Easter Faithdex

 I'm up on the Stamp Simply blog with this Easter themed faithdex card. I started by stamping the eggs from Easter is for Jesus on watercolor paper in four different colors of distress oxide. I inked around the edges with both vintage photo and picked raspberry distress ink. The bunny was stamped on mixed media paper and colored with Arteza Real Brush Pens. I added three pretty trims across the bottom and a bull clip with burlap ribbon and a tiny heart to the top corner.  

Supplies from Stamp Simply:     

• Easter is for Jesus stamps & die
• Salvation Stamp Set 
• Crochet Lace  
• Adhesive Rosettes (May Arts)
• White Pom Pom Trim 

 Other Supplies:

• Memorydex 2-Slot Hole Rolodex Punch (Heidi Swapp)
  
• Frost White Catalogdex (Catelogdex Co.)  
• With a Cherry on Top Digital Scrapbook Kit - Oohlala Scraps (polkadot heart) 
• Burlap Ribbon
• Black Bull Binder Clip (Amazon) 
• Classic Hearts Dies (Spellbinders)  
• Scalloped Stitched Ovals Die Set  
• Canson XL Watercolor Paper Pad  
• Mixed Media Paper Pad  
• Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink  
• Arteza Real Brush Pens
• Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger) 
• These colors of Distress Oxide (Ranger)
• Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet, Peacock Feathers, Fossilized Amber 

This post linked to:

• Four Seasons Challenge - Spring
• Allsorts Challenge - Ribbon and Bows
• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Make Your Own Background
• Stamping Sensations Challenge - Spring

New Year Faithdex

But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

Isaiah 40:31

  I'm up on the Stamp Simply blog today sharing this winter faithdex card with a Scripture reminder for the New Year. 

 Supplies from Stamp Simply:     

• Floral Cluster - Winter Poinsettia
  
• Floral Cluster and Sprigs Dies
• Scripture for Graduation and Beyond 
• Winter Time Paper Pad (Carta Bella) 
• Scribbly Snowflakes Dies (Sizzix - Tim Holtz) 
• Circle Dies 

 Other Supplies:

• Arteza Real Brush Pens
• Paper Doily 
• Memorydex 2-Slot Hole Rolodex Punch (Heidi Swapp)
  
• Frost White Catalogdex (Catelogdex Co.) 
• White Acrylic Paint Splatters 
• Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink   

This post linked to:

• Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
• Inkspirational Challenge - Cold
• Love Those Pretty Patterned Papers Challenge - ATG + optional Santa

Give Thanks

Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.

Psalm 95:2

 This week's Stamp Simply project is an autumn faithdex card featuring two of their stamp sets and some pretty plaid paper from Craft Consortium.

 Supplies from Stamp Simply:     

• Boho Fall Leaves Stamp Set
• Boho Fall Leaves Die Set
• Give Thanks Stamp Set 
• Spellbinders Circle Dies 
• Tartan Plaid Paper Pad (Craft Consortium)  

 Other Supplies:

• Arteza Real Brush Pens
• Vintage Music Paper
• Paper Doily
• Red Baker's Twine
• Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger)
• Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink 
• Buttons
• Washi Tape 
• Kraft Digital Paper Pack (Frou Frou Craft)
• Memorydex 2-Slot Hole Rolodex Punch (Heidi Swapp)
  
• Frost White Catalogdex (Catelogdex Co.) 
• White Acrylic Paint Splatters 

 This post linked to:

• Inkspiration Challenge - Fall Photo 
• Inkspirational Challenge - Add a Tag
• Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge - Fall Inspiration Board

When life gives you lemons

Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.

James 1:12

The CWS team is sharing summer themed projects this week and my faithdex card features their super fun Life & Lemons stamp set. 

If you'd like to enter the drawing for a $25 gift card to CWS - visit my Instagram page and click on this card for more info.

~This post contains affiliate links at no extra cost to you~~~

 Supplies and Tools:

• From Creative Worship Stamps
• Life & Lemons
• Background Builders: Stripes 
• Worshipful Wordfetti 
• Stitched Circles 1 Die Set 
• Tabs, Tickets & More  
• Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink  
• Arteza Real Brush Pens
• Paper Doily
• Rhinestones 
• Squeezed Lemonade and Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide (Ranger) 
• White and Black Acrylic Paint Splatters
  
• Memorydex 2-Slot Hole Rolodex Punch (Heidi Swapp)
  
• Frost White Catalogdex (Catelogdex Co.) 

This post linked to:

• Try it on Tuesday Challenge - Summer
• Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
• Four Seasons Challenge - Summer

Give God Your Weakness

"My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength 

of my heart and my portion forever."

Psalm 73:26 

 I have another faithdex card to share with you today. This one features the NEW Hummingbird Wishes, Sitting Pretty, and Lovely Wreaths sets from Creative Worship Stamps. 

To create the background I ink smooshed two colors of distress oxide (peacock feathers & peeled paint) onto a piece of white card stock and inked around the edges. I stamped the Messy Marks Background over top before adding the birds and vines. I colored in the vines with an Arteza Real Brush Pen and added white splatters.

The window was cut from black card stock and I added a cheescloth curtain and vellum window before adhering my wreath and hummingbird nest.  Shop the current NEW RELEASE here. 

  ~This post contains affiliate links at no extra cost to you~~~

 Supplies and Tools:

• From Creative Worship Stamps
• Hummingbird Wishes 
• Sitting Pretty 
• Peaceful Botanicals 
• Messy Marks Background  
• Be Encouraged 2 
• Lovely Wreaths Die Set  
• Arched Window Die
• Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink  
• Arteza Real Brush Pens
• White Acrylic Paint Splatters
• Vellum
• Cheesecloth
• Baker's Twine 
• Peacock Feathers & Peeled Paint Distress Oxide (Ranger) 
• Memorydex 2-Slot Hole Rolodex Punch (Heidi Swapp)
  
• Frost White Catalogdex (Catelogdex Co.)

 This post linked to:

• As You Like Challenge - Favorite non-card project
• I enjoy adding to my collection of Faithdex cards
• A Cut Above Challenge - Anything goes with die cuts
• Simon Says Monday Challenge - Make Your Own Background

Phillipians 1:6

 Today's project is a Faithdex card featuring three NEW stamp sets from Creative Worship Stamps. The Vintage Ledger Page is just the perfect size for my Faithdex box and I stamped it in black ink on white cardstock. I added leaves and vines in Peeled Paint Distress Oxide and some black acrylic paint splatters. The flowers were stamped on mixed media paper and colored with Arteza Real Brush Pens before die cutting and adding both black and white splatters.    Shop the current NEW RELEASE here.

 

~This post contains affiliate links at no extra cost to you~

 Supplies and Tools:

• From Creative Worship Stamps
• Vintage Ledger Page
• Peaceful Botanicals
• Bloom with Grace Stamps
• Bloom with Grace Die Set
• Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink  
• Arteza Real Brush Pens
• Peeled Paint Distress Oxide (Ranger)
• Black Rhinestones
• White and Black Acrylic Paint Splatters
  
• Memorydex 2-Slot Hole Rolodex Punch (Heidi Swapp)
  
• Frost White Catalogdex (Catelogdex Co.)

 This post linked to:

• Try it on Tuesday Challenge - In the Garden
• Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Fur, Feathers, and/or Flowers
• Tic Tac Toe Challenge - Layers, Free, Floral/Foliage
• Allsorts Challenge - What makes you happy (flowers)

Serve the Lord

Last month's Serve the Lord stamp set from Creative Worship Stamps was perfect for creating a new addition to my Faithdex card collection. I love how the bright flowers from Hope Blooms pop against the dark blue background.

This month mark the launch of their NEW website and to celebrate they're giving everyone 10% off their total purchase (sale items included) all month long.  Hurry....this sale ends soon -  Creative Worship Stamps. 

