When I received the latest Maymay Scripture stamp set called Knowing He Will, I was thrilled because of the timing of the wonderful sentiments. There are a number of special thank you cards I wanted to make in the next few weeks and this set fit what I wanted to say perfectly. Here is the first card I have made using the set. It is for the church deacon assigned to stay in touch with our Sunday School class. He is a young thing, compared to us senior women (he's in his late 30's, is my guess).
Another Maymay Made It stamp set I purchased is one I anticipate using a lot because I send a lot of "praying for you" cards. Here is a card I made to send to a friend who is a new widow and needs some encouragement in the form of a reminder that God is right there with her and that I am praying for her.
One of the things I have wished I could find for card making was stamps with nice Bible-based messages because I send so many cards trying to encourage folks to trust the Lord, or know I am praying for them. I have found one here and there through the years but not much until ...
I found Maymay Made It! Maymay has a whole line of Bible-based stamps, some are whimsical/cute and others are more serious, but each set has Bible verses and verse-based messages along with simple art stamps that go along with the theme of the set. I love them!
I joined her stamp set of the month last month and got a set that is mostly a Thanksgiving theme but can easily be used for encouragement cards as well. Here are three cards I made using it:
October 1, 2022, was World Cardmaking Day and I did something I have never done before. I set aside all my usual Saturday tasks to make cards most of the day. The bathrooms did not get cleaned, the laundry still sits in the dirty laundry basket, the living room remains un-dusted. The only thing I did was to cook supper. BUT I had a great time making cards.
I decided to use papers from a 6 x 6 pad of fall designed paper. I looked for ideas on designs and chose two methods to use as my idea base. I ended up making ten cards:
The papers are basically the usual fall colors - red, gold and orange with a tiny bit of green thrown in, so I used metallic brown, metallic rust, and metallic green papers for the bases of the cards.
The first six cards I made using a template for a 6 x 6 one sheet wonder, which made three cards from one sheet. I used two papers to do that. These are the cards I made with that template, which I found on the Internet:
The other four cards I made using an idea I found on Pinterest where you cut four sheets into four pieces each, stack them up by shape and size, then place one of each sheet onto the front of the card.
Here is what I made, and if you look carefully, you can see one piece of each of the four sheets on each of the card fronts. I was not sure I would like it, but as it turns out, I really enjoyed making these cards ... simple but the result is quite effective, I think. By changing the backgrounds, the cards looked different (I am not good at making all the same ... I would never have been able to work in a factory where I had to do the same thing over and over and over!).
