Scrapbookdeals4u Crop!

Scrapbookdeals4u.com is hosting its second online crop on Valentines weekend. The lovely crop starts Friday February 12th and continues through Sunday February 14th. There will be 10 super fun challenges and several games to participate in. Come play with us and you could win some fantastic scrap candy!
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The 3rd annual Dixie Pieces "Beat the Winter Blues" Crop Weekend is happening right now, February 5-7! Not around that weekend? You may miss out on some of the games, but you can still participate! You will have until the 18th to complete the challenges to qualify for the Grand Prize!

Creative Treasures February Kit

Here are the projects I created with the Creative Treasures Feb. kit:

Scrap-Friendzy Feb. Kit

This kit is so great for Valentines Day or anyday LO's!
Check it out here: Scrap-Friendzy

Here is what I created with it!

Creative Treasures Feb. Kit

Check it out here!
Amy's Creative Treasures



Soon I will be revealing the Lo's I created with this awesome kit!

Recent Scrappiness

Most of these were done for the January Sketch-a-thon at ScrapFriendzy! We are having a blast with all the great sketches. Some of these are for my book & some are for Stacy's girls book. There are some more that I can't share until after DT Reveals.

I am excited...

to announce that I have been chosen as Design team member for a brand new scrapping site! Check it out:
Amy's Creative Treasures

Family Matters

“Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, but a good word makes it glad.” Prov. 12 25 We would all be better off if we would just realize how important and life altering the words are that we speak to each other. By the words of our mouth we have the ability to either tear down or to build up a person.
Who do you remember and appreciate most in life? Isn't it the ones who build you up and encourage you?

Everyone needs encouragement! Everyone needs to be commended for what they do. Many families are so used to condemning and speaking rudely to one another that it has become a habit in their life. When there is constant criticism in a home it can have very devastating effects on the individuals involved. It will rob the home of peace and joy and fill it with hatred and rebellion.

Many times we find ourselves being much kinder and speaking nicer to other people than we do to the ones we supposedly love the most. Come on! We have all found ourselves doing that! It certainly should not be the case.

Let's keep a watch on this. Let's make a genuine effort to encourage and uplift our family members. It may take a little time, and they may not immediately be receptive if it is a big change for you, but keep at it and I believe that we will see more love and unity in our homes. It might even help someone who is depressed to find recovery! That's what the Word said.

It's not too late to join us for 31 super sketches to get you motivated & get caught up on your LO's!!

Check it out here: Scrapfriendzy

I was honored....

to be chosen as Guest Design Team Member for Scrapbook Heaven in December and for Moments To Remember for January. I am having fun with it and here are the LO's I created with the great kit from both.

My Scrap Room

Scrap-friendzy Super Sketch-a-thon

Get ready to join us Jan. 1st for 31 super sketches to get you motivated & get caught up on your LO's!!

Check it out here: Scrapfriendzy

Recent Scrappiness!

ScrapFriendzyCountdown Crop

Don't miss the fun at Scrap-Friendzy as we prepare for the upcoming Holidays!! There will be tons of challenges to get you in the Holiday mood, not to mention fun games, chatter and lots of prizes!!! Don't miss it! bring your friendz!!

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month....

It's so wonderful to be where I am now istead of where I was this time last year! God is so good!

Destiny

It is very important that we as parents, do all we can to instill a sense of destiny in our children. They face a lot of peer pressure, so they need to understand it is o.k. to be who they are, and that they do not have to be or do what everybody else is or does. Each of us are fearfully & wonderfully made, according to the Word of God. We are individuals, not copies! There is always more value placed on an original than a copy, right?

When our children feel secure in who they are, they will not try to be a copy of everyone else. They will take a stand and be different when they need to be. That doesn't mean that they have to be the kid that nobody wants to be around, but instead they can be the kid that others are wanting to be like!

Make your children feel as if they are special by the words you speak to them. Don't worry about “giving them the big head”, there will be plenty of people in their world that will try to tear them down. Encourage them to be who God has created them to be!

Let them know that they can become anything they want to become. Teach them that God will lead them to a great destiny and that there is not enough darkness in the world to put out the light God has placed in them!

SF B-day Blog Hop #2

Welcome to our Birthday Blog Hop & challenge #2!!! I am so glad that you have joined us to help celebrate our 2nd birthday here at SCRAP-FRIENDZY!!!

Here is the scoop on our Birthday Bash:

-Our Hop will last for 10 Days!! {October 1st-10th}

-Each evening, you will check in on our SF BLOG. You will find a link to 'hop' to that day's blog!

-All you have to do is leave a comment on each blog that you hop to! Every time you leave a comment you will be put in a drawing to win a scrappy prize!

-Also... each blog you hop to will offer a challenge to you. Each challenge will have a Friendz Pointz value. Complete the challenge, upload your project into the SF gallery and link it in the appropriate thread in the forum to earn your FPZ! (Remember, the girlfriend that earns the most FPZ in October will win a prize package AND be featured as our Girlfriend Of The Month!!)

No problem if you didn't get in on the first day. You have until Oct. 31st to get the challenges in for fptz.

If you have any questions concerning our Blog Hop, feel free email me here!

I am excited to offer my challenge which will be worth 25 friendzpointz! One of the biggest things about birthday parties is shopping for the perfect gift! So I am offering an AD TITLE CHALLENGE!!

Recently, I was watching t.v. & saw a commercial. I had the thought that the slogan would make a great title for a scrap page. So my ears perked up! I started noticing commercials more & even looked at the ads in a couple of magazines. Quickly, I came up with a list of 10 possible LO titles.

Here they are:

Dare.Dream.Do (Target)
Play well, live well (Milk)
Every Day Matters (J.C.Penney)
Flaunt Your Style (Lee Jeans)
Love The Skin Your In (Olay Regenerist)
Value Every Moment (Children's Place)
Simple. Natural. Downright Perfect (Simply Lemonade)
This Is Love (Bryers)
There's Only One Word For This, "It's Bliss" (Bliss Candy)
You're Fabulous (Dr. Scholls)

You can either choose one of these titles or come up with your own. Just list what the AD is where you got your title from in the forum when you upload your LO. Everything else on the LO is up to you. Remember to upload your creations in the SF Gallery & in the appropriate post in the forum & award yourself 25 fptz.

I kinda went crazy on this because I just loved all the titles! Sooooo I have already created 4 example LO's!!

Here they are:

Value Every Moment (Children's Place)


Flaunt Your Style (Lee Jeans)


Play well- Live well (Milk)


Simple.Natural.Perfect (Simply Lemonade)


Have a great time scrappin' girlfriendz & don't forget to go to the SF blog again tomorrow & see what blog you need to hop to!

Family Matters Article

I believe that God has a Divine destiny for each of us. One of our main jobs as parents is to train our children up in a way that they desire to fulfill God's will for their life. Understanding that God has a plan for them will give a child a sense of purpose. Statistics from philosophers have told us that life's most important question is, “Why am I here?”

Children need to feel that they are important to God, to you & to other people in their life. I recently read an article by Larry Fowler and this is what he says a sense of destiny will do for our children:

*A sense of destiny gives direction in the major decisions of life. The young person who believes God is calling him or her to serve Him will consider that when deciding what college to attend, who to marry, and what to do for a career.

*A sense of destiny gives meaning to life’s opportunities. If I believe God might use me to influence children as an elementary school teacher, I’ll seek opportunities that contribute to that direction.

*A sense of destiny provides strength in hard times. If I understand that God may need to knock off some rough corners in order to best use me, difficult times can be understood and endured.

As parents, we can help them to have a sense of destiny by teaching them that God has a plan for them individually, by teaching them to desire God's will for their life, and by encouraging them that they CAN do what God has called them to do.

New Projects!

Some of these are for either Gracie's or Kenady's books. One more page for Kenady's book & I will finally be caught up on them!

This one won LOTW at M2R!

Love this pic of Beth & Kenady!!Just had to scrap it for my book. It was last Easter.


Our new MCC Women's ministry!Check out the blog here:Faith Chicks



"June Bug" pp from Basic Grey:

This was created by a challenge at SF to use the same photo on one page!

This one was a "lift" from one of Amy's awesome LO's! When I saw this pic I new immediately what the title would be!

I didn't know...

I found this picture of me which was taken a few weeks before diagnosis. My thought was, "I didn't know what I had ahead of me!" So out of that thought came this page!
My how wonderful the Lord has been to me!
He always knows what we have ahead & will give us the strength & ability to come through victorious when we stand on HIS WORD!