Be Joyful

Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. Be anxious for nothing, but in EVERYTHING by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the PEACE OF GOD, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:4-7

These are verses I memorized years ago and they are written on my heart. There are times when I still need to remember not to be anxious, but I eventually listen to my heart saying these verses. I didn't really understand what the "peace of God" was until I experienced it. It's having peace inside you, even when you're going through heartbreaking situations and trials. It does "surpass ALL understanding" and you know it comes from GOD alone. Praise the Lord for His wonderful promises!


I love, love, love what I do. I am passionate about the things I create and the talents God has placed in me. I SO appreciate the time you take to look at my things and the comments you all leave me!

Blessings to you!

Kathy

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

ODBDSLC157 - A Prayer, Blessing or Encouraging Scripture

Happy Tuesday everyone!

It's time for a new Shining the Light Challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs!

This week's challenge is: To use a a prayer, blessing, or encouraging scripture

To make the challenge even more fun, we will be giving out a prize, a $15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Sunday, June 9 at 8 p.m. EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced next challenge.


As a way of recognizing those who do use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award . In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, June 9 at 8 p.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword ODBDSLC157. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.


Here's my card for the challenge this week!




I love white, black and yellow together!  For my card, I used the Romantic Floral Designs and Thank You Sets.  I love the way the Romantic Floral Designs Set coordinates with the Labels 26 Dies.  I made this into a frame for the Scripture by die cutting the middle with Labels 1 Dies.  The black mat is cut with Decorative Labels 1 and the card base is made from Labels 1.  Really easy card to put together!   I really love the font on the Scripture, so beautiful!

These are the sets I used:






Card recipe:

Stamps: Romantic Floral Designs, Thank You (ODBD)
Paper: Whisper White, Black, Whitewash Butter Churn (Core'dinations)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine)
Accessories: Adhesive pearls (Recollections), ribbon, flowers (Michaels), Labels 1, 26, Decorative Labels 1 (Spellbinders), Bow-Easy

For more inspiration this week, please visit my design teammates to see their gorgeous creations!  We also have a new guest designer for June, Cheryl Scrivens, who is one amazing and talented lady!  I can't wait to see her creations this month!

Cheryl Scrivens, Guest Designer

Diana Nguyen



I'm submitting this to the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday #82 - Anything Goes
No Matter Which Challenge #10 - Bingo - Ribbon/Flowers/Bow
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes
Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Challenge #59 - Anything Goes


Thanks for stopping by today!

Blessings!

Kathy


 

11 comments:

  1. The framing of your wonderful verse is gorgeous, Kathy! Love the colors and your beautiful ribbon and flower accent! Hugs!

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  2. What a gorgeous card Kathy!! I just love the black and yellow combo with the layering. Your framing of the verse is stunning!!
    So elegant!!!
    hugs,
    Chris

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  3. That black just makes the card really pop! Love your polka dot ribbon and flower accent!

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  4. Kathy,
    The contrasts are magnificent. What a beautiful card.
    Thank you so much for taking time out your day to post your beautiful art with us again this week, at Word Art Wednesday, June is a very busy month for everyone.
    Blessings,
    Carole Robb Bisson
    Word Art Wednesday

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  5. Wow, Kathy! Just stunning, and an awesome color combination. Your cards always amaze me, and I feel SO blessed that you include our challenge blog in your posts. It's a blessing to me to have you as part of the WAW family, and I pray that God will bless you for the way you support us and play along in our challenges. Hope all is well with you, and keep in touch! Thanks for sharing this WONDERFUL card with us this week.
    Karen
    Word Art Wednesday

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  6. I love those contrasting colors! Lovely card!

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  7. Gorgeous card. Love the color combo also and the pretty layers.

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  8. very lovely, thanx for joining us at NMWC and good luck, hugs, Marion

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  9. What a gorgeous card Kathy!!
    Hugs Danica

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  10. These stamps are just gorgeous....I love how you have used them! Just beautiful x
    Hugs Nikki x

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