Word Art Wednesday

Challenge #16, and a Winner!

2012-02-21T17:58:00.013-05:00

Hi there, how's your day going? All is well around here.
I want to thank you for sharing your beautiful art and heart with us each week here at Word Art Wednesday. Thank you to our awesome sponsors who share some really nice gifts with someone special each week. Also, thank you to my Design Team for helping and supporting me as we share His love.

Today's winner for the special gift from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff is:

Sandy from: Made with Love & Prayers

I am going to send Lindsay an email with your name and email. She will get in touch with you soon. Congratulations!!

Thank you Lindsay!

Our sponsor for this week is:
Lisa's Altered Art

Do take a minute to stop by her shop when you have a minute. She has such cute vintage images that are great for ATC's, mixed media and more. Have fun!

Thank you Patty!

Time for our special Word Art this week, and to take a look at the beautiful, inspirational art my Design Team and our Guest Designer have worked on so hard for this week's challenge.
The Word Art is free for you to use in your art. We'd love for you to use it to play along with us, but if you are working on another project that has scripture or an encouraging quote, you can share that too. We look forward to seeing your art, and do take a minute to stop by and visit with the team and leave them a little luv.

February Guest Designer, Barb Dersken

Paula

Wendy

Cassandra

Gemiel

Rebekka

Karen L

Karen C

Tabitha

Challenge #15, and Winner!

2012-02-15T09:09:00.004-05:00

Hi there, I hope your week is going well so far. We had a great week with our Blog Hop and enjoyed visiting with everyone. Thank you again for being a part of sharing His love.

I want to thank you for sharing your beautiful art and heart with us each week here at Word Art Wednesday. Thank you to our awesome sponsors who share some really nice gifts with someone special each week. Also, thank you to my Design Team for helping and supporting me as we share His love.

Today's winner for the special gift from Tracey at Fred She Said is:
Tameko from: Creating My Peace, Congratulations!! I am going to send them your email, Tameko, and Tracey will get in touch with you soon!
Thank you Tracey for sharing your special gifts with us!

Our sponsor for this week is:

Lindsay's Stamp Stuff
Do take a minute to stop by her shop when you have a minute, she has SVG's that are great for birthdays, school events, weddings and more! She also has digital stamps and my favorite is her new Pen and Ink Poppies collection. Thank you, Lindsay!

To see more information about each art piece and to view larger images, please click on their name and you will be taken to their main art page. Thanks!

Barb: Guest Designer

Karen C.

Blog Hop Winner!!!

2012-02-14T11:19:00.000-05:00

Hi there, Happy Valentine's Day! We had a great time with our Blog Hop over the past week. Thank you to our sister site, Stampin' Sisters in Christ for being a part of sharing His love with us. Thank you to all of you for taking the time to hop along and visit with us. We all enjoyed visiting your blogs as well. The Lord has blessed everyone with such creativity and it's always amazing to me to see the talent of each person.

Quick note: To enter into the current challenge going on, you can either scroll down or click this link: Challenge #14

The winner for this week's hop is:

Debbie from Debbie's Dash of This and That Congratulations!
I will be contacting you soon! :o)

All About Love Blog Hop

2012-02-09T09:00:00.005-05:00

Welcome to Word Art Wednesday's first Blog Hop! We have teamed up with our Sister Site, Stampin' Sisters in Christ, and are so happy to have them joining us as we share our love for the Lord. In celebration of Valentine's Day, this hop is all about love - God's love!

PLEASE NOTE: To enter our current challenge, you can either scroll down or click this link: Challenge #14

The Grand Prize for the Blog Hop has been donated by a wonderful Stampin' Up friend, Vickie, who is blessing one lucky hopper with this complete Stampin' Up Set! You can visit Vickie's blog here: The Stamping Room and her Stampin' Up page.

In order to qualify for this Grand Prize drawing, you simply need to leave a comment on each blog on the hop list. We will announce the Grand Prize winner here on our blog the afternoon of Tuesday, February 14.

There are several other fun prizes to be won along the way on some of the Designers' blogs as you make your way through the Hop.

