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.

Word Art Wednesday #43

It's time for some new word art.  This week's art comes from 3 John...

Tim,  my husband, my beloved, is a mighty man of God.  He strives to live his life in accordance with God's word and I watch his faith grow day by day.  His soul indeed prospers.  As John prayed for his dear friend Gaius,  I too pray for my beloved, that he may enjoy good health and that all will go well with him, just as it is well with his soul.

For today's layout, I used a photo of Tim and I, that was taken inside the top of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, MO during our summer vacation.

Supplies:
My Minds Eye Patterned Paper
Queen & Co Heart Brad
Recollections Bling
Tim Holtz Spinner
Lace & Trim from my Stash
Lifestyle Crafts Die
Glossy Accents
Tim Holtz Distress Ink


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 Fred She Said.

Thanks for stopping by.  Blessings to you.

Word Art Wednesday #42

It's Word Art Wednesday time!!!  This week's word art comes from the Book of Psalms...



Jesus paid the price for our redemption with his blood.  That alone is more than enough reason to spend our lives joyfully praising God.  When I think of all He's brought me through,  I can't help but praise Him!  When I see him working in my life, in the lives of my husband and son, I can't help but praise Him!

Sing praises to the King for He is the King of Kings.
Sing praises to the King, for He's the King of Kings.

All hail King Jesus. All hail Emmanuel.

I used a photo of myself on my layout today.  It was taken at a women's fellowship event at my church where we are always praising and rejoicing in the goodness of God.  And no, that hat isn't a part of my attire LOL.

 

Supplies:

Cosmo Cricket Patterned Paper

Martha Stewart and American Crafts Cardstock

Webster's Pages Flower and Stick Pin

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 Nicecrane Designs.

Thanks for stopping by.  Blessings to you!

Enlarging My Territory

I have some fantastic news!!  I am a new design team member at Faithfully Yours...Where God has a place on every page of your scrapbook!!  Dawn Stegall, the owner of Faithfully Yours, saw some of my work and invited me to join her design team.  One of my life goals is to glorify the Lord and spread His love through my scrapbooking, so talk about enlarging my territory!! 

For those of you that aren't familiar with Faithbooking or Scrapbooking your faith...

Faithbooking is:

• A means to express our faith. A journey of faith
• The ability to capture life’s lessons that God teaches us.
• A way to remember God’s faithfulness and presence in our daily lives.
• An eternal legacy for our children
• A witnessing tool
• An incredible, permanent reminder of our God Moments and His hand in our lives.
• Obedience to God’s command to remember what he has done for us. (Ps. 78:4)
• Scripture, Thoughts, Prayers, Blessings, Memories, Letters, and Stories combined with our photographs to always remember our personal, spiritual journey with the Lord.

You can find much more info about Faithbooking on the Faithfully Yours website.

I was introduced today on the Faithfully Yours Blog so if you have a moment, stop by and check out today's post ... Glorify the Lord in All You Do .  You will see some of my work and learn some new things about me.

Faithfully Yours has their own line of scrapbooking products.  The added faith element to their designs makes them different from all others.  I'll be sharing some pages created with their products in the upcoming weeks.

Thanks for stopping by.  Blessings to you.