Posted on Sunday, November 9, 2014

Joyful Stars Blog Hop: Christmas Projects

18 days ’till Thanksgiving and…
46 days ’till Christmas from today!

We are getting excited for this Holidays. I am finishing our Thanksgiving cards. They are ready to be sent out! And I have made a list of projects for Christmas. Number one project on my Christmas project list is making cards for family and friends, followed by decorations and kids craft projects 🙂

For this month Joyful Stars blog hop, I wanna share with you the cards I made using Snowhaven Cardmaking Kit. I got 15 cards (3 designs, 5 cards each design) done in 1 hour! You only need basic stamping supplies like My Acrylix® Blocks, Exclusive Inks® Stamp Pads (Glacier, Cranberry, and Whisper), glue and 3D foam tape.

Also, those stamp images outlined in red coordinate with the Cricut® Artbooking collection (Z1906).

This blog hop starts at Joyce’s blog and you should be arrived from her blog.

Here are the 3 design of 15 cards I made couple of days ago:

I always have some left over from a kit I used. And check out one of the gift treat bags I made using the Snowhaven Cardmaking kit:

On one of the Designer Creations Ruby Paper Bags, I added some Sequins Gold Assorment and Snowhaven complements. I added a paper doily and gold tread using Liquid Glass. And finished it up with a staples on the flap using the new Mini Stapler. Love how this turn out!

What I like from these Close To My Heart Workshop On The Go Kits that these kits make all projects easy, quick and save money, too!

Your next hop is my crafty friend, Betty Locco. She has a beautiful project done for you!

Thank You so much for visiting blog today!

Posted on Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Christmas Card Challenges #44 – Anything Goes

I have been working on my Christmas projects since early this year. One of the projects is making cards. Today, I would like to share a card I made last week:

I link up at Christmas Card Challenges #44 – Anything Goes and my inspiration is from one of the DT members, Marsha. I love how she created quilt looking card 🙂

For this card I used CTMH last year Christmas theme paper packet, Sparkle & Shine. The front sentiment, Merry Christmas, is from Sing Glory (hostess reward stamp set, C1587) and stamped it on a piece of White Daisy cardstock using Lagoon exclusive ink stamp pad. After that, I cut the banner tail using Non-Stick Micro-Tip Scissors and added the banner on the card with 3D Foam Tape.

The inside card, I stamped the Holly Leaves border from Sing Glory set using Panderosa Pine exclusive ink stamp pad. And using Kleenex tissue paper, I added Lagoon, Ruby and Slate inks on the message stamp. I am using White Daisy cardstock for the card base. And then I punched the top and bottom card using Scallop Border Punch.

All the supplies I used for this card are from Close To My Heart.

I am so glad you stop by today, Thank You so much! 🙂

Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Tuesday Thought: Our Care For Overseas Missionaries

Living overseas has special mark in my life. My life is changed. My perspective is changed.

This is not what I had in my mind when I was at school. My plan was to study hard, earned my bachelor and then went to overseas, well at least Singapore, to get better job. But then when I went back to finish my bachelor degree in 2004, God led me to different path. God changed my motivation. God changed my perspective of the idea of living overseas or cross-culturally.

We moved to Ohio since 2008 after we got married. For me, I am away from my home country, my parents and close families. But for my husband and daughters, here is their home country. For all of us, no matter where we will be living, wherever God will send us to go, we will make it home and serve Him as family.

Thinking of being away from home country, my thought goes to all missionaries who serve the Lord overseas. Those who live away from their home countries, away from their families. But they are there because of their obedience to the Lord’s calling. They are there because the people need to hear the Good News.

Our church, Grace Baptist Church Minford – Ohio, has a group of ladies who always get together every month to pray for the missionaries whom our church partner with. I am so thankful to this group of ladies! Knowing that they are thinking and praying for us and the missionaries is very encouraging.

They are not only getting together to pray, but in their act of love is real.

On last Friday, some of us get together to make Christmas cards for our missionaries. We would love to send them a note on Christmas day, sharing our hearts with them on the field. Especially for those who are away from their families on this special holiday.

That night, we made 17 Christmas cards! These ladies are amazing! We learned together to stamp and putting cards together. Most of all, we fellowshipped, shared stories, and had fun time 🙂

My oldest daughter came back from Great-grandma’s house, she joined us a little but before bed time. My friend helped her making this card. She is a blessing!

This is one of little thing we can do to show care with missionaries who serve overseas. If your church partner with missionaries overseas, you can try to do something special for them to show your care and love 🙂

Here are some cards we made that I would like to share with you today:

THANK YOU for your partnership with missionaries all over the world. THANK YOU for your love for the people who need to hear the love of God and His Good News. THANK YOU!

Posted on Saturday, March 1, 2014

Christmas in February

What? Christmas in February? 😀 LOL… I am feeling Christmas spirit in February. Few weeks ago, I made cards for fund raising event that my husband and I had to help the people in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia who lost their Bibles because of the flood water and mud hit my home town. These are 2 of 80 cards I made.

Both cards I made using Sparkle & Shine paper packet and complement elements. The stamp set I used from the Frosted Cardmaking Workshop On The Go Kit. Both kit retired from Close To My Heart.

First card I used the sketch from the Paper Players Challenge #184:

Supplies: Sparkle & Shine paper packet, White Daisy Cardstock, Recollections clear gems, Doodle Twine Christmas Collection from Doodlebug Designs, Tombow glue runner, glue dots.

Here’s the second one that I link it up this card at Christmas Cards Challenge #13 – Anything Goes:

Supplies: Sparkle & Shine paper packet, White Daisy Cardstock, Martha Stewart lace border punch, Nicole gems, Recollections clear gems, Tombow glue runner, Glue Dots, 3D Foam Tape.

And here’s one more Christmas card that I made using the sketch from Page Maps for Scrapping Everyday Miracles March Card Sketch Challenge: