Sunday, December 17, 2017

Personal Update


Hi, this is Katie, from Crafting with Katie.  I'm taking over Kim's blog today to explain why she has been missing for a bit.  On the evening of Wednesday, December 6th, 2017, Kim's sweet son Ryan began to feel some pain in his stomach. He did not feel much like eating dinner that night and spent some time laying on the couch waiting for a GI bug to settle in. The pain continued to get worse and Kim and her husband, Rich, decided to take him to Children’s for fear it may be appendicitis. 

By Thursday morning, it became clear that the pain was not related to an issue in his stomach, but rather neurological in nature. Thursday was a day of testing that ultimately put Ryan in the Pediatric ICU at Children’s hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. Doctors began to search for answers to his symptoms. Ryan was suffering from numbness and nerve pain in his lower extremities, stomach pain and eventually significant weakness in both of his legs. MRIs were conducted, and bloodwork was drawn. Medicinal treatments were put in place to cover a broad range of possible causes. As Thursday became Friday – the MRIs proved unremarkable for diagnosis and the neuro team decided to proceed with a spinal tap in hopes of a clear answer for Ryan’s symptoms. 


Through the weekend of December 9th and 10th results for the MRIs, spinal tap and bloodwork continued to show no clear answer for Ryan’s struggles. The pain, discomfort and significant lower extremity weakness continued, while the doctors utilized the lack of evidence of other much worse possibilities to “rule in” Ryan’s condition. Ryan has been diagnosed with a disorder known as “transverse myelitis.” Transverse myelitis is an inflammation of both sides of one section of the spinal cord. This neurological disorder often damages the insulating material covering nerve cell fibers (myelin). Transverse myelitis interrupts the messages that the spinal cord nerves send throughout the body. Results of the bloodwork has not led to a clear reason for his symptoms. Doctors have ruled out many possible infectious causes, as well as other disorders. 


Ryan is undergoing PT, OT,  and an intervention called plasma exchange, which essentially cleans his blood. He spends 3 hours every other day receiving this intervention. The doctors are hopeful that it is removing any impurities that may be hindering his recovery. Please pray for efficiency in the process and that is helps the inflammation subside so he may regain full function of his legs.



Ryan is being supported by the best Neuro team Pittsburgh has to offer. The Harris family is incredibly thankful to live in a city where medicine and research prevail. They are humbled by the outpouring of support that has surrounded them. His elementary school friends have sent cards, staff has provided gifts, while other friends and family in the community have supported them in innumerable ways. 


 


Ryan is an incredibly strong young man with great tenacity. The lessons he has learned working alongside his dad on the farm, training as an athlete and learning as a student will serve him well as he faces this challenge. 



Kim's family and friends have set up a CaringBridge site for updates on Ryan and also a GoFundMe page, where you can make a donation to help with medical bills, travel, and other expenses while Ryan is in the hospital.  The Harris family covets your prayers for Ryan. Please continue to pray for healing, strength, courage, restful sleep and perseverance.

-Katie

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

MCT ~ Tag It Tuesday

Good morning! Today over at My Creative Time with Emma and the design team it's Tag It Tuesday! I couldn't resist using the new tag die, Cute Snowman Gift Tag Die! I just think he is simply adorable!
I am still working on tags for my son for Christmas, so with keeping with my plaid and Kraft paper theme, I use the scrap pieces of paper from previous projects for the mittens and scarfs, not to mention the nose, mouth, eyes and arms. I am sure you all are tired of seeing this plaid paper but I'm still in LOVE with it! LOL! The hats and buttons on the snowman are vinyl, the rest I used paper. I added some of these fun little ornament fillers for snow flakes and some ribbon and twine! Another super simple tag that can be mass produced fast! 
 
Materials Used:
Paper ~ PTI and Tim Holtz
Ribbon ~ PTI
twine ink ~ SU
ornament filler for snow
 
Thanks for always being so kind, now head on over to Emma's blog to see what the other designers have created today for you all!

