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Belated Birthday Card

Hello!

No matter how I try I seem to always be late in sending out my birthday cards!

This image is Mo Manning's appropriately named "Late" - he looks how I feel when I realize that I am late once again! You can find him at http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/

Wishing you a day of when all goes as planned!

Barbara Diane

WOYW Wednesday

Hello!

So much going on in my life right now - I almost forgot to post my WOYW Wednesday entry again! So here it is!

I am finally starting to create a stationery box set for a friend that has been put aside so many times that I was determined to start this and no more delays! Her color choices are Periwinkle Blue, yellow and 'another color that compliments the first two'. I had no idea how difficult it was to find a true Periwinkle blue paper and especially a printed paper! So wish me luck!

Go to http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/ to see all of this week's cool entries!

Thanks for stopping by!

Barbara Diane

Free Santa Tutorial at The Land Of Elves!

Hello!

Would you like to make this wonderful Santa for your very own? I do!

My sweet blogger friend Duendes is offering this tutorial on her awesome blog - it is free to those who leave a comment that they would like to create one on her November 9th post - 'SALT Christmas'. Duendes explained to me that SALT "means to do something together in the distance but with a single purpose" and the instuctions will be sent to you through e-mail in 3 steps - the 2nd one to those who finish the 1st, etc. The tutorial is to begin on November 26th, so visit her today and let her know you want to make one! It will be such fun!

If you have not visited her blog before you will be in for a lovely surprise! Her little ones who live in her world are perfection - I am in love with them all, especially the red headed one - Ferruccio - he has my heart! Go to http://terradeduendes.blogspot.com/ - it will bring a smile to your face and a lift to your spirit!

Wishing you a happy day! Thanks for stopping by!

Barbara Diane

Love Never Leaves

Hello!

I have one brother - and he is a special brother. So when he lost his buddy and friend I wanted to send a special card to honor this memory and rememberance that love is never lost. The memories are always there. Dick is a computer guy and spends countless hours on his computer both at his work outside the home and his Internet work at home. What better place to have the memory-company of his buddy than during those long hours.

Thanks for stopping by today! I wish for you the experience of knowing the love of a pet.

Barbara Diane

Christmas Money Holder Knit Hat

Hello!

I saw this cute tutorial on Splitcoaststampers for a Beanie Cap Gift Card Holder and I had to make one right away - I love it! I embossed my DP using the Cuttlebug dotted swiss folder and then used a piece of foam to distress the edges of the hat pieces with ink and also brushed it across the raised dots to highlight them. I cut 3 of a flower punch, distressed the edges and layered them with a circle in the middle on a dimensional. The flower is attached to the hat with pop dots.

The image I used of Mo Manning's is my favorite dog Bronte that I cut from the 'Bella and Bronte at Easter' image and then cut out and layered some Christmas ivy from the reverse side of my DP at his collar and added a bit of Stickles for sparkle. Bronte is also on dimensionals so the card can be opened and closed easily at the hinge. I will be using this card as a money card this Christmas season and the greeting is behind the money.



Almost forgot - too many things going on here today! You can find the Beanie Cap Gift Card Holder tutorial at http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/beaniecap/ and you can see all of Mo's wonderful images at http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/. Also, this is my entry for this week's challenge on Mo's Challenge Blog - theme this week is "Fancy Folds" and you can see all the creations at http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by today! We have sunshine today in this part of WI - hope you do too!

Barbara Diane

Thankful for Katie

Hello

Due to health issues I am dealing with I almost didn't get my card finished for this week's challenge on the DP2 Challenge blog and tomorrow a new challenge begins. This week's challenge theme is "Give Thanks" (Thank You or Thanksgiving). My card is for Katie - I will be forever thankful to have known this beautiful and brave young woman. Her smile brightened the room.

God bless her and Kevin and the children.

Thank you for stopping by today and a big hug and a huge thank you to all of you wonderful bloggers who sent cards to Katie and left comments of kind and encouraging words. Take care and tell someone you love them.

Barbara Diane

I WIll Miss You Friend

This is Kevin's post of today:


Peaceful End to a Beautiful Life

Hello All,

It is with great sadness that I must report that Katie passed away at about 5:10 this morning. The final days of her life were pain free, peaceful, and surrounded by family and friends. We were never able to fully wake her again following Thursday nights battle with pain and nausea, but I know she was able to hear what was going on around her and was aware that she was surrounded with love. I will be making arrangements for Katie's memorial service and will post the details as soon as they are finalized. Thank you all for your love, prayers, and support through this entire journey.

Peace,

Kevin

Please Pray For Katie

Katie is now in Hopspice. Her husband Kevin is now updating her condition through her blog.

I believe in the power of prayer. Please pray for Katie. Send her an e-mail and let her know that you are thinking of her and sending good wishes! Kevin said she loves looking at the cards sent to her - if you have a moment won't you send her a hello?

http://katiespaperhaven.blogspot.com/

Katie Renz
PO Box 5913
Bellingham, WA 98227-5913

Thank you for your kindness.

Barbara Diane

I Love Valentines Day!

Hello!

I know that Valentines Day is a long way from Halloween . . . . . . but the challenge this week on Mo's Challenge Blog has a theme of "Any Holiday or Celebration" and I know that I LOVE the celebration of Valentines Day so here is my entry using Mo's 'Bella Hearts Bronte'.

I am sending this to my SIL-like-my-sister Bonnie as she loves her little dog - and I hope that she doesn't decide to look at my blog before it gets there!

Thanks for stopping by to visit! Check out the entries at http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/ and find some inspiration - as there is lots of it there!

Barbara Diane