Heavens Sweet Babies Blog Hop

             Hello Everyone,
              Hope every one is doing well today.
              Today we are supporting Jessica our HIMCR sister and her sweet little
                 angles. We would also like you to hop to support all women who have
                 had a Miscarriage. I hope that you would hop along with me to honor
                 these women and their sweet angles. You may know a mom, friend or
                 you may have had a Miscarriage.
                

              Here are some facts about Miscarriage & a link for American
              Pregnancy Association for more information.

            Miscarriage is the most common type of pregnancy loss, according to
               the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).
               Studies reveal that anywhere from 10-25% of all clinically recognized
               pregnancies will end in miscarriage. Chemical pregnancies may
               account for 50-75% of all miscarriages.This occurs when a pregnancy
               is lost shortly after implantation, resulting in bleeding that occurs
               around the time of her expected period. The woman may not realize
               that she conceived when she experiences a chemical pregnancy.

           Most miscarriages occur during the first 13 weeks of pregnancy.
               Pregnancy can be such an exciting time, but with the great number
               of recognized miscarriages that occur, it is beneficial to be informed
               about miscarriage, in the unfortunate event that you find yourself or
               someone you know faced with one.

           Don’t forget there are support groups

 What Makes A Mother
I thought of you and closed my eyes
And prayed to God today
I asked, "What makes a Mother?"
And I know I heard him say
A Mother has a baby
This we know is true
But, God, can you be a mother
When your baby's not with you?

Yes, you can he replied
With confidence in his voice
I give many women babies
When they leave it is not their choice
Some I send for a lifetime
And others for the day
And some I send to feel your womb
But there's no need to stay.

I just don't understand this God
I want my baby here

He took a breath
and cleared his throat
And then I saw a tear
I wish I could show you
What your child is doing Here

If you could see your child smile
With other children and say
"We go to earth to learn our lessons
of love and life and fear,
but My mommy loved me so much
I got to come straight here!"
I feel so lucky to have a Mom who
had so much love for me
I learned my lessons very quickly
My Mommy set me free.
I miss my Mommy oh so much
But I visit her each day
When she goes to sleep
On her pillow is where I lay
I stroke her hair and kiss her cheek
And whisper in her ear
"Mommy, Please don't be sad today
I'm your baby and I am here"

So you see my dear sweet one
Your children are okay
Your babies are here in My home
And this is where they'll stay
They'll wait for you with Me
Until your lessons there are through
And on the day that you come home
they'll be at the gates waiting for you

So now you see
What makes a Mother
It's the feeling in your heart
It's the love you had so much of
Right from the very start
~Author Unknown

                                                                   
                                        Here is my card that I made in for Jessica.

Now make sure to check out the rest of the hop team.

Some of the ladies have blog candy.

AJ Scrapbooking & Cards
Angela’s Crafty Spot
Jenscrapstoo

Until my next post have a Splendid Day!!!!!!!!!

HIMCR Challenge #44

Good Morning Everyone,

Hope to find everyone doing well this weekend. Today we start a new

challenge over at Hiding In My Craft Room. Challenge #44 Mix it up

Mothers Day. Before you know it Mothers Day will be here and what

will you give your mom. Will you buy something for her? Or will you

make something for her?  My mom always loved homemade gifts better.

In the header picture is the card that I came up with. In the picture below

is what the card looks like on the inside.

Card Recipe:

White , red, green, olive and beige cardstock

Mulberry paper in white and rose

Versa Magic ink ( Malted Mauve)

EK punch ( English Ivy)

Studio G stamps (mothers Day)

Queen and Comapny Pearls

Bubble Stickers (corners)

Cricut cartridge ( Mothers Day Bouquet and Storybook)

We would really love for you to join us for this challenge.

You have until Friday, May 4th to link up your creation to

get entered into the monthly drawing this week. When

uploading to online galleries please use code HIMCR44.

Make sure to check out the rest of the design teams

creations. There is some really beautiful work and

inspiration.

Jennie from Jenscrapstoo

An'Jenic from AJ Scrapbooking & Cards
Jessica from Craftin' and Stampin'

Angela from Angela's Crafty Spot

To Join in follow the link below

http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/2012/04/himcr-44-lets-honor-mothers.html

Until my next post Have A Splendid Day!!!!!!!

 

 

Blog hop date change

Hello Everyone,

Hope to find everyone well. It's friday and I'm sure many of you

are looking forward to the weekend as I am...LOL... On saturday

we start a new challenge over at Hiding In My Craft Room be sure

to check that out. I want to talk about monday, I know, I know the

weekend isn't even here and I want to talk about monday. In my

header picture is a blog hop button that the very creative and

talented Ajenic Gibson created for the Heaven's Sweet Babies Blog

Hop that I will be a part of. Please be sure to join us.

This will be the line up:

AJ Scrapbooking & Cards

Angela's Crafty Spot

Jenscrapstoo
SnowflakeDreams1

 I know that on my last post I said that this would be on thursday that

past but It was changed and I got very busy yesterday. I'm still

fighting with my blog because it won't post my scheduled posts. I

know it's not just me I have read other blogs that since the change

they too are experiencing that same difficulties. Hopefully it will

get better soon.

Please don't forget the challenges that are going on for the design

teams that I'm a part of.

We would love for you to come join in on

our challenge over at HIMCR. To join in follow the link below.

http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/2012/04/himcr-43-april-showers-bring.html

April Showers bring.........Homemade Flowers

also

Over at Lets Ink It Up we are still on our Distressing challenge

till the end of the month. If you would like to play along follow

the link below.

http://letsinkitup.blogspot.com/2012/04/challenge-22.html

Challenge #22 Distressing

Until my next post Have a Splendid Day!!!!!

