Hello everybody

I made so many cards within the last days, that I want to post a couple of them, otherwise I will be always delayed. So this is going to be a long posting. There are lots of unused stamps (shame on me), so I finally wanted to use one of the adorable stamps designed by the very talented Elisabeth Bell. This first card I did for my Mum's Birthday, which was yesterday. We all had dinner together and enjoyed everybody's company. It was wonderful. Fortunately my Mum liked my Sister's card and mine very much. She said that she received already sooo many cards from us, that she has to start a new binder to file them all. *lol*


And this card I did with no special reason, so I still don't know who's going to be the lucky recipient. ;-) Herefore I have used my new punches. One is from Martha Stewart called "Deep Edger Flower Bed" which is a HUGE stamp and the other one is from EK Success called "Whale of a Punch - Photo Corner Fancy".


This last card that I would like to show you for today means a lot to me... One of my two uncle's (brother of my Mum) who live in Australia, passed away on January 5th. We all are still very sad and I know that only time will heal the pain. As far as i am concerned I had the desire to make a card that I am dedicating to my beloved uncle. When my husband and I got married, we used this poem, which is one of my favourite and is giving me a lot of consolation these days.



Footprints in the Sand by Margret Fishback Powers

One night a man had a dream.
He dreamt he was walking with the Lord.
Across the sky flashed scenes of his life.
For each scene, he noticed two sets of
footprints in the sand; one belonged to him,
and the other to the Lord.

When the last scene of his life flashed before him,
he looked back at the footprints in the sand.
He noticed that many times along the path of his life there
was only one set of footprints. He also noticed that it had
happened at the very lowest and saddest times in his life.
This really bothered the man and he questioned the Lord about it.

"Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you,
you'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during
the most troublesome times in my life,
there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why,
when I needed you most, you would leave me."

The Lord replied,
"My precious child, I love you and I would never leave you.
During your times of trial and suffering,
when you see only one set of footprints,
it was then that I carried you."



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