Friday, December 1, 2017

MCT ~ 5 Days of Christmas Day 5


GOOD MORNING my friends! You are in for a treat this week for our “5 Day s of Christmas”. You will see tons of AMAZING ideas from tags, treats, cards, gift card holders, etc.... to get your holidays off to a “crafty” good start! We all hope you enjoy everything you will see this week!
***GIVEAWAY*** Emma will be giving away a $25 gift card to the “My Creative Time” store to one LUCKY commenter each day this week! All you have to do is leave your comments on each of our blogs & Emma will announce the winner each morning on her blog!
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Well today is the last day of the 5 Days of Christmas over at My Creative Time with Emma and the design team! We hope you all enjoyed are projects this week and find some inspiration on quick projects!
My project today was super easy and a fun way to wish someone a Merry Christmas with some Sixlets and treat holder!
Materials Used:
Paper ~ PTI and TH
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Ribbon ~ PTI
Irresistible Pico Embellisher
acetate
white embossing powder

Be sure to head on over to Emma's blog to see what the other designers have created for you for the MCT 5 Days of Christmas!

Thursday, November 30, 2017

MCT ~ 5 Days of Christmas Day 4

GOOD MORNING my friends! You are in for a treat this week for our “5 Day s of Christmas”. You will see tons of AMAZING ideas from tags, treats, cards, gift card holders, etc.... to get your holidays off to a “crafty” good start! We all hope you enjoy everything you will see this week!
***GIVEAWAY*** Emma will be giving away a $25 gift card to the “My Creative Time” store to one LUCKY commenter each day this week! All you have to do is leave your comments on each of our blogs & Emma will announce the winner each morning on her blog!
Good LUCK!!
Day 4 of the % Days of Christmas over at My Creative Time! Again, I am blown away by this fun, creative and amazing design team!
Today we are sharing gift card holder ideas! There is usually one gift card we get for my son and I thought why not coordinate it with the tags and little boxes I made for him!
Again super easy to mass produce!
Materials Used:
Embossed Gift Card Holder
Pocketful of Holiday Sentiments
Scalloped Stitched Rectangular Dies
No Peeking
Paper ~ PTI and TH
Ink ~ VersaMark and Su
Ribbon ~ PTI
Felt ~ PTI
white embossing powder

Be sure to head on over to Emma's blog to see what the other designers have created for you for the MCT 5 Days of Christmas!
 


Wednesday, November 29, 2017

MCT ~ 5 Days of Christmas Day 3

GOOD MORNING my friends! You are in for a treat this week for our “5 Day s of Christmas”. You will see tons of AMAZING ideas from tags, treats, cards, gift card holders, etc.... to get your holidays off to a “crafty” good start! We all hope you enjoy everything you will see this week!
***GIVEAWAY*** Emma will be giving away a $25 gift card to the “My Creative Time” store to one LUCKY commenter each day this week! All you have to do is leave your comments on each of our blogs & Emma will announce the winner each morning on her blog!
Good LUCK!
Hello and welcome to Day 3 of the My Creative Time 5 Days of Christmas! Hasn't it been fun so far??
Today its all about cards! I must admit I was inspired by a card I saw a few years ago and couldn't resist making something similar! Between Emma's products and this Tim Holtz paper pad, you can easily mass produce this card!
Materials Used:
Paper ~ PTI, Tim Holtz and stash
Ink ~ VersaFine and VersaMark
Ribbon ~ PTI
TH Typed Token
hemp
sequins
clear embossing powder
Be sure to head on over to Emma's blog to see what the other designers have created for you for the MCT 5 Days of Christmas!
 



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Tuesday, November 28, 2017

MCT ~ 5 Days of Christmas Day 2

https://www.facebook.com/images/emoji.php/v9/fce/1/18/1f642.pngGOOD MORNING my friends! You are in for a treat this week for our “5 Day s of Christmas”. You will see tons of AMAZING ideas from tags, treats, cards, gift card holders, etc.... to get your holidays off to a “crafty” good start! We all hope you enjoy everything you will see this week!
***GIVEAWAY*** Emma will be giving away a $25 gift card to the “My Creative Time” store to one LUCKY commenter each day this week! All you have to do is leave your comments on each of our blogs & Emma will announce the winner each morning on her blog!
Good LUCK!
Welcome to Day 2 of the My Creative Time 5 Days of Christmas!!! Wasn't yesterday amazing and packed with in ideas!
Today its all about treat holders and these cute little boxes are PERFECT for holding little candies! Again I am keeping the plaid thing going for my son!
Materials Used:
Stitched Square Box Die
Stitched Squares Inside & Out
Christmas Greetings Kit
Paper ~ PTI and Tim Holtz
Ribbon ~ PTI

Be sure to head on over to Emma's blog to see what the other designers have created for you for the MCT 5 Days of Christmas!