~This post contains affiliate links at no extra cost to you~~~

 Supplies and Tools:

• From Creative Worship Stamps
• Serve The Lord
  
• Hope Blooms Stamp Set
• Hope Blooms Die Set
• Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink 
• Moroccan Tile 3D Embossing Folder (Altenew) 
• Arteza Real Brush Pens
• Yeti Ink (Lawn Fawn)
• Sequins
• White Acrylic Paint Splatters 
• Memorydex 2-Slot Hole Rolodex Punch (Heidi Swapp)
  
• Frost White Catalogdex (Catelogdex Co.)
• Heart Paper Clips
• Striped Ribbon (Really Reasonable Ribbon)
  

 This post linked to:

• Little Red Wagon Challenge - All Tied Up (use ribbon, twine, or thread)
• Can You Handle the Pressure Challenge - Embossing Folder + favorite color (blue)
• Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

More Than Sparrows

 "Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows." Matthew 10:29-31

Faithdex card featuring three new stamp sets from Creative Worship Stamps (formerly Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps).

Shop the entire August release here.

~~~This post contains affiliate links at no extra cost to you~~~

 Supplies and Tools:

• From Creative Worship Stamps
• More Than Sparrows
• Beautiful Branches
• Funky Textures 2
• Ticket Dies
  
• Heart Die Set  
• Foliage Dies
• Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink  
  
• Arteza Real Brush Pens 
• Memorydex 2-Slot Hole Rolodex Punch (Heidi Swapp)
  
• Frost White Catalogdex (Catelogdex Co.)
• Prima Marketing Airy Bliss In The Moment Flowers
• Broken China and Peeled Paint Distress Oxide (Ranger) 
• Spanish Moss
  

 This post linked to:

• Try it on Tuesday Challenge - In the Garden
• Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
• Krafty Chicks Challenge - Stamps
• Inkspirational Challenge - Woodland
• Farmquest Challenge - Forest or Woodland

Love God, Love Others

“'Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?' Jesus replied: 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment.  And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.'" Matthew 22:36-39

 Today I have a set of Faith dex cards to share with you. I made one for the daughter of a friend (she's creating a collection for her) and duplicated it for my own set.
I love using digital paper sets for projects like this because everything matches and you can create multiples just by printing a second set! 

After I die cut the layers of hearts, I used my sewing machine to stitch down the center and hold them all together. I layered that on a piece of cardboard to make it more sturdy before adding it to the card.

 Supplies and Tools:

• With a Cherry on Top Digital Scrapbook Kit (Oohlala Scraps)
• Tiny Gingham Digital Paper Pack (Jenny Allsorts)
• To Do List (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps affiliate link)
• Stitched Circles 2 Die Set (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps affiliate link)
• Love You Die Set (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps affiliate link)
• Mini Tags Sentiments (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps affiliate link)
• Memorydex 2-Slot Hole Rolodex Punch (Heidi Swapp)
  
• Frost White Catalogdex (Catelogdex Co.)
• File Tab Punch 
• Heart Paper Clips
• Classic Hearts Nestabilities (Spellbinders)
• Crochet Lace
• Sewing Machine
• Cardboard
• Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink   
  

This post linked to:

• Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes
• Cut It Up Challenge - Add a Sentiment
• As You Like Challenge - Soft of Bold colors
• 99% of the time it's bold colors because they're what I love and they photograph well

He Has Risen

"On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?  He is not here; he has risen!" Luke 24:1-6

I'll never be able to comprehend the amazing love that led my Savior to the cross, where He exchanged my brokenness for His righteousness, but my heart responds with worship on this Easter Sunday morning. His grace has changed my life!

 To create this faith dex card I randomly stamped the Tim Holtz roses stamp in vintage photo distress ink on watercolor paper. Next, I stamped some music in the same color and inked all the edges. I hot glued some lace and burlap ribbon across the bottom of my card for added texture and interest. The butterfly was die cut from mixed media paper and inked with broken china & cracked pistachio distress oxide with just a touch of vintage photo on the edges. The swirls were cut from kraft card stock and inked with vintage photo distress ink to darken them up a bit. Some Prima flowers and a Scripture complete my project. 

 Supplies and Tools:

• He Has Risen Stamp Set (Stamp Simply)
