Word Art Wednesday #47

Happy Wednesday!!!  Today's word art comes from 1 Peter....

How often have you heard adults talk about the "good old days" when  they were children and didn't have a care in the world.  Their parents took care of everything and they were just foot loose and fancy free, not having to worry about earthly things. 

As adults, we do have a parent who takes care of everything for us.  He is God, our Father.  If we humble ourselves and depend on God and His grace, He will care for us.  When we face unthinkable trials, when we face circumstances that we don't think we can handle, when we are in unfamiliar territory and don't know which way to turn,  we should turn to God.  God wants us to cast all of our burdens on Him, and He will enable us to withstand all that is put upon us.  He wants us to look to Him for our strength.  God loves us and will never forget about us.

For today's layout I used a photo of my son and my 2 nieces that was taken during our summer vacation.  They were so carefree and full of joy, having a great time in the Pacific Ocean. 

Supplies:
Sei Patterned Paper
Baker's Twine
Charm
Tim Holtz Staples

I hope you join the Word Art Wednesday challenge this week. Feel free to save today's word art to your computer for your personal use. Don't forget to check out the Word Art Wednesday Challenge Blog to see what the other design team members created with this week's art. If you are new to our challenge, check out the challenge guidelines to find out how you can be eligible for the prize drawing from this week's sponsor Detailed 4 U Collections.

Thanks for stopping by. Blessings to you!

Faithfully Yours

Hi,

Today I'm sharing my first Faithfully Yours Design Team project.  It was featured on today's blog post.

All the papers are from the Faithfully Yours Back to School collection.  The wonderful thing about this collection,  besides the great designs, is that the colors can be customized to your school colors.   All the papers are double sided with coordinating solids that have a hint of a cross design, great for matting your photos. 

Supplies:
Faithfully Yours Back to School Collection Papers and Stickers
Karen Foster Design Stickers
Jolee's Boutique Stickers
American Traditional Designs Stickers
Mister Huey's Color Mists
Lifestyle Crafts Dies

Faithfully Yours is dedicated to helping Christian scrapbookers remember God in their scrapbooks.  Stop by and check out their website for some wonderful inspiration and to check out their products.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Blessings!

Word Art Wednesday #46

It's Word Art Wednesday!!  Today's word art comes from the Book of Proverbs...

 

 

As I was working on my page for today,  a hymn I learned during my childhood kept playing in my head.

What a friend we have in Jesus,
all our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
everything to God in prayer!

 

I have been blessed with many friends during the different seasons of my life. Some closer than others.  But do they love at all times?  I would like to think so, but I'm not naive.  The number that loves at all times is probably pretty small.  But there is one friend that I know without a shadow of a doubt loves at all times, and that's Jesus.  I am so glad that I can always turn to him.  He loves us unconditionally.   

For my page today I used a photo of  two of my close friends and I after enjoying lunch at one of our local restaurants.

Supplies:
Webster's Pages Patterned Paper
Webster's Pages Trim & Gems
Recollections Pearls
Flowers
Stickles

I hope you join the Word Art Wednesday challenge this week. Feel free to save today's word art to your computer for your personal use. Don't forget to check out the Word Art Wednesday Challenge Blog to see what the other design team members created with this week's art. If you are new to our challenge, check out the challenge guidelines to find out how you can be eligible for the prize drawing from this week's sponsor Isabella's Sketchbook.

Thanks for stopping by.  Blessings to you!

Word Art Wednesday #45

Happy Wednesday!!  This week's word art comes from the book of Proverbs...

The book of Proverbs deals with the "art of living".  Today's verse, from the NIV translation, reads:  "Commit to the Lord whatever you do and your plans will succeed."  Pretty straight forward, don't you think?  Everything we do, we should do as unto the Lord.  Not just the big things, but everything.    Just think about the joy we would get out of the everyday tasks if we did them as if we were doing them for the Lord.  Our attitude would change and that would effect the attitudes of the people around us.  Joy is contageous.  We must continue to let our lights shine by committing our works unto the Lord.

The photo I used today is from the installation of officers  for my church's women's ministry.  Two of my sisters in Christ were praying over me as I was being installed.   It was a prayer of commitment, commitment first to the Lord, and secondly to the women that I serve in my position.

Supplies:
Sei Patterned Papers
Recollections Gem Swirl
Prima Flowers
Colorbox Chalk Ink
Spellbinders Die

I hope you join the Word Art Wednesday challenge this week. Feel free to save today's word art to your computer for your personal use. Don't forget to check out the Word Art Wednesday Challenge Blog to see what the other design team members created with this week's art. If you are new to our challenge, check out the challenge guidelines to find out how you can be eligible for the prize drawing from this week's sponsor Eclectic Anthology

Thanks for stopping by.  Blessings to you.

ODBD September Gems of Inspiration Challenge

Happy Friday!!!  It's the first Friday in September, and time for a new Gems of Inspiration scrapbook challenge in the Our Daily Bread Designs Forum. 

September officially marks the end of summer and fall is just around the corner.     The school year has started, bible studies and other activities are resuming and it’s time to get back into learning mode.