A post of a different kind

Hello Everyone,

Todays post is going to be a little of the wall and not so much with

something being crafted. While watching the news this morning

there was a lot of talk about beautiful women, and men. More talk

about natural beauty and this is when it hit me. In the header picture

is how with make-up applied this is what is considered beautiful

and I had to laugh. To me it looks more like indian war paint. Don't

get me wrong I'm not saying anything bad about a race because I

am part indian. What I'm trying to say is when and who is teaching

women that putting a stripe at their cheeks looks good. Take a good

side view look it looks more like war paint than enhancing your

beauty. Maybe it just me and what I perceive.

In the picture below is what is being called natural beauty.

I remember being told by my mother before I was allowed to wear

make-up to just pinch my cheeks it would give your cheeks color

which gave your face beauty. Now looking at the picture of the young

lady said to be the most natural looking beautiful woman. I think that

the rosie cheeks look better. What do you think? Oh and this is what I

read on a web page about apply blush.

                        Add a Pop of Color
                       “Every woman needs color on the apple of her cheeks,” Nigara says.
                       “What changes is the intensity of color from doll like to fresh.” Using
                        the clean side of the damp sponge you used to apply your tinted
                        moisturizer, pat a cream-to -powder or gel blush like
                        Maybelline Dream Bouncy Blush into the skin on the apples of your
                        cheeks and use the same color to contour directly under the
                        cheekbone.

Ok so now on to some crafty stuff..

Please don't forget the challenges that are going on for the design

teams that I'm a part of.

We would love for you to come join in on

our challenge over at HIMCR. To join in follow the link below.

http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/2012/04/himcr-43-april-showers-bring.html

April Showers bring.........Homemade Flowers

also

Over at Lets Ink It Up we are still on our Distressing challenge

till the end of the month. If you would like to play along follow

the link below.

http://letsinkitup.blogspot.com/2012/04/challenge-22.html

Challenge #22 Distressing

Until my next post Have a Splendid Day!!!!!

Wall Decor

Hello Everyone,

Hope all is going well with all my blogger friends and followers.

Todays post is a quick one because I am real busy working on some

design things for the design teams that I design for. Also I'm working 

 on a very special design for a a special blog hop that will begin

thursday. In my header picture is a subway art piece that I did a while

back so I know you have seen it before. When I was organizing my

craft space I decided that I was going to keep this and hang it up. When

I hung it up it looked like there was something missing it just looked

plain up on the wall. I made the floral piece and hung it up next to the

canvas and now it looks better.

So as you see I do work in many mediums and am always creating

something. Some of it I just don't post because well as we all know

we judge our creations harder than others do.

Please don't forget the challenges that are going on for the design

teams that I'm a part of.

We would love for you to come join in on

our challenge over at HIMCR. To join in follow the link below.

http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/2012/04/himcr-43-april-showers-bring.html

April Showers bring.........Homemade Flowers

also

Over at Lets Ink It Up we are still on our Distressing challenge

till the end of the month. If you would like to play along follow

the link below.

http://letsinkitup.blogspot.com/2012/04/challenge-22.html

Challenge #22 Distressing

Until my next post Have a Splendid Day!!!!!

Flower card

Good Morning Everyone,

Hope everyone is doing well. Yesterday I posted a flower card that

I made for our design team challenge. Some of my readers didn't

realize that it was actually a card. So in my header picture is the

picture of two other flowers that I had also cut out to make into a

card. These two my brain just couldn't at the time figure out how to

make them look more 3-D so I put them on the back buner.

In the picture below is the one that I made work the way my

brain had imagined.....LOL.....

We would love for you to come join in on

our challenge over at HIMCR. To join in follow the link below.

http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/2012/04/himcr-43-april-showers-bring.html

April Showers bring.........Homemade Flowers

also

Over at Lets Ink It Up we are still on our Distressing challenge

till the end of the month. If you would like to play along follow

the link below.

http://letsinkitup.blogspot.com/2012/04/challenge-22.html

Challenge #22 Distressing

Until my next post Have a Splendid Day!!!!!

HIMCR Challenge #43

Good Morning Everyone,

 Hope everyone is ready to enjoy their weekend. Today begins a new

challenge over at Hiding In My Craft Room. Challenge #43 April

Showers bring.........Homemade Flowers. In my header picture is my

homemade flower card. In making this card I used my Gypsy, Cricut

and the Mother's Day Bouquet cartridge. I used my gypsy because in

order to make a shape card out of it I would have to flip my second

image so when I folded the card that the petals would match. I then

made sure to overlap the flower ever so lightly and welded it together.

The base of the card is cut out at 4-1/4"  then the rest are cut at

3- 1/4",  2-1/2",  1-3/4", 1-1/4" and 3/4". I cut all of the flowers

out of white cardstock. The reason for that is that I was going to

do the alcohol ink and shaving cream technique but when I went

to use the shaving cream it wasn't working. So the technique that

I used to colour the flower is a water color pencil and a water misting

technique. I colored most of the flower in the middle then misted it

with water. I used crumpled up wax paper to pull the color to the

edge of the flower.

I curled the edges by using just my fingers. I punched a hole in the

middle of all the loose flowers and used a small brad to hold them all

together which then I only needed to glue one piece to the base. The

green leaf also come from the same cartridge that the flower comes

from. I cut the leaf out at 3-1/2"

I hope you enjoy my flower. We would love for you to come join in on

our challenge over at HIMCR. To join in follow the link below.

http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/2012/04/himcr-43-april-showers-bring.html

Please make sure to check out what the rest of the desing team created.

The ladies are all so very talented and creative.

Until my next post Have a Splendid Day!!!!