Howdy Y’all! I spent the weekend finishing up our Adventure Guides Cars and Rockets album. It is going to be a Chirstmas gift for hubby from the kids. At least half the pages are made with products from the Faith Sisters Shop. you can see it here.

A Santa’s Key door knob hanger.

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This special gift was made with my Santa’s Keys kit.  (Last years Christmas gift to you)

We are half way through the challenge, but there is still plenty of time to join in the fun and FREEBIES!

Each week you will be presented with the traditional verse, it’s Biblical meaning, and a free mini kit that you can use to create your layout. You are not required to use the kit, but it’s being made available to you as a free gift. After the 12 weeks are over, you should have a reminder that you can share with your family every Christmas as to what the Biblical meanings are for “The 12 Days of Christmas”!

This week’s challenge is hosted by Emma Moore, from Eyelets Scraps Designs and features the sixth verse:

On the sixth day of Christmas,
my true sent to me
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.

How awesome to think that this simple song on the sixth verse refers to the 6 days of creation!!

First day: God creates light (“Let there be light!”)—the first divine command. The light is divided from the darkness, and “day” and “night” are named.
 Second day: God creates a firmament (“Let a firmament be…!”)—the second command—to divide the waters above from the waters below. The firmament is named “skies”.
Third day: God commands the waters below to be gathered together in one place, and dry land to appear (the third command). “Earth” and “sea” are named. God commands the earth to bring forth grass, plants, and fruit-bearing trees (the fourth command).
Fourth day: God creates lights in the firmament (the fifth command) to separate light from darkness and to mark days, seasons and years. Two great lights are made (most likely the Sun and Moon, but not named), and the stars.
 Fifth day: God commands the sea to “teem with living creatures”, and birds to fly across the heavens (sixth command); He creates birds and sea creatures, and commands them to be fruitful and multiply.
Sixth day: God commands the land to bring forth living creatures (seventh command); He makes wild beasts, livestock and reptiles. He then creates Man and Woman in His “image” and “likeness” (eighth command). They are told to “be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it.” Humans and animals are given plants to eat. The totality of creation is described by God as “very good.”

For a limited time, you can download this digital mini kit for FREE!
Which you can get by going HERE or click on the picture.

We hope that you will join us in creating this keepsake for your own family! Don’t forget to join in on the discussion about this challenge by visiting “The 12 Days of Christmas Faithbooking Challenge” topic in our forum!

Need some inspiration? Then check out this layout I made

 I am going to make mine into little mini book ornaments that can be hung on the tree and decided to share my template with you as a FREE GIFT incase you might want to do the same. The template below is part one of two needed to complete the 12 days book. The cover and any extra pages will be in part two.  Part two should be on my blog no later than December 1, 2009. Part one can be used in conjunction with part two for the 12 days book, (instructions will be in part two) but will also make nice mini book on its own. Part one includes instructions to use the template without part two. (Hope I did not confuse you much :0) Click here to download

 I have a few more Whoa! Love My Tractor BIG kit  layouts to share with you.  I said this kit is PERFECT for all of your outdoor photos, St. Patrick’s Day photos as well as your anyday photos and I ment it. I just can’t seem to stop using this kit! LOL

The first layout was made for the 10/29 template challenge at Faith Sisters.  Time for Templates 2 (slightly altered)Designed by: Camie Designs and the Word Art is from Family Pack Designed by: Lindqvist Designs. I am very honored to have this layout mentioned in the Made You Look Monday blog posting at Faith Sisters.

The next layout was made for Faith Sister’s HIS HOLY NAME CHALLENGE #22 – PEACE. Word Art from  Stamp Set 1 *Commercial Use* Designed by: Willro&co Designs

I also finished my 12 Days of Christmas day 4 and 5 layouts.

On the fourth day of Christmas, my love true sent to me Four calling birds. The “four calling birds” refers to the four evangelists who wrote the Gospels—Matthew, Mark, Luke and John—which sing the song of salvation through Jesus Christ. For a limited time, you can download this digital mini-kit plus wordart for free to help you in this faithbooking challenge. Click on the image to get it! 

