Greetings from Iowa! My name is Marla Owens who is married to the best man on earth. He is a wonderful gift from God to me. We have four adult children. Three are here in Iowa and one is in Ohio. We are so thankful for our children whom we love so very much. I am a born again believer in Christ Jesus. I sing with the praise team at Immanuel Baptist Church. When I'm not singing with the praise team, I'm singing in the choir. I used to be in a Southern Gospel quartet years ago as a teenager in the Southern Illinois area. I not only love to make cards but love to sing too. My husband and I work with Awanas each Wednesday night at our church. We enjoy working with the kids to help them memorize their Bible verses. We love the Bible. It is God's instruction book for us. It is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. I praise the Lord and strive to serve Him in everything that I do. It is my goal to bless people as Christ has blessed me so graciously.
I got into crafting when I was growing up. My parents had me in 4-H and Girlscouts. I was in 4-H longer than Girlscouts. I made my children clothes when we lived in Indiana. When we moved to Iowa I gave up sewing and got started in Creative Memories. I have put together over 20 scrapbooks. Along with scrapbooking cardmaking held my interest. I started making cards in 1994. They were simple cards since there weren't many products to work with. My craft room used to be in the basement. In 2003 my crafting came to a hault. I had two major surgeries that year. It was also just too cold to craft in the basement. Our youngest son moved out of the house about three years ago. It was then that my husband suggested that we turn his room in to my craft room. He hated seeing all my supplies in the basement not being used. We moved all of my stuff up to Zach's room which was now my craftroom. John painted the room for me, put up a new curtain rod and new curtains and got me book cases from Target. He put them together for me. He also got me a new light fixture and installed it. Did I mention I have the best husband ever? Well I do! He has blessed me with dies, stamps, paper, die cutting machines and more. I am so thankful for my craft room. It has been a wonderful blessing to me. Making cards is so enjoyable to me. Our church comes out with a monthly newsletter. They list every birthday for the month in the newsletter. I try to make each person a birthday card. It is a ministry the Lord has given me. You never know who you can cheer up and bless with a card.

Friday, February 22, 2019

Well here I am trying to catch up on blogging about the cards I have made since January 2019.  This is a card I made for a dear friend at church.  I kept this one a little simpler than some of my cards.  This one is another 5-1/2 inch by 7-1/2 inch card using Heartfelt Creations Patchwork Daisy Collection of paper, stamps and dies.  I made flowers from the Buttons and Blooms 
Collection from HC.  The leaves were made with HC shaping mold, sprayed with Ranger’s copper glimmer mist.  Heartfelt Creations Album Tags and Accents dies were used for the corners of the front/corners of the 5-1/2 by 7-1/2 inch card.  I made a 4-1/4 by 5-1/2 inch card with a magnetic closure to place at an angle on the front of the bigger card.  Bottle cap magnets purchase from Heartfelt Creations were used for the closure.  The sentiments for this card all come from Heartfelt Creations.  Hug Snug pink seam binding was used for the ribbon closure for the bigger card and also for the bow that rests not he front of the card.  I also made a gift box to place this card into.  I took pictures with my IPad of the complete gift set.  However, I failed to take pictures of the gift box with my phone.  It was a stunning box though.  







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