little nuts!

Seems like its in the air, the more I talk to people the more I hear that people are

having rough weeks lately! Well ours have been mighty rough! Too rough to go in to,

lets just put it this way, satan is after us and we refuse to let him win! God has a plan!

So please if you find a spare minute in your day, we would appreciate all the prayers

we can get!

Here is a new layout I just did with a great technique I learned from Min over at

Scrap Friendzy!

I sure wish Min would send me her snail mail so I can mail her prizes! I have to mail

other stuff at the post office but am waiting to di it all in one trip!!!

HINT HINT MISS MIN! LOL

While I am on the subject of Raks! I found a great one for everyone to comment

to try to win! Just go visit the lovely blog of Kim Strother, LOVE-JOY-SCRAP

and leave a comment for a chance to win an awesome rak!

THe prize I am shipping out!

Just wanted to show everyone what Min has won!
I really hope she enjoys it all as much as I enjoyed shopping for it
and as much as I enjoyed painting it!

Just as a little by the way information, I make it a
practice when I paint a gift, that while I am painting the
gift, I pray for the person I am painting it for. Even if it ends
up being one I sell, I pray for whoever will get it someday/own it
someday. So Min prayers have gone up for you that you are
blessed and that God puts a hedge of protection around you
and your family. Just to mention a few of the prayers.

thanks to all who commented!

AND THE Winner is!!!

Well I went away and painted for two days! AND I waited till tonight to do the drawing so my grandson could draw! I am going to post the picture tomorrow of the winning prize as I have to get a good picture of what I painted to send with the scrappy stuff and also tomorrow I plan on picking up a few more scrappy items!

I am looking forward to another year of blogging! but I guess you would like to know the winner!

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please send me a pm or email with your snail mail

Today is the final day!! I am excited! lots of entries and more time!

there is a little time left to get in some more entries into my blog birthday drawing! I am going to post the photo of the what the lucky winner got mailed and those who missed out on the drawing will be disappointed!~ I am going away tomorrow and sunday to a painting class and then I will post the winning prize but plan on posting later tonight the winning name!
Here is a layout of Noah and Jason to share with you!

Golly Dylan is getting so big!

 
I got some really cute shots of Dylan today! He is growing so fast! Before I know it he will be walking! I just can't believe how time has flown! It is hard to believe such a happy baby has Cystic fibrosis! I pray his doctor is right that we are only about five years from a cure!!!

Tomorrow is the big day! My blog birthday!!! I will draw the winning name after nine pm eastern time so that everyone has a chance to post tomorrow too~

Okay I am a slacker! BUT THE BLOG CANDY IS STILL ON!

YEP I missed a few days! My son came to visit from S.C. and we helped my father in law moved out of the family home of 53 years this past weekend!
I am having a blog birthday on the 16th so remember to comment each day from now till then to enter for an entry for Blog candy! I promise it will be worth it! I am sending out a scrappy prize and including a handpainted gift!

Speaking of handpainted, I taught a class monday night and here is my piece! It is a Scrapbook album cover! I plan on using it for heritage pictures. Then I also finished a piece up on monday for my Secret Sister for Church. Cindy seemed to love the basket!


 
 
 

They grow up so very fast!

This was the boys coloring eggs for Easter! Golly it seems like yesterday that the oldest was a baby!

Please don't forget to keep commenting each day to earn entries into my blog candy drawing coming up on the 16th to celebrate the 4th birthday of my blog!!!

Dog Tired!

 
Yep, I missed several days! I have been so dogged tired! Finally gave in on Saturday and went to a walkin and had a major sinus infection! But the antibiotics have helped!

By the way Jack my little buddy in the picture was dog tired from chasing the kids while they looked for Easter Eggs on Easter Sunday! Wish I had gotten a picture of Jack with the "one HE found" and took off with! He thought it was a ball! LOL!