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Jen at i{heart}2stamp is has a chance to win a huge prize package to those who enter a card for each sketch in February. I shared the first weeks sketch card a few weeks ago and just got around to making the rest. They are due by March 2nd so I had to hurry.
All three of my cards use Unity Stamps I haven't got to play with. The first card uses stamps from the February KOM, the second card stamps are from Hodge Podge Of Happiness kit, and my third card uses stamps from the December KOM.

SSCC #28

Good Sunday morning, this is the day that the Lord has made , let us rejoice and be glad in it.
It's time for another Stampin' Sisters In Christ challenge. This week the talented Pamela is our hostess and she chose the following verse to share with us

"And whatever you do, whether in word or deed,
do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus,
giving thanks to God the Father through him."
Colossians 3:17

Here is her challenge:

You have free reign of what you want to do this week. But here's the deal: I want you to actively do this as an act of worship to our God. Before starting, pray. Thank God for your gift. While working, feel free to pray more, or perhaps sing out to Him. Put your focus on Him and remember that it is He who gave you your gift (however good or bad you think you are at this) and remember that it makes Him happy to see you at work. Do this challenge, as if you were doing it for Christ himself!

I tell you I was so blessed by this challenge. I pondered the scripture,prayed and thanked God for who He is and the gifts He has given me, put on some christian music and began singing praises to God as I was making my card. I prayed over my card and my daughter whom I made this card for. She had some disheartening news this past Friday and I wanted to make a card to cheer her up and let her know I am praying for her. I wanted a bright and cherry card for her and this Unity stamp is from the February KOM was just perfect. She loves buttons so I decided to cover my tree with them. The bird is a spellbinders die and the ribbon is from my LSS.

You're One Of A Kind

My card share today uses a Sweet 'n Sassy digi set One Of A Kind and a technique called "Out Of The Box" which has become a favorite and frequently used technique for me.
With all this snow and rain and cold weather I am so ready for Spring to be here! What about you? Today is supposed to be in the low 50's so it will be warmer, but I can't wait to see God's spring coloring. I love all the beautiful colors in the flowers and the green trees
I entered this one in the Saturday Spotlight challenge "Clean It Up" to make a CAS card

SMC New Relesase Blog Hop

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!!
If you arrived here from MICHELE'S blog then you are on the right track. If not please go to Sew Many Cards challenge blog and start there to hop along in the right order.
My image is Duncan Gift Wrapped, and he is all tied up like a birthday present. Next you will want to hop over to SHERRY'S blog and see what image she has to show you.
You will want to leave a comment and when the hop is over I will use random.org to choose a winner of my image on March 4th

Thanks Sew Much

made this card for our Thursday challenge at SNR . It is too late to play along for the freebie tonight but if you play along this weekend there be a drawing and one lucky winner who plays along by Monday morning who will win a $10 digi credit to the store!! There is plenty of time to do that.
My card uses the Digi Sew Happy Cocoa and Cosmo Cricket papers Material Girl

SMC Sponsor INKTEGRITY DESIGNS

Inktegrity Designs is another sponsor for this week at Sew Many Challenges and I was given this cute whale "Wally" to play with. They are giving away a $10 gift certificate to the winner of our sketch challenge. Be sure to stop by and play along.

PM Neutral Monochromatic

Good afternoon,!
This week Patti from Paper Maniac challenged us to make a neutral monochromatic card using, neutral colors, black, white or tans. I used black and white design papers from Making Memories and an image from the November Unity Store Kit. The Technique I used is the Herringbone Technique from the Technique Junkies Dec/Jan newsletter.
I made this card with my 4th grade girls that I teach in Sunday School in mind. I think this is the perfect card to give a girl who accepts Christ because she is then a princess, a daughter of the King.

SMC Sponsor card

Our sponsor this month at Sew Many Challenges is Wags & Whiskers. I just love this image!
You have a few more days to enter this weeks sketch challenge, we would love for you to play along.

