Festival Of Lights

Welcome to the very first Cuttlebug Challenge Festival of Lights!! If you are just popping in, make sure to go the blog so you can play along. Today begins with an exciting blog hop through the Design Team. To get a list, simply click on the map and it will take you to the the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog! Make sure to visit all of the blogs because there are treasures along the way :)
For my lighted project, I used a tea light holder that was given to me by a friend. I simply used a stylus to trace the images and then I cut them out. I then placed the cut images inside the Swiss Dots Embossing Folder and ran it through my Cuttlebug. Next I distressed the Christmas tree images a tad, and spritzed with Olive Branch Shimmerz Spritz. I decided to leave the top just the white embossed paper. I also took and used a small paint brush and used Angel Wings Shimmerz to coat the snowflakes on the screen. Once everything was dry, I adhered it to the holder with Crystal Effects, and added a tea light. It was very simple, but I like simple things around the holidays!





Two selected Designers will draw a random winner from the comments left on their blogs, and one winner will receive a $30 Gift Certificate to Peachy Keen Stamps and the other winner will receive a One Year Subscription to Technique Junkies.
The fun part is…
we’re not telling you who it is! So as you hop, make sure you leave comments on every post this weekend so you have a lot of chances to win!! Don't forget to add the Cuttlebug Challenge blinkie to your blog :)

Cuttlebug Challenge

I found a few minutes to attempt to post to this poor neglected blog! I am Over The Top excited to share that I have been asked to be a part of the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog!! I absolutely love what these fabulous ladies do, so I am completely honored to be a part of this team. Tomorrow is a Big Day for the Cuttlebug Challenge. It is the first ever Festival of Lights!! It starts tomorrow, but does not end until Sunday! You won't want to miss a day. There will be tons of inspiration, and maybe even a few surprises!!!

What Are You Thankful For?

I really can't believe that Thanksgiving is as close as what it is. From now until Thanksgiving, Shimmerz wants to know what YOU are thankful for. We want to see your creations using Shimmerz, and telling us all the many things that you are thankful for during this season. Once you create your project, visit the Shimmerz Blog, click on the blinkie in the sidebar, leave a comment telling us what you are thankful for, and then make sure to link up to Mr. Linky. Once lucky winner will win a $20 shopping spree to the Shimmerz Store!!!!


While we are on the subject, I want to share a couple of things that I am VERY thankful for this morning. (I don't know that I have enough time to type everything that I am thankful for) Yesterday, Callie was able to have her stitches removed!!!YAY!!!! Only to discover that her eye had become infected. AWWWW!!! Not the wound part, but her eye. No biggie, antibiotic drops to the rescue. She was a little frustrated, and rightfully so, but she is on the mend. When I went to pick the other kids up from school, I arrive to see Shelby's teacher with Shelby holding an ice pack on her lip. I bent down to see what was wrong, and a little boy had moved his chair, and hit her in the lip. As soon as I saw it, I knew that it was going to require stitches. I am sure that the look on my face was one of complete shock because the teacher said, "He kept apologizing." I felt awful for this sweet boy. I told her it wasn't that, I had just taken Callie to have her stitches removed 2 hours earlier, and it looked like we were headed back to the doctor. So, we rushed to the doctor's office (our whole town might be 1 mile long), and caught him right before he left. He looked at it and said that they try not to stitch on that part of the lip (the bottom) and that it would probably heal fine. BUT!!! I am so thankful for the health of my children! I am thankful that we might have inconveniences, but they are only minor. I am thankful that I serve an All Mighty God who loves us! I am thankful for my life, my husband, for the daily smiles, for the tears of joy that are shed, for the sun rising every morning, for my childrens laughter, for ALL of the blessings that I have that by no means do I deserve!

Please join me tomorrow for the Scrapbook News and Review Faith Blog Hop! It starts Saturday morning at 10 am. There are quite a few blogs to hop, so you will want to get an early start. See you then!

What A Week!

Oh my goodness!!! Callie cheered at her last 7th grade football game, and had her last Pep Rally! We still had tons of football practice, and playoff games on Saturday. Garrett's team advanced to the next round, but Ethan's team was knocked out. They did such a great job, and it sure wasn't because they didn't have the heart!

