Fruit of the Spirit Blog Hop

Welcome to another Faith Blog Hop presented to you by Paper Tree House Studio!  If you have been following the hop then you should be arriving here from the wonderful Karel's blog.  Isn't she just amazing! I love the inspirational music that she has on her blog!  If you just came across this hop, then go to My Paper Tree House to catch the beginning of the hop.

I want to thank Nana for allowing me to participate with this wonderful group of ladies.  Not only are they talented but they are also wanting to spread the word of God and what better way to do it but their own talents?

Every month a group of bold women gather to make the Name of the Lord famous and to share the talents we have been given by Him.  We also like to share a little bit of Truth that we have learned from the Bible and/or a bit about how He has impacted our lives.  This month the theme is “The Fruit of the Spirit”.

In Galatians 5:22-23 we find the following definition: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” 

If you are not experiencing one of the characteristic of His Spirit in your life, pray that the Lord would cleanse you and purify you.  He is into the business of completing those He saves.  My prayer is that you would draw near to the Lord and that He in turn will draw near to you.

My Random Act of Kindness

I can't help but think how kindness seems to dwell in my heart so much.  I work in heavily homeless populated area (Downtown Miami).  Although I can't do this all the time, the times that I can, I will go and buy lunch for the homeless or if I have left over from my own lunch, I will give it to them.  The smile on their face is priceless and all I do is smile back and say "God bless you".  In the same way that I try to help the homeless in more than just this way, I try to help other people when they are in need.  I feel that because I bare one of the fruits of the spirit, I am blessed in more ways than one with health, love, wonderful family and great friends.

For my project, I created a digital scrapbook page.  I am beginning a faithbook and what a great way for me to add something to it that I can share in this blog hop!  I used my Creative Memories software and I'm also going to be giving this to my Mom for mother's day in a nicely decorated shawdowbox (I'm truly trying to multitask!)

The same way that the Lord blesses those He loves we want to bless you.  We have found an amazing line-up of sponsors and we want to share with you what you could win by hopping around with us:

Paper Tree House Studio: Cricut Create

Scrapbook News & Review Magazine: One year subscription to their online magazine.

Zutter: Distrezz-it-All

Scrapbooks & Stuff: Seasonal Cartridge

Papperie: Yummy Goody Bag

Bonita Rose: One spot to her AMAZING class on color.

Shimmerz: Yummy Goody Bag

Now pay close attention because there are rules to be followed!  In order to win one of these Grand Prizes you will have like My Paper Tree House on Facebook (click here to go straight to their page), leave a comment on this post, and become a follower on our blog. Then you have to follow the hop order as you follow and leave messages in the posts of all the amazing and talented women that are part of the lineup.  All throughout the hop you will find random acts of kindess and special giveaways, so make sure that you complete the entire hop! :)

I am also giving away my own candy.  All you have to do in addition to leaving a comment is become a follower on my blog and tell me one of your random acts of kindness.  My sponsor today is Joy from Joy's Life.  I am giving away one of her awesome stamp sets, All Around Sentiments Stamps.  You can check out the rest of her stamps by clicking here.

Now for some more fun!  Hop on over to the talented Jessie's blog to be inspired some more. 

God Bless!

Paper Tree House Studio: http://www.mypapertreehouse.com/
Nana – http://www.youniquereflections.blogspot.com/
Lynn - http://www.pensandneedles-lynn.blogspot.com/
Kristal - http://www.gettingcricky.com/
Karel - http://www.kareljcreations.com/
Zeni - http://www.scrappyzeni.blogspot.com/
Jessie - http://www.scrapbookingmiami.blogspot.com/
Robin - http://www.robinscrapnest.blogspot.com/
Carolyn- http://www.messmuddleandfun.blogspot.com/
Melinda- http://www.cookingwithcricut.com/
Carol - http://huffandpuffscrap.blogspot.com/
Chalese - http://delectabledesigns-chalesek.blogspot.com/
Monique B. - http://uniquemonique01.blogspot.com/
Christel - http://onescrappinsista.blogspot.com/

Welcome to another Faith Blog Hop presented to you by Paper Tree House Studio!  If you have been following the hop then you should be arriving here from the wonderful Karel's blog.  Isn't she just amazing! I love the inspirational music that she has on her blog!  If you just came across this hop, then go to My Paper Tree House to catch the beginning of the hop.