Supplies:
Stamp: Say A Prayer~ Wags & Whiskers
Paper: Webster's Pages ~Postcard From Paris
Ribbon: Michael's

Belli Sponsor card

OKR Stampede gave us a few stamps to use for our current challenge Butterflies or Dragonflies, so we are showcasing more cards made with their stamps. They have over 10,000 images so you will want to check them out I am sure they have one just for you. Make sure you visit the Creative Belli blog to see more eye candy made with QKR Stampede stamps. We would love to have you play along with our challenge.

Shadowbox Card

This weeks Tuesday Throwdown challenge at Sherrod Studios is a Shadow Box Card. These cards are really simple and fun to make and they turn out to be beautiful. If you have never made one of these before the instructions can be found HERE on SplitCoast Stampers. To play along make a shadow box card and post a link using Mr. Linky on the Challenge Blog. If you post to an online gallery please use keyword SSTT17 so we can find it. Can't wait to see yours.

Recipe Monday

It's Monday and time for another challenge at Recipe Card Challenge Blog. This weeks challenge is Chocolate Lover's. Now who is not a chocolate lover? For my card I chose a favorite of mine Hershey Bar Cake. It is so yummy! I used Basic Grey Nook & Pantry you can find in Julie's store Scrapbook At Your Door and a digi stamp from Sweet 'n Sassy stamps, Birthday Cake Cocoa. To play along just create a recipe card with your favorite Chocolate recipe and leave us a link at Recipe Card Challenges so we can try it.

Happy Cooking

Time

Good Sunday Morning,
It's time for another Stampin' Sisters In Christ challenge. This week we have the talented Laurie as our hostess and she chose this verse of scripture:

Esther 4:14
“For if you remain silent at this time,
relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place,
but you and your father’s family will perish.
And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?”

Her challenge is to make a project using a time piece or in some way denoting time. I can't wait to see everyone's take on this. There are so many different ways this challenge can be understood.

This has been a wonderful weekend in the life of our student ministry as it is Disciple Now weekend and we have had a great speaker and band this weekend who allowed God to use them fully. We are baptizing 31 students today so it is a Time of salvation. God is so good and worthy to be praised.

Paper Maniac Baby Blog Hop

Welcome to the Baby Blog Hop you should have arrived via Emily's blog . If you didn't make sure you go to the Inspiration blog and start there.

Our fellow Paper Maniac DT member Jessy is having a baby this week and we are celebrating the little one's arrival with a Welcome Baby Blog Hop. Patti is even giving some
candy away for the event.
My card uses a Sweet 'n Sassy digi stamp and Nana's Nursery papers.


The blog candy includes Flourishes Irish Blessings clear stamps, Our Craft Lounge's cling-mounted rubber Shamrock Blessings set, some festive lucky ribbons, and a package of green mulberry flowers from Petaloo. Wow! What a lucky prize, right in time for St. Paddy's day!

For a chance to win all you have to do is visit each Design Team's blogs, leave a little love and make sure you leave a comment on your last stop, which is Patti's blog. On Wednesday morning, a random winner will be selected and the prizes will be yours. Lucky indeed.

Next you will want to head over to Amy's blog and see her baby card

Going Green

This week Patti at Paper Maniac is continuing the Monochromatic theme but using different colors, greens, blues and purples. I chose to "Go Green".
I used a stamp from the Unity kit Treasure To Me, the sentiment is from the Unity January Store Kit which is unfortunately sold out. I used Basic Grey Sugar Rush papers. I love Basic Grey and Patti has the latest along with lots of other pretty papers for your card making needs.

SMC~ Praying For You

Hi there and thanks for stopping by. Today is Friday Freebie at Sew Many Challenges so make sure to stop by and get yours. Our challenge this week is a sketch challenge. You will be able to find the sketch on the challenge blog as well. My card uses the image Praying Hershey. This made a cute card t send a girlfriend to let her know you are praying for her.

