More Thank You cards made and ready to send!!

The penguin is a digital stamp from Bugaboo and the Winter Subway art is from TLCcreations. I used a QuickKuts die for the lacy doily and colored these with my Copic markers. So easy to make!

Memories of 2013

Christmas 2013 is over, the decorations are coming down, and a time for reflection and thankfulness is a good way to end this year. 2013 went by so fast.

MEMORIES OF 2013

January brought the birth of our 3rd granddaughter, the 2nd child of our daughter and son-in-law who live in Rwanda, Africa along with 4 yr. old Will.
February brought the beginning of volunteering at the Food Pantry and time with family and friends.  
March brought our trip to Africa to meet our new granddaughter.
April was highlighted by time spent with friends for 5 days at a scrapbook retreat.  
May brought several family birthdays and a trip to San Antonio to keep 2 yr. old diabetic grandson.  
June saw the beginning of my new card-making venture, Designs by Deanna and the introduction of my cards at a local store. We also enjoyed camping with friends.
July brought celebrating 4th of July with friends and another trip to San Antonio to keep Cade while the rest of the family went to church camp.  
August was filled with Bunco, YaYa's, hosting a baby shower, special time spent with our 2nd oldest granddaughter and saying good-bye to a friend moving away.  
September started with a cherished 4 day visit from our son and his 4 children, more birthday celebrations, and a camping trip that ended early because of the government shutdown.  
October saw the start of a mentoring  Bible Study and my husband agreeing to teach a Life  Group at our church.   
November saw another farewell to a good friend, lots of rehearsals for our church's upcoming Christmas presentation and yet another trip to San Antonio to keep Cade while family  went on a mission trip. Thanksgiving found us driving home and having a wonderful turkey and dressing meal at the famous Mary's in Marble Falls.
December  brought Icepocalypse 2013 (5 days iced in with all events cancelled) , our church's Christmas program, and the days leading up to Christmas spent with final preparations for Christmas. We shared Christmas - the season during which we celebrate the birth of Jesus - with family and friends. We received many material things, but the greatest gift anyone could give us is time spent together. For the most part, the time was filled with joy and peace as we shared meals, gifts, games, puzzles, a special Christmas Eve service, scavenger hunts (a Christmas tradition), s'mores, time on Skype with family far away, a silly string fight (another Christmas tradition), more food, more games, laughter, and then, when it's all over...gratitude for time with family and friends.
We will welcome the New Year tonight with friends, food, games, laughter, and maybe even a few tears as we reflect on the changes that come naturally with the passage of time.



I've made these snowman cards to thank friends and family for the special gifts that we received. I had a box of white  embossed cards that worked perfectly for these cards. The Stamp is from A Day for Daisies and I used my Copic markers and stickles to add color and bling. A little strand of ribbon finished them off just perfectly. These will at least get me started with my 'thank yous'!



Happy New Year!!

New Fall Cards

Here are some of my new Fall cards. I LOVE Fall!! Don't you?

The last two pictures are of a Flip It card made with my new Tim Holtz Majectic Flip It die.
Thanks for looking!!

ATG Gun holder - a DIY project

I got so tired of my ATG gun falling over that I began to try to think of something I might use as a stand for it. I was preparing dinner, used the last of my processed cheese and was ready to discard the box to the recycle bin when I had a sudden 'creative moment'!! I'm always looking for ways to use my Washi tape so I created an ATG gun stand!

 I started with my empty Nice 'n Cheesy box.

The only other supplies needed are a selection of Washi tapes, a craft knife (for cutting the notch out of the box), and scissors.

I decided to do a diagonal pattern with a variety of tapes, but you could do it any way that you wanted. I have found that Washi tape tends to pop up on the ends, so I secured the ends with some clear tape because I knew I'd be pulling my ATG in and out of the box often. But this works perfect for me...I'm so pleased with it.

Bake and Pray

I love to BAKE, I love to PRAY
Let me Pray for you while I Bake.

Phyllis, owner of 'Taste and See' in Mineral Wells, TX, wants to be able to pray for requests submitted by her customers in her bakery shop. She asked me to make a sign for her to put on an easel on her counter along with slips of paper and a jar to hold the requests. Here is what I came up with for her. It is 8 x 10 mounted on cardboard.

I've entered this project in the following challenges:
Colorful Creations September Favorite Things Challenge
Make It Monday Challenge #156
Papertake Weekly Challenge - anything goes