Anything Goes - Challenge #360-#361

Welcome by again for another fun and fabulous challenge here at Word Art Wednesday.  We have two awesome sponsors, two lucky winners, our Top 3,  a Guest Design Team Call for 2019, a beautiful (free) digital word art/scripture file, a brief devotional by Stephanie Wright, and a new link-up. Please let me know if you're interested in applying to be a Guest Designer for 2019.  Let's get started with these thoughts from Stephanie on this sweet piece of God's Word.   -Psalm 26:7

As we look at our focus verse for this challenge, we see that it is all about praising the Lord and bringing glory to His name. We are to tell others of all the wonderful things He has done for us and to do so with thanksgiving. It is a privilege to thank the Lord for what He’s done.

Daily gratitude challenges are popular on social media during the month of November. I’ve seen them criticized because “we should be thankful every day; not just during one month of the year.”  That is absolutely true. However, being humans, we tend to be forgetful. Do we truly express our gratitude daily? If so, do we do so publicly? I don’t think there’s anything wrong with a challenge to remind us to be grateful for everything - big and small, with which the Lord has blessed us. And, just maybe, after expressing our thanksgiving for 30 days, we’ll develop the habit to continue even after November is long gone.

Expressing our thanksgiving to the Lord for the wonderful things He has done in our lives is important in our daily quiet time with Him. It is a type of worship to acknowledge how He’s working in our lives and thanking Him for it. It is also a great testimony to others to openly express our gratitude for the blessings we have and to give the Lord the praise for those things. It’s more than saying, “I’m thankful I have a good job.” Believers and non-believers would express the same. It brings the Lord glory for us to say, “I’m so thankful that the Lord worked out the details for me to have such a good job.” This puts the focus where it belongs. Developing a spirit of thankfulness and expressing it openly and frequently will lift our own spirits and change our attitude. Let’s not only be thankful people, but let us also be open in expressing our thanksgiving to the Lord.

Written by:   - Stephanie Wright

As always, you are welcome to save the free scripture/word art file to your computer, but are never 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, for a total of ten (10) entries per two-week challenge. 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 attempting 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.

Check out our AWESOME sponsors for this challenge:

Our dear friends at Stamp Simply

Clear Stamps are sponsoring this

challenge by offering one lucky person

their choice of any two stamp sets,

or one stamp set and one die-cut

set.  Be sure to stop by and check

out all the fabulous stamps (and SO

much more) at Stamp Simply.

AND

Our digital sponsor for this challenge

is the lovely shop of

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.

There's so much to see in this lovely

shop, (digital and acrylic stamps and

much more); so be sure to stop on by

to look around at Sweet 'n Sassy.

And Now.....Two More Lucky Winners:

Pretty Little Studio is an ADORABLE shop

filled with whimsical vintage die-cuts,

nostalgique ephemera pieces, stickers, flair

& so much more.  One lucky person has won

this prize package from their adorable

shop (see photo below) which includes:

Tinsel Town

Winter Joy

Holly Jolly

Christmas Joy

+ 2 vintage die-cuts

This lucky winner is

Entry #16 - Janis Lewis

AND

Located in the UK, our second sponsor was

Sitx 2 Anything and they offered one

very lucky random participant a prize

package filled with various adhesives.

Be sure to stop by Stix 2 Anything to see all

that's new (and all your old favorites) in

the way of awesome adhesives.  This lucky

winner is Entry #75 - Hazel's Handmade Crafts

And Our Top 3 Honors Go To:
Entry #67 - KT Fit Kitty

Entry #97 - Paper Beauty AK
Entry #236 -  Esther

Please email Karen if you'd like a
Top 3 Badge for your blog.  All winners
must also email Karen per the Rules Page.

May God bless all our AWESOME sponsors.

We appreciate them all SO very much!

AND NOW.....Here's a bit of inspiration to get you started:

Deborah Saaranen of Stamp Simply

Using Autumn Blessings and All Occasions

Sentiments from Stamp Simply Clear Stamps

Sheri Holt from the Stamp Simply

Clear Stamps Design Team Using

Autumn Blessings and Welcome Fall

Our November Guest Designer, Tina Riley

Natalie Houston

Using Images from our Sponsor,

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps called

Cocoa's Latte and Winter Birds

Dottie Seubert

Maxine Diffey

Jo Ann Atterbury

Using Sponsor Stamp Set

Words of Encouragement from

Stamp Simply Clear Stamps

Tamara Dixon

Using the Pumpkin Kitty image

from sponsor, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Stephanie Wright

Using  a gorgeous set from

Stamp Simply Clear Stamps

called Sunflower Combo

An InLinkz Link-up