Creative Journey

Heartfelt Thanks Card

Good morning! I can't believe how many days have gone by already! This past weekend seemed to speed by like a blur with all of the things that have happened...all good things, praise God! :)

Last Thursday we welcomed Elena Etcheverry and Sheila Goldsberry from Scrapbook Royalty to the Scrap Retreat House for a 3-Day Crop event (modeled after the Susan G. Komen 3-day Walk). They had a group of ladies raise $12,000 for Susan G. Komen this past weekend! What an awesome event! They did a wonderful job scheduling different classes and make and takes during the weekend that included Stephanie Ackerman and Donna Salazar. I was disappointed that I wasn't able to make it during the time they were there. I have been wanting to meet Stephanie in person for a while now, and Donna is a joy to be with...I love her creative energy! However, our family was celebrating our youngest daughter's 14th birthday that day. 

Well, I was able to join the ladies on Sunday afternoon, and let me just say that it was a huge blessing for me to see everyone enjoying themselves at our retreat house! Seeing them work on their projects with the tables filled with scrapping and art supplies just made me wish that I had signed up for the weekend myself! LOL! I also had the pleasure of meeting a few ladies who are cancer survivors, and their vivacious spirits inspired me so much! I left the house praising God for providing a means for them to enjoy a weekend creating meaningful projects that reflected their zest for life! My heart was so full of gratefulness just having met them, and I hope to be able to keep in touch with them...it would be a privilege and blessing to call them my friends!

While I was there, Elena taught us how to make the cutest flowers! They were very similar to these organza flowers that I had made for the Cuttlebug Challenge blog a few months ago (click on the link for a step-by-step tutorial). However, the difference was that we didn't use a die to cut the flowers. We simply hand cut circles in various from organza, gauze, and other sheer fabrics before melting the edges. The following is a card the I created using one of the flowers that I made that day. I also used this week's 2 Sketches 4 You by Kazan (I turned the sketch to the left by 90 degrees):

 

 

Heartfelt Thanks Card

Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned paper: Autumn Leaves
Glittered paper: Marcella by K
Vellum: Stampin Up
Embossing folder: Provo Craft Cuttlebug
Die cutting machines: Provo Craft Cricut and Sizzzix Big Shot
Swirl brush: Rhonna Farrer
Other: 4 Magic DNA font, organza flower, heart button

I hope you try making an organza flower for yourself! It's really fun and addicting...I think I'll make more this afternoon! ;-D  If you do so, please post a link to it in the comments below. I would love to see what you create!

Thank you for visiting today! I hope you'll join me tomorrow for a new Worship Wednesday post during which I'll be sharing about a recent experience that turned out to be a lesson on love. 

Let It Snow Card and Worship Wednesday RAK Winners

Good afternoon! Just a quick post today since I've had a challenging couple of days and still need to think about what we will be doing for our daughter's birthday tomorrow. :)

I created this card a couple of days ago using sketch 142 from Card Positioning Systems (turned 90 degress clockwise) so that I would have another holiday card to give this coming Christmas:

Also, I have a couple of winners! I apologize for the delay in posting this, but the last few of days have be so very busy. I will be posting a new Worship Wednesday project next week since I wasn't able to finish the project that I had intended to share with you a couple of days ago...so sorry!

Well, the randomly picked winner of a surprise RAK is:

 

Who left this comment:

WOW, WOW, WOW! I Love this! It's so beautiful! :) I praise God, because He loves me no matter what! :)

Posted by: Winter | November 11, 2009 at 06:20 PM

Congratulations, Winter! I will contact you by email shortly!

There was only one person who shared their faith-based project with us this week so this RAK will be going to Rona! Congratulations and thank you so much for sharing your work! :)

Sorry to rush off, but I have to get to the pharmacy before they close so that I have more patches to use for my shoulder this weekend. Thankfully, the pain in my shoulder has been getting better each time I use the patches, and I'm hoping and praying that I'll be pain-free soon!

