More Valentine Cards!!!!

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.

1 Corinthians 13:4

Mini purses with "Forever Young" Cartridge

I just received my three newest addition to my cricut collection. I played a little with the "Forever Young" cartridge and made these three purses. They are cut size 5 1/2" and then embellished. The flowers are perfect to layer!

My guest in January is: Wendy!

Wendy is my guest this month. I met her at  Treasured Memories in Lafayette. She is a ray of sunshine! She is always smiling, happy, bubbly, and once you meet her you just want to be around her.... Her pages are beautiful and her classes are amazing.... full of the coolest techniques. They are always sold out! Her blog is: http://wendyroo.blogspot.com/  Here is "Wendy" in her own words:

I was originally born and raised as a Texan! I am now a Ragin Cajun, living in the heart of Acadiana. I have family roots that brought me to Louisiana and I have been here for a little more than half my life, so I now call this my home. I have a wonderful husband that is a great father to our 2 boys. When I’m out scrapbooking he is always there to take care of the kids and play with them. He is very supportive of my hobby. Especially during the winter months when he is not playing golf!

 I have been scrapbooking for almost 10 years, but I have always been one to have memory books of high school way back before scrapbooking was around. I started when my first son was born and from there fell completely in love with the hobby and the women and friends that I have made along the way. I teach monthly classes at the local scrapbook store, Treasured Memories, and have been teaching there for about 2 ½ years. I also scrapbook for others and I recently ventured into an online scrapbook kitz business. The name of our kitz are Kitz 2 Go, but we are known locally as “The Kitz Girlz”.

I do have another part time job that I have had for 6 yrs. I own and operate a preschool computer business, in which I teach at privately own preschools. I have been blessed with a wonderful family and wonderful friends and I am so happy to be able to make my beautiful memories last for a lifetime!

My style, well, I must say I am confused in this department! I don’t really know what my style is. When you scrapook for others and teach classes that teach lots of techniques, you loose who you are. I truly think that I am a simple scrapper and I do like layouts that are linear. I am a 2 page scrapper, I just can’t conform to the 1 page idea…it limits me and the amount of pictures that I can put on my page. I tend to take way to many pictures! I do start by collecting papers. I first layout my pictures and how I see them on the page. From there I build a base layout, with just papers. I then embellish my pages. I love things such as flowers (which I don’t get to use often on boy layouts), buttons, Prima, Thickers and lots and lots of fun paper!

Step by step punched flowers

Many of you were asking me about these flowers. Here are the directions step by step. I put a popup dot to the flower at the bottom and the mini flower in the center is the one I bought at Michael's in the bridal aisle.

Make sure you crease the petals, this is what gives them dimension. Do not be afraid of colors! Use double- sided papers to make them. These ones are made with a double sided paper from K and Company.

Family House

I went to Hobby Lobby yesterday and found this adorable 3-D wooden house. I thought it would look adorable in my scraproom. I used lots of chipboard pieces to embellish it. My theme was "family".

Happy New Year!

"He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men;

yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end." (Ecclesiastes 3:11)

I wish you a blessed and wonderful New Year!.

May God fill your hearts with His peace and unfailing love all the days of you life.

Thank you for stopping by!

"Sugar Rush" from Basic Grey Valentine Cards Collection

I stopped at Archiver's in Atlanta last weekend and could not help myself.... I love this line! The colors are so sweet and bright. These are some of the cards I've been making for Valentine's Day.

I also bought BoBunny's papers and embellishments to make this 9 x 9 album. These are some of the pages.

"I scream for ice cream!" (Sweet Treats cartridge)

Oh boy... do I love ice cream! I made them in the colors of my favorite flavors....

"Sealed with a Kiss" (Sweet Treats & Sweethearts Cricut Cartridges)

I am playing with all my new cricut cartridges I got for Christmas. I used Sweet Treats and Sweethearts to make this layout. The cake is  10" and  embellished with trims and my handmade flowers. The doves are 3" and 4 " each and the words "Kiss me" and "You and Me" are size 3". I also used Martha Stewart punch for the sides. This is my daughter's wedding about 2 1/2 years ago. This is such a beautiful picture... I had it printed at Costco (8 x 12).

