America The Beautiful

Good morning and happy Sunday to ya! This afternoon my family is headed off to Manhattan (Kansas!) to enjoy a day of concerts! Most importantly we're going to hear Evidence of Journey. Awesome local and not so local folks!

Before we do that, I want to share with you my card for

this week's Stampin Sisters in Christ challenge along with some challenge info!

Hostess:

Kris - my most awesomely talented friend

Scripture:

Psalm 46:10 "Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations,

I will be exalted in the earth."

Challenge:

Use flags/banners in your creation

Sponsor:

  This week we have a grab bag of various stamps to offer one random winner! We also have our "Shining Star" for 3 of your amazing entries!

My card:

Things I've used:

Liberty Tilda; Copics; Prisma Colors; Stickers and paper by Echo Park; Flowers and brad from Michaels; Glossy Accents on the flame and stickles in various places.

Here's a close up of the torch and flame so you can see the glossy accents and some of the stickles:

Hope you've enjoyed and have a chance to join our challenge this week! I know you'll be blessed!

~H

Kick Up Your Hooves!

Good morning! It's time for another awesome challenge at Stampin Sisters in Christ, so let's get started!

Hostess:

The most fun girl, Jerusha

Scripture:

Ephesians 2:10 - For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so that we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

Challenge:

Create something that reflects you - you are God's masterpiece!

Sponsor:

Clear Dollar Stamps - They have such fun stamps and they even have some in digi, too! Be sure to stop by and let them know how awesome they are for sponsoring SSiC this week!

My Card:

I've wanted this stamp for a long time, and since Clear Dollar is our sponsor this week, I wanted to support them, so I bought it! She's called Charlene Cowgirl. She comes with this sentiment and a few other sentiments as well as cowboy boots and horseshoes and swirls. I used the cowboy boots to put on her hoofs. Aren't they adorable?!? Jerusha wanted us to make something that is "us" so I kept it simple, used lots of stickles, used a variety of colors and tried to make it colorful and bright. My name means "light" so I wanted to encorporate the color yellow to show some light. Enjoy!

Thanks for stopping by today! Happy Father's Day to any dad's checking in! Have a blessed day!

~H

Stampin Sisters in Christ - Challenge #142

Good morning! What a wonderful day for a stamping challenge, don't you think? Well, today at Stampin Sisters in Christ I get to be your challenge hostess! It's my first one since joining the team a couple months ago and I'm so excited to share with you what the Lord has laid on my heart! Let's get started!

Vesrse:

1 John 3:18 "Dear children, let's not merely say that we love each other, let us show the truth by our actions" NLT

Challenge:

1) image showing action OR 2) an image only on the front of your card (no sentiment on the front) OR 3) action card (make it move)

Sponsor:

OH, they have such adorable images! Stop by and thank them for sponsoring us this week!

Some words from my heart to yours:

We’ve all heard the phrase “actions speak louder than words” and we all know what it means. But how do we take that old, over used phrase that has probably lost it’s meaning along the way and make it really apply to our lives today? My husband’s good friend/mentor and Best Selling Author, Tim Marks rephrases it a little differently. He says “What you do speaks so loudly, what you say I cannot hear.” It’s so true! If we punch someone in the face and at the same time say “I love you” our words are meaningless because we’ve just hurt the person with our actions! We’re commanded to share Christ’s love with others and this means more than just “lip service.” We have to do this with our actions, our service toward one another. How we treat people says a whole lot more about Christ than words alone. Take some time today to do something for someone to show them how much you love them. Send them a card, pick up their shoes & put them away, help them carry in groceries, bring them a nice cold drink on these hot days, be available for them when they need a helping hand or ear to listen, anything that says “I love you.” Let’s love with our actions and not just our words.

And, finally, my card:

I've used an image from our wonderful sponsor this week called Cool Waitress. Isn't she so much fun?!? Just look at her on those skates and she's serving with a smile!  You can't see it, but I put her on a "wobble" so when you tap her, she shakes. It's kind of fun to watch. I'll try to get photos of it to share next week. Thanks for stopping by today! Have a blessed day!

