Christmas in July Workshop July 30th

I will be having a card workshop on July 30th at 10 am to help everyone get started with their Holiday Cards. We will make 8 cards and the cost is $12.

H2H Challenge and Mojo Monday Card

I loved the colors in the H2H challenge and combined it with the Mojo Monday Challenge. Hope you like it.

Bingo Card for H2H Challenge

Recycled Craft

Here is my entry to the H2H challenge. I used a Crystal Light package and made it into a candy container. It will be a gift at my next gathering.

More Christmas Cards 12-29-10

This is another of my

Christmas Cards this year. Hope you like it.

This is the my offering for the H2H challenge this week. I used dry and heat embossing. Hope you enjoy it.

H2H Challenge for week of October 18th

The challenge for this week was embossing. I did dry and heat embossing on this card. Hope you enjoy it. I also used this as one of my Christmas cards for a workshop last week.

August 20, 2010

My sweet Mom, Julia Bell (Peggy ) Donnally passed away. She was 82 years old and had lived a very good life. Not always an easy life, but lived to the fullest. She had 5 children, 19 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren. She grew up in West Virginia where she met my Dad in college. They were such a sweet couple. Dad will have a hard time for awhile. Hopefully he can visit a lot of his children and grandchildren. He is in pretty good health. Needless to say this has been a busy fall and start to school for us.

July 7th 2 New cards for challenges

This week I did 2 cards for the challenges. I used all CTMH products. The first card is for the H2H challenge, and the 2nd card is for the Mojo Monday challenge. Hope you like them.

H2H Challenge and Mojo Monday Card

This is the new Heart 2 Heart challenge for this last week in June. We were to use red, white and blue and stars for a patriotic theme. I hope you like my card.

H2H Challenge and Mojo Monday Card

This is my first H2H challenge I have completed and I combined it with the Mojomonday card. The challenge this week was to use Black, Tulip and Buttercup. I hope you like my card and I'm so glad I finally had time to play.

Mother's Day!

I don't have any pics to share of Mother's Day, but it was a great day. Ralph fixed breakfast for me as I prepared my talk for church. Yes, that's right. I am the new Relief Society president in our ward and they asked the new presidency to speak on mother's day. This is a very emotional day for me and then right before I spoke the Primary children sang and Sydney was right in front of me. I made it through the talk, but there were some weepy moments.

Lori and Heidi fixed dinner for us. We had steaks, baked potatoes and fresh veggies. Heidi made a peanut butter/hot fudge pie for dessert. Dinner was totally yummy.

I love my family so much. I am so proud to be their mother. I talked to Trent on the phone and Shawn called me on Monday. I talked to my mom on Sunday.

She and Dad are doing pretty well. Wish we were closer to help them out once in a while. We are very blessed.

The day before, May 8th was the Tmple groundbreaking for our very own Temple here in Kansas City. It was such a special time hearing talks and seeing the ground where the temple will stand. Only 2 years till completion! WE can hardly wait.

North Carolina Bound

Shawn, Quinci, and Caleb are now in North Carolina. They left Saturday, April 17 with their moving van and 4-runner. Grandpa Ralph drove with them. They should move in to their home this next week and will be at Seymour Johnson Air Force base for 2 years. Shawn will still be working on his air traffic controller schooling for awhile. It will be hard to have them so far away, but it will be good for them to be together again after Shawn's basic training. They were here in KC for 2 weeks, so we got to see them quite a bit. I think I see a trip to NC in my future. They did travel through WV on the way there and they said it was georgous.

Valentine Workshop

We will be doing a Valentine workshop at my house on Thursday., Feb. 4th. We will be making a cute mini flip album. a chocolate box and a card. It will be fun and I already have 3 people signed up to come. Please let me know if you would like to come and play with us.