About Friday....Garrett turned 8 years old! Sometimes it feels like you blink and they are growing up. I have a standing reservation on the kids' birthdays to go and eat with them at school. We had a great lunch, and then he participated in the schools spelling bee. Out of 39 people, he placed 2nd. I am so proud of him. He will be going in January to the East Texas Spelling Bee! That afternoon, I picked the kids up from school, came home and tried to get everything ready for the next day's games. His Noni took him to the store to buy his birthday gift (she lets him pick it out). About 5 pm, we headed to my sister in laws house to meet up with her. Callie and Chisum were playing fetch with their dog, and while Callie can play fetch and throw a stick in the opposite direction of people....Chisum can not. He threw a stick and it hit her directly in the eye. She covered her eye and when she removed it all we could see was blood. Fortunately, my sister in law is a nurse so she took her inside, tried to clean it up, and then told me I should probably take her to the direct care clinic (which closed at 6). Chisum was upset because he knew Callie was hurt, and even though he is something else, he would never intentionally hurt anyone. I left the kids with her, and rushed to the clinic. We checked in at 5:45 pm. Callie was scared to death because it was her eye, and she had no idea what they would do. Neither did I. Thank goodness, it had cut the skin on the corner of her and did not actually cut her eyeball. She did require 2 stitches, and is now sporting a rather large pair of sunglasses to cover up the largest black eye I think I have ever seen. She is a real trooper.

Here is the ironic thing: Three years ago on Callie's Birthday, Garrett broke his arm and we spent Callie's birthday in the ER. So, now in 2009 on Garrett's Birthday, we spent it at a clinic while Callie received stitches. I am thinking I am going to ban birthday's from now on :)

I have pictures to post, but my computer is telling me that I do not have a wireless connection. Hmmm...I am posting this from Callie's computer on the same network. Ho Hum!

I hope everyone is well, and make sure to check out We Are Praying For You. It is the new prayer blog, and we are getting prayer requests each day. We need more prayer warriors.

Stay tuned for some exciting news that I will share hopefully soon :)

New Prayer Blog

Well, I did it! I created a blog for prayer requests. God has really laid this on my heart. I think we all need a place where we can go and know that people are praying for us and with us. God is a Big God, and no matter is too small. So, please jump on over there and start following so that you can be a prayer warrior. I am going to be posting daily devotionals and scriptures that can be an encouragement to us. I think there is enough negativity in the world. The new blog address is www.weareprayingforyou.blogspot.com I hope you will join me in this venture. You won't see any advertisements or sponsors. If you have prayer requests, you can email me at dwycough7@aol.com

I will of course still have my scrapping blog :) Thank y'all so much for your support and encouragement.

November the First...Really??

Can it be? Where does the time go? Our middle son turns 8 years old this week, so November is always a bitter sweet month for us. I praise God for each of my children, their health, and each birthday is a milestone. But, at the same time my babies are growing up. Fortunately, my best friend has a brand new precious niece that I get to cuddle with quite a bit.

I had to share some cute pictures of my little ones last night. Halloween for us is about dressing up (blood and gore is outlawed in our home), and it is always a fun time. Our church had a trunk or treat and we decorated up the back of the car and passed out candy. I love doing this because it is a safe environment for the kids, and they even incorporate a Bible story. They take a pumpkin and talk about how a pumpkin is like us. When Jesus comes into our hearts, He removes all of the yuck (they pull out all of the mooshy pumpkin stuff), and brings light into our lives (they insert a candle). I just love it. So, here are some pictures of my incredibly adorable *no not partial at all* children!

Callie - Don't you just love the hat?
My precious little ones ;)
What a tired looking hunter
Now...Garrett was helping hand out candy...but was swiping some for himself! Does he not realize Mama always has a camera ready??
Chisum taking a break to check out his stash.

Miss Diva! It really was a disco costume, but she was quick to inform us that she was in fact not a disco queen but a DIVA! She is So my daughter :)
We had a great time. The only thing missing was Prince Charming. I hope that everyone enjoyed their evening as well. Take care and see you back soon :)