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Hello Everyone!  Greetings from very snowy Central New York!  I'm getting ready to face the Tundra outside and go to work but before I do I wanted to share This weeks' Word Art Wednesday   with you and leave a freebie for your card making.  Once again Word Art Wednesday has a beautiful KJV digitized verse by Karen Murray and an uplifting devotion by Karen Letchworth, along with two great sponsors and prizes!  Stop by and check it all out! My card for this week is using the gifted verse from the Psalms, it is a personal favorite.  I have made 4 of these this morning.  I belong to a Facebook group called  ' From The Hear t', this group is dedicated to sending cards of encouragement to people that are elderly, alone, in physical or emotional distress.  Because I work with this same group of people in private duty I know how much a little thing like a hand made card - or any card can be to lift a spirit of those lonely or sick. So I want to do that as mu

It is a wonderful day here, turkey cooking, baby and great grandma napping,  daughter  here, son and family on their way.  Six inches of snow, plenty of oil in the tank, the cars start, the power is on and life is good , we are so thankful for every blessing. Thankful  for a country we can worship freely in, for a wonderful church family, for a life that is overflowing in Joy.  All because of Jesus Christ and His Grace and Mercy.  My pastor said this weekend Thanksgiving needs to be a life style not a day - Thanks Living, so very true.  I hope you are having a blessed day and no matter what your circumstance in life today are, The Lord Jesus Christ died for you so that you can be free from this life of a sin cursed world  and spend eternity with him.  Look for him and you will find him - he is the truth, the life and the way. He will lead you and guide you with tender loving care. Thanking you for taking a moment and stopping by, Ginny M

One of my friends posted a Meme on FB a week or two ago and I really liked it, so I turned it into a digital stamp.  I don't know who created it and I did not see any copyright info so I am sharing this with you. I have a lot of elderly friends who have spent a life time in ministry in one form or another, but they all have one thing in common, they Serve the Lord and Pray for many, many people.  Most of the time you do not see what your praying or serving does - especially true if you are praying for someone you do not know who lives on the other side of the planet.  I made this card especially for those that are now in assisted living or continuous care and I made it for myself as a reminder.  Those that serve in the ministry of prayer  will pass from this life to the next praying for souls, I plan on being one of those people and this is a good reminder now! I used a Martha Stewart punch for the bordes and a bow, simple. I also did a top fold as these can sit on

Here in Beautiful CNY we have lots of deer, open field and Pine trees.  Right now, 5 days BEFORE thanksgiving we also have LOTS of snow.  I started these a couple weeks ago while it was still green out.  While waiting for  my green ribbon to arrive to finish them, the snow also came and "winter greetings" seems appropriate right now!     I made this set to have a design on hand for thinking of you and masculine birthday cards.  Here is one of the cards, keep reading for the process and the digital set: I had picked up a winter themed stack from Michaels  - this stack was $7.00.  Making hundreds of cards means I really have to think about the cost of materials, but  I never want to sacrifice the quality of a card for quantity. I want the card to feel good as well as look good! I printed my images on water color paper- this gives them a letterpress /engraving kind of look, perfect for these vintage-y looking images.  To color you could use pencil, chal

Over at Christian Card Makers FB group  On of my Moderators - Pam D has given us a great Thanks Giving Challenge - make 4 book marks using certain scripture.  You can keep one and give the rest of them away.   I love making bookmarks - this is how I started giving the Word out in art way back in 1981 - as the young people say this is my 'jan' giving the word away in art. I did up the 23rd psalm and I am going to share it with you! This was simple and fun, made in just a few minutes! I used 2 pieces of 6x6 cardstock paper cut at 2.5 width - Basic Gray - yummy! I had one tea stained paper doily left, I cut that into quarters Here is my gift to you- the 23rd Psalm Right click and save, easy! Thanks for stopping by Ginny M

One of the members of my Christian Card Makers FB group has asked the group to send her cards as she is part of a church comfort team aiding the California fire victims.  The group is putting together care packages for the families that are displaced due to the fires.  Having lived through the process of loosing  your home to fire and being displaced I was more than happy to make a few cards to send to her.  Words cannot describe what you go through emotionally. In those first few days you do not think oh I lost my china, or my favorite jeans, it is I wish I could take a tylenol and brush my teeth. No tylenol, no toothbrush, no clean underwear, no Thompson Chain reference bible with 20 years of notes-it is a empty motel room with the thoughts of, where do I begin. Our lives rebuilt very quickly, we had people praying for us and helping in every way.  I am praying for these families and honestly I just can't imagine what so many are going through all at once. I'm including a

I've made a set of "fast cards" before work this morning. I wanted to share them with you and leave you a freebie. I am enjoying making these batches of cards, These were made this morning and I will take them with me along with my address book and get them out on lunch break - If I have one I used side folded 5.5x4.25 ( I have a drawer full ready to go all different colors and folds) One sheet of red plaid paper from a 180 sheet stack - Christmas themed. Cut 4x5.25 Embellishments from stash.  Printed digital, And In 15 minutes I have 6 cards ready to go! And for you: Send the card and Keep praying! Thanks for stopping by! Ginny M 

 Sometimes I just need a sweet little card, not one I spent two hours making. just a nice card to send on its way.  I made a batch of cards using a sweet freebie from TLC Creations  .  I've had this in my stash for a while, but if you go on over to TLC and  sign up to receive emails you will know when Paulette has a new offering, plus she has wonderful digis' in her etsy store! Here are my cards: I made 8 and each one is a little different - I used a Basic Gray DSP 2 two sheets were used to make these cards - so they were economical too! Fast and fun, perfect when I want to send a little note to someone!  I hope this sparks a few ideas for you! Thanks for stopping by, Ginny M

I worked up another batch of cards this morning,  an all purpose card - I may stamp a Happy Birthday or Thinking of you  on the inside upper half  - or not.    I've combine and image with a Scripture - I am not sure who digitized either but in combing them I have a lovely card:  I made 4 using an Authentique pad: Thes worked up fast and were fun to make adding a few little embellishments and my gift to you for your card making Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! Ginny M

Because I am the Church "Card Lady" along with a half dozen other card sending entities I go through a lot of cards. Keeping enough on hand so I can focus on writing and sending can be a challenge.  I make a lot of cards on individual basis but more and more I am making them in batches. Today I made anniversary or wedding cards.  I will show you a finished card and then walk through the process.  I did use my Cricut explore Air 2 for this card: This is an A6 size card, I used 140# watercolor paper. I use Canson XL for this, it is so inexpensive and makes great card bases and has the benefit of being able to do water color as a one layer card. I buy the 9x11 size and cut in half - either way and I have a A6 size card.  I buy this on Amazon or Walmart. $5.50 an pad and that yields 60 bases or if I chop it in quarters to stamp or print on - yes this will go through my cannon pixma- I get 120 card fronts I cut this image with my Cricut, I purchased a .99 cen