Cast Your Burden

It's time for another challenge at Word Art Wednesday. This week we're focusing on a very comforting verse, Psalm 55:22, "Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved." It is such a relief to know that no matter how big our burden, it's not too big for the Lord. We can cast ourselves on Him and say, Lord, I can't handle this on my own. You're going to have to take care of it for me." And He will comfort and care for us. It doesn't mean we won't hurt. It means we won't have to be alone in our pain and He will be right there with us giving us strength for each day. He is truly the God of all comfort.

Our generous sponsor this week, is the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store. They provided the Get Well Tulip stamp set for me to play with. I love how their clear stamps give such a clear impression right out of the package. I stamped the tulip image with Memento ink on white cardstock, colored it with Copic markers and added a coat of clear Wink of Stella to the flower petals. Then the flower was die cut using a stitched circle die. The background was embossed with an embossing folder before being matted and adhered to the cardbase. The image panel was popped up over the patterned paper layer. After the verse panel was added, some clear sequins finish off the card. I used a Sweet Sunday sketch for my card design.

Supplies:
Sweet Sunday Sketch #220
Cardstock: Park Lane (#110 white cardstock for the card base, #65 dark pink), Bazzill (light pink), Georgia Pacific (white for sentiment and image panels)
Patterned Paper: Basic Grey (Hillside Terrarium 12 x 12 - retired)
Stamps: WORDart by Karen (Psalm 55:22), Stamp Simply Ribbon Store clear stamp set (Get Well Tulip)
Ink: Memento (Tuxedo Black)
Copic Markers: BG000, 01, 10; YG13 & 17; R81, 83, 85
Tools/Embellishments: Cuttlebug embossing folder (Anna Griffin - Honeysuckle Vines), Simon Says Stamp sequins (Assorted Moonshine), Divinity Designs die (Double Stitched Circle), Spellbinders die (Standard Circle Large), Wink of Stella Glitter pen (clear)

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes 
Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenge - Anything Goes, Optional Twist - Layers  
Crop Stop Final Challenge - Use brands/items found in the Crop Stop online store (I used Fiskars, Cuttlebug, Scotch, Zig, Tsukineko, Bazzill, Spellbinders) 
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes


I really enjoyed this stamp set so much that I just had to make a 2nd card. I love this sentiment and will being using it quite often. I used the newest Mojo Monday sketch for this card design.

I hand-cut the fishtail banner. Since the card has so many layers, I kept the embellishments pretty simple. I just added 3 enamel dots to the top right of the background panel and finished it off by adding Nuvo glitter drops to the centers of the circles in the background patterned paper.

Supplies:
MOJO Monday Sketch 508
Cardstock: Park Lane (#110 white cardstock for the card base), Coordinations (dark blue), Georgia Pacific (white sentiment panel)
Patterned Paper: Bo Bunny (Early Bird 6 x 6)
Stamps: Stamp Simply Ribbon Store clear stamp set (Get Well Tulip)
Ink: VersaFine (Onyx Black)
Tools/Embellishments: Gina Marie Designs (Stitched Hearts dies and enamel dots), Nuvo Glitter Drops (White Blizzard)

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #424 - Anything Goes
Use Your Stuff Challenge #345 - Enamel Dots
Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenge - Anything Goes, Optional Twist - Layers
Crop Stop Final Challenge - Use brands/items found in the Crop Stop online store (I used Fiskars, Cuttlebug, Scotch, Tsukineko)
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

I hope you'll have time to not only visit the Word Art Wednesday blog to pick up your free digi and see the other Design Team projects, but also visit our sponsor, Stamp Simply Ribbon Store. You'll be glad you did. Thanks for visiting today, please come back soon.