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.
and the Letter Size template HERE
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
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
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 25th 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
This month I wanted to work with shades of cream so chose the Bible character - Cornelius.The following devotional thoughts are by Tammy Lund Woodard
Cornelius was a Gentile. The Jews didn't consider him a child of God. Yet, the bible is really clear about God's opinion of Cornelius. Peter needed to understand that God had children as Jews and Gentiles. Peter needed a heart change.
Even though Cornelius was a Gentile, and Peter was a Jew, Cornelius was a Person of Peace for Peter. Luke 10:6, "If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to you." God also prepared the way. God went to Cornelius and to Peter before sending them to each other. If God sends you, He will equip you, qualify you and prepare the way for you.
Acts 10:2-3, "He was a devout, God-fearing man, as was everyone in his household, He gave generously to the poor and prayed regularly to God. One afternoon about three o'clock, he had a vision in which he saw an angel of God coming toward him. "Cornelius!" the angel said. Acts 10:19-20, "Meanwhile, as Peter was puzzling over the vision, the Holy Spirit said to him, "Three men have come looking for you. Get up, go downstairs, and go with them without hesitation. Don't worry, for I have sent them."
An angel of the Lord came to Cornelius, so why did God need Peter to go to Cornelius? Do you see the co-laboring? 1 Corinthians 3:9, " For we are both God's workers. And you are God's field. You are God's building." By God co-laboring both men were touched and changed.
God could have delivered the message directly to Cornelius. He was already speaking to him through the angel. But God chose to send Peter. He had a purpose for Peter and for Cornelius. Do you also see that while Cornelius was waiting for Peter to arrive, he gathered his family? If Peter, Cornelius' sphere of influence received the message also. God's purpose is always on eternity. God's purpose is always about spreading the gospel/the good news. The message was for more than Cornelius.
So, from this storyteller, we understand that God is always talking. What are you doing to position yourself to hear from Him? God has children and people of peace everywhere. Do you make pre-judgements about people? I know sometimes I do. Are you going to who God is sending you to? Do you trust that God is going before you? Do you trust that God is preparing the way? We are all storytellers. We have a God story to share. We have a sphere of influence. We co-labor with God to spread the good news of the gospel. Who will you tell your God story to this week?
I know this was a longer devotion than I usually share so I hope you have read it. It really spoke to me personally as I am not good at sharing my God story with others. I need to be bold and be a co-laborer with God and do some telling.
Now here is the kit I designed and enjoyed so much putting this together so I hope you all enjoy using it for your scrapbook pages.
You can download this mini kit HERE
This month my colour theme is brown which I hope you all enjoy as I did enjoy creating this small kit.
Thoughts about Boaz taken from a book titled "Men of the Bible" by Ann Spangler and Robert Wolgemuth. I did add a little of my own thoughts.
The story of Boaz is found in the book of Ruth in the Bible.
On their first encounter in the field, Boaz prayed a blessing for Ruth. It must have surprised him later on to realise he became the answer to his prayer. For Boaz it seems, was the Lord’s reward for Ruth’s demonstrated faith in the God of Israel and for her loyalty to her mother-in-law, Naomi.
Together Ruth and Boaz were blessed by becoming the parents of Obed which led to them being the great-grandparents of King David. Both are mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus Christ in the gospel of Matthew.
Boaz, with taking Ruth as his wife, became the kinsman redeemer of both Jew and Gentile, buying the lost inheritance of Naomi and Ruth ( a gentile): Ruth chapter 4 verse 4 and verse 8.
The life of Boaz becoming that kinsman redeemer was a glimpse into the Redeemer of our souls, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
The Book of Ruth is a favourite book in the Bible of mine because of the love story and the example of Boaz being a redeemer. I am so thankful that I personally know Jesus Christ has redeemed me.
Here is the kit I created for you all to enjoy:
You can download this small kit HERE
For this month I chose Barnabas for a blue themed kit.
Barnabas means "Son of Encouragement". He is described as a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith.( Acts 11:24) Barnabas was a faithful companion to the Apostle Paul. He was a generous man and sold his property to give to the poor. It was Barnabas who encouraged Paul to take Mark on his second missionary journey. Later on it was Mark who wrote one of the gospels. Barnabas was a man who showed both leadership and grace in the early Church.
May we all be a little like Barnabas and spend some time in encouraging others.
"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can." a quote by Arthur Ashe
You can download this mini kit HERE
