Healing, in the Name of Our Lord

Today I am sharing a card with you that was inspired by two challenges.

First, Our Daily Bread Designs Shining Light Challenge 231: Easter/Spring Religious Inspiration

Second: Viva la Verve March Week Two Sketch

For The Shining Light Challenge, I chose to go with a religious theme and add a few flowers for spring.

Using Hope stamp set from Our Daily Bread Designs

I needed this card to be somewhat masculine as I was creating it for my brother who was diagnosed with lung cancer this week. So, I chose to stick with neutrals. I used a lot of white because that is the awareness ribbon color for lung cancer. It originally was a clear ribbon to symbolize air being clear but many people did not notice the ribbons so they changed it to white. I like the white because to me it symbolizes the purity of air the Lord will fill my brother's lungs with when He HEALS him!

The cross-cut out background was created using my Cricut Expression and a new cartridge called Edge to Edge. I was really excited to find this because I am loving all those intricate die-cut backgrounds that I am seeing everyone use but, I'm not really wanting to make an investment in those just yet. The long banner was also cut with Cricut using the Phrases cartridge. I then ran it through a Spellbinders embossing folder that has gorgeous crosses and swirls in it.

I'd also like to share this with the fine ladies over at Word Art Wednesday.

Thanks for blessing me with your presence at my little corner of the web.

Viva la Verve November Week 4

Hello Blogging Friends! It's been quite awhile. I've missed you all so much and I've really missed creating, sharing with you, and hopping around to see what you have been up to. So much has been going on in my life; it's just been over the top crazy. So much so, that I ended up spending my Thanksgiving in the hospital. Praise the Lord, I am home now! Let me tell you, being hospitalized can really put things into perspective for you.

Anyways, I'm so grateful to be back home among my family, friends, and loved ones that I have vowed to start making time for things that I really treasure and enjoy and one of those things is creating cards. But, not just creating them...sending them out to people who need encouragement and "Letting my light so shine" for Christ.

So tonight, I'm getting it in just under the wire, but I really wanted to create something with one of the Viva la Verve sketches for November. I chose to go with this one...

I broke out one of my un-opened Verve Stamp Sets and finally inked it up. The set is called Let it Be and it is one of my favorites.

I hope you like my take on the sketch! Thanks for stopping by...

PSC53D: Birds & Blooms

Hello everyone and welcome to the fourth and final day of our one year birthday/anniversary challenge celebration at The Perfect Sentiment! We have sponsors who have donated generous prizes for each challenge and since we are doing this blog hop style, there are hidden prizes along the way. The good news is you will have 3 full weeks to complete all the challenges and blog hops. There will also be a grand prize that you will be eligible for if you complete all the challenges! You can see the Grand Prize and add you name to the inlinkz here once your complete all four of the challenges.

PSC53D: The Challenge/Twist: create a card with a sentiment for the occasion of your choice. Include your sentiment on the front of your card. / Incorporate a bird or a bloom, or the combination of both somewhere in the design of your card. 

I have to admit that when I planned this challenge I had an unfair advantage over my Design Team. I knew I had the perfect image to use and it was still in it's original package, unused. The image comes from a stamp set called "Praise The Lord" by Sweet N Sassy Stamps. 

 

Like I said, perfect, right? My card design was inspired by this week's Mojo Monday Sketch. 

Supplies: Praise the Lord stamp set by Sweet N Sassy Stamps; Lacy Squares Spellbinders Dies, Cricut & Phrases cartridge (used to cut out little banners); Weathered Wood Distress Ink; Basic Gray CS from SU; Gina K Pure Luxury CS; My Minds Eye Dolled Up Designer Paper Pad; Copic Markers; Prima flower and Pink brad from my stash.

Hop along to the following blogs to see what our Perfect Sentiments Team has created to inspire you!

Cheryl

Jan

Jenn

Karen

Maggie

Nana Connie

Vickie

Be sure to leave a comment at each blog as there are hidden prizes along the way. 

Be sure to leave a comment at each blog as there are hidden prizes along the way. 

Once you are inspired to create, come back and link up your creation using the inlinkz tool below to have a chance at today's prize:

 Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps will donate a $15 Gift Voucher to their store to one lucky random winner from today's challenge. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Hope to see you over at The Perfect Sentiment. 

I would like to enter this into the FOSTV Challenge to use distressing