July is here!

 July is here and so is our new supplement catalog! If you haven't gotten yours yet, they come free in your first order.

I am sure your summer is as busy as mine, with vacations, kids home from school, Holidays, and events. Lots of picture taking times. 

The last three years, counting this year, my husband and I go with our daughter and her husband to Kentucky to bring the love of Jesus to the folks in that area. I was asked to take care of the Crafts the last two years. Last year was a huge success! One of the reasons for this is to bring the community together and to give whoever shows up a gift to take home that they created themselves. We do two nights of adult crafts and at the Community Dinner we do for the community we do a smaller less time-consuming adult craft plus card options. 

We usually go for a week, but that's an option for anyone that wants to go, you can come and go as it suits you. There is a place called the Lord's Cafe where we help cook lunch and serve  the people that come in and praying with each one. There's also a little building for those who can cut hair and a laundry mat to help people with their laundry. It's all volunteer of course, even the Craft Nights. The plus side is the beautiful friendships made with the folks in the area and the other Church Teams. 

Another thing that goes on is, there's always a need in the area to repair homes or work on the Tiny Houses that have been in the works for a while. The Tiny Houses are for folks that have chosen to walk away from their addictions and change their lives for the better. Getting those houses done has been a slow progress, but God has met their needs in so many ways to get the things accomplished that need to be done. In His timing......! It's such a blessing to lighten the loads of folks who need it.

I wanted to share what were making this year for the two craft nights. These are just samples because there's lots of different ways and colors you can use to make either one.

First night-

Clothes Pin Wreaths

2nd. Night-

Pumpkin Hanging

These are so fun to make! What do you think?

July also means a brand new Stamp of the Month! Ready to see the FREE card kit you can get?

This was a fun stamp set that works really well with different smooshing techniques which I did on every single one of these cards. Very simple and easy to do. Here's a close up of each card.

When you click on the Stamp of the Month button above, you will find more information on how to get this card kit for FREE!

And check out the Color of the Month also, if you want to have all 40 of Close To My Heart's ink colors.