Phoebe Peach - March 2025 Kit

 I hope you are all enjoying the colour kits I am putting together this year. I am enjoying working with the colours and themes. This month I included a shamrock leaf because of St Patrick's day on the 17th of this month.

This month I wanted to work with the Peach colour in my set of colours from last year so I chose Phoebe from the book of Romans as the one to feature.

Phoebe was a first century Christian woman mentioned by Paul recorded in Romans chapter 16 verses 1 to 2. She was a notable woman in the Church of Cenchreae, she was trusted by Paul to deliver a letter to the Romans. Paul refers to her both as a servant and a deacon and as a helper of many. This is the only reference in the Bible of a woman in such a role. 

(The previous words are based on information I found on the internet.) 

Because of the mention of Phoebe being a deacon lead me to include the scripture I created for this kit. "Respected" and "Integrity" are also characteristics we all should have towards others. I recently in a devotion read the following which I have typed up and display beside me where I sit at my computer to remind me that I need to remember all these points:

I will believe the best of everyone

I will not complain about anything

I will be thankful for all I have.

I will eliminate unnecessary stress from my life.

I will think positive thoughts

I will speak positive words

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Now here is my kit for you this month:

 You can download this kit HERE

 

Lydia Lilac - kit for February 2025

 This month I chose  "Lydia Lilac"  for the name of my kit.  Lydia of the Bible was a seller of purple dye but her name does not start with the letter P so you will get a Purple kit later in the year.

In the Bible - Acts 16, Lydia of Thyatira shows us the importance of praying, listening, and obeying. She was a woman of means who showed generosity by inviting Paul and his companions into her home. She shows courageous hospitality and Lydia was open to God and listened to what Paul had to say.

The story of Lydia reminds us to open our hearts, homes and Churches to all people.

Now here is my the kit I designed for you all this month which I hope you enjoy using. Remember the papers and elements will all eventually work well together for all the kits this year and for the three Beatitude kits I gave away some time ago. 

You can download this HERE

Gideon Green - kit for January 2025

 New Year Blessings to you all.

This year I am designing kits with colour themes with people from the Bible whose names start with the first letter of the colour. The colour swatch I am working with is the one I started to use for the few "Beatitude" kits I designed. So this year's papers and some embellishments should work with those few kits. 

Gideon's story is found in Judges Chapters 6 to 9.

God saw more in Gideon than Gideon saw in himself, and through this experience, Gideon found his true identity. Like many of us, Gideon defined himself by his circumstances. He assumed he was who people said he was, who he felt like he should be. But God calls each of us to more. 

May you all seek to know how God can use you where you live. 

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Now my small kit for you to download and enjoy:

You can download this kit HERE

Calendar Template for 2026 ( can be altered)

 It has been way too long since I have given away something on my blog. 

This year is one I never want to see repeated. All sorts of personal negative things have happened.

But I praise my Lord, Jesus for helping me through it all as I do have peace and know that the days ahead will be better.

"The Lord says ' I will make you wise. I will show you where to go. I will guide you and watch over you. ' Psalm 32:8

Now I have some more free time on my hands so I hope to design something to give away each month from now on. I have designed  a template for making monthly calendar pages. I did not realise until I had finished all of the different files that the weeks start with Monday. You can easily re-arrange the days which is I what I have done on my sample page. Also you can create your calendar for 2025 or any year as the year also can be altered.

Here is my sample page:

Now for the template. I will list the different files to download below the preview.

12 x 12 Template  HERE

Letter Size Template HERE

A4 Size Template  HERE

I hope you all enjoy using this template and I pray you all have Safe and Happy Celebrations for this Season of the Year. 

Beatitudes - Pure in Heart

 I realise it has been some time since I shared something on my blog. My life away from the computer has become very busy - not in a negative way at all.  I will not promise to share something every month or even every second month but I still plan on sharing my mini kits to those who visit my blog and want to use what I have made.

For this time I chose the Beatitude from Matthew chapter 5 verse 8 : Blessed are the pure in heart for that shall see God.

I found these devotional words on a website which did not include the authors name:

The first thing we learn from this beatitude is that Jesus is concerned with our heart. It is not enough to clean up our act on the outside.

The heart is what you are, in the secrecy of your thought and feeling, when nobody knows but God. And what you are at the root matters as much to God as what you are at the visible branch. "Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." I Samuel 6:7

So the heart is utterly crucial to Jesus. What we are in the deep, private recesses of our lives is what he cares about most. Jesus did not come into the world simply because we have some bad habits that need to be broken. He came into the world because we have such dirty hearts that need to be purified.  

 Jesus shows us the way to have a pure heart. He wants us to follow his example. 

You can download this mini kit HERE

Beatitudes - Peacemaker

 It has been some time since I shared a kit for my theme I started of "the Beatitudes". My life away from the computer has become fairly busy so I do not have as much time to do the design work I planned to do.

For this kit I  have chosen the scripture verse : Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.  Matthew 5:9

In the book The Applause of Heaven by Max Lucado the following is shared:

Want to see a miracle? Plant a word of love heartdeep in a person's life. Nuture it with a smile and a prayer, and watch what happens. 

An employee gets a compliment. A wife receives a bouquet of flowers. A cake is baked and carried next door. A widow is hugged. A preacher is praised.

Sowing seeds of peace is like sowing beans. You don't know why it works, you just know it does. Seeds are planted, and topsoils of hurt are shoved away.

Never underestimate the power of a seed. 

For my small kit I chose to make items useful for pages about  Dads.  Often Dad is the one who can bring peace into the home. 

You can download this small kit HERE

 

May 2023 - Beatitudes - Comfort

 Welcome to  my blog and thank you for visiting. 

For the next five months including this one I am creating small kits with the theme of the Beatitudes which are found in the gospel of Matthew chapter 5. I will be using the same colour palette for all these small  kits so once you have them all they will together become a large collection. 

Here are the colours I am using:

Some months I will include a theme to match what that month  is about. For example with Mother's Day being this month I have included in this months kit some things suitable for scrapbook pages about mothers. 

This month I have chosen the theme "Comfort" from Matthew 5:4  - Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted.   My husband is reading books by Max Lucado and he suggested I share something that Max wrote about the different beatitudes so this paragraph is taken from The Applause of Heaven by Max Lucado:

But when you mourn, when you get to the point of sorrow for your sins, when you admit that you have no other  option but to cast all your cares on Him, and when there is truly no other name that you can call, then cast all your cares on Him, for Jesus is waiting in the midst of the storm. 

 

 You can download this digital kit HERE