Thank you for Bee-ing so kind

Here's what's going on @ the Happy Monday Challenge!

This Week's Challenge: Reaching Out to Our Elderly

Once each month we ask you to make something to meet a specific need in our community. Your challenge this time is to make a card or other handmade project to appreciate or just give a little extra attention to a senior citizen. This could be someone you know, or someone you reach through your church, a local retirement home or senior activity center, etc.

Wonderful Challenge!...don't you think? I work at a Nursing Home. I have met a lot of interesting people, who face all sorts of different challenges everyday. There is one particular lady, that deals with constant pain & yet is so kind to everyone. I decided to make her a journal.  I thought that she could write in it, use it for a guest book for visitors, etc. I used the digi & sentiment, "Bee-lieve" by Deedee's Digis. I added some gold glitter to the bee hive, colored with Copics & used some DP by SU!
If you can, join the Happy Monday Challenge. It's a great challenge & if you use one of their images on your challenge entry (they have a freebie on their side-bar), you will get this week's dollar digi, "Life's a picnic" for free! 
Also, if you haven't already, click on the Creative Cowgirls Challenge Badge on the top-left corner on my blog. You can see my Guest DT card & info about entering their current challenge!
Thanks for stopping!   b.

The Nicest Things...

Here's a journal I made for a friend. I love making these for gifts. They are inexpensive & you can personalize them to fit each person. Who doesn't love to get a gift with their name on it? Makes you feel almost famous!
journal- Hobby Lobby
stamp- "The nicest things" by SU!
color- Copics
punches- Boho Blossoms (flowers), 2-Step Bird (leaves), Scallop Edge, all SU!
cardstock- Daffodil Delight, Rich Razzleberry, Pumpkin Pie
I am entering my project @
Craft Your Passion- anything goes
Stampin' Celebration- inspiration picture

Another Journal

Here is another Journal that I made. The digi is, "Shopping Tween" from Digis With Attitude. She was a freebie & fun to color. Although she doesn't show her ears, I added a couple gem stones for earrings. I also added a flower shaped charm to the bow. These journals are super cheep to make & make great gifts.
I am entering this project @:
The Crafty Pad- use a digi
Do you Stack Up?- use a bow (3rd entry)

Have you caught any bugs lately?

My sister from Colorado, is here visiting. We have been spending a lot of time in my craft room, making gifts for her friends. Here is a journal that we made for a gal who is a Doctor. This digital stamp set is called "Catch a Bug", by Designed2Delight. This was a freebie I got from them because I participated in last weeks challenge. Check it out HERE!
I colored the edges of the jar in light green pencil because I wanted it to look like old "depression glass". The little bugs are part of the stamp set. The big bug on the ribbon, I punched with SU! punches. This sentiment is a little play-on-words that I thought up & printed off Word Pad.
I am entering this @:
Designed2Delight- Progressive Challenge
Do You Stack Up?- Add a bow (1st entry)

Fun Fact:
Depression glass is clear or colored translucent glassware that was distributed free, or at low cost, in the United States around the time of the Great Depression. The Quaker Oats Company, and other food manufacturers and distributors, put a piece of glassware in boxes of food, as an incentive to purchase. Movie theaters and businesses would hand out a piece simply for coming in the door. Most of this glassware was made in the central and mid-west United States, where access to raw materials and power made manufacturing inexpensive in the first half of the twentieth century. More than twenty manufacturers made more than 100 patterns, and entire dinner sets were made in some patterns. Common colors are clear (crystal), pink, pale blue, green, and amber.

Journal

(Random winner! @ Card Ideas)
Edit: I started writing this post on Friday 3-18-11, but didn't actually post it till Sunday morning. For some reason, the date above, says it was posted on Friday...humm..do you know how I could have fixed that? I hope I am still eligible for "The One Stop Craft Challenge".
My sister is here from Denver! We have been spending a lot of time in my craft room making gifts for her friend. She brought some journals she bought at Hobby Lobby. We have been decorating them with some of my stash & digi's. Here is a sample:
digi: "Hope" by Designed2Delight & "Stage background" by The Sherlocks Home
sentiment: "impressed, inspired, amazed, by you" by SU!
We combined the 2 digi's to make a journal for Jana, who is an actress.
I am entering my project at:
Card-Ideas by D2D- use colors caramel, chocolate & one other color. (I used pink)
Do You Stack Up?- use a bow (2nd entry)
One Stop Craft Challenge- "Diamonds are a girls best friend"- there is a (fake) diamond ring at the center of the bow
Thanks for stopping!

Inexpensive gift

I bought some journals a while back, at Hobby Lobby. They cost $1.99 each. This digital image, was a freebie from Designed2Delight- $0. There might be .25 worth of cardstock that I used to mount the image & name. Not bad...and a very nice gift for someone special.