 

Monday, November 27, 2017

MCT ~ 5 Days of Christmas Day 1

GOOD MORNING my friends! You are in for a treat this week for our “5 Day s of Christmas”. You will see tons of AMAZING ideas from tags, treats, cards, gift card holders, etc.... to get your holidays off to a “crafty” good start! We all hope you enjoy everything you will see this week!
***GIVEAWAY*** Emma will be giving away a $25 gift card to the “My Creative Time” store to one LUCKY commenter each day this week! All you have to do is leave your comments on each of our blogs & Emma will announce the winner each morning on her blog!
Good LUCK!
I always get excited for this time of year for many reasons, one of them being that Emma does the 5 Days of Christmas!! This is when we share simple & quick projects that you can easily replicate! To keep things flowing quick this week I won't be writing big posts but just listing the products that used.
 Today it's all about tags! I couldn't resist using these new adorable tags for today! You will see me use this fun plaid paper and color theme this week for little gifts for my son, trying to keep a theme going. I fell I LOVE with this plaid paper, actually this whole Tim Holtz paper pad!
 
Materials Used:
Paper ~ PTI and Tim Holtz
Ink ~ VersaFine and VersaMark
Ribbon ~ May Arts
hemp
jingle bells
clear embossing

Be sure to head on over to Emma's blog to see what the other designers have created for you for the MCT 5 Days of Christmas!
 
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Friday, November 24, 2017

MCT ~ Black Friday Sale & Blog Hop


HELLO MY FRIENDS & welcome to our annual “Black Friday” Sale! See how you can save $$$ by using these special codes below! Enter your code at checkout to get your discount.
PLUS two new EXCLUSIVE Die Sets!

 
Along with our fabulous Black Friday Sale, My Creative Time is offering these limited edition Cute Tag Die sets starting now! Don't delay! Once these cuties are sold out, they are gone forever!
Simply click on over to the MCT online shop to order.
For some FUN inspiration using these 2 new EXCLUSIVE dies, hop along with us here!
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
I am keeping this post super duper short so you don't miss out on the amazing projects and sale going on!
You should have arrived from the super talented Liz, if not head on over to Emma's blog or I will have a complete blog hop listed below. Aren't these new little tags simply adorable and fun! What I LOVE about them is that come together super fast and a must have for this upcoming holiday!
Materials Used:
Paper ~ PTI
Felt ~ PTI
Ink ~ VersaMark and VersaFine
Ribbon ~ PTI and May Arts
Twine ~SU
cleat embossing powder
Ranger Distress Stickles glitter
clear embossing powder
 
Your next stop is the super talents Nikki!
 
Blog hop Line Up:
Kim
 
 
 

Friday, November 17, 2017

MCT ~ 73rd Edition Release Blog Hop

Good morning! Welcome to the 73rd Edition Release Blog Hop over at My Creative Time with Emma and the deign team.
You should have arrived from the super talented Katie's blog, if not you can start over at Emma's or I will have a complete blog hop line up listed below.
Today I am featuring the set, Hey There Cute~Tea stamp/die set. This set is darling and perfect for a CAS card. I simply colored some images, then framed them out with the Photobooth Stitched Die. This die is still one of my favorites of Emma's. Heat embossed the sentiments together, then used a rectangle die from the MORE Stitched Rectangular Dies.
Totally simple and super CAS, again I am in LOVE with CAS at the moment!
 
Materials Used:
Paper ~ PTI and X-Press It
Ink ~ VersaMark & VersaFine
Copic markers
Your next stop is the very talented Liz!



