Pam's Pearls: 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

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