Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Challenge #97 - Anything Goes

Welcome back to another fun challenge.  It's such a blessing having you all share your wonderful creations with us, and we look forward to seeing the wonderful projects you will link up this week.  Please remember that while we are an "Anything Goes" challenge, we do not promote having any dark images shared in our challenges.  With Halloween approaching, some of you are creating cards and projects that aren't quite appropriate for our challenges.  We realize that it's all in good fun, but rules are rules.  Please be very careful when deciding which projects to link up with us.  We don't want to have to delete any of your entries.

Our word art/scripture for this week is Colossians 4:6, and it tells us that our speech should be filled with God's grace every time we speak.  In early times, there were no refrigerators.  Salt was used as a preservative to slow down the spoiling process.  So, when this verse tells us to "season our speech with salt", it means that we should slow down our tongue (as salt slows down spoilage).  When we take the time to THINK about what we are saying before we say it, then our words are far less likely to be offensive.  When others speak to us, they will be able to see God is us through our words.  There is a saying that goes like this....."Use your time and your words carefully as neither can ever be taken back."  Take the time this week (especially when angry or upset) to let God "season your words", and choose them carefully.  We can hurt others by speaking too quickly,  and we can ruin our Christian witness.  Let's work on "seasoning our words with salt" and properly representing Jesus Christ to a lost world.

As always, you are welcome to save this week's 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 art with us; remembering that Anything Goes as long as it's family-friendly, and uses an encouraging or uplifting sentiment. You can also link more than one project each week (up to 5 each week). The more you enter, the more you increase your odds of winning.  It is our desire that God's Word be a blessing and encouragement to you each week. If you have any questions about the rules, be sure to read the complete list of rules under our page tab for "Challenge Rules".  They have been recently revised, and we ask that you check them out if you aren't familiar with our challenge guidelines.  Because our ultimate goal is to honor God, we have no other choice but to delete any entries that do not adhere to these guidelines.

Here is this week's free scripture/word art.  It's not
misspelled - it's King James Version.
This week's TWO AMAZING sponsors are:
Nice Crane Designs has wonderful
vintage and unique digital images.
AND
Digi Darla Designs has such sweet & adorable
images from most every category imaginable
Click here to Shop Digi Darla's
 
Here are our lucky winners from Challenge #96
The AMAZING Verve Stamps has given a
$20 gift certificate to Entry #78 - An'Jenic
AND
three digis of the winner's choice!
That prize goes to Lucky Entry #139- KT Fit Kitty
 
Special thanks to ALL our incredible sponsors!
How blessed we are - PRAISE GOD!!!
And now...here's a bit of inspiration from our Design Team
 
Tammy Hobbs, Our September Guest Designer
Carole Robb Bisson
 

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Challenge #96 - Anything Goes

We have some INCREDIBLY exciting news to share with you all!  Our dear friend, Sister in the Lord, and past Design Team Member, the talented Diane Noble, has re-joined our Design Team full-time.  We are SO pleased to have her back, and we hope that you will give her a warm welcome as she jumps back into the team!  She has a darling new little digi shop called Diane's Daydream Designs, and she (along with some of her store's other artists) will be sponsoring some of our upcoming challenges.  We hope you will take a moment to check out her shop, and stop by her blog to welcome her.  We know that her art will be a blessing to you, and that her love for the Lord will also be a blessing to those of you who play along as she visits your blogs and comments; getting to know you all.

This week's word art/scripture is from Isaiah Chapter 40.  In verse 27 of this passage, we learn that Jacob (on behalf of the people of Israel) asked God why He has hidden Himself from them and passed over them.  And in the following verse (28), we learn that God does not grow wearing and faint; but that He has great strength and understanding.  So, when we read the more familiar verse (our word art for this week - verse 31), God's Word tells us that when we wait on Him, we will attain what He possesses.  We can exchange our weak, faint, human flesh and be renewed with the strength that God possesses.  God will give us His attributes - and we won't grow tired or weary.  It's normal to want things HOW we want them, and WHEN we want them; but when we desire this, we will find ourselves tired and weary - much like Jacob and the people of Israel.  But in learning to wait on God and His perfect timing, we can have His strength and we won't have to grow weary and tired.  What a blessing to know that God truly WANTS for us to have His attributes and to be like Him; but it will require us to WAIT on Him.  His ways are always worth the wait so that we can receive His blessings.  Praise God

DID YOU KNOW that we've only hit 200 entries ONE TIME?  We did give away a special prize to celebrte that milestone, and we want you all to know that Karen has purchased a GORGEOUS Die-Namics flower die-cut that she will give away when we hit the big 200 mark again!

As always, you are welcome to save this week's 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 art with us; remembering that Anything Goes as long as it's family-friendly, and uses an encouraging or uplifting sentiment. You can also link more than one project each week (up to 5 each week). The more you enter, the more you increase your odds of winning. We just  want God's Word to be a blessing and encouragement to you each week. If you have any questions about the rules, be sure to read the complete list of rules under our page tab for "Challenge Rules".  They have been recently revised, and we ask that you check them out if you aren't familiar with our challenge guidelines.  Because our ultimate goal is to honor God, we have no other choice but to delete any entries that do not adhere to these guidelines.  We will continue to delete entries that don't adhere to the challenge rules and simply aren't God-honoring; so PLEASE think about what you're entering before you just link up.  It MUST be an encouraging, uplifting, and friendly project.  Our guidelines are pretty straight-forward, so please do read them if you have any questions about what is acceptable.  We want you all to be eligible for the prizes, so thank you for respecting this rule.

Here is this week's free scripture/word art.  Enjoy!
This week's TWO WONDERFUL sponsors are:
The AMAZING Verve Stamps is offering a
$20 gift certificate to one very lucky person
They offer Christian sentiments, scripture stamps,
and MANY beautiful high-quality acrylic stamps
Click here to Shop Verve
AND
DARLING images, and one lucky person
gets to pick out 3 digis of their choice!
Click here to Shop Jelly Park
 
AND HERE ARE OUR WINNERS FROM CHALLENGE #95
Lucky Entry #80 - Patti Doss
has won the $20 gift certificate
to the AWESOME Blue Moon Scrapbooking
Happy Shopping,  Patti!!!!!!
AND
Entry #155 - Sneji
has won some darling images
from My Heart Pieces Digital Stamps
 
Special thanks to ALL our incredible sponsors!
How blessed we are - PRAISE GOD!!!
And now...here's a bit of inspiration from our Design Team
 
Tammy Hobbs, Our September Guest Designer
Carole Robb Bisson
Using a Sponsor, Jelly Park Image
Inside View with Scripture
 

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Our September Guest Designer, Tammy Hobbs

Hello, friends of Word Art Wednesday!  I am SUPER excited to introduce you all to our September Guest Designer.  Tammy Hobbs is a wonderfully talented crafter, and a beautiful person - inside and out.  You will absolutely LOVE the GORGEOUS art she shares with us this month, and I hope that you will take a minute to stop by her blog and welcome her to the Word Art Wednesday team for September!
It is an honor to join the Word Art Wednesday team as September's Guest Designer.  My love for paper-crafting began a few years ago when I received a handmade Christmas card from a friend.   A few months later, I was invited to a stamp party, and the rest is history!  There's nothing like the personal touch of a handmade card, and I haven’t sent a store-bought card to anyone in years!
 
If I had to sum up my card making style in a word, it would be eclectic.  My creative spirit can be influenced by everything from my mood that day, to something that I experience, or an image that I see.
 
I am an Army Wife, and a Mom to one little dude!  We have our challenges; both as a military family, and as parents to a special needs child.  I feel truly lucky to have found such a wonderful creative outlet, as it's my "therapy".  I love everything about paper-crafting, and when it comes to ‘me’ time, I can’t think of anything better!
 
My creations can be found at Creating Somewhere Under The Sun.  

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Challenge #95 - Anything Goes

We had another great week of entries, and we thank each of you for sharing with us.  For those of you who are new to our challenge blog......WELCOME!  For those of you who have played along with us before, THANK YOU for continuing to share with us, and for helping to share the news of our challenge blog with others.  We have a VERY SPECIAL SPONSOR this week!  Scott at Blue Moon Scrapbooking has offered up a $20 gift certificate to his amazing on-line scrapbook supply store.  If you've never shopped Blue Moon before, you will want to check it out.  They carry all the BIG NAMES in scrapbooking, many hard-to-find items, and they also have reasonable shipping prices.  In addition, we also have the lovely My Heart Pieces digital stamps offering a fabulous prize to a second winner this week.  Please feel free to share up to five (5) projects with us to increase your odds of winning.  Not to mention, we LOVE seeing your sweet projects!
 
Our word art file/scripture for this week is John 1:12.  This verse first tells us that ALL those who have "received Him" (those who have called on the name of Jesus, God in human flesh, and placed their trust in Him alone) have been given the power to become His sons and daughters (to inherit His kingdom as one of His children).  What a wonderful truth from God's Word!  Simply by placing our eternal faith in what He did for us on the cross, He gives us the power to become His child forever, and to spend all eternity with Him when we die.  This is yet another beautiful and wonderful promise He has given us in His Word.  He will consider us His children, and will never forsake us when we place our faith in Him.  Salvation is SO wonderful, and SO easy - just call on His name!
 
You are welcome to save this week's 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 art with us; remembering that Anything Goes as long as it's family-friendly, and uses an encouraging or uplifting sentiment. You can also link more than one project each week (up to 5 each week). The more you enter, the more you increase your odds of winning. We just  want God's Word to be a blessing and encouragement to you each week. If you have any questions about the rules, be sure to read the complete list of rules under our page tab for "Challenge Rules".  They have been recently revised, and we ask that you check them out if you aren't familiar with our challenge guidelines.  Because our ultimate goal is to honor God, we have no other choice but to delete any entries that do not adhere to these guidelines.

Here is this week's free scripture/word art.  Enjoy!
This week's TWO AWESOME sponsors are:
Our friends at Blue Moon Scrapbooking
have offered a $20 gift certificate to
one VERY lucky person!  Stop by and
for ALL your scrapbooking needs!
AND
My Heart Pieces Digital Stamps
is offering 3 of their precious digital
images to another lucky winner!
 
Our WINNERS from last week's challenge are:
Entry #51 - Peggy R. has won
her choice of a brand new
rubber stamp set from Heart & Soul Rubber Stamps!
AND
Entry #120 - Anne from France
has won 5 new digis of her choice
from Digi Darla's Designs
 
Special thanks to ALL our incredible sponsors!
How blessed we are - PRAISE GOD!!!
And now...here's a bit of inspiration from our Design Team
Nicole Davis, Our August Guest Designer
Summer Fill-In Designer, Ginny Maxam
Visit Carole's Blog for Alternate Views
of her Gorgeous Creations This Week
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