From My Heart - FMH05 - Blessed by God

Hi Stamping Friends!!

Many of you know that my husband graduated from seminary a couple of years and our family moved to North County San Diego to start a church. Can I just say this here amongst friends... Church planting is hard!! But God is so good. Every month He supplies us with the financial means to keep moving forward on this surprising journey.

Each month I send out thank you cards to all of our supporters. This month I had wanted to get the cards out before Easter, but they got mailed the Monday after Easter. Whoops!

Stamps: Blessed by God, Kinda Eclectic

Ink: Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, So Saffron, Baked Brown Sugar

Paper: Blushing Bride, Whisper White, Blushing Bride DSP (retired) 

Accessories: Pear Jewels, Bitty Butterfly Punch, Organdy Ribbon (retired)

I love the name of the this stamp set... Blessed by God, because it is so true!!! We are blessed every day beyond our wildest imaginations. And I also adore this sentiment.

My mom's family has been struck with three unexpected deaths within the last eight months. The latest being my 57 year old cousin who passed away four months after she found out she had cancer.

It is so very important to me that the people in my life know how much they mean to me. None of us are guaranteed tomorrow. So make sure your people know how much you love them and what a blessing they are to you. 

1 Corinthians 13:1-3New International Version (NIV)

13 If I speak in the tongues[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[b] but do not have love, I gain nothing.

It's probably why I love cardmaking so much. Every card I send is like sending a little piece of my heart in the mail. Someone described a handmade card as a hug with a fold in the middle. That makes me smile.

I encourage you to make and mail a card this week for someone important in your life and tell them how much they mean to you. I know it will be the highlight of their week. :)

If you are looking for a daily scripture plan, this is my favorite!! I already filled one journal for the year. SWEET BLESSINGS

Thanks for stopping by!

Enjoy your Sunday!

Krystal 

Scripture Saturday - Bible Journaling - Psalm 136v1

Hi Stamping Friends!!

At the beginning of this month, a girlfriend texted me a Thanksgiving 30 day Scripture writing plan. She asked if I wanted to do something like this and I said OF COURSE!! I love this kind of thing. Well I decided to take it a step further and I thought I would try my hand at Bible Journaling.

Psalm 136:1 "Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever."

Stamps: Another Thank You, Sophisticated Serifs, Watercolor Words, For All Things, You're So Sweet, Kinda Eclectic, Alphabet Rotary Stamp

Ink: Island Indigo, Old Olive, Hello Honey, Cajun Craze

Accessories: Washi Tape

I'm really enjoying combining my love for God's Word with my joy of stamping. And since I am a visual learner, I really think this is going to help me memorize these Bible verses so much more!!

I love the promise that God's love endures forever. No matter what circumstances come my way, I can always depend on God loving me in and through it. I love the theme of Psalm 136: The never-ending story of God's love. The chapter reads like a responsive reading. The leader states an act that God has done for His people, the Israelites and the people respond with: "His love endures forever." It is so good to remember all the amazing things God has done in our lives.

Here are all the stamps I used:

My color inspiration came from The ColourQ challenge blog: cQc316

Some of these colors are retired, so I had to change it up a bit. But it's pretty close.

Here is my first attempt at Bible Journaling:

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 "Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus."

Stamps: Layered Letters Alphabet, For All Things, Alphabet Rotary Stamp

Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey, Old Olive, Cajun Craze

Accessories: Washi Tape, non-SU letter stickers

I'm a newbie at this and it is so very different than creating a card or a scrapbook page. With cardmaking, it's all about the textures for me. But this has more to do with typography and it is FLAT. YIKES!! I just need to remind myself that it's not really the end product that matters, it's the process of digging into God's Word and finding all the truth he has for me. Then using the creativity he has put in me to express my thanksgiving to HIm.

The Thanksgiving 30 day Scripture writing plan from Sweet Blessings is awesome!! 

You can find the pdf and print it out at Sweet Blessings blog. It's really quite simple. Each day just right down the Scripture passages. It only takes about 10 minutes. At the end of the week I pick one verse that I really like and then I journal it. I hope she has one for December too.

I have a board on my Pinterest page called Art-Bible-Prayer Journal that has all kinds of different ideas. I'm still trying to find my style, but I think it will lean towards clean and classic yet fun and colorful. ANd of course it will be all about Stampin' Up! (even if some of it may be retired)

Here is a little tip on how I get my letter stamps straight...

First I lay out my letters on my grid paper, face down like they are going to be when I stamp them.

Then I place the clear block onto the top of the letters.

Now my word is ready to ink and stamp. 

Of course now I want to purchase ALL the alphabet and word stamps in the Stampin' Up! catalog. I also want to dig into storage and find all my retired alphabet stamps. But neither is going to happen anytime soon, so I guess I'm just going to have to get creative. Maybe I will try using some retired letter dies that I have.

I'm hoping to keep Saturdays as my Bible Journal blog day. I hope you will come back and join me again!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Be blessed and be a blessing!!

Krystal

Stampin' Up! Kinda Eclectic 2 Ways

Hey Stampin' Friends!!

Every month I make about 30 or more thank you cards for all of our regular donors that are helping support our family with our church planting endeavor. This month I chose to use the stamp set Kinda Eclectic. I had bought the set a while ago and just never inked it up. I don't know what took me so long. This set is so fun to use!!

Here is the card I made for our supporters:

Stamps: Kinda Eclectic

Paper: Crushed Curry, Whisper White, Crumb Cake, retired DSP

Ink: Crushed Curry, Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive

Accessories: Elegant Butterfly Punch, Itty Bitty Flower Punch, Banner Triple Punch, retired grosgrain ribbon

I like how this card turned out. When you are making 30 cards of one design, you try and keep it as simple as possible. But I wanted to see what it would look like if I stepped it up a notch.

Here it is a little fancier:

Stamps: Kinda Eclectic

Paper: Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Whisper White, Crumb Cake, retired DSP

Ink: Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry

Accessories: Elegant Butterfly Punch, Bitty Butterfly Punch, Itty Bitty Flower Punch, Banner Triple Punch, Candy Dots, Linen Thread, retired grosgrain ribbon

I just love how this turned out! I pretty much used the exact same layout, I just added a few more ingredients. It's really easy to make a card jump from nice to WOW without much more effort. Of course I wouldn't want to make 30 of these. ;)

An update on my Tulare County class...

I will be hosting a class on Sunday, October 11th at 2pm at Tulare Community Church featuring the Happy Scenes stamp set and Hearth & Home Framelits Bundle #140853. Come back tomorrow to find out all the details and the Hostess Code.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Stamp Something!

Krystal