If you get lost along the way, come back here for the full link list. Thanks for joining us, and have fun!

You start here at www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com
Your next stop on the Hop is Cassandra
Then:

Last Stop - Stampin' Sisters in Christ

Thanks for joining us!!

Challenge #14 and Winner!!

2012-02-08T12:37:00.000-05:00

Hi and happy Wednesday! I hope you're having a good week so far. We've been quite busy this week getting ready for our Blog Hop tomorrow! Our sister site, Stampin' Sister's in Christ is joining us in the fun too, so exciting! We look forward to having you hop with us!

I'd like to thank you for sharing your beautiful art and hearts with us each week. It's always a pleasure for us. Thank you to our awesome sponsors and to my Design Team for helping and supporting me in sharing His love.

Today's winner for the special gift from Sue at Heart and Soul Rubber Stamp Co. is:

Bernadette from: Blissful Bits and Pieces Congratulations! I am going to send them your email and Sue will get in touch with you soon!
Thank you Sue for sharing your special gifts with us!

Our sponsor for this week is Tracey from Fred She Said.

Tracey has adorable digital stamps and svg's. I love her paper roses and leaves SVGs. Take a minute to stop by and visit with her as you could be the one to receive a special gift from her. Thank you Tracey!

Time for our special Word Art this week, and to take a look at the beautiful, inspirational art my Design Team and our Guest Designer have worked on so hard for this week's challenge.
The Word Art is free for you to use in your art. We'd love for you to use it to play along with us, but if you are working on another project that has scripture or an encouraging quote, you can share that too. We look forward to seeing your art, and do take a minute to stop by and visit with the team and leave them a little luv.

To see more information about each art piece and to view larger images, please click on their name and you will be taken to their main art page. Thanks!

Barb: Guest Designer

Tabitha

Rebekka

Paula

Karen C.

Gemiel

Karen L.

Wendy

Cassandra

Challenge #13, Winner, and Guest Designer

2012-02-01T09:13:00.002-05:00

Hi there, how's your week going? All is well around here. We are excited to announce our Guest Designer for this month, Barb, from LaLaLime. We are happy to have her joining us!! Her cards are beautiful, and she takes incredible photos of ice and nature. You can read more about her here on our Guest Designer page. You can also visit her blog and see her beautiful art and photos. Thanks again Barb for being with us this month!!

Reminder: We are having our first Valentine Blog Hop, Feb. 9-13. It's all about love....His love. Our sister site Stampin' Sisters in Christ will be joining us too! So exciting, and it's going to be fun!!
I want to thank you for sharing your art with us each week, very talented you all are. Thank you to our generous sponsors, and to my Design Team for helping and supporting me in sharing His love. You're the best! :o)

Today's winner for the special gift from McMahon Five is:

Nancy from The Nickel Nook - Congratulations! I am going to send them your email and Sue will get in touch with you soon!

Thank you so much Sue for sharing your special gifts with us the past couple months. You're a blessing to me and I am glad I know you. :o)

Our sponsor this week is Sue from Heart and Soul Rubber Stamp Co. Sue has beautiful stamps. I love her peace and blessings collection. Do take a minute and stop by to visit with her and take a look at her catalog as next week, you could be the one to receive a special gift from her. Thank you Sue!

Time for our special Word Art this week, and to take a look at the beautiful, inspirational art my Design Team and our Guest Designer have worked on so hard for this week's challenge.
The Word Art is free for you to use in your art. We'd love for you to use it to play along with us, but if you are working on another project that has scripture or an encouraging quote, you can share that too. We look forward to seeing your art, and do take a minute to stop by and visit with the team and leave them a little luv.

To see more information about each art piece and view larger images, please click on their name to be taken to their main art page. Thanks!

Barb, our Guest Designer

Challenge #12, Winner and Guest Designer

2012-01-24T18:32:00.002-05:00

Hi there, I hope your week is going well so far. There's lots of fun going on around here! We are excited to have our first Guest Designer, Annette, from My Clever Creations joining us this week! She's very talented and has created a beautiful card to share. Thank you so much Annette for being with us this week! We're happy to have you with us! To get to know more about Annette, you can click on our Weekly Guest Designer tab at the top here and visit with her at My Clever Creations.

