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Fishing

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We had a home bible study group tonight, it was interesting and a lot of fun.  Our church has these groups one Sunday a month. Our home with Steve teaching is one of the designated groups.  We talk, pray, read and discuss. Then we have soup, brownies and talk and discuss some more, the talking and discussing latter segment generally lasts as long as the food does.  It is a casual comfortable environment.  The topic was from the book of acts and sharing our faith.   After when everyone was left I went into my  stamp room, I always try to make a card with a key verse to send a thank you to the folks who come.  This one was fun, I played with fish, using T H distress inks:     Here's the school:  I thought about adding more bling, but these are for the guys and I know they aren't going to like the girly glitter, so I just put a dab on the eyeballs.  The verse is And Jesus saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. Mt 4:19 These cards were a lot of fun to make

Choices

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Today became an unexpected day home!  It's gray and rainy, I've got lots of things to do.  Ever have one of those days, Just not sure where to start?  The laundry is done, the food is prepared and ready, the house is  clean and no place to go in a hurry It all boils down to Stamp time!!!  Just not sure where to start.  When I begin a project I write it down, keep track of the progress.  Right now I have 3 swaps to make 15 cards for and then tonight I have a stamp till you cramp get together.  For the get together I am supposed to be doing my Christmas cards.  I am hoping to get 60 more panels embossed this afternoon so I can bring the stuff to work on.  I don't feel the unction for the swaps, and I wanted to star a new project so I went looking for a stamp: I couldn't decide, too many choices.  I do better at 2am than 10am!!!  So What I did decide to do was finish some of my "scrap cards" these are cards using left over pieces of paper.  This happened to be a

Ahhh Thursday!

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I'm not sure what it is about Thursdays, but I have always loved them!  The week is almost past and the weekend not yet here, it is kind of a pause day.  When I was younger and a single parent, the weekdays were so hectic and full of demands, it seemed like I was perpetually treading water till the weekends.  I realized one day how unhealthy this was, how totally stressing Monday thru Friday was in my life.  I decided to make a change, reorder a few things so that I could feel like I could breath during the week.  The biggest change however happened with my perspective, I applied something I had been saying/thinking/singing for years "This is the Day that the Lord hath made and I will rejoice and be glad it is!"  I wasn't enjoying each day as it came, I was letting the cares of life steamroll me.  We all know what that feeling is like, and it isn't good.  So I made a change in my thinking, it was that simple.  What I had no control of I let go of and just committe

WOYWW#173

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Another WOYWW blog hop!  The event starts here at Julias' blog and goes all the way around the world!! http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/   Join in the fun!  Busy week for me, I'm still working on the MMStudio blog and the stuff to put in it, so I haven't been blogging much here.  I should be back on track this coming week.  I have missed my daily posting.  I have got lots of on my desk (s) for this hop! I started all of these projects on Monday!!  First stop, my Christmas cards I'm making 90 this year and hope that will be enough.  I'll post a picture of the completed card.  That center panel is an old magenta stamp I just love it, I am embossing it with the Gold powder I am selling in my studio ( www.maxammadestudio.blogspot.com ) It is very fine and captures the detail beautifully!  - yes shameless plug!   BirdSong Graphic 45 paper in the 8x8 pad   So far I have made 4 A6 size cards and then with the scraps from those I made these:  I am having a problem with m

WOYWW #172

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I think most of us on the WoYWW say this every week, Where did the week go??   I've been working on Cooking, and Card Making , Womens' Ministries and my just week flew by.  I am making my parents dinners freezing them and bringing them over a weeks worth when I visit , I am enjoying this very much, I have joined the sandwich generation, still have kids at home and helping to take care of parents.  Busy, Busy Busy!  I have a new blog that I have set up to sell papers, supplies and cards.  Nothing extravagant, just trying to keep my supplies rolling in!  I have been working on a card series to put into the studio ( www.maxammadestudio.blogspot.com ) so that is what is on my  desk plus a new toy!  Thank you Steve!!   I am having problems with the photo editor in my lap top, My PC crashed a month ago Steve set up my laptop with my big screen, then I picked up a malware virus _ UGH, He's pretty much restored everything but there are a few things still not working, working on tho

WOYWW #171

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Nothing to exciting going on on my desk today.  The room looks like a mess, papers everywhere and the cat seems to need to walk through everything  five times over. I'm Making lots and lots and lots of label tags for my cards, I'm also working on two batches of cards that I hope to get finished tomorrow, to put in Maxam Made Studio. So for the peek at my work desk, just lots of cutting: I am working on making a few of these too, they will become christmas gifts.  Each letter is one tile and hand painted, and has crystal accents on them, they just aren't showing up.  I have been making this design for about 13 years and I actually receive a lot of orders for them. Hope you have time to hop over to http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/   Julia Dunnit's site where she host what must be the biggest blog hop around the globe! Thanks for stopping by! Ginny M

High Tea

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I went to a high tea tonight, hosted my a life long friend, Lori U.  What a magnificent event she treated us to.  This was her 6th party.  6 parties over the course of about 25 years.  I have been to all of them.  Lori is one of those friends that know how to make everyone comfortable, she has a gift for hospitality.  I can't count how many time she has made me have fun!! this shot is so blurry, but here she is welcoming us: The decoration  theme was Shoes, and she had at least a hundred of them all spray painted Aqua, tied with ribbons and lit with a candle!   There were many faces I knew spanning the 25 years.  And then Some new ones: These were my dinner partners, Jan, Bev (Bev I have know for at least 20 years and don't ever get to spend enough time with her) Kyla and Gail.    These gals were just the best dinner partners, we had so much fun during the night!! After a wonderful 4 course meal we listen to a dynamic message by Author Ruth Harvey Ruth is a Minister and author

Labeling

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Today I have a day off, so it will be a catch up day and with any luck I won't be going anywhere, Just staying home and doing home stuff! Last night I was working on a project and had a hard time finding a color of liquid pearl stuff in the dimensional paint drawer. So I decided the day had come for me to remove the labels so I could see the colors inside. Before you think it, Yes I do have a life,  but for what ever reason labels and branding bothers me, it has since I was in my early twenties.  A med rep would come into the office and give the staff beautiful pens and leather padded folios and it would have a giant purple Viagra logo plastered across it.  yeah right, I found acetone would take care of that in seconds and I would have the beautiful pad and pens sans VIAGRA written across the whole thing.  I don't use purses that have huge label brands on them real or knock off - I don't want to be a part of branding, I know this is going to an extreme, but I think 500.00 f

l`Chaim!

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This was a little project I put together this afternoon.  I made them for Gerry my Mothers' Beaux.  Gerry is one of those rare individuals over 80 that still enjoys writing letters.  With the holidays coming up I thought he might enjoy this set of Cards.  When I give them to him he will tell me stories from his parents and grandparents times and I will learn a few more Yiddish words.  I love hearing peoples histories, and since Gerry is one of the most enthusiastic persons I know, it will be a real treat for me! I used my computer to print out the  Chaim symbol, I used a punch to punch the symbol and then I used my eCraft to make the rest of the squares. A Very easy project!   Made on 100# linen paper.  I love the way they came out.   I received this in the mail today!!  A totally surprise!!   a really nice pair of scissors from Fiskar!  With my "Fiskateeer" number engraved on it!  They are terrific, so sharp and fits my hand so nice!!   I will have to send them a thank y

WOYWW #170

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Another Week has gone by and now it is time for the international blog hop starting at Julia Dunnit's site :    http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/   I am almost finished with last weeks hop, it usually takes me the week.  I just love seeing what everyone else is doing and how they are doing it!  The week's peek at my desk has a "tag" being made for a Oriental Stamp Arts group swap..  This is my first art tag, I've never made one and I've never received one.  I guess saying I don't get around much would be an understatement!  I was hoping this would be make 12 tags get 12 tags deal, but I guess I was the over eager newbie on this one!  Any way here is my Tag, I actually made two and they are two pages.  The guideline was to make either a tea tag or a silk label tag 3"x6" and it had to say silk or tea on it.  First desk top is my desk top, using the Ecraft to cut my tags out of 130 cold pressed black paper. Next on to the tag partially assembled: