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Happy Sunday blogging friends, and Happy Fourth of July to all my friends in the United States!  It's time for another Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge!  This week our hostess is the sweet Peggysue!  She has chosen one of my favorite verses for this week's Scripture:

Psalm 46:10 Be still and know that I am God.

Peggysue's challenge is to make a CAS (Clean and Simple) card or project

I used this fabulous set called "Sending You Sunshine" (Nina B designs) from The  Craft's Meow.  I just love this set!  The card is made with Flourishes White cs and Prima Sparkling Springs, as well as a couple scraps of green and yellow.  I paper pieced the trees, sun and ground.  I sewed around the card and added a shabby seam binding bow I had colored using Honey Dew Glimmer Mist, and a crocheted flower I had won.  I added a button from my stash and done.  They say CAS is whatever clean and simple is to you.  To me... I think of  white space when I think of CAS.  I resisted the urge to color my sky and left it pretty simple.  I added no pearls, no brads, no fancy sketch with tons of layers.... so to me, this is CAS.  What is CAS to you?

Our verse today pretty much says it all, doesn't it?  Our lives today tend to get so cluttered with "busy-ness"!  I used to think that after I stopped working that I'd have more time.... well.... quite the opposite I think!  I know for myself that my life can get filled up with all well intentioned things.... but the one thing we need the most is often the one thing that gets squeezed out by all the clutter of our lives.  We need that quiet time when we just focus our  hearts and minds on God.  Reading His Word and spending time with Him in prayer are critical to our relationship with Him.... but sometimes, I think just sitting still and meditating  on Who He is.... reminding ourselves that He is God, and He is sovereign and really rejoicing in that is what we need most!  I find so much peace in doing that!  I hope you can take some time to just be still and know..... that He is God! 

Our sponsor this week is Clear Dollar Stamps.

The prize is a $15.00 Gift Certificate!

We want to thank Lori for her generosity and continued support of SSIC!

For more inspiration on today's challenge, please visit my DT Sisters:
Chris, Linda, Peggysue, Miesje, Rebecca, Lisa , Kris, Sabrina, & MariLynn
Randi (on leave)

I am entering this in the following challenges:

Allsorts -  #110 July long Free & Easy, Catch The Bug -   Anything Goes, Secret Crafter - #141 Here Comes Summer, Really Reasonable Ribbon - posts on the 1st, 15th - Must use ribbon -  Picnic/ Summer Fun,   The Craft Garden -  - Use a bird on your creation,  Crafty Ann's -  Get well/ Thinking of you/ Just Because, Crafty Catz -   Colors of Summer, Inspire Me Fridays - Always anything goes, Stampin For The Weekend - My favourite things (seam binding ribbon, crocheted flower, paper piecing, sewing), Wags 'n Whiskers -  Summertime, 4 Crafty Chicks - Stitching, Just For Fun -  Anything goes, Moving Along With The Times - Here comes the summer sun, Pals Paper Arts - Your favourite technique (paper piecing), Fab 'n' Funky - #79 triangles, Little Darlings Challenges - #2 favorite colors, My Mum's Craft shop -  #12 something old, something new New stamps, old button), Paper Shelter Challenge -  #20 anything goes, Ruby's Rainbow -  flowers, Scrapbook Sisters - #42 summer fun, Truly Scrumptious - #60 things with wings, Bearly Mine -  #13 2nd W - Summer Time, 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I love knowing you were here!!!

 

Red White and Blue Thank You!

Hello everyone!  Happy Sunday!  It's time for another Stampin Sisters in Christ challenge!  Today, our hostess is the sweet and gifted Miesje!  She has chosen 

Galatians 5:1

"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. 

Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery". 

Her challenge is to make a Red, White and Blue Thank You card.

I decided to use the sketch from Lily Pad Lovely Lucy's Lines.  

  This is definitely THE most CAS card I've ever made but the white does make the colors pop!  LOL!  When I saw the sketch I immediately thought of this great little set from The Craft's Meow.  It's called You've Got Star Quality.  I used a base of SU! craft and then layers on SU! white.  I stamped the stars with SU! Real Red and Night of Navy.  I used SU! hemp twine and Spellbinders Grommet tags for the sentiment which is from Our Daily Bread designs Mini Tags 2.  I had these cute star brads in my stash and decided to just do a little piercing in the corners and a little bling in the center of each star to keep it CAS.  

