A Little Sewing

Good morning. I pray that your Monday is going well so far. I have such an incredibly and insanely busy two weeks ahead of me; well, actually longer than that, so I really covet your prayers as I'm extremely overwhelmed right now. I decided to make a very clean and simple easy card late last night for therapy. I've really gotten into the vintage look of Clear Art Stamps by Crafty Secrets. Their shop also carries vintage paper and accessories too, so go ahead and check it out. I also happened to be over at Custom Crops last week as well getting some new cartridges for my Cricut, which I'll be starting to use more on my paper projects after I read the manual and do some test runs on it. Anyhow, while at Custom Crops, which is the best place to purchase anything Cricut, as their prices are the best on the internet and they have some great videos, with a lot of other products in their store, which is how I ran across my newest Clear Art Stamps saving several dollars per set from the price off from what the Clear Art Stamps website usually sells them for; so of course, I picked up several new sets and saved a lot of money from this sale. Get yours while they're still on sale!

I hope you enjoy my clean and simple card for the day and I also pray that the Lord richly blesses your day too! Please don't forget to pray for me as I embark upon yet another cross country move, my 3rd in 18 years, and I can honestly say that this will the my last, unless there's an opportunity to go back to New York, as my oldest son still lives there and I do not like the idea of being so far away from him and missing my grandchildren grow up. Fortunately,technology is in my favor and we're investing in a Cisco so I can at least see them daily and read stories to them. Today's  Treasure: Ezekiel 28:24-26.

Stamps: Clear Art Stamps Material Girl
Card Stock: Bazzill Criss Cross Lily White, Stampin' Up! Pear Pizzazz
Designer Series Paper: In Color Designer Series Paper Patterns Pack (Pear Pizzazz)
Ink: Stampin' Up! Rich Razzleberry
Accessories: Stampin' Up! Pear Pizzazz Poly Stitch Ribbon, Vintage Trinkets (Copper Safety Pin)
Size: 4" square


1.      Cut card stock to 4 x 8, score at the 4” mark, fold, and burnish so that the crease is at the top.
2.      Cut a piece of Pear Pizzazz card stock to 3” square.
3.      Cut a piece of white card stock to 2-7/8” square.
4.      Stamp sewing machine image at the top of the white card stock using Rich Razzleberry ink.
5.      Cut a piece of In Color designer paper to 2-3/4 x 1-3/8, stamp sentiment towards the bottom left of the card stock, and adhere to the bottom of the white card stock image panel.
6.      Adhere image panel to the Pear Pizzazz card stock.
7.      Cut a length of Pear Pizzazz Stitched Poly Ribbon and tie a knot towards the right side of the image panel where the white card stock and designer paper meet.
8.      Fasten a copper safety pin through the center of the knot.
9.      Place foam dots on the back of the entire image/sentiment panel and adhere to the center of the white card stock.