Twinkles Glow with Stamps

Happy Sunday Everyone!!  I hope you are all having a great weekend!!  It is very cold here and we had about 8 inches of snow...it is so cozy inside.  My dear hubby and I were on a mission to clean up all the Christmas decorations and CLEAN HOUSE.  Not too much crafting this weekend but it felt to get clean and more organized again.

Any who....today is the first challenge for Stampin Sisters in Christ for the 2011 year.  I am so blessed to be this week's host, choosing this week's verse and challenge.

The verse I chose is from the book of Ruth.

May the LORD repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”
Ruth 2:12


The verse above is one spoken by Boaz, her future husband, praising her faithfulness to God and her mother in law.  Ruth is a very Godly women who leaves everything behind to follow God's leading and do what is best for her mother in law (her husband and her father in law passed on).  I am humbled and greatly admire Ruth for her faith. There is much I can learn from her.

Many make resolutions in January for the new year.  I am not much for resolutions since I rarely follow through but I am committed to live a life of faith...a promise to follow God’s will and not do what is only right for me but to think of God and others first and foremost.


For more of my devotional, please visit the Stampin Sisters in Christ.




The challenge this week is to use wings on your creation.




I chose to make a gift box to match the card.  I used the Pop n Top Template from Perfect Presentations and the Basic Grey Curio designer paper.  The butterfly is created with the Butterfly stamp and butterfly die from Our Daily Bread Designs. The black cardstock is embossed with ODBD's new butterfly embossing plate.  You can see it better if you look at the last photo.  The lace is some I received from my friend Ann (it is May Arts).

Ror the card I used the Full of Grace- Faith, Butterfly single, butterfly die and Butterfly Embossing plate available at Our Daily Bread Designs.  The new items I used for my creation include the Full Of Grace-Faith set, the embossing plate and the ecru trim.  The old items I used were the Basic Grey Curio designer paper, punches, Labels 14 die (spellbinders) and black wrinkled ribbon. My butterfly is colored with copics.  The little butterflies are the negative pieces left from punching the butterfly border with the Martha Stewart Butterfly border punch.  The embossed butterflies are distressed with Bittersweet Distress ink as are the edges of the sentiment panel.






Challenges I am entering my creation in:

• Catch The Bug (3 entries) - anything goes
• Craft Your Days Away (2 weeks) - anything goes
• Crafty Emma - all creatures great and small 
• Creative Inspirations -use something new on your creation- new trim and embossing plate 
• Marks Finest Paper - embossing 
• Delicious Doodles - try something new or use something new (trim and embossing plate) 
• Fussy and Fancy - (2nd week) card & matching gift 
• No Time To Stamp - quick and easy gifts 
• By the Cute and Girly - (monthly) bling it on 
• Cute Card Thursday - use some old stash (gold glitter paper, dp) 
• Moving Along With The Times (3 entries) – use old stash along with new stash (new embossing plate and trim, old dp and gold cardstock.
• Sassy Studio Designs - use something new (new trim and embossing plate) 
• Southern Girls - anything goes 
• Stampin' B's - use an old favourite and something new 
• Phindy’s Place - distressing (card) 
• Crafty Sentiments - anything goes or anything but a card (pop top box) 
• Creative Cottage (2 weeks) - something new  
• Fab 'n' Funky - anything goes 
• My Time To Craft -Up In The Air (butterfly in the air) 
• Paper Take Weekly - Anything Goes- Optional: Lace
• Flutterby Wednesdays- butterfly, fairy or angel
• Pile it on- brand spankin new (lace and embossing plate) 
• Tuesday Throwdown - Embossing

For more inspiration for the Stampin in Christ Challenge, please visit my dt sisters:
Grace, Linda, Lisa, Peggysue, Randi, Meisje, Rebecca, and Patti  

For the full devotional and challenge details please visit the Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge.

Our sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp.

Thanks for stopping by and for your comments.  Have a great rest of the weekend and a restful Sunday!

blessings,