Tuesdays Teacher

Okay ladies (and gents if there are any out there!) This is my very first EVER Tuesdays teacher and so I would like to explain it a bit to you! For those of you that don't know me, I am a Christian and a firm believe that you must get to know the word of God to grow closer to him, so I am planning to post a bible verse and some food for thought every Tuesday, followed by a tutorial on a stamping project or technique. I love the Lord and I hope you will get a blessing from the verses that are touching me, but most importantly, I pray that they may touch a part of you that yearns to be closer to God and have a more meaningful relationship with Him. It is important to ready ourselves for the Lord and his second comming. So now that you know a little about Tuesday's Teacher, I pray that you will come back regularly and look forward to what they Lord hasd in store for you!

So here we go!

Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him. Psalm 37:7

One of the most difficult aspects of prayer is to keep silent and wait patiently for God. It is He who is directing your time of prayer in the days ahead and you can open yourself to renewal as His spirit come to you in the quiet times of a still heart. If you have not yet had your quiet time with God this morning, I encourage you to take a moment and thank Him fo all that you have and all that you are, especially at this busy time of the year, when truly it is all about HIM.

Okay, now for the tutorial! I know with this crazy time of the year we just want to be able to have some goodies to give our friend and neighbors that doesn't cost a lot of money or take too much time, so here is a quick little idea that is perfect for the neighbors, co-workers and friends!

Supplies:one sheet of 12x12 designer paper, adhesive, rectangle tin, chocolate nuggets, adhesive, ribbon, paper trimmer, ink and a stamp set of choice, scissors, 1/4 inch circle punch, scrap of neutral card stock

Step one: Cut 4 strips of designer paper into 1 x 12 pieces, then cut those into 1x 3 1/4 strips (12 are needed)

Next you will want to wrap each nugget with the designer paper and place them in the tin.

Once you have wrapped all the nuggest and placed them in the tin, you will use more of the designer paper and cut a 3x12 inch strip. YOu can now wrap and secure it around the tin.

For this part, I used a scrap of shimmery white cardstock, but you can use whatever you would like. I used my Label classics stamp set (which is retiring soon!) and my craft red ink, although craft ink takes longer to dry, I love the richness if it and the fact that you can emboss with it!, and I used stazon black in. I then cut around the scallops and used my 1/4 inch circle punch and punched a hole, threaded some ribbon and you are done!

You are now DONE! The ornament you see I made with the remaining paper. Just run it through a paper shredder and crumple it up, place inside a clear glass ornament and tie a ribbon around it! All you need is a card and you are good to go!

I hope you enjoyed the tutorial and if you have any ideas, suggestions of requests for a specific tutorial, please be sure to leave me a comment! I would love to see your creations, so when you have finished yours, please publish it to your blog or upload it to your gallery and leave me a comment so I can go and check it out! If you place it in your SCS gallery, please use keyword MSTT01 (Mabie Stampin Tuesdays Teacher 01). Have a blessed day!

Happy Stampin'

Silvia

What it's really about!

Just wanted to share with you a little pocket card that I made using the Stampin' Up! Stamp set called Baby Jesus is Born. I absolutely *HEART* this set. It is the true meaning of Chirstmas and why we should be greatful for what we are given. I had to get this set just because I thought it was extremely adorable and very child like, and the bible states that we have faith as a child!

P.S. This is a pull out pocket card!

Supplies:

Stamps:Baby Jesus is Born, star is from an unknown set I borrowed from a friend, swirly wheel

Paper: Wild Wasabi, purely pomegranate, shimmery white, bashful blue

Inks: Wild wasabi, purely pomegranate, craft chocolate chip, stazon black

Accessories: blue taffeta ribbon, square punches, 1/16 corner rounder, white gel pen

Now, I hope you have been enjoying my blog because starting tomorrow I have something very special planned! I am hoping that every Tuesday I will be able to post a tutorial for you to enjoy! I will be calling it Tuesday's Teacher, full of pictures and step by step instructions on how to complete a specific project. If you have a project you would like me to feature on here, please leave me a comment and I will see what I can do! Thank you sooo much for looking, I think we are going to have a wonderful time together!

Have an awesome day and as always,

Happy Stampin'

Silvia

A time of cheer, a time of glee...

a time of mass producing for me!!! I am in the process of making our Christmas cards this year and with 3 kids, making 100 wedding favors for a wedding and keeping up with clothes, dishes, cleaning, and being a good wife, mom, and friend, I still need to make my Christmas card. Sothis year we are going one layer, but still beautiful! This set is called Solemn Stillness by Stampin' Up! and I think it's absolutely GORGEOUS!!! So easy to make a beautiful card with it! I have stamped all the three's and the insides, all that's left now is the embossing! I hope you like them as much as I do! I couldn't decide which I liked better, so I made some tall and some wide. I hope you like them!

