My Matryoshka by Stampin Up and me

Hi everyone.

It is one NEW beautiful day here in Calgary. Today it is -5 Celsius, while yesterday and way to many days before that it was below the - 25 Celsius. After I pick up my son from school we will go for a nice walk. Oh I can't wait.. Maybe by that time it will be even warmer.

I created this card for the Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge #72, which has the theme 'NEW' interpreted any way you would like it in your card.

• The Scripture they refered to is: 2 Cor.5:17. 'Therefore, if anyone is in Christ; he is a new creation. The old has gone, the new has come.

My 'new' element in these cards is the little sentiment that says: ' We knew you had it in you!

Maybe it is to profound, but these were my thoughts.

There are days that life is like a cupcake.. just perfect and sweet and then I have those days that life is a true mystery to me. I don't know how to pull myself together or where to turn for answers or wisdom or faith.

And then someday.. I look back on it and think.. 'This too has passed and I grew and God gave me what I needed and when I needed it the most'. Still most of the time the situation doesn't make any sense to me.. I still feel the pain.. I still have many questions.. but I know that God gave me something 'NEW', something I needed to get through it.

It is so beautiful on how He wants to work with me, with my talents, my experiences and my weaknesses and how we can still be a team. It's like He says.. 'I knew you had it in you! I am with you and together we can do something NEW!!

And just like these 4 Matryoshka's on my cards.. I sometimes feel like I am all these different nesting 'dolls'.. I am a mom, a wife, a friend, I am God's creation, I am the one who wipes the bums and noses, a daughter to my sweet parents, a sister to my brother, etc.. and still many days I find something NEW about myself or in God, that I haven't seen or noticed before...

Must be part of the process of growing up. It is never ending.. & I am very okay with that :)

So yeah.. that's my thought for today I guess.. a bit more deep than other days.. but it is very true to me.. by myself I cannot handle this 'crazy' life here on earth, that's for sure.

• The colors that you see in these cards are Tempting Turquoise and Only Orange, Old Olive and Whisper White and Taken with Teal by Stampin Up.
• I used some stunning paper. Please don't ask me where I got it from, but it fitted the image from the retired Stampin Up set 'My Matryoshka' that I colored in with my Stampin Up markers.
• I used my scallop border punch from Stampin Up to ad some gorgeous trim at the bottom of the cards.

Well.. that's it for today.. I hope you find something New and inspiring in your day!

Inky hugs, Pauline