Hand made :-)

Here's an image of an easy hand made skirt I made for my little girl. Really simple!

A special birthday card

Here's a photo of a card for a special friend for her birthday this week. I've used a Scripture by Design stamp on this one. The stamps are on a massive sale at the moment...buy one get on free! That makesthem only $12.50 per set of 18. Regular price $24.95/ set. Click HERE for more info.

New Digi Mini Kit-Chistmas

Here's a photo of our latest digi mini kit. It's a Christmas special...only $1.99. It contains 18 pieces. It includes 8 x textured papers, 1 x star, 1 x plain swing tag. 3 x swing tags stamped with the word 'JOY', 1 x Christmas ball, 1 x card with verse, 2 x pieces ricrac and one bonus 'gift from God' sketch brush! You can leave me a comment to organize purchasing it directly or click here to go to Heaven-Sent to purchase it there!

Thought I would share some more photos of our no-dig garden! Here is a before and after sequence of shots. Here we have snow peas, zucchini, potatoes and beans.

Home Grown Feast

Check them out! These are our very own home grown potatoes. No chemicals, synthetic fertilisers or sprays. Just a great no-dig garden which is part of our new permaculture type focus in our little corner of the world. We have loved using our own lettuce, beans, herbs, peas and potatoes in our meals. We are now waiting for the tomatoes to ripen and the corn to be ready. Then we'll look at how our beetroot and carrots are going and see if the pumpkin have fruited.

It's a little different from scrapping but something I love just as much :-)

An award...how lovely!

Ingeborg from Heaven-Sent Scrapbooking has nominated me for this award. WOW! Thanks soooo much! It's a good thing you can't see how big my head swelled when I got that nomination :-) Now I am supposed to nominate 5 other people for this award, however, the people that I can think of are all already recipients of the award. Hang on a minute...I wonder has Rowena been nominated? This woman continually inspires me on many levels. She is amazing. I nominate you for this award Ro...you deserve it!

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A Christmas Card

It's been a while since my last blog entry. Sorry about that :-(

Here's a little Christmas card I made for a class I'm teaching this week. If only I had time to make one of these for all my friends and family. What about you? Do you make cards for your friends and family??

You may have also noticed that after much prayerful consideration, I have decided to step down form the SALT design team for now. Life is more hectic than ever and I have had to make some tough decisions about where I spend my time. You may see me back creating with those lovely ladies in the future, when things settle down a bit!!

New Beloved Digi Kit

Here's our latest product..."Beloved" digital Scrapbooking Kit!

It contains: 9 Textured, printed papers, 2 x frames, 1 x journalling spot, 1 x notepaper, 2 x tags, 1 x crown, journalling strips, 3 x coordinating buttons, 3 x coordinating brads, 1 x piece clear tape + 2 pieces of ric rac.

It is available from Heaven-Sent for $3.99!

REST-Salt Challenge

Here's the SALT challenge this week!

Good evening or good morning to you depending on where you are in the world! Thanks to all those lovely people who left us a comment for the last challenge!This week the topic I have chosen is rest. Now I am not just talking about the physical act of rest (although that is something I do enjoy LOL!). Jesus talks about rest in Matthew 11:28"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls." Now in those days, young men were given the chance to take on the yoke of a Rabbi. This meant that if they proved themselves worthy, they could study from this Rabbi and almost mirror his life. They had to do this 'til they were 30yrs old. At this time, they could start their own ministry. This was a really huge, all consuming task which was a heavy burden to carry.What Jesus is saying is that we can take on his yoke and will not burden us. He promises to give us rest from all our seeking and srtiving to be acceptable. That's the bit I think is cool. So often I find myself striving so hard and have not even asked God to walk with me through it. When I consciously walk through things with God, it is then that experience the REST he is talking about. It is a rest or peace in my heart, even amidst chaos. My prayer is that you too may experience this rest. Please join with us this week in creating something to share. Don't forget to leave us a comment so we can share it with you. Blessings, Casey

For this challenge, I have used the new Scripture by Design "Beloved" digi kit. It's available from Heaven-Sent.

This week at SALT, Ruth has chosen the topic of Prayer.

What an awesome topic :-)

This is what Ruth had to share with us.

"Prayer is the life line of a Christian, the powerhouse of the church, essential to growing in faith and relationship with the Lord.
As a busy mum it is easy to get through the day and have not bended my knee in prayer to the Lord. Throwing up prayers whilst washing up or walking to school sometimes has to be my lifeline and one aspect of praying continually.
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.I Thessalonians 5:16-18
However I think this verse implies more, that we are not to give up praying. It's not a one off act, it should be part of every day of the rest of our lives.

