Confirmation Sunday

At church tomorrow, it's Confirmation Sunday. This year we have four confirmands; three very sweet young ladies, and one very special young man. I've had all of these kids in one or another of my Sunday school classes through the years, and it's wonderful to have watched them grow into such fine young people. I belong to a small (in building size) church. It used to be tiny. And we are growing. In years past, sometimes there were no young people being confirmed, or maybe just one, and at most, two. So four is something of a big deal for New Hope. I love going to church. Being a Christian, I like to hear God's Word and be in the company of others who do also. Our small church is like having another family - with sisters and brothers, aunts and uncles, cousins, grandchildren...well you get the idea. It really is like family. We're laid back, we argue with one another, but we're always there to help, support, laugh with, counsel, and just plain love each other. New Hope is growing too. I will admit that I was worried that we'd start to lose our sense of family as we grew/are growing, but I have to say, it's more like welcoming loved, new family members home. Pretty awesome. Pastor Janke has made a true difference as our shepherd, and we are thankful he is there. In a little bit, I'm going up to church to clean for Confirmation. Not that the church is dirty, rather it's just the weekly thing we'll be taking care of, and putting a little extra sparkle on everything for tomorrow. I don't mind helping out. It's nice to do this with "family". Now you may wonder why I've waxed on about this.... Well, naturally I've made cards for the kids. And after the middle section of this post, you'll see them and even get a tiny bit of an explanation about them.

All right. I got some new toys in the mail this week. I waited until this morning to play with the one I have wanted for ages. You need to know why (at least a teensy bit). I'm dyslexic. I have issues with multiple areas in my life, and I've found over the years that if I think hard before I attempt something new, it just works better for me. It's like getting a step-by-step movie in my head. Generally works pretty well for me too. So all last night, when I could barely contain my excitement (tell me you don't know what that's all about...) I worked out what I needed to do and exactly how I needed to do it. And dang it all, it worked the first time! Yipee! And I've fallen in love with my new Parker Alphabet dies. Oh. My. Gosh. *sigh*

This card (*sigh*) is for three challenges. First up is over at CAS-ual Fridays where the theme is "Congratulations". And then I found a new to me challenge. It's Pinspired Challenge. Looks like a lot of fun, and I thought, I'd give it a go. Great 'pinspired' photo too! And lastly, it Anything Goes over at Simon Says Stamp. I'm thinking my 'anything' will work here.

This is my card:

Very simple, very plain (I might have been channeling Ardyth here...). All papers but the white Bazzill card base are scraps!!!!! Three little blings in lower left, and my new toy, Parker Alphabet dies from Memory Box. I am so in love with this set of dies... Pretty straight forward card. And irl, it's a smidge brighter. Sorry for bad camera work.

These two cards are the ones I made for Confirmation. I found a website that explained "Luther's Rose", which is one of the symbols of the Lutheran church. I won't go into detail, but I will say that the images are appropriate for Confirmation.

That's it for now, and I think I've been windy enough for one day! Happy dances everyone.