Praise Him

Hello friends!  Today I am sharing on the Creative Worship Blog and thought I would share here as well.

Inspirational Nugget:  How many ways can you think of to praise the Lord?  Psalm 150 lists several ways to praise the Lord, but you can probably think of more.  Praising the Lord invites His presence into our circumstances AND in His presence is fullness of joy…doubt, worries, and fear flee!  Chains and bonds are broken just as they were for Paul and Silas.  No matter what you are going through, the Lord is worthy of praise…
                               "His grace saves us,
                                        His mercy spares us,
                                               and His love pardons us!"

(from a morning and evening devotional)

Creative Nugget:  I've been wanting to try using Color Burst pigment powders on a Bible Journaling page and finally decided to just do it!  I did prep the page three times with Dina Wakley Clear Gesso since the page was going to get pretty wet.  First a section of the page was masked off so the music background from the new Music to My Ears stamp set could be clear embossed in the middle.  Then the magic…sprinkle on the powders (I used yellow, tangerine, fuchsia, and crimson) and squirt with water.  A roll of paper towels helped to soak up the extra water and each color was dried before applying the next color.  There was NO bleed through!  A little sponging helped the embossing show up a little better.  Elements from the I Am Loved, Seek Him, and Note This stamp sets were added to the page along with some hand lettering and a few more notes from the Music to My Ears stamp set.

Here are the stamp sets from the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store used for this page:

"Guard your heart from fear at night by singing praises to your King!"

Thanks so much for stopping by…

Hugs,

Cathy

Jesus Paid It All

Hello friends!  I hope you are having a wonderful Easter weekend.  I cannot wrap my mind around all that Jesus did for me when he died on the cross, but his love for all of us caused him to pay the ultimate sacrifice, to lay down his life for us.  While we hated and despised him, and while we were yet sinners, he died for us.  (Romans 5:8)  My hope lies in the fact that he is no longer in the tomb…Sunday is coming!

Creative Nugget:  The design for my Easter card is from the Mojo Monday sketch for this week.  The Typewriter Text Background was clear embossed on the background and the Smackin' Acetate Technique with Tombow markers was used to add the pink, yellow, and purple colors to all three layers.  The text was lightly stamped on the middle panels using Hickory Smoke Distress ink. Deep Purple Archival ink was used to stamp the Jesus Paid It All image of Calvary.  A Basic Grey panel and dyed silk ribbon were added to finish the card.

The stamp sets used for this card can be found at Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps also just released their newest Creative Worship Bible Journaling Note This Kit yesterday.  I had a lot of fun using the new Note This stamp set designed by Rebecca Rios!

Creative Nugget:  Acrylic blocks were painted with heavy body acrylic paints, spritzed with water, and applied to the page which had been prepped with two light coats of Gel Mat Medium.  (If you try this, be sure to clean the paint off the blocks right away.)  Elements from the stamp set were stamped using Versafine Onyx Black ink and colored with a White Sharpie Paint Pen.  Other sets used for this page are the All of Me Alpha, Squiggle Banners, Decorative Banners, and Words of Life: Common Words 1.  I also tried a little hand lettering for the words in the banners.

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through me."  (John 14:6 NKJV) 

This card will be submitted for the following challenges:

Mojo Monday - MOJO440

Word Art Wednesday #222-223 - Anything Goes

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards #105 - Use Ribbon
A Gem of a Challenge #165 - Easter

Thanks so much for stopping by…have a blessed day!

Hugs,
Cathymac