Word Art Wednesday

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Anything Goes - Weeks #587-588

Welcome back to Word Art Wednesday for another great challenge. We have lots of fun waiting for everyone including a brief devotional to encourage you, some awesome artistic inspiration, another amazing generous sponsor/prize up for grabs, and a brand-new challenge where you can link your art. We're so grateful that you're here to join us.

Our word art scripture is Psalm 86:5, "For thou, LORD, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee". I don't know about you, but I sure am grateful for God's willingness to forgive. God is truly good (great in fact); and He is always ready to forgive us of our sins. We each have our own sins - the things that go against God's perfect ways. Each one of us needs forgiveness from our sins because our sins are what separate us from God. However, God is rich in mercy and He will always forgive us our sins if we will simply come to Him and confess them. This is precisely why He came to earth in the human form of Jesus Christ, why He suffered and died to pay the price for our sins, and why He has gone to prepare a place for us to spend our eternity. Sin separates us from God, but His wonderful gift of salvation and forgiveness is what makes a way for us to get to Him. There is absolutely NOTHING too big or too awful for God to forgive. He will make us "a new creature" if we simply call on Him, confess, turn from our sins, and purpose to follow Him and His ways. Please don't ever feel that you need to stay the way you are and live with the sins of your past. God wants so much to hear from you, to forgive you, to change you, and to bless you. Praise God for his goodness, His willingness to forgive, His perfect gift of salvation, and His mercy that is for ALL who call on His precious name.

As always, you are welcome to save the word art to your computer; but you are never required to use it in order to play along or to win in our challenges. We welcome you to share all of your art with us; remembering that Anything Goes as long as it's family friendly. 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 an encouragement to you as we share it. If you have any questions about the rules, be sure to read the complete list of rules found under our Page tab marked "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 not. We are simply attempting to honor God and follow His rules. Please let us know if you have any questions about anything; and thank you for your understanding and participation.

Check out our AWESOME sponsor for this challenge:

The beautiful and awesome Crafty Individuals Stamp Co.

is our sponsor for the this challenge. Crafty Individuals

is located in the United Kingdom, and ships worldwide.

Crafty Individuals carries their own AMAZING and super

creative line of stamps as well as hundred of other brands

and crafting products of all kinds. They have SUPER cool

and unique images in their own amazing line of stamps;

plus they carry many name-brand products that we all use

and love. One very lucky person will WIN a generous

25 pound prize to spend on the Crafty Individuals line of

stamps. Be sure to stop by the Crafty Individuals Blog

for inspiration, and then by their amazing STORE for

some FUN browsing, inspiration and shopping.

AND NOW......Another Lucky Winner:

Pretty Pink Posh is an AMAZING and FUN

store that carries such super sweet stamps,

dies, stencils and so much more. One very

lucky person has WON an extra generous $30

gift certificate to spend at Pretty Pink Posh.

It's Lucky Entry #164 - WendyLynn

Our Top 3 Honors Go to Our Friends:

Entry #95 - Lucy E.

Entry #126 - Lia

Entry #160 - Pauline C.

Please email Karen if you'd like a

Top 3 or Winner's Badge for your blog.

All winners must also email Karen

to claim prize (per the Rules Page). Thanks!

May God bless all our AWESOME sponsors.

We appreciate them all SO very much. We

pray for them, and for God's hand of blessing

upon their businesses. We're SO grateful.

Here's Some Inspiration to get You Started:

Here's Our March Guest Designer, Dottie Seubert

Cynthia Olheiser

Jo Ann Atterbury

Coming Soon

Natalie Houston

Christine Miller

Ginny Maxam

Karen Letchworth

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Anything Goes - Weeks #585-586

Welcome back to Word Art Wednesday for another great challenge. We're so glad you're here to join us and play along with us. This challenge blog would be nothing without YOU, the people who share their art with us. We have an awesome sponsor, a brief devotional, lots of great inspiration, and lots of FUN waiting for everyone. Thank you so much for stopping by to join us. We appreciate you very much.

Our word art scripture for this challenge is Psalm 143:8 and it says, "Cause me to hear your lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee". It's a great practice to wake up every morning and to allow our mind to go directly to Jesus. Before we reach for our IPhone, before we grab a coffee, or even get out of bed; we should go directly to Him with our praise and our prayers. This is the best way to center our lives in His goodness and the best way for us to allow God to show us His wonderful blessings. He wants to bless us and to guide our lives, but we need to remember to draw close to Him in order for Him to draw close to us and bless us. I encourage you to talk with God every morning before you rise, and I promise that you'll see a wonderful change in your attitude, in your relationship with Him, and in the way He guides and blesses your life. Give it a try, friends. The blessings will truly amaze you.

