Rah! Rah! Go Eagles!

Today Gracie turns 9 years old!! Where have the years gone??  This is the card that I made for our sweet little cheerleader for her birthday

And here, just let me brag a bit and show you some of her cheer pictures. Gracie is the tiny one front row left side.

She recently had her end of season "banquet" and she got her very first trophy, a glittery letter G, and a cute bag full of goodies with a fun note on it from her coaches.

Congratulations Gracie on a great season we look forward to watching you for many years!!
AND Happy Birthday Sweetie - we love you so much!!

Thanks for stopping by!
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All Kids Cards Class

 Need some fun cards for the kids in your life?

Then this is the class for you!!

You will be making 5 cards and a coordinating gift box

If these cards look fun to you then NOW is the time to secure your spot at my table.

DETAILS:

WHEN: Wednesday, June 27, 10:00 AM

OR Thursday, June 28, 7:00 PM

COST: $12.00 or FREE with a minimum $25.00 order

RSVP: by 7:00 PM the night previous to class time

christiwaite@gmail.com

Bring along your own adhesive to keep cost down.

Thanks For Stopping By!

Have a Blessed Day!!

Christi

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Walk By Faith

There is a gal at our church who has had to be off her feet for a while now trying to ward off surgery on her feet for multiple problems.  She was able to come to our Women's Retreat last weekend and was one of the ladies who gave her testimony about what God is doing in and through their lives.  This is always a highlight of the weekend.  After the weekend was done and I could breathe a sigh of relief I wanted to make a card specific to her situation.  What better to use than the Build A Bear Die.  Inside I told her how thankful I was that we don't need our physical feet to "Walk By Faith." 

So here is a shout out to all of us to remember to "Walk By Faith and not by sight."
2 Corinthians 5:7
"Fixing our eyes on the Author and Finisher of our Faith."  Hebrews 12:2

Thanks For Stopping By!

Have a Blessed Day!!

Christi

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Happy 16th Birthday Laura!

My young friend from church turned 16 years old yesterday.  

I knew I wanted to make a special card for her special birthday so while searching 

through blog posts I found this one from Jackie Topa and knew it would fit the bill.  

How cute, the little bear primping in front of the mirror.  

I bet every 16 year old girl can identify with that scene.

 This is called a Side Step card.

It's been a long time since I have played with my Build a Bear dies

I just love how they bring a card to life.

Last year Laura's mom hired me to make a sheet cake for Laura's 

birthday and then they shared it with the Sunday School Class, but this

year I wanted to make a special one just for her (and her family)

Stay tuned at the end of the month to see what I made for her.

Thanks For Stopping By!

Have a Blessed Day!!

Christi

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Craft Sale Day!!

We are at our first Craft Sale today!!

I hope you will come check us out at

Zeeland Christian School
334 Central, Zeeland, MI
9 AM - 3 PM

This is just a couple of the fun things you will see at this years craft sales


Saw this idea at Convention - someone made these for their Swap

I thought it would be fun to have items that had no holiday theme to it.


Three designs of note pads.

I just love the Build A Bear Die for the Big Shot
and think these turned out so cute.

Have a Blessed Day!!

Christi

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Talent NIght

During the summer our church has Wednesday Night Fellowship Dinners for 6-7 weeks.
Each week has a different theme.
Some of those were:

"Hymn Sing",
"Bowling and Tailgater",
"Water Games",
"Minute To Win It",
and "Talent Night".

Talent Night is usually a high light of the Wednesday Night Fellowship Dinners,
and I am the coordinator for that night.
This year was another great year with 16 different talents (acts).
From young to old(er), from vocals to instrumentals and lip syncs - it was a GREAT night.
Even Dale was asked to sing with a men's quintet singing an accapella song
"I Then Shall Live." (a wonderful old hymn.)
As an encouragement to those who participated I sent out cards to thank them for sharing their talent. Some cards were specific for their talent so I thought I would share those with you.

There were a few who either played the guitar or violin so I made this card for them.
I borrowed my friend Rachel's stamp set called GRUNGE ROCK and copied her
card for this one, but switched out the greeting.
Thanks Rachel!!

Check out Rachel's blog HERE.

One little gal (4th grader) played the piano and she was dressed in the cutest little dress so I had to make this fancy dress card for her using the Build a Blossom Punch.

Two of our young gals sang Patriotic songs. I LOVE Patriotic songs!
and they both did a Fantastic job!


