SSCC #24~ A Childlike Faith

Good Sunday Morning!
Sunday means its time for another Stampin' Sisters In Christ challenge and this weeks hostess is the talented and wonderful Helen. She chose this verse to share with us this week:

"Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child
is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven."
Matthew 18:4

And her challenge for us is to make a card with an image of a child or childlike things on it (such as a card with toys or a saying about children), but not a baby card!

A child's faith is amazing they trust us as parents for everything and never doubt. That is the way God wants us to trust in Him. He will provide for our every need, and He loves us more than we could ever love our children.
I pray for that type of faith, there are days when I seem to think that God cannot handle my problems and I try to do it myself only to fail miserably. God knows what is best for us always all we have to do is have faith like a child and trust Him .
I encourage you to come over to the challenge blog and see the Design Team's creations!

Paper Maniacs Magical Mystery Blog Hop

Good Morning and welcome to our Magical Mystery blog Hop!

We have our DT members along with several of our customers participating in this Magical Mystery Hop so you will enjoy tons of eye candy.

If you arrived here from Savannah's blog then you are on the right track if not you will need to go to the Paper Maniac Store Blog and start from there.
I am so glad you could join us in the fun. Did you know that the last public appearance of the Beatles was on January 30, 1969? So to mark this momentous occasion we decided to do a Magical Mystery Blog Hop where all the cards will be inspired by a song title, lyrics, album cover or something about the Beatles.
My card is inspired by the song "Here comes the Sun" a song by George Harrison from The Beatles' 1969 album Abbey Road. It has been rainy, icy, snowy here and I am ready for some sunshine.

Supplies: Unity Oct. KOM, Jillibean Soup Kraft, Bazzill Basic CS, Gems

Patti has a couple of great prizes for you to win here are the details:

Prize Number 1: One random blog hopper will win a deluxe prize package that includes one mini-deck of all three new Cosmo Cricket papers, a package of American Crafts pearl brads, and the new Flourishes clouds background stamp. All you have to do to win this prize is leave a comment on each of the participating blogs. NOTE: Customers participating in the blog hop are eligible to win also; DT is not.

Prize Number 2: if you are not a registered customer, Sign up in the store now! You can do that HERE. One new customer registering on January 30-31 will be randomly selected to win a $20.00 gift certificate.

We would also love for you to become a follower of our Store/DT blog so you can participate in our fun challenges, get plenty of inspiration, and learn firsthand what Patti has put on sale.

Thanks for joining us and I hope you enjoy the rest of the hop inspired by the Beatles, Your next stop will be one of our talented customers Heaney's blog to see how she was inspired

SMC New Release Blog Hop

(My card uses Easter Fishes)

Welcome to the Sew Many Cards New Release Blog Hop!! We’re so glad you could join us this week for a chance to see Angela’s new releases and a chance at winning some great prizes!! We’d like to say hello and welcome to all our new followers, welcome back to all our supporters and to thank all of you for a wonderful first month at our new challenge blog!

Our sponsors this month is Wags N’ Whiskers and Simon Says Stamp!

To win a $25 Gift Certificate to the Wags N’ Whiskers Store and a new release stamp from Wags N’ Whiskers you MUST comment on EACH design team members blog. We know we have a large team, but it’ll be well worth the hop to see all of our teams great projects and our sponsors awesome prizes!

Would you like to win a $10 Gift Certificate to Simon Says Stamp and the entire line of Sew Many Cards new releases…then we have a special challenge this week for you during our blog hop…You’ll find all the details on the last stop of our hop!

Please stop by each of the Sew Many Cards design team members blogs and leave a friendly comment, and be sure to leave us an email or link to your blog when you finish the hop at our challenge blog!!

You have arrived here from Jessica's blog then you are on the right track. Your next stop in the hop will be Nicole's blog.