• Eclectica (PaperArtsy)
• Postale Dies (Tim Holtz) 
  
• Adorned Dies (Sizzix - Tim Holtz)
  
• Prima Marketing Airy Bliss In The Moment Flowers
• Vines & Roses stamp set (Tim Holtz) 
• Perspective Butterfly die (Tim Holtz) 
• Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger)
• Broken China & Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide (Ranger)
• Crochet Lace
• Burlap Ribbon
  
• Memorydex 2-Slot Hole Rolodex Punch (Heidi Swapp)
  
• Frost White Catalogdex (Catelogdex Co.)
• Versafine Clair Fallen Leaves Ink
  

This post linked to:

• Shopping Our Stash Challenge - Spring has sprung (spring or Easter)
• Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
• Little Red Wagon Challenge - Animal Antics
• Krafty Chicks Challenge - All Occasions 
• Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Gentle Savior

 "A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. In faithfulness he will bring forth justice;" Isaiah 42:3

I don't know about you, but I am so grateful for a Savior who is attracted to hopeless cases, never gives up on the floundering, cares about the broken, and pours out tender mercies on those crushed in spirit. Run to Him, my friend; you will find Him waiting with arms open wide ready to bring grace, mercy, healing, restoration, and forgiveness. 

🌸Prayer: Father, help my life better mirror the love of my gentle Savior. 

 Today's Faith Dex card uses:

• Wildflower Stems #1 (Sizzix - Tim Holtz)
• Wildflower Stems # 2 (Sizzix - Tim Holtz)
• Tag Collection (Sizzix - Tim Holtz)   
• Going Postal (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps affiliate link)
• Grunge Elements 3 (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps affiliate link)
  
• Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink 
  
• Arteza Real Brush Pens
• White Acrylic Paint Splatters
  
• Crochet Lace 
• Crochet Thread
  

 This post linked to:

• Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Beautiful Blooms
• Simon Says Monday Challenge - Not a Card
• The Flower Challenge - Add A Heart

Do Everything in Love

"Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. Do everything in love." 1 Corinthians 16:13-14

God's love flowing through us:

• turns self-righteousness into humility
• replaces criticism with grace
• shows compassion instead of disdain
• make us teachable and not dogmatic
• tempers correction with kindness
• gives people the benefit of the doubt
• compels us to be generous with our resources
• builds bridges instead of walls 
• recognizes the immeasurable worth of every living soul

 📌Quote: “He said 'Love…as I have loved you.' We cannot love too much.”—Amy Carmichael.

Supplies and tools used on my Faith Dex card:

• From Stamp Simply:
  
• Love Sentiments
• Faith Sentiments
  
• Fishtail Banner Dies
• Petaloo Flowers 
• Nested Heart Dies (Spellbinders)
  
• Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink    
• Tickets 
• Large Paper Clip
  
• Vintage Typewriter (Sizzix Bigz Die - Tim Holtz)  
• Roses Embossing Folder (Tim Holtz Alterations - Sizzix) 
• Memorydex 2-Slot Hole Rolodex Punch (Heidi Swapp)
  
• Frost White Catalogdex (Catelogdex Co.)
• Candied Apple Distress Ink (Ranger)
• Mini Heart Punch 
  

This post linked to:

• Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes
• Allsorts Challenge - Hearts/Anything Goes
• Cut it Up Challenge - Have a Heart

His Strength for our Weakness

 "But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong." 

2 Corinthians 12:9-10

Let's give our weaknesses to God. Who knows maybe He wants to use them to:

• humble our hearts and keep us from thinking more of ourselves than we should
• bring God glory when others see our patient endurance of suffering
• root out self-sufficiency and cause us to depend on God daily for strength to overcome
• honor the Lord when we offer God a sacrifice of praise in spite of our handicaps
• start a ministry that endeavors to ease the suffering of others with the same problem

📌 Quote: "Deny your weakness, and you will never realize God's strength in you." - Joni Eareckson Tada  

Supplies and Tools:

• Grace Stamp Set (Stamp Simply)
• Fishtail Banner Dies (Stamp Simply) 
• Skeleton Leaves (Sizzix - Tim Holtz)
• Stitched Circles 2 Die Set (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps)
• Texture Tiles 4 (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps)
  
• Memorydex 2-Slot Hole Rolodex Punch (Heidi Swapp)
  
• Frost White Catalogdex (Catelogdex Co.)
• File Tab Punch 
• Timeless Beauty Paper Pad (Dress My Craft) 
• Paper Doily
• Flowers
• Buttons
  
• White Gel Pen
  

This post linked to:

• Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes