Clearly Inspired .... by the Birthday of MY King ....

Wow ... the middle of December. How in the world did that happen?! Well, Merry Christmas!!! I hope you're having a very festive, wonderful holiday season.


Today, we're celebrating the season by being Clearly Inspired by the birthday of Jesus. :) What fun is that?! After you check things out here, head over to the Clearly Inspired Challenge. You'll want to join in so that you can have a chance to WIN! :)

It's not a traditional birthday card, but it's happy and cheerful. The inside has the birthday sentiment .....

Card Recipe :
stamps : Air Flair, Rooster Sunrise
paper : Raging River, Billowing Clouds, white
ink : blue, pink, red, black, light blue, brown, white
accessories - cuttlebug, nesties, pearls, pop dots


I hope you enjoy this season and that you are able to worship the precious One that remains the Reason for the Season.



****Don't forget our blog hop this coming Sunday!!!! All you have to do is comment for your chance to win Sunday!!


Have a wonderful Friday and a great, big, beautiful tomorrow!!!


~*Shell*~

Bethlehem Spotlight

I'm enjoying all of the wonderful Christmas challenges lately. This one was fun to do. I've never - for whatever reason - done the spotlight technique, but I thought I'd try it on this image.

I chose to spotlight the area that I consider the 'stable.' It's a very simple technique and I enjoyed it. I will probably do that again.

Card Recipe :
stamps : Little Bethlehem (Clear Dollar Stamps)
paper : worn parchment, dp, white
ink : black
copics : E11, E15, E31, E33, E37, YR61, YR68, Y000, Y02, Y26, Y28, Y11
accessories : nesties, cuttlebug, corner rounder, circle punch, pearls, pop dots
technique : Spotlight


Challenges -

Gingerloft Challenge - Winter or Christmas

Scrappin' Chics - anything for the holidays

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - anything winter or holiday

Aud Sentiments - winter holiday



I hope everyone is enjoying the start of our holiday month. I hope you have a very blessed Christmas season. :)



Have a great Friday and a great, big, beautiful tomorrow!!

~*Shell*~

Happy December!

Oh, how I love Christmas and all the super, wonderful things that go with it. I love the season, the festivities, and most of all the Reason ... my Lord Jesus Christ. :) So, today, I have a Christmas project for you. It's a gift tag. It's large, but I think it's really cool for a special gift.




Here's the front of the card. Don't you just love that little snowman at the window?!



And the back of the tag.....
I really liked how the snowflake on the dp kind of gave part of a frame to the tagged sentiment.


I'm submitting my card these challenges .....

The challenge for Stampin' Sisters In Christ is to use a bird on the project.
The challenge for Fantabulous Cricut this week is to create a holiday card.
The challenge for Fairy Tale Challenge Blog is to create something for Christmas.
The challenge for Phindy's Place is to create a snowy card.

Card Recipe :
stamps : antique ornaments, windowbox wishes, christmas inchies (other side)
paper : dp white, gray, red, beige
ink : black, brown
copics : E33, E37, E15, E29, E43, E47, YR16, YR68, YR61, B95, B97, G94, R46, R59, W5, W7, B000
accessories : Cricut, SCAL, svg file, pop dots, pearls, Tabs & Tags, dies, silver cord, corner punch, tag punch, cuttlebug, folder



Have a wonderful Thursday and a great, big, beautiful tomorrow!!


~*Shell*~

Celebrate Life Blog Hop - Honoring Katie

Celebrate Life

Celebrate life .... that's exactly what Katie did. Katie Renz was an amazing woman who celebrated life, celebrated love, and celebrated family.

Today, we celebrate Katie's memory with a blog hop. We chose Tuesday because Katie created the Clearly iStamp Tuesday Tutorial. We felt that a Tuesday hop would be most appropriate.

In the spirit of the hop, you should have come from Kathy's beautiful blog. If not, you'll want to start back at the beginning - Lori's Clearly iStamp.

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For this hop, we are suppose to CASE (copy and stamp everything ....) one of Katie's beautiful projects.  Wow ... it was SO hard to choose!!!  


The card I chose to CASE was this one ...

Isn't it gorgeous???  I chose to get my inspiration from the colors and the layout.  Here's my take on it ....

Project Recipe:

stamps : Prayer Journal, Cross Messages, Tabs & Tags Additions

paper : white, Christian dp, misc. dp

ink : purple

accessories : Tabs & Tags dies, nesties, Cuttlebug, crystals, ribbon, sponge dauber, pop dots

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Make your way from here to Lisa's ever-inspiring blog. She will have something totally amazing to show you today. Please make sure you give some kudos to all those that participated in the hop. This has been a difficult time for all of us, and our hop is just a small step in our grief journey.





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Celebrate life today and have a great, big, beautiful tomorrow!!

~*Shell*~

Clear Dollar Stamps' November Blog Hop

Welcome to our monthly blog hop!! You should have come here from Barb's beautiful blog. If not, you will want to start back at the beginning at Clearly iStamp.

What are you thankful for?? Many times we say 'thank goodness for .... ,' but what are you *really* thankful for???

For the last few weeks, I've been posting my 'thankful thoughts' as my Facebook status. I don't just post from the top of my head, but I really think about what I'm thankful for. Some of the things I've mentioned ....

0 Crafting ... :) I'm not sure what I would do without this in my life.
0 Seasons
0 My church family ..... I can't say enough on this one.
0 Online friends
0 Homeschooling
0 My ministers
0 Prayers

And there are many others coming..... my children, my husband, my mom, my in-laws .... I have SO much for which to be thankful.


Today's blog hop is themed around "Thankful." I thought long and hard about what I wanted to do with this theme. I thought about fall colors, a Thanksgiving project, and several other ideas. I finally went with a 3D project and a 'friend' theme. :) I am, after all, so very thankful for my friends.

This is actually an altered "Pirouettes" can. I think that this will be a very special gift for a special friend.


Project Recipe :
Stamps - Christian Friendship,
Paper - Melon Spice, Peach Taffy, Mossy Woods
Ink - black, brown
Copics - none
Accessories - nesties, flowers, pearls, sponge dauber, ribbon, lace, tacky tape, pop dots



From here, you'll go to Stacy's inspiring blog. Make sure you make it around to all of the great blogs in our hop and leave a comment at each one. One lucky winner will receive a $25 Clear Dollar Stamps' gift certificate for digital images! A winner will be selected from the comments left on the blogs in the hop. Don't miss your chance to get a prize - not to mention a chance to see all of the wonderful inspiration our design team has for you today!!!




Please come back on Tuesday to join us for the special blog hop to honor Katie!!!



Have a super, special Sunday and a great, big, beautiful tomorrow!!

~*Shell*~