"Cheep Talk"-ing Pear!

 My sister let me in on a new blog she found.  Stamps, paper, glitter!   Kerin has a sketch challenge and I am quickly finding out that it is one of my favorite sites to visit.  Yesterday I found someones blog who designs watermarks and I purchased one.  Don't you just love it!  I'm so excited because it has been hard to find one that I like.  She was fast and very helpful, considering I have a mac and not a lot of computer knowledge.  Her blog is kgiron.blogspot.com click on over to get a watermark of your own.  

Thanks for stopping by have a blessed day!

ingredients:

stamp set:  Cheep Talk

ink:  certainly celery, choc. chip, regal rose, always artichoke marker, versa mark pad

paper:  choc. chip, so saffron, raspberry tart dsp, whisper white, certainly celery

accessories:  scallop circle punch, dimensional, blender pen

Rub-On A Happy Birthday! - MoJo 88

So this is my MoJo for this week!  No stamping here, just a rub-on birthday cake from the Level 3 Hostess set "Loop to Loop".  If you like this rub-on you can only get it until the end of June!  The new catalog will be coming soon and all the hostess sets will be changing.  

For this card I used:

paper:  Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Delicate Dots DP, Certainly Celery, Whisper White textured paper

Accessories:  Soft Subtle brads, Loop to Loop rub-ons, Scallop Circle Punch, Ribbon Bundle (SAB), dimensionals.

Thank you for stopping by, May God bless your day!

Cheep Talk!!

I just got this set in and it's one of my favorites!  I love the birds and all the sayings you get with it.  For this weeks MoJo 86 Challenge I thought "Cheep Talk" would be the perfect stamp set to use.  I stamped right on the DSP from the "Bella Rose" paper pack.  I stamped the branch in Chocolate Chip ink then using my Blender Pen I "wiped" off the ink from the leaves then using the Always Artichoke marker I colored the leaves.  When you stamp it onto the paper I looks fantastic!  The birds were inked in Ballet Blue then cut out I added some Dazzling Diamonds on the wings and a dimensional for an added pop!  The rest of the card is Chocolate Chip cs, Pink Pirouette cs and Regal Rose ink for the flowers.  That's it!  Have a wonderful Tuesday, May God bless you all!

Inspiration, God's Way

These are a few of the over 100 Thank You gifts for the CT Ladies Day I made.  The theme for the day was "Singing In The Rain".  The scripture on the back of each favor was from Isaiah 43, 

"Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.  When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you.  When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.  For I am the LORD, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior..."

I was so encouraged by everything, the singing, lessons, skits, prayers and just seeing God working through all the "storms and rainy" times in each of our lives and knowing He is covering us with His "umbrella" was so uplifting!  Learning how to "sing in the rain" is one of the hardest things but one of God's blessings because only after the rain do we experience His beauty!  I love the song by Mercy Me, "Bring The Rain", part of the lyrics are,

"Bring me joy, bring me peace

Bring the chance to be free

Bring me anything that brings your glory

And I know there'll be days

When this life brings me pain

But if that's what it takes to praise You Jesus, 

Bring the Rain"

At the end of the day we all sang that song and I could not help but think, ok God, bring the rain, bring the rain...

God is good, all the time!