Worry never fixes anything ~ Ernest Hemingway

#OolaYLChallenge Faith Young Living

Challenge 5: Faith Welcome to day five of the #OolaYLChallenge! Today we’re exploring the fifth “F” of Oola—Faith.  Although “having faith” means different things to each individual. In general, faith is rooted in gratitude, humility, and an understanding of your greater purpose in the world. With our lives today being so chaotic and stressful, it’s easy to lose faith.  We over-analyze and over-think every situation.  Our lives are crazy-busy and we have a hard time falling asleep because our minds won’t shut up!!!  We worry over every detail of the previous day, what is coming up the following day, and Continue Reading →

Easter Pop-up Box Card with Sweet Sorbet Designer Paper from Stampin’ Up!

How do you make the most adorable Easter pop-up box card you’ve ever seen? You do it by combining three of my favorite things…. Stampin’ Up! DSP + Silhouette Cameo e-Cutter + Lori Whitlock Designs  This project was designed for the March “Silhouette Challenge”. Forty-three more fabulous Silhouette projects can be found at the end of this post.  You can purchase this card in my Etsy shop.  I used the Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper from Stampin’ Up! to make this darling Easter pop-up box card. I absolutely LOVE this paper, it’s just beautiful and perfect for Easter, Mother’s Day, Continue Reading →

My Very First Silhouette Cameo Project!!! Peace, Love and Joy Notecard

I’M SO EXCITED!!! I fell in love with Silhouette projects I had seen on Pinterest & various Stampin’ Up! demonstrator’s blogs, so I asked Santa, (my very generous husband), to bring me a Silhouette Cameo. I didn’t get to unpack it until this evening. Once I installed the software I did a quick Google search for tutorials. I found “The Mother Lode” of tutorials at “The Thinking Closet” and based my very first project on Lauren’s “Thousand Thanks” card tutorial. Lauren’s tutorial was great. It was very easy to understand, which I really appreciated since I had never actually seen Continue Reading →