Flowers made with punches

These are the punches I used to make these cute flowers. I layered them and creased them to give them dimension. They are so easy to make and very inexpensive! I am always making them with the leftover papers and keep them in a box so when I need one they are already done.

"Frogs in love" from Paisley Cachemire Cricut Cartridge

Love is in the air.... these pictures are from my son's honeymoon in Jamaica. I used Paisley Cachemire Cricut Cartridge again to make the cutest frogs ever! The castle is from Paper Dolls.

Paisley Cachemire Cricut Cartridge

This cartridge is so adorable! It has many girly-girl and cute images. Even though these are family pictures of "grown-ups", I couldn't help myself and made it "cutsie" and since my name is BEA... it works for me!

Merry Christmas and a blessed and wonderful New Year!

This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, 'Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.' Matthew 1:18-21

"The Nutcracker Ballet" Shadow Boxes

I made these shadow boxes for a lovely mother who wants to give it to her daughter for Christmas.  Her 14 year old daughter was chosen to perform  the role of  "Clara". She wanted to preserve everything from that night, including her flowers. Each shadow box is 18" x 24". I am sure she will treasure them forever!

Cookbook with "From my Kitchen" cricut cartridge

This cookbook has been so much fun to make! It is actually a class I will be teaching at Paper Niche in South Florida at the end of January. I used Maya Road clear album, "From my kitchen" cricut cartridge, Stampin 'Up! stamps and tons of great papers. Here are some pictures of  a few of the pages.

"God Gives Us a Desire for Our Work"

I have been so busy the last three weeks with Thanksgiving,  my son's wedding, with Christmas and with traveling almost every weekend that I have not had time to post any of my work lately. In the busyness of life, I came across this devotional today and when I read it it reminded me of why I scrapbook and why I love it so much. Here it is... enjoy! 

"God Gives Us a Desire for Our Work" (By Os Hillman)

You shall call, and I will answer You; You shall desire the work of Your hands (Job 14:15 ).

Did you know that God has already pre-wired you for the work He created you to do? We all have things inside of us that excite us when we think about it. God is the source of this passion. However, our career path may require many stepping stones before we reach the work that we were ultimately created for. The psalmist says "All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be" (Ps 139:16).

When the ark of the covenant was to be designed to contain the sacred ten commandments, God prepared a man to perform the important work.

"Then the LORD said to Moses, 'See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability and knowledge in all kinds of crafts -- to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of craftsmanship'" (Ex 31:1-6).

We do not know much about Bezalel, but you can be sure he had many jobs leading up to this most important assignment. He was also the first man mentioned in all of scripture to be "filled with the spirit of God."

When your work is empowered by the Spirit of God you will be hand-picked for some of the most important assignments. He says the skilled worker will even serve before kings (Prov. 22:9). God will see to it that your skills will be used for His ultimate purposes. This is the call of God for each of us -- to be fulfilled in our work and to use our work to fulfill His purposes on the earth.

He seals the hand of every man, that all men may know His work (Job 37:7 ).

My son is married!

My son Daniel Andres is finally married. His wedding was on Saturday, December 5 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Everything was perfect, even the weather! Danny asked his father and I to walk him down the altar and that was a very special moment for all of us. When he asked the priest  for permission to do this, he answered: "it's your wedding, do what you want".  For those of you who like wedding photography check out their site for more great moments at: 
http://intimatebridalportraits.com/blog/?p=711&preview=true

Slide Show here:
http://emilyharris.myshowit.com/lexie_danny/

New Cricut cartridges for $30!!!!

My friend called me from Ft. Lauderdale this morning to tell me that Wallmart has all the new Cricut cartridges for $30. I went to my local Wallmart but they did not have any of them. So I went back home, printed Wallmart's offer and went to Michael's and asked the manager if they honor competitor's prices. Well, she said yes and I ended up buying  my Christmas present!!! I bought 7 of them...... including this "from my kitchen". So.... I played a little! The "chef" is a stamp from Stampin'Up!. I was jumping and hugging the manager.... (I bet she thought I was from Mars....).

Pregnant girl card using New Arrival Cricut Cartridge

You go girl!

More Christmas Cards!

I made some vintage Christmas cards today and some conventional ones.  I better get use to the vintage  look since it is so popular this season.