I want to thank Nana for allowing me to participate with this wonderful group of ladies.  Not only are they talented but they are also wanting to spread the word of God and what better way to do it but their own talents?

Every month a group of bold women gather to make the Name of the Lord famous and to share the talents we have been given by Him.  We also like to share a little bit of Truth that we have learned from the Bible and/or a bit about how He has impacted our lives.  This month the theme is “The Fruit of the Spirit”.

In Galatians 5:22-23 we find the following definition: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” 

If you are not experiencing one of the characteristic of His Spirit in your life, pray that the Lord would cleanse you and purify you.  He is into the business of completing those He saves.  My prayer is that you would draw near to the Lord and that He in turn will draw near to you.

My Random Act of Kindness

I can't help but think how kindness seems to dwell in my heart so much.  I work in heavily homeless populated area (Downtown Miami).  Although I can't do this all the time, the times that I can, I will go and buy lunch for the homeless or if I have left over from my own lunch, I will give it to them.  The smile on their face is priceless and all I do is smile back and say "God bless you".  In the same way that I try to help the homeless in more than just this way, I try to help other people when they are in need.  I feel that because I bare one of the fruits of the spirit, I am blessed in more ways than one with health, love, wonderful family and great friends.

For my project, I created a digital scrapbook page.  I am beginning a faithbook and what a great way for me to add something to it that I can share in this blog hop!  I used my Creative Memories software and I'm also going to be giving this to my Mom for mother's day in a nicely decorated shawdowbox (I'm truly trying to multitask!)

The same way that the Lord blesses those He loves we want to bless you.  We have found an amazing line-up of sponsors and we want to share with you what you could win by hopping around with us:

Paper Tree House Studio: Cricut Create

Scrapbook News & Review Magazine: One year subscription to their online magazine.

Zutter: Distrezz-it-All

Scrapbooks & Stuff: Seasonal Cartridge

Papperie: Yummy Goody Bag

Bonita Rose: One spot to her AMAZING class on color.

Shimmerz: Yummy Goody Bag

Now pay close attention because there are rules to be followed!  In order to win one of these Grand Prizes you will have like My Paper Tree House on Facebook (click here to go straight to their page), leave a comment on this post, and become a follower on our blog. Then you have to follow the hop order as you follow and leave messages in the posts of all the amazing and talented women that are part of the lineup.  All throughout the hop you will find random acts of kindess and special giveaways, so make sure that you complete the entire hop! :)

I am also giving away my own candy.  All you have to do in addition to leaving a comment is become a follower on my blog and tell me one of your random acts of kindness.  My sponsor today is Joy from Joy's Life.  I am giving away one of her awesome stamp sets, All Around Sentiments Stamps.  You can check out the rest of her stamps by clicking here.

Now for some more fun!  Hop on over to the talented Jessie's blog to be inspired some more. 

God Bless!

Paper Tree House Studio: http://www.mypapertreehouse.com/
Nana – http://www.youniquereflections.blogspot.com/
Lynn - http://www.pensandneedles-lynn.blogspot.com/
Kristal - http://www.gettingcricky.com/
Karel - http://www.kareljcreations.com/
Zeni - http://www.scrappyzeni.blogspot.com/
Jessie - http://www.scrapbookingmiami.blogspot.com/
Robin - http://www.robinscrapnest.blogspot.com/
Carolyn- http://www.messmuddleandfun.blogspot.com/
Melinda- http://www.cookingwithcricut.com/
Carol - http://huffandpuffscrap.blogspot.com/
Chalese - http://delectabledesigns-chalesek.blogspot.com/
Monique B. - http://uniquemonique01.blogspot.com/
Christel - http://onescrappinsista.blogspot.com/

Joy's Life Design Team Thursday

Happy Thursday everybody and welcome to another Joy's Life Design Team Thursday! Today I am using the Joy's Life Wild Life Pun's Some Bunny Loves You sentiment.  I made this cute tag that can be used for any occasion (although it was perfect for Easter!).    You can check out all of Joy's awesome stamps by clicking here.  You are not going to want to miss them!

I also used the Winter Woodland cartridge, some core'dination cardstock, DCWV blossoms and butterflies cardstock, ribbons and stickles.  For the little bunny tail I used my i-top with some glitter core'dinations cardstock.  

