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Happy Easter!

I have some special cards for you today made by my sweet friend, Barb Sease. The card above is a darling bunny card that Barb made for her granddaughter. Barb was greatly inspired by a card on Pinterest made by Yvonne van Bruggen.

I love this sweet card that Barb made for me.

Please leave Barb a comment at the top of this post. This is her first time to have any of her cards posted on the internet. I hope you’ll get to see more of her beautiful cards in the future!

We enjoyed our Easter service at church, went to the movie, Risen, and got to have yummy food and fun with our wonderful friends the Pollack and Knoff families.

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

Card Details- Bunny card

Stamps: Flowering Fields from the current SAB

Paper: Smokey Slate, Whisper White, and Perfectly Artistic DSP

Stamped the flowers in Smokey Slate

Markers: Wild Wasabi, Blushing Bride, Basic Black

Round Punches: 1-3/4”, 1-3/8”, 1” & 3/4”

Other Punches: Word Window, Modern Label & Blossom Petals Builder Punch (for the ears)

Misc: Honeycomb Embellishments & Googlie Eyes

Looking at the current Occasions catalog, I think the Festive Flowers Builder punch might work for the ears, as well.

Card Details- Lamb card

Paper: So Saffron and Mint Macaron
Stamp: Easter Lamb
Ink: Chocolate Chip (for feet), Blushing Bride (ears and cheeks), Pear Pizzaz (grass) and Pool Party (shading around lamb)
Accessories: Blender pen, baker’s twine, & button

Wildflower Fields and Protein Ball Recipe

I am on the Design Team at Use Your Stuff Challenge Blog and this week’s challenge is Inspired by a Quote. Make sure you visit Use Your Stuff Challenge Blog to submit a project to this week’s challenge. I love this quote from Isaiah. We studied Isaiah in Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) a couple years ago. Next fall we are studying the book of John. BSF is available all over the world. If you’re interested, you should check the BSF website and see if there’s a class near you.

I used the PalsPaperArts sketch challenge to do the lay out of my card.

You can peek inside the card to see I added a strip of the DSP to dress it up.

I used a coordinating stamp from Flowering Fields to make the envelope cute. Flowering Fields is one of the SAB sets which are free with every $50 order until March 31.

Abby made a quadruple batch of protein balls (think healthy cookie dough balls) to take on our Colorado vacation. Well, the protein balls were gone before we got across Nebraska. We brought ingredients with us to make a double batch after we arrived in Colorado and those lasted a couple hours. I thought you might like the recipe since they are so popular at my house. The recipe came from my very good friend, Janene Pollack.

Chocolate Protein Balls

1 c. rolled oats

1/2 c. peanut butter ( I use Trader Joe’s 50% less salt peanuts and smash them in my VitaMix. I don’t add any oil, just

smashed peanuts. I keep my homemade peanut butter in a glass jar on the counter and it’s usually

gone within a week. My kids like it better than store bought peanut butter.)

1/3 c. honey

1/4 c chopped dark chocolate

2 T. flax seeds

2 T. chia seeds

1 T chocolate protein powder or to taste

Stir all ingredients together in a bowl until evenly mixed. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 min. scoop chilled mixture into balls. Keep in refrigerator until serving.

Please let me know if you have any question or comments. You can leave comments at the very beginning of this blog post.

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

Card Details:

Paper- Wildflower Fields DSP, Calypso Coral, Hello Honey, Whisper White

Stamp Sets- Rose Wonder, Flowering Fields (envelope)

Ink- Calypso Coral

Accessories- Squares Collection Framelits, Candy Dots- Brights

The love of a dog

It’s certainly more fun to send happy cards than sad ones, but this card was for a very sad reason. I’ve told you before about my dear college friend, Sharon, who helped me with ebay a couple weeks ago. Well, her very sweet 12 year old pup, Eddie, passed away recently.

This is Sharon holding Eddie, with his tongue sticking out in front,and my two pups. Don’t the three dogs look like they could all be siblings?

Sharon loved Eddie so much and was so sad to lose him. She really appreciated receiving a pup sympathy card from me.

Soon after, one of Sharon’s good friends lost their pup. I made this card for Sharon to send to her. I think I’ll make several of these to have on hand.

Hug your furry friends!

Sharon watched my pups during our ski trip. They love her so much. Sharon was good about texting me pictures of my very happy girls.

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Blessings,

Beth 🙂

Card Details below. The oval punch is retired.

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