Time for Teddy

Just managed to find a little time to make my Mother in-law's birthday card... She likes teddy bears, so I took this image from a brown paper bag, and added a clock face- for some bizarre reason? Used the Qk snowflake for the clock hands, and added prima's and other stamps to complete. Very busy at the mo, sorry for lack of blogging...

The Greatest Gift Of All

It is all to easy to get caught up in the Christmas rush without really thinking about what or who we are celebrating. It is not just about the birth of Jesus but more importantly why he came, to save sinners, anyone who will call on Him to confess their sins and accept that Christ died for them, what an amazing GIFT and privalege! This quick card is made for this weeks SALT challenge; Jesus, the true meaning of Christmas
We all love celebrating Christmas because it is a time for us to stop, remember and praise God for the birth of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour. HE IS the true meaning of Christmas. Not presents, not parties, not decorations, etc. JUST JESUS!!!

The front is made using ribbon and a tag which reads 'Thanks be to God for his indiscribable gift' 2 Corinthians 9:15, and gold edging, the inside is a collection of QK parcels, spelling out the name Jesus, thanks for taking the time to look, please see what the other talented ladies have done on the salt site.

Love Birds

Finally trying to get back to making things from my craft table... it has been a busy time with card sales and a workshop (not complaining!). But managed to fit in the DCM challenge (to incorporate birds), good timing actually as my DH is going to a wedding tomorrow for a old work collegue, wanted to make an alternative fun wedding card, not sure if it suits the couple but thought I would give it a bash!

Gone to the Girl Guides!

Well managed to survive my first card workshop to the girl guides, despite going to the wrong place to start with! (how embaressing!) Anyway I turned up in a bit of a hurry, and got stuck in with my demonstrations. There were 22 in total including the girl guides and there mums ore relatives. Here are a few pictures, and the names of the people, Jessica, Lisa, teri, Bethany, Lauren, Izzy B, Sarah, Fiona, Jane, Kathryn, Laura, Beth, Sophie, Lowrie, Izzy R, Chloe S, Hannah, Polly, Cathy, Hamish, Liz and Hattie.

This little LIGHTof mine

The card Party went well, which has kept me busy, then off sick for a while, but now I am back and with this week's SALT challenge is set by Ruth 'The theme for this week is LIGHT It is mentioned so many times in the Bible, and has many facets of meaning and symbolism. I am the LIGHT of the World... The people walking in darkness have seen a great LIGHT ...The LIGHT shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it...In the same way, let your LIGHT shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven. Please create a piece of work using it as inspiration and leave us a message so we can see and link to our work. '

My immediate thought was to create a silouhette picture and then to illuminate it with candles, I cut most of the picture by hand, but the birds are done with a punch, then I wrote the verse on using permanent pen. It reads 12When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." John 8:12

Corrugated card

Oo not blogged for a while, busy preparing for card party on wednesday and just general business of life keeping me away... Here is the card I made for the DCM challenge. Not a lot of time to blog, going to work soon, so will leave you with the photo...

thanks!

Sing Along Songs

I know this is a long post, and I dont usually write this much, but if you have time please read it. Thank you. There are so many lovely hymns and songs out there, almost difficult to choose, but this is one of my all time favourites. The words are as follows:

I need Thee every hour, most gracious Lord;

No tender voice like Thine can peace afford.

(Refrain)

I need Thee, O I need Thee;Every hour I need Thee;

O bless me now, my Savior,I come to Thee.

I need Thee every hour, stay Thou nearby;

Temptations lose their power when Thou art nigh.
(Refrain)

I need Thee every hour, in joy or pain;

Come quickly and abide, or life is in vain.

(Refrain)

I need Thee every hour; teach me Thy will;

And Thy rich promises in me fulfill.
(Refrain)

I need Thee every hour, most Holy One;

O make me Thine indeed, Thou blessèd Son.
(Refrain)

Annie Hawks (the writer) wrote:
One day as a young wife and mo­ther of 37 years of age, I was bu­sy with my reg­u­lar house­hold tasks. Sud­den­ly, I be­came so filled with the sense of near­ness to the Mast­er that, won­der­ing how one could live with­out Him, ei­ther in joy or pain, these words, “I Need Thee Ev­e­ry Hour,” were ush­ered in­to my mind, the thought at once tak­ing full pos­sess­ion of me. After writ­ing the lyr­ics, Hawks gave them to her pas­tor, Ro­bert Low­ry, who add­ed the tune and re­frain. The hymn was first pub­lished at the Na­tion­al Bap­tist Sun­day School Con­ven­tion in Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio, in No­vem­ber 1872. Some years lat­er, af­ter the death of her hus­band, Hawks wrote: I did not un­der­stand at first why this hymn had touched the great throb­bing heart of hu­man­i­ty. It was not un­til long af­ter, when the sha­dow fell over my way, the sha­dow of a great loss, that I un­der­stood some­thing of the com­fort­ing pow­er in the words which I had been per­mit­ted to give out to others in my hour of sweet se­ren­i­ty and peace.

This card is for this weeks SALT challenge; 'From the hymnbook, take your inspiration from a hymn or song that means a lot for your faith. Old hymn, new song, overtly Christian or kind of hidden, God speaks to us in music in all sorts of ways.' Please feel free to join in, and see the lovely creations the other girls have come up with.

I used DCWV ever after paper, QK Snowflake die for the clock hands, and the off-cuts from the petals to add a splash of colour.

Hanging Tapestry

My latest creation for a new baby born 'Osian' is his name (it's welsh). The couple have been married 13 years, and the Lord has granted them this mircale of life. Praise Him! So I wanted something special. Inspired by Kate's work at Craft Life work I made name hanging, I was really pleased with the results. Made from blank Beer mats, and decorated with torn paper, I used a stitch stamp and other baby stamps for detail, inked the edges with silver, and used some silver QK swirls.

Saved by the Swirls

My latest commission for a frame. Specifications; simple, with burnt orange and gold colours, mahoganny coloured frame. If you know me, you will know I find simple difficult, so added as little as pos, but then had permission to add more, so I did! Thanks to my QK revolution for the swirls, time consuming sticking it down, but happy with the results. It is needed for this weekend, as a wedding present, so must go and get it ready for posting!

Heard it through the Grape Vine...

DCM are doing an interesting challenge this week... 'All styles are welcome but there MUST be an element of handcutting somewhere. It could be a greeting, a shape, letters printed on your pc and handcut, anything goes as long as you did it by hand.' So I mixed die cutting with hand cutting! (hope thats allowed!?) Anyway the grape vine was stamped and YES- cut by hand, and finally had the opportunity to use that wine glass from the Quickutz dies!