Back to school is our inspiration for September, and the challenge is … create a layout that  uses an element that has to do with education or learning.  Your page can be about any theme, but at least one thing on the page has to be related to learning.  

For my layout today, I used a couple of photos that I took on the first day of school.   Of course it’s not cool to have your mother outside taking your picture on the first day of school when you’re in high school, so TJ has his “hurry up and get this over with look on his face”. LOL    My challenge elements are the patterned paper with the globe and text, and a bookmark.  I created the bookmark using the ODBD Bookmarks -Eagle stamp.  I stamped the bookmark image on patterned paper and choose the Proverbs 16:3 scripture stamp for the center of the bookmark.  I think this is a perfect scripture for the school year.   

Commit   to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.  Proverbs 16:3.

 

 

Supplies:

My Mind’s Eye Patterned paper
ODBD Bookmarks-Eagle Stamps
ODBD Scripture Collection 5 Stamps
Reminisce Stickers Tim Holtz Ruler Ribbon
Tim Holtz Numerals
Tim Holtz Staples
Distrezz It All
VersaFine Ink


I challenge you to play along this month.  I’d love to see your layouts.  You are not required to use ODBD stamps for this challenge, but if you do, please upload your pages to the Scrapbook Pages Category in the ODBD gallery.  If you aren't yet registered in the gallery, sign up only takes a couple of minutes.  If you do not use ODBD stamps, you can upload to  your blog or another publicly viewable online gallery and share the link here in the comments.

 

Please use the keywords ODBDGI10 (with no spaces) when uploading your layouts to public galleries and be sure and come back here and paste a link to let us know so we can see your beautiful work!

Thanks for stopping by.   Blessings!

Word Art Wednesday #44

It's the first Wednesday of the month so it's double sponsor day!  Today is all about love and our word art is from 1 John...



This weekend Tim and I had the priviledge of attending our friends' 50th wedding anniversary celebration. And what a celebration it was!!!  They renewed their wedding vows, there was praise dancing, singing, tributes, toasting, great food, and dancing.  But the thing that stood out the most was the love of God that filled the room.  When the couple spoke, they repeatedly testified that it was nothing but God that kept them together for 50 years, through the ups and the downs, the good times and the not so good ones.  Everyone that stood up to give a tribute, spoke on the love of God that radiated from the couple.  Some even testified that the couple was responsible for leading them to Christ. So since today's word is about love,  I'm dedicating my layout today to Roy and Dorothy Tibbs on their 50th anniversary.

Supplies:
Sei Patterned Paper
Martha Stewart Cardstock
EK Success Alphabet Stickers
Jelly Park Digi Stamp
Copic Markers
Glossy Accents

The little couple on the sofa is a digi stamp from one of this week's sponsors Jellypark.  I colored it with copics, added glossy accents and cut it out to make a little embellishment.

 And since this was a dressy affair,  Tim and I put on our finest for the occasion. (For some reason, the camera gave us "white" eye.)

  

I hope you join the Word Art Wednesday challenge this week. Feel free to save today's word art to your computer for your personal use. Check out the Word Art Wednesday Challenge Blog to see what the other design team members created with this week's art. Don't forget that we have two sponsors this week so you have double the chances of winning.  If you are new to our challenge, check out the challenge guidelines to find out how you can be eligible for the prize drawing from this week's sponsors Shabby Cottage Studio and Jellypark.

Thanks for stopping by.  Remember that you are loved.

Inspired by A Sweethaven Homecoming

One great thing about the blog world is that you get to stumble on some good things.  I found out about Courtney Walsh's blog through a link on another blog.  I was really excited to check out her blog as she is the author of one of my fav scrapbooking guides, "Scrapbooking Your Faith".  Upon checking out her blog I discovered that she is a novelist as well and has just released her latest book, "A Sweethaven Homecoming".   I haven't read any novels in awhile, but I am looking forward to reading her Sweethaven series. And these novels include scrapbooking, how good can it get LOL.

Courtney is running a scrapbook challenge on her blog to create a layout or other piece of art inspired by her latest novel.  She has posted some layout ideas on her blog for those of us who haven't read the book yet. :) I choose the theme of friendship and reconnecting for my layout.   The photos are of me and my cousin LaVonzell, whom I hadn't seen in 9 years.  We stopped to visit her, my other cousins, and my aunt during our summer road trip across the US.

 

 I had fun creating this layout.  It brought back great memories of our visit.  The supplies are all from  Me and My Big Ideas.  I used 2 sheets of the background patterned paper, colored and embellished the flowers on one sheet,  cut them out and adhered them over the flowers on the second sheet with pop dots to give them a great 3D look.

If you get a moment check out Courtney Walsh's Blog.  It's a good thing...

Thanks for stopping by today.

Blessings.

TJ

TJ's been hanging out at a friend's house for a couple days.  And even though he usually remains holed up in his room when he's home, I have to admit, I do miss him being here.  So I decided to post a layout in his honor LOL.  And yes, he is asleep...

Supplies:
Echo Park Patterned Paper
Daisy D Stickers
EK Success Border Punch
Seam Binding, Charms, Buttons

Thanks for stopping by today.  Enjoy your weekend.

Blessings.