Blessings and Aloha !

Hello World!
As mentioned in my Welcome message, I would like to share my love of paper crafting by using words of encouragement and scripture.  I have so many items that I've made throughout the years that I didn't know where to start.  I absolutely LOVE creating 3D gifts and favors and more recently have created a set of items for the Women's Retreat at a church called One Love in Honolulu. 

 I wish you could see the vibrant autumn colors I used to celebrate the time of year that the retreat was held.  I created 80 items each of five items totally 400 favors.  I need to find the picture of the water bottle 'hangar' that was included.  I just realized the image shows the book mark which was not  included.  To create these items, I handmade each flower - 4 different types - equaling 560 flowers.  Each flower needed 5 layered punch out.  I hand stamped each image, glued 4400 crystal bling, beaded 80 sets and punched butterflies, leaves and branches!!  I used rubber stamps from Our Daily Bread Designs -  ourdailybreaddesigns.com.  I love this set and have used it a number of times since purchasing it. 

This is a little gift I made for all my co-workers at the same time.

I absolutely love, love making paper flowers and can spend hours just enjoying blog-hopping to see the awesome and amazing creations by so many ladies around the world.  Here's just one set of flowers I've been creating using re-cycle paper bags or printer paper.

I've purchased shadow boxes and plan to send one set of the cross created with the flowers to Mrs. Jan Crouch, owner of the Trinity Broadcasting Network http://www.tbn.org/. 

Thank you for visiting!
Hugs and Blessings!