SNSS – Gracious Words are SWEET!

Today I have a Bible journal page to share using one of this month’s new stamp sets – Sweet as Honey. This set is a lot of fun and perfect for cards and journaling both. I used the Proverbs 16:24 Sentiment

“Gracious words are like a honeycomb. Sweetness to the soul and health to the body.”

When I read this, it makes me think about how someone reacts when I smile and/or give them an encouraging or kind word. They visibly brighten and stand taller. It really takes so little to offer this kindness and the outcome is so much more.

As I go through the day to day motions, I often look down at my computer, or a report, or any number of things, and while I trudge on without looking up and smiling or speaking to those around me, I realize that it is just as much a loss for me as it is for them because, while they may smile and stand taller from my kind words, I believe I have the same reaction simply by knowing I caused it in another.

This was such a fun page to do and I definitely felt God’s reminder in the message…

Supplies:

• Image: Sweet as Honey

• Ink: I brushed Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade and Vintage Photo Distress ink onto the page then added the same colors to my craft mat where I spritzed them with water so I could pick up with my brush and flick some droplets onto the page. I inked the honeycomb and verse in Versafine toffee ink and the bee in Versafine Onyx black (on watercolor paper then I embossed with clear). I used metallic white watercolor on the wings and fossilized amber on the body. After it dried, I fussy cut the bee out and glued it in place with Yes! glue – this really works well without pucker the page to much on the back side…

Thanks for stopping by – Remember to offer a kind word to someone today!

Lyn

SNSS – Lord Fill Me Up!

Today I have been playing with a new stamp set  – this month’s release at Sweet N Sassy Stamps. Creative Worship: Exclamations Clear Stamp Set.

It is perfect for Bible Journaling but I was in the mood to make a card. I am actually thinking I want to make a CAS set, but I started with the coffee cup and went not so CAS with it 🙂

I love this designer paper. It is in my stash and I don’t use it often but every time I do, I love the results. For today’s card I used Strathmore Bristol Paper and Polychromos colored pencils. For my set, I am thinking Copics as they are so much quicker for me 🙂

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you are inspired!

Have a great day!

Lyn

SNSS – Go and Share Your Testimony!

I have really been so blessed and quite often take it for granted that I have so much…

I recently had a glorious vacation on an Island Paradise and while I was there, I was blessed to see a baptism in the ocean, in a cove, did I mention it was paradise? The islander who was getting baptized was so happy and standing there in the ocean, she gave her testimony just before she was baptized. It was so awe inspiring and it was just as it should be.

While I was thinking about it, I found Luke 8:39. This man had been saved by Jesus and just wanted to be with Him. But Jesus said:

³⁹ “Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you.” And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.

I have been wanting to use Your Story Digital Stamp to create a bookmark and it just seemed so perfect for my page today. I combined it with Creative Worship: Skinny Lowercase Clear Stamp Set and Skinny Caps Alpha Clear Stamp Set to create my page. I wanted to create a page that was a little different, but this is how it turned out and I am ok with that.

I colored my bookmark with Copics and used Acrylic paint on my page. I used Archival ink with White Gel Pen for the letters.

I hope you are having a blessed week! Thanks from stopping by!

lyn

I Will Sing

Ever have one of those days (weeks) where you just want to cry and then a wonderful friend does something that reminds you that you don’t have to do everything alone? You just know that God has placed them in your life for a reason (even if it is just to listen or to insist you go see a movie you didn’t think you were emotionally ready to see – The Shack)

After the week we’d had, my dear friend said “I really want to see this and I think we should see it together. It will be good for us.” While it may not be “completely accurate”, it certainly spoke to me and reminded me that God is “particularly fond of me” and He is with me during all of my times of stress (and sadness, and anger, and frustration, and happiness, and…) so how can I not see his presence in it somehow?

As I was preparing my Bible journal for today, I was feeling a little lighter than yesterday and found Psalm 59:16-17. I think it is perfect for how I am feeling!

16 But I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress.17 O my Strength, I will sing praises to you, for you, O God, are my fortress, the God who shows me steadfast love.

I used color pencils and the Sing Loud and Chunky Alpha sets from Sweet N Sassy Stamps

I hope you are having a blessed week and if you are not know that God’s steadfast love is yours too! And know that someone from Georgia has you in their prayers today! Thanks from stopping by!

lyn

There is a Season

I have really been loving my creative time in my Bible lately. While I love inking up a stamp, it is always scary to apply ink to my Bible page so I am doing something different for today’s page. I have been wanting to put the From the Heart Digi Time to Bloom image into my Bible from the moment I saw it and today, here it is…

I printed the image on Strathmore inkjet translucent Vellum – it dries fast and doesn’t smear. I colored it up with my Polychromos pencils. I took my time and had fun with shading and just used it as a coloring project thinking about the verse from Ecclesiastes – 3:1. It reminds us that while there are sad times there are also good times – There is a beginning with every ending.

“For everything there is a season,
    a time for every activity under heaven.”

After I colored my image, I cut it to the size of my Bible pages and rounded the corner with a 1/4″ rounder (this matches my Bible pages) I put a strip of 1/8″ inch Score tape on the straight (not rounded) edge and stuck it into my Bible.