If you lose your way the list for the order is here and at Sew Many Challenges.
Angela -OWNER
Jessica, Ceal, Kim, Mary D. Cheri, Suzanne, Melissa, Gwen, Maria L, Deanette,

Jeri – SMC DT Coordinator, Gloria, Jeanette, Audrey, Kym W., Mary S.,

Sarabeth – SMC LO Coordinator, Tink, Sherry, Dawnn, Michele, Sarah, Patricia St. M, Tammy

Sew Many Challenges Blog

Happy Hoppin'

Copic Colour Guest Designer

I am way late posting my card, I have the crudd again and have been in bed all day yesterday and today. I am excited to be this weeks Guest designer at Copic Colour Challenge. The colors to use are I used E00 as my skin tone, E33 on her pants, the brown in her scarf and her gloves and her hair, R02 as her cheeks and her hair highlights.
These were some tough colors to use together. I would love to have you play along this week and see how you use them.

Tuesday Throwdown #13

Good Tuesday Morning,
It's time for another Sherrod Studio Tuesday Throwdown. This week Leah set the challenge as Monochromatic. You can make a card or any other project as long as it is Monochromatic, meaning different shades of the same color along with a neutral color. The set I used for my card is Friendship Blossoms a favorite of mine. To play along make something monochromatic and post a link on the DT blog using Mr. Linky. If you post to an online gallery please use keyword SSTT13 so we can find it.
Next moth I will be the challenge hostess so be sure to check back to see what fun challenges I have in store for you

Recipe Challenge Drinks To Warm The Soul

Good Monday morning,
Its time for another recipe challenge and this week with it being cold weather Julie chose "Drinks To Warm The Soul". This is a drinks only recipe challenge, it can be hot chocolate to coffees or anything to warm the soul.
I love a cup of hot chocolate on a cold winter day, so I immediately thought of a hot chocolate recipe to make you warm. I know Christmas is over but this recipe makes a cute gift to give your friends. You can decorate the jar to make it even more special.
To play along make a recipe card using a drink recipe and post a link on The Recipe Challenge Blog. Make sure to stop bu Julie's store Scrapbook Store At Your Door for all your supplies to make some awesome recipe cards.

A Touch Of Green

Good Sunday Morning,
I hope you are having a wonderful day in the Lord. Our Stampin Sisters In Christ challenge this week is set by Peggysue and she chose this verse.

"For you have been born again, not of perishable seed,
but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God."
1 Peter 1:23 (NIV)

Her challenge is, since most seeds come up as tiny green shoots, use the color green somewhere in your creation, not all over green, just a touch somewhere.
I chose this image I had had since Christmas and have not used yet to work with. When I think of seeds I think of the beautiful things that come from them like flowers, and this allowed me to use just a "touch" of green.

Through Rain Or Shine You'll Always Be Mine

Good Evening,
This is a late post but Paper Maniac is sponsoring Delightful Sketches this week and I wanted to share my card and give you a heads up about the challenge. One randomly chosen winner will win a 40.00 voucher to Paper Maniac how cool is that !?! Patti has tons of supplies for your stampin' enjoyment. One is the Unity Sore Kit. My image is from the January Store Kit. My post title is what is on the inside of the card.
Be sure to play along at Delightful Sketches for your chance to win a 40.00 voucher.

Tulips & Texture

Today I am sharing my Paper Maniac challenge card with you. The challenge is Texture, Faux Stitching, and Buttons. Well I forgot my faux stitching but we are gonna pretend that the border around the tulips is stitched..shhhh.
The stamp I used is new in the store from Northwoods, Tulips In Rectangle, isn't it just beautiful? To get the tulip texture I used the Tulip Impressabilities from Spellbinders.
The ribbon and Button are also from Paper Maniac. Patti has all you need to make some beautiful cards to send your loved ones.

Don't forget we have a blog hop coming up on the 30th. If you participate in the hop you will get a $5.00 gift voucher to the store. Go HERE to find out all the details

SMC Color Challenge

This challenge at Sew Many Challenges this week is a color challenge only the colors PURPLE, WHITE & A splash of BLACK on your card or project. This was a real challenge for me because I really don't use purple much at all, so I had to do some digging through my papers and I found this purple in a Nana's children I think it is by DCWV.
You can color your image any colors but stick to the colors Purple, White and a splash of black on your card. Make sure to use Mr. Linky on the SMC challenge blog to post your creation so we can see.
The image I used is The Baby On The Moon, sure makes a sweet baby card

Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Day

Today is Digi day at Sweet 'n Sassy PCP group. Micki has a fun challenge and for participating you will receive a free digi and if you participate by 10pm EST then you will receive a digi that hasn't been released yet. How cool is that!?!
The challenge is Inspiration Challenge for "The Princess & the Frog!"
For my card I used this weeks new release Heart Princess. We released six new digis today! With digital stamps there is no storage, no shipping, just pay download and play.

