Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Be Still...

I find this week's Word Art Wednesday focus verse, "Be still and know that I AM God," Psalm 46:10, to be a real challenge at times.  So often when things are busy or we're going through a trial it's so easy to try to do everything on my own.  I want to "fix" things.  However, that's when I most need to "be still" and get out of the way so that God can work. When I do, things happen that ONLY He could do.  He does such wonderful things for me - from small (helping me find the store list I'd dropped on the floor at the store) to eternal (He gave me the free gift of salvation thru His Son).  I wonder how many more He would be able to do if I would just quit trying to do things on my own. 



This week's card does not have any patterned paper.  I revisited the "stamp your own background" technique and went with a floral/garden theme.  The flower deliberately overlap a bit and the panel was sprayed with shimmer spritz.  Some of the flowers were accented with rhinestone centers.  To keep the floral theme going, I also stamped some on the sentiment panel.  I used a small paintbrush and a distress ink pad to color in the words "I AM GOD."  I really like the way it accents what is most important.



Two ribbons were layered across the card and the sentiment panel was popped up over them.  A couple more rhinestones accent the verse panel.



More flowers and a sentiment decorate the interior.  I accidentally got some ink on the back of the card, so I covered it up with stamped flowers.  :)




Supplies:
Cardstock:  Georgia Pacific (white), Bazzill (green)
Stamps:  Daydream Designs (Dream Team Scripture Set 2), Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps (Comforting Pines -retired clear stamp set), Inkadinkado (Doodle Flowers clear stamp set)
Ink:  Versafine (Onyx Black), Distress Ink Pads (Barn Door, Peacock Feathers, Bundled Sage)
Tools/Embellishments:  Spellbinders dies (Labels Four, Labels Four Small), rhinestones (The Paper Studio), ribbon (Offray - white, Michael's - red), Tsukineko Shimmer Spritz

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Scrapbook Blessings Club Challenge #23 - Anything Goes {focus on challenge techniques from April - June - I chose to use a stamped background scene (April) and a digi (June)}
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - White (use white in any of its shades on your project)
Craft Your Passion Challenge #220 - Ribbons (use at least one)
Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #202 - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Clear It Out Challenge - In the Garden (stash item:  ribbon)
Fan-tastic Tues Challenge #42 - Anything Goes
Top Tip Tuesday - Two or more Ribbon/twine

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you'll pick up the free digi at the Word Art Wednesday blog and see how the rest of the design team used it.  Have a good day!

9 comments:

Faye said...

Your card is so beautifully made. And yes, in all the busyness of life, it is hard to put this scripture into practice.

Unknown said...

Nice card. Thanks for joining us at Craft Your Passion -Randi

Unknown said...

One of my favorite verses and your floral background is so pretty. Thanks for joining us at Top Tip Tuesday!

Meihsia Liu said...

Such a beautiful creation! Love the pretty pattern on the card. Thank you so much for sharing at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.

Cindy said...

Very pretty card! Love the stamping and the verse, too. Thanks for playing along with us at SBC. Cindy--dt

Marjorie said...

Beautiful card, Thank you for joining us this week at 'Papertake Weekly' challenge.... good luck:)
Hugs,
Marjorie (DT)

Laura W said...

This is lovely. Thank you for sharing your story-I think we all struggle with being still.
Thank you for joining us at the Clear it out challenge blog-see you tomorrow for a new 'sketch' challenge

Sam K said...

This is gorgeous, that background is ace, would never of known it was stamped! Great job xx Hugs, thanks for joining us over at Top Tip Tuesday for our current challenge xx

Mona Pendleton said...

So very beautiful inside and out!

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