Wings: Ruth 2:12

Welcome back! Did you miss us - I missed all of you! It was nice to have a couple of weeks off during the busy holidays. We had a wonderful time with family and friends but now I am glad to get back to our routine - you are part of that routine. So here is the first weekly challenge at Stampin' Sisters in Christ for this year.

Today Chris is our challenge hostess and the scripture she chose is from the book of Ruth 2:12.

"May the LORD repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge."

You know when I read this verse my first thought was how wonderfully the Lord has always rewarded me - protected me - seen me though difficulties and rejoiced with me in all of my celebrations. I have always been under His wings and so grateful for it!

The challenge this week is to create a card or project that has wings. I chose to do a bird and use the fabulous designer paper that I got from a friend. The little bird in the corner that is part of the paper was just perfect! I also decided that I wanted it to be a thank you card - thank to my parents for teaching me from birth on about the love of the Lord. Thank you to my husband who has an incredible relationship with our God. Thank you to my family and friends, especially my Stampin' Sisters who always support and encourage and challenge me to a life filled with the love of Jesus!

Our sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamps and the stamp set you can win is awesome! 

Be sure to stop by my SSIC design sisters to see what they have to share this week:

Chris Olsen: Twinkles Glow With Stamps

Grace Nywening: Th-INK-ing of You

Linda Lucas: Lovely Linda's Craft Central

Lisa Hjulberg: The Craft's Meow
Patti J Gilliam: Cherish Each Precious Day

Peggysue Turner: Roses By My Window

Rebekka Reed: Diamond in the Rough
Randi Barret: A New Creation (On break)

Thanks for the visit, I look forward to seeing your winged creations.

Recipe:

Stamps: GinaK Designs - Winter Wings

Paper: GKD Pure Luxury Vanilla
Designer Paper: Websters Pages -

Other: Spellbinder's Dies - Copic Markers, MS leaf punch and some brown pearl stick ons.

Other Challenges:

Stamp TV - Sketch 
CES Challenge - All Creatures Great and Small
Delicious Doodles - Try or use something new - The DP
Craft Your Days Away - Anything Goes 
Our Creative Corner - photo inspiration - winter 

God Understands: Isaiah 55: 10,11

Happy Sunday and what a glorious day it is! Welcome back for another challenge from Stampin' Sisters in Christ. Florida finally felt a hint of winter today - in fact it is cold! I know, I know we are a little wimpy here!  

Today our challenge hostess is our dear Randi and the scripture she chose is from Isaiah 55: 10 and 11.

"For just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down And do not return there till they have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful, Giving seed to him who sows and bread to him who eats, So shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; It shall not return to me void, but shall do my will, achieving the end for which I sent it."

Sometimes we just don't know how to pray. This might sound a little strange but for me, when I am filled with emotion whether it be anger or sadness or fear, my emotion can get in the way of prayer. I may ask "why" or tell God how it should be fixed (yup, I really do) instead of asking for His will to be done and for acceptance on my part. When I do that I know that God understands, He know my heart. He understands when we question and doubt. He understands when we choose to be selfish or unkind. We are not perfect, we sin again and again and again - and still He understands. And I certainly am glad that He does!

The challenge this week is to make a card or project that shows weather - any kind of weather. I chose winter for mine. I love those birds and the snow on the branch was fun to do with some liquid applique. I colored the bird with Copic markers and and used a white gel pen to highlight the snowflakes.

Be sure to stop by my SSIC design sisters to see what they have to share this week:

Chris Olsen: Twinkles Glow With Stamps (On break)

Grace Nywening: Th-INK-ing of You

Linda Lucas: Lovely Linda's Craft Central

Lisa Hjulberg: The Craft's Meow
Patti J Gilliam: Cherish Each Precious Day

Peggysue Turner: Roses By My Window

Rebekka Reed: Diamond in the Rough
Randi Barret: A New Creation

Thanks for stopping by - Let Go and Let God! 

Recipe:

Stamps: "Winter Wings" from Gina K Designs and sentiment "Pray" from ODBD

Paper: GinaK Pure Luxury White and In the Navy

Other: Some snowflakes, Nestabilities, ribbon, snowflake Cuttlebug folder 

Other Challenges:

Tuesday Color Trigger - Blue and White
One Stitch at a time - Winter
Ellephantastic - Blue
Paper Sundaes - Let it Snow