Peace - John 14:27

Happy Sunday! I hope you all had a great week! It is once again time for the Stampin Sisters in Christ challenge. It was wonderful to see so many entries and to read your wonderful words last week! You all totally rocked the fall colors challenge!


This week it was my turn in the hostess spotlight. I hope you all were able to read my reflection on the Stampin Sisters in Christ website. I will try not to repeat myself here. The scripture this week is taken from the book of John, chapter 14 verse 27:

"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid."

We all long for peace! When the children were all little the peace I often longed for was just a little  quiet. During the teen-age years it was the peace of knowing they were safe and on the right road. Now that they are adults I pray that they know or come to know the peace that comes from God. I know several people who I am praying for who are battling cancer and other illnesses and yet they have peace in knowing that they are not alone. Last week my sister-in-law's father died after many years in an assisted living facility - when she called to tell me she said that her dad was finally at peace. Is that not the peace we are all supposed to be striving for? Going home to our father - that is the ultimate peace! Perhaps we care too much for what can (or so we think) give us peace here on earth. 

The dove is a symbol of peace, in fact it is the mascot for the school where I teach. I made this card for my sister-in-law as a sympathy card. It was one of those cards that just came together. I popped up the dove and the leaves. The leaves I colored with Copics in two colors - since I can't seem to get fall colors out of my mind! 

For the challenge this week I ask that you make a card or project with a symbol of peace or that means peace to you. This week we are happy to have as our sponsor Designed2Delight Digi Stamps! And be sure to stop by my SSIC design sisters for more inspiration both for their spirituality and creativity!

Grace, Chris, Rebekka, Linda, Patti, Peggysue, and Cindy
 
Have a great week and I look forward to reading your reflections and seeing your creations!


Peace to you dear friends!

Recipe:
Stamps: Hope Grows and Vintage Borders sold by GinaK Designs
Paper: Gina K Pure Luxury Chocolate, Fresh Asparagus and Cranberry 
Special Paper: Basic Grey - Capella
Other: Some ribbon from my stash, Nesties, 
Challenges:
StampTV: Monday Color Challenge
Midnight Madness: Sketch Challenge
Our Daily Bread: Wings

Fall Daisies

This card is really a little busy for me but once in a while you just have to get out of the comfort zone! I made this for a color challenge on StampTV - Janice asked for Orange, Pink, Teal, and Orange. Definitely not my first choice for colors. I did add some of the brown and it did turn out okay. The layout was for Card Patterns. I really liked the layout - also different for me. Daisies were colored with Copics in the the pink. I used a Cuttlebug folder on the orange and then distressed it a bit for some brown. 

It was nice to make something a little different. Thanks for stopping by! 

Recipe:
Stamps: Hope Grows and Vintage Borders - both sold by Gina K.
Paper: Gina K Pure Luxury Ocean Mist, Sweet Mango
Special Paper: Cosmo Cricket - Nutmeg
Other: Brown Vivid ink - Copic markers, a bit of ribbon

Better World

I just love learning new things! On StampTV the sketch challenge for this week was to make a circle card with circles on it. I only had one false start - forgot to put the fold in it before I used the the Nestability. It was fun and I see a few more circle cards in my future! It was a lot of fun to make.

I made this card for a friend who is going through a difficult time right now. I know that she will appreciate it. 

I just love those daisies from Theresa's stamp set called "Hope Grows". I hope you like it! If you have not checked out the Stampin Sisters in Christ blog hop be sure to do so. I think it stayed on the top of this blog, that is if I followed the directions correctly! Thanks for any and all comments, they do mean a lot to me.

Have a great week,

Recipe:
Stamps: Hope Grows and Thanks a Million sold by Gina K Designs
Paper: SU Pretty in Pink and Pure Luxury White
Specialty Paper: October Afternoon Ducks in a Row
Other: Circle, scalloped circle, and tags Nestabilities

Chanllenges:
Stamp TV - sketch
7 kids Blog - pink and polka dots
Paper Pretties - using ribbon
Penny's Paper - Anything Goes
Mark's Finest Papers - Flowers
 

Thank You

Sometimes we just have to challenge ourselves and last night I finally watched Gina's video on how to make a card using the Reverse Nestabilities technique. It was such fun and I know I will do this one again. That is one of the great things about summer vacation, I actually have the time to try new things. There was a challenge on StampTV to use the shaving cream technique so I also used that. I had made a page of the purple and pink shaving cream a while back and has some of it left so I found a use for the scraps by stamping the butterfly and the the flower tops and then cutting them out and popping them up. I used the GinaK Pure Luxury Vibrant Violet, Bublegum Pink and White. I added some bling and used Theresa's stamp set called Hope Grows. I made this card to thank our friends for a wonderful evening and dinner last week. Yes, I am actually sending this away - Yeah me! I am leaving town tonight to head up to Wisc. for a week to spend some time with be dear friend. I will have an automatic post for SSCC while I am gone though - so come back on Sunday. Thanks for stopping by!

