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 It is two days before Christmas and we are hoping to get on the road to Massachusetts before the storm blows in. I wanted to take a gift-wrapping break and put up a quick post about our card this year.   This year I made and mailed 120 cards.  I started them a few days day after we traveled to North Carolina (and came home) to be with our kids for Thanksgiving.  This was the first year since we moved to NY that I sent out a full list of cards.  Other years for whatever reason I just couldn't get with it to do it, Maybe losing our parents, starting a new job that was a little overwhelming, or other various family crises. Thankfully this year the "switch" was turned on and I got these cards done and enjoyed the whole process.  I love the picture cards we get from what seems like 75% of friends and family, but really, to me this ONE day a year should be about celebrating His birthday and sharing the Good News.  As my friend Miyuki perfectly put it; CHRISTmas! One of the thi

                          It is Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge and a very Special Blog Hop, with Prizes!  We have many fabulous prizes from our generous sponsors.  To be eligible to win the Stamp Simply prize, just enter your art in our gallery as usual.  The winner of this prize will be selected by random draw from our entries. To be eligible to win prizes from Tonic Studios and other goodies, simply leave a comment on each blog to be eligible for that prize.  When you've completed the blog hop, leave a comment at Word Art Wednesday saying that you've completed the hop. The talented team at  Word Art Wednesday  has another great Bible verse,  Devotion by Karen Letchworth and beautiful cards to inspire your crafting.  Make a card, Enter it in the challenge and then send a blessing to someone near or far!  Our Sponsors this week are Stamp Simply and Tonic Studios!! My Card: I used a digital by an Etsy seller Pixie Jungle .  It just looked like the perfect image for t

 It has been a lovely snowy day here in CNY, a great time for resting and enjoying an unhurried day. Tommorow morning and the rush for work will look completely different, but that can wait till tomorrow! I've made a couple Japanese motif cards this weekend, both for challenges.  The First Card: This card was made a for using your oldest stamps "Challenge" This is a Marks of Distinction stamp from 1986. I also used a paper crimper from the same era. The Second Card: This card was for a "New Year Greetings" I have a friend who is a Japanese language student and I am sure she will enjoy this. The Kanji writing says Happy New Year. for the image, I used a 7x7 piece of origami paper from Amazon, I think this package was under $12.00 I found an image I thought would be perfect for a new year These are lovely, but for card making a little bit of a challenge due to image size I also gave the image a coat of Lineco glue, to give it that lacquered look. I'm entering

 Hi Everyone, If you are like most crafters you are very busy right now with crafting for  your holidays.  Whatever you are doing now chances are you will need thank-you's later, so I thought I would show you a quick batch I made. If you like them I have a quick and easy process to show you. I made a dozen in less than an hour These are 4.5x6 side opening The base paper is Strathmore warm white, felt finish 110# cover. I printed them on the same paper Trimmed and edged in Black Set aside Pulled scraps from my scrap bin cut to size, edeged with black Glued and done! Just a simple design on sumptuous paper, Makes these quite nice ( I think!) I think shes' so simply elegant! With this card, I used a "thank you" rubber stamp If you would like to make a batch, I have the freebie for you!! The "Thank You" script I added in  Publisher Software. Thanks for stopping by, I hope you are enjoying your days before the Holidays.  If you are feeling overwhelmed, Please jus

  It is Wonderful Word Art Wednesday! I hope you take the time to click over to   Word Art Wednesday a nd check out Karen's beautiful devotion along with  Karen Murphy's Digital Caligraphy featuring this week's verse: Galatians 4:45. We also have the inspiring art using the Scripture by the design team!  Make a card and enter the challenge and maybe you will win a prize, this challenge's sponsor is The Rabit Hole Designs with a fab $15.oo shop card. Mail the card and you will make someone's day!! My Card: When I meditate on this verse, I am Struck by The waiting for the "Fullness of Time" I am so thankful he waited, and continues to wait  - for us! I printed this card on Strathmore felt finish 110 coverstock paper.  I love using texture with digitals. I use both digitals and hand-stamped images, I love both mediums for card making. These are the diamonds used for "Diamond Painting". I love how they look and as an added bonus, you can buy a jar f

 It is Wednesday, November 23rd, 2022 and I am happily back on the Word Art Wednesday Design team. There are some things we have to work at carving out time in our lives to do and for me,  Word Art Wednesday is one of them and so worth that time!.  Ten years of Beautiful Word Art Calligraphy donated by Karen Murphy, and nine years of thoughtful and encouraging devotions by Karen Letchworth.  Karen has been the owner and tireless coordinator of this blog for nine years, with over 500 publications!!! I hope you can make time to join in the 'Anything Goes' challenge, save the Bible verse digital, and be blessed. There are also great prizes to be had - This week the one and only Waffle Flower Stamps is our sponsor and the prize is a $15 gift certificate!  My 5x7 card using this beautiful verse: I printed this versa on watercolor paper - I love the soft white color, and glued it onto a piece of scrap black I used an ancient T.H. distress tool on the edges for interest I added a li

 It's a lovely cozy November weekend here in Central New York.  I've taught a group this morning and looking forward to dinner with steve and doing a little card-making.  I've e been able to rearrange my time to be able to work more in our church card ministry and my own correspondence needs.  I've also decided to enter a few of the challenges blogs and Today I have a submission for the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop .  A very Vintagy card, using digitals, printed, cut, and glued along with a little edging, and on the coffee cups, Glossy Accents.  I made this card at 2:30 in the morning,  one of those nights - I love it, Decaf coffee card making. This card is 5x7 I used the Glossy accents on the cups and saucers to give them a more  "porcelain" look, unfortunately you can't really see it in the photo. Here is the verse  From Word Art Wednesday - I am also entering this card in their Anything Goes Challenge.  Click here to hop over and enter your card creation! T

 This week's Challenge at Word Art Wednesday , included the beautifully done Job 1:21 Bible verse. I know the context of this verse is Job's declaration of God's Authority in his life.  However when I read this passage what comes to my mind is 'The Lord has taken my sin, my shame, my hopelessness and given me His righteousness, His grace, and the hope of eternity spent with Him in Glory.'  What a trade. As they say, you can't make this up.  Only A loving God, would redeem us, make and keep his promises and fill our lives with peace.  When people say "you have to give so much up to be a Christian"  All you give up is sin and death, bound together with fear, why would anyone want that? Here's my card for the challenge: This card is 5x7, the card base is 110# Ivory with patterned paper from my scrap bin. I hope you stop over the Word Art Wednesday Blog , there is a great devotional by Karen L, Digital Scripture by Karen M., and lots of inspiration fro