Rest in the Lord and end of Mississippi

Our church secretary had surgery a few weeks ago and this is the card I sent to her, she is always on the go and said she didn't know how she was going to be able to take it easy and heal after her surgery so I thought this coloring card had the perfect verse.

Psalms to Color cards, colored w/markers
Spectrum noir clear sparkle pen

I probably should have posted this first couple of pictures in my last Mississippi post, it was in the same area.

Then we headed back to the beach where we went to in the morning to get the sunset with the bridge.

I liked the picture above with the sun just under the bridge with the birds hanging out on the poles in the water.

Had to share one with hubby taking a picture.

After sunset the sky just looked so cool!

Thanks for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

Sketch Challenge

My cardmaking group was having a sketch challenge and since I was coming up blank for the next birthday card I needed I thought that would be a great place to start.  The stamp store here in town had another yard sale a couple weeks ago and I found this cute set and thought I would use it on today's card, it was just the perfect size for the sketch.

I kind of wish I would have put the sentiment up with the image, it kind of blended in with the paper, so I added a little black gem to bring your eye down to the sentiment, did it work? 

Memory Box - So many things to love stamp set, colored w/markers
Paper Studio - Kirby Teesdale studio paper
Nuvo Crystal drops- carnation pink
Ki - black gem

Thank you all for the birthday wishes, I had a very nice day!

Thanks so much for stopping by today, hope you have a lovely weekend!

Connie

Be Happy

Isn't this a pretty set of stamps that came in a magazine, it also came with the die to cut it out. Once again this card was hand delivered and so I decided to use my dew drops, yes I have a little bag full of them so I need to use them up when I hand deliver my cards :)

Scrapbooking Made Simple Magazine - A simple hello, Great day Stamp and die set, colored w/markers
Spellbinders - Majestic Labels 25 die set
Our Daily Bread design - mini tag sentiment
Brad
Dew Drops

It's my birthday today, and even though it is a chilly start, 36 degrees they say it will get up to the 50's and best of all it is bright Sunshine!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today,

Connie

Great outdoors

Our youth pastor at church is also from Michigan, so for his card I decided to go with a scene that could be from our home state :)  I used distress inks to sponge the background and added some wood paper to make it look even more rustic. Since it was hand delivered I didn't have to worry about bulk so I added the button and twine also.

Gina K - Life is good stamp set, colored w/markers
Distress inks - tumbled glass and mermaid lagoon for background
Crate paper - DIY shop paper
Photo corners
Button
Twine

We managed to get more snow yesterday than we have had all year, it was a little over an inch and it was very thick coming down, wind was blowing, big huge flakes, it started just as we were leaving church so we were able to come home and enjoy it coming down. We actually still have some left.  Wishing all those on the east coast all the best as I hear you will be going through another storm. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today,

Connie

Birthday Garland and Blue Heron

I am not even going to say how long I have had this birthday garland die, so it was about time it was used.  All those little hearts stars and flowers on the garland are little dies that come in the set so I just cut them out and applied them to the garland. I also added some crystal glaze to the sentiment to give it a bit of shine. The pretty roses were a freebie from a British magazine, just added a die cut to put them on. The little bow under the roses is also from the garland die set.

Spellbinders - Happy Birthday Garland cut twice, Floral Doily Motif, A2 matting basics A dies
Quick cards - Parisian dreams paper collection and rose diecuts
Nuvo - crystal glaze on the sentiment
Sequins

Now on to more of our Mississippi trip, after having lunch we went back to the water, this time in Biloxi, when we pulled up we saw this beautiful Blue Heron.

He didn't seem to be too scared of us so I just started taking pictures and he let me get him from all kinds of angles.

It is so amazing how tall they are.

This gentlemen asked us if we would like to see one eat a fish, and we said yes, so he went to his truck got out this net, through it in and caught a fish.

It reminded us of Jesus telling the disciples to throw their nets in to catch the fish.

You could tell this bird was getting so excited when he saw him throwing the net into the water. He threw the fish and the bird caught it.

He started leaving us and we were hoping he wouldn't go far.

It didn't take long for another bird to come along and try to take it from him, but he just wasn't having that.

I can't even tell you how many pictures I took of him eating this fish but he finally got it down.

If you look back at the first picture and then look at this last one you can see how big his neck gets to accommodate the fish. 

It is nice talking to the locals because we found out that after Katrina Hurricane went through Biloxi this area is now just a park, but it was once full of very expensive yachts, we saw many areas that are just now rebuilding and many empty lots that you can see a parking lot is there but no building and the land is for sale.  I noticed when my husband was driving through that in the center median of the road every now and then there was a carving, I wondered then if they were carved out of dead trees and so I googled it when we got home and that is exactly what they did after Katrina took out so many trees, if you want to read about it HERE is one article that I found.  I am so bummed now that we didn't get any pictures of them ourselves but it was very busy traffic when we went through.

Thanks for hanging in there with me through all these pictures.

Hope you enjoy a great weekend,
Connie