Remember we are having our first Valentine Blog Hop, Feb. 9th-13th. It's all about love...His love. Our sister site Stampin' Sisters in Christ will be joining us too! So exciting - and it's going to be fun!!

I want to thank you for sharing your art each week with us, very talented you all are. Thank you to our generous sponsors, and to my Design Team for helping and supporting me in sharing His love. You're the best! :o)

Today's winner for the special gift from Crop Stop is:

Melody!! from Melody's Magical Moments - Congratulations! I am going to email them your email and they will be getting in touch with you soon!

Our sponsor this week is Sue from McMahon Five Designs!! I love her shop. It has everything you need from paper to jewelry. Do stop by and visit with her. She's super sweet too! Thank you Sue!

Time for our special Word Art this week, and to take a look at the beautiful, inspirational art my Design Team and our Guest Designer have worked on so hard for this week's challenge.
The Word Art is free for you to use in your art. We'd love for you to use it to play along with us, but if you are working on another project that has scripture or an encouraging quote, you can share that too. We look forward to seeing your art, and do take a minute to stop by and visit with the team and leave them a little luv.

To see more information about each art piece and view larger images, please click on their name to be taken to their main art page. Thanks!

Annette, our Guest Designer

Rebekka

Karen C.

Tabitha

Karen L.

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #11 and winner!!

2012-01-18T09:46:00.000-05:00

Morning, I hope your week is going well. We have lots going on around the WAW blog, next week we are having Annette from My Clever Creations as our Guest Design team member! We are excited to have her with us and getting to know her!
We are also planning to have a Blog Hop in early February and our Sister Site, Stampin' Sister's in Christ will be joining us!! So check back for more details!!
I also want to thank you for sharing your art, our generous sponsors and my design team for their beautiful art each week, help and support in sharing His word.

Today's winner for the special gift from Catherine at Eclectic Anthology is:

Kris B. from Ink Something 2!! Congratulations hun! I will email Catherine your your email and she'll be getting in touch with you soon!

This week's sponsor is Crop Stop! Awesome shop, they have all kinds of goodies for your art. Whether you're passion is scrapbook, cards or mixed media they have something for everyone! Do take a minute and stop by their shop as one lady next week will be blessed with a special gift from them!

Time for the special Word Art this week and to take a look at the beautiful, inspirational art my team has been working hard on this week. The Word Art is free for you to use in your art. We'd love for you to use it to play along with us but if you are working on another project that has scripture or an encouraging quote you can share that too. We look forward to seeing your art and do take a minute to stop by and visit with the team and leave them a little luv.

To see more information about each art piece and larger images please click on their name to be taken to their main art page. Thanks!

Cassandra

Wendy

Rebekka

Karen L.

Gemiel

Tabitha

Paula

Karen C.

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #10

2012-01-11T07:21:00.000-05:00

Hi there, I hope you all are having a good week so far. I want to take a minute to thank all of our generous sponsors, my very talented design team and the creative artists who share their art with us each week. :o)

Today's winner for the special gift from Whimsy Stamps is:
Lori U.! Congratulations hun! I am going to email Crystal and give her name and email and she'll contact you soon!
Crystal for your generous gift!

This week's sponsor is Catherine from: Eclectic Anthology If you love vintage graphics, these are so beautiful!! Her floral graphics are so pretty and her embellishment graphics are even prettier. These would be great for those of you who love to do digital art. Do take a minute to stop by her shop as you could be the one blessed with a special gift from her next week. Thank you Catherine!

It's that special time for this week's Word Art and to look at the beautiful, inspirational art my team has been working so hard on this week. The Word Art is free for you to use in your art. We'd love for you to use it to play along with us but if you are working on another project that has scripture or an encouraging quote you can share that too. We look forward to seeing your art and do take a minute to stop by and visit with the team and leave them a little luv.

Click on the images to view them larger.

Word Art Wednesday Winner and Challenge #9

2012-01-04T09:03:00.000-05:00

Good morning, I am excited about today as it's launch day for the team's beautiful art for this week's challenge! Thank you so much ladies for your creativity, time and help to bring all this together!

Today's winner for the special gift from Gail at Shabby Cottage Studio is....
MariLynn from Mississippi McGyver I will contact Gail and she will be getting in touch with you soon! Congratulations and thank you Gail!

This week's sponsor is Whimsy Stamps!
Do take a minute to stop by and look around their shop, it's great, they have everything from rubber stamps to embellishments! Great things for that next art project you're working on! Thanks so much for being a part of WAW, Whimsy Stamps!!

Time for this week's Word Art and to take a look at the beautiful and inspirational work the team has been working hard on for this week. This Word Art is free and a paraphrase from the scripture of Ruth 1:16. Please use it in your art to play along in the challenge with us or if you are working on another project that has scripture or encouraging quote you can share that too. We look forward to seeing your art and do take a minute to stop by and visit with the team!

Cassandra

Karen L.

Rebekka

Tabitha

Wendy

Paula

Gemiel

Karen C.

Word Art Wednesday Winner and Challenge #9

2011-12-28T09:41:00.001-05:00

Morning, I hope you all had a peaceful, fun and loving Christmas with your family. We had a nice one, always nice spending time with my family. I have fun watching them open their gifts more than my own. The Lord has blessed me with so much.

Today's winner for the special gift from McMahon Five Designs is:
Wendy from: Wendy Scrappings I will contact Sue and give her your name and email. She'll be contacting you soon!

This week's sponsor is Gail from: Shabby Cottage Studio! Awesome shop, she has everything from books to alter to the Swarovski Crystals! Super sweet lady so when you get a minute, do stop by and visit with her. Thanks Gail!

This week's Word Art challenge is:

I very much needed to work with this the other day, I need it for today too. This verse is helping me to remember that what matters most is that I cling to Him because He is the only One that I can draw my strength from. He will cover me when I feel like I can't hold things together. He is my rock when I feel like I am falling, He is right there to hold me up. When I have days and feel the tears won't ever stop, He is right there to wipe them and help me pick myself up and show me the way. He gives me everything I need to face each day. I need to remember to focus on Him, not the world and things going on around me. He is so loving, gentle and kind. He wants you to run to Him with everything.

Here is my piece for this week:

I hope you can see the texture behind the lady, I ran my paper through my embossing folder first and then lightly painted over it to bring out the texture better. I love the paste texture around her too.
Don't forget to stop by next week as the team is making beautiful art to share with you!!

Exciting News, Challenge #8 and more!

2011-12-21T10:31:00.002-05:00

Hi there, I have some exciting news to share! First, I want to thank everyone who applied for the DT, you all are incredible artists and if I could have you all, I would! Thank you again so much!

Without further ado, I'd love for you to meet my artistic team!! So excited about this new adventure and having these ladies join me.
Gemiel
Tabitha

Paula

Karen
Wendy
Rebekka

All of these ladies are so blessed with artistic talent and will be sharing their art with you starting January 4th! Remember to stop back by and see what they have been busy working on! Please take a minute to stop by and visit with them and share some luv!! :o) Thank you again ladies so much for helping me along on this new journey!

Today's winner for the special gift from, Fred She Said is...
Abby! From Little Birdie Blessings

Congratulations Abby!!
I will send your name and email to Tracey and she will get in touch with you about your special gift. She has some awesome digi stamps. I love her snowmen! Thanks Tracey!! :o)

This week's sponsor is Sue from McMahon Five Designs, incredibly sweet lady and her shop has lots of goodies to help release the artist in you. She has everything from digital stamps to wood paper! Do take a minute and stop by and visit her shop. Thanks so much Sue!! :o)
This week's Word Art challenge is:

Yes, He will. It may not come when you want it to but He will fulfill His purpose for you. Have faith in Him, don't look around at what you see going on, think about what He's said in His word and believe in that.

This Word art piece is free for you to use in your art. It is simple as I wanted to cut the words into strips so I could spritz them and have them lift off the page as you can see in my piece below. You are welcome to use this piece along with me to share in this week's challenge or if you are working on another piece that has scripture or an encouraging quote, you may share that in this week's challenge.

WAW Design Team Call

2011-12-18T09:00:00.003-05:00

DESIGN TEAM CALL

Do you love making cards, tags, mixed media art and adding scripture or encouraging quotes to them? I do too and I am so thrilled to see there are other artists out there who love to also!! I have just started this challenge blog and am looking for a small team to join me on this new adventure. If making art and adding scripture or encouraging quotes to it is something that interests you, I'd love to have you join me!
No DT experience necessary.

Send me an email with the information below to cassandra@cushmanroad.com by Dec. 18! Please include in your email:

Your name
Your blog address
Design Teams on which you currently serve (it's okay to say none!)
Share three samples of your favorite art that has scripture or an encouraging quote
Anything else about yourself that you'd like me to know, and why you want to be a part of the Word Art Wednesday Design Team.

Design Team Requirements:

Since this challenge incorporates Scripture, it is important that all members joining this team are Christian (Christ followers) and believe the Bible to be the inspired Word of God.
Love to craft using mixed media, fun techniques, rubber and/or digi stamps and most of all incorporate Word Art!!
Have a blog and post your weekly challenge art with a link to the Word Art Wednesday Challenge Blog
Help us spread the word by adding our blog badge to your sidebar, along with links to your teammates' blogs.
Be willing to leave comments on fellow DT members' and players' blogs as much as possible
Be willing to serve for a 3 month term, January-March. 2012

Benefits:

Be part of a wonderful team of Christian crafters who love to share techniques and inspire one another
Have your art as well as your name and blog promoted on the Word Art Wednesday blog!
Receive a Word Art Wednesday Design Team Badge for your own blog!
And most importantly, the opportunity to have a closer relationship with God as you let His Word inspire you artistically.

If this is something that interests you please take a few minutes to "apply"!!
If you have any questions, please feel free to email or leave a comment and I will get back to you! :o)

Deadline is Dec. 18. Hope to hear from you soon!

Word Art Wednesday Winner and Challenge #7

2011-12-14T10:20:00.004-05:00

Hi there, I want to take a minute and thank you for stopping by each week and joining in on the challenge and sharing your art. I always look forward to seeing your art! It's always exciting to see what the Lord has put on your hearts to make. Thanks again!

Today's winner for the special gift from Nice Crane Designs is.......

Paula Pike from Created 2B Creative Congratulations hun!! I will send your name and email to Ignacio and she will contact you with a special gift from her store! I love her store, so many awesome things! If you haven't stopped by yet, do take a minute and check it out. Great things for your art!

This week's sponsor is:
Tracey from Fred She Said! Do take a minute and stop by and visit her shop as she has some of the cutest digi stamps, her Hat Tipping Snowman is adorable! I love snowmen. Thank you Tracey!!

Today's challenge Word Art is from:
Luke 2:14, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men!

As we get closer to Christmas, the stores are becoming fuller and fuller and it seems from what I hear and read that this is the most stressful time of year for people. There's people ticked off and fighting because they can't get the latest IPad, Xbox, games or whatever. Going in debt over material things. I will be honest, I have let myself get stressed during this time of year over the dumbest things. I have had to learn in the past few years, that it's not about how much I spend, how many gifts I am able to give, should I get this or that, what if they don't like this, how perfect I have to make the food, how clean is my house and the list goes on and on an on for me.
When I stop to think and ask myself, does all that matter anyway? Most of the gifts will be exchanged, returned or liked, the kitchen will become messy anyway as I've been cooking, the food that takes days and hours to prepare will be eaten in twenty minutes and you know that the family will eat it because it's food and sometimes it doesn't really matter how it tastes you're just happy to have them there. I've had to stop and think about what really matters and what everyday, especially Christmas is all about and for me, it's about giving Him the glory for the life He's given me and that I am able to have a relationship with Him. The gift of having my family. Being happy with all the "things" I have received throughout the year/s and if all I were to receive on this special day from anyone is Merry Christmas, I'll be happy with that. The peace, oh the peace of knowing that I don't have to worry about anything that if I just do the best I can at cooking, cleaning, finding the right gift to my ability, He will pick up the rest. Goodwill toward men, being kind to those who aren't being kind to me because Christmas and everyday belongs to Him!

Free Word Art for you to use in your next project:

Here's my project for this week:

This cute little canvas came from an online friend, Marsha from gcstampingirl, she and I did an art texture trade. I've never used a canvas like this one before. Mine are usually on a piece of wood or a heavy cardboard. It was a lot of fun to work on this. Thanks so much Marsha! I did my routine paper, paint, stamping technique and added my homemade pearls along with my Word art piece and inked the edges of that.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!

Winner & Word Art Wednesday #6

2011-12-07T08:46:00.002-05:00

Hi there, I have a few good things to share with you.
First up I'd like to announce the winner for last week's challenge:
Rebekka K. from Diamond in the Rough Congratulations!!! I will be sending Patty from Lisa's Altered Art your email so she can get in contact with you! Thank you for sharing your beautiful art!

Our awesome sponsor for this week is:

Nice Crane Designs
They have so many fun things there from ephemera to card templates, do take a minute to stop by and browse their shop as one blessed lady will be receiving a special gift from them next week!

This week's challenge scripture is:
Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel, which is translated, God with us.
Matthew 1:23
I wanted to share this piece of Word art with you to use in whatever your heart feels led to make.

Here's my art for this week:

I used hymn paper and painted some vintage white paint over the top. Stamped using walnut distress ink. I also used some paste and burnt umber for the stencil pieces. The bird is an image transfer that I heat set because I didn't want to wait a few hours or over night for it to dry. I will wait longer next time as it has spots that lifted up and it still has a haze of of the paper on it. I spritzed the verse with my homemade green spritz and walnut ink.

Thank you for stopping by, I look forward to seeing your art this week!
Have a great day!

Word Art Wednesday #5

2011-11-30T10:16:00.001-05:00

Hi there, I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving last week! All and all it was a good week for me. I am looking forward to Christmas and celebrating our Savior's birthday!

This week's winner is:
Irene from: All Occasions Cards, Papers and More!! Congratulations!
I have sent you an email Irene. Please let me know that you received it. Thanks!

The sponsor for this week is:

Her shop has the cutest altered images, so do take a minute to visit with her and look around because next week she will have a special gift for one lucky lady!

This week's verse is:
Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Isaiah 40:31
At the bottom of the pages in my Bible it has notes and for this verse it shares:

Trusting in the Lord is the patient expectation that God will fulfill his promises in his Word and strengthen us to rise above life's difficulties.
So beautiful and am so thankful for my relationship with Him. Here's my art for this week.

I painted the sides and stamped all over. The heart was painted and glittered and I added some burnt umber around the outside of it. I also added some paint around the scripture as well. I sanded up the image of the eagle to give it more of a distressed look and spritzed it with walnut ink.
This piece is a reminder for me that no matter what tries to bring me down, if I put my trust in Him, I can rise up and glide right through it. Thank you Lord for always being here for me.
I hope you all have a wonderful day and I look forward to seeing your art this week!

Word Art Wednesday #4

2011-11-23T09:04:00.009-05:00

My Linky Tools expired the other day. I apologize for this. I do have the four names and emails of this weeks entries. I now have the Inlinkz added and look forward to seeing your art and visiting with you.

Hi there, if I don't get a chance to tell you tomorrow, Happy Thanksgiving! I am sure you're as productive as I am today in getting goodies ready for tomorrow. This will be short but sweet! I look forward to seeing your art throughout the week. :o) If you aren't familiar with how the challenge works, please read the Challenge Guidelines here or at the top of the page. Thanks!

We have a winner this week!! Random.org chose #2 which is:
Ann Margaret from: Ann Margaret's Visions
Yay! Congratulations! I will send Sue from Heart and Soul Rubber Stamp Co. your email and she will contact you about your special gift. :o)

This week's sponsor is Lindsay from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff. I am on Lindsay's Design Team and she has given me the privilege of picking out the gift for one special lady next week and I have it all picked out and ready to send!

Ok, now onto this week's challenge. I chose this scripture for this week:
Through Him, therefore, let us constantly and at all times offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, which is the fruit of lips that thankfully acknowledge, confess and glorify His name.
Hebrews 13:15

Not just on Thanksgiving should we be thankful but every single day, searching and looking for the things He's doing in our lives. Look for the little things, sometimes it might be a hug from your child when you least expect it or the clearing of traffic during rush hour or someone sharing a 50% off coupon with you when you don't have a lot of money to begin with. Yes, I believe those are little blessings from the Lord. It's easy to praise Him with the really big things but if we search for the little things, the little things we sometimes take for granted and say thank you Lord, it's amazing to see how truly blessed we really are each and every day.

Here's my art project for this week:

I glued on my papers, painted over with some Robin's Egg blue, stamped and watered down some orange paint to let it flow down. The lady is an image transfer using packing tape. I added some paper and paste with blue paint in it to give it a surrounded effect, added some beads to it for extra color and texture. I Added some burnt umber to the sides, walnut ink spritzed a paper doily, added my scripture to the top of a frame that was ink stained.

Thank you for stopping by and I look forward to seeing your art!

Word Art Wednesday #3

2011-11-16T08:42:00.001-05:00

Hi there, I hope your day is going well so far. The weather here is gray, dreary and humid. The air was turned on this morning so it's still not fall here. It teased us last week, hopefully soon the cooler weather will again grace us with its presence. Yes, I like the cooler weather, not to cold though. :o)

Today, I am excited about today, WAW has a new home and we have a few sponsors!! So exciting! If you aren't familiar with how this all works, there's a challenge guidelines link at the top to your left that will let you know all the details.

This week's sponsor is Sue from Heart and Soul Rubber Stamp Co. do take a minute to visit with her and browse through her online catalog because next Wednesday, the 23rd, I am going to use Random.org to pick one name and that lucky lady will receive a special gift from Sue! Please make sure you leave your email address when you add your art to Mr. Linky below so when I announce the winner I am able to give it to Sue so she can contact you, you also can contact her if your name is chosen. Thank you.

This week's Word Art is from Isaiah 41:10 Do not fear, for I am with you, do not be dismayed for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will hold you up with my righteous right hand.

I have been going through some things and this verse has been helping me press through. Knowing that I can feel afraid but still do what I know God wants me to do because He is right beside me, He's not going to leave me and say deal with it yourself, He's going to walk me through what I'm afraid of and hold my hand every step of the way. Thank you Lord.

Here's my project for this week:

With this I cut a tag out of wood, glued my paper down as background, added my favorite color (robin's egg blue), stamped some texture down and used burnt umber paint around the edges. The image is Flourished Chickadee from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff collection. I spritzed the image with my homemade shimmer and walnut ink, added some paste around the edges, embedded some handmade pearls and inked around the edges of the scripture.

I look forward to seeing your art and sending one lady an extra special email next week!!

Word Art Wednesday #2

2011-11-09T08:56:00.000-05:00

Hi there, today's a beautiful day but the weather really needs to make up its mind. One day it's cold then warm. I'm happy with 68 degrees for winter. We are off to a field trip soon and I wanted to get this posted early. I hope you have a great day and so glad you stopped by to join in the fun!
~ Each Wednesday I will post either a scripture or encouraging quote. You can use the one I post or if you are working on another project that has another scripture or encouraging quote you may use that.

~ I welcome all art, altered, mixed media, digital, etc. as long as it's family friendly. I will remove any art that isn't family friendly.

~ Please link up to your project page, not your home page.

~ Please add my Word Art Wednesday button to your sidebar or mention it in your post along with a link back to the challenge page.

The scripture for this week is:
The Lord is my strength and shield. I trust Him with all my heart. He helps me, and my heart is filled with joy. I burst out in songs of thanksgiving. Psalm 28:7

The background of this piece is the one I did in the tutorial below on using glue and paint technique to create a crackle effect. I added some hymn paper around the lady and put some paste along that with a flower and some beads. I also added a stamp and some red with bubble wrap.

Thanks for stopping by and I look forward to seeing what you have made!!