Hold on to Hope

Spring has Sprung Pals Blog Hop

Welcome to the Pals March 2018 Blog Hop. Our theme this month is “Spring has Sprung”. The Stampin’ Pretty Pals will inspire you with Spring or Spring-related projects. You may see floral, Easter or other general Spring-inspired designs. You may be just starting or hopped over from another Pal. In either case you’ll find the line-up toward the end of my post to help you move along.

I was blessed to attend the Stampin’ Sister’s Retreat hosted by Tina Rappe and Peggy Murwin. This is my favorite card I made during the weekend and it is perfect for an Easter card. Do you like the Elegant Eggplant Ribbon? Grab an ink pad, Sponge Dauber and Whisper White 1/4″ Organza Ribbon, and in a jiffy you’ll have the perfect color ribbon to match any of your projects. I’ve also used the Stampin’ Blends and Stampin’ Write Markers to color any of the white or vanilla ribbon.

Here’s some more cards we made with the gorgeous Hold on to Hope stamp set and coordinating Cross of Hope framelits. This is a set I will always keep. It is perfect for Easter, Baptism, Sympathy, Confirmation and more.

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

Thank you so much for hopping with the Stampin’ Pretty Pals today. Please take a minute to mark your calendar for our next hop on April 11, 2018 for our Family First Hop. Now hop along using the Blog Hop Line-up below. Don’t forget to leave us a comment. We really like that.

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Hold On To Hope Clear-Mount Bundle

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A few more bunnies…

I’m a designer for Use Your Stuff Challenge Blog, and our challenge for this week is dry embossing. Please head over and join the fun.

For my dry embossing, I used a retired Stampin’ Up! embossing folder called Pretty Paisleys. This is one that I probably will never get rid of because I love the look of it on clean and simple cards.

I love that the inside of the card says, “May All Your Chocolate Be Solid.” This was my warm up card for the Kate Spade style Bunny card I made last week.

I’ve been asked what’s up with all these bunny cards and boxes? I just think they are cute and fun. Let me assure you that I am a Christian and I love the Lord with all my heart! If you want to know what I believe, please read the excerpt below that explains what we believe as Christians:

“Most Christians know that Easter is the most important day of the entire church year. Easter, of course, is the day Jesus rose from the dead. The Bible states that “(Jesus) was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification” (Romans 4:25).
On Good Friday Jesus died on the cross. His suffering and death and the shedding of His innocent blood was the PAYMENT for all our sins. Because Jesus made the payment on our behalf, for our sins, there is nothing more that we need to pay. There is nothing that we can pay. Jesus did it all for us.
On the third day Jesus rose from the dead. His resurrection was God’s way of demonstrating that He had accepted the payment that Jesus made for us. In other words, the resurrection of Jesus from the dead is our PROOF OF PURCHASE. Jesus redeemed (bought us back) from our sin, from death and from the power of the devil. Because of that payment that Jesus made for us, God has now “justified” us or declared us to be “not guilty”. We are forgiven. And that means we have the certainty of eternal life through Jesus. “Whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16).
No wonder Easter means so much to the Christian. It is our day of victory. “Because I (Jesus) lives, you (we) also will live” (John 14:19).
On Easter we decorate our church with flowers, most of which are white (the Easter lily). White is the color of joy and holiness. Because Jesus died and rose again, all our sins are forgiven and, through faith in Him, we are cleansed and purified, of all sin.
Easter is also the symbol of new life from the dead. As believers in Jesus, we have a new life. It is the life we live by faith in Him who loved us and gave Himself for us. Each day of our lives, we want to live for Him to show our love and gratitude for all that He has done for us.
May our Easter celebration bring renewed joy, celebration and life through our risen and glorified Savior – JESUS CHRIST!”

He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed!

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

Gift Box Punch Board Bunny Boxes

Every Easter my kids get bunny boxes filled with two Reese’s Peanut Butter eggs. I only made three this year because Sean won’t be coming home for Easter. I’m so happy that he’s been invited to attend church and Easter dinner with a friend’s family in Seattle.

The boxes are 1.75″ x 1.75″ x 3.25″. You need a 8″x 8″ sheet of cardstock for each box.
The Designer Series Paper (DSP) is Tasty Treats Specialty DSP.
The ovals in the new Stitched Shapes Framelits are sized perfectly for making bunnies.

The bunny tails came from the Birthday Bright Project Kit on page 13 in the Occasions 2017 catalog.

Are you wondering how I’ll make the cute gift tags that come in the Birthday Bright Project Kit without the bunny tails? Don’t worry… since the boxes are for my kids, I’ll confiscate the bunny tails after Easter and reuse them on the birthday tags. Hopefully Stampin’ Up! will have more of these Honeycomb embellishments in the annual catalog.

For those of you in the Des Moines area- Who wants to come over and make these fun cards and tags in my new Stamping Studio? $30 per kit, which is cheaper than you could buy it and make it at home. You’ll go home with 12 cards and envelopes, 12 gift tags and an adorable box to store them in.

I told you it was adorable!

Here’s the bunny boxes from last year. You can see that I used embossing folders on these bunnies.

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Blessings,

Beth 🙂

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