Silhouette Wedding

I was asked to make a last minute orange/peach wedding card.  I'm not a fast card maker ... I think it's the decision making part that slows me down the most ... but I managed!  This is for the Word Art Wednesday challenge.

The Grace of God

I recently made this card for a man in our church who had experienced God's grace in a beautiful and memorable way.   I chose the background (wallpaper) based on the Old Testament encouragements on certain occasions to erect memorials, often made with stones, as a remembrance of God's grace to the people. I have made journals with this pattern for the same reason; journals are a great "memorial stone" for us to use to record God's goodness to us, especially those life-changing or defining moments that He gives us.

I am participating in the Word Art Wednesday challenge.  This blog provides a digital scripture stamp for each challenge - I love that!  This is their 200th post ... I think that is certainly something to celebrate!  Now I need to go save some of those scripture digis to my files ...  :-)

ODB Color Challenge

This week's challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs is a Color Challenge.  I love challenges not only because of the fun of it, and the potential win, but it helps kickstart cardmaking for me ... I tend to get way behind.  For instance, I haven't mailed anything to my son, who lives across the country, anything for several months, and we do not keep in close contact by e-mail or texting.  So, this got me to finally get a card out.  Masculine cards are not my favorite thing to make: I feel more constrained with colors and embellishments, especially with a twenty-something male who is not likely to even notice the card, lol!  But, clean simple cards are what I prefer anyway; the focus for me is always the message.  As with my last card, this is not well photographed, this time because of dark, dreary rainy days.  The leaves are actually more like the peach color represented in the ODB challenge.

Layerless Scripture Card

My husband writes to a friend, John, in prison.  Layered cards are not permitted; if sent, they are torn apart before being given to the recipient.  So, I've been trying to create cards with no layers or embellishments of any kind.

I forgot to retake the picture ... this one was taken in the evening in poor lighting, so looks a bit blue and washed out.  It actually turned out really well.  I stamped the background image in gray, then stamped the scripture.  I then put an oval mask over the verse, and restamped the background in black, and chalked it in.

Our Daily Bread Designs has an "Anything Goes with Scripture" challenge going right now. They have lovely designs that work well on layerless cards, so for  my husband's friend, I'm going to submit this and maybe another card or two in hopes of winning a $15 gift certificate that will go toward making the next card for him!

I hope this will inspire anyone who has a friend or relative in jail to get creative and be a blessing to someone who could truly use one!

A Month of Sundays ... A Stamped Journal for Sermon Notes

For probably ten years I have wanted to do this project for my pastor's wife, but there never has been the time.  There wasn't time this year either, but they're of an age where retirement could come soon, so I wanted to get this DONE!  I had a lot of ideas that there just was not time for, so many of the stamped pages are sadly simple, and a few of the pages were "card parts" I had never used ... I'm so glad I save those!  My goal was to create a journal that could take care of anything coming up on a Sunday.  For each month there was a prayer request page, and six lined pages for note-taking (one per week, with an extra page or two just in case!), and a calendar.  I used cardstock for the stamped pages.  The back cover had a ribbon to mark her place. I had no time to design a cover, so used one I had already made into a basic journal.

Super Simple Masculine Card

Another entry here for Our Daily Bread Designs drawing. I tend to make fairly simple cards, and get even more basic when making a card for a male.  This is for my daughter's boyfriend; they work at a business that buys and sells new and used books, and he found a Bible for Grandmothers, new, and bought it for me and had it shipped to me!  I am becoming a grandmother for the first time through  my oldest daughter and her husband, and it was such a sweet gift to receive!

Let Us Therefore Come Boldly...

One of my daughters needs some encouragement, and she is loves nature, and does not love frills, so this no-nonsense design with a grass background (wall paper sample) seemed right for her.  I love this scripture ... we do not have to hesitatingly, fearfully approach the King of Kings, but can approach boldly, with the expectation that He desires to bless us!

I did not realize Our Daily Bread was having a drawing for a gift certificate for those posting cards with a scripture from their collection ... a happy coincidence!