Check out our AWESOME sponsor for this challenge:

Pretty Pink Posh is an AMAZING and FUN

store that carries such super sweet stamps,

dies, stencils and so much more. One very

lucky person will WIN an extra generous $30

gift certificate to spend at Pretty Pink Posh.

AND NOW.......Another Lucky Winner:

Stamp Simply Clear Stamps was our sponsor for

the last challenge. Our wonderful friends over at

Stamp Simply Clear Stamps offered a very generous

$30 Gift Certificate to their amazing shop for one

lucky participant. Now, one very lucky person

has WON that fabulous prize. It's going to

Lucky Entry #125 - Ginger

Our Top 3 Honors Go to Our Friends:

Entry #146 - Leona B.

Entry #44 - Ginger

Entry #101 - Sandy J.

Please email Karen if you'd like a

Top 3 or Winner's Badge for your blog.

All winners must also email Karen

to claim prize (per the Rules Page). Thanks!

May God bless all our AWESOME sponsors.

We appreciate them all SO very much. We

pray for them, and for God's hand of blessing

upon their businesses. We're SO grateful.

Here's Some Inspiration to get You Started:

From the Pretty Pink Posh Design Team

Here's Rebecca Sharing this AMAZING

card using Fancy Cake Dies, Birthday Cake

Layering Stencil, and Funfetti Clay Confetti

And here's one from Leica Using Valentine

Mug Addition Dies, Winter Mug Dies,

Bubblegum Pearls and Pinstripe Stencil

And Now.....From Our Design Team

Here's Our March Guest Designer, Dottie Seubert

Cynthia Olheiser

Jo Ann Atterbury

Coming Soon

Natalie Houston

Using Love Balloons Stamp Set

from Sponsor, Pretty Pink Posh

Christine Miller

Ginny Maxam

Karen Letchworth

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Anything Goes - Weeks #583-584

Welcome back to Word Art Wednesday, everyone. Thank you so much for stopping by to PLAY ALONG in our fun challenge. We have an awesome sponsor for this challenge which is Stamp Simply Clear Stamps offering a generous $25 Gift Certificate. OH MY!!! The choices are many and you will LOVE their amazing stamps and dies. Stamp Simply carries so many wonderful sentiment stamps in the most deliciously delicate fonts. There's a perfect sentiment for every occasion you can imagine. We also have a brief devotional, and some really great inspiration to share with you all. Stamp Simply Clear Stamps is an AMAZING company with awesome (darling) stamps, dies and so much more. This wonderful store is also owned by a beautiful person, the lovely Sharon Johnson. Sharon has been a long-time sponsor here at Word Art Wednesday and throughout the crafting community. I give God much PRAISE for Sharon and for ALL our generous sponsors. I continually pray that God will BLESS these amazing people and their companies as they lend support to challenge blogs and the crafting community. These special people mean so much to us all and I really do ask God to put His mighty hand of blessing and provision over these individuals and the companies they represent. They deserve to be blessed for all the ways they bless others. I'm just SO very grateful for them all and, for this challenge, my dear friend, Sharon.

The lovely word art for this challenge is given to us in Romans 12:12 and it says, "Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer". I'd love to hear your comments or thoughts on what this verse means to you or how you interpret this one. For me, what I understand when I read this very is that first, I need to be (remain) joyful in hope. The world (Satan, our enemy) would just LOVE to steal up ALL our joy. The enemy lies to us every day and he would want us to believe that there is nothing at all to be excited about. What a big fat lie that is! While life certainly has its difficulties, struggles, burdens and such; we can always find MUCH about which we can be JOYFUL in HOPE. Being happy and looking forward with hope to ALL that God is planning for us is definitely something about which we can be truly excited. Just keep counting your blessings and being joyful. Next, this verse reminds us to just slow down. It tells us to be "patient in affliction". That one can be challenging, right? Being patient while I'm being afflicted with a problem? Really? Just be patient (to wait quietly with trust) when everything around you is pure chaos. It doesn't sound possible, but it actually is because God makes all things possible. The last part of this verse reminds us to be/to remain faithful in prayer. It's not difficult to pray. In fact, it's very easy. Prayer is just a conversation between you and God where you ask Him for the strength and things you need to help you live successfully for Him. This verse reminds us that God wants to hear from us and that He's waiting to hear what you need from Him and how you want to praise His holy name. Praise God for all the wonderful truths we find in the Bible every day that bless us so much.