We welcome back one of our regular and treasured sponsors Our Daily Bread Designs, offering a $15 gift card to spend in their store!! Please be sure to stop by Our Daily Bread Designs and show them some Stampin' Sisters in Christ love!
Miesje Flach is our challenge sponsor this week.
Miesje Flach is our challenge sponsor this week.
Scripture: Luke 2:14 "Glory to God in the highest, and on Earth peace, good will toward men."
We always light one candle for each week of Advent and now all the candles are lit on the Advent Wreath; does that mean that we are ready? No, I am not talking about having all of our cookies made and presents purchased and wrapped. I am talking about being ready for the celebration of the birth of our Lord. Although I have not given birth to a child myself I have heard about the “nesting” that takes place shortly before the birth of a baby. The house gets cleaned, the baby’s clothes are washed and folded and put away and everything is made ready for that special arrival. That is what I think of with the preparation of our hearts for Jesus’ birth. We should all rejoice and shout, “Glory to God in the highest!” for the day is almost here. We should all have peace in our hearts and have nothing but good will towards our family and friends.This can also be a very difficult or stressful time of the year and rejoicing is not what is felt by some people; instead it is sadness or despair. My mother joined our Father in Heaven in September and my dad is struggling, especially during this season. Many people do not have the funds this year (me included) to spend as much money on gifts and celebrations, so they may feel down about that. It may be more of a challenge to feel “festive,” so I pray for peace. Peace is what God wants for us all. I pray for my dad to have peace in his heart and for all who are struggling in whatever manner to feel that peace that I feel when I gaze at a sleeping infant.We often stress ourselves out over truly unimportant things, such as what to buy for our loved ones that will make them happy. Stress can lead to being short with others and even hard on ourselves. I have told our adult children and grandchildren that the important thing at Christmas is being kind to each other. I think that is the teacher coming out in me! Material things such as the perfect gift do not make anyone happy for more than a little while. The true happiness and joy comes only from the gift that is given to us all with the birth of the Lord! That is what we need to focus on and that is where our hearts should be.Merry Christmas dear friends! May the peace of our Lord and Savior be with each and every one of you.
Challenge: Make a Christmas card or project that has a Christian image and/or sentiment, one that reflects the TRUE meaning of Christmas.
To inspire you, behold the beautiful creations by some of our Design Team!
Chris Olsen: Twinkles Glow With Stamps
Grace Nywening: Th-INK-ing of You
Linda Lucas: Lovely Linda's Craft Central
Lisa Hjulberg: The Craft's Meow
[coming soon]
MariLynn DeGroot: Mississippi McGyver
Miesje Flach – Craft Room with a View
We can't wait to see all of YOUR creations! You may enter as many times as you'd like! **PLEASE NO BACKLINKING
(any cards linked here that are dated before our post goes live are
subject to being removed by us--sorry! Just gotta be fair)... and **Please link us to your actual card/project post(s), not just to your blog or gallery, by 11:59 pm PDT (GMT -8) on Saturday, December 24th. The prize winner will be randomly drawn and announced on Tuesday, December 27th. Plus, three of you will be awarded the Stampin' Sisters in Christ Shining Star blinkie!
Please note: this will be our last challenge in 2011. We are taking a break for the holidays and will return on January 8th. We sincerely wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!
**If you are entering more than one card for this challenge, please leave a link for each card/project.
1 comments:
Fantastic cards! May God bless each & every one of you this Christmas season!
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