Be Faithful In Small Things

Hi everyone! This is a quick and easy birthday card I made for my aunt Kathy this weekend. Thanks to Prima's gorgeous pre-printed notecards, cards don't always have to take up many hours of my time! The Shining the Light Challenge over at the Our Daily Bread designs blog is right up my alley this week.......piercing!!!! Wahoo!! I will definitely play along again this week since I love to paper-pierce!!


This notecard and designer paper background is from Prima's "Sparkling Spring" collection.....I am in love with the entire collection! The Mother Teresa quote is from the "Faith" set by Our Daily Bread designs. The olive border was cut out with a Cheery Lynn Designs die, called "Border Carnivale", then satin ribbon was threaded through and some Zva Creative pearls added as well.


Card 'Ingredients':
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'Faith';
Cardstock: SU Old Olive and Whisper White;
Designer Paper: Prima 'Sparkling Spring' Designer Paper and matching notecard;
Ink: SU Early Espresso;
Accessories: Cheery Lynn Designs 'Border Carnivale' border die, May Arts Crocheted Lace, Offray Satin Ribbon, Zva Creative Pearls, 'Pearl' Glimmer Mist, Martha Stewart Monarch Butterfly punch, paper piercer and template;
Technique: Paper Piercing;
Size: 5-1/2 square.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a blessed week!!

Wedding Gift and Card

This past weekend was a wedding reception for my brother, Brad, and his wife, Autymn! Today I am sharing the wedding card and gift which I made for them. Though the card took eight hours to complete, it was soooo fun to make and soooo worth it in the end!!!

I actually made this card while doing a Product Review on Prima Flowers for Our Daily Bread designs. I would like to share a few tidbits about this card that may not be noticeable to the "untrained" eye!
Tidbit number 1: The green portion of the card is actually the packaging insert from the Prima Flower package....most of their packaging is recycle-able....and very beautiful too! I cut out the center with a Spellbinders Labels Four die, layered it, then popped it up for the scripture panel. The white outside mat I cut by hand around the packaging insert.
Tidbit number 2: These "Alabaster Round Petals" flowers come in one size only in a package of six.....I wanted smaller flowers as companions, so I deconstructed two of them with an exacto knife....the large pieces I will embellish and re-use later.
Tidbit number 3: The green leaves you see are actually the backing of the same flowers.....I couldn't stand for them to be "hidden" and go to waste, so I de-constructed those too and used them for leaves! I think Prima would be proud to see my recycling skills! lol!!!

If you have ever read any of the articles I write for the Our Daily Bread designs blog, you would know that my favorite descriptive word to describe their stamps is VERSATILE!!! This card proves that fact! The verse I used is from the ODBD set, "For The Graduate" and the Congrats sentiment is from "As You Graduate"! Yep, two graduation sets used for a wedding card!!


Other supplies used for the card: LOTS of Pearl Glimmer Mist, (especially on the flowers), Spellbinders Fancy Tags, lace ribbon, Martha Stewart foliage punch, and Zva Creative pearls.

For their wedding gift, I printed out the Mother Teresa poem, "Anyway", on vellum and adhered it to some Prima designer paper. Using the Martha Stewart Doily Lace Border Punch, I punched two strips of the same paper, sponged the edges, adhered it to the vellum layer, then embellished it with light green Zva Creative Pearls.

The Fun On Friday Challenge over at Christian Paper Crafts this past Friday was to make anything altered. I had this done Saturday for the wedding, but I'm a little slow at posting!!


Here is a close up of the poem. These powerful words have moved me over and over again.....Mother Teresa was such a brilliant human being! My new sister in law loves Mother Teresa also, so I just had to make a frame as a gift!



Thanks for stopping by today! Come back tomorrow for the Bible Verse Thursday Challenge at Christian Paper Crafts, plus a new Stamping In Time: On Assignment Challenge at the Our Daily Bread designs blog.

Many blessings to you!!!

Shining the Light Challenge

This week's Shining the Light Challenge over at the Our Daily Bread designs' blog is "May Flowers"!!! Woo hoo....I'm all over that one!! In case you weren't aware, there is a new challenge each Saturday by our talented Challenge Team.....each and every week you have a chance at winning ODBD stamps......how awesome is that?! So, get over there and check it out!!

Today is also Case Artist Saturday at Christian Paper Crafts. This week's featured artist is twin2u2 .....check out her gallery HERE. I chose this awesome card to case because I love the layout....the angled ribbon and cluster of flowers is gorgeous! Jen's Color Monday challenge this week was to use orange, pink, and brown....this is my second try this week with these colors! And I'm a bit late, but Cindy's Fun on Friday challenge last Friday was to punch around the page.

Over at Splitcoast, the Inspiration Challenge is to choose an item from Two Lumps of Sugar online store. I chose this gorgeous oven mitt set because of the beautiful colors all blended together!

My card recipe: The scripture verse is from one of the new ODBD sets this month, "God's Hands". The lilies are by Prima.....I am in LOVE with these flowers.....must....have....more!!! The designer paper is Basic Grey "Sugar Rush", punched all the way around with an EK Success Scalloped Scallop Border Punch. The satin ribbon is by May Arts and the green pearl are by Zva Creative. Once finished, I sprayed MANY layers of "Dazzling Diamonds" Glimmer Mist....you should see this baby IRL!!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a blessed weekend!!!!

Bible Verse Thursday - "Hands"

Edited: Thanks so much to all of the wonderful ladies who hopped along with us yesterday for Christian Paper Crafts Blog Hop, sponsored by Magenta. Your lovely comments mean so much! I have drawn lucky number 13 from my blog comments.....congrats to Robyn aka mom3!!!

Happy Thursday, everyone!!! Time for the Bible Verse Thursday Challenge over at Christian Paper Crafts! This week's theme is "Hands". Either use an image of hands plus a verse of your choice......OR.....any theme as long as your verse mentions hands, especially God's Hands.

I have used one of the new sets from Our Daily Bread designs, called "God's Hands" for this card. This set to me is so powerful and comforting!

I have also used Gloria's Sketch Tuesday Challenge, Jen's Color Monday Challenge to use pink, orange, brown, and white, plus it also works for Betty's Color Challenge over at Splitcoast to use Melon Mambo and Soft Suede with the dessert option of wood....I used Creative Imaginations' "Real Wood" paper in cherry, cut with Spellbinders Labels Eight. The designer paper is K & Co. "Que Sera", the flower is by Prima (sponged with Melon Mambo), the pearls are Basic Grey, and I used several layers of "Pearl" Glimmer Mist.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! If you are here to find the winners of the Christian Paper Crafts Blog Hop, I will edit this post after the announcement this morning on the CPC "Announcements" section of the forum.

Have a blessed day, everyone!!!!