Here By Grace

Always Up To Something!

I'm always doing something. Always.  Always working on a new project every couple of months in my life.  I've always been like this too.  I'm a believer in goal setting.  I'll choose my goal, figure out what I need to do to get there, and then I do it!  So, now I'm heading the committee for my high school reunion. I don't know how I always end up doing this type of thing, but then again... I do know.  I am a totally friendly, get-the-job-done type of chick, who can move mountains if needed, so I guess I could say this kinda comes natural to me. And I won't share how many years it's been since I graduated, but I will say that's it's definitely over 20!(LOL!)

Anyway, I did a few cards over the weekend that were truly a pleasure to make because I got to do my favorite things; stamp, sew, and use bright colors! I made these cards for Scrap-Tastic using their awesome May kit! The words are stamps from Unity Stamp Co. . I love all of the goodies packed inside too!

Great news about Unity Stamp Co.!  They go live on Thursday, May 1st and guess what?  You'll be able to purchase their stamp sets right from their site! That's right! Just go, shop, click, and get your stampilicious stamps in a jiffy! And you've still got time to get in on the last stamp giveaway by going HERE to leave a comment.  You can win this beautiful stamp set! Fabulous stuff I tell ya! 

I'd like to share with you my new favorite book.  Before you hit up your favorite fast food restaurant, check out this incredible and informative book called, "Eat This Not That", by David Zinczenko.   Let me tell you that you'll never eat hap-hazardly again!  This book is loaded with nutritional information that the restaurants forget to tell you! Go get it tomorrow! You won't be sorry!

Well, that's all for today.  Take care and Be Blessed!

Lots of Stuff

I hope all is well with you and yours, because everything is just great here! I'm not in a chatty mood today, so I'm just gonna post a lot of stuff! You know it's good to be quiet. It gives you a chance to listen to yourself think!

Okay, these first 2 layouts I did using the May kit at Scrap-tastic.  It's absolutely packed with fun! The next items I did for the amazingly stampalicious Unity Stamp Co.!

Alright, I'm gonna go enjoy some of this 82 degree weather, so take care and Be Blessed!

Beautiful Weather!!

  I'm so happy that we've had beautiful weather all week long! It's been sunny and in the low 70's all week and I feel great!  It was getting to be a real drag with all of the cold, rainy weather we'd been having.  After a while it really started to bring me down, but it's all good now!  The sun is shining, the birds are singing, the flowers are blooming, and I'm loving it! Well, I guess you could say that I've gotten "stamp happy" because of all the yummilicious stamps I've had the pleasure of playing with from Unity Stamp Co.  I must say that I really, really love this line of stamps and how versitile they are.  I made a few more cards last night using the Thanks To You set.  Really fun stuff!

I'm gonna end this post by showing you a photo om me with two of my favorite people in the entire world...My parents! My daddy had a birthday this week and we had a little celebration for him.  Let me just tell you that my family is crazy and we had too much fun!

This week Unity Stamp Co.'s blog is giving away this fabulously fun Amazing Me stamp set!  To see some wonderfully stampalicious layouts, go check out my Rocktar DT sister Jen Erickson's blog HERE! 

Well, I hope all is well with you and everyone you care about! Take Care and Be Blessed!

More Flower Parade!

Happy Sunday to you! I hope that you and everyone you love and care for are wonderful today! Well, I'm still playing with the beautiful Flower Parade stamps from Unity Stamp Co. and made another card and tag.  I used my new favorite paper by Kaiser Craft on the card along with stamps from Unity Stamp Co. The tag was made using some more Kaiser Craft paper and a flower stamp from the set that I glittered with some Provo Craft Saphire Glitter.  Don't forget about this week's giveaway over on Unity Stamp Co.'s blog! Angela is giving away this beautiful Flower Parade stamp set!

Well, that's all for today! Have a wonderful week, Take care and Be Blessed!

I've Been Tagged Again, and Again, and Again, and Again!!

Alright! I've been tagged over the past couple of weeks by Essence, Angela, Susan, Sandi, and Melanie! I hope I didn't miss anyone, but if I did please blame it on old age! (LOL!) So, I'm supposed to post the links to these scappilicious ladies' blogs and I'm supposed to share 7 random facts about myself.  Well, I guess I'd better get it started, so here it goes!

1.  I absolutely LOVE America's Next Top Model and Hell's Kitchen! I can't ever miss an episode from either one of these shows or somebody's gonna pay!

2.  In person, I'm very friendly, loud and talkative, but I hate to talk on the phone and I hate to chat on message boards!

3.  Even though I've been a teacher for the past 18 years, I was also a licensed cosmetologist for 22 years!  I just recently let my license go!

4.  I'm very, very close with my family.

5.  I'm a very good judge of character and I can usually size a person up within the first 5 minutes of conversation with them!

6.  I'm very passionate about children and their well-being.

7.  I have the uncanny ability to know what's gonna happen in the future. The good things and the bad ones.  Really, sometimes I scare myself.

So Thanks Ladies for the tags! Oh, I'm supposed to tag 7 more people so here they are:  Adrienne, Natalie, Taniesha, Regina, Shellie, Carrie, and Elizabeth!

The layouts I'm showing today are done using the beautiful Flower Parade stamp set from Unity Stamp Co. .  Don't you just love those stamps? Get on over to Unity Stamp Co.'s blog and get in on this week's giveaway featuring this stamp set, Flower Parade, that I used on these layouts and the card from the below post!

The card is a card I made a few weeks ago for Scrap-Tastic using the beautiful April Whimsical kit. If you're interested in getting some fabulously-affordable coordinated kits, then Scap-Tastic is the place to go! I haven't seen kits of this quality at such a great price ANYWHERE (and I get around!LOL!) So, go check them out!

Well, that's it for today! Take care and Be Blessed!!

  Not much going on this week, which is a wonderful thing! I'm trying to relax and let my creativity flow, so I can get through a few projects I'm working on.  Here are 2 layouts I did for Scrap-Tastic using their April Whimsical kit.  I love this kit cause it features some beautiful papers from Kaiser Craft.  I've totally fallen in love with Kaiser products too! Love them all!

This first layout is actually a  hybrid layout.  The photo and the paper and flourishes directly around it are all digi printed on photo paper! The rest of the layout I made using the Whimsical kit and stamps from Unity Stamp Co. The second layout is also made from the same kit.

That's all for today! Take care and Be Blessed!