Please make a project that might help you to pray or be a response to meditating on this theme. "

I have made a book mark for this one.

Although, it may be a bit chunky for a bookmark LOL!

I loved using OPALS on this one as well as Kaisercraft paper, Heidi Swapp bookplate, trimmings brads and cardstock.

Blessings,

Casey

SAFE

Here's a layout I did on Friday night whilst I was scrapping with my gorgeous friends :-)

I love the colours in this one. I have used Kaisercraft paper, Collections chipboard shape, mm alphas, Basic Grey alphas, Scripture by Design transparency, Heidi Grace rub ons and bazzill CS.

Thanks for looking :-)

Casey

SALT- He knows us inside out!

This week at SALT, Lythan has chosen my most favourite Psalm...# 139.

The title of the challenge is 'He knows us inside out'

Praise be to Him that He does know us inside and out :-)

As a young girl, before I knew Jesus, I used to wonder if there was ever going to be anyone who would really know everything about me.

I'm glad that God knows me that well and also our children.

I made this little treasure tin for my nephew who was born 3 weeks ago. On the reverse side of one of the cards, I have stamped a Scripture by Design stamp "I praise you because of the wonderful way you made me" which is just a short part of that wonderful Psalm.

Blessings,

Casey

Salt and a birthday

Did you check out what the girls at SALT did this week? There challenge is from Philippians. Their pieces reflect the verse which encourages us to think about the things of God. Phil 4:8. Just stunning. I was too sick to participate this week :-( But they deserve a congrats for their pieces!

When I finally recovered from my illness, it was time for me to get creative..in the kitchen this time. Here is a photo of my son's birthday cake -Leonardo the TMNT. I was pleased with how it turned out!

TFL

Casey x

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Salt challenge- Obedience

This week at SALT we are looking at the topic of obedience. I know when some people hear this word, they probably think Obedience in terms of being a Christian, means following a big set of rules. Certainly in the old testament, the people were given the Ten commandments for Holy living. Praise the Lord that He sent Jesus to be the perfect fullfilment of these laws. Now the obedience that God calls for is an obedience in our hearts to His spirit and to His will. Obedience then is not a chore...it's a pleasure with many blessings along the way!

For this layout I have used the 'Bittersweet' kit from Dahlia Co designs and also a Frame from Dawn in the Scrap of Faith Collaboration kit 'Lessons'

I pray that you may be blessed as you journey with God with an obedient heart

:-)

How's this for inspiration!

One of our delightful customers, Rozy Smith sent us some images of this gorgeous album she made which features our Printed Transparencies. It is soo gorgeous! I asked Rozy for any tips she would like to pass on re: using transparencies?

She said that she puts hers throught the Xyron machine and

then applies them to the project.

THANKS FOR THAT ADVICE ROZY!!

I think they look great done this way. I'm sure you will agree!

A beautiful Card

Just yesterday afternoon I received a lovely email from Gayle, showing me this BEAUTIFUL card she made that features Scripture by Design Clear Stamps. I think it is soooo lovely and I wanted to share it with you all!

Thanks GAYLE!!!

Scrap of Faith Word Challenge -Blessed

This month at Scrap of Faith, the word challenge is "blessed". I have used the word "blessing" (checked with Sal to make sure that was ok..l.o.l.!)

I have used Bazzil Cardstock, Scripture by Design Journal Card, paper blossoms and printed papers for this layout.

I have actually created a tutorial for this particluar layout. So, if you'd like a step by step tutorial for this layout simply email me and put the word 'tutorial' in the subject line! I'll email it to you a.s.a.p!
Blessings,
Casey

SALT challenge - God's good creation

This week Hazel has set the challenge :-)

This time I (Hazel) have chosen the theme of
'And God saw that it was good'
This is a reflection on Genesis 1, which gives an account of God's marvellous work of Creation and His reflection on it was that He 'saw that it was good'.As we celebrate our first birthday, it seems fitting to reflect upon the beauty of God's Creation.I marvel at the wonders of God's beautiful world - so much for us to enjoy, whether it's a sunset, the petals of a flower, the intricate design of a seashell ... I could go on to name so many examples, including, of course, the wonderful gift of life itself to us as humans.This is such a wide topic - you may wish to reflect on one particular aspect of God's Creation or the general scope of it.

Here is a card I made for our friends who had a baby last night. Inside the verse says "God saw all that He had made, and it was very good" I'm sure when He looks at this little girl, Neve, He would be thinking just how great this little girl (His creation) is!

Blessings,

Casey