Her works earn her praise. . .

Give her the reward she has earned and let her works earn her praise.
Proverbs 31:31

ODBD Shining the Light Challenge #111

Since June is known as the wedding month…This week the Our Daily Bread Challenge team is challenging you to make a project using something old, something new, something borrowed or gifted, and something blue.


Old = Button
New = Designer Paper
Gifted = Flower ribbon
Blue =  paper and butterfly and pearls 

To make the challenge even more fun, we will be giving out a $15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! And, if you use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing one to two creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. All submissions must be added to Mr. Linky by Friday, June 15 at 8 a.m. EST. Complete details are available on the ODBD blog.

Please take a bit of time to visit  my fellow challenge team members blogs, you'll be blessed!

Debi Southard * Lori Ulrich * Chris Olsen

Rosemary Dennis  * Jan Keen * Kathy Roney

Project Details 

Isn't this designer paper from Prima so encouraging and cheerful? I love the sun peeking down, the darling bicycle and the happy sunflowers (well, at least they look happy!!)  Reminds me of when the Son (Our Lord Jesus) shines on His brethern and just how warm and happy we feel as we lift our faces to behold His glory! He just sets us free to fly above our earthly cares and soar with Him as we mediate upon the joys of heaven and the eternal state: bliss that is indescribable, yet certain.  So with renewed vigor, we press on. . .we get back on that bicycle and pedal forward "for this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison," as we are told in 2 Corinthians 4:17. 

So dear one, if you are struggling this day, look to the Son, take heart and put your hand to the task before you, and when it is done, move on to the next, knowing that soon, you will bask in the light of His presence when you receive the reward you have earned by walking in the works that He has prepared for you, in the strength that He provides! 

Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs Happy Mothers Day, Two-Step Butterfly

Ink: Stampin' Up! Early Espresso, Ranger Distress Antique Linen and Frayed Burlap

Paper: SU Crumb Cake

Designer Paper: Prima Sun Kiss

Accessories: Tulle, vintage button (my grandmothers' ~ both of them), Really Reasonable Ribbon flower gifted by Gloria Stengel (Scraps of Life), glimmer mist, Zva Creative Pearls, Spellbinders Labels 20.

Challenges:

• Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light Challenge 111
• Stampendous Summertime Weekly Challenge Roundup
• Word Art Wednesday #31  Isn't Proverbs 31:31 just perfect for challenge #31? :D
• Stampin Sisters in Christ #142 
•  Isaiah 40:26— “Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one and calls forth each of them by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.”

Blessings! jme ~ SDG