Sunday School Cards

Each week I make a card for the students in my Sunday School class. I try to tie it in with the lesson.

I used my new Cri-Kit pens and my gypsy to cut out and draw on the money. Then I cut 1/10th off to show the amount that we pay to the Lord on our increase.

This card was fun as the lesson talked about forgiving others. The lesson had us fold up paper airplanes and then fly them. This would be someone who had no burdens with regards to hurtful feeling of another. Then we put a weight on the wing representing the burden of not repenting and then we flew the airplane and it would just dive to the floor.

The TPLOC stands for "The Pure Love Of Christ" which is Charity.

The Worth Of Souls is Great. Each person had a different set of puzzle pieces. This showed that each of us are unique. At the end of class they were able to put the puzzle together and glue it onto their card.

I love the different faces each shows. This lesson was on attitude and how it can make a difference in our lives.

This little girl is working. It came from "A Child's Year" cartridge. I also made the little boy for the boy in my class.

This lesson was on keeping the Sabbath Day holy. So inside the little envelope is a set of cards - two of each to determine if that activity is something we do on the Sabbath.

Here is a picture of the cards inside.

The Word of Wisdom promises us if we take care of our bodies with good healthy food we will be promised even hidden treasures. I used the card feature in Life's A Beach cartridge.

This card represents the lesson on "Controlling Our Anger". I used the sheriff badge from Old West and cut it out of two colors of medal.

This pump represents a story I told about a man who finds himself stranded in the desert. After much walking in the dry heat, he finds an old ghost town and a water pump. After realizing the pump won't provide water without being primed and because he is so thirsty he is beside himself, knowing he will die. He discovers a note by the pump that says buried in front of the pump is some water to prime the pump with a request to be sure to fill the water bottle up before putting the bottle back for the next person. He looses all confidence in priming the pump and decides to drink the water in the bottle. This only gives him a small about of water. With the pump he would have had an unlimited supply.

This lesson was on Obedience. Each letter has a scripture having to do with Obedience.

This was an illustration of how we can take lots of baby steps to become perfect. This was cut from the Micky Mouse cartridge.

This lesson teaches how we can know for ourselves that Jesus is the Christ, our personal Savior.

This is a priesthood blessing we receive usually around the age of 16 that is helpful in guiding us for the rest of our lives. It is meant for only the one receiving it and can be a great blessing in the recipient's life.

I told a story about some geese migrating and how they each take turns in the front position. Just as members of the church we can help and lift others and be of service.

This is a picture of Thomas S. Monson, our prophet. He is the leader of our church who receives inspiration from God.

We have a symbol in our church of an iron rod. This represents holding on to the word of God. If we hold on to the "rod" we will follow God's commandments and return and live with him again.

We believe in personal revelation. Each of us can pray and read the scriptures and find answers to our questions.

We each have the Holy Ghost to guide us. Jesus was our example at his baptism the "dove" is the symbol of the Holy Ghost that descended upon him. It is a gift we treasure as it helps us throughout our lives as we remain worthy to receive it.

Baby Blessing Outfit

Recently our little grandson was blessed in church. I crotched him this sweater. It was from a 1947 pattern can be found at http://www.antiquecrochetpatterns.com/surplice-sweater.html however I made a lot of changes because my cotton thread was larger and my baby was smaller. I did take some elastic thread and put it through the back ribbing to pinch it in a bit. Made all the difference. I will have to post a picture of him all dressed up. The booties were made to match with the gray trim. The outfit is made of white silk.

Baby Afgans

I have been busy crocheting baby afghans. They are both out of a book called Our Best Afghans by Leisure Arts. I think I picked up the book at Michaels Crafts.

This one is called Diamond Trellis. I did a different boarder than it calls for. I used a baby soft feather weight yarn.

This one has a very vintage flavor to it. It is called Twirling Pinwheels. I made 52 of the pinwheels and whip stitched them together. Each pinwheel took me about an hour. I did a little picot boarder. I used the NaturalCaron Spa yarn. It is sooooo soft!

Both mothers loved the blankets for their new babies.

Thank You

It is fall and some wonderful friends invited us to dinner so I made this card as a thank you. I used the new Tim Holtz Autumn Gatherings decorative die strip. The Thank you is from Papertreyink.

