JOYFUL APRIL - 2026

 The scripture including the word "JOY" which I chose for this month includes the word "Salvation". I chose this verse because of Easter being celebrated this month. It was when Jesus died on the cross for our sins that our salvation happened.

Our salvation is the result of God’s love and mercy. 

I am not sharing any devotional thoughts this month I want to direct you to the great teachings of Charles Stanley. My husband and I watch one of his teaching videos every Sunday night and are finding such great encouragement from them.

You can find his teaching on "Salvation is from God"   HERE 

 

Now I hope you enjoy the kit I have designed for this month as I did enjoy putting it altogether. 

  You can download the elements HERE

and the papers  HERE 

Template - Lots of Strips

 Here is a template I have created which I hope you all enjoy using. 

 You can download the 12x 12 template  HERE

and the Letter Size template  HERE 

JOYFUL MARCH - 2026

 The year is slipping by so fast. Welcome to my Joyful kit for March.

My chosen scripture comes from Psalm 96.

King David used this psalm when he brought the ark into Jerusalem. This psalm is recorded in 1 Chronicles 16:23-33.

 The Jews kept the ark in the temple but 400 years later enemies destroyed the temple. After 70 years the Jews built it again. They changed the psalm some to how we know it. They used it in their new temple.

 

Psalm 96 is a vibrant call to universal praise, illustrating the grandeur and glory of God. This psalm encourages the reader to proclaim the wonders of God’s deeds and the majesty of His reign among all nations.

It describes the worship and adoration God deserves from both mankind and nature alike.

 

So let us all join the trees of the forest and sing for joy. Our God is Great and greatly to be praised. 

 You can download the elements HERE

and the papers HERE

 

I hope you enjoy this month's kit as I enjoyed working with my chosen colours.  

 

Template - One Heart Four Photos

 This month I have a template to give away. I enjoy creating templates and hope to share one possibly not every month but when I get around to creating one which sometimes might be every month.

Please if you create a layout using one of my templates share it with me. You are welcome to email me. You will find my email address in the TOU_info folder in my downloads.  

 You can download the 12 x 12 template HERE

and the Letter Size template HERE 

JOYFUL FEBRUARY - 2026

I wanted to use a scripture that included the word "heart" so my chosen verse is 

The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to our hearts.  Psalm 19:8 (NIV)

Psalm 19 verse 8 describes the perfection and benefit of God's laws. God's instructions are true and just.   To know His instructions we need to spend time reading His word to know how we should be living our lives. If we follow his instructions it brings deep gladness :  it gives joy to our hearts. 

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I enjoyed designing with the colour palette I chose for this month so I hope you all enjoy using my papers and elements which I have put together in Joyful February.

  You can download the elements HERE

and the papers  HERE 

Joyful January - 2026

 Happy New Year to all those who visit my blog. May your year of 2026 be full of wonderful blessings of peace and hope.

This year the theme for my small kits I give away is "Joy".  Each scripture I share in the kits will include the word joy.

I remember teaching Sunday School and working  with the word JOY.  

J is for Jesus who must come first in our lives. 

O is for others whom we are to love. 

 Y is for yourself who needs to come after Jesus and others.  

 

I hope you enjoy the kits I design this year as I am making them slightly larger with more papers and also a different colour palette with each one. In each kit there possibly will be elements I repeat in another kit but in a different colour that you could use together. Each kit will include a black and a white paper ( different textures each time). 

 

 You can download the elements HERE

and the papers HERE 

Paul Purple - December 2025

 You may think it strange that I chose Paul for my December kit but hopefully my devotional thoughts will help you understand my reasoning.  Also the colour purple is historically a colour used for royalty. 

 

December 25^th is when we celebrate the Birth of Jesus

our Immanuel (God with us).  For my husband and I we celebrate His birth throughout the year but do look at this time of year as an opportunity to share the gospel with family and friends.

 In the Bible, you will read in Acts 9:5 where Paul on his way to continue his persecution of the early Christians, met Jesus. Paul met the resurrected Lord Jesus. His life was totally changed after that encounter and I know that my life was changed after I met Jesus way back in 1981.

 Paul became a great missionary sharing the Good News in so many places that were the beginnings of the spread worldwide of the truth about Jesus.

 Timothy was a young man who came to believe in Jesus and under the guidance of Paul became the Pastor of a Church.  Paul wrote two letters to Timothy which form part of the New Testament.

 Jesus is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. For those who read these thoughts who have not yet met Jesus, may this be the time to open your hearts to Him. Let Him in and live a wonderful changed life. 

 

Here is the small kit I designed for this month. I hope you all enjoy it and may you all have a blessed holy season of celebration.

 

  Download this kit HERE