Thanks so much for stopping by! :)

Recipe Blog Hop RAK Winner

Hello! Today is the day that I announce the winner of the  RAK that I offered during last week's Mega Recipe Blog Hop with Creative Cuts and More. I would like to thank all of you who participated and left such kind words about the recipe book that I shared with you last week! I truly appreciate you all for visiting! :)

Well, I enlisted the help of my youngest son, and he picked the name of the winner:

 

And the winner is:

 

who left this comment:

Oh my gosh, Christine, what beautiful project. Love the cookbook idea and the recipes too :P I am already subscribed and usually just leave your blog window open on my computer to listen to your wonderful music! Have a Blessed day, sweetie.
Posted by: Helen F. | November 10, 2009 at 06:46 AM

Congratulations, Helen!

I'll be contacting you by email for your mailing address so I can get the goodies shipped to you.

Tis The Season Card

Good morning! It's such a lovely day today where I live! We have been having lots of cloudy and overcast days, but today the skies are blue and clear above the green hills in our town. I hope that you're enjoying a beautiful day wherever you are right now! :)

I'd like to share this card that I created using the Mojo Monday card sketch this week:

 

Tis the Season Card

Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned paper, sentiment stickers: K & Company
Bird overlay: Making Memories
 Crystal swirls: Prima
  Glimmer spray: Tattered Angels
  Other: ribbons, doily

Later today I will be announcing the winner of the Mega Recipe Blog Hop RAK that I posted here last week. So stay tuned for that announcement today!

I also want to remind you that you still have until midnight tonight to post a comment here to be entered into my Worship Wednesday drawing. I'll send a surprise RAK to one randomly chosen winner from all of the posts. If you post a link to your faith-based project, you'll also be eligible for this RAK:

So let me see your project, and you could have a chance win all the items show above! :)

Deck the Halls

Good Monday afternoon! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! We were blessed to be able to see my parents and my husband's family this weekend. In fact, our sister-in-law (whose father recently passed away) brought her mother to join us during our Bible study. It was so nice to have them with us, and she told me that her family appreciated the sympathy card that I had made for them last week. It was such a blessing to me to hear that!

Well, I decided to make another shaped card with a dictionary flower using Laura's sketch over at 2 Sketches 4 You. Here's this week's sketch by Laura:

 

And here's my interpretation of the sketch:

 

I cut the card base from white Stampin' Up cardstock using my Cricut and SCAL. The red glittered paper from Marcella by K was also cut using SCAL and my Cricut to create the swirled frame. Before adhering the glittered frame to the card base, I embossed the top of the card base using a Cuttlebug embossing folder. I attached the gold ribbon to the card base, layered the red glittered frame onto the card then embellished it with a silver doily and a dictionary flower made from die cut tissue papers and vintage dictionary pages spritzed with Hollyberry and Olive Vine Glimmer Mist. The red poinsettia is from Prima and the flower jewel was from a kit given to me by Elena (from Scrapbook Royalty). Finally, I used a K & Company rub-on on a strip of vellum that I cut into the shape of a banner and adhered this beneath the dictionary flower.

Have you been bitten by the holiday bug yet? I can't believe that it's less than a couple of weeks away from Thanksgiving! I'm SO ready to get out our Christmas tree and begin decorating for Christmas! I have to confess that, with the exception of our children, my husband, and a couple of people on our list, I'm almost done with our Christmas shopping! So if we put up our tree, all I'll have to do is wrap up our gifts! I'm so excited...I can't wait!

I wanted to get all of that done before December so that I can focus on our yearly holiday devotions with our family and have time to encourage and prepare our children's hearts to celebrate Christ's birth. There have been seasons when I didn't prepare in advance, and the holidays flew by without the heart of worship that I desired for our family. I have been praying that this year would be different, and that we would be able to truly celebrate the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ with anticipation, gratitude, and hearts overflowing with love...knowing the true purpose of the gift of His coming...our eventual salvation through God's gracious gift of sacrifice. May you be blessed in knowing this during this holiday season as well!

Well, I'm off to go get my hair cut today since my favorite hairdresser will be available this afternoon! It will be so nice to finally get my hair trimmed so I can stop wearing a headband to keep my hair away from my face. LOL! ;-D

I hope you all have a wonderful week!

 

Praise and Thanksgiving - Worship Wednesday #2

“I will praise God's name in song and glorify Him with thanksgiving.” – Psalm 69:30

Welcome to the second week of Worship Wednesday! I hope that your week has been filled with an abundance of blessings so far. I’ve been enjoying time with our children today, and I hope that you’ve been able to enjoy celebrating Veteran’s Day with your own family as well.

