KWerner Readers' Choice Color Inspiration No.1 Challenge

Hey everybody! Thank ya'll for all the advice on the ink. I think alot of you feel the same way as I do about some of the inks. Some have suggested some new inks so I need to try those out.

I have been crafting the last couple of days and it feels so good! I love it! :) I have been working on end of the year gifts for teachers, (I will share those later), but today I took a little break to make a card for Kristina's Readers' Choice Color Inspiration No.1 Challenge. I LOVE these colors and I will have to use these colors for another card later! Here are the colors. Here is my card. You might remember this card I made awhile back. I just love these Dear Lizzy stamps! I made the card for my friend who we stayed with while we were in Austin. She has two little girls and a baby on the way, not sure of the sex yet, but she is due at the end of the month. So I know there are plenty of little dresses around their house, so this stamp was perfect of her! I just wanted to thank her for her hospitality! :)
This was the lightest gray I had. I need to make an order soon.
Look at this little Merci stamp! Isn't it the cutest? The sweet Kelly Marie gives one "thanks" stamp away with every order and it's a different one every time! How sweet is that?! Thank you Kelly Marie! :)
Supplies: Cardstock- (PTI) Spring rain, sweet blush, berry sorbet, ripe avocado, white, (Scraps from my stash) gray ; Stamps- (Dear Lizzy + American Crafts) Warble, (Lawn Fawn) free stamp :) ; Ink- (Versamark) watermark, (Colorbox) charcoal & coral rose, (PTI) Fresh snow ; Other- embroidery floss, hand cut grass

Well I need to get back to teachers gifts!
Have a Blessed day!

What ink do you think is the best?

Hey everybody! Well I need some input! I watched Courtney's videos about different inks, and I started thinking about all my different inks! I LOVE ColorBox chalk inks, and I own quite a few of those. But I am about to make a big order of PTI cardstock, (because I believe it is the best cardstock-EVER and I need some of their new colors!), and I started looking at the PTI Palette Hybrid ink to match all the cardstock I am ordering. But I have bought a couple of the cubes a couple of months back to try them out and I wasn't really impressed! It could be that the cubes are different than the pads, but I thought they just stamped weird! So if there is anyone who has experienced the PTI cubes and the pads and maybe they stamp different, please let me know! And what kind of ink do you think is the best? Thanks in advance for all of the help!
Have a Blessed night! :)

EBTKS #15- Sketch Challenge

Good morning! Well it's that time again...time for a EBTKS sketch challenge! This week it is hosted by Courtney! She used inspiration from her books and this is the sketch she came up with!
The sponsor is SEI and there is a great prize up for grabs!
I needed two Thank you cards for Chace's teachers. Chace's class put on a "musical play" and the they did Great! Chace was probably the most nervous one! He looked down the whole time and was so afraid to look up! So I'm not sure if performing is in his future...but you really never know! :) The teacher's also did a great job with all the preparations! So I wanted to give them a card telling them Thank you for the play and giving my child an opportunity to try something new and for a great year! So I used this sketch do make them. I figured I would use the Just a Note stamp set from Wplus9, since it was a musical and there was lots of singing! :)

Supplies: Cardstock- (PTI) pure poppy, white, raspberry fizz, lemon tart, summer sunrise, spring rain ; Stamps- (Wplus9) Just a Note, (Dear Lizzy + American Crafts) Whitle ; Ink- (SU!) basic black, (ColorBox) warm red ; Ribbon- (Offray)black grosgrain

Here are all the goods from our sponsor SEI! I hope you all can join us in the challenge! Stop by the EBTKS blog for all the details!
Have a Blessed day!

On Your birthday and always...Wishing you a day to get your craft on!

Good morning! I have been crafting alot the last couple of days in between the kids sports and it has been SO nice! :) I can't share any of the projects yet, but I wanted to show a card that I made for my Blog & IRL friend Kelley's Birthday last month! I Love this stamp set, but this was the one and only time I have used it! :( I hope to start using them more! Supplies: Cardstock- (PTI) white, (SU!) orange ; Stamps- (PTI) Studio style ; Ink- (Martha Stewart) blue, (SU!) orange, (ColorBox) charcoal ; Other- twine- Lawn Fawn packaging :) , (Nesties) Label 1 die, Colored pencils

Check back tomorrow for another EBTKS Sketch Challenge!
Well that's all for today! I'm off to do more crafting! :)
Have a Blessed day!

