For some reason, I have very few 4th of July decorations for my home. I decided to add to my measly collection when I saw the Color Challenge at www.heart2heartchallenges.blogspot.com. The challenge is to use Barn Red, Bamboo and any Blue in your project.
I chose Moonstruck as my blue to brighten up the other 2 colors. I had a few leftover pieces from the Mix &
Mingle album and decided to put them to good use as a wall hanging. I used 2 clear acrylic and 1 chipboard piece. You can click on the image to see it more clearly. I added white to the mix by embossing some of the stars. The other stars were either stamped or cut out of the patterned paper that I also used for the letters. I am happy with my project and hope you enjoy it as well!
Close To My Heart Supplies used
Cardstock: Barn Red, Bamboo, Moonstruck
Patterned Paper: Fanfare
White Embossing Powder
Shining Star Stamp Set
Mix & Mingle Album Kit
Stardust Glitz
Cranberry and Moonstruck Ink
Other Supplies
Crinkle Ribbon from My Craft Spot
Versamark Ink
White Galaxy Marker
This card came together so easily and I love how it looks as though the background the scripture was stamped on was made perfectly for it. Of course, the clear stamps made the placement of the scripture so simple. This inspired stamps scripture is from the Strength stamp set. The set includes 3 scriptures and a sentiment that are great for encouragement cards.
Be sure you check out my fellow Design Team members' blogs this week. I have links to them on the side of my blog or you can go to www.inspiredstamps.blogspot.com on Thursday and all the photos will be shown.
Other supplies Close To My Heart patterned paper/ink/card stock
Twine
Recollections die cut bird
Stickles
Simple Stories journaling tag
Stars from Walmart
This is such a fun birthday card! The font used for the Inspired Stamps sentiment and scripture just say
PARTY! Both the scripture inside and the sentiment outside are from the Birthday Stamp Set.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
The Song
Blessed Be Your Name by Matt Redman
My Thoughts
David was often on the road marked with suffering. Notice I did not say the road was CALLED suffering. David’s road was filled with the mightiest triumphs as well as the most horrific tragedies, yet he was able to call his Lord blessed whether “the sun was shining down” on him or he was “found in the desert place”. If you believe your circumstances are the worst anyone has ever endured and you have the right to call God unjust, then just read a little about David’s life in the books of Samuel.
How auspicious was his introduction in the Bible. He was hand-picked by God and officially anointed to be the King of Israel by the prophet Samuel. Oh my, he was going to be special, he’d be on Easy Street! As a boy, he faced giants while men cowered in their tents. What a mighty warrior he would be, his road was Victory. He sat at the feet of the King he would succeed and played his harp to sooth the kings soul. What talent he possessed as he traveled on the road of Good Fortune.
But then, rocks appeared on his road to the kingship, thrown there by the very one his music had soothed. He was driven to run for his life and to live in caves like an animal, not just for a few days but for years. Still he could sing “blessed be your name on the road marked with suffering, though there is pain in the offering, blessed be your name.” He lost his dearest, most trusted friend and it seemed he had no one to turn to, yet his Lord was right beside him and could see the glorious end of the road even when David could not. Because of God’s protection and mercy, David often blessed the name of the Lord in the Psalms he wrote.
Even when David seemed to have finally achieved the road of Triumph, he chose to sin with the bathing beauty Bathsheba and then send her husband to his death. Yet, David turned to the Lord in the midst of his hideous sin and found healing and forgiveness. Even in the face of his family tragedies-a failed marriage, incest, loss of an infant son and on and on, David blessed the Lord, his Maker.
And we whine when our plans get changed. We complain when traffic is too heavy. We turn our backs on our heavenly Father when the pain becomes too much. But that same Father is standing beside us on the road waiting to lead us over the rocks of pain. He wants to comfort us on the path of grief. You see, the road God has given us is not named Suffering, the road we are on is called Life and that path will have other roads marked with happiness, roads marked with grief, roads marked with triumph and even roads marked with suffering. But Father can see the end of the road! He knows that if we choose to bless Him in all of our circumstances, then we will find the journey will lead us straight into a heavenly home where every painful, plodding step will be forgotten. This road we are on is not leading us to the end of our life, it is taking us to our Eternal Life!
Your Response
Bless the Lord oh my soul and all that is within me bless His holy name!
A BIG THANK YOU to my creative friend Colleen at http://scrappycol.blogspot.com/ for bestowing my first blog award on me! You must go check out her awesome creations. She's an amazing Copic artist!
One of the provisions of the award is to share 7 random things about myself and pass the award on to 8 blogger friends. Here are some facts about me:
I was in THREE school choirs my Senior year of high school-yes, my school day was a breeze! Show Choir, Concert Choir, Acapella Choir and a couple of academic classes.
I LOVE the color pink.
My fave movies of all time are Mr. Mom and Princess Bride.
My fave book of all time is Jane Eyre.
I still love to color-but with Copics now that I'm grown up!
I am married to my high school sweetheart.
I desperately am waiting for my first son and Daughter-in-love to give me a granddaughter since I have 3 SONS.
I would like to pass this blog award along to these fantastic crafters, please visit their blogs and see what I mean!
1. Amy at http://www.paisleysplayhouse.blogspot.com/
2. Antoinette at http://www.inspiredstamps.blogspot.com
3. Kimberly at http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.com/
4. Emma at http://www.creativetimeforme.com/
5. Deneen at http://www.apathofpaper.blogspot.com/
6. Shana at http://www.scrapinshana.blogspot.com/
7. Melissa at http://www.theprofoundbrunette.blogspot.com/
8. Jenn at http://www.stampinstampede.blogspot.com/
Woo Hoo! Our first official Design Team Assignment from Inspired Stamps. Our instructions were to use flower stamps and a scripture stamp. I also added this sweet little praying tot. I used Copics to color in all of the images after stamping them. Be patient with me, I am slowly learning the ins and outs of Copics. I had to add a little design to our girl's nighty so I used the tiny flower to perk it up. Her eyes got a little extra sparkle with the tiny blue pearls. The Inspired
Stamps are so easy to work with and stamp so cleanly-love them!
