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             Today we have A very Special Word Art Wednesday Challenge and Blog Hop, with prizes! For the next month we will have a blog hop with a wonderful prize from each blog - Here is the                                        one from my blog by Emma's Paperie  How fun would this be to win!! All you have to do is leave a comment on my blog and a random draw will be done! I will announce the winner, ask for a mailing address, and then the prize will be mailed out. Don't worry I will contact you privately!  For more prizes and great things to win, hop to these blogs: Word Art Wednesday Karen Conner Holly Lau JoAnn Atterbury Natalie Houston Stephanie Wright Karen Letchworth enjoy the hop and all the eye candy along the way! Our beautiful verse this week, so perfect for this time of the year: What an amazing event, can you imagine being there?  Being a part of the Birth of the savior? I made my card with an old master's public domain image by Jacob Jordaens the elder,  fr

   Happy  Word Art Wednesday  Anything Goes Challenge  everyone!  Karen Letchworth has given us a beautiful devotion !  We also have another gorgeous  Bible verse digitized by Karen Murray!   Check out the blog to see who This weeks'  generous sponsor is.     Karen Conner is  our  fabulous December Guest Designer    I hope you stop over to the  blog and join in the fun.  We HAve something very special coming up on December 16th - a month-long blog hop with a prize from each blog!!!  Stayed tuned for more details!  My card for this month really hit home,  we have read this scripture before and I think we often take the negative thought about treasure being idols, but then I thought of the treasures the Lord has blessed my life with - my family and all I could do was thank and praise him.  My heart is truly in my family.  In these troubling times, I am thankful to have my house built on the Everlasting Rock - how about you? Here is my card:  I made one of the popular tall and thin ca

  Happy  Word Art Wednesday  Anything Goes Challenge  everyone!  Karen Letchworth has given us a beautiful devotion !  We also have another gorgeous  Bible verse digitized by Karen Murray!   Check out the blog to see who This weeks'  generous sponsor is.       I hope you stop over to the  blog and join in the fun.                 This week's Beautiful verse is a very encouraging Scripture,  Here is my card: This year marks 40 years I have been walking with the Lord I gave my life to him when I  was 20. I am so thankful for the wonderful life He has blessed me with.  there were many hard years (as in everyone's life) But His joy and His strength were more than enough to get me through and now I have lived and kept the faith long enough to see the truth of this passage: My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;  Knowing  this , that the trying of your faith worketh patience.  But let patience have  her  perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire

      Happy  Word Art Wednesday  Anything Goes Challenge  everyone!  Karen Letchworth has given us a beautiful devotion !  We also have another gorgeous  Bible verse digitized by Karen Murray!   Check out the blog to see who This weeks'  generous sponsor is.       I hope you stop over to the  blog and join in the fun.                 This week's Beautiful verse is a very encouraging Scripture,  Here is my card: I think with the very uncertain times we are now living in, I rest more and more in the faithful promises of our faithful and compassionate Lord.   We really can't trust any other, and we find safety in His holy habitation.   This card will be in the mail to a very sweet friend this afternoon and I know she will love the verse ( that is the important part)! The verse for your Word Art Thanks for stopping by! Ginny M

     Happy  Word Art Wednesday  Anything Goes Challenge  everyone!  Karen Letchworth has given us a beautiful devotion !  We also have another gorgeous  Bible verse digitized by Karen Murray!   This weeks'  sponsor is   The Project Bin   with a  $15.00 Gift card!        I hope you stop over to the  blog and join in the fun. This weeks Beautiful verse is a very encouraging Scripture,  Here is my card: I kept this card very clean and simple - I did fussy cut the image and do a little folding for dimension. This image is from Graciellie designs and I really like its dramatic simplicity. Keep Praying, Keep believing, Our Heavenly Father is Faithful! Thanks for stopping by and Try to find the time to join the challenge and mail your card! Ginny M. 

    Happy  Word Art Wednesday  Anything Goes Challenge  everyone!  Karen Letchworth has given us a beautiful devotion !  We also have another gorgeous  Bible verse digitized by Karen Murray!  This weeks'  sponsor is   Studio Katia  with a very generous $35.00 Gift card!        I hope you stop over to the  blog and join in the fun. This week's beautiful verse speaks the heart of The lord in our relationship with each other and the world - the gift of Grace.  The gift he so richly pours into each one of us so that we may be a vessel of mercy to a world and church that can so desperately need it! My Card for this week: Hmm, looks like I did not photo this very well! So here it is for you and your card-making: Life has been very busy the last month for me, we started a kitchen/dining room renovation in June and everything that was in those rooms is now in my craft room.  Need I say more?  next week the kitchen and floors will be installed and everything put back in order.  All the

   Happy  Word Art Wednesday  Anything Goes Challenge  everyone!  Karen Letchworth has given us a beautiful devotion !  We also have another gorgeous  Bible verse digitized by Karen Murray!  We have a special guest designer Mia for the month of September and this weeks'  sponsor is Clearly Besotted Stamps!        I hope you stop over to the  blog and join in the fun. This Digital Image is another one of many beautiful images from  The Graphics Fairy.   Check out her website, you will be amazed - this image was a freebie our Beautiful verse for this Challenge I hope your stopover to the Word Art Wednesday Blog and join the fun- make a card and mail it! Thanks for stopping by, Ginny M

  Happy  Word Art Wednesday  Anything Goes Challenge # 454-455  everyone!  Karen Letchworth has given us a beautiful devotion !  We also have another gorgeous  Bible verse digitized by Karen Murray!  We have a special guest designer Mia for the month of September and this weeks'  sponsor is Stamp Simply Clear Stamps!       I hope you stop over to the blog and join in the fun.  My card for this weeks Challenge: This Digital Image is one of may beautiful images from The Graphics Fairy.   Check out her website, you will be amazed - this image was a freebie!

