Wishing everyone a Happy Resurrection Sunday and a Project

Good afternoon Y'all!   I pray that y'all are enjoying this wonderful Saturday, the day before Resurrection Sunday or Easter Sunday, as we commonly call it.   I'm sure that there is a lot of cooking taking place in homes across the world in preparation for the celebration.    I know that some of my family are cooking and getting ready for the get together at my Mother's tomorrow.   I don't know who all will be there, but I do know there will be a lot of fun taking place tomorrow.   My husband and I will not get to be there, because I am not over the vertigo issue I've had this week and my husband has had to work this weekend but he will be off tomorrow.    I am sad that we won't be there, but I know they will have a great day anyway.   More than likely I won't get to go to church tomorrow.   With my husbands work and sleep schedule, he doesn't get up early enough to get to go.   But that's ok, because God knows our hearts and our motives.

We did have our Easter Cantata at church last Sunday, Palm Sunday.   It was an amazing piece of work.   Our choir is made up of about 15-16 people and you would have thought you was listening to a choir of 100.   I was in the presence of the Lord!!!   God certainly can use a small group of people that are willing to serve Him and I know they made a "joyful noise unto the Lord" last Sunday.   It has never been about the number of people who serve the Lord, but it has always been about the motive of the heart and the willingness to serve Him.   They certainly served Him in a mighty way on Palm Sunday.

During this week, I haven't got to do too much creatively but I did manage to get a card put together that I had been waiting to finish.  It took me just about all week to get it done, but I did and got it off in the mail yesterday to my friend up in Ky that gave me the Glenn Robertson prints.   I hope she gets the card and enjoys it.   I also hope I got it put together correctly.  hahaha   I hope you enjoy the pictures.

I used an embossing folder on the purple background.  It stands out a bit and I liked the way it looked.

I used a spellbinder die to cut around my Iris.   The Iris is a stamp from Crafters Companion.   I really like it a lot.

I took a couple of small pieces of cardstock and made the layer and then the stamped image and popped it on with pop dots,

The finishing touch is an easel to set it on.

I colored this Iris with a combination of Spectrum Noir markers and my water color pencils.   It most assuredly is NOT perfect, but I liked the outcome enough that I was willing to give it to a special friend.   I hope you have enjoyed looking at my project.
      
I pray that everyone has a Happy Easter in remembering the cross is empty, the stone is rolled away from the tomb, and our Master is not in the grave.   The grave clothes are lying in the corner and the napkin that was on his face is folded neatly and placed where His head had lain.   The folded napkin represents that the Master is coming back to His place at the table.    And HE did!!!    He was with His friends and followers for 40 days!    More than 500 people were eyewitnesses to the fact that He's Alive!!!  He's Alive!!!  He's Alive!!!   After 40 days, He ascended into Heaven to be with the Father, just waiting for the Father to say, "Go get them Son, bring them Home!"  There isn't an obituary any where for Him!    There's no grave marker!    There's no head stone!    Those things are needed only for the dead and NOT the living!   He's Alive!!!   He's sitting at the right hand of the Father pleading on behalf of each one of us.   When the accuser comes before God and tries to accuse any of God's own children, of something, our Jesus is sitting beside Abba Daddy saying, "I covered that!"  "Look again Father, My blood is covering that!"   "Nope, that's not so Daddy, I took the stripes to cover that!"   To know that we have a friend that would take the stripes that actually had our names on them, is almost beyond comprehension!     The best part of the story, the napkin is still folded and awaiting the Master's return and "He is coming again"!!!!!!!!!!

I am so thankful that the enemy can't accuse me of sin anymore and get away with it, aren't you?   If you know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, the enemy can't accuse you any more either!    Jesus Christ is our risen Lord and Savior!   That has to be the focus of our lives, otherwise the enemy, the accuser will steal our joy.   Lets not let him steal one more second of our joy.   There is a lot of pain and sickness in this life but we don't have to deal with it alone.   We have Jesus Christ that knows all about it and then we have each other.    May we find strength in our Lord and Savior and in our brothers and sisters in Christ!

Happy Easter, Happy Resurrection Morning!!!!   I pray that even if it's raining tomorrow, the "Son" is shining in your heart!

Ladybug, Sweet pea sure loves you and hopes you have a wonderful Easter!

God loves Y'all and so do I!   Happy Easter!   hugs and much love, Patty