One lady recited something she called WISTED TUP
It was the Cinderella story with all the words twisted up.
It was fun to hear all the chuckles from the crowd at how it came out.
I thought she deserved a Cinderella themed card


One group of 5 kids did a lip sync called "Manly Man" that was hilarious!
The three girls were dressed with big hats and boas so I had to borrow Glenda's Red Hat Lady Stamp to make this card for them. I used my handy dandy sketch challenge booklet that Glenda gave us quite some time ago to decide how to design the card, and I am happy how it turned out.


The older of the two boys had a 'dad' hat and a (too big) tie so I was happy to have a chance to use my new stamp set called BEST DAD EVER to make his card.


The youngest boy - maybe 8 years old - came out and he was the base voice. He had the best facial inflections and his eyes just twinkled. We laughed and laughed through the whole thing.
I just had to use my Build A Bear Die to make this card for him.


What a joy it is to see people sharing their talents with us.
It is a highlight of our summer.

Have a Blessed Day!!

Christi

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Go Green!

Just wanted to share the St. Patrick's Day cards that I made for my two grand children as well as for some of my day care kids.

INSIDE:


MENU:
SS: Go Green (retired), Got Treats?,
CS: Glorious Green (retired), WW, Brushed Gold, Basic Black, Cocoa, Creamy Caramel
INK: Glorious Green,
Accessories: Build a Bear Dies, Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dot EF, Scallop Circle Die
Punches: 1 3/8" Square, Word Window, 1/4" Square, 1/4" Circle, Bitty Punch Trio

And this one is for the youngest little guy in my care...



Little Eli 7 1/2 months old... here he is enjoying a book with our grand daughter, Gracie

MENU:
SS: Beary Best Friends, Words were computer generated,
CS: Garden Green, WW, Daffodil Delight, retired DSP
INK: Staz on Jet black, Markers: Garden Green, Daffodil Delight, Cocoa
Accessories:
Technique: Tearing

Have a Blessed Day!!

Christi Pin It Now!

Give Thanks

This is the Thanksgiving card that I made to give to our grandson, Tyler. I should have made this a 5x7 card so the Build a Bear would fit better, but after it was all done I kind of liked the look of him off the side of the card. Thank you to Barb R on the Stampin' Connection for this cute idea.

MENU:

SS: Holiday Best (retired Hostess SS), Season of Friendship
CS: Certainly Celery, Ballet Blue (retired), Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie, Close to Cocoa (retired), WW, Pawsitively Prints DSP (retired), Basic Black
INK: Close to Cocoa, Pumpkin Pie, Ballet Blue, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive
Accessories: Bigz Bear Die, Bigz Beary Essentials, Beary Boy Sizzlit, Big Shot, Large Oval Punch, Dimensionals, Sponges, Thread

So For Now…

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Christi

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Another Challenge

Stampin' Up!'s new incentive trip is to DISNEY WORLD in 2012!! I am all over this challenge!!! I will have to work very hard for this next year to bring in the sales and sign up some new recruits to earn a FREE trip for 2 to Disney World in 2012. Because of the incentive trip, Stampin' Up! issued a challenge for all demonstrators to create a project with a Disney theme, download it into our Stampin' Connection, and then 5 lucky demonstrators will win a FREE stamp set. I decided to go to work on this challenge, knowing full well I would not win, but it was fun to participate anyway. I decided to make this scrapbook page and use some of the photos we took last year when the family all went to Disney World. It was fun seeing it all again through the eyes of Tyler and Gracie




Using the Build a Bear dies and my Big Shot I could make a "Tyler" and a "Gracie" bear to adorn my page.

Now for the winners of the contest...Not even knowing the results yet, I had copied the ideas I saw as they came into the Stampin' Connection.
This card by Patricia Santoso, had I known my little nephew was having a Toy Story birthday party I would have sent him a card like this one. And this one of Goofy was one I made a while back and sent it to my grown up nephew for his 40th birthday. It was designed by Candice Anderson. All the winners had great ideas, and there were many more that really could have won if they were awarding more than 5 demonstrators, but that's okay - I hope to meet them all at Disney World in 2012. Want to help me reach my goal?? How about signing on to be a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator!! You can see we have so much fun in the RED HOT STAMPERS and you could be a part of this fun, fun group as well as Christi's Creative Crew!!

