Going Home

I know that it has been a long time that I have posted on my blog.  I haven't forgotten it.  I just haven't had the time to work on anything.  I have about 4 different projects to finish.

Sunday morning at 11:30 God needed my husband to come home. Most of you knew that he had brain and lung cancer and that we had been fighten this for 1 1/2 years.  The last month he had been unable to walk or stand.  He had been in the hospital for the last 30 days.  He begged for me to come home so I did bring him home a week ago Monday.  He slipped into a comma on Friday and God took him Sunday. 
My sister Dorothy was here.  Larry's sister Ruby was here.  Our son Tony was able to come in from Kansas and be here also. Our daughters Krystal and Jamie were here also.   I very close friend Stacy who was like a daughter to Larry and I had also drove all  night to be here.

My husband's wishes was to be cremated and buried at the foot of his brother who he lost in Vietnam 44 years ago.  He will be taking his last trip to Joliet Il in about 2 weeks.

I'm having a memorial service Saturday here at our home.

Larry wanted to be home so I thoought this would be perfect.

Sunday afternoon my SNL and 5 of his golfing buddies will take some of his ashes out to the golf course and will use his golf clubs and shoot one ball a piece at each hold as they leave alittle bit of him on each hole.  He loved golfing.

Thanks everyone for all the support and the love that you have giving me over the last year.  Larry is loved and will be missed but I do know that he is in a better.  I will have my Guardian Angel with me at all times.

The picture below was taken when we had gone to Florida on January.  Larry was doing so good.

I love you and I will miss you so very much. 
Today would have been our anniversary 31 years of marriage but 43 years of living together.

"BABY BOY"

Good Morning everyone.  First off  I  need lots of prayers for my family.   My oldest grandaughter was in a very series car accident Monday.  By all rights she shouldn't be here. The Good Lord was read for her yet.  Broken pelvis, facial breaks.  Broken ribs.  Bruised lungs and bruised heart. As her Doctor said.  She's broken and a mess.

Then last nite my other grandaughter called and said that her future father-n-law had a seisure and fell and broken his neck from the fall and died instantly. 

Most of you know that my DH has lung cancer.  He was doing good up until yesterday.  He's no longer able to stand or walk very far.   He's STUBBORN ( like most men) so using a wheel chair he argues about it.  But I guess thats his pride, which I totatly understand.

So please keep my in mind when yall are saying prayers.  Just add a few more.   Thanks for letting me getting some built of emotions out.  I was telling another fellow crafter that I don't have time to get sick because there isn't enough hours in the day for everything that I need to do.  The hours are just not there.

Now on to a Happier post.  Over on the Lasting Memories blog, the challenge for this week is tags.
I have a new grandson and great-grandson.  One in May and one in July. Here is the link for the Lasting Memories Lo challenge http://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com  The challenge for this week is  "TAG"  Your It!!
Like I said in the beginning that I will have new Baby Boys in my life and decided to make this LO and do it for the challenge.
I want to thank Faith Abigail for the inspiration on making this page.  It will be a dbl LO when i'm finished.  I used alot of carts for this.  All the paper is from DCWV  The pattern paper is from the paper stack BABY BOY Stack.  This stack has some awesome paper in it.

First I will post the picture then I will tell you what I used to make this LO.
Here is how I made this LO.

I used brown for my base paper to match the brown in my in the pattern paper that I used.  I matted the 4x6 pictures  (4) with very light blue card stock.  I used the same blue card stock for the stork which was cut from the CRICUT SAMPLER cart.  The Title was cut from 2 different carts. BABY was Plantin Schoolbook and boy was cut from Kate's ABC's.  The house was cut from Kate's as all the layers. The tree with the swing is from Just Because Cards cart.  The tags are from A CHILDS YEAR.  I used eyelets that I had in my stash with blue and white bakers twine. I stuck the tags in the top of the picture mat to the left of the house.  I had seen where one of the DT ladies had done this.

I do have Kate's ABC's cart and the Cricut Sampler and Just Because cart.  I basically used the ULTIMATE CREATIVE SERIES SAMPLER.  I got this has a gift from one of my crafter friends.   I really like this  It has 6 different parts to this will lots of cuts from all carts
Thanks for looking and have a great week.  I will post the second page of this LO when I'm finished with it.

