Scripture Cards

A few years ago I was looking for a way to 

create some DIY gifts for friends. 

I wanted to create something with a purpose, 

that was personal, and not too costly. 

I came up with the idea of scripture cards. 

After hunting for cute card decks with patterns 

(found at the Dollar Store), I decided to go to my

Pinterest Board where I had saved Bible verse visuals I liked.

In order to make the bible verses small enough to fit on the cards,

I just right clicked while in my Bible verse board, and 

printed a page with all my saved pins.

These were the perfect size for the cards,

all I had to do was cut them out.

I cut some backgrounds out of scrapbook paper I had laying around but, 

mostly used washi tape and double sided tape to adhere them to the cards. 

I decided to put a verse on the front and back of each card. 

I also found that they last longer if you add a coat of 

Modge Podge to the finished product. 

After a punch in the top and a few suction cup hooks, they were ready to go! 

I loved how they turned out! 

I made a set of three cards for my friends and tied them with a ribbon. 

What a cute gift! 

They are a perfect size to hang in a bathroom mirror or kitchen window.

 What I love the most, is they are simple to change
 out after I've learned a verse.
The Scripture cards can be personalized with verses about:
grief, happiness, trust, forgiveness, hope, etc. 

Its easy to whip up a lot of these for gifts in a few hours.
It's wonderful to have these as reminders each day as
I'm washing dishes or getting ready in the morning.
This would be a wonderful way to help children
memorize scripture.

Creative Coloring

Who knew that something I'm around everyday

 in the Kindergarten classroom

 is actually healthy for adults too? 

If you've been in any stores lately, 

you've noticed the new craze of 

adult coloring books.

There are all types! My favorite are

 the Christian coloring books. 

They can be found in most of our stores:

WalMart, Target, JoAnn's, Michaels, 

Hobby Lobby and Amazon.

These are the books I currently have:

The act of coloring actually has positive benefits too. 

When we color detailed pictures, choose colors, 

think about balance, put the colored pencil to the paper, 

use our fine motor skills and problem solve --

we are using both hemispheres of our brain. 

Coloring is also a wonderful stress reliever,

 this is probably the number one reason

 why people are picking up these books.

There are also these small Colorful Blessing cards,

 which are great for someone who wants to color 

but, may want a smaller picture or have less time.

They are great to throw in your purse along 

with a few colored pencils. 

(I've colored these on long car trips.)

The great benefit of these cards are they are easy to stuff

in an envelope and mail. 

Blessing Cards are a great way to "pray over" someone while 

coloring and then give them the product

of your time with God. 

 A few cards I colored and will be sending in the mail

 Love all the different types of cards

Looking for a way to de-stress? Try them out!

The Blessing Cards can be found on Amazon:

Colorful Blessing Cards