I hope you all enjoy the rest of your day! God bless!

Happy Thursday everybody and welcome to another Joy's Life Design Team Thursday! Today I am using the Joy's Life Wild Life Pun's Some Bunny Loves You sentiment.  I made this cute tag that can be used for any occasion (although it was perfect for Easter!).    You can check out all of Joy's awesome stamps by clicking here.  You are not going to want to miss them!

I also used the Winter Woodland cartridge, some core'dination cardstock, DCWV blossoms and butterflies cardstock, ribbons and stickles.  For the little bunny tail I used my i-top with some glitter core'dinations cardstock.  

I hope you all enjoy the rest of your day! God bless!

Whimsical Wednesday Challenge #4

Welcome to another Whimsical Wednesday Challenge! There is obvious love in the air with the royal wedding on its way and to celebrate, the theme this week is related to (can you take a guess?!) YES.... WEDDING!  I really had a fun time creating this card.  I wanted a card with a different color than the traditional silver, white and black.  So I looked through my cardstock stash and this is what I put together.  

Recipe:

Tie the Knot cricut cartridge

Core-dinations cardstock (glitter background)

DCWV Cardstock (sentiment)

Amanda Blu cardstock (pattern)

Creative Memories cardstock (base)

D'vine Swirls embossing folder

Sentiment (researched online)

So let's have some fun and link up your project celebrating the Royal Wedding to Whimsical Wednesday Challenge Blog.  Hope you enjoyed it! God bless!



Welcome to another Whimsical Wednesday Challenge! There is obvious love in the air with the royal wedding on its way and to celebrate, the theme this week is related to (can you take a guess?!) YES.... WEDDING!  I really had a fun time creating this card.  I wanted a card with a different color than the traditional silver, white and black.  So I looked through my cardstock stash and this is what I put together.  

Recipe:

Tie the Knot cricut cartridge

Core-dinations cardstock (glitter background)

DCWV Cardstock (sentiment)

Amanda Blu cardstock (pattern)

Creative Memories cardstock (base)

D'vine Swirls embossing folder

Sentiment (researched online)

So let's have some fun and link up your project celebrating the Royal Wedding to Whimsical Wednesday Challenge Blog.  Hope you enjoyed it! God bless!



Scrapbookaholic by Abby Challenge #4

Happy Monday everybody and welcome to another Scrapbookaholic by Abby Challenge!!!  This week's challenge is about celebrating mother's day.  If you want to join the fun, just create anything mother's day related and include faux stitching.  I used faux stitching in the corners of the card and added a little bling to them.  This will be the card that I will be giving to my Mom.  She is definitely my angel on this earth and I love her so very much!

Recipe:

DCWV Blossoms and Butterflies stack

Creative Memories Cardstock

Once Upon a Princess cartridge

Erin Lee Creative my favorite things stack

Pink by Design flower stamp

My Creative Time Mom you ROCK sentiment

Stickles

Recollections edge puncher

This week's sponsor is Sakura and the giveaway will be a set of 6 pens Gelly Roll Glitter pens and set of 2 white Gelly Roll pens.  So head on over to Abby's blog and link your projects!! The deadline for submittals is May 7th.  God bless! 

Happy Monday everybody and welcome to another Scrapbookaholic by Abby Challenge!!!  This week's challenge is about celebrating mother's day.  If you want to join the fun, just create anything mother's day related and include faux stitching.  I used faux stitching in the corners of the card and added a little bling to them.  This will be the card that I will be giving to my Mom.  She is definitely my angel on this earth and I love her so very much!

Recipe:

DCWV Blossoms and Butterflies stack

Creative Memories Cardstock

Once Upon a Princess cartridge

Erin Lee Creative my favorite things stack

Pink by Design flower stamp

My Creative Time Mom you ROCK sentiment

Stickles

Recollections edge puncher

This week's sponsor is Sakura and the giveaway will be a set of 6 pens Gelly Roll Glitter pens and set of 2 white Gelly Roll pens.  So head on over to Abby's blog and link your projects!! The deadline for submittals is May 7th.  God bless! 

