Happy
Friday!!! It's time for the February Gems
of Inspiration scrapbook challenge on the Our Daily Bread Designs Forum. The other day, when I changed my calendar to
February, I noticed something that I only see once every 4 years. This year is a leap year!! There are 29 days this month! As I started thinking about leap years and
taking a leap, my thoughts turned to leaps of faith. I immediately thought about Jesus and Peter walking
on the water in Matthew
14.
Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them,
walking on the lake. When the disciples
saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said,
and cried out in fear. But Jesus immediately
said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t
be afraid.”
“Lord, if it’s you,”
Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.” “Come,” he said.
Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and
came toward Jesus. But when he saw the
wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”
Immediately Jesus
reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did
you doubt?” And when they climbed into
the boat, the wind died down. Matt
14:25-32
Have you considered taking a leap of faith lately? When you step out on faith, and stay the
course, God’s got your back!
This month's challenge is all about taking a leap...a leap into creativity! Create a layout using something that is
totally new to you. It could be trying a
new technique or using a new tool. Using
a paper or embellishment that you just bought or one that’s been sitting
unloved in your stash for a while. Step
out of your comfort zone and try something new!
My something new on my layout are the handmade burlap
flowers. I used some white burlap and die
cut the flowers with my Big Shot. I then
sprayed the flowers with glimmer mist to give them some color. As I was moving the flowers I noticed that
the edges were unraveling and they weren’t looking very flowerlike anymore. As
I had never die cut burlap before, it hadn’t occurred to me that the edges
would fray. Determined to make this work,
I went to my local craft store and described my problem to the clerk in the
sewing department. She recommended a product called Fray Check. I die cut and misted some more burlap flowers,
applied the fray check to the edges and they turned out great.
Supplies:
K & Co. Patterned Paper, Stickers & Tag
Tim Holtz Tattered Flowers Die
Die Versions Tickled Pink Font Die
Versafine and CTMH Inks
Burlap
I hope you get a chance to play along this month. I’d love to see the results of your leap of
creativity.
If you are using Our
Daily Bread Designs stamps, you are encouraged to upload your page to the Scrapbook
Pages Category in the ODBD Gallery using keyword ODBDGI03. If you aren't yet registered there, sign up
only takes a couple of minutes. If you do not use ODBD stamps, you can post to
your blog or another publicly viewable online gallery. Be sure and to come
back here and share the link so we can see your beautiful work!
Looking for more scrapbook challenges??? Check out the monthly
Let Your Light Shine Scrapbook Challenge on the ODBD Blog!