Parking Ticket

Hey everybody! Well we made it back safe from Austin! We had a great time! We got to stay with a very close friend of mine growing up! Her and her husband and kids live there while he is going to University of Texas. We spent the night with them Saturday night and went to church the next morning with them (and it was a great service)! And then out to eat lunch and then back to their house for dessert! Then we went to the Hotel, where the kids were excited about swimming in the pool! Well little did we know but the hotel is doing renovations and the pool was included in that! :( So they sent us down the road to swim in another hotels pool! How weird is that!? And we told them that they needed to post that on their website about the renovations, so they gave us breakfast vouchers for the next morning! But we got up too late and we didn't get to use them!
Then we went Monday morning to the UT tennis courts and couldn't find a place to park anywhere....well that is before we found a great little parking lot right behind the courts! We knew there was a 50/50 chance on getting a ticket, but we were willing to risk it! We didn't want to drive 4 hrs to watch them play and then be late! They ended up losing their match, but they really did great! The team that beat them, ended up winning State!
So we go out to the truck and find a $25.00 ticket! So I guess we just paid for really expensive parking! :)
So we made it home for Chace's baseball game and Autumn was nominated for All-Star Softball, so she had to go try-out for that! We found out today that she made it! We are so proud of her! :) She didn't have a real good coach this year, so we are very happy with this All-Star coach! I think he will teach her alot! :)
We did our Business taxes with our CPA today and we have to drop our personal taxes off tomorrow with our other tax guy! So I hope they get those done soon! Our business has really grown, so our taxes have been complicated this year, but now I have a CPA taking care of most of the bookkeeping, so it will be alot better next tax season! Thank you Jesus! :)
So anyway, I just wanted to let everyone know that I am still here! And I hope to craft some tomorrow!
There is still time to play in the EBTKS challenge! We are using envelopes on a project and the prize is great! So stop by and play along with us! :)

Have a Blessed night!

Tuesday Trigger Challenge

Hey everybody! Well I am posting this and I should be packing to go to Austin tomorrow! But oh well! :)
I made these cards for the Tuesday Trigger Challenge over at Moxie Fab Blog! I haven't played in this challenge in awhile, because it seems like I always run out of time! So I was very excited when I had some time to play! And I LOVED this inspiration pic! I needed two more Mother's Day cards for my MIL and my Mee Mee, so this is what I made!Here is the card I made for my MIL.Here is the one for my Mee Mee.Supplies: (i just love you. Card} Cardstock- (PTI) Raspberry Fizz, Spring Moss, Ripe Avocado, Sweet Blush ; Stamps- (Martha Stewart) Clear Camellia Stamps ; (PTI) Polka Dot Basics II, (Technique Tuesday) Ali Edwards- Loving Words ; Ink- (PTI) Fresh Snow, (SU!) Old Olive & Pink Passion ; Ribbon- (Offray) white satin, vintage button
{Happy Mother's Day Card} Cardstock- (PTI) Raspberry Fizz, Spring Moss, Ripe Avocado, Sweet Blush, white ; Stamps- (Martha Stewart) Clear Camellia Stamps ; (PTI) Polka Dot Basics II, (Studio G) Mother's Day stamps ; Ink- (SU!) Old Olive & Pink Passion, (PTI) Fresh Snow

Well I need to go finish packing! Have a Blessed night! :)

Color Cue {3} Challenge & All Eyes On Masking - I just love you.

Good morning! Long time no post! Things are starting to calm down around here! Taxes are being prepared, Autumn has one more softball game left, the girls weekend went great (but glad to be home), and I'm going to try and finish my niece's Graduation invitations today. We are going out of town from Saturday until Monday to Austin, to go and watch two of our youth boys from our old church play tennis. They are going to state and we couldn't be more proud of them! We remember them starting out playing ping- pong at church, then they started throwing a tennis ball up against the church building, then they got tennis rackets and started hitting the balls up against the building! So they started playing together as doubles as Freshman in High school and now they are Seniors and are going to state together. They both received scholarships to go and play at a military college in Alabama! We told them if they made it to state, that we would go and watch them.....so we are traveling 4 1/2 hrs. to go watch them play! We are only going to watch them play one match, because we have to get back for Chace's game on Monday night at 5:30. So yes, we are letting our kids skip school on Monday....but he will be back to play his baseball game! :) So after this weekend, it should start winding down....maybe! It is the end of school, so that always means craziness! :)

Ok, enough about that...here's a card! I made this card for the Color Cue {3} Challenge over at Wplus9 blog! Dawn picked out some great colors and I also used her All Eyes On Masking Challenge. This was a first for me and I LOVED it! Thanks Dawn for a fun challenge! :) So here is my Mom's Mother's Day card. We won't be here for Mother's Day, so she will be getting this early. Supplies: Cardstock- (PTI) melon berry, summer sunrise, (DCWV) gray-Latte cardstock ; Stamps- (PTI) turning a new leaf, (Technique Tuesday's) Ali Edwards- loving words ; Ink- (ColorBox) chalk- charcoal, (PTI) fresh snow ; Ribbon- (Offray) white satin ; Other- (Sizzix) Beautiful Butterfly Die, (recollections) pearls, white gel pen

Don't forget about the EBTKS challenge, we are using envelopes in projects this time, and that can be lots of fun! Well I'm off to do Graduation invitations!

Have a Blessed day! :)