Fishers of Men

Last night I had the pleasure of hosting the monthly ladies church meeting here at our home.  It turned out to be a rainy day and with my remote location 15 miles from town, the crowd was small.   But we still enjoyed a meal of BBQ sliders, broccoli slaw, chips and no calorie dessert  ~ brownies with ice cream and chocolate syrup.  

Being the 'crafty one' I usually try to make a little something for each of the ladies to take home,  something 'lake' related. 

This is what I came up with this time. 

Being a card maker, I have all of my patterned paper cut in 6" squares and sorted by colors.  When I cut an A2 size mat that usually leaves me about a 2" x 6" strip, which is perfect for making bookmarkers.   Of course I use those scraps for lots of other things too!  

For this project I used a speckled chocolate brown cardstock for the base and die cut them with Spellbinders Small Deckled Mega Rectangle die.  I trimmed the patterned paper to 2" x 5 1/4" and secured to each base.  

The fishing rod die actually has 'Hooked on Fishing' at the hook and was purchased from a Facebook seller, manufacturer unknown. Each letter was separate, which would have taken quite a while to assemble!  Since I needed 14 of the bookmarkers, I went with a printed scripture of Matthew 4:19, and used the Gina Marie Design Ric Rac Nesting Die for the edge of the printed circle.

 

After securing the fishing rod and the sentiment to the bookmarker, I added the yarn tassels to each one.  Lastly, I added the fish lapel pin in the top hole with the yarn.  These were gifted to me from another Christian friend and I wanted to pass them on to these special ladies. This is to be removed for wearing as an additional gift.  

Thank you for stopping by today to view my blog. I enjoy sharing my work with you and invite you to 'Follow' my blog and to visit my site - "Not Just Scraps' on Facebook - where you can purchase my cards. 

I will be entering this card in the following challenges: 

A Perfect time to Craft ~ April  

Crafts Galore Encore ~ April  

Daisy Chain ~ Challenge 84 ~ Not a Square  

Word Art Wednesday ~ Week 643-644

 

Pam's Pearls

 

Products  

Gina Marie Designs Ric Rac Nesting Dies 

Spellbinders Nestabilities Mega Dies, Deckled Rectangles, Small