HAPPY ST PATRICKS DAY

I made this card for 3 different challenges

FCCB

 

Red Carpet Studio

 

Hiding In My Craftroom

 

 

FCCB challenge this week is "LUCK O' IRISH"

For the challenge over on the red carpet studio blogsite is to use to different shades of green.

Over on Laurie's blogsite for this week is SUPER SCRAPS  All the cuts I used from my many scraps that I have.

 

I used the CAC2 cart for my turtle following LOVE THAT BUG  Stacey's website

Thanks for looking.

 

 

none of my links back to the challenge blogs is working for me.  Sorry  

 

 

X2

Good Friday morning everyone!!!  This has been a week full of Doctors.  Most of you know that my DH was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in Dec of 2011.  He has gone thru radiation and chemo most of 2012.  The cancer Doctor is very pleased with the lastest results and doesn't think that Larry needs to resume treatments at this time.  My DH says that he got a B report card.  As the Doctor said now we assume just getting his quality of life back and getting stronger. So for everyone that has sent prayers  Thank you!!!!

Enough of that.  I made this LO of my 2 grandsons with there back packs.  I'm entering this in 3 challenges. http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com
    Laurie's challenge this week is to use the ciolor green.  Background paper and X2.   Lasting Memeriors challenge this week is to use either the 2 or 3 of the same thing.     http://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com    The last challenge that I will be putting this in is http://redcarpetstudio.blogspot.com  This challenge was to use Buttons.  I used the buttons to seperate the two pictures of the boys.   They love there backpacks.  And there always full of things.

Thanks for looking and hope you have a great weekend with lots of crafting.  Our tempertures are going to be in the 60"s so my yard is going to be calling me.  But I hope to get some things finished that I've been working on.
Here is my LO

"Madison"

In June I will be a great-aunt again.  My neice is having another girl.  Over on the BBTB2 blog the challenge for this week is to make a 3d flower from any cart that you have.  I decided to use the FLOWER SHOPPE cart to make my 3d flower.  I used the first cut in the handbook and cut it at 3".

Martha Stewart seasonal cake art cart for MADISON.
I cut an envelope out from the sentimental cart for the pocket for the journaling tags.
I cut the rocking chair from the cricut cart Kate's ABC's.

Since I did her first daughters book in pink,  Aimee decided for Madison that her's will be in purple.  I had this pattern paper and I really liked the flowers in the blue.

I will have to wait until after Madison is born to be able to put the pic, so this is a naked Lo.  I really enjoyed making this LO for my new great-neice. 

"I LOVE YOU"

Over on FCCB  http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com the challenge this week is  "FUN WITH PUNS."   Which is basically self explanatory.  I've never been very good with puns, so I took inspiration from different blogs and looked at different sayings on the projects that have already been posted.  I had gotten  some bear sentiments from Mary  CardzTV when I had gotten the Teddy Bear Parade cartridge.  I new I could use one of the stamps for this challenge.

Over on the blog site. RED CARPET STUDIO http://redcarpetstudio.blogspot.com  the challenge this week is a card challenge.  If you haven't been over there g o and take a look.  Each week the challenge is different.  One week  is a LO, the next is a card.  This week the challenge is

This week's card challenge is to create either a wedding or anniversary card! Our challenge is inspired by "The Wedding Singer."

 

I decided to make this card and i was able to enter it in both challenges.  I cut the Teddy Bears out @ 3.25 inches. and the Layers. I stamped the frame from one set of stamps that I had gotten from a fellow crafter  Terri. Then I stamped the "I love you Beary Much with Mary's stamps.  My card is a 5x7 .  The pattern paper is from Making Memories Wedding paper stack 8x8 that I had gotten from HL. The flowered ribbon I had in my stash.  I added some gems that I had gotten from M's.  I also put these on the Brides dress.  The flower for her bouquet is from M's $ bin.

 

click on the picture to make it bigger to get a close up of her dress.  I also ran her dress ands veil through the cuttlebug using the Anna Griffin folder called POPPY.

thanks for loooking and have a great week.

 TIC TAC DOE

http://diecuttingdivas.blogspot.com

 I chose to use flowers embossing ribbon .  I used the Teddy Bear Parade cart for my die cut The Bride and Groom.

Happy St Patrick's Day

My Craft Spot http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.com challenge for this week is POP IT UP.  Make a project with dementional or anything to make your card pop.  I made this card for  the CAC2 series that Stacey http://lovethatbug.blogspot.com is doing.   I pop dotted the horseshoe and the turtle to give it dept.   Thanks for looking.