I've been working with commercial watercolors and digitized Bible verses to create different types of cards.  It is a lot of fun but due to my skill level or lack of, it is a bit time-consuming. The verse I used to make this card is from this week's Word Art Wednesday I wanted to make this available to you for your card making.  Here is the card: I printed this on a textured paper  I edged the paper with a copper sharpie marker I also used 1/16th inch foam squares to give it dimension Here is the JPG for you to use  I created my card as a 5x7, you can change the size to what you prefer. I hope you use this to bless others, "Freely God has Given", So that we can pass the blessing. Have a great day  Ginny M

Happy  Word Art Wednesday  Anything Goes Challenge # 454-455  everyone!  Karen Letchworth has given us a beautiful devotion !  This weeks'  sponsor is Stix 2 Anything, with a terrific adhesive package!       I hope you stop over to the blog and join in the fun.  My card for this weeks challenge: I love using this stamp to create a little mailable dimension.                     this is very simple you can use a physical stamp or a digital. just make the second or                           top image a little smaller!  Easy enough to do!  For your crafting: I love this verse too, we are designed to be a family in the body of Christ.  That is so comforting! Thank you for stopping by and I hope to see your entries over at the Word Art Wednesday anything goes challenge blog Ginny M 

Happy  Word Art Wednesday   everyone! Today  Karen Letchworth has given us a beautiful devotion !  We also have another gorgeous  Bible verse digitized by Karen Murray!    Our Sponsors this week is  Hello Bluebird .  Check them out, the cutest stamps ever!    I hope you stop over to the blog and join in the fun. I made today's card using Watercolor Digitals.   Keep scrolling and you will see this is also a freebie for you today  Printed on 130# watercolor paper and a little bit of handwork for definition using a micron pen My gift to you! Karen Murrays' beautiful verse  Right-click and save. Today I am spending time preserving and doing a few hours of companion work for a sweet 92-year young lady.  I hope you have a great day and find the time in the next two weeks to enter our Anything goes challenge! Have a great day, Ginny M

Hopefully, you have had a day that has included Worship, Word, rest, and maybe a little creative time!  After a busy morning and afternoon, I decided to work on a challenge card for The Christian Cardmakers Group on Facebook. This weekend's challenge was to make a masculine cards in a color palette of grays, whites, and browns.  I love these colors, so many shades, and a real opportunity to bring in texture.  I thought I would share my card with you and the process.  I also have two freebies for you today! Here is my card:  I actually made two. I love buying the big stacks of paper made (I think) for scrapbooking.  I use my pads for card making only - I don't scrap. You will often find some very cool photos in these pads and I love using them in cards the strong images can really be a wonderful setting for a verse or sentiment.  I think the whole trick to this is finding the best area to serve as a backdrop, it may on be one image a sheet - but that is okay because chances are

Happy Friday Everyone, A beautiful day here in CNY and I am about to head outdoors but before I do I wanted to share a super quick card making Idea.   In my Digital files, I have a wonderful folder of bible verses illustrated by various artists. I do lots of handouts for Sunday School and other church-related things.  I also leave some of these beautifully printed scriptures on tables in restaurants ( With a good tip! Someday I will share the story of a pastor who brought 18 people to dinner on a Sunday and left his waitress - a 19-year-old me- a tract and no tip!). Actually, I will leave these anywhere I can.  But today I made cards with bookmarks. The latest trend seems to be the slimline card; 4.00" x 9" in a business-size envelope.   Here's the set of Cards: I cannot seem to find the designer of the bookmark I used, but if you go here to Etsy you will find many wonderful designers Here is my Tip for the day;  We all seem to end up purchasing numerous cutters until we

Hello Everyone, I thought this was worth the time to listen too, Tips on how to avoid creative burn out, and how not get caught up in spending instead of creating - AKA good Stewardship! One of the reasons I post so many items for you on my blog is to help you build a collection of art and sentiments that you can use for your card making and card ministries without cost. It is so easy to get caught up in the marketing of "Stuff". This is one of the reasons I never designed for big companies -(I may not have been talented enough) It is so easy to get caught up in our hobbies, buying the latest and greatest. I loved working for the smaller companies and helping them grow their businesses, but even that chapter has changed and I just want to give what has been freely given to me. I hope you enjoy this video and find it helpful - Linday is a wonderful person and artist and since I know her personally I can attest to her excellent ethics! you can follow her here:  The Frugal C

Happy  Word Art Wednesda y   everyone!  Karen Letchworth has given us a beautiful devotion !  We also have another gorgeous  Bible Verse digitized by Karen Murray!    Check out the blog to see our Sponsors for this week!        I hope you stop over to the blog and join in the fun My Card today is made with to digital files from my stash I printed these on watercolor paper along with this weeks verse and then printed a separate pair to create the pop-up wings On the pop-up pair, I added a little sparkly Stickles.  I could have used a glitter glue or sparkly pen, but those embellishments are water-based and would have caused the inks to run from my print. I am thankful for this verse and the long-suffering of The Lord, this long-suffering allowed me and then my children to enter into his kingdom, I never pray come now, Lord.  I pray for him to make me able to stand and work in the days he has given me. here are some lovely butterflies for you to add to