I'm so thankful for all the freedoms I enjoy!  In America, we have enjoyed many freedoms that many people in the rest of the world have not enjoyed... but even greater than that is the fact that in Christ, we are a new creation, and we no longer are in bondage to sin. This passage reminds us that now we are children of God's grace and no longer are we bound by the yoke of the many laws which until Christ's life, death and resurrection was the way people strove to obtain God's favor.  Paul is reminding us that we are not to go back to that thinking and be enslaved by it again, because Christ fulfilled the law!   We now need to understand that it is by grace we are saved, not through works. It's not that we no longer try to obey the principles of the moral laws...  but our salvation is not dependent on our doing so!  The law showed the need for a perfect Savior.  Our accepting HIM as our Savior and perfect sacrifice frees us from the law of sin and secures our future with Him in heaven.  Yes, we do still sin... but Christ's death, burial and resurrection proved Him victorious over sin, and His blood sacrifice is applied to everyone who believes and receives Him!  His blood covers all our transgressions and God sees us as righteous because Christ has cleansed us.  No longer are we doomed to spiritual death.... but as new creatures in Christ, we have a Savior who is preparing a place for us in heaven because of the price He paid to remove our sins as far as the east is from the west.  Christians are not perfect.... we are just forgiven!!!  Thank the Lord for His forgiveness and His grace!

Our sponsor this week is Gingerloft

The prize is four free digis from their site!  We want to thank them for their generosity!

Please be sure to stop by the Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge Blog for the full devotional and challenge details.

For more inspirationplease visit my DT Sisters:
Chris, Linda, Peggysue, Miesje, Rebecca, Lisa , Kris, Sabrina, & MariLynn
Randi (on leave)

I am entering this in the following challenges:

 Card Creations & More By C - 2 Something Patriotic, Designed 2 Delight - 3E - Red, White & Blue and /or Christmas too  Craft Us Crazy -  Red, white & blue, Dutch Dare Card Challenge - Clean & simple, Moving Along With The Times -  Clean & simple, Pals Paper Arts - Stars, Some Odd Girl -  All white or kraft with 2 pops of colour, Penny's Paper-Crafty - red white and blue, Scrapbook Sisters -  anything goes, Everybody-Art-Challenge - #147 Anything Goes, Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge -  Use Red Somewhere, Sweet Stamps -  #20 Red, White & Blue, Bows 'n Berries - Thankyou/Appreciation, Cards For Men -  Stars, Die Cut Dreams - Red, White and Blue, Hooked on Crafts - 2Anything goes, Simon Says Stamp and Show... - some Metal(brads), Stamping Scrapping Central - Red, white and blue, Just Us Girls - #90 3D Project with Patriotic Theme, Stamp Something - red, white and blue


Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week!

The Craft's Meow Card set

Hello everyone! I have a set of cards I made with the recently released Simply Delightful set, designed by Nina Brackett for The Craft's Meow! This set was so easy and fast I couldn't believe it! I know those of you who know my usual style are thinking.... CAS??? Grace??? LOL! Well, I have been working on trying to expand my style to include some CAS as they certainly are quicker to make, easier to mail, and lots of people actually prefer them.... so I needed to learn! :) All these cards are made on Gina K Pure Luxury white heavy card stock bases, and use similar patterns in different colors from a Me & My Big Idea paper pack called Posh. The inks that match perfectly are Su! Ruby Red, Old Olive and Only Orange. I stamped each design, then stamped the sentiments in black, then cut out by hand, and mounted on these gorgeous doilies from Cherry Lynn designs using pop dots. I added SU! white satin bows and that was it!

I love these new stamps! They lend themselves to simple stamping! For those of you who don't like to color, or who don't have time.... these are perfect! Hope you enjoyed my project and why not hop on over the The Craft's Meow to see all the goodies Lisa has for you!

