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.
Happy Christmas Eve, my friends! Do you have your gifts wrapped and goodies baked to be ready for tomorrow! I commend you if you are ready as I have not wrapped the first gift. Guess what I will do today! But before I begin wrapping gifts, I wanted to share my last Christmas card for this year. The card features Hero Arts Color Layering Poinsettia stamp set bundle.
Matthew 1:18-25 – The Birth of Jesus Christ
18: “This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
19: Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
20: But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
21: She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
22. All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
23. “The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” — which means, “God with us.”
24. When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife.
25. But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.”
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.“
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.
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.
(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.”
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.