Posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Preparation for Easter Holy Week

Easter is one of the most important holidays we celebrate. This is the season to remember what the Lord has done for us, to redeem us and to purchase us with His blood to be His forever. The season where we are reminded that death is defeated! Our Lord is alive. He is the Living God we adore, worship and serve.

Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross makes a way for sinners (you and I) to come to the Father and be forgiven. The way He prepares for each of us to go back to the grace of God who has been waiting for so long to have the relationship with us. This is purely God’s action, solution and intention. We are offered the way of life through believing in His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ.

Would you take it? Would you response to that calling? Would you answer the door He has been knocking for a while? Would you let Him restore and renew your life?

The greatest love ever shown and known in the whole history of human kind is the act of love of Jesus on the cross. He died for you and me, for the world. His love for us is unconditional, unmeasured, and forever. We are called to the same thing. For this kind of love, we rejoice, have peace and will drive us to show the same love to others.

We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us.

So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters.

(1 John 3:6)

God would do anything to save everyone. He is waiting patiently for each of us. Time is a great gift for us. But no one knows when the end of this grace time will come. This is the time to make decision.

The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think.

No, he is being patient for your sake.

He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent.

(2 Peter 3:9)

God gives lots of things for us to use to prepare our hearts for Easter, the Bible, devotions, Bible studies, and sermons every week we can listen from our Pastors. All these accesses are for us to come to know Him, to love Him and to obey Him so that we can be His witnesses to the world who He is, so that they may come to know Him and trust in Him through Jesus Christ.

And for me, making Easter cards is one of the way I feel God put in my heart to share His love and words with others. Here are the first set I did.

Card #1:

Supplies card #2:

Card #3:

Card #4:

Card #5:

Supplies:

White Daisy Cardstock
March SOTM – Choose Happy (available until 03/31/15)
His Love stamp set
Brushstrokes stamp set
Happy To Be Friends stamp set
Be Still Stamp Set (retired)
Versamark Ink Pad
Craft Heater
Ranger™ Princess Gold Embossing Powder
Ranger™ Clear Super Fine Embossing Powder
Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pads: Flaxen, Canary, Chocolate, Hollyhock, Sunset, Glacier, Pacifica, Slate
Basics Exclusive Inks™ Mini Pigment Pads Set Sparkles Clear Assortment (Black)
Sequins Gold Assortment
Sparkles Clear Assortment
Pearl assortment (other)

THANKS for visiting today and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Posted on Saturday, March 21, 2015

Spring Daffodils

Spring is one of my favorite seasons because the flowers are just gorgeous. I am looking forward to enjoy the beauty of the Daffodils at our backyard in the next week. They have some buds coming out and when they bloom, they bring the Spring colors 🙂

Today’s card is inspired by them 🙂 and also some inspirations from Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge – Spring Pinterest Inspiration:

First, I stamped the image on a piece of watercolor paper with Versamark Ink Pad, and then added some Ranger Gold embossing powder and heat set it using my CTMH Craft Heater.

Using CTMH Watercolor Pencils, I colored the flowers and stems and then using my aqua paint brush (retired) to wet them. I decided to add some blue on the background. I picked up the color directly from the CTMH Watercolor Pencils using the aqua paint brush and add it to the paper lightly.

Then using CTMH Craft Heater to dry the watercolor completely (quick way, but you can let it dries naturally) and then I stamped the sentiment from Greatest Love stamp set (B1444) using Black Exclusive Ink Pad.

I also link up this card at:

The Daily Maker – 30 Day Coloring Challenge

CAS-ology Challenge week 138 – Blossom

Inspire Me Monday Week 167

Thank you for visiting today and I hope Spring already arrived at your place!

Posted on Friday, March 6, 2015

Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog Hop Day 5, 30 Day Coloring Challenge And A Giveaway

Today is day 5 of my post of Card Loving Cardmakers Spring Blog Hop. I have a giveaway, please read all the way to find out how to enter for chance to win. If you just arrive here today, don’t forget to check out Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, and Day 4 projects for chances to win the prize!!

My card today is using the same way I created my card’s background like on the Day 3 except this one I did diagonally. The card based is White Daisy Cardstock, top folded.

I cut 3″ x 4.25″ Smoothie cardstock that come’s with the Hotscotch Paper Packet and add it on the card using adhesive runner. And then I printed the digital stamp Love You More from Evelin T Designs on a piece of White Daisy Cardstock, then I picked the rainbow colors from Watercolor Pencils using aqua brush. I enlarged the image to fit for 3.25″ tall. I added the colored image on the card using 3D foam tape.

This card I also link up at Kathy’s blog, The Daily Maker 30 Day Coloring Challenge that she has going right now. If you like coloring with any mediums, you might wanna join the challenge and link up your projects there. She is awesome, I tell you 🙂

Now the giveaway:

I will be posting a card a day until Friday, March 6, 2014. To enter the giveaway is very easy, just leave a comment on every blog post about Coffee Loving Cardmakers Spring Blog Hop.

You have until Sunday, March 8th at 11:59 PM EST. Please make sure you leave your email on the comment so I can contact you if you win.