"FREEBIE DIE STAMP SET"

Starting THIS Friday, November 17, 2017 @ 8am PST ~ Our "Freebie" for this release is “Perfect Matcha” stamp set. It will be given to the FIRST 75 shoppers! If you are one of the 1st 75 shoppers it will be automatically added to your package at the time of packaging/shipping. Once 75 shoppers come through, this stamp set will be available for purchase. So, if it’s for sale in the store, you are not one of the 75. No exceptions will be made. This freebie set is not a part of the “bundle” and will be sold separately!
***BLOG HOP GIVEAWAY***
For our blog hop giveaway, Emma is giving away a $50 gift card to the "My Creative Time" store to ONE LUCKY winner! ALL you have to do is leave a comment on each of our blogs! You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the MORE chances you have for winning! VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE leave a way for us to contact you w/your comment just in case "YOU" are the lucky winner!
***SALE ALERT***
ALSO, DON'T FORGET our sale starts RIGHT NOW here:http://shop.my-creative-time.com/Ne...! Use the code: NOV2017 to receive a discount off your entire purchase!
 

BLOG HOP LINE UP:
Kim
 Thanks for always being so sweet and kind...have a great weekend!

 
 

Thursday, November 16, 2017

MCT ~ 73rd Edition Release Sneak Peek Day 4

Good Morning! Today is our final day of Sneak Peeks of the 73rd Edition Release over at My Creative Time with Emma and the designers!
It's that time of the year when things get a tad colder or chilly , depending on where you live, so why not introduce to you the Hot Chocolate Season set. This set has a ton of sweet, fun and amazing sentiments and images.
Again I wanted to keep things CAS, so I simply colored my mugs and these darling candy canes. My snowflakes are from the You're So Cool set, which I heat embossed inked up a square from the Stitched Squares Inside & Out die set. I added a little red twine and called this card done! Super simple card to mass produce!
 
Materials Used:
MORE Stitched Rectangular Dies
Paper ~ PTI and Xpress It
Ink ~ VersaMark, VersaFine, SU and TH
twine ~ PTI
Copic markers

***Sneak Peek giveaway!***
We will be giving away the sets we are showcasing each day to ONE lucky winner! For example, the set we are showcasing on Wednesday, Emma will announce the winner of that on Thursday & the sets we are showcasing on Thursday, Emma will announce that winner on Friday on my blog! ALL you have to do is leave a comment on each of our blogs! You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the more chances you have for winning! VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE leave a way for us to contact you w/your comment just in case "YOU" are the lucky winner! For EXTRA entries, you can spread the word about this release on Facebook, tweet about it OR even instagram it! #mycreativetime! GOOD LUCK EVERYONE & let's start spreading the word!;)
 
Head on over to Emma's blog to see what the other designers have created for you all today!

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

MCT ~ 73rd Edition Release Sneak Peek Day 3

Good Morning! Today is Day 3 Sneak Peeks of the 73rd Edition Release over at My Creative Time with Emma and the designers! We sure hop you all have enjoyed the sneaks so far!
Today we are featuring the stamp set, Perfect Matcha.
I wanted to keep my card super simple, something I can slip into my husbands lunch, just to tell him how much I appreciate &  love him!
The sentiment is from the Perfect Matcha set, which I love this fun font and sentiment! The cup is from the Just Brew It set, which I simply colored. Using the Stitched Capture Frame with Arrow Die to frame everything out, keeping it very CAS. I need to do more creations this way, I really love how crisp everything looks!
Super simple creation!

Materials Used:
Perfect Matcha
Just Brew It
Stitched Capture Frame with Arrow Die
Paper ~ PTI and X-Press It
Ink ~ VersaFine, VersaMark and Memento
twine ~ PTI
Copic markers

***Sneak Peek giveaway!***

We will be giving away the sets we are showcasing each day to ONE lucky winner! For example, the set we are showcasing on Wednesday, Emma will announce the winner of that on Thursday & the sets we are showcasing on Thursday, Emma will announce that winner on Friday on my blog! ALL you have to do is leave a comment on each of our blogs! You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the more chances you have for winning! VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE leave a way for us to contact you w/your comment just in case "YOU" are the lucky winner! For EXTRA entries, you can spread the word about this release on Facebook, tweet about it OR even instagram it! #mycreativetime! GOOD LUCK EVERYONE & let's start spreading the word!;)
 
Head on over to Emma's blog to see what the other designers have created for you!