Enjoy your Day

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I made this card today for Theresa's May Stamp set release on StampTV. Today was a hot day in here in Florida so I spent the afternoon in my craft room - lucky me! I wanted to make a card that expressed how I feel. My last day of work for the next couple of months was on Friday so I am officially on Summer Vacation! I do think that is why many of us become teachers - we like summer vacation! LOL! On Friday I also got my nice big box full of goodies from GinaK and in that box was this designer paper pack by DCWV called Citrus. It has such cheery colors I just had to use it. I also got my Scor-Pal recently (oh happy day!) and decided to make a gate fold card for this card. I used the Pure Luxury CS white, sweet mango, and turquoise sea. What a great combo! I popped up the flowers and the butterfly. It really is a cheery card and I think I will leave it up on my craft room to remind me to "Enjoy the Day" and to thank God for it!

Thoughts

Here is my upload for tonight. Another one with Theresa's set Hope Grows. That is kind of my motto lately, hope always grows in my heart. For this card I popped the dove up on a few branches. I used a paperpack from Basic Grey called Cappella. I really like that paper. I cuttlebugged the Ocean Mist CS and used a couple of Nesties for the focal image. The ribbon was gathered. I really like how this card came out and hope you do too. This stamp set can be purchased at GinaK Designs. If you want to see more cards made with this really fantastic stamp set look at the gallery. Thanks for stopping by. I hope to upload again this weekend.

Summer Colors

Another card with Hope Grows. I truly am surprising myself with the many cards I have been able to create with the same stamp set. I truly have been challenged with this. This card was also created for a couple of different challenges. The first was for StampTV and it was to be a card that reminds us of summer. The nice bright colors does that for me. Along with the butterfly. The other is a sketch challenge from Card Patterns.

The designer paper is from the Basic Grey June Bug paper pack. I used the GinaK Pure Luxury In the Navy and Lemon Ice. I colored the images with Copics and popped up a flower that I have no idea anymore where I got it from! Used a border punch from Martha Stewart. Thanks for coming by - I will have another card tomorrow. I think I am on a roll!

Enjoy

Here is another card I made using Hope Grows by Theresa! This stamp set is available for purchase at GinaK Designs. For this one I used the Basic Grey paper pack called Basics White. I used a Cuttlebug border folder for the bottom. The little flowers are from a Nestibility set called Flourishes. I used a punch from SU That created the look of the paper punch. The dove was lightly highlighted with a Sakura glitter pen in pink and one in clear. The branches were stamped off before stamping it on the paper. The CS was GinaK Pure Luxury Gray and Cranberry. I used some ribbon from my stash of SU that I still had. This was a fun card to make and quite simple. I liked these colors and did like the way it turned out. I will have another card tomorrow so come back for a quick look!

Hope Grows

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Today I am going to post another one of the cards I made as Theresa's Guest Designer using the stamp set that was released this month called "Hope Grows" sold by GinaKDesigns. I have had such fun with this stamp set. This card was made using some of GinaKs pure luxury Lemon Kiss and Fresh Asparagus card stock. I used an impressibility folder to emboss the card stock. I took the branch stamp and cut out a few of those to layer behind the the circle with the daisies. The ribbon and the buttons were from GinaK. I colored the flowers with Copics. I am also using this cad for the challenge from JUGS 35 to use dry embossing. Thanks for stopping by - I will be back tomorrow night with another card. I hope you all had a nice Memorial Day weekend, I certainly did!

Guest Designer for Theresa!

I have been holding this secret and have been soooo excited. I have been jumping up and down and my dear husband is just shaking his head and saying kind words about my creations. He is so good about always telling me that they are "Beautiful Honey"! I have been kind of nervous about whether they are good enough considering the fact that EVERYTHING Theresa does is so incredible! 

Yes, I was asked to be Theresa Momber's May guest designer for her newest stamp set "Hope Grows"! It is being released tonight on StampTV at the release party. I have had so much fun with these stamps - they are so versatile and so many techniques can be used with these stamps! I will be showing the cards here in the coming weeks. Tonight I am showing 2 of the cards. I hope you like them! I am heading back to the party now! Come on by.

 I made this owl card using the GKD Pure Luxury Ivory and and Chocolate. I stamped the branch image as a background on the ivory with Memento Brown. The designer paper is from Basic Grey - Cappella. I used the rectangle  Nestie. I stamped the owl 3 times and placed them close together (they are hugging)! I popped up the second owl and the wings. I also cut the green leaves out. The was just simply placed. This was the first card I made. More are made and will be posted.