~H

Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge #141

Welcome to the Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge #141! I'm so excited to share this challenge with you, so let's get started!

Bible Verse:

Isaiah 40:26— “Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one and calls forth each of them by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.”

Hostess:

The lovely Diane

Challenge:

Create a card that depicts any element of heaven—angels, music, clouds, sun, stars, blue, glitter, Scripture about heaven or God’s glory, a house (heaven is our real home/ we will have a mansion waiting for us)...glittery flowers, butterflies (earth will be restored).

Sponsor:

Market Street Stamps - ooohhh, such awesome stamps! Be sure to stop by and see what they've got and thank them for sponsoring our challenge today!

When Diane said her challenge was to depict any element of heaven, I automatically though clouds and angels. There no more perfect stamps to use for this card!

This was such fun to make, too! Enjoy!

My card today features Market Street Stamps "Ain't No Sunshine"

(clouds and sun, can you see the glittery clounds in the background, too?)

and Magnolia's Waterlilly Tilda and also lots of stickles!

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a blessed week!

~H

I FORGOT!!!

I feel horrible! I forgot to mention our amazing sponsor for this week's Stampin Sisters in Christ challenge! Oh, I hope they forgive me! Our wonderful sponsor this week is Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps!!! Be sure to thank them for being our sponsor this week!

Blessings!

~H

Stampin Sisters in Christ

Good morning! Thank you for joing us for another amazing challenge at Stampin Sisters in Christ! I'm so delighted that you've chosen to stop by my blog today! Hope you enjoy!

Challenge deets:

Amazing Hostess: The Lovely Candace

Scripture: Psalm 118:6 "The Lor is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do to me?"

Challenge: Do something on your card that you're "afraid" of! For example, CAS style, stitching, a vintage look, etc. Just do something you wouldn't normally do!

Wow, talk about challenging! ;) This challenge is one to really get you out of your comfort zone, maybe try something you've wanted to, but haven't been willing to risk yet. For me, this challenge meant making a more "decorated" card and making my own flowers. I LOVE shabby chic flowers and I'm "cheap" so I don't like to spend the money for them! lol So....I made my own! I found an amazingly easy tutorial here to make them. I had a great time doing this! There are a few things I might do differently next time, but I'm for sure making these again! I was so nervous about making them, but I think they turned out ok. I also used the "dot" technique to make shading around my image and sentiments with one of my copic markers. I used a nestabilities that I loved and purchased, but haven't used it because I couldn't quite seem to get it to work right on anything. One more thing....I didn't use one single drop of stickles!!! This is insane for me! I usually have everything so glittered up, but this time I wanted it different. Hope you enjoy my card and be sure to join our challenge this week! Don't be afraid!

Have a blessed week! ~H

Image by Sassy Studios; Paper by Bo Bunny

Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge

Good morning and happy Sunday to you! It's time for another Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge!

Are you ready????

Our hostess today is is the lovely Traci and her challenge is to "build up your card: by adding layers, paper tole, paper piecing, stacking flowers...you name it!"

Our verse for inspiration is Ephesians 4:29 " Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen."

Our sponsor this week is Tami Mayberry. Don't forget to stop by her blog and let her know how much you appreciate her sponsoring our SSiC challenge this week!

I wanted to get a true meaning of "paper tole" and the definition from stampin.com is this: "Paper tole is an art technique in which part or all of an image is raised from the surface to give a 3 dimensional effect which enhances the natural shape of the image." I had been asked by a friend to make card using this florally fross image she found and I thought it would be perfect for this challenge!

Here is the full card, face front:

Now, here's the "paper tole" part, the view from the side:

See how the tulips are raised one level and the lillies are raised 2 levels? IRL it looks really cool!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! May your week be greatly blessed!

~H