The Scripture passage that I used to introduce today’s Worship Wednesday expresses exactly how I feel when I remember God’s gracious provision of all of my needs and the blessing of receiving my heart’s desire (although it doesn’t happen when I want in exactly the way I desire because only His time and His purpose in allowing me to have them is perfect).  

I have found that when I recall everything that God has allowed to happen in my life…the good and the bad, the joyful moments and the times I’ve despaired…I realize that I can thank Him for every single moment because those were the times and events that I was meant to experience. They were not hid from Him…He knew of every moment in my life even before I knew Him. Although what I experienced may have been a result of my sin, His mercy and grace allowed me to learn, grow, and seek Him even more for forgiveness, redemption, and sanctification. I cannot help but sing praises to Him for His desire for me to be His child and grant me the opportunity to have a relationship with Him through faith in the redeeming work of His Son, Jesus Christ. I could never earn it and neither did I deserve it. Yet His limitless love provided it...that is truly only possible because of His grace.

Today, I’d like to share a project that is inspired by the Tuesday Trigger at Moxie Fab World.

The colors and damask pattern in this photo simply “spoke” to me. The thankfulness theme was inspired by the Bitten by the Bug challenge and this week's Pink Elephant challenge. The Gypsy Spot issued a challenge to use the welding function on the Cricut Gypsy, and I used mine to weld together the Gypsy font letters for the "thanksgiving" sentiment that's cut from glittered paper. I also used this week’s Mojo Monday 112 sketch to create this (click on the photos to enlarge them):

  

Praise and Thanksgiving Card

Cardstock: Bazzill
Glittered paper: Marcella by K
Patterned paper: Teresa Collins
  Border punch: Martha Stewart (trellis)
  Ribbon: Wright's
  Embossing folder: Provo Craft Cuttlebug
  Vintage Label: The Graphic Fairy
Flowers: Recollections (Michaels)
Die cut sentiment: Provo Craft Cricut (Gypsy Font)
Other: doilies

I hope that you’ll join me in remembering the goodness of God today. Would you share with me the things for which you can praise Him today? Leave a comment and I’ll randomly pick someone to receive a RAK. Also, if you decide to join me in creating a faith-based project for this Worship Wednesday, I will enter you in a drawing for this RAK:

 

This RAK includes:

Making Memories Autumn Splendor 8x8 papers
Prima flower and crystal swirls
Package of pearl embellishments
Length of aqua ribbon
Martha Stewart Mini Hearts border punch

Post a link to your faith-based project by next Tuesday, November 17, 2009, and I’ll announce the randomly chosen winner from the list of participants on the next Worship Wednesday post!

I’ll leave you with the following music video. What better song to sing today than “You are Worthy of My Praise”:

With Sympathy / How You Live

Good morning! I hope that you all enjoyed your Monday and played along with us during Creative Cuts & More's mega recipe blog hop. If you didn't have a chance to see the project that I created for the blog hop, please take a moment to go here to see it. You'll also have a chance to win a RAK from me in a random drawing I will have for it next week. So make sure that you read this post and find out how you can be the lucky winner! :)

Well, I was asked by my husband to create a card to send to our sister-in-law (she is married to my husband's brother). She lost her father last week and has been in mourning. I have to confess that I do not enjoy creating sympathy cards because I tend to cry as I'm making them (yes, I'm that emotional...LOL!). This one was challenging for me to do because I really wanted to make a special one for her. I was so grateful to find Kazan's sketch yesterday at 2 Sketches 4 You. It took the pressure off of me to try an design it all by myself (thank you, Kazan!).  I used some glitter paper, Teresa Collins patterned paper, handmade crepe paper ruffles, and an artisan shaped card base which I cut using my Cricut and SCAL. The handmade flower is made from vintage dictionary pages and tissue paper using the instructions from Donna Salazar's video (these are her dictionary flowers, version 2.0  ;-D ).