Christmas Cards

I've been having a little fun making some Christmas Cards. Hope you enjoy looking at them. I just love putting together these cards for my family and friends. Most all the products used are CTMH. If you need to order something from me, just go to my website http://www.juliam.myctmh.com/. There is a great clearance sale going on right now and you can also watch a new "Art & Soul" CTMH TV segment to give you tips on cardmaking and scrapbooking. Have a wonderful Holiday season!

Air Force Basic Graduation

Shawn graduated from Air Force Basic Training with Honors in October! It was hard, but we are so proud of his accomplishments. Caleb didn't want to let go of his daddy the entire weekend. It was so awesome to see all the graduates. Shawn played in the band the time he was in San Antonio and a small group was asked to play at the Spurs game halftime while we were there. Pretty cool. He is now in Biloxi, MS in training for 14 weeks and then we will see where he will be assigned. Quinci and Caleb can hardly wait.

September SOTM Blog Hop

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! We will be featuring September's SOTM, which is Treasures, a set of 13 stamps. If you have come here from Jennifer's Blog, you are on the right path!***This month we have over 68 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go! I used the "Grace" paper packet, along with ribbon from the Twilight Ribbon rounds, Heritage edge anchors and clear sparkles.

Now "Hop" on over to Shannon's http://www.mycolorfulworldinvt.blogspot.com/ Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the September SOTM is only available until September 30! Contact me athttp://www.juliam.myctmh.com/ to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount or even free!***If you get lost on the hop or find links that aren't working, click HEREhttp://www.livelovelaughscrapbook.blogspot.com/ to start at the beginning with Jena's blog.

CTMH August Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! We will be featuring August's SOTM. If you have come here from Leisa's Blog http://bigredscraps.blogspot.com you are on the right path! If this is your first stop, you may want to go back to Jena's Blog and start from the beginning! http://livelovelaughscrapbook.blogspot.com This month we have 64 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we goI used the Wishes book for the template for my card along with the "Bella" papers. Used Colonial white for my base and used Hollyhock, Olice and Smokey plum inks. I also used some pretty flowers sand brads to spice it up a little. Now "Hop" on over to Jan's Blog http://scrapandstamp4ever.blogspot.com to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the August SOTM is only available until August 31st! Contact me at http://juliam.myctmh.com to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount or even free!>

Family Reunion-July 7-10, 2009

July 7th thru 10th we had a reunion with Ralph's family in Nauvoo, Illinois. We had 80 in attendance. We stayed at Camp Nauvoo. They had cabins, sites for camping and RVs, a huge lodge with a dining room and kitchen in the basement. Each family was in charge of one meal and the kitchen was so nice. It came with dishes, pans, and even a commercial dishwasher so we didn't have to buy paper goods. We had at least one representative from all the 8 children present. We attended the LDS Nauvoo pageant, visited the Old buildings in Nauvoo and also had 37 adults attend a Temple session and the youth did Baptisms in the Temple. Most saw the Carthage Jail where Joseph Smith was killed. We had a great time, but it was a little stressful for us since it was our turn to be in charge. We are glad that we won't have to do again for 16 years. In 2011 it will be in Washington State, hosted by Ralph's sister Silvia. We are so blessed by loving families and were so glad to be able to spend some time with them enjoying meals, playing games and attending the Temple together.

CTMH July Stamp of the Month

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! We will be featuring July's SOTM, which is You've Got Flair, a set of 8 stamps. If you have come here from Heather' Blog http://www.twindragonflydesigns.blogspot.com/, you are on the right path! If this is your first stop, you may want to go back to Jena's Blog www.livelovelaughscrapbook.blogspot.comand start from the beginning!
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This month we have 44 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!

This card is 3x6. I used the blending pen to color (clover meadow, twilight, holiday red and sunflower) in the various parts of the medalion. The card base features clover meadow cardstock embossed lines using stylus and cutter. The medalion was pop dotted to give it some dimension.

Now "Hop" on over to Lori Miller's Blog http://www.clearlyfromtheheart.blogspot.com to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the July SOTM is only available until July 31st! Contact me at http://www.juliam.myctmh.comto see how you can get this stamp set at a discount or even free!