Easter is the primary celebration if it can be
called that, of the Christian calendar – far more significant than Christmas
could ever be, yet I find I neither manage to produce nor send anywhere near
the same volume of cards for this occasion as the latter sadly. But without everything Jesus accomplished
that first Easter, mankind would have NO redemption or salvation, or escape
from God’s sure & certain judgement in the age to come. Sin is so obviously inherent within every
single person from birth we cannot escape its grasp. God is perfect & just & thus cannot
abide sin, demanding a payment be made for it, and a blood sacrifice is the
only thing that makes us remotely stop in our tracks to appreciate the enormity
of the crime we commit against God in our sinful nature. Jesus came as our perfect sinless spotless
lamb to be provided as God’s own sacrifice (just as He provided for Abraham),
and thus only through Jesus can we ever be reconciled to God. And thus we commemorate His awesome sacrifice
& work on the Cross for this purpose, every Easter.
If you’re interested in knowing more about what the point &
purpose of that sacrifice was, then head over to my other blog Ever Looking Upwards
and read more there.
This card is one of a few I did manage to create this week for Easter. It’s a very simple basic card without too
many frills although I’ve gotten utterly obsessed with diecuts & ribbon of
late, so am churning out lots of similar designs to this for other occasions.
The background is a lovely grey baroque or damask style purchased
locally in a mixed pack – a whole wonderful 24 sheets all different – soooo hard
to choose and use anything as I just love looking at them all!!
I used grey ribbon in a cross pattern and then matted the paper
onto a gold mirri paper panel. Then I
diecut the quote and matted it onto gold mirri paper too. Finally added the grey bow and some silver pearl
adhesive gems.
As I was pushed for time I just used an ordinary insert with a
nice verse as opposed to matching the inside to the outside as I’ve done with some
other cards.
I’m entering this into 2 challenges:
Easter Blessings to you all!!
