13 yrs. ago

Hey everybody! 13 yrs ago today, I married my best friend and soul mate Chance. Although only 18 & 19 yrs old and a 3 month old baby, we knew we were in love and wanted to grow old together! The Lord has led and guided us along the way and molded our marriage into what it is today! I LOVE you Chance, and know that you have my heart and always will! ♥

~Winter

Happy Father's Day!

Hey everybody! (Well if there is anyone still there! I haven't posted in FOREVER!) I have been busy with projects and I have started a new hobby...Couponing! I'm sure that's not a big surprise, since watching the show. I have saved TONS! But I don't want a HUGE stockpile, so I'm not going to be that EXTREME! So I have been busy with learning, searching for newspapers, since they don't deliver the bigger newspaper in our area. We have to go to a town about 20 mins away at about 7:30 am on Sunday mornings, before Church. And there is a lot of cutting coupons, and shopping! But I have had time to craft, which is nice! 
Here is a card I made my husband today! We own an A/C business, so I thought an outside condenser would be perfect for a card and it's the brand he loves and we sell...a Lennox! :) 

Well I think it's time to go eat lunch! Have a Blessed day! :)

~Winter

Lawnscaping Challenge #10- Guest Designer

Hey everybody! I am back today with my last card for the Lawnscaping Challenge as their Guest Designer. This has been so fun and such an honor! These ladies work extremely hard to make these challenges a success...and they are! Thanks ladies! :)
This weeks challenge is, make a project using polka dots! I love polka dots, so I loved this challenge! :)

 Our sponsor this week is Mold Muse! I bought some molds from them awhile back and I must say...those molds are Amazing and so fun to use!

The prize this week is, a $25.00 gift card from Mold Muse and a Guest Designer spot on an upcoming Lawnscaping Challenge! Great prizes!!!

 And here is my card. I made it with my niece in mind. She LOVES Chinese food and she has a birthday coming up. So I figured I would make her a card with chopsticks, money, a little take out box, made from using the Mold Muse take out molds, and off course some cute Lunar Lights stamps from Lawn Fawn! :) I think she will love it! :)

I hope you will stop by the Lawnscaping challenge blog and check out the other cards and play along with us.

Have a Blessed day!
~Winter

Pendleton Place Card Project

Hey everybody! Well it's been a crazy last couple of days, with taking care of Chace and his boils! Those things are EVIL!!! Praying he gets better soon and that we never have to deal with those again!!!

Well I wanted to share a project that I was notified about. I was sent this email and I plan on sending LOTS of my cards that I have in my "box". Praise God, it was at the perfect time! I was just started to sort through them! So here is the email with all the info. I hope you will join us in this project.

Hello Ladies,

I am putting together a package of cards for the Pendleton Place, and wondered if you could possibly help me out?
I'm looking to put together a special care package for the children at Pendleton Place (www.pendletonplace.org) which will include an assortment of handmade cards. I'm working with one of the coordinators there, and I've offered to send in an assortment of cards for the kids to give each other for birthdays, get well, "have a nice day" kind of cards for each other, and to send to their family. It's an extremely worthwhile cause that has always been close to my heart. If you have an interest in participating, and/or could possibly post the information on your blogs, please let me know. I'm going to set the deadline for the end of May 27, 2011 to receive the cards, so there's plenty of time.

Here is my address.. feel free to send me your creations by May 27th:

Linda Johnson - "Card project"
6085 English Creek Ave
Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234

Thanks.. look forward to hearing from you soon. I would recommend the cards are colorful, cheerful and uplifting as many of the kid have had a real difficult time in life so far in life. Please look over the website for additional information on the children's home. I would love-love-love if you could please help spread the word. An assortment of uplifting cards would be most appreciated! If you have a cute idea for another item such as book marks or something of that sort, feel free to include the item(s) and I'll send them as well.. Please include envelopes for your cards.


Many thanks.
Linda

Have a Blessed Day!
~Winter

Happy Mother's Day!

This is a little late, seeing it's almost 12:00 pm! But I wanted to wish everyone a Happy Mother's Day! Here is a card I made for a publication, that wasn't picked up. I think Chace should have given me this card today. I have been doctoring 2 boils on him! They looked like bites on Wednesday, started putting medicine on them Thursday, and took him to the Dr. Friday. She said they were boils and she gave him antibiotics and told us to do warm compresses, but I don't think they are draining enough! So I will be bringing him back to the Dr. tomorrow and we are hoping they lance them! So PLEASE pray that he gets better fast and that they can give him some relief from the pain! I hate to see my babies hurt! Chace is VERY tough, so to see him cry...it has to be bad! :(

Have a Blessed night!
~Winter

Lawnscaping Challenge #9 & Guest Designer

Hey everybody! I am so excited about today's post! I was very honored when I was asked to be a guest designer for the Lawnscaping Challenge. I have played in several challenge over there, and I must say...it is SO fun! And this week is going to be a blast too! The theme for this week is Let's Party! Create any party themed project and it would be great if you would use a Lawn Fawn stamp set. The sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp! And the prizes is a $25.00 gift card! Woo Hoo! Great prize! :)
Now on to my cards. I needed to make some sample cards for a friend of mine. She is going to have her first Grandchild in June and her daughter-in-law needed some baby shower invitations. So I came up with a couple of invitations for her to choose some. And of course I wanted to try out my new Lawn Fawn Plus One stamps! So I actually made these cards before I knew what the challenge was! I love when that happens! :)

Here is the first card and it is one of them that she choose for me to do for her shower. I got the idea for this card from Paper Crafts Go To Sketches Magazine. Maile Belles made an adorable card similar to this one. Here is the front of the card inside.
And the back. Here is another one.
And another.And here is the last one that she choose for me to make for her, but I didn't use Lawn Fawn on this one. I hope you liked these and I hope you will join us over at the Lawnscaping Challenge! Stop by and see what the other designers made!

Have a Blessed day!

~Winter

Lawnscaping Challenge #7

Hey everybody! It's been awhile! I have lots to catch up on with ya'll, but I wanted to make a quick post. I made this page over the weekend at a Scrapbooking Retreat and when I came back, I noticed that the Lawnscaping Challenge this time was to make your own patterned paper with stamps. So this page was perfect for it! I LOVE this pic of Chace and his friend Cameron! They have been great friends since Pre-K, so they really are like bro's! :) And I was SO excited about using these stamps too!

ETA: Not quite sure why I can never click and zoom my pics?! But the journaling says, "Chace & Cameron had fros for the wacky hair day at school. Oct. '10"

Sorry this is short and sweet, but today is my baby boy's Birthday and his Daddy and I are making him a gift. So I need to get off of here and go finish...schools almost out! I will post pics of the finished gift later!

Have a Blessed day!

~Winter