Winter Birds and Bird Feeder

Winter Birds and Bird Feeder

Hi, friends, and welcome back!  I so appreciate your visit.  Today I am sharing a card I made in response to an Inspiration Challenge on Splitcoaststampers.  The hostess of the challenge, Stacy (jbgreendawn) provided a wonderful website for the Inspiration Challenge; an ETSY Birdhouse site.  There are so many wonderful items on this site from which to choose as an inspiration piece.  I selected several, started cards, and decided I wanted to browse the site again.  I’m glad I did as I found this beautiful canvas of “Winter Birds and Bird Feeder” that inspired me to draw the scene on my card.

This is my inspiration piece:

This is my card:


John 12:35

“Then Jesus told them, “You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Those who walk in the dark do not know where they are going.”


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Penny Black Arctic Friends

Penny Black Arctic Friends

Welcome back, my friends!  Today I prepared a card that features a Penny Black Arctic Friends stamp.  My card is in response to an Inspiration Challenge (IC) on Splitcoaststampers.  This website was selected for the challenge and this item is my inspiration piece.

Penny Black Arctic Friends


1 Corinthians 15:58

“Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm.  Let nothing move you.  Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know your labor in the Lord is not in vain.”


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Christmas and Winter Scene Bauble

Christmas and Winter Scene Bauble

I love creating 3-D crafts, and lately, I have really enjoyed doing so.  Today I have for you a 3-D Christmas and Winter Scene Bauble.  I created it in response to Saturday’s Splitcoaststampers Inspiration challenge.  The hostess for the challenge selected this site from which to draw inspiration.  I selected this Tree Scene Glass Ball Ornament as my inspiration.

This is my inspired bauble:


Matthew 24:42-44

Jesus said, “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.  But understand this:  If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.  So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.


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PTI Make It Market Wonderland Kit

PTI Make It Market Wonderland Kit

How often do you purchase stamp sets/kits because you think you have to have them and when you get them, you do nothing with them?  I have so many unused stamping kits that it is embarrassing.  For example, I purchased the Papertrey Inc. Make It Market Wonderland Kit in October but had not used it until this past weekend.  Believe me, I have many others that have never been used.  The only reason I used this kit was to respond to a Splitcoaststampers Inspiration Challenge.  I created this Wonderland Cloche with the kit in response to my inspiration piece.

The site selected by the Splitcoaststampers hostess for inspiration is the Josh & Main website.  This pillow is my inspiration piece.


Colossians 2:8

“See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ.”


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Lawn Fawn Christmas Dreams & Shut the Front Door

Lawn Fawn Christmas Dreams & Shut the Front Door

Hello, and thanks for stopping by.  Last Saturday, Splitcoaststampers provided a wonderful site for its Inspiration Challenge.  I saw the following Christmas card on the site and it inspired me to create a shadow box card.

Here is a photo of the shadow box card that I made.  I did not have a nutcracker stamp, so there are none sitting at the front entrance.  The lights are turned off inside; therefore,  it may be difficult to see inside.  However, do not be concerned as I have other photos that show the inside.


Luke 22:47-51

(Jesus being arrested)  “While he [Jesus] was still speaking a crowd came up, and the man who was called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them.  He approached Jesus to kiss him, but Jesus asked him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?” When Jesus’ followers saw what was going to happen, they said, “Lord, should we strike with our swords?”  And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear.  But Jesus answered, “No more of this!”  And he touched the man’s ear and healed him.”


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Penny Black Snowy Hamlet

Penny Black Snowy Hamlet

Welcome back, my special friends!  Today I have a card for you that features the Penny Black Snowy Hamlet stamp.  I created this card to respond to an inspiration challenge on Splitcoaststampers.  This is the site the hostess chose for us to draw inspiration from.  The following photos are of my card and inspiration piece.


Luke 22:42&43

When Jesus went to the garden at the Mount of Olives to pray before being arrested, he prayed in anguish and said: 

“Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”  An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.  And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.”

Did you know that God has assigned each believer an angel who will come to strengthen us when we are feeling weak?  Just pray and ask God to send an angel to strengthen you.


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