Sweet N' Sassy Turns Five

  My soul, wait thou only upon God for my expectation is from him. Psalm 62:5

  Happy Birthday, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps!

Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps is celebrating its fifth birthday, and I'm honored to be joining in the Birthday Blog Hop! And, you have a chance to win a $15 store credit!
~There will be 4 random blog hop participants from whom one commenter will be selected to receive a $15 store credit. (Is this one of the four?)
~To be included in the drawings, your comment must be left by midnight EST Friday, Nov. 30
~The winners will be announced on the SNSS Blog on Saturday, Dec. 1 at 8am EST.

Project Details

   I love Sweet ‘n Sassy stamps because owners Dan and Korin Sutherland have set as their primary objective, honoring and serving the Lord Jesus Christ through the use of the gifts and talents He has given.
   I love the scripture stamp sets and lovely images that accompany many of the sets.  And if you like darling images that you can color, Korin is a gifited artist and has the most precious images which I know for certain you will see on the other stops on the hop. And, many of the images come in a digital format as well!
    The set I am using is called “Seasons of Change” and it is a beautiful and versatile set. It is one I have used over and over as our life as Christians is all about change( . . .and being transformed!). I’ve also used a scripture stamp from the “Wait on the Lord” set in the card’s interior.  (if  the “Season of Change” set is not available in the store, please be patient: it will be soon!) The set also has a coordinating die which I’ve used on the interior of this card as well. 

Stamps: Sweet' 'n Sassy Stamps Seasons of Change (Dinah Kowal) and Wait on the Lord

Ink: SU Chocolate Chip craft; Ranger Distress Tea Stain, Dusty Durango

Paper: Riding Hood Red, Kraft

Designer Paper: Bo Bunny Forever Fall

Accessories: Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Seasons of Change dies; leaf accents; Memory Box Orchard Tree and Debutante Frame dies, SU lattice embossing folder, Spellbinders Lattice Rectangle Die.

Be sure to stop in and visit the blogs below and leave your comment for a chance to win an SNSS store credit. Thanks for stopping in!

Blessings! jme ~ SDG

And the angel said. . .

And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy 
that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David
a Savior, who is Christ the Lord." Luke 2:10-11

ODBD Shining the Light Challenge #132

Deck the Halls! This week, the Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge Team challenges YOU to include an ornament or something that hangs on your project!

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 Sunday, Dec. 2 at 8 p.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!

Lori Ulrich * Chris Olsen

Rosemary Dennis  * Jan Keen 
 Kathy Roney and. . 
November Guest Design Team Member Barbara Pace

Project Details

The challenge is to include an ornament or something that hangs on your project! My project hangs and is the ornament! It was fun and easy to make. 

Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs Christmas Flourished Verses; It is Well With My Soul Background Stamp

Ink: VersaMark, Ranger Distress Antique Linen, Tea Stain, VersaFine Onxy

Paper: Ivory

Designer Paper: Repurposed wrapping paper

Accessories: Assorted pearls and beads, Stampendous PearlLustre Champagne Embossing Powder, Spellbinders Scallop Circle, Standard Circle and Labels 14 Dies; Ribbon

Notes: There are four layers in the sandwich that makes up the gold ring; two gold layers, and two lightweight cardboard pieces for stability. Using a magnetic sheet to hold the dies in place is the key to ensuring all pieces are the same size.

 Challenges:

• Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light Challenge 132

Blessings! jme ~ SDG

Praise His Glorious Name. . .

"Our God, we give you thanks and praise your glorious name." 1 Chronicles 29:13

ODBD Shining the Light Challenge #131

This week, the Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge Team challenges YOU to craft a holiday project: Thanksgiving or Christmas, your choice!

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 Sunday, Nov. 25 at 8 p.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!

Lori Ulrich * Chris Olsen *

Rosemary Dennis  * Jan Keen * Kathy Roney  
and. . November Guest Design Team Member Barbara Pace

Project Details

This year, for the first time in many, many years, Thanksgiving dinner will be at our home. I'm so excited (and a little bit nervous, too as this is the first time we've had "company" in our new home!) In preparation, I've made a few place cards for my guests. I wanted to have a bit of fun, but also properly acknowledge the source of all blessings: our sovereign Lord!
 
Before the Lord gave me a new heart and a new purpose in life, Thanksgiving was my least favorite holiday. It was always cold and dreary, the days were short, turkey was on the menu, and I'd eat too much and feel miserable.

So what's changed? Me, by the grace of God. The scales are removed from eyes; my deaf ears are opened; the heart of stone replaced with a heart of flesh: in short, I have been transformed and am a new creature!! Now I LOVE Thanksgiving, even though it should be our way of life as Christians and not reserved for a single day of the year, especially since there is no way to get through the list of things for which we are thankful in a single day!
There is certainly not room in this blog post to even begin my list, so I will include only that for which I am most thankful. I am thankful to the Lord for purposing to save a people unto Himself for all eternity, through Jesus Christ, the only mediator, the only Savior, the only way of reconciliation!! I am thankful for His amazing grace!! 

Wishing you a blessed Thanksgiving Day as you reflect upon the manifold goodness of the Lord!

Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs: Randi's Song and Thank You

Ink: SU Dusty Durango, Early Espresso; Ranger Distress Antique Linen

Paper: Kraft, Old Olive, Dusty Durango, Naturals Ivory

Designer Paper:  None

Accessories: Spellbinder Labels 17 and Memory Box Tender Leaves dies, Cuttlebug owl embossing folder; computer

Blessings! jme ~ SDG 

No eye has seen. . .

  No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind conceived what God has 

prepared for those who love Him. 1 Corinthians 2:9

ODBD Shining the Light Challenge #130

This week, the Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge Team challenges YOU to use gold or silver on your project!!

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 Sunday, Nov. 18 at 8 p.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!

Lori Ulrich * Chris Olsen

Rosemary Dennis  * Jan Keen * Kathy Roney
and. . November Guest Design Team Member Barbara Pace

Project Details

Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs Scripture Series 3

Ink: Versa Mark, Ranger Distress Antique Linen, Colorbox gold

Paper: SU Early Espresson, Naturals Ivory; metallic gold

Designer Paper: Bo Bunny Forever Fall, Paper Bliss Timeless Elements (vellum)

Accessories: Prima e. flowers, Tattered Angels gold glimmer mist, Spellbinders standard circles and labels 18 dies, Memory Box Vivienne Butterfly, Ava Creative Pewter Pearls, brads, Cheery Lynn French Pastry Die, Stampendous Pearl Lustre Champagne embossing powder. 

Challenges:

• Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light Challenge 130

Blessings! jme ~ SDG

Great is thy faithfulness. . .

But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;  they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,“therefore I will hope in him.” Lamentations 3:22-23

ODBD Shining the Light Challenge #129

This week, with winter on its way and maybe even some snow (somewhere in the world, but NOT in my desert town!) the Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge Team wants to see your all white works of art!!

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 Sunday, Nov. 11 at 8 p.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!

Lori Ulrich * Chris Olsen

Rosemary Dennis  * Jan Keen * Kathy Roney  
and. . November Guest Design Team Member Barbara Pace

Project Details 

The book of Lamentations is such a powerful book, written by the prophet Jeremiah as he mourns over the coming captivity of Israel (the northern kingdom) and the impending conquer of Jerusalem . Or, as Bible commentator Mathew Henry writes,

 . . We have this lamentation in which the miseries of Jerusalem are bitterly bewailed and her present deplorable condition is aggravated by comparing it with her former prosperous state; all along, sin is acknowledged and complained of as the procuring cause of all these miseries; and God is appealed to for justice against their enemies and applied to for compassion towards them. . .

 
I chose this stamp set for this week's winter white challenge because it reminds us that in the deep of winter, those who are the Lord's, are not without hope. Though we may be blinded and cold, we must admonish our souls and stand fast on the promises of the Lord, remembering that the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is His faithfulness! 

Randi's Song

 This set was produced a couple of year's ago in honor of ODBD Design Team member Randi Barrett who, despite many surgeries and treatments for the cancer that ravages her body, praises the Lord and rejoices in His goodness and mercies and is truly a testimony to the grace that is found only through the Lord Jesus Christ. Please do keep her and her family in your prayers.

Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs Randi's Song

Ink: Versamark

Paper: Metallic White

Designer Paper: None

Accessories: Cuttlebug Modern Wallpaper embossing folder, Spellbinders Lattice Border and Reverse Scallop Square Dies, Pearls, Stampendous Gold Embossing Powder.

 Challenges:  

• Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light Challenge 129
• Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge #164
• Word Art Wednesday Challenge # 52

Blessings! jme ~ SDG