Our sister-in-law got the news that her father took a turn for the worst while she and her husband were out celebrating her birthday and watching the theatrical performance of "The Lion King" in San Diego last week. Needless to say, they left as soon as they heard, but by the time she arrived at the hospital, her father had been given so much medication that he didn't even recognize her and she felt that she couldn't even properly say good-bye to him. That truly broke my heart when I heard about it! Okay, I'll stop now since I'm crying already. Anyway, if you would join me in lifting her up in prayer and asking the Lord to comfort her during this time of loss, I would appreciate it.

So sorry that this post isn't as positive as I usually like to share on my blog. However, I hope that it will serve as a reminder for us to go out and fully love and appreciate the ones that we have with us RIGHT NOW while we still have the blessing of doing so!  I'll leave you with this music video...it's one of my favorite songs by Point of Grace that encourages me whenever I hear it. The song is called "How You Live"...Enjoy! :)

Creative Cards & More Mega Recipe Blog Hop & a RAK!

Good morning and welcome to the first day of the Creative Cuts & More Mega Recipe Blog Hop! We have 24 designers who will be creating wonderful pages to inspire you. Plus we all will be sharing some of our own delicious treasured family recipes. You should have arrived here from Kendra's blog. If not, I wouldn't want you to miss her wonderful project and recipes along with all of the participating designers' work so please make sure that you begin at the Creative Cuts and More blog to enjoy everyone's creations!

As part of the celebration, CC&M will be having a great sale! For the next six days, they will offer 20% off the entire store! But act quickly...it is only for six days, and this sale will end on November 14th! Make sure you enter this code: recipebloghop2009 during check out to receive this fabulous discount!

As a continuing part of the celebration, CC&M will also be giving away great gifts! Each day a kit will be given away. Here's what you'll need to do: go through the blog hop and leave a comment for reach of the great designers. After you have finished the blog hop, return to www.diecutdiva.com and instead of leaving a comment, you need to share a recipe to have a chance at winning the kit! Share the recipe on your blog and link it back and get another chance to win the kit!  When you do so, you'll also be helping us make this a great recipe swap, too!

Make sure you keep reading until the end of this post because I have a special treat for all of you that I will be giving away, too!

Today I will be sharing some of our family's favorite recipes featuring the 8”x8” Treasured Family Recipes Kit (click on the kit photo to go to the Creative Cuts and More store to purchase the kit).

I've been wanting to have a place to keep our recipes for a long time now, and this kit has made it possible for me to do that. The kit contains all the cardstock, patterned papers and embellishments you need to make your own family recipe book, and let me tell you...it was delightful making these pages!  This is the cover of my recipe book:

I love the fact that the cover has a circular opening becuase it gave me the opportunity to create a shaker box element. I adhered a piece of transparency to the cover before adding the patterned papers and embellishments. Then I turned the cover over, filled the space with some Martha Stewart mica flakes and then enclosed that with another piece of transparency. This makes it possible to see the paper from the first page through the opening in the cover. Finally, I added the rhinestones and glittered paper from my stash to the chipboard letters that were included in the kit.

Since Thanksiving is coming in a few short weeks, I thought I would share my turkey brining recipe. I had never heard about brining a turkey until five years ago. I had been reading a book called CookWise by Shirley Corriher and she explains within the book why brining produces such a moist, tender turkey. Well, I decided to try it that year for Thanksgiving, and that turkey turned out to be the best we had roasted until then! Even my sister-in-law and her mom, who joined us, loved it and they still remember how delicious it was (right, Mickie? ;-D).

Here's the page that I created for the brine recipe:

 

The brown cardstock pocket was created by stitching the cardstock to the patterned paper so that I could place the recipe card into it. Here's the actual recipe:

Turkey Brine

1 cup kosher salt
1/2 cup brown sugar
5 bay leaves
2 tablespoons black pepper corns
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon dried rosemary
1 tablespoon rubbed sage
1 tablespoon coriander seeds

1. Dissolve brine in 2 quarts of boiling water. Once it is dissolved, add in 1-2 quarts more water (depending on the size of your bird).
2. Allow brine to cool to room temperature (you can add some ice cubes to the brine to speed this process). Place your turkey in a couple of large roasting bags (double bag it) and pour brine over the turkey making sure the cavity is filled. Tie the bags shut and place the turkey in an ice cooler filled with ice overnight (for at least 12 hours).
3. Discard brine after removing turkey. Rinse the turkey inside and out under cool running water for several minutes to remove all traces of salt; pat dry with paper towel.

