Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge #31

Happy Sunday morning to you! Welcome to another awesome Stampin Sisters in Christ Challege! Here are the details:


Scripture: Psalm 51:7-10 "Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. Let me hear joy and gladness, let the bones you have crushed rejoice. Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spririt within me."


Challenge: Make a Clean and Simple card/project


Hostess: Our Simply Beautiful, Ceal <--She's so cool! Check out her uber awesome blog!


Sponsor: Simon Says Stamps


This challenge should have been easy for me, as I've always been more simple in my card making, but for some reason it was somewhat hard. Through the challenge, though, I did remember why I fell in love with stamping and paper! When I first started stamping & making cards, I was in, get this...grade school! My mom bought my first set of Mickey Mouse stamps when I was in only 3rd grade (and I still have a couple of them!). I've been in love ever since!

Here's what I made for this challenge:

If you like this Tilda image, you can get it at Diana's Magnolia-Licious store!


Join our challenge today! You will be so glad you did!


Blessings!
~H

Just some quick cards & goodies

Happy Spring! We've got a ground covered with several inches of snow! Since we're pretty much staying in this week-end, I've had some time to finish up some cards!

Here are 3 cards, each of them have a different Tilda image that I got from Magnolia-Licious!

Tell me which one is your favorite and what you like best about it, then I'll have a random drawing next Sunday(3/28/10) and send someone one of these cards and some other little goodies! Enjoy!

Blessings!

~H

Stampin Sisters in Christ

Happy Sunday morning! Running with one less hour of sleep makes me CRAZY! So, lets get right to the challenge today (otherwise I might ramble about nothing all morning!lol)

Scripture: Psalm 29:11 The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.

Challenge: Make a card/lo/project using a peaceful image or a verse about peace.

Hostess: Yeah---ME

Sponsor: Whiff of Joy; They have donated this adorable stamp of Willow reading a story

Peace. Just thinking of it makes me take a deep breath & sigh. It relaxes me. Many times when I think of peace, I picture the ocean. It's beautiful and seems peaceful and calm. Sometimes, though, it storms, and the ocean doesn't seem quite as peaceful and calm as the waves are lapping against each other. Not so peaceful looking!

This might be where we get peace confused with something else. What is peace really? There are many definitions in the dictionary, but some of them are quite confusing and don't REALLY relay what true peace is all about. Some might say that it's tranquility, much as it is when we're looking at a calm ocean, but what about when it storms? Does this mean that there is no longer peace? I don't belive so. I belive that we can have peace even amist conflict.

Nothing can remove God's peace from us. The Bible says in Isaiah 54:10 that "though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed." Peace grows as we trust in God (Romans 15:13). When we are anxious, the Bible tells us to give thanks to God and pray. Then the "peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 4:6-7).

True peace ONLY comes from Christ. To have true peace, you must first trust in Him and accept His free gift of salvation. His perfect and only son died so that we can live forever with Him in Heaven. Have you trusted Him and accepted that free gift yet? If you have questions about this, any one of our DT members can help you find that true peace in Christ.

Belos is the "peaceful" card I created. This Sarah Kay image with her bare feet just strolling in the beauty God created for us makes me think she's walking in the Garden of Eden. And this color in the background is what the ocean looks like in some areas. It's just beautiful! The dp is from my scrap collection, the blue pearls are from Michaels and so is the sentiment. I used sheer ribbon and stickles for accent.

Have a wonderful day!

Blessings!

~H

Cute as a Button...

This week-end we had a baby shower that we had decided the theme should be "Cute as a Button" so we've created many things having to do with buttons! Everything we've done is some sort of paper craft and so we wanted to share some of it with you!

Here's my favorite, the Button Mobile:

here is a close up of the buttons:

DP/CS is by the Paper Studio. A cricut was used to make the circles and a regular hole punch was used to make the holes for the buttons. Ribbon, tule & twine were purchased from Hobby Lobby.

We also wrapped candy bars that were adorable! And the cake! There were buttons everywhere on it! We also had little button circles to use as Bingo markers for our game. It was all so cute!

And, since this week's challenge theme for KLSNS is "Buttons" we decided to use my blog to enter one of our creations into the challenge!

My awesomely creative friends that helped with this awesome baby shower are: Kassy, Becky H., Tabitha, Becky C. & Ms. Elaine. Thanks, ladies for a wonderful shower honoring Sarah & Baby Sam.

Blessings!

~H

Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge

Oh, what a joyful Sunday morning! And JOY is what our Stampin Sisters in Christ challenge is all about this week! Let's get right to the important details:

Scripture: Isaiah 12:6 "Shout aloud and sing for joy, people of Zion, for great is teh Holy One of Israel among you."
Challenge: Make a card that expresses joy or joyfulness
Hostess: uber talented PeggySue of Roses by My Window
Sponsor: The Town Scrapper who is donating an adorable Humble Pie Sweetie stamp

Now, here's my card!

I've used paper from K & Co. & SU, flowers & vellum sentiment from the dollar store, rhinestone flouris from Michaels and the stamp is a Magnolia. You can get this Charleston Tilda stamp from the Magnolia-Licious store. It's from the new Raising the Ceiling collection.

Join us for the challenge this week and share some joy!
Blessings!
~H

Morgan's Card & a Challenge

Good evening! I wanted to get this posted before I head off to bed so I can get some rest before our busy day tomorrow! I have a baby shower and the home and garden show that my friend's shop has a huge kitchen display in. It's going to be so much fun!

This week, the challenge over at KLSNS is to follow a sketch! Those are my favorite kind! I love being creative, but I also like having a "pattern" to keep me focused. Here's a link to the KLSNS challenge if you'd like to check out the sketch and challenge guidelines. Somewhere along the way I heard there might be some prize up for grabs, too!


I made this card for a friend to give to her niece. I used Bo Bunny paper and some scraps I had in by scrap bin. The base for the card is SU, it's what I almost always use for the base of my cards. The image is from Inky Impressions (thanks Kris!). The sentiment & pearls are some that I picked up at Michaels in their $ bins. I used a bunch of stickles, too! Enjoy!





Blessings!
~H

LaLa Land Challenge

I made this quick card for the Lala Land Crafts Challenge. This week is a sketch challenge and they are giving away an adorable Teddy Bear Lala stamp. I used dp by K&Co, stamps by Lala Land Crafts, Hampton & Judith. I used LOTS of stickles & a little liquid pearls. I even made a little pearl necklace for my darling snow angel. Enjoy!

Blessings!

~H

Now, I'm off to watch The Bachelor!