SSS39 Feels Like Spring!

Hi there,
Can you believe this weather? I was going to make a winter card but it was 71 degrees outside so I changed my mind. It was so nice that I made a spring card instead. I used the Urban Prairie papers from Basic Grey and a current set Melody Of Love. The sketch I used is this weeks sketch at The Sweet Stop. The Sugar Babies gave us a spin to this weeks sketch and it was to use a sentiment only, no image, how fun!

MIA Back For Belli Day

Good Morning,
It's Belli day and time for a new belli challenge. We had a ton of participants the last two weeks with our glitter/rhinestone challenge, we would love to have even more this time. Our challenge for the next two weeks is HEARTS. It can be a stamp, button, ribbon, border punch, anything using a heart. With Valentines day coming up I am sure we can all use a heart card. To play along just link your creation on the Creative Belli blog using Mr. linky. If you upload to an online gallery please use the keyword CBC83 so we can find it.

Now it has been a week since I last posted and I know many are you are wondering what is up because I usually post everyday or at least 3 or 4 times a week.
Well we had some ciaos happen with my daughters graduation from Tech school. She was supposed to graduate yesterday the 19th so we had planned to go down on the 15th so we could spend the holiday weekend with her and attend her graduation on Tuesday and head back home as she headed to Germany. The military moved her graduation up to Friday the 15th. We did not find this out until the night of the 13th so we had to hurry, pack up and leave therefore I didn't get to make my cards and get them posted. She was scared that she was going to be shipped out to Germany as soon as she graduated that Friday night or Saturday morning. We immediately started praying and God was faithful and allowed us to spend the entire weekend together, She is now in Germany and I am back home so get ready for some posts. Thanks to those of you who knew my situation and said a prayer.

Lots Of Sales At Paper Maniac

Paper Maniac is having a Huge sale.. If you are a LOVER of Unity Stamp Co, then you need to .HURRY! Run fast over to Paper Maniac. Patti is having some amazing sales on all Unity stamps-40% off! Yep, that is not a typo...except for the January retail kit. Only a few January kits left, so you will want to grab one of those while you are there, too.
The Supplies I used for my card are on sale also. The paper is 25 Days from Little Yellow Bicycle. The cute felt stickers are from Little Yellow Bicycle as well. The snowman was plain and I added some stickles to his hat and gave him a face and buttons. The sentiment is from Sweet 'n Sassy set Snow Friends. You can also find the Martha Stewart around the page Aspen border punch set I used in the store as well.

Tuesday Throwdown

Leah our challenge hostess for January challenged us to make a card or project using stitching, can be faux or real. I added just a touch to both sides of my card. The set I used is Pond Friends
a cute set which just happens to be on sale for only $9.00. All stamps at Sherrod studios are 40% off right now, so you will want to hurry over and grab them up.
To play along with our challenge make a card using stitching faux or real. You do not have to use Sherrod Studio stamps but if you have them that would be great. Post a link to your creation on the DT blog and if you post to an online gallery be sure to use the keyword SSTT11 so we can find it. Be sure to check out what the rest of the DT has to share.

And the Winner is....

I was to draw a name today to win the image I used for the Sew Many Cards blog hop. I used Random.org and the winner is #22 Deedee Anderson. Congrats Deedee! Jeri will be contacting you shortly with your image to enjoy :)

SNS Motivate Me Mondays

Another new bit of fun we have for you starting today is a bi-monthly challenge we call Motivate Me Mondays. Today's challenge kicks off at 10:00 am Eastern (GMT -5) at our SNR Card Universe Group Page . Jennie Harper is today's hostess and has a fun challenge of Let It Snow. If you play along with us and upload your creation by 10am EST on Friday (1/15), you will have a chance to win a new release set Love You This Much.
The set I used for my card is Eskimo Kisses also a new release. A great set to make winter themed cards and can also be used for Valentine's day as well. The sketch i used is this weeks sketch at The Sweet Stop.

Bright New Year

Getting back into the swing of things, this is our first recipe challenge of the new year! Julie challenge to us is Bright New Year, use vibrant colors in your card to start the year off bright. The recipe shoud also have a party theme.
My recipe is one for meatballs that is always a favorite at any party or get together. To play along just make a Bright recipe card and leave a link to it o n the Recipe Challenge Blog for us to see and try. You can find all the supplies you need at Scrapbook Store At Your Door.

Broken Made Beautiful

Good Sunday Morning!
This is the day the Lord has made let us rejoice and be glad it it. This weeks Stampin' Sisters In Christ challenge is hosted by Pamela and she choose this beautiful verse of scripture.

"Come, let us return to the Lord.
He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us;
he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds."
Hosea 6:1

What a beautiful verse and wonderful promise! God is always close to the brokenhearted Psalm 34:18.
Pamela challenges us to make the broken look beautiful...create a Mosaic, tear apart and stitch back together, or use the cracked glass technique. In some way have your image look broken.
I love how beautiful the Cracked Glass technique turns out. It makes my image beautiful even though it is broken. The stamp set I used is a new release from Sweet 'n Sassy stamps March Daffodil.

Scripture Challenge 2010

Patter Cross at Triple the Scraps is hosting another scripture challenge this year. She hosted one in 2008 and I wanted to participate and never did. Every other week she will give a Word on Sunday for us to search the scriptures on how it speaks to us and make a 6x6 page using 2 of them. I could only fit one on my page because of putting the definition of Hope. I have also journaled on the back several other verses reflecting Hope.


Week 1 is HOPE
this was taken from her blog
"As Christians, we have hope in Christ. We have hope in the resurrection. What are you hoping for? Are you hoping for a better 2010 than a 2009? Maybe you had some difficult trials last year? Maybe you even felt hopeless at times, or maybe even today you are weary and you feel like you have no where to turn. Well, I am here to tell you that just as God has provided for you in the past, He will do the same today and in the year to come. Look back at those trials. Can you see His provision and blessings? You can trust that He is able and He will provide. God is our hope for the future and in all situations. Are you looking to Him or focusing on the difficulty?"

For my 6x6 page I used the Blue hill papers from Crete paper and a Plain Jane stamp from Verve.

Feel The Joy At Paper Maniac

My card share uses a Unity Stamp Co stamp set Feel The Joy, that you can find at Paper Maniac. The paper I used is Earth Love, a mini deck 6x6 pad from Cosmo Cricket. Patti has placed lots of new items in the store for your stampin' enjoyment.
Don't forget about our Magical Mystery Blog Hop on Jan 30th. You will receive a $5.00 certificate just for joining us.

SNS SNR Digi Day

Yesterday was Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Day at SNR. I did not get to play yesterday and finally got to get a card made tonight the color challenge of Pink and Red. I used the new release Love You This Much for my card. This snowman makes a great Valentines card.
If you play along by 8am Monday 1/11/10 then you will receive a free digi for doing so. Please load your card to the SNR gallery and use the keyword SNSDD3 so we can find it.

FYI

Sweet 'n Sassy has released these 6 new sets and you can get them all for only $40.00 that is only 6.67 a piece how cool is that? You will love them!

Paper Maniac is having a Magical Mystery Blog Hop that you can participate in and if you do, you will receive a $5.00 gift certificate just for participating! You can get all the deets HERE



Sherrod Studios is having a Mega Sale and has placed all their sets at 40% off! What a bargain!

Sew Many Cards Hop

Sew Many Cards is our sponsor this week at Stampin' Sisters In Christ and Angela has asked me to join her DT. She is starting out January with a blog hop to show the new release digis. Mine is the cute bear flying his kite. If you arrived here by way of Audrey's blog you are on the right track, if not you will want to start here and follow along. From here you will visit Cheri to see her beautiful card.

Here a full lineup in case you get lost along the way

SEW MANY CARDS
Amber H
Audrey E
Ceal P
Cheri G
Dawn S
Deanette W
Gloria M
Jeanette C
Jeri Moody
Jessica K
Kim G
Kym B
Kym W
Maria L
Mary D
Mary S
Melissa W
Michele L
Patricia G
Patricia St. M
Sarabeth Burke
Sarah T
Sherry L
Suzanne K
Tammy M
SEW MANY CARDS NING COMMUNITY

Enjoy,