Write Soon Cocoa

I wanted to share this card with you and remind you that today and every Thursday is Digi day at our SNR group. Lynne has a challenge for us, so you will want to be sure to stop by. It could mean a freebie.
This is one of the newest Cocoa digis, isn't it a cutie! I used the Sweet Stop Sketch for this week and to me it favored an envelope so what better image than this one.

Butterfly Belli

Good Wednesday Morning!
Today is Belli day and this challenge is all about Butterflies and dragonflies, use them on your projects and post a link using Mr Linky on the Creative Belli blog. If you post to an online gallery please use keyword CBC85.

This week, we are excited to introduce you to our SPONSOR - QKR STAMPEDE! They also have two other stamp businesses, Eureka Stamps and Biblical Impressions.

They generously donated stamps to the Belli girls to use in this challenge. Check back on Wednesday to see some more of they great stamps.

Distressed?

Stressed? then you need to distress a card..lol...I love distressing and that is our Tuesday Throwdown at Sherrod Studios challenge this week. So grab an image, make a card and take out your frustrations rip, tear, sand there are all sorts of ways to distress.. Please leave a link on the Tuesday Throwdown blog so we can see. If you post to an online gallery please use keyword SSTT16

Don't forget Kim is have a huge sale 40% off all stamp sets at Sherrod Studios

Cardvarks Wedding

Cardvarks is having a challenge to make a wedding card and the winning card gets published in Cards magazine! How cool is that!?! This fit right in to my schedule because I was needing to make a wedding card for an upcoming wedding.
The contest ends tonight at midnight tonight PST so you still have a chance to enter .

Spice It Up

This week at Recipe Challenge Blog Julie challenged us to Spice It Up. Well I am not much of a spicy eater so here is a recipe that is about as spicy as I get. To play along make a Spicy recipe card and leave a link on Recipe Challenge Blog. I can't wait to see some of your recipes, my DH loves Spicy food. You can find all the supplies you need at Scrapbook Store At Your Door!

Real Love

Good Sunday Morning and Happy Valentine’s day!

I am this week's hostess at Stampin Sister In Christ. With today being Valentine’s Day and all about Love I could not help but chose a verse that is all about the only love that matters, which is God’s love.

"This is real love—not that we loved God,

but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins."

I John 4: 10

You know as humans we cannot even fathom that kind of love. We say I love you, but would we let our child die for those whom we love? God would have sent Jesus to die on the cross even if you were the only one on earth, He loves us that much. That is real Love.

My challenge to you is to make a card or project for someone you love letting them know how much God loves them. Salvation is the greatest gift you can ever receive, and it is a free gift from God. Tell your loved ones how much you love them but also share that God loves them even more!

I hope you can see that I stamped the sentiment I love you in the Background of the Cross, because that is exactly what God said when He sent Jesus "I love You!"

Supplies:

Stamps: Elegant Blessings~ Sweet 'n Sassy (retired)

Sentiment: Vintage Valentine~ CTMH

A couple More Valentines

A few more Valentine cards I had made to share with you. I am not sure where the Monkey digi came from it was a freebie. The moose is Monty from SMC.

Happy Birthday Kristine

Today is Kristine's Birthday, a fellow DT member on Stampin Sisters In Christ and we decided to have a surprise birthday party blog hop for her. If you arrived here from Candace's blog you are on the right track, if not you will want to go to Kathy's blog and start from there.
We were to bring a favorite thing of Kris' to the party, she collects birdhouses so I brought one for her. We have something in common because I also have a birdhouse collection.





Kris also loves clowns so I found this cute clown digi at KL Stampin' and Scrappin, (where she is also a DT member ) to use on her birthday card.


Next you will want to stop by Helen's blog to see what she has brought to our party and her card for Kristine. Oh and don't forget to stop by the Birthday Girl herself Kristine's blog and wish her a Happy Birthday