Best Friend Blogger Award

I want to thank Celeste from Touched by a Butterfly who has given this award to all her followers.  Celeste is wonderfully talented lady that I've gotten to know through a design team and I thought it was such a great idea that she broke the rules and gave this to all her followers.  I decided to do the same.  It's not many times that I am able to truly say thank you to my followers, so here it is....

Thank you for all your support and beautiful comments.  They are always appreciated and brighten up my day!  Feel free to pass this on to who ever you like.  Have a Happy Easter and God bless you all!

I want to thank Celeste from Touched by a Butterfly who has given this award to all her followers.  Celeste is wonderfully talented lady that I've gotten to know through a design team and I thought it was such a great idea that she broke the rules and gave this to all her followers.  I decided to do the same.  It's not many times that I am able to truly say thank you to my followers, so here it is....

Thank you for all your support and beautiful comments.  They are always appreciated and brighten up my day!  Feel free to pass this on to who ever you like.  Have a Happy Easter and God bless you all!

28 Candles Blog Hop Winner

Happy Good Friday everybody! I can't believe the week is almost over (Thank God!).  I almost forgot to post the winner for the 28 Candles blog hop.  Mr. Randy chose #58 who said:

Amy said...

FANTASTIC projects!! I love the bright, cheerful colors you used!! :) I'm happy to be a new follower!! :)

Thanks Amy for your wonderful comment.  I hope you enjoy your new Pink by Design stamp of the month set! I will be contacting you by email to get your mailing address and you will have 3 days to reply.  If not I will have to choose another winner.  Have a great friday everyone and a happy Easter!  Let us not forgot what today is all about.  Jesus Christ giving his life for us so that we may have eternal life.  God bless!

Happy Good Friday everybody! I can't believe the week is almost over (Thank God!).  I almost forgot to post the winner for the 28 Candles blog hop.  Mr. Randy chose #58 who said:

Amy said...

FANTASTIC projects!! I love the bright, cheerful colors you used!! :) I'm happy to be a new follower!! :)

Thanks Amy for your wonderful comment.  I hope you enjoy your new Pink by Design stamp of the month set! I will be contacting you by email to get your mailing address and you will have 3 days to reply.  If not I will have to choose another winner.  Have a great friday everyone and a happy Easter!  Let us not forgot what today is all about.  Jesus Christ giving his life for us so that we may have eternal life.  God bless!

Joy's Life Design Team Thursday

Today is a very exciting day for me because it is my first posting for the Joy's Life Design Team Thursday!!! For this week, the theme was romance/love/anniversary etc, etc.  This was mainly because Joy's wedding anniversary is coming up on April 24th (Happy Anniversary Joy!), so when I found this out, I revealed my own wedding anniversary which was (surprise, surprise) the same day!!! I have been married to wonderful man for 17 years who supports my crazy hobby.  My life is truly blessed with him in it and our three children.  So in honor of both of our anniversaries, I made this cute card using a sentiment from the You're so Punny Stamp collection.

I used a Kich n Bleus digi stamp colored with tombow markers (I'm not brave enough to try copics, but I think I'm going to give Prismacolor pencils a try!), American Cards vellum paper and Joy's Life You're so Punny collection.  You can see all her wonderful stamps by clicking here.  Hope you enjoy it and although St. Patrick's day is already over, may good luck find you always!!!  Don't forget to check out the rest of the design team.  You can find the line up in Joy's blog!  God bless!

Today is a very exciting day for me because it is my first posting for the Joy's Life Design Team Thursday!!! For this week, the theme was romance/love/anniversary etc, etc.  This was mainly because Joy's wedding anniversary is coming up on April 24th (Happy Anniversary Joy!), so when I found this out, I revealed my own wedding anniversary which was (surprise, surprise) the same day!!! I have been married to wonderful man for 17 years who supports my crazy hobby.  My life is truly blessed with him in it and our three children.  So in honor of both of our anniversaries, I made this cute card using a sentiment from the You're so Punny Stamp collection.

I used a Kich n Bleus digi stamp colored with tombow markers (I'm not brave enough to try copics, but I think I'm going to give Prismacolor pencils a try!), American Cards vellum paper and Joy's Life You're so Punny collection.  You can see all her wonderful stamps by clicking here.  Hope you enjoy it and although St. Patrick's day is already over, may good luck find you always!!!  Don't forget to check out the rest of the design team.  You can find the line up in Joy's blog!  God bless!