Posted on Tuesday, December 2, 2014

12 Days DIY Christmas 2014: Day 2

Today I would like to share couple ornaments I made with my Silhouette Cameo for my swap friend, Lucy.

The shapes I used for these ornaments are the Advent shapes that come with the Silhouette Advent Wire Frame Kit I got last year.

First, I cut the Silhouette Chipboard for the bases of the ornaments so they will be sturdy enough. And then I cut 3 more of each shape using patter christmas patterns. These are Sparkle and Shine paper packet from Close To My Heart but they are retired.

I added some glitter glue on each side for little sparkle, jingle bells, ribbon and twine so they can put them on the tree.

And these are the cute ornaments she made for my daughters. They just love these angles and they put them on our tree.

We participated at The Silhouette Challenge Facebook Group – Ornament Swap event. It is a fun, inspiring and amazing support group for Silhouette die cutting machine users, both beginner and veteran crafters. If you would like to join us, please fill out this form first.

Hope you like them as much as we do 🙂 Have a merry December!

Posted on Monday, December 1, 2014

12 Days DIY Christmas 2014: Day 1

Welcome December! I love this month for so many reasons 😀 and I have been thinking and planning to do something different this year so I came up with this… I would love to share 12 DIY Christmas Projects with you all from December 1st through December 12th. I hope you will like this and inspire to create something special for your Christmas this year.

Kicking off this special series, I would love to share the first project is from my little sister, Gisella. A couple of days ago she shared this cute Christmas tree she made out of Starbucks coffee cup sleeves! So…. watch out Starbucks! Hopefully you’ll have enough supplies this year…LOL! 😀

My sister told me that she printed out some Christmas dingbats from internet that she liked on a printer paper, trimmed them and glued them on piece of cardboard. And added them on the tree as decorations.

How neat is that? I love her crafty idea of recycling Starbucks sleeves and cardboards she had around her. I tell ya, she has been drinking way too much Starbucks coffee!

I also link this card up at Inspire Me Monday Week 152.

I hope you like her project she shared with us today. Have a Merry December!

Do you recycle? How do you recycle them?

Posted on Monday, December 1, 2014

5 Minutes Monday: Baduy

We are in December, the last month of this year 2014! Thinking of our journey, I only can say that we could go through each challenge of life this year is all because so many people stand with us in prayers. We pray. You pray. God listens. God answers in His way and will, to reveal who He really is and His glory to us.

I would like to encourage you all, keep praying. Do not stop. Just simply because… He listens…

Today, let’s bow down before His throne and lift up the people of Baduy.

The Baduy or Kanekes are a traditional Sunda community who live in Lebak Regency of Banten Province. “Baduy” may have been a name given to them by Dutch researchers. It is also possible that the name Baduy comes from the name of the Baduy River and Baduy Mountain in the northern part of their territory. The group prefers to call themselves the Kanekes people, which comes from the name of the land where they live. They live at the foot of the Kendeng Mountain in Kanekes Village, Leuwidamar District, Lebak Regency, about 40 km from Rangkasbitung city. They speak a dialect of the Sundanese language. (source Joshua Project)

There are about 25,000 people live in this area. They are one of the least-reached and indigenous people groups in Indonesia who completely do not have God’s word in their language and even no one go to reach out to them. They are one of the closed people groups.

Pray that God will make ways to reach out to them and send His churches to go bringing the Good News to them that will set them free to worship the Living God!

Thanks for praying today!

Posted on Monday, December 1, 2014

Card Chain Challenge: November 2014 Reveal

Thanksgiving month was a wonderful month for all of us. I hope you all had a great time with your families and sharing God’s goodness in your lives to each other!

We had a great time with families, too. My husband Aunt and Uncle came visiting on Thanksgiving day and his youngest brother and wife came visiting us on the weekend. Time to be with my husband’s family is one of the blessings from God that we thank Him for.

Celebrating this special month, I loving sending cards to friends and families. Last month I participated at Deborah’s Blog November Card Chain Challenge where all sign-ups send out a card and will receive one, too. This is a wonderful challenge that I love to participate because all cards I have received they are gorgeous with sweet message inside. And most of all, we make friends 🙂 Visit Deborah’s blog to see all the cards were sent out in November and the new schedule for next year, we are taking a break this month for special time, CHRISTMAS!

For November 2014 CCC, I sent a card to my new friend, Judy in Florida:

I used the color palate and sketch Deborah provided for us for that month challenge:

Supplies I used are from Close To My Heart:

White Daisy Cardstock (1385)
Exclusive Inks Pads: Bamboo (Z2103), Desert Sand (Z2118), Barn Read (Z2104).
Season of Thanks Stamp Set (D1604)
Thanksgiving Wreath Hostess Stamp Set (B1454)
Sequins Gold Assortment (Z2012)
Sparkles Clear Assortment (Z1752)
Liquid Glass (Z679)
My Acryclix Blocks: 3″ x 3″ block (Y1006), 1″ x 3 1/2″ block (Y1002), 2″ x 6 1/2″ block (Y1010)

Other supplies:

3D Foam Tape
Scissors

THANKS for visiting today and I hope you’ll join me on my 12 Days DIY Christmas from December 1 through December 12! Have a Merry December!

I also link this card up at Inspire Me Monday Week 152.

Posted on Monday, December 1, 2014

Cyber Monday Deals

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