I hope today’s page inspired you to try journaling without worry.

Thanks for stopping by!

lyn

I Am Forgiven!

As Easter approaches, I can’t help but think of how blessed and how loved I truly am. It is hard to believe that He loves me so much but there is no greater proof of His love than His sacrifice for me. That I am forgiven is definitely a sign of His love and His grace (meaning that I don’t get what I deserve!).

Today’s journal page is on Ephesians 1:7 “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,”

I used a few Sweet ‘N Sassy Stamp sets to create my page today. I created the background with distress inks and filled in some of the images with Faber Castell Pitt Artist Pens.

• Creative Worship: Sing Loud Clear Stamp Set
• Creative Worship: The Good News Clear Set
• Creative Worship: My Friend Clear Stamp Set

I hope you are feeling loved today. Thanks for stopping by.

Lyn

SNSS Lord Help Me Grow!

I have had today’s main image colored up for a while. I have actually colored it twice because I fell in love with the first one and just couldn’t cut it as was the original plan.

When I colored it the second time, I felt it was no longer meant for the verse I had been praying over. The more I looked at it, the more I felt that the image and the sentiment was too big for one verse – it was meant for all my verses. The prayer to help me grow according to God’s Word really spoke to me, I mean this is one of the main reasons I Bible journal. I want to spend time in the Word and I want to grow in It.

Soooo I decided to put it in the front of my Bible to remind me EVERY time I open my Bible that this is no simple book, but the Word of God, and that the time I spend in it, is my time to grow closer to Him and to praise Him in doing so.

My final page ended up using one main stamp and pieces from a couple of others:

 

• Creative Worship: Living Word
• Creative Worship: The Good News Clear Set
• Stand Tall Clear Set

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you were inspired.

Lyn

 

Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Today I have a couple of projects today using one of the new SNSS February sets – Creative Worship: Words of Life- Actions

First I have a couple of cards. I used some distress inks to create a ombre backgrounds then stamped a sentiment by combining words. I used Creative Worship: Good Shepherd to fill in the blanks. They are simple but effective I think. Sometimes less is more  Do you agree?

My next project is a Bible journal page for Matthew 5:16  “In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.”

A wonderful reminder that actions speak louder than words! I used the Creative Worship: Outline Alpha set to create a title. This new set was a lot of fun to play with. I didn’t create a glamorous page I just had fun.

Thanks for stopping by!

Lyn

SNSS 1 John 4:9-10 – My Savior

When I got this month’s new My Savior stamp set from Sweet N Sassy Stamps, I couldn’t wait to color the image. I wanted to put into my Bible and journal it, but I am a little chicken to ink up my Bible pages directly… So I “cheated”. As I have done before when faced with this predicament, I inked it up on deli paper. (not the shiny waxy side).Then I colored it with my Polychromos colored pencils (really any colored pencils will work, I just love how these let me layer and shade.) I decided I wanted to color his robes in gray tones so the Earth would pop out a bit more.

Then I fussy cut it out and tried to plan out my page.

I used clear gesso on my page, brushed on a light layer of distress ink for the grass and the sky, inked my words and glued the image down with a very thin coat of YES glue on a paint brush.
This image is holding the Earth shaped like a heart and is carrying a cross reminding me of his sacrifice for me. My verse is 1 John 4:9-10 and it tells me that God loves me so much he sent his only Son to be my Savior, My Friend, My Redeemer – I am so blessed to be loved SO MUCH! The rest of the verse reminds us that if God can love us so much, we can do no less than to love one another. That is something to think on this week (and every week actually).

1 John 4:9-10 (ESV)

⁹ In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. ¹⁰ In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a blessed day!

lyn

SNSS Happy New Year! – 2017

Happy New Year my friends! I have a couple of projects for today. I had fun with some Sweet N Sassy numbers – Number Dies and I’ve Got Your Number Clear Stamp Set.

First up is a fun shaker card – simply cut out the year and create a simple shaker. You can’t see it very well, but I clear embossed the star from the Receive the Savior set into the background for some texture.

I didn’t get all of my Christmas cards out this year so I will be sending this out in the mail tomorrow. A New Year card instead of a Christmas card is still good, yes?? [I did put the Christmas star in the background just in case :)]

My next project is a Bible journal page. It required a lot of layers so I was a leery of going directly into my Bible with it; therefore, I created a vellum insert. It is fairly simple. The year (in a fun way) and the verse I wanted to concentrate on…

2 Corinthians 5:17

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”

This seemed a fitting verse for a New Year…this is a new beginning with all the potential in the world. I didn’t make any resolutions, but I do want to be a better listener this year. I have many things I have been praying for and this year, I need to “listen” for the answer. I am excited and anxious, but I know that God has a plan for me and, if I listen to Him and not try to go my own way, it will be revealed.

Recipe:

• Stamps: Numbers – I’ve Got Your Number Clear Stamp; Scripture – Classy Script Alpha Clear Stamp Set; Background Star – Receive the Savior
• Ink: Distress (Mustard Seed and Peacock Feathers) Stazon Black, VersaMark and Clear embossing powder

Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful NEW Year, and I hope that you “hear” the answers to your prayers this year too!

Lyn