Challenge Weeks #222-223 - Anything Goes

Welcome back, everyone!  What a treat it is to have you here with us.  We consider it a real blessing to have you share your wonderful creations with us, and we want you all to know how much we appreciate you for taking the time to stop by and link up your art with us.  You're ALL winners in our book, and we hope you know how truly grateful we are to have you join in the fun here at Word Art Wednesday.  We have two more AWESOME sponsors, a beautiful piece of word art, and lots of great inspiration to get you all motivated.  So....let's get started!

Our word art for this challenge is from a wonderful scripture, Psalm 130:5.  It tells us, "I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in His word do I hope".  The very first part of this particular verse says "I wait for the Lord".  When we really think about this, what the psalmist is referring to is the fact that we wait on God for His grace and power, for the forgiveness of our sins, and for all our physical provisions on this earth as He alone gives us everything we need.  There is NO other provision quite like what we receive from God.  So when we wait on Him, we will receive EVERYTHING we need.  The next portion of the verse says, "my soul doth wait".  This means that we are also waiting for God inwardly (in our soul) where nothing is hidden from Him and there is no indifference or waivering.  It reminds us that we need to be VERY REAL with God, as nothing is hidden from Him.   What an overwhelming thought to know that God sees our sins, knows us like no other, and yet loves enough to die for us.  WOW!  The last part of the verse says, "and in His word do I hope", which reminds us that God is merciful; and because of His holiness and sacrifice on the cross, He is our only way to receive forgiveness for our sins and receive eternal life.  We are so blessed to have God on our side, and when we wait on Him (both physically and spiritually, we will always have EVERYTHING we need.

As always, you are welcome to save the free scripture/word art file to your computer, but are not required to use it in order to play along in our challenges.   We welcome you share your all your art with us; remembering that Anything Goes as long as it's family-friendly, and uses an encouraging or uplifting sentiment. This includes any type of altered or digital art (not just limited to cards).  You may link up to five (5) projects each week. The more you enter, the more you increase your odds of winning.  It is our desire that God's Word will be a blessing and encouragement to you as we share it. If you have any questions about the rules, be sure to read the complete list of rules under our page tab for "Challenge Rules".  Because our ultimate goal is to honor God, we have no other choice but to delete any entries that do not adhere to our guidelines.  Please know that this doesn't mean we are judging anyone.  We're simply atempting to honor God and follow His rules.  Let us know if you have any questions, and thanks for your understanding and participation!

Here is this week's word art.  We hope
that it will be a blessing to you.

We have TWO AWESOME sponsors for this challenge
with THREE PRIZES in total up for grabs!
It's a great week to play along to win one of these prizes:

The Kraft Outlet is an AWESOME store that
specializes in kraft note cards, kraft labels,
and SO much more.  One lucky person will
enjoy a $15 Gift Certificate to spend at
The Kraft Outlet.

AND

Another lucky winner will win themselves a

package of the GORGEOUS Dove Grey

Seam Binding from Kraft Outlet.

AND

Imagine That Digi Stamps is our sweet
digital sponsor for this challenge.  They
have oodles and oodles of ADORABLE
images.  One lucky person will win
THREE (3) images of choice from the
super sweet Imagine That Digi Stamps.

AND NOW.......Can we get a drum roll, please?
We have two VERY lucky winners to announce:

Newton's Nook is an ADORABLE stamp shop.
They sell the sweetest stamp sets and the
coordinating die-cuts to help you create
yourself something ADORABLE!

The VERY lucky person who will enjoy this

very generous $20 Gift Card to Newton's Nook is:

Lucky Entry #335 - Juilien Jiang

AND

All Dressed Up was our sweet digital sponsor
for the last challenge, and this lucky person
has won three images of choice from
the adorable All Dressed Up shop.....
It's Entry #27 - #Evi

AND, Our Top Three Honors Go To:
Entry #372 - Shaz In Oz
Entry #85 - Karen H.
Entry #63 - Jenna

Please email Karen or leave a comment
if you'd like a Top 3 Badge for your blog.

May God bless all our AWESOME sponsors.

We appreciate them all SO very much!

Here's Some Inspiration to Get You Started

Our March Guest Designer, Dottie Seubert

Carole Robb Bisson

Carol's card uses Kraft Cardstock

as well as ruler ribbon and supplies

from our sponsor, Kraft Outlet

JoAnn Atterbury

Natalie Houston

Lori Ulrich

Cassandra Cushman

Stephanie Wright

Stephanie's card uses products from BOTH

of our sponsors this week.  She used some

Lunch Bag Kraft Cardstock  from

The Kraft Outlet for her base,

and a sweet image called

Bloom Where You Are Planted

from Imagine That Digital Stamps.

Karen Letchworth

Karen's card today uses products from BOTH

of our sponsors this week. She used a

Small Lunch Bag Kraft Note Card

from The Kraft Outlet as her base,

and the digital image "House Sold"

from Imagine That Digital Stamps.

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