Toy's Haven

Hello friends 🙂

My post title might be a little deceiving, but I thought it was appropriate for what I’m going to say.   I stamp a lot.   I make birthday cards and Christmas cards… and just about any kind of card that I may need.   Sometimes I even make cards on special request… such and such colors with flowers or whatever.   Every so often I’m called to make a card for a purpose that I struggle with.   That’s today’s card.

About ten days ago, I came across THIS thread on Splitcoaststampers.com.   I followed the link to Katie’s blog and started reading her posts.   My heart broke.   She’s not the first person who I have come across that is battling cancer, obviously.   What broke my heart was her struggle with her belief system and faith.   Now I want to clarify.   I am pretty positive that most people faced with their mortality would have the same struggles, even if they were a lifetime Christian.   What struck me was her honesty.   I have always professed that no matter what, I will remain true to my beliefs and nothing can shake me, even death.   After reading Katie’s words, I started to shake.   Would that really be the case?   I’m no longer sure.

Our Miss Cindy (Mothermark) put out the call for the “Teapotters” to make cards for Katie today.   I always want to play along, but Tuesday is generally a crazy day.   Today I put all that aside and stamped for a purpose….. Katie.      Here was our inspiration today:

The flowers put me in mind of a garden.    My mind started going and the words “There’s a cross in my garden, and this is what it grows…….. Faith, Hope.. Love”. So, I ran with that and this is what I came up with:

The inside reads:

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. – 1 Corinthians 13:13

I computer generated  the sentiment and the FAITH LOVE HOPE   I created the cross with two pieces of cardstock glued together, then I embossed it in gold.   The garden pieces are masked from images out of There She Goes’ Beautiful Spring set.

I used Cherry Cobbler, Melon Mambo, GP White and Pretty in Pink to cover the Color Combo Challenge for today as well.

I don’t think this is my prettiest card, but it certainly means a great deal to me.   Bless you, Katie.

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While I’m sharing…. I made this yesterday for this week’s There She Goes’ blog challenge (to use Black, Red, Pink and Gray)

Made with There She Goes’ Sweat Pea set.   I think I’ve just about used up my Cherry Cobbler paper.   Time to reorder as that is my favorite red ever!

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