Supplies:

Stamps: Solemn Stillness

Cardstock: Shimmery White...thats it!!!

Ink: Wild Wasabi, versamark

Accessories: Gold organdy ribbon, gold embossing powder, heat gun

DOn't forget, if you want this stamp set contact me before the end of December...this set will no longer be available after the 30th...then we have the brand NEW catty!!!! YEAHHHHH!!!!

And now on a personal note, isn't it great that kids get so excited over the smallest things! This is a picture of our dear son David...he's 3.5 and he LOVES Buzz LIghtyear...so we got a new blender the other day and he has been watching Buzz non stop lately and NEEDED as he told me a helmet...Mommy and her craft and rubber scissors to the rescue!!! I cut off the flaps and a circle for his face and that's all she wrote! His face is dirty from lunch and he has Oreo in his teeth, but isn't he the cutest! I love little this little man! I can not wait to see what God has in store for him as he grows! As always, thanks for looking and

Happy Stampin!!!

Silvia

Santa Baby!!!

Okay so this isn't a card, but I just had to do it... I told him I wanted some new stamps and some rectangle Nestabilities by Spellbinders (if you sign up for their VIP club, you get a 40% off coupon every month!!!) for Christmas...what would you want from Santa??? So there is probably a lot more that I would like, but I have my hubby, children, good health, and the knowlegde of Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior...What more could a girl want???

Thanks for looking and I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas! And remember, Jesus is the reason for EVERY season!!! Enjoy your holidays and remember what they are really about!

3 Parties 2 DAYS!!!

Okay so today started the festivities weekend! This am we went to Louisa rescue squad where Amanda had her bike riding 5 year old birthday party...she was soooo excited when they wheeled out her brand new shinny (even had a ladybug...my fav!) birthday bike! It was adorable...all the kids invted were asked to bring their bikes and they opened presents, ate cake and ice cream and then off they went! It was a lot of funn! Thanks Dana for the invite...Dana is an awesome photographer...check out her blog here Anyways, you know I had to have a themed birthday card, so I got out my stamps, desinger paper, punches and of course some ribbon and hard ware and out came this beauty! On the inside it says " Speeding by with a Birthday Hi" I hope Amanda enjoyed it as much as I loved making it! Anyways here is a pic of the card and I will upload a picture of the BIKE MADNESS later. We are getting ready for Party #2...Hubbies Christmas work party...Santa included!!! More pics to come later! As always, thank you sooo much for looking at my blog.

All Supplies from Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Paper: Shimmery White , tempting turquoise card stock, Designer paper from last spring

Ink: Tempting turquoise, rose red, pink passion

Stamps: The Wheel Thing, Riveting (both retired)

Accessories: Ribbon, and brads from my secret elf on SCS Dpiera, 1/2 inch circle punch and 1 1/4 inch circle punch

Happy Stampin'

A little card

Okay, since we have gotten that first post down with no problem, I thought I would share the picture from my banner and give you a little more info about it! The card was created with the new Hostess Level 3 from Stampin' Up's new upcoming catalog (Jan 2, 08 release). SU! sent us demonstrators this amazing set for FREE, just to thank us for being their demos. Being in the "in" crowd really has its perks (ask me how you can be a demonstrator!) I also used a release from the last catalog and one of my current favorite sets Baroque Motifs, this set is soooo versatile! As for the paper, I used Shimmery white cards stock and purely pomegranate, loving that color! Inks: purely pomegranate, appricot appeal, and stazon timber brown. I first made an ATC (artist trading card, they are all the rage right now) and then incorporated that into a full size card. This was one of my first attemts at an ATC, but I really enjoyed making it... I acutally enjoyed making it so much that I made 2 others, will show you these at another time!

Off we go!

Okay, so lately I have been pondering weather or not to create a bog and if I would even have any readers or if my blog would be cool enough. Then my ever so insightful hubby said, "Just do it!" So here I am following his advise and "doing it!" I think this will be a very fun adenture and I hope you get some enjoyment from reading it. I hope to have some creative, fun, and crafty things on here as well as some personal ramblings about my life as a mom, wife, and crafty person! Thanks for joining in the fun, and as they say at the horse races (not that I have ever been to one, but I have seen them on the movies) "and they're off!" the "they're" being me of course!