Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge: Matt.2:10-11

Good Morning! Last work day of the week and thank goodness, it has been a busy week with a full house of kids and no outdoor time with it being way to cold outside. I am so sad to say that Stampin' Sisters in Christ has decided that this will be their last challenge this week. I have really enjoyed playing along with their challenges so I am going to miss it. The challenge this week comes from Matthew 2:10-11

"They rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. And when they had come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshiped Him. And... presented gifts to Him."

Make A Christmas card

With Christmas just around the corner this was an easy challenge. I love Christmas even though it is a hard time of the year, loved ones that can't be with us.  I wanted my card to show the true meaning of Christmas and why we celebrate it.

What I Used:
C.C Designs: Swiss Pixie Baby Jesus & Angel
Memento Ink: Tuxedo Black
Bic Mark It Markers
Spectrum Noir Markers
Spellbinders Nestabilities: Labels Seven
Stickles: Star Dust & Golden Rod
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder: Candy Cane Strips
Glitter Ribbon

I have yet to put a sentiment inside but I will probably print out something off my computer. I love this image and have one more copy of it for now as I stamped it at the crop a month ago. Well I really hope you join in this last challenge you have until Saturday Dec 1 at 11:59p.m.

Have A Wonderful Weekend!

God Bless!

Kristan

Clearly iStamp Challenge

Good morning! Half way through the week and I am tired! We have had a 5 month old baby all week as her mom is unpacking their house, they were finally able to move into it! I forgot what it was like to have a baby in the house. Anyways Clearly iStamp has another challenge going on, it's theme is "Clean and Simple".

What I Used:
Clear Dollar Stamps : Charlie Snowhorse
Memento Ink: Tuxedo Black
Spectrum Noir Marker
Bic Mark It Markers
Spellbinders Nestabilities: Classic Scalloped Rectangles (LG)
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder: Not sure again as it was done at crop

This is was a very simple card to make and not alot going on, the embossing gives it just the right amount of detail so that it isn't too plain!!

Challenge ends on December 6th at midnight.

Have a Great Day!

God Bless!

Kristan

3 Girl JAM Challenge

Good morning!! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I spent Saturday preparing Christmas crafts for the daycare kids and Sunday babysitting my neighbors two little girls. 3 Girl JAM has another challenge going on the theme is Thanksgiving/ colour challenge with ribbon. Since we Canadians already had our Thanksgiving back in October I thought I would make a thank you card using the colours and ribbon, after all the reason we celebrate Thanksgiving is to show how thankful we are.

What I Used:
3 Girl JAM : Crinkle Ribbon Sunflower
Heidi Grace Stamps: Girlfriends
My Creative Time : Just Simply Live
Memento Ink: Rhubarb Stalk
Dollar Store Ink: Yellow
Martha Stewart Border Punch: Traditional Scallop
Martha Stewart Score Board
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder: no idea what it is called, did the embossing at crop.
Pop Dots

I saw this technique on Pinterest and thought I would give it a try. I took a 3x3 piece of white cardstock and scored it at 1" and 2" then turned it once and scored it again at 1" and 2". I then stamped my flower images to give it kind of a grid look. I then stamped another flower and cut it out and popped it up using pop dots on the stamped background.

Challenge ends on December 6th.

Have A Great Day!

God Bless!

Kristan

Christmas Tree

Good Morning! You are all probably too busy with the Black Friday sales to be on blogger but I thought I would post a quick Christmas card that I made.

What I Used:
Ditto Stamp
Memento Ink: Tuxedo Black
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder: Snowflakes
Stickles: Star Dust
3 Girl JAM: Holly Berry
Pop Dots

Happy shopping!! (I already did too much shopping last week to be online shopping today, but who knows)

God Bless!

Kristan

Stampin' Sisters in Christ: Psalm 127: 3

Good morning! Happy Thanksgiving to my American Friends! It’s another challenge over at Stampin' Sisters in Christ. The scripture for this challenge is:

“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from Him” Psalm 127:3

Challenge: Create a card for a child

I believe that every child has a purpose, whether they are conceived out of love, a one night stand or even the worse of situations rape. I will never forget the day I found I was pregnant, I had been rushed to the hospital by ambulance doubled over in pain and faint from throwing up (I had thought all week I had the flu). They ran some blood work and came back and told me I was pregnant but they needed to do an ultrasound because they thought it may be a tubal pregnancy. I was so scared not only was I pregnant (which was not planned by the way) but it could be tubal. After what seemed like a life time they finally told me everything was ok. I remember thinking “God why me, why are you trusting me with this precious life”, my marriage was a mess and I didn’t want to bring another life into it. Don’t get me wrong I wanted kids just not in my situation. One day I was sitting on my bed with pain in my side thinking that something was wrong with the baby, I started praying and my response was “Abraham and Isaac”. Abraham had finally become a father and God asked him to sacrifice his son and Abraham obeyed, he took his son up to a mountain gathered all his stuff to make the sacrifice, tied his son up and placed him on the alter, was just about to kill him when an angel of the Lord stopped him saying “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.” Genesis 22:12. At first I was confused why would God show me this, then I realized God wanted me to trust Him. Trust Him I have, everyday I pray over my precious daughter that nothing or no one will harm her and that God’s hands will be around her. Being a single mom isn’t easy but it is the best thing I could have done for my daughter. Being raised in an abusive environment is no place for a child. I know I am not alone in raising my daughter, I have my parents but more importantly my daughter has the best Father, her Heavenly Father.

 

My card has nothing to do with what I just shared, I just created a card for my stash for a little boy as I don't have too many of those floating around.

 

 

 

What I Used:

Clear Dollar Stamps: Billy Blasts Off

Memento Ink: Tuxedo Black

Spectrum Noir

Bic Mark It Markers

Spellbinders Nestabilities: Labels Seven

Distress Ink: Faded Jeans

Studio G Stamp: dots

EK Success Corner Rounder:

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder: Seeing Spots

 

The challenge ends on Saturday at 11:59p.m.

Have A Great Thanksgiving!

God Bless!

Surgery

Good Afternoon!! Just wanted to pop in while my baby was sleeping instead of tomorrow to let you all know how my daughter's surgery went. I got a phone call yesterday saying that I needed to be at the hospital 30 minutes earlier then they had originally told me. It is a 45 minute drive so we had to leave at 6:15a.m. I woke Sierra up at 6a.m ( 1 1/2 hours earlier then she normally would get up). Got to the hospital at 7a.m ( 30 minutes too early). 7:30a.m went and talked to a nurse and filled out some paper work while they checked Sierra over. Went and sat in a waiting room until 9a.m when the anesthesiologist came and talked to me and took Sierra away. 9:25 the doctor came and told me everything went well. About 9:40 the nurse came and got me, she said that my daughter was a little sweetie. I asked if she cried or freaked out and she said "O no, she kissed her dolphin when she woke up, sat up and said "I'm fine I don't need anyone". What a big brave girl, I found her sitting in the bed eating a Popsicle and smiling away. She showed me her stuffed dolphin which had a "sleeping mask" on it, she got to take it home. We left the hospital at 10:05a.m and got home at 11a.m (we had two stops on the way). She is doing fine, ate a big lunch since she wasn't able to eat anything before her surgery. She just woke up from her nap (yes she is 4 and still naps, about 1- 1 1/2 hours, if she doesn't she is a bear). Actually she just fell back to sleep on my shoulder LOL! Well I better go.

Have A Great Night!

God Bless! 

Just the Scraps

Good Morning! As you are reading this I am probably on my way to the hospital for my daughter's surgery, I will post Thursday to let you all know how everything went. I wanted to show you a card I made awhile back but had yet to post it. It is made out of all scraps, things that had either been cut and just put into my scrap bin or pieces of paper that had been left over from making a card and put into my colour coded file folders.

What I Used:
Heidi Grace Stamps: Girlfriend
Memento Ink: Lilac Poses
Spellbinders Nestabilities: Blossom Four
Rosette: My friend AMY: Scrap This, Save That cut them out for me and sent them to me.
Button

Ok so the spellbinders die cut were ones I had cut out and used the negatives on cards so I had them left over. The corner pieces were a square piece from my scraps that I cut in half. The rosette I had put together and hadn't found a card to put it on yet. The button was from my stash, the only thing I had to do was stamp the sentiment!

Well I hope you have a great day and please keep me and my daughter in prayer, surgery is at 9:15a.m!!

God Bless!

Kristan