Woohoooo!!!! Have I got some AWESOME news for you all!!!!

I'm so excited!!! This is AWESOME!!!
God is AWESOME!!!!

I checked my e-mail last night and found an e-mail from Practical Scrappers letting me know that I was chosen to be on their DT for Cricut/Cuttlebug DT!!!! I mean they PICKED ME to be part of their Design Team!!!!! Woohooo!!! I'm so excited!!!

Practical Scrappers blog is an awesome blog with lots of FUN challenges. Every week they have new challenges to help you use the supplies you already have on hand! And we all know how much stuff we all have!! Right? :) It's always so much fun to see many ways of using things you already have!!

I already got my schedule of things that need to be done and by when. Can't wait to start working on some of those things!! This is going to be SO MUCH FUN!!!! :)

I prayed about this and the Lord answered! He is awesome!!! :)
Thanks to my friends that encouraged me to do this!!! You guys are the BEST!!!! :)

Thanks to Practical Scrappers ladies for letting me be part of their Design Team!!! :)

So check out all of the other wonderful ladies that made the design team at Practical Scrappers and don't forget to be part of our challenges there!!!!! :)

WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for sharing my excitement with me!!!! :)

Nadya

Couple of Boy Birthday cards...

Just some cards I did. I have three girls so I don't get to play or do a lot of blue cards or layouts. I got a new stamp set couple of weeks ago at Target and made these cards.... Stamps set is called "Sweet pea" by Fiskars.







Thanks for looking!!! :)

Nadya

What an awesome giveaway!!!!

OK ladies..
Melissa at Creating from the Heart is giving away an awesome giveaway!!!!

How would you like to win this...????



What about this????



Whant to see more? Check out her BLOG!!!! :)

Good luck!!!
Nadya :)

Birthday invitation card.

LOL :) Ok... I fixed the post.... I do not know why but I keep calling this ladybug a butterfly!!! Why? I have no clue!!! I was doing that the whole time me and my friend were making these cards. LOL :) but it's fixed now!!!! Oh and yes my friend wanted the ladybug theme not the butterfly so we are OK!!!! :)

I did Birthday party invitations for my friends babe's first birthday.

She wanted to do ladybug theme... I used the Doodlecharm circut cartridge for the ladybug, 1 1/2" size. SU stamp for the "Your Invited" and CTMH "Playful Flourishes" stamp set for the swirls. Some bling for the eyes and a flower!!! It's very simple but I think the invites turned out cute. I know that the green paper is from CM but don't remember what the pink one is.



Thanks for looking!
Nadya :)

CPCM-CM17 Color Mondayon on Christian Paper Crafts

I finally got my project done for the Color Monday challenge on Christian Paper Crafts. We had to use kraft, red, and black colors and could create what ever we wanted. So I did this cute little gift box.

I'm starting on making some things for our Craft Silent auction that is going to happen some time before Christmas at our School. All the proceeds will go towards our Church building fund!!! We had a lot of fund doing the auction last school year and I'm looking forward to what the Lord will bring for us this time around!!!!

I got the box template from the Papercraft Inspirations web site. They have a lot of FREE templates there!!!! :)

Used:
White, black and draft cardstock.
Real Red SU ink pad.
CTMH "Rustic Flowers" stamp set.
A sentiment stamp that I had.
Ribbon, button, bling, stickles.

The front of the box.



The back of it... This is my first one so it has some improvement to do.... :)



And here I'm holding the box so you can see what size it is.



Not sure what I'm going to fill it with yet. Got any ideas??? :) I'm thinking some hand made cards or something like that.

Thanks for looking!!!!
Nadya

Matryoshka cards...

I wanted to do couple more cards that would be Russian themed for my dad's store and I found this template. I had so much fun making these "Matryoshka' cards. I got the pattern from the doll at Papercraft Inspirational magazine . I re-sized it to fit in too my envelop witch makes the doll about 5 1/2 in tall.

I am so exited about these cards and really like how they came out. I'll come back later and add what I used to make them...(don't have a lot of time right now) but for now here are the pictures for you all to see... :)

Card #1.





Card #2.



Aren't these cards just darling???

Nadya :)

Ask and He shall answer...

I've wanted to use my craftiness for the Lord in some way. I prayed that the Lord would show me a way to use the gift that He has so graciously given to me. The gift of paper craftiness I call it... :) I believe that I paper craft for a reason and I have been asking God to show me that reason, to show me the path that He wants me to take. What He wants me to do with this gift?

I have been doing some things for our Church, friends and family. I love that part. I love to be able to do something for the Lord from the heart. To see people smile and get so excited!!!! Brings JOY to my heart!!! I've been blessed abundantly. I have a husband that encourages me in my hobby, Church, friends and family that encourage me and lift me up when needed!!!

The last couple of week I've been really praying that God would help me use this hobby more for Him. And just couple of days ago I believe that He has answered my prayer and I am so excited!!!

You see my daddy has a Russian Christian Book store in Portland, Oregon. He has just moved his location and is doing some major work in his new store. So, the Lord send me a thought of making cards for my dad's store. How cool would that be? So I went on a hunt for some Russian stamps, but didn't find any with Bible Scriptures. So the next best thing would be to print them. And so I did. I am so excited! I've been working for the last couple of days making cards for him and did well over 20 different types of cards now. But the part that is exciting the most to me is that I got couple of cards with Bible Scriptures in Russian and I just know that mom and dad are going to be so thrilled!!!!

So here we go...

The first card the Bible verse is "Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong." 1-Corinthians 16:13






Second card is "Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation." Isaiah 12:2





I took this pic last night in the house it was dark already sorry.
Bible verse is "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another." John 13:34



Thank you for reading this post and for being part of my hobby! I hope that you have found some inspiration in this post. I can't wait to get these cards to my dad!!! :)

Nadya