To roast:

5 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 cup white wine, chicken broth or water

1. Mix the softened butter with the pepper. Place turkey on rack in roasting pan. Rub the seasoned butter under the skin.
2. Brush the skin with the melted butter. Pour the 1 cup liquid (wine, broth or water) over the pan bottom to prevent drippings from burning.
3. Roast turkey at 450 degrees F for 25 minutes, baste and then rotate the roasting pan. Continue roasting until the skin turns golden brown, an additional 25 minutes; baste again.
4. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F; continue to roast, basting and rotating the pan once about halfway through cooking, until the internal temperature reaches 170 degrees F for turkey breast meat and 180 degrees F for turkey thigh meat. Remove the turkey from the oven. Let stand 20 minutes before carving.

Another family favorite is the following hearty soup recipe which uses the left over Thanksgiving turkey:

This page also has a pocket that holds the following delicious recipe:

After Thanksgiving Turkey Soup

1 leftover turkey carcass
3-4 bay leaves
3 medium onions, chopped
2 large carrots, diced
2 celery ribs, diced
1 cup butter, cubed
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 cups half-and-half cream
1 cup uncooked long grain rice
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon chicken bouillon granules
3/4 teaspoon pepper

1. Place turkey carcass in a soup kettle or Dutch oven and cover with water. Add bay leaves and bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour. Remove carcass; cool. Set aside 3 qt. broth. Remove turkey from bones and cut into bite-size pieces; set aside.

2. In a soup kettle or Dutch oven, saute the onions, carrots and celery in butter until tender. Reduce heat; stir in flour until blended. Gradually add 1 qt. of reserved broth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.

3. Add cream, rice, salt, bouillon, pepper, remaining broth and reserved turkey. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30-35 minutes or until rice is tender.

To thank you for taking the time to visit, I will be offering the following RAK:

This RAK includes:

A Martha Stewart Embossed Scallop border punch

A package of 16 glitters from Doodlebug

Package of Prima felt matties

Heidi Swapp Gel flowers

Basic Grey Gypsy 6"x6" paper pad

Doodlebug paper frills

Assortment of ribbons and buttons

In order to have your name added to the drawing, simply subscribe to my blog (enter your email address into the subscription box located in the sidebar on the left) and leave a comment letting me know that you've done so. If you already receive the Feedblitz notifications whenever my blog is updated, just leave a comment, and I will verify that your email address is on my mailing list. The deadline to leave a comment for the RAK drawing is next Monday, November 16th, 2009, at 11:59 p.m. I will announce the name of the randomly chosen winner on my blog next Tuesday, November 17th.

I hope you've enjoyed your visit to my blog today! Now it's time to visit Holly's blog to see the pages she's created and the recipes she'll be sharing with you today!

One last note...be sure you check back at www.diecutdiva.com tomorrow for the Holiday Treats Apron Recipe Kit Blog Hop!  There will be 24 designers who will be showcasing their great creations and sharing holiday treat recipes!

 

You're Tweet - CardPatterns #40

Good evening! I can't believe that it's already the end of the week! Time seems to have flown by this week, and I must apologize for not posting my RAK on Friday as I had mentioned in my last post. I'm going to save it for tomorrow because I'm sharing a project that I created for this event:

Make sure that you stop by the Creative Cuts & More blog tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time/11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. You'll find out how to win the wonderful kit that I used for the project I'll be sharing here tomorrow!

I had a few scraps left over from the project I made, so I decided to creat this card using the CardPatterns Sketch #40:

You're all getting a sneak peek a the great patterned papers that I was able to work with, and I hope you'll come back tomorrow to see the project and recipes that I'll be sharing with you! Not only that, I'll be posting the RAK that I had intended to post a couple of days ago in tomorrow's post as well so stay tuned!