I am entering this set in the following challenes:
Craft Us Crazy - Remembrance and/or love, Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Anything goes, Paper Shelter Challenge - #15 anything goes, Truly Scrumptious - #57 Anything Goes , Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes, Sweet Stamps - Medallions, Top Tip Tuesday - Use 2 or More Stamps,

Thanks for stopping and happy Memorial Day weekend to all my American friends!
hugs,

The Craft's Meow... Just for You

Hello everyone! I'm excited to be Guest Designing for my dear friend and SSIC sister, Lisa Hjulberg, who has recently opened a new on line store, and it is so fun! It's called the Craft's Meow and she carries wonderful stamps, many of which are exclusive to her store, as well as fantastic kits! You have simply GOT to check out the line up of talent she has working for her as well! Today I'm sharing a set designed by the talented Nina Brackett called Simply Delightful. There are lots of great images and sentiments in the set but I decided to focus on this one image which I stamped three times. First I stamped on the Webster's Pages dp first in VersaMark, then Old Olive, and clear embossed. Then I stamped on a scrap of white cs with VersaMark and then Groovy Guava, and again clear embossed. Thirdly I stamped in VersaMark and then Black and clear embossed that. I was trying to mimic the pattern in my Websters Pages (Lullaby Lane/Life's Portrait pack) dp. I cut out the guava and black deisgn and popped each layer up on the green base. I also stamped the sentiment with Black in the lower right corner. I matted with basic black, and used two Spellbinder's Fancy Tags Two which I then cut in half and mounted to the back of the corners of my image panel. I popped that layer up on the patterned paper and added a May Arts Silk bow and one single pearl. I think the picture below shows the embossing a little better.

I love this set and see myself using it often! I hope you enjoyed my project and will stop back as I have another set of cards made with this set to share with you soon!

I am entering this in the following challenges:
Crafts and Me - #35 Anything goes, Optional Kraft, Creative Belli - #117 Anything starting with S (silk ribbon), Penny's Paper-Crafty -#53 Anything Goes, Jac-Inks Papercraft Challenges - Heat Embossing, Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge -Use Orange Somewhere in Project, Midnight Madness - SKETCH, Karens Doodles -Bold & bright, Make it Monday - Always anything goes, There's Magic in the Air -Embossing (dry or heat), Emerald Faerie Garden - Anything goes, Scrappy Frogs - Anything goes,

Blessings!

Craft's Meow Release Blog Hop

Welcome to the Craft's Meow Mid-Month Release Blog Hop! I am the first stop on the hop, so if you got here from The Craft's Meow Blog, you are on the right track! If you just happened on my blog be sure to start there to see all the details for the hop and the prizes! You also don't want to miss the announcement of the winners from the past two days of previews!!! Yes there are lots of prizes.... so be sure to check it out!!!

We have been sharing previews of two brand new exclusive designs of Little Frieda over the past two days, and today's the day you can finally own these cutie pies! Also released today are three new wonderful kits (two designed by Jessica Fick) and one by Alice Wertz) with exclusive Crafts Meow Stamps by Nina B designs, with perfectly coordinated designer papers and embellishments to make creating that much quicker and easier! You will LOVE these kits... but don't delay! They are limited edition and will no doubt go quickly!

My card today is made using "My Girl". Isn't Little Frieda adorable with sweet lulu? I have stamped my image with Memento Ink and colored with Copics. My designer paper is Prima Sweet Fairy, and the dyed seam binding is from Really Reasonable Ribbon. The doily die is Cheery Lynn designs. My card base is atd designs.

Be sure to leave a comment on each designer's blog for a chance to win one of the many fabby prizes being given away!!! You will have until Tuesday, May 17 at 10:00pm Pacific to complete the hop and leave your comments and be entered in the drawing!

Before you go, I want to just let you know that The Craft's Meow is sponsoring two fabulous challenges this week! Lily Pad Cards challenge (which is to use embossing (wet and/or dry) on your card/project) and Card Patterns Sketch Challenge!!! Be sure to play for yet another chance to win a fabulous prize of both new Little Frieda stamps!!!


Now I'll send you on your way... From here, hop on over to the ever so talented and sweet Nina Brackett for some TOTALLY AWESOME inspiration!