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Helen Gullett

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Can’t Thank You Enough

I am so grateful for a lot of people who have been partnering with us to do the ministry God has called us to do.

One of the ways people partnering with us to bring the Good News to the people in SEA* is they buy things I made for giving back to the ministry. As a thank you for all of them, I made a card that I put on the paper bag. 

I stamped the sentiment from Neat and Tangled – All My Heart with VersaMark ink pad and heatembossed it with White Embossing powder.

And I created that watercolor-batik background. First, on the craft sheet, I smudge some Thistle and Gypsy exclusing ink pads, then spray some water, not too much just enough to wet them to mix. Than then add the embossed paper on it, twist a little bit to mix the color and to cover all paper.

And using Craft heater, dry the wet paper and done.

  

Using a lot of glue runner, I added the watercolored paper on a black mat cardstock and then add them on the white square card.

I finished the card with bunch of sequins I got from Neat and Tangled using Tombow Mono Liquid Glue.

 

And this is how I add the card on the paper back. With a paper doily and clothes pin.

Simple and made out of a thankful heart.

This project I link up at:

Thank You for visiting today! 

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Friendship Week and Inspiring Bloggers

This is an honor to know that my dear friend, Ramona, featured me as the Friend of the Week (week 167) and Inspire Blogger at her weekly blog post here. Over there you can link up your social media links (different every week) and your favorite blog post of the week that you want to share with her readers. This is an amazing link up party!

And more to that, she awarded me as the 4th recipient of the Very Inspiring Blogger Award.

I am so new with this award but here some details that I read from her blog:

Recipients of this award are encouraged to:

  • Thank the person who nominated you and link to their blog.
  • Display the award logo.
  • Nominate 15 bloggers (more or less) who inspire you and share their links with your readers.
  • Leave a comment on their blogs so they know that they’ve been nominated.
  • Mention three things that have inspired you during the past week.

Feel free to customize these rules to make them work for you!

Here are the current recipients of the Inspiring Blogger Award:

These 4 bloggers are the most inspiring bloggers in my life lately… They are just awesome!

My dear friend, Joanne – Days and Thoughts, encourages me with her blog posts every day I receive on my email. I love her heart and love for the Lord and how she show it to the world through her thoughts and posts. I guarantee that you will be blessed when you visit her blog and read her posts!

Another friend who has been inspiring me a lot with her amazing scrapbooking layouts is Ashley Horton! She is a scrapbooker, paper crafter and also cutting file designer. Her cutting file shop is The Cut Shoppe, over there you can find LOTS of cute cutting files you can use with your die cutting machine. You will find inspirations for Bible Journaling on her blog, too!

Amy Tsuruta is one of my source inspirations when it comes to Clean and Simple card designs. She is just awesome! Check her blog and you’ll see what I mean 😀

Last but not least, Lauren – Thinking Closet is an AMAZING crafter!!! She has been inspiring me with a lot of stuff on her blog: DIY projects, Cameo projects and her way of worshiping the Lord with her Bible Journaling!

I hope you can visit their blogs and find lots of inspirations! And I would like to THANK YOU for visiting me today! I hope you find more inspirations today!

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HelloMornings Week 5

This week I learned a lot from Psalm 1 & Psalm 119 about God & His word. The truth is when we know who He is and His word is what we need to live every day.

His word will guide you. In His word you’ll find counsel when you need. His word will teach you the truth. And in His word you’ll find strength and comfort in your hard times.

God will give you His word to show you where to go every day when you stop and listen to His voice. 

Today I would like to share with you the truth I learned during the week 5 HelloMornings Challenge. My prayer for you that may His word light your path and guide your steps toward Him and to do His will.

Blessings to you all!             

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More Gifts For Teacher

Handmade gifts can be the best gifts you can give to others. They will know how much you care for them from your gifts. It always has been a great blessing in my life when I receive handmade gifts and cards. That is why I know the joy that we could share with them.

End of school year is almost here. You can make handmade gifts together with your children for their teachers. This is one of the ways we can teach our children to show gratitude to their own teacher.

Today I would like to share with you a project you can make from your heart.

First project is DIY Pen Holder made out of food can, wrapped with scrapbook paper and embellished with paper doily and fabric rosette. I fill it with fun gel pens for the teacher can use for her class. I cut the tag with my Silhouette Cameo and stamped it using Teacher Appreciation stamp set (D1612).

Second project is the paper bag I made for the card set I made yesterday (you read about it here). CTMH Designer Creations collection is amazing! They are ready to be embellished with stamped images, embellishments, complement stickers and assortments.

I used Designer Creations Slate Paper Bags and embellished it with stamped images from Teacher Appreciation stamp set. I added them on the paper bag using Liquid Glass and 3D foam tape.

And Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pads I used for both projects are Black, Ruby, Honey and Olive.

So are you making gift for teacher or buying it? Feel free to share your idea both making or buying, that might can help my readers 🙂 THANK YOU so much for visiting today!

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Handmade Card Set For Teacher

We are so thankful for our daughter’s kindergarten teacher. She is so nice, kind and patient dealing with 22 students in her class. And the National Teacher Appreciation Day is on May 5th, this is the day set aside specialy for teachers, the day when we can show our appreciation for who they are and what they do for our children.

Today I would like to share a project I made for my daughter’s teacher. You can make handmade card set for Teacher. And the Cut Above Card kits is great kits to make handmade card sets as gifts for teachers. There are 2 choice of kits you can pick from:

Thank You Card Kit

Happy Birthday Card Kit

These kits are easy to assemble, even you can do this with your kiddos. And here are the cards I made using the Cut Above – Happy Birthday Card Kit:

You only need:

  • Cut Above Card Happy Birthday Kit (Z2061, make 10 cards)
  • You Mean The World To Me stamp set (B1467)
  • Pacifica Exclusive Ink Pad
  • 3″x3″ My Acrylix block
  • Adhesive Runner

You can get all the supplies at my CTMH online store.