Blessings!!!

Hello my friends!! I hope you all had a great Sunday. We went to church and then celebrated Father's Day at our favorite BBQ place. How did you all celebrate Father's Day???? I would love to hear about it!

Yesterday a friend of mine said she had a surprise for me, I thought "hmmn a surprise????" It's not my birthday, it's not Christmas....

After church she pleasantly greeted me with this beautiful gift bag, a smile and hug and then we parted ways. I have been going through a bit of a transition in my schedule and have been in a quiet place lately, seeking direction from the Lord. I have not been very active on my blog and a little unsure of where the Lord is taking me. Being the emotional person that I am I have been experiencing a rush of different feelings. Sometimes a little hug or an encouraging word from a friend can make all the difference. Well the Lord allowed a conversation to take place in which I could share my heart and all of the confusing emotions that have been flooding my heart. I love how when you least expect it, the Lord sets up a divine appointment. To me that was such a blessing. I love the gift of friendship and the way the Lord can bring comfort and healing through those friendships.

So as if this wasn't enough of a blessing, I open the gift bag given to me from my friend and out pops 4 BELLA'S!!!! I took a second look, because I don't actually own any. Yep, they were Bella's!!! I couldn't believe it. Now I get excited over a new pencil, so imagine my retardedness over 4 Bella stamps. WOW! What can I say, I was speechless.

Ya see, the thing that blessed me the most was the fact that my friend knew me! There's nothing sweeter than feeling loved and cared for and that is how I felt when I opened that surprise.

It takes time to know someone and to know the little stupid things that really don't mean anything yet can mean everything. God is so good to allow us to enjoy the little things in life but the gift of friendship is precious and priceless. It takes work, time and interest to truly care for someone and I pray that you all have someone in your life that's worth that investment. I encourage you all to take the time to know someone and to bless someone today. Just a smile, a hug, a handmade card, a lunch date, an encouraging word ..... this just might be what someone needs. See how you can bless someone today, you'll be blessed that you did!!!!



Thanks Becca! I love you stupid head!!!!!!! (trust me y'all she likes it when I call her that don't ya?)


Smiles and Hugs,

Melanie

Longing for you!!!

A quick card I made with an image Sabrina sent to me from Japan. Thanks Sabrina!! This one will be a cute one for my hubby!I used CTMH markers in shades of yellow to color in the giraffe and cranberry for the hearts. Also used our double sided textured cardstock.

RAK!!!!

Ok, so I'm taking a quick break from packing to post this very sweet RAK. OMG, when my hunny came in tonight he had the mail and to my very big surprise was a package from Aimee. She sent me this pretty card and instructions and materials to make this purse album. I was just astounded by her kindness. In the craziness of my day, trying to prepare for our trip to Florida this random act of kindness made me feel warm and fuzzy inside. Aimee, you are such a sweetie!! Those papers are gorgeous and the colors are scrumptious. Be sure to check out Aimee's blog!!!!

Card for a friend!!!

Here's a little cupcake card that I made for a sweet friend! Again I used my stickles for the icing and some ribbon that Sabrina sent me from Japan, which I lOVE!!!! I also used my new 8x8 glitter pads from DCWV, love that blingy paper,although it doesn't seem to be showing up very well in the photo.

Have a great day everyone!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll try to post some more later!!!

My First Bella Card!!!

I finally got a chance to play with my Bella images that Jenn sent me. Oh what fun!
I used a lot of stickles for the cupcake, prima flowers, CTMH autumn craft buttons, Teen Girl PP (retired CTMH), sunny yellow marker for her hair, bubblegum marker for her dress and shoes, peach whip re-inker with blending pen, chalk with the blending pen for her skin, corner punch to make the round scallop circle and the side scallops, simple stitches for the bubblegum polka dots along the sides, shimmery ric rac attached with liquid glass, and some pink rhinestones for the flower centers.
Thanks again Jenn!!! I just love her!!!

A couple of Cards!!!

These are the images I am sending out for my SBS 16 image swap. Thought I would show a couple of samples using the images. Used Spot on Backgrounds stamp set to make the pink polka dot paper and my cuttlebug EF for the yellow and black paper.

Simple Beauty and Creative Basics Paper and ric rac. The little bird house is Studio G.

RAK!!!!

Here's the card Jenn made and sent to me with all of these images. She stamped 4 of each Bella!!!
Ok, so I was so wanting some of these Bellas and lo and behold what came in the mail but these incredible images from Jenn!!!! Check out her blog!!! She's super cool!! I was so touched by her kindness and like a kid at a candy store all at the same time. Check out the beautiful card she sent along with it, OMG!!! I really will need some practice but I hope to have some cards to show with these adorable Bellas soon. Thank you so much Jenn, your a sweetie!!!

KINDNESS!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the beautiful card Sabrina sent me after she received her care package from me.
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Well, as I was lying in bed sick yesterday a package was delivered to me. It was from my new friend Sabrina from Japan. We met on SCS when she responded to my inquiry about joining the RAK (random act of kindness) group. We soon discovered we had much in common the best being the Lord.

Well, she sent me a care package that tickled me pink. She knew pink was my favorite color and well, that package was stocked with pink stuff. Everything from pink ribbon, flowers to earrings a change purse and many more goodies. All from Japan, might I add.

It was so cool to see the packaging in a different language. It's a good thing she wrote out the items for me. She sent a cool aqua pen that makes things 3-d and some round coasters, the cutest stamped images, bookmarks, storage bags, pink rhinestone bling and origami paper etc.

I was so excited when I saw the Bella images. I don't own any and I have been admiring them for some time now. How did she know??????????? God is so good, on my day of sickness he sent a little bit of sunshine to brighten my day. Thank you Sabrina for your kindness and God bless you!! You brought a smile to my face!!!!!!!!

Random Act of Kindess - RAK

Ok, so I am so touched. Vicki, one of my SBS 16 sisters sent me a card with a bunch of stamped images.

This is what they call a RAK ( random act of kindness) This is my first experience being the recipient of a RAK and I am just tickled pink. You must go visit her blog, she is listed on my sidebar under SBS 16 or just click on her name above. She made the cutest card and sent this image that I really thought was too cute! Her card is adorable. She half cut a circle through the card base, folded it over and adhered it with a pop dot, wrapped ribbon around it, tied a bow and viola, an ingenious card. The stamped image shows through the half circle window and is just fabulous looking!

Thank you Vicki for blessing me and scattering some sunshine!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait to make some cards.