Thanks so much for visiting today! I hope you all have a wonderful week! :)

Be Still - Worship Wednesday #1

Welcome to the beginning of Worship Wednesdays here on my blog! I recently visited Joyce's blog and was so inspired by her post that I asked her permission to copy her idea for Worship Wednesdays. I am so very thankful that she agreed! I have had a desire to create more projects that reflect my heart and faith, and I thought that if I would simply schedule a day to do so each week, I would likely more likely to create projects that are meaningful to me on a regular basis. So...here we are with my first Worship Wednesday project!

This is inspired by the Moxie Fab World Plum Crazy challenge and The Gypsy Spot Wanderings challenge.

 

 

Be Still Wallhanging

Cardstock: Bazzill, The Paper Company
Glittered paper: Marcella by K
Patterned paper: K & Company
Ink pad: Colorbox
Corrugated paper: Ellison
Flowers, bling, die cut felt border: Prima
Die cut butterfly and title: Provo Craft Cricut (Gypsy Font, Gypsy Wanderings)
Other: trim, ribbon, craft wire

Let me share a little bit of my creative process as I went about putting together this project...The deep purple color reminds me of royalty and the King and Lord of my heart. The torn, corrugated paper symbolizes the challenges that I've been facing lately, as well as the events of life which are the hills and valleys that often add "texture" to my life. The little pink butterfly is me...often fluttering around in the wind attempting to find food and nourishment. Finally, the jewels remind me of the grace that He bestows upon me so lavishly, and the opalescent tone of the glimmer mist on the title echoes the beauty of His command to simply "be still". I need to be that butterfly resting upon the beauty of God's creation...being still enough to consider and enjoy all that He has provided for me so that I may praise Him for His abundant grace and provision.

As you may have guessed, the following verse has been on my mind lately:

       Be still, and know that I am God;
       I will be exalted among the nations,
       I will be exalted in the earth.

Psalm 46:10

With all that I've been experiencing, this verse has had me considering whether I really stop and still my mind and actions long enough to truly know my God. Am I still long enough to be able to hear the tuggings at my heart that remind me to focus on my relationship with Him? Have I taken the time to hear Him, exalt Him, and sing praises to Him? It saddens me to confess that I would have to answer "no" to both questions. My heart has not been wholeheartedly His lately, and I know that it has been due to the distractions of life.

The many urgent, non-important things that come up often take precedence when I'm faced with them. Unfortunately, the important, meaningful moments feel as if they slip away all to quickly unless I make a conscious effort to engage my mind and heart in them before they pass. Often I think that the physical pain I'm experiencing is something that causes me to slow down from the frenetic pace that would characterize my days if it wasn't hindered by this condition with which I'm currently dealing. I know in my heart that I simply need to slow this pace and enjoy some much-needed time with the Lover of my soul.  A lovely reader and sister-in-Christ reminded me of this a couple of weeks ago, and I realize now what she meant in her message to me. I am so thankful for her sweet reminder, and for the gracious One who sent her my way!

So...are you like me? Do you feel as if your days have been running together in a jumbled mess? Remember that there is One who desires to have your heart...One who knows your struggles and the challenges that you face every moment of every day. Simply slow down and meet with Him...allow yourself time to hear Him and know Him for His precious Word says:

Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. [I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls.]

Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle (meek) and humble (lowly) in heart, and you will find rest (relief and ease and refreshment and recreation and blessed quiet) for your souls.

For My yoke is wholesome (useful, good--not harsh, hard, sharp, or pressing, but comfortable, gracious, and pleasant), and My burden is light and easy to be borne.

Matthew 11:28-30 (Amplified Bible)

Will you join me in being still and knowing Him today? Let's come together and be with Him to find peace and refreshment for our souls, shall we?! :)

Please feel free to share with me what inspires you to worship God today. I would love to know! If you create a faith-based project, I would love to see it as well...please leave a comment with a link to it! I will feature a sneak peek of the projects that are shared in the comments of this post next week, and I will be giving away a surprise RAK to a randomly chosen participant from among those who join me for my Worship Wednesday. The deadline for posting a link to your faith-based project is next Tuesday, November 10, 2009, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time.  Thank you in advance for joining me!  :)

So many of you inspire me with your sweet words of encouragement, and I thank you for taking the time to do so! May the rest of your week...

 

P.S.

Don't forget to visit again this Friday! It's the first Friday of the month and time for another Freebie Friday RAK!  ;-D