The 12 Days of Christmas Faithbooking Challenge – Part 4 of 12 kit is provided by Lynn, of TMA Designs. Below is my day four  layout

On the fifth day of christmas my true love sent to me five golden rings.  The “five golden rings” represents the first five books of the Bible, also called the Jewish Torah: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.

For a limited time, you can download this kit provided by Kreative Karma for FREE!

Don’t forget to join in on the discussion about this challenge by visiting “The 12 Days of Christmas Faithbooking Challenge” topic in our forum!

We hope that you will join us in creating this keepsake for your own family! We would love to see what you do! Please upload your creations in our gallery!

There is still plenty of time to join in The 12 Days of Christmas Faithbooking Challenge at Faith Sisters!

Here is the third page of my book. Kit is a FREE challenge prop provided by Angel Pupplo.

Had a few more layouts to make of my daughter’s day hike. I used Whoa! Love My Tractor BIG kit Designed by: Meredith Cardall. This kit is PERFECT for all of your outdoor photos, St. Patrick’s Day photos as well as your anyday photos!

The first layout was made for the October By The Numbers Challenge at Gotta Pixel.

Journaling says: Hanna was an exchange student from Germany and was very excited to learn all that she could about the United States and Texas. While most of our friends took her downtown and showed her the city, I decided to show her the true, natural, beauty of my country. So, Tori, Hanna, and I set off for Inks lake in Burnet. We spent the day hiking at Devil’s Waterhole, Geo-cashing of Vulture Peak, and having a picnic at the lakeside

Jounaling says: We were freezing the entire time, although Hanna seemed pretty comfortable. We talked about the cultural differences between the US and Germany and about the presidential election. Hanna was astounded by the magnitude of it and said it was something she would never forget and would tell her grandchildren about. Afterwards, we visited Longhorn Caverns. Hanna had never even seen a cave, let alone walked in a whole network of them and was amazed at it all.

Now for your Free gift! I made you a Nine Photo Template based on the layout I created below.

Grab your goddie bag! There are no tricks but plenty of fabulous treats when you  hop on board The Sweet Tomato Spookalicious Blog Train. We have used Sweet Tomatoes’s Spooks kit to create these treats just for you and Here is mine. A hybrid card with matching envelope!

Love these freebies? Then get the kit! For a limited time you can save 25% off your purchase of Spooks at Designs In Digital. 

Don’t forget to visit the other stops along the way.

Sweet Tomato Designs

Fleur

Sherry

Janet

Aimee 

Glenda

 Have a Spookalicious day!

From October through February every time our friends and family get together they ask me to make my Hot Apple Cider. It is a very simple recipe but because it is so popular I thought this would be a good one to share :0) Holiday Recipe Exchange Challenge

Apple Juice
Cinnamon Sticks
Whole Cloves
Orange Peels
Allspice
Mix ingredients and simmer until ready.

Not only does this taste good, it makes the house smell great!

Faith Sisters is having a The 12 Days of Christmas Challenge!

 We’ve all heard this song growing up, but I never realized that each verse of the song also had a Biblical meaning. So, over the next few weeks, we will be exploring the Biblical meanings of each verse of the song and you are to create a layout which shows what it means to you. Each week you will be presented with the traditional verse, it’s Biblical meaning, and a free mini kit that you can use to create your layout. You are not required to use the kit, but it’s being made available to you as a free gift. After the 12 weeks is over, you should have a beautiful reminder that you can share with your family every Christmas as to what the Biblical meanings are for “The 12 Days of Christmas”!

 This is the layout I made for week 1. Kit provided by Simply Susan as a FREE challenge prop! 

To make today’s layouts I used Whoa! Love My Tractor BIG kit Designed by: Meredith Cardall. Bright, fun, a little bit dirty, this kit is PERFECT for all of your outdoor photos, St. Patrick’s Day photos as well as your anyday photos!

When I saw the cute little tractor in this kit. I just had to get it. One of my sweet little daycare kids just loves the ride on tractor. I could not resist making a couple layouts of him.

Then because this kit is so perfect for outdoor photos, I made this layout of my daughter and her friends on a hike. Layout made for the October 15th Designer Challenge at Faith Sisters. Template is a free challenge prop provided by Jennifer Eldridge. Fonts are Segoe Script and Troutkings BTN