So For Now...

Happy Stamping!!

Christi Pin It Now!

Bridal Shower Card

Yesterday I shared with you the Bridal Shower Invitations that I made for Jessica’s shower that my sisters are giving her, so now I will show you the card that I made to go with the gift I am giving her. I hope she likes it!!




The Designer Paper I used for the dress is the retired Brides Designer Paper – very appropriate don’t you think!!

For the sky I used mostly Bashful Blue but I put a smidge of Marina Mist in it too.

For the Grass I used mostly Certainly Celery, but I added some Pear Pizzazz as well.




The Flowers are punched from the Boho Blossom Punch and the leaves are from the Two Step XL Bird Punch.




Check out the toile under skirt and the garter belt!!

You just gotta love the Build A Bear Dies!! Thanks goes to Cathy Snipes for this cute idea.

So For Now…
Happy Stamping!!
Christi Pin It Now!

Congratulations Kelly and Steve!

Today is the wedding day for a young couple in our church and we are thrilled to be able to share this special day with them.

Congratulations Kelly and Steve!!!

This is the card that will accompany their gift…

Thanks to Deborah Madden for this cute card idea!

MENU:
SS: None
CS: Basic Black, Night and Day DSP (retired), WW, Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip, Real Red
INK: None
Accessories: Top Note Die, Big Shot, Build A Bear Die, Beary Essentials Die, Scallop Circle Die, Beary Girl Sizzlit, Toile (local fabric store), Organza Ribbon, Dimensionals, Embossing folder Finial Press

So For Now…

Happy Ever After!!

Christi

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Talent Night

Each summer our church holds 6 Wednesday Night Fellowship Dinners. A few of them are set aside for something specific. For example one night they have a fun water carnival which is a big hit with the kids (and the kids at heart). The final evening is set aside for worship through music. Kind of like your old fashioned hymn sing, but the kids love to be able to choose which songs we sing. This past Wednesday was our TALENT NIGHT of which I am the coordinator. This has quickly grown into one of the favorite nights in the summer. This year we had 15 different and unique talents that were shared. When it is all done I send out a thank you to all who participated and include a photo that I took during their talent. So here is a look at the participants and the card they will receive. (Can’t have a posting without a card – right?)

Our piano players… Erin and Ila both received this card…

Jake and Susie and Jacob and the sisters

(Julia, Janey, Abby and Alex)all received this card…My friend Laura received this card… I don’t think the guys would have appreciated the ribbon rose (tehe).

Our two guitaristJake and Emily received this card…

Our amazing fiddler, Grace, received this card…This card-
I sent to several people… 1. An unusual talent was Jake who also doubled as Co-MC solved Rubix Cubes puzzles 4 of them in 5 min. 2. Mrs. Dodge displayed her oil paintings that she painted at 90 years old…You are never too old to try something new or at least stay active with something you love. (like making cards te-he) 3. The girls (Destinee, Angie, and Kelsey) that did an inspirational and fun skit from Ecclesiaties – a book of the Bible that our pastor had recently finished going through.

Our dancers Amara and Jenna and Andrea all received this card because they remind me of beautiful butterflies when they dance. You just saw this card last week on my techniques posting. I love it when I have the opportunity to use these cards.

A fun fun skit by Ben, Curtis, Cherie and Karie was a blast! They even used my bubble blowing machine for the great bath time effect. They all got this card…
Our son, Jeff had been memorizing the book of Ephesians for about a year now so he recited that to us. I was so amazed, and not sure why because he has always been good with memory, but how pleased we are that he chooses to memorize God’s word is a true blessing. Even though EVERY act was GREAT, he was the only one that night to get a standing ovation. What that says to me is that our church body truly loves the word of God, and so I believe it was not Jeff they gave the ovation to, but to our Heavenly Father who gave us His Word. I gave Jeff this card… Simple and Elegant a great guy thank you Chris (our youth director) was our main MC for the evening and I am so thankful for how he pulls it all together because if it had to be me up there we wouldn’t have a talent night – I am strictly a behind the scenes girl. Perhaps you saw my Build a Bear card way back when. I wasn’t sure who would be the lucky one to get it, but when I added a microphone to his hand it made it perfect to give to Chris. I’m sorry this was such a long post, but the evening was so much fun I wanted to share it with you.

So For Now…

Happy Stamping!!

And USE those talents!!!

Christi

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