Inside I used an embossing folder and did a little sanding.

Happy Birthday

Here are a few birthday cards I have made. Enjoy! If you have questions on the products or techniques I have used feel free to comment.

 

 

 

Husband Survival Cards

Our Women's church organization recently asked that I put together a group of cards that would be for a man to give to his wife. So we made an Anniversary, Valentine's, Sew Sorry, Birthday and Mother's Day card. Cute idea! So my friend and I stayed up late one night and cut out each piece and put them in baggies for the ladies to assemble. They did a great job. They gave them to their father in laws or brothers.

I recently got an Epson 1400 printer so I have been purchasing digital papers. This paper set is from Stampin Up. The advantage to printing is I never run out and I can scale the size down to fit the card. This card is pretty much all Stampin Up stuff.

This is the anniversary card. It is all PapertreyInk stamps and dies. The outside is from Flower Fusion #4 "I couldn't have done it without you!" Inside from Flower Fusion #5 it says, "It's the little things you do that mean so much!" The flowers on the outside are also die cut from the matching flower on #4.

This is the Birthday card. It was made with the Spellbinders Label One die. You could also use the Stampin Up Curly punch. PapertreyInk also has Vintage Labels that match the Labels One die which is what I used for the little brown "stitching" stamp. The sentiment is from Stampin Up Well Scripted set.

Here is the Valentine's card. The red heart paper is one of my digital papers from Lettering Delights. The words are from PapertreyInk.

This Sew Sorry card has a cute old fashion sewing machine from Heritage cartridge. The paper is digital Stampin Up. I just made the size of the print a lot smaller before I printed. The little love tag is from Stampin Up's Tiny Tags with the Stampin Up Tiny Tag's punch.

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Happy Mother's Day 2011

This is the card I made for my mother for Mother's Day. It uses SEI and shiny gold paper in the back ground and several Stamp'in up stamps. I colored the flowers with my Stamp'in up crayons and used a water brush to soften the look. The ribbon is from Micheal's.

Here is the inside. I used more SEI paper and gold paper. The white paper is punched with an EK punch on the edge just using one of the designs. The sentiment is a Stamp'in Up stamp.

Congrats Graduate

Our DIL recently graduated from University of Phoenix in Family Counseling. We are so very proud of her. It isn't easy to do with a busy two year old son to care for too. She was honored with a blue ribbon around her neck indicating a high achievement in academics. So the owl is just doing a little showing off!

I use the Owl punch from Stamp'in Up. the leaf is from What A Hoot Cartridge.

Here is the inside of the card.

Yummy Artisian Bread

I haven't ever posted a recipe before, but this one is too good and too easy not to share. A friend of the family gave us this Artisan Bread recipe. Here is a picture of my first loaf. Boy was I surprised that a 1/4 t yeast and no second rising time would produce this kind of lift. The crust is hard and chewy and the inside is moist with big holes, just like you pay the big buck for.

Here is the top. Yes, it tastes as good as it looks.
Please make a comment if you make it and tell me what you think.

Artisan Bread

3 C Flour

1 ½ tsp Salt

¼ tsp yeast

1 ½ C Water

Mix flour, salt and yeast together in a large mixing bowl. Add water, mix until all is moistened. Cover with plastic wrap and sit on counter for 12 to 18 hours (overnight). I always make this before I go to bed at night.

Preheat oven to 450 degree with Dutch oven and lid inside oven. Any heavy cast iron lidded 3 qt or larger casserole will work. Heavily flour counter top and place dough from bowl to counter on flour. Dough will be sticky as it has a high water content so coat your hands with flour too. Gently coat wet sticky dough with flour and form into round disk, tucking edges down, ending with smooth side up. Do NOT knead. Handle as little as possible, you don't want to disturb the bubbles to much.

Sprinkle dough with corn meal top and bottom. I usually put some cornmeal in the bottom of the Dutch Oven. Place dough, smooth side up in the Dutch oven, no need to grease pan. You can make cuts on top in the dough if you want at this point. (I didn't) Place the lid on the Dutch oven and close the oven. Bake 25 minutes. Open oven and take off lid and bake for 5 minutes. Bread should be golden brown. Let rest 30 minutes before slicing.