Word Art Wednesday #97

Welcome to Word Art Wednesday.  This week's word art comes form the Book of Colossians...

Our speech is an index of our character. How we say what we say can make a big difference.  Our speech should reflect the grace of God in our lives. It should be a witness to all those we encounter

I used a photo of myself on my layout today.  The photo was taken when I was speaking at Vacation Bible School this summer.  

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 word 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 sponsors  Nice Crane Designs and Digi Darla's.

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Word Art Wednesday #96

Hi, welcome to this week's Word Art Wednesday challenge.  This week's word is from the Book of Isaiah...

Patiently waiting on the Lord reflects an attitude of trusting and hoping in Him.  There is no place for faith if we expect God to immediately fulfil His promises.   But those who faithfully wait on the Lord are renewed in strength, so that they can continue to serve Him while they wait for His promises to be realized.

My Dad love eagles and he has all sorts of eagle figurines and statues all over the house.  Living in Philadelphia, of course he's an Eagles fan too.  So on a visit to Busch Gardens years ago, he and TJ had to take a photo with the resident eagle...

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 word 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 sponsors  Jelly Park and Verve Stamps.

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MFP Scrapbook Challenge #30

It's the last Mark's Finest Papers SpeedyTV scrapbook challenge for August and time for another one of our favorite "Anything Goes" challenges. That's right, you can create whatever type of layout you want, the only requirement is that you must use stamps on your page.  

You can use any type of stamps you wish, but if you use Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co stamps, you will receive an additional entry in the drawing for a chance to win our weekly stamp prize for August. We have a new challenge every Thursday so be sure to stop by each week.

One blessed winner will receive our August stamp. This is the last week for a chance to win this stamp so I would love to have you join us.

I have another Uncle photo for you today.  This time it's my grandmother's brother, my Great Uncle Dudley.  He lived in Detroit, Michigan and I met him once or twice when I was a little girl.  I don't have any recollection of him,  but I do remember that every time we went to Detroit we got to drink some wonderful gingerale called Vernors. Uncle Dudley was a chauffeur so I'm assuming the car in the photo belonged to the person he drove for.   My grandmother changed the names on this photo.  The original name written, Loyd, was Dudley's brother.  I'm wondering if he is the other man in the photo.  I used a sentiment stamp from the MFP Cowgirl's Rule set on my page.

I can't wait to see what you create for this week's challenge! To be eligible to win the August stamp be sure to link your page to MFPSpeedyTV Scrapbook Challenge #30  and mention the MFPSpeedyTV Scrapbook Challenge in your blog post. You have until 9:00 pm on Wednesday September 4th to submit your layouts.

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Word Art Wednesday #95

Hi, welcome to this week's Word Art Wednesday challenge.  This week's word is from the Book of John.

What an amazing promise!  Those who accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior become children of God.  Membership in God's family is by grace alone, it is the gift of God.  It cannot be earned by anything we do, God gives this gift freely to all those that receive him and believe on his name.

Today's layout is of my uncle, Wayne, my mother's brother that was closest to her in age. He was a preacher, a true son of God.  He wasn't with us long, he went to be with God in his 40's,  but he spent his short time here doing God's work.  I spent time with  my uncle during my early college years right before he passed away and he he taught me a lot about selflessness.  He was a pillar in his community. He always put others first.  If he saw a need, he would try to fill it, even if it meant he and his family would go without.  I am so blessed to have know him.

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 word 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 sponsors Blue Moon Scrapbooking (offering a $20 gift certificate to their wonderful store full of scrapbooking supplies) and My Heart Pieces.

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Uncle Clint

It's time for the weekly scrapbook challenge at Mark's Finest Papers SpeedyTV. 

  

This week's challenge is an embellishment challenge.  The challenge is to use at least 3 embellishements plus stamps on your page.

You can use any type of stamps you wish, but if you use Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co stamps you will receive an additional entry in the drawing for a chance to win our weekly stamp prize for August.  We have a new challenge every Thursday so be sure to stop by each week.

Each week in August one blessed person will win this beautiful stamp...

 

Another treasure from my grandmother's album. This photo had  "Uncle Clint" written on it. Who is Uncle Clint?  I have no idea, but I'm going to try to find out.   I left a spot on my layout to add some journaling just in case.  I used 2 MFP stamp sets on my page, Ivy and Blossoms  and  Presents.

I can't wait to see what you create for this week's challenge! To be eligible to win the August stamp be sure to link your page to MFPSpeedyTV Scrapbook Challenge #29  and mention the MFPSpeedyTV Scrapbook Challenge in your blog post. You have until 9:00 pm on Wednesday August 28th to submit your layouts.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Blessings to you!

Word Art Wednesday #94

Hi!  Welcome back to Word Art Wednesday.  This weeks word is from 1 Timothy...

Today's verse is part of the often misquoted  passage of scripture that talks about the love of money.  1 Timothy 6:6-10 reads...

But godliness with contentment is great gain.  For we brought nothing into the world and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.  People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.  For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.  Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.  1Timothy 6:6-10


Our society today seems to value things over everything else.  The more you have ...money and possessions...the better you are.  It 's so easy to feel discontent when you are just getting by, or living from paycheck to paycheck struggling to pay your bills.  When you feel yourself growing discontent remember that pursuing money is a dead-end prospect.  Remind yourself that while God won't supply all your wants, he will supply your needs.  Then let love for God - rather than love for money -rule your heart and you will discover that you have true riches.

My mother's family didn't have a lot in the way of material things while she was growing up, but they had their love for God and they had each other.  When I look my grandmother's old photos,  I  don't see pictures of anguish and despair, instead I see photos of joy and contentment.  A contentment that only comes from love for God.

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 word 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 Heart and Soul Rubber Stamp Co..

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Happy Birthday!!

It's time for the weekly scrapbook challenge at Mark's Finest Papers SpeedyTV. 

  

This week's challenge is anything goes!!  That's right,  you can create a layout about whatever you want, the only requirement is that you use a stamp on your layout.

You can use any type of stamps you wish, but if you use Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co stamps you will receive an additional entry in the drawing for a chance to win our weekly stamp prize for August.  We have a new challenge every Thursday so be sure to stop by each week.

Each week in August one blessed person will win this beautiful stamp...

 

The design team was challenged to use a stamp set from the MFP August Release for this challenge and the set I used is an Asian themed set titled  Lucky You.  My Curves workout buddies treated me to lunch at a Chinese restaurant for my birthday in June, so I had the perfect photo to go with the stamps.  The Asian themed paper I used is from a 2004 Club Scrap kit.

I can't wait to see what you create for this week's challenge! To be eligible to win the August stamp be sure to link your page to MFPSpeedyTV Scrapbook Challenge #28  and mention the MFPSpeedyTV Scrapbook Challenge in your blog post. You have until 9:00 pm on Wednesday August 21st to submit your layouts.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Blessings to you!