Chace's Baptism at the Creek

Hey everybody! I wanted to share some very special pictures today! First of all today was a BEAUTIFUL day here in Texas! A Great day for a Baptism! Although it was in the 60's today, the water was about 45*! :) But my little man said he didn't care...he wanted to be baptized in the creek!
We bought 42 acres about 3 yrs ago, so we could build a new house on it and a creek runs right through it. We have already cleared alot of trees and started digging a catfish pond, making a new driveway, and putting the dirt on our new home site. But through the 3 yrs of owning it, we have spent lots of time out there, camping, swimming, hunting, and dreaming of living out there in our new home! Chace LOVES it out there, so we knew that he would want to be baptized there too. The place where Chance baptized him, is the same place we would swim on HOT Texas Summer days (before the last Hurricane knocked the rope swing tree in the creek, but that will be out of there soon, so we can swim out there again this Summer!) :)
So here is a glimpse of our Amazing day today!

The shirt says it ALL!
This pic is so sweet! Daddy had to preach before he got in the cold water! :)Here they are on their way to the COLD water! :)
I really LOVE this picture! It really shows the Love Chance has for his son and his passion for Christ! Here he is getting Baptized in Jesus name! And lets just say...they were out of there QUICK! :)Here is my Mom and a family friend there to watch.More family and friends there to rejoice with us! Thank you all for the sweet comments and support for my sweet little man's decision in Christ! We are so proud and happy for him! Jesus is SO good! :)

Have a Blessed night!

Amazing News & Valentine Card

Hey everybody! Well I wanted to share some AMAZING news with ya'll! My baby boy Chace asked Jesus into his heart last night! We are SO happy and excited for him! This is the BEST news EVER, that a parent can hear! Thank you Jesus! :) Chance will be baptizing him in the creek out at our new property (where we will build our new home), I think this weekend (before it gets too cold)! :) Since Chance quit pastoring last year, the creek is where we have discussed Chace being baptized when he accepted Christ. Chance has baptised me and Autumn, so this is going to be an Awesome day for Chance too! Chace said he is not worried about it being cold at all! Chance has done baptisms at the lake before with some of our youth and it was Amazing! I can just image how this will be for us! Can you tell I am a Proud parent?! :)

Ok, onto the card. Here is a card I made for the St. Jude Card Drive. The Card Drive is going SO good! I received 3 emails last night for more sponsors, Thank ya'll so much! I will be adding those soon to the prize page.
I have feel in LOVE with these cute stamps from Lawn Fawn. They are the My Silly Valentine stamps. I know they will put a smile on those sweet kids faces at St. Jude's! :)

Have a Blessed day!

Teachers Gifts

Hey everybody! First of all I want to say THANK YOU for all the support already for the St. Jude's card drive! If this is your first time visiting my blog, here is the link to check out the Card Drive or you can click on the St. Jude heart on the left hand side of the sidebar.
This is the last of the Christmas Gifts, cards, & tags (I think)! :) I made these for the kids teachers. I ended up making 9, (but there is only 8 in the picture, I had one more to make and the lighting was good, so I took the pics before they were all done!) :)
They are calendars using the Papertrey Ink supplies and the flowers are from Wplus9 Design Studio-Ever After stamp set! LOVE them! Here is one of the Calendars with all the different color pages! I just LOVE color! :)

Here is the calendar finished, with the little clip holding them together and I gave them each an easel too.Here is the bag that I put them in and I made little tags for each of them.
Here are a couple up close.

Here are all of them together. Look at all the houndstooth! Love Practicing Creativity stamps! :)

And that's it for today. I will start posting some of my St. Jude's Valentine cards tomorrow! I can't put the Lawn Fawn- My Silly Valentine set down! They are too cute! :)

Have a Blessed day!

Christmas Tags

Hey! Here is some tags I made for gifts under our tree. Very simple, but I like them! I used lots of different stamps sets again. I stamped To: & From: on the back of each. I made some more tags, but while I was cleaning my craft area...I found them! Ooops! I forgot to use them! :)
Sorry for the lighting in some of these...we have had some Crazy weather! Hey it is on the gift.

Have a Blessed day!

Christmas Cards

Hey everybody! I wanted to get my Christmas cards & gifts posted. So today I wanted to start with my Christmas cards I sent out. They are very similar and have the same color combo. I couldn't decide on one design, so I did several! I have SO many Christmas stamps and that makes it even harder to decide! :) I have so much of the houndstooth paper, it's the same I used last year! And I still have tons! I love that stuff! :)
I sent out about 40 cards this year and I sent them out about a week before Christmas...barely in time! But they were sent, so that's all that matters! :)

Have a Blessed day!

Cards for St. Jude's Prizes & Sponsors

First of all Thank you SO much to all the sponsors for the Cards for St. Jude's! It means so much to me that you would want to help out on this great cause! :)

(I will be adding prizes often.)

Prize #1

BIG Prize(From anonymous givers):

Unity Stamps- Life's Little Moments
PTI Stamps- Distressed Stripes
GCD- Whoop De Doo 12X12 paper pad
Sassafras- Sunshine Lollipops- Wee Bundle 6X6 paper pad
Sassafras- Paper Whimsies- Wild flower
Sassafras- Paper Whimsies- Peatal to the Metal
Nikki Sivils- "Dan the Record Man" 6X6 paper pad
Fancy Pants- The Daily Grind 8X8 paper pad
Basic Grey- Offbeat 6X6 paper pad
Basic Grey- Offbeat Chip Stickers
Basic Grey- Die-cut shapes
Basic Grey- Designers rub ons
Basic Grey- Motifs-transferts stylises rub ons
Technique Tuesday- Tile Toppers
Tattered Angels- Chip Tiles
Tattered Angels- Glimmer Glass
Graphic 45- Trim pack
Graphic 45- Chipboard Buttons pack
Faber Castell- Watercolor pencils
Hambly Studios- Clear Stickers
Maya Road- Chipboard Mitten book
Maya Road- Chipboard Cupcake book
American Crafts- Remarks accent sticker book
American Crafts- Nighty Night Flair Buttons
Dear Lizzy + American Crafts- Remarks Dimensional Stickers- Flutter
EK Success- Jolee's boutique- Flower tops stickers
EK Success- Jolee's boutique- BDay Cakes & Presents stickers
Heidi Grace- Printed Icons accents
Black River designs- Rub-ons 'details 3'
Scrapbooking & Paper Crafting Supplies- Paper Lace Hearts
JoAnn Craft Essentials- Love/Wedding bubble icons
Tim Holtz- idea-ology- Trimmings
DCWV- Latte Chipboard Stickers
DCWV- Latte Epoxy Stickers
DCWV- Latte Epoxy Sticker Alphabet
K&Company- Handmade Alpha Tear Pad
K&Company- Handmade Sentiments Silhouettes
K&Company- Handmade Adhesive Paper Ribbon
K&Company- Handmade Wood Art
K&Company- Elegance Butterfly Dimensional Stickers
K&Company- Smitten Adhesive Chipboard Tags
Little Yellow Bicycle- Freshprint Clothesline- Clear cuts- Monograms
Little Yellow Bicycle- Freshprint Clothesline- Chipboard Stickers- Words
Little Yellow Bicycle- Say What?!- Clear Cuts Journaling pieces- The Story
Little Yellow Bicycle- Say What?!- Clear Cuts Journaling pieces- Quote Bubbles

Prize #2
The Vintage Pearl- $25.00 Gift Certificate

Paper Crafts Magazine- 1 Special Issue to each winner

Prize #3

Tiffany Doodles- 5 Digital stamps- Winners choice

Prize #4

Practicing Creativity- Nature's Wonder stamp set

Prize #5

Lawn Fawn- $25.00 Gift Certificate
Prize #6

Wplus9 Design Studio- $25.00 Gift Certificate

Prize #7

Wilson Designs- Ride Away With Me stamp set

Prize #8

Fairy Knoll- 10 Digi Stamps

Prize #9

Whiskers Graphics- 3 spools of Divine Twine- Winners choice of color

Thanks SO much Sponsors!

Cards for St. Jude

Hey everybody! Happy New Year!
Since this month is my Blog's 2 year anniversary, I figured I would try and give back again this year. So back by popular demand is...another St. Jude Valentine's Day card drive! Woo Hoo!

Last year's card drive was such a HUGE success, that I really feel like I am suppose to do it again!

Here are some of the guidelines from

St. Jude hospital and a few of mine.

(St. Jude's has added a few new rules, so please read carefully.)

* Cards need to be a Valentine theme.

* Cards can't have anything about 'Get Well Soon', 'Feel Better', or anything reminding them of being sick. (Only Valentine Cards)

* Please make cards that can be used for any gender or age. (This could be a little tricky, but I think you can handle it!) :)

* Cards must be able to fit into a 4 1/2 X 5 3/4 envelope. (I will provide clear envelopes for each card, so there is no need to send one with your card.)

* You can include a message in the inside, but please remember, nothing reminding them of being sick. (Maybe just a Valentine sentiment.) You can also sign your first name but not your last name or where you are from. (St. Jude's rules state that they can't give out the givers info.)

*I will be excepting cards for the whole month of January. ( Jan. 1 - Jan. 31, Please don't send any out after that, because I have to send them off so they will get to TN. in time for Valentines Day. We will not be driving there this year.) At the end of the month, I will pick random winners for prizes. I will be adding more prizes, often. The more cards you send, the more times your name goes into the drawing. Let your kids get involved too! :)

* Please send a piece of paper with your name, address, email address, and the amount of cards you sent. (It will help when I have the drawings.) Alot of the prizes will be sent from the sponsor, so I NEED to have your email address for sure!

*Please send cards to me:

Winter Sims

Cards For St. Jude

P.O. Box 754

Warren, TX 77664

*If you would like to donate to St. Jude's, go here.

* If anyone wants to donate a prize for the drawings, please email me with the details at wintersims1@aol.com.

*You are welcome to use the St. Jude logo on your blog to spread the word, just remember to save it to your computer first.

Go here for all the sponsors and prizes.

I know it seems like there are ALOT of rules, but St. Jude's just wants to keep the kids as healthy and safe as possible and so do I. So I hope you will join us again for another great year and help us put some smiles on those sweet kids faces on Valentines Day! :)

If you have any questions, please just send me and email at:

wintersims1@aol.com

Have a Blessed New Year!