All Your Care

I ran across a challenge site called Word Art Wednesday that offers a Scripture digi each week to use on a card or project.  I loved this week's verse so I just had to play along!

Some of you may know that my Mom had a stroke a few months ago.  I've been helping with her speech therapy at home and one of the things we are working on is memorizing verses that she knew before the stroke affected her speech and memory.  This is one of the verses that I chose for her, and it is one that she can now say without hesitation.  Considering that she cannot get through a sentence without hesitation 99% of the time, this is quite an accomplishment and such a testimony to me that in spite of what she has gone through, her feet are still planted firmly on the Rock - Jesus Christ - the One she has loved and served now for over 70 years.

The beautiful flowers on the card are from the Flourishes set "Autumn Blossoms" and the card is "fall"-ish for the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge.

Blessings!

Tricia

3 of 100

Sentiment:  Verve Plain Jane

Paper:  My Minds Eye

SU Boho Blossom Punch, MFT Monarch Border Die-Namics (Leaves)

Grace

Today's card isn't flat enough to mail without extra postage, so I'll put it in my "special cards for special people" pile and mail it with a package.  I used a new stamp set today -- one called "Grace" by Our Daily Bread Designs, and I made the card for this week's Shining the Light inspiration challenge.  I decided to use the colors from pictures 1 and 2.   I colored my image with copics and then added a little prismacolor pencil to the top.

SIMPLE TIP:

To tone down the white paper I had stamped my image on, I colored it with YR000 and then went around the edges with E41.  This helped it to blend with the ivory base layer and helped the flowers to "pop" off the page a little. : )

Hang in There

Oh, I just love this little bear!!! I really wanted to make a card with him today, and I had a few challenges that I wanted to play in, too. Well, everything worked out and I was able to use this card for all three challenges! That never happens for me!!

The theme for my card is encouragement - so that fits Deedee's Happy Monday challenge. I think I'm going to send it to a friend who's money situation is pretty tight right now. I love the verse on the card! It's from Deedee's Trust in the Lord set, and the bear is from the Hang in There set.

The layout for my card is this week's Sweet Stop Challenge. It really came together fairly easily... which doesn't always happen. Maybe I did something wrong??? LOL!

And, finally, I chose the colors for the sketch based on the colors in a bag in an inspiration photo on Splitcoast. (It's the brown, blue and pink one in front of the bike.)

And there you have it!

Happy Saturday! I hope you'll have a wonderful one!

Blessings!

Tricia

Such a Good Reminder

This card is for a dear friend of ours that just had a hip replacement. Since it was going to a guy I tried to keep the frills to a minimum, but I couldn't resist a few scallops. :-) I just love the colors of this paper from TAC. The richness of the colors are perfect for a verse that is so rich in promise and application. I used some tiny brads to accent the front of the card. I'm so glad I got them in every color. I love them!! Oh - the stamp is from Clear Dollar Stamps... Phil 4:6-7

Thanks for stopping by and for all your sweet comments. You encourage me!!

Blessings,

Tricia

GraceWorks Stamping

One of the prizes that the ladies could earn with the points from the 28 day challenge on the GraceWorks blog was handstamped notecards with Scripture verses. I was blessed to get this beautiful pansy set from Stampin' Up during my month as hostess of our Stampers 10 club, and I paired it with a verse from Verve. All the cards I sent out had the pansy on them, but they weren't all quite this involved. This just happened to be the last one I made and I just used up some scraps that were on my desk. lol!!

Are you interested in taking our next challenge?? September 28th starts the "Like Merchants Ships - Mastering your Menus" challenge. This seems like an area we can all use a little enouragement in, and we'd love to have you join us!!

Blessings!

Tricia