I think the Sweet Snowglobe stamp from the Holiday Mini (120868) is darling. I made two versions, one using the treat cups from the Idea Book and Catalog (IBC) and the other using a window sheet. Using the window sheet preserves the snow globe effect, but allows for easier mailing. Use card stock vellum (also available in the IBC) when using Embossing Folders and the Big Shot to avoid cutting through the paper. Dazzling Diamonds and Basic Rhinestones add some sparkle. The 1 3/4" circle punch fits the globe perfectly. The Photo Corners punch completed that "it needs something". You can't see it in the photo, but I stamped snowflakes with Versamark on the Cherry Cobbler photo corners. And the snow is a sprinkle from my Department 56 Dickens Village. All supplies except the snow are from Stampin'Up!
Devotional for today - Neighborly Kindness
Read: Luke 10:25-37
One of the major obstacles to showing compassion is making prejudgments about who we think is worthy of our compassion. Jesus told a parable to answer the question: "Who is my neighbor?" (Luke 10:29). Or, who qualifies as worthy of our neighborly acts?
Jesus told of a man who traveled on the notoriously dangerous road from Jerusalem to Jericho. As he traveled, he fell among thieves and was robbed, beaten, and left for dead. Religious Jews (a priest and a Levite) passed him, but they walked by on the other side, probably for fear of being religiously defiled. But a Samaritan came along and had unconditional compassion on the wounded stranger.
Jesus' audience would have gasped at this because Jews despised Samaritans. The Samaritan could have limited or qualified his compassion because the man was a Jew. But he did not limit his neighborly kindness to those he thought were worthy. Instead, he saw a human being in need and resolved to help him.
Are you limiting your kindness to the ones you deem worthy? As followers of Jesus, let us find ways to show neighborly kindness to all people, especially to those we have judged as unworthy. - Marvin Williams
Apply your heart to instructions, and your ears to words of knowledge. Proverbs 23:12
The Bible in One Year
· Jeremiah 27-29
· Titus 3
1 comment:
Beautiful, Marge! I love the colors that you selected, and the corner treatments. Thanks for the tip about using card stock vellum!
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