I will pick a winner randomly to win this prize: a new stamp set and a set of Annual Inspirations BT Duos Sampler from Close To My Heart. Winner announcement will be on Monday, March 9th on my blog.

Thank You for visiting today and don’t forget to check out Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, and Day 4 projects for chances to win the prize! If you would, please take time to sign up for newsletter on the right sidebar and please visit, follow and like my social media platforms:

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Posted on Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Watercolor Pencils and Washi Tape Birthday Card

Close To My Heart Corp hosts a weekly challenge on their Instagram (@ctmhcorp). Every Monday they will post an inspiration or a theme for us to create. This is not only a challenge, but also an inspiration for all of us to create something using any of our CTMH supplies.

To join this challenge, make sure you put hashtag #jrlcreativechallenge on every project you enter for the challenge. You have until Sunday midnight to enter. This week, the theme is “Use Washi Tapes.” And I created a card for this challenge:

I used White Daisy cardstock to create the card base (4.25 x 5.5). And then I added some Gold Polka Dots Washi Tape to create the base card, then on a piece of watercolor paper, I wrote the sentiment using Pencil watercolor & just added water using the aqua brush to create the watercolor. Added it on the card using 3D foam tape and finished it with Gold assortment sequins, Silver assortment sequins, Clear Sparkle Assortment, and some glitter glue.

You can get all the supplies at my CTMH store (except the glitter glue. I got it from WalMart). Don’t forget they still have this awesome specials until the end of February. And also join my Mystery Host Party online to win $20 on Hostess Reward!

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Special Promotions for February 2015:

During the month of February 2015, when you purchase one of Close To My Heart’s alluring coated canvas albums you will be eligible to receive a second album of your choice at half price. That is a savings of over $17 USD / $19 CAD!

These albums are available in a gorgeous variety of colors and patterns in both post-bound and D-ring styles—perfect to pair with traditional, Studio J®, or pocket scrapbook layouts. This offer is only available while supplies last, so make certain to get your order in early to ensure you can choose the styles and colors you love. They’re going fast and are built to last; so don’t delay—place your order here today!

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Not only that, when you get your album, you are eligible to get this gorgeous D-size Stamp of the Month set for $5! This is a set of 15 stamps with original price is $17.95 which you can get for only $5 during this month only. Recommended My Acrylix® Blocks to use for this stamp set are 1″ × 1″ (Y1000), 3″ × 3″ (Y1006), 2″ × 3½” (Y1009), 2″ × 6½” (Y1010)

Check out some inspirations how to use this stamp set:

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It is the time to capture all your recent holiday memories! Express Collections make documenting your memories even easier by doing most of the creation for you. Just drop in your photos, add some journaling and personalized titles, and order your layouts. Using this Express Collection, you will have your recent holiday photos scrapbooked before you know it! The Express Collection will be available only from January 1 to February 28, so make certain to place your orders before the deadline.

Contact me for more information and visit StudioJ.com to start creating today!

And one more gorgeous stamp set for supporting the work of Operation Smiles. Until the end of March 2015, Close To My Heart has a special stamp set to keep helping with this charity effort. You can make a difference in the life of a child when you buy the Operation Smile™ You’re the Bomb stamp set!

When you purchase the C-size You’re the Bomb stamp set at full retail price anytime from now through March 2015, Close To My Heart will donate $3 of the proceeds to Operation Smile.

You can always give donation to Operation Smile® whenever you shop at my store. At the cart or check out page, you will see the box where you can give donation before you checking out. If you have any questions, please contact me or visit my store to purchase and donate!

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Posted on Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Thinking of You, and more

We are on the last Wednesday of the first month in 2015. Time flies so fast and I feel like still so many things to catch up with family, house work and ministry. But I trust in the One who gives me the strength to do what He has called me to do. I trust in Christ Jesus.

“For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.”

(Philippians 4:13, NLT)

I hope this truth speaks to you as well, especially when you start to feel overwhelmed by so many things you need to do. We always can find the strength God has provided for us through His son.

Sometimes, we just need to take a break. On my “break time” today, I had a chance to play with the new Neat and Tangled stamp set, Paper Cut Flowers. You wanna check out their blog for gorgeous inspirations done by the design team.

I went with clean and simple with this card. On a piece of watercolor paper, I stamped & heat embossed both flower & sentiment, and then added watercolor for the background. You can let it sit to dry or dry it using craft heater for faster drying. To finish the card, I added some gold sequins and twine.

Over Simon Says Stamp blog today is the Work It Wednesday first challenge of the year. They challenge us to create anything “NEW” – new product, new technique, etc. Since I create this card using Neat and Tangled new product, I link this up there 🙂

But I cannot stop thinking what else I can create using this pretty petals. So, I made one card 🙂 This time I am inspired by one of the Neat and Tangled DT member, Miriam Prantner. She shared on the Neat and Tangled blog a beautiful card using this Paper Cut Flowers stamp set.

And here’s my card:

The background I creating using the technique I learned from Catherine Pooler on her YouTube video tutorial how to create Batik Background. It is a fun technique, messy but turn out pretty 🙂

And this card I link up at Simon Says Stamp, Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes this week.

Thanks for visiting today! I hope you like these cards 🙂

Supplies: