Gracious Glimpse

We're going Back to School in just a few days over at Christian Paper Crafts with the opening of this month's Design Team Delights Gallery. . .are you ready? To help you get prepared, we're showing a few Gracious Glimpses of some of the projects in the Gallery and today's my turn.

The gallery opens on Monday, Aug. 15 and then we have a blog link up for you to join in the fun on Monday, Aug. 22. For the details, visit the CPC Blog. Have a blessed day!

I just loved these little blackboards and wanted to something with them, so here's what I did. . .

These can be used for gifts for teachers, for lockers, or for table decorations. They're very simple to craft, but you will need to emboss the sentiment or the ink will never set and will continue to smear (yes, I learned the hard way!) They could be embellished with buttons or other trinkets, but I liked them left plain!

PROJECT DETAILS

Stamps: Stampin Up! Elegant Inspirations, Our Daily Bread Designs Light of the World

Ink: White Craft Ink

Accessories: Mini blackboards from craft supply, White Embossing Powder, Embossing buddy (antistatic)

Technique: Stamping and Heat Embossing

Have a blessed day!

Prayer the Lord Hears

Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 1 John 5:15

Crafted for several challenges including the Christian Paper Crafts Bible Verse Thursday Challenge #116" "Your challenge is to make a project that reflects quietness, and/or peacefulness that time alone in prayer with God gives you. "

Quietness portrayed by a lone bird, sitting on a limb as the snow softly falls, expectantly waiting. . .as should we who are the Lord's. He promises to hear and answer the prayers of His people and we are to watch expectantly, continually giving thanks, knowing that He will answer, not always in the way we expect but ALWAYS in the way that is best for our eternal good and His glory!

This is also entered into the Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light Challenge 68 to use the phrase or a word from the phrase as inspiration: "You're a grand old flag, you're a high flying flag."
You can use a  flag, something flying, something high or grand..... the bird flies and our prayers are lifted to heaven.

CARD DETAILS

Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs Scripture Collection #3

Card Stock: SU Soft Suede, Very Vanilla

Designer Paper: None

Ink: Ranger Distress Antique Linen, SU Soft Suede

Accessories: Sizzix Birds w/Leaves and Flowers Die, SU Tulip and Northern Hearts Embossing Folders, Zva Creative Flourishes and Gems, Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 1, Gold Shimmer Mist

Technique: Die cutting, embossing, sponging, layering

Challenges:

• Christian Paper Crafts BVT 116 Bible Verse Thursday 116
  
• Paper Pretties PWC163 Use Embossing
• Sugar Creek Hollow Wing Things
• Our Daily Bread Designs
•  Shining the Light Challenge #68 ODBDSLC68  Phrase Inspiration

Fruit of the Spirit

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Galatians 5:22-23

In opening up this week's Christian Paper Crafts Bible Verse Thursday Challenge Hostess Abby says, "In this scripture, the word 'fruit' refers to evidence of what is within. The fruit of the spirit are those characteristics, gracious habits, or spiritual fruits that reflect the glory of God through attitude, action and application."

She adds, "Notice the scripture doesn’t say 'fruits' of the spirit, but rather 'fruit'. The nine stand together: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control and make up our walk with God. We will enjoy a bountiful harvest of spiritual fruit when we yield to God and allow His Spirit to work in us as we travel on life’s journey. Just as we reap the benefits from fresh fruit; those around us will reap the benefits of our spiritual fruit."

So. . .this card illustrates the gracious working of the Holy Spirit in the hearts and lives of believers. The different manifestations of the fruit of the Spirit in our life are represented by the different varieties of apples that are filling up and overflowing. May we be such a vessel for the Lord, full and overflowing with the fruit of the Spirit that we might be a sweet smelling fragrance to those who are being called to salvation!

CARD DETAILS
The background pattern was made by inking up the acrylic stamp blocks and stamping directly onto the paper. It was then trimmed and embossed. This wasn't intended to be a background, just a technique practice, but it looked workable and saved paper. This is the CPC Fun on Friday Challenge.

The main image was colored with Prismacolor pens and SU watercolor crayons using a blender pen. I added a bit of glitter to a couple of the apples. Portions were fussy cut so that the Out of the Box technique could be used with a Spellbinders Nestabilities Die. The result is that part of the image is die cut and part is "out of the box" meeting the CPC Clean and Simple Saturday challenge.

Card Stock: Old Olive, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White

Designer Paper: None

Ink: Old Olive, Ranger Distress Faded Lipstick, Bashful Blue

Accessories: Twill Tape, Ribbon, Hodgepodge Hardware, Sizzix Dots Embossing Folder, Spellbinders Nestabilities Reverse Scallop Squares, Acrylic Block, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, Blender Pen, Watercolor Crayons, Prisma color pens

Technique: Stamping, Coloring, Acrylic Blocks, Out of the Box, Fussy Cutting

Challenges:  

• Christian Paper Crafts Challenges:
  ~Clean and Simple Saturday 35 "Out of the Box"
  ~Bible Verse Thursday 114 "Fruit of the Spirit"
  ~Fun on Friday 113 "Use Your Acrylic Blocks"
• Flourishes Farm Fresh Challenge FLLCJUL11.

Free Indeed!

If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed." John 8:36

 Christian Paper Crafts WCA111 {7/6/2011} CASER'S CHOICE 
 In celebration of Independence Day in the United States (July 4), this week for our Wednesday CASE Artist Challenge at Christian Paper Crafts, you are free to choose ANYTHING from the entire gallery to CASE. Although this particular holiday is celebrated only in the United States, the freedom represented by this week’s sample is the freedom from slavery and bondage to sin; the freedom to please and obey God; the freedom that is available to people of every tribe, tongue and nation; and that is the freedom available to all who will repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ! 

CHALLENGE SPECIFICS
This is your invitation to join in our free for all/Caser’s Choice and to be inspired by anything you find in the gallery at Christian Paper Crafts. So take a look and create a card, scrapbook page or project inspired by what you see. Be sure not to copy exactly: make it your own!  When uploading your card or project to the Christian Paper Crafts gallery, please use the keyword WCA111 (no spaces or commas).  When posting anywhere else online, please use the keyword CPC-WCA111. Have a blessed day!

 CARD DETAILS
The sample, and clones, were crafted (after casing the CPC gallery using the search term "July") to serve double duty: as new table signs to accompany church decorations, and then to be sent to our boys who are serving in the military. The card was created in Stampin' UP's My Digital Studio. Swatches of the Designer Paper were printed, trimmed, edged, inked and adhered to a basic black cardstock. The scripture was done the same way. This card was created in My Digital Studio originally. I then printed out swatches of the Designer Paper, trimmed, edged, inked and adhered to a basic black cardstock.

Font: CK Becky
Paper: Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Riding Hood Red
Card Stock & Designer Paper: Toucan Scraps Worn Well, SU Blueberry Crisp, Distressed Crumb Cake, Red Riding Hood Striped, Basic Black Dotted Stripe.
Ink: HP Printer, Ranger Distress Antique Linen, Versa Fine Onyx
Accessories: Twine, Star buttons, star brads, Pinking wheel
Challenges:  

•  Christian Paper Crafts Wednesday CASE Artist 111
• Sugar Creek Hollow : Celebrate With Your Country's Colors
• Our Creative Corner Last Minute Holiday Project

Have a blessed week!

God Turns My Darkness Into Light

You, O Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light. Psalm 18:28

Crafted for the Christian Paper Crafts Bible Verse Thursday Challenge 113. Abby, our challenge hostess says, "God’s Word, the Bible, is our lighthouse – a lamp for our feet….a light for our path, a beacon of light to help us find our way. We just need to look to it to be shown the right way. "

My card is an encouragement that for those who are trusting in Christ, that even during the darkest times of our life we can trust that our God is sovereign and has not forsaken us. . and more, is working through the circumstances to bring glory to His name and for the eternal good of those who are His.(Romans 8:28) He turns our darkness into light and He is the one who sustains us during difficult times. (Psalm 18:28)

It is also a clean and simple card. . .though it has a couple of layers. It also went together quickly (at least for me) at about 30 minutes!

DETAILS 

Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs Keep My Lamp Burning

Card Stock: Basic Black, Silver

Designer Paper: None

Ink: Versamark, Colorbox Silver

Accessories: White and Silver Embossing Powder, Embossing Buddy, Stars embossing folder, brads, rhinestone brad

Technique: Embossing

Challenges:  Christian Paper Crafts Bible Verse Thursday Challenge BVT113
                     Stampin Sisters in Christ, Challenge #96

Joy of the Lord

"The joy of the Lord is your strength." Nehemiah 8:40

Prepare yourself for plenty of pink and some lovely vintage images because that’s what you’re going to find in the gallery of this week’s Christian Paper Crafts Wednesday CASE Artist Christine. Christine is from Sweden and her love of pink comes from the signature color of the beauty products she uses for her artistic work on the canvas of the female face. .

Christine started scrapping late in 2007 and quickly made the transition to card making. Though she now thinks of herself as a card maker, Christine has recently resumed scrapbook layouts. She also loves coloring images and using vintage images, and doesn’t limit her crafting to cards and scrapbook layouts, but ventures into the world of altered art as well.

Christine is a stay-at-home mom with three children: two young adults and one still in her early teens. She did work, but retired after two car accidents. Christine says, “After struggling 10 years, I finally accepted that I have forever lost my active life. Nowadays I do what I can do and am happy about it. The good thing is that I’ve learned to trust that no matter what happens, God is the one who will never give me up. I’ve learned that instead of stirring at what I can't, what I don't have and what I can't get, to be grateful for all I do have!”

Christine also has a reminder for all of us, “Please give praise to God for the wonders He does every day, every second in our lives. Pray that the Holy Spirit would guide us and help us to see all those small wonders that happen in our daily life and in our surroundings. Pray that our focus not be on our failures but on all the good things and gifts God have given and planned in our lives.”

Christine has a strong faith, which she says, “is not because of me, but because of Him. I find strength in Him, who is my Savior.”

CHALLENGE SPECIFICS
This is your invitation to join me in honoring Christine and to be inspired by her lovely gallery. So take a look through the gallery of Christine and create a card, scrapbook page or project inspired by what you see there. Be sure not to copy exactly: make it your own! When uploading your card or project to the Christian Paper Crafts gallery, please use the keyword WCA110 (no spaces or commas and no commas, only spaces between keywords!). When posting anywhere else online, please use the keyword CPC-WCA110. Have a blessed day!

Grace for the Humble

"God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble." James 4:6

 Crafted for the Christian Paper Craft's Color Monday 114 Challenge. This peacock reminds me of a cartoon where one peacock says to another, "Why should I strut about? What do I have to be proud of; I didn't do anything to get these feathers?"  It's always a humbling reminder to me that everything we do have, every gift, every talent, has been given to us by our gracious heavenly Father. And it has been given to be used for His glory.  He despise the proud but gives grace to the humble. May He give grace that we might walk humbly before Him.

DETAILS
The main image panel on this card was a PAK (Providential Act of Kindness) from a dear CPC sister and after die cutting, I covered it with VersaMark and embossing powder to give texture and dimension.

Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs, Peacock PAK

Card Stock: Basic Black, White

Designer Paper: BasicGrey Curio

 Ink: Versa Fine Onyx, Versa Mark, Early Espresso

Accessories: Spellbinders Dies, Cuttlebug Dots embossing folder, porcelain rose, paper rose, homemade ribbon rose, Zva Creative and SU Pearls, White Pearls Embossing Powder

Technique: Stamping, Embossing

Challenges: Christian Paper Crafts Color Monday 114

Blessings!

Sweet Summertime Blog Hop

Looking for a bit of respite from the summer heat? Then take a meander along Christian Paper Crafts Sweet Summertime Blog Hop.

Each month Christian Paper Crafts offers several prizes for blog hop participants.  For members of Christian Paper Crafts, that includes a crafty prize generously donated by a fabulous company.  This month, Pink Persimmon has donated the versatile set Hello Vintage Girl for our member prize. There are also prizes for non-members! In order to be eligible for your prizes, you must have the Christian Paper Craft Blog Hop Badge on your sidebar.

To join in on our blog hop, you just need to make a NEW card or project that goes along with our theme ("Sweet Summertime") and add the direct link to your blog post about it to the link collection at the Christian Paper Crafts Blog (where you'll find all of the rules and the cool prizes).  The collection is only open from Wednesday, June 22 at 8:00 AM EST through Friday, May 24 at 11:59 PM EST. You may add your link at any time during that time.

The hop has some amazing summertime inspiration. . .head on over to the CPC Blog and see for yourself! The inspiration for my card came from a picture of a wedding cake in a CD album from Angela Coles that is in the June Sweet Summertime Design Team Delights Gallery.

DETAILS
Stamps: Verve (Inside)
Card Stock & Designer Paper: SU Very Vanilla
Ink: Ranger Distress Antique Linen
Accessories: Sizzix Flowers #5 Die; Brad, Cuttlebug Flowers Embossing Folder, Raffia
Technique: Embossing, Die Cutting, Distressing

P is for Patter

May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance. 2 Thessalonians 3:5

P is for. . .

• Perseverance
• Pink
• Pretty Girls x 3
• Parrots
• Precious
• Pearls
• Paisleys
• Papillions
• Paper
• Passionate, and. . .

 Patter, this week’s Christian Paper Crafts, Wednesday Case Artist!  Patter is known throughout the Christian paper-crafting world for her beautiful work, her devotion to her Savior, her ABC Scripture Challenge and her Faith Journaling prompts which you can also find posted at Christian Paper Crafts. She is also on the design team for CPC partner company, Our Daily Bread Designs, and she is an organizer extraordinaire, freely sharing her tips and techniques.

Patter loves the Lord and seeks to serve and honor Him in all that she does. She came to know Christ as her Lord and Savior through Bible Study Fellowship (BSF), so it is a ministry that is near and dear to her heart and one in which she serves in a leadership capacity helping others know and apply God’s Word. She and her husband have identical triplets, now in their teens and homeschooled by mom.  The household also include two Caiques parrots, Kiwi and Sugar--Patter’s “girls”-- and three Papillion pups.

Patter says, “Besides having a passion for the Lord and sharing Him with others, I am also passionate about paper crafting, and I love to help and share with other paper crafters.”

As to what she likes to do, Patter says, “I enjoy doing layouts of all sizes, cards, tags, ATCs, altered art, etc. And you will find that I stamp on almost all of my work. I love it all!”

 And if you think that’s a stretch, take a look through Patter’s gallery! It’s not a stretch. This is your invitation to join me in honoring Patter and to be inspired by her diverse and amazing gallery. Create a card, page or project inspired by what you see there. Be sure not to copy exactly: make it your own!  When uploading your card or project to the Christian Paper Crafts gallery, please use the keyword WCA109 (no spaces or commas).  When posting anywhere else online, please use the keyword CPC-WCA109. Have a blessed day!

WCA109 Gallery

DETAILS

P is for: Perseverance, perch, petals, pink, pearls, paper, pretty, packing shreds and Patter! (The three pearls in the corner of the card represent Patter's three daughters. . . pearls in a pod: triplets and yet unique!) Patter also loves journaling and handwriting on cards, so I added her name in the lower right hand corner along with some faux stitching around the edge of the card!

Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs Scripture Collection 5

Card Stock: Cool Caribbean, Naturals Ivory

Designer Paper: Prima Madeline

Ink: Rose Red, VersaFine Onyx

Accessories: Twigs, twine, porcelain rose, chipboard P, Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 20 #3, Zva Creative Pearls, Beautiful Wings Embosslits, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, Knittig Ribbon, Recollections Flower, Cork, Spellbinders Labels Something;Sizzix Weave Embossing Plate, Doodling

Technique: Assorted
Challenges: 

• Christian Paper Crafts  Wednesday CASE Artist 109 CPC-WCA109
• Stampin' Sisters in Christ  Challenge #94 Hebrews  11:1 Doodling
• The Cheerful Stamp Pad Challenge #20 Things With Wings

Transformed. . .

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:1-2

For those in Christ, the image of God effaced at the fall is being restored and renewed by the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit made possible by the redemptive work of Christ according to the perfect plan of the Father. . .Praise God!

This card represents that image that is being restored or better, re-created. . as we are transformed through our sanctification that image, the likeness of God in his communicable attributes, becomes clearer and clearer. . .being perfected only when we reach our eternal home!

And the sanding of the card, like the trials of our lives, brings forth that image! (And that is why we are to rejoice in trials and consider them joy, though they are difficult and can be perplexing!)

If you look closely or click on the picture, you can see that one of the buttons has an anchor. . .that anchor is the Lord Jesus, the steadfast hope of our souls!

This was crafted for this week’s Christian Paper Crafts Clean and Simple Saturday Challenge CASS33 to “transform” a piece of designer or patterned paper any way you choose. It also meets the Color Monday CM113 (Nautical Living Room) and the Fun on Friday FOF109 (make your own designer paper) challenge.  Blessings!

Stamps: Verve

Card Stock: Naturals Ivory, Navy

Designer Paper: Core'dinations Whitewash Collection

 Ink: Navy

Accessories: Cuttlebug Shell Collage Embossing Folder, Sanding lock, Mother of Pearl buttons, twine, pearl, assorted buttons, tag

Technique: Stamping, Embossing, Sanding

Challenges:

• Christian Paper Crafts
• Clean and Simple Saturday CPC-CASS33
• Fun on Friday CPC-FOF109
• Color Monday CPC-CM113

My light and my salvation

 The Lord is my light and my salvation: whom shall I fear? Psalm 27:1 

Crafted for the Color Monday Challenge at Christian Paper Crafts and the Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light Challenge (ODBDSLC65 Thank You).

Inside

Details

Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs Light of the World

Card Stock: Early Espresso, Navy, Recycled Banana

Designer Paper: Anna Griffin Hannah Collection

Ink: Bright Blue, Ranger Distress Antique Linen

Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder, Spellbinders Nestabilities 17 #5,6, Star buttons, twine, star ribbon, Sizzix Texturz Distressed Embossing Plate, SU Square Lattice E

Technique: Stamping, Embossing, Die Cutting

Challenges:

• Christian Paper Crafts
• Color Monday (CPC-CM 113)
• Our Daily Bread Designs
• Shining the Light Challenge 65 (ODBDSLC65)

Be Still and Know: He is God

"Be Still and Know that I am God." Psalm 46:10

When I saw this week's Christian Paper Craft's Bible Verse Thursday Challenge the image that came to mind was this gorgeous silhouette image from Angela at Toucan Scraps.

This card was crafted with Stampin' Up's My Digital Studio using elements from Toucan Scraps' Well Worn kit and is based on this week Christian Paper Craft's Sketch Tuesday Challenge 113 with a sketch from Gloria. A change in background papers produced a different look.

Stamps: Toucan Scraps Horse Silhouette
Designer Paper: Toucan Scraps Vintage and Worn Well series
Ink: Early Espresso
Accessories: Toucan Scraps Worn Well Elements
Technique: Digital Crafting (Stampin' Up My Digital Studio)
Challenges: 

• Stampin Sisters in Christ 
• Challenge #93 - Ephesians 6:2-4
  
• Christian Paper Crafts

• Bible Verse Thursday 111 (CPC-BVT111)
• Sketch Tuesday (113 (CPC-ST113)

God is Our Refuge

Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Psalm 62:8

Christian Paper Crafts WCA107 {06-08-11} Maxine D

This scripture seemed so fitting for this week’s Christian Paper Crafts Wednesday CASE Artist Maxine D, she knows that God is her refuge and the only One who can hear and answer prayer. The love of Christ is apparent in the way she reaches out to her friends, neighbors and acquaintances that are enduring trials, and in the way she intercedes in prayer. In fact, Maxine D is a relentless prayer warrior, and does not hesitate to enlist the aid of her sisters in petitioning our heavenly Father that He might hear and answer according to His perfect will.

She lives in New Zealand, has been married nearly 40 years to her wonderful husband. She is a full-time homemaker and helpmeet. Her adult children are happily married and have blessed Maxine D with two beautiful grandbabies (and you can know with certainty that they have plenty of sweaters and even a new pair of dungarees, thanks to her ability to sew and knit.)

She loves card making, embroidery, lacemaking and gardening. She also loves using different techniques on her cards and the more intricate the better, like paper quilling and stitching. Maxine says, “I am first and foremost a child of God. My whole life and testimony can be summed up in three words: God is Faithful!”

CHALLENGE SPECIFICS
This is your invitation to join me in honoring Maxine D, and to be inspired by her lovely gallery. So take a look through the gallery of Maxine D and create a card or project inspired by what you see there. Be sure not to copy exactly: make it your own! When uploading your card or project to the Christian Paper Crafts gallery, please use the keyword WCA107 (no spaces or commas). When posting anywhere else online, please use the keyword CPC-WCA107. Have a blessed day!

WCA 107 Gallery (http://www.cpcmag.com/gallery/search.php?keywords=WCA107)

SAMPLE DESCRIPTION
I'm always cheered up after looking through the gallery of this week's Christian Paper Crafts Wednesday CASE Artist. . .it's so full of encouraging projects, lots of flowers and very detailed techniques. I didn't use any detailed technique. . .but made a bright and cheery card based on what I saw in Maxine's gallery.

Pour Out Your Heart Before Him
Pour Out Your Heart Before Him CU

DETAILS
Stamps: Sweet 'n Sassy God is Our Refuge, Stamp Cabana Music 12
Card Stock: Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Naturals Ivory
Designer Paper: The Paper Company Color Connect Strip, SU Botanical Gazette
Ink: Chocolate Chip Craft, Ranger Distress Antique Linen
Accessories: MS Sunflowers, Spellbinders Nestabilities Scallop Ovals, Michael $1 Embellishments, Twine Technique: Stamping, Die Cutting
Challenges:

• Christian Paper Crafts Wednesday Case Artist 107 WCA107 CPC-WCA107
• Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge #92 Use Something New (flowers, metallic embellishments, striped paper)

Perfect Peace

“You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.” Isaiah 26:3

Grab a tall glass of sweet tea, pull up a chair on the porch and sit and stay a while. We're going to visit with this week’s Christian Paper Crafts Wednesday CASE Artist, our charming and Simply Southern Stampersandee, and check out her simply lovely gallery, as well!

Sandee’s gallery is one of the hidden treasures at CPC. . .take a look and you’ll see just what I mean. It’s full of the most exquisite, rich and elegant designs that just warm your heart.  You may have seen some of her works at Our Daily Bread Designs, since she’s one of the “breadsticks”, as their design team members are known.

Sandee is a native and lifelong resident of Georgia, where she and her husband (who is “THE most wonderful man,” according to Sandee) raised two children, and now have been blessed with grandchildren which they greatly enjoy. She’s worked at the same place for 30 years, almost as long as she’s been married.

Sandee says, “ I have always enjoyed crafts.  Cross-stitching was my favorite until the mid-90’s when I discovered scrap booking.  Then in 1998, I was invited to a Stampin’Up! Party and I have been obsessed ever since! “

CHALLENGE SPECIFICS
Take a look through the gallery of Stampersandee and create a card or project inspired by what you see there. Be sure not to copy exactly: make it your own!  When uploading your card or project to the Christian Paper Crafts gallery, please use the keyword WCA105 (no spaces or commas and no commas between keywords, either!).  When posting anywhere else online, please use the keyword CPC-WCA105. Have a blessed day!

StamperSandee’s gallery is so stunning and her cards are exquisitely crafted. I attempted to incorporate a few of the elements and techniques Sandee has recently used, including embedded embossing.

DETAILS
Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs Scripture Collection 7
Card Stock: Sahara Sand, Buckaroo Blue
Designer Paper: SU Paisley Petals
Ink: Sahara Sand, VersaMark
Accessories:  Embossing Powder, Zva Creative Gems, SU Beautiful Wings Embosslit, EK Flourish Border Punch, Seam Binding
Technique:  Embedded Embossing
Challenges: Christian Paper Crafts Wednesday Case Artist CPC-WCA105
Christian Paper Crafts Color Monday 109 CPC-CM109

For Loretta

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 

 
In all her interactions at Christian Paper Crafts, this week’s Wednesday CASE artist demonstrates a gentle, peaceful spirit and a heart filled with love for the Lord, anchored firmly by faith in the solid rock: our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. From her love of ballet to the soothing colors in her paper crafting works of art, the evidence of the grace in her life abounds. Take a look through the gallery of Lorettagrace and you will see just what I mean.

Loreta Grace O’Neill also has a playful streak! She says her kids start laughing when she digs out her old LPs and does her dusting to a 1980’s dance beat! Though a relative newcomer to the world of blogs, boards, forums and galleries, she’s made her way around quite well to the delight and surprise of her tech savvy offspring!

Loretta has “one son, one daughter, one husband and one Savior.” She says, “When I am not gluing bits of paper together, I enjoy cross-stitch, rose gardening and taking care of my home and family. I also like ballet.” Her parents and their families are Polish and were taken as Prisoners of War (POWs) in Europe during World War II. Loretta grew up in the United States hearing them reminisce about the homes they would never again see. She is thankful to the Lord for His mercies in bringing them all to the United States.

CHALLENGE SPECIFICS
Join with us in celebrating the Lord's gift of Lorettagrace to Christian Paper Crafts. Take a look through the her gallery and create a card or project inspired by what you see there. Be sure not to copy exactly: make it your own! When uploading your card or project to the Christian Paper Crafts gallery, please use the keyword WCA103 (no spaces or commas). When posting anywhere else online, please use the keyword CPC-WCA103. Have a blessed day!

SAMPLE DESCRIPTION
Created for the Wednesday, May 11 Christian Paper Crafts Case Artist Challenge featuring Lorettagrace. I just loved Loretta's soft, soothing style so wanted to be sure and capture that in the colors and feel of the card I crafted. Thought not as bright, it uses the same basic colors Jennipher selected for this week's CPC Color Monday Challenge 107 and is based on Gloria's CPC Sketch Tuesday 103 layout.
Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs Scripture Collection 7
Card Stock: Buckaroo Blue, Whisper White
Designer Paper: SU Bella Birds
Ink: Buckaroo Blue, Color Spot Dusty Blue
Accessories: Embossing Powder, Sizzlit Scallop Oval Die, Spellbinders Nestability and Borderabilities, Paper Rose, Ribon, Smooch Spray, Memory Mates embelishment, SU Tulip Frames EF
Technique: Stamping, Embossing, Die Cutting, Sponging
Other Challenges: Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge #88