A FEW SUNDAYS AGO.............................

I wasn't sure if I was going to attend church or not..I must admit that when I know my pastor isn't going to be there I sometimes am not as excited to go....Lord forgive me for that......but I ended up going anyways and am so glad that I did......the message was awesome...now others there may not have taken the message the same way I did, but hey we all seem to hear different things and take different things that is said to us differently....as long as we all come out feeling blessed one way or another or receive something from the message that leaves us with wanting to do something awesome, grand, amazing for others, I say that is awesome....anyhoo as I said, the message was awesome...the Assistant Pastor spoke about how we should all try to give a little more of ourselves daily, forgive others...not mainly for them, but forgiving for yourself so that you can move on...He talked about giving your energy, time, a listening ear.....having faith...and on and on and on....So I thought to myself.......I try to give 100 percent to my family daily, although I could probably give a bit more to my children and I will surely work on that more, but I wanted to give in an area that I feel the Lord has blessed me in...and that is crafting....so that is how I came up with one of the latest sets over at The Cutting Cafe called I HAVE FAITH IN YOU.......It is just a small set of printable stamps (12 sentiments) that all have to do with giving, being there for others......I decided that since God put this on my heart to do, that I wanted to give it for FREE for a specific amount of time............so if you click on this link, you will see the entire set that I am giving for free until the end of August....I hope you will enjoy the set and perhaps use it to make something special for someone............Here are a few cards that I made using the set....I reduced the size of the FRAME SHAPED CARD because I wanted these to be small cards....something that I could just leave on a desk or maybe sneak into one of my family or friends kitchen and have them walk upon it...when I know they may not be having a good day.........I picked up some of that yummy new Basic Grey June Bug paper and cut out the animals on one sheet....then I used my swiss dots embossing folders.....

I also have found a new love and passion for creating even more cards....I had at one point started to get a bit burnt out in making a bunch of cards and then just having them stack up in my crafting space....A few I have submitted to one particular company that I often get published with and the others I hadn't done anything with them for one reason or another......well now I have this burning desire to send out little cards to my family and blog friends....for no particular reason at all... instead of just holding on to them or waiting to see if a particular magazine is going to have a call for a particular card....I mean don't get me wrong it is awesome to see your work in a magazine or book and I am so honored to have been published several times, BUT that isn't my main focus anymore... I would perfer to put a smile on someone's face.....JUST BECAUSE...I have decided that I am going to first send out all of my cards that I have made up to this point, i might check to see if there is a call for any of them RIGHT NOW and if I don't here back in a timely fashion I will be sending out immediately..............I have met so many awesome, wonderful people in blogland that I would love to just send a sweet little thinking of you card to and I am going to do just that....SO........if I happen to ask ya for your address, be on the look out for a card in the mail one day......hugs and blessings...