MFP Scrapbook Challenge #12

It's scrapbook challenge time over at  MFP SpeedyTV !!   This week we have a themed challenge.  The theme is "April Showers bring May flowers"  and your challenge is to create a layout that uses flowers.

Remember this challenge is strictly scrapbook layouts, no cards please, and you have to use stamps on your layouts. They don't have to be Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co stamps but if you do use MFP stamps you will receive an additional entry for a chance to win our April  weekly prize ...

"Little Church"

 

 

Once again, I used my grandmother's photos for my page.  The pictures are of a group of friends.  My grandmother wrote their names at the botom of the photo, but I still don't know who they are.

 

 

I used the MFP  set to make my flowers.  I stamped them, fussy cut them, and colored them with gellatos.  They are actually sunflower images, but after cutting and coloring them they take on a whole different look.

 

Supplies:

Sei Patterned Paper

Bazzill Cardstock

MFP Bring on the Sun Stamp Set

MFP Ivy and Blossoms Stamp Set

Gems

Memento Ink

Gellatos

 

I can't wait to see what you create for this week's challenge! To be eligible to win the free stamp set be sure to link your page to MFP SpeedyTV Scrapbook Challenge #12 and mention the MFPSpeedyTV Scrapbook Challenge in your blog post. Please do not submit any back linked layouts. You have until 9:00 pm on Wednesday May 1st to submit your layouts.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Blessings to you!

 

 

Word Art Wednesday #77

Hi Everyone,

I want to thank you all for taking the time to visit my blog.  Your wonderful comments are such a blessing to me. 

Today's word art comes from the Book of Psalms...

Psalm 103 is a hymn to God's love and compassion towards his people. The first few verses of the Psalm celebrate the personal benefits we receive as children of God.  And just what are these blessings?

 

who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,

who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion,

who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

                                                                                                                Psalm 103:3-5

God is our loving father who delights in blessing his children.  I'm so glad that I'm a daughter of the King!!!

For my layout I used a photo of myself that I took during an early morning walk while I was at our church's annual women's retreat a couple weeks ago.   Being out alone, in the quiet of the early morning, is the perfect opportunity to reflect on all of God's blessings.  It's the perfect time to "Be still and know that I am God" Psalm 46:10.  And be thankful!!!

Supplies:
CTMH Patterned Paper & Cardstock
CTMH and Recollections Gems
CTMH Fabric Button
Washi Tape
Fiskars Border Punch

I hope you join the Word Art Wednesday challenge this week. Feel free to save today's word art to your computer for your personal use. Check out the Word Art Wednesday Challenge Blog to see what the other design team members created with this week's word art. If you are new to our challenge, check out the challenge guidelines to find out how you can be eligible for the prize drawing from this week's sponsors  Shabby Cottage, PamKorte CTMH , and  Scripture By Design.

Thanks for stopping by. Blessings to you!

MFP Scrapbook Challenge #11

It's time for a new scrapbook challenge over at MFP SpeedyTV.   This week's challenge is a recipe challenge.   Here's the recipe...

Main Ingredients – use all 3

Stamps

Cardstock

Patterned Paper

Optional Add ins – Use at least 2

Photos

Ribbon

Brads

Buttons

Gems

Stickers

Stickles

Directions: Create a layout using your selected ingredients. Add a title and/or journaling.

 

Just remember this challenge is strictly scrapbook layouts, no cards please, and you have to use stamps on your layouts. They don't have to be Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co stamps but if you do use MFP stamps you will receive an additional entry for the a chance to win our weekly prize set for April...

 

"Little Church"

 

 

I selected another of my grandmother's photos for my page today.  My grandmother had written the name Everleola Ivy on the photo.   What an unusual name, but I guess for that time in the south,  it probally wasn't so different.  It don't know anything about Everleola, but I do remember my grandmother talking about "Ivy's " and I think they were distant cousins of ours.

 

 

 

In addition to the main recipe ingredients,  I used photo, ribbon and gems as my add ins.  I think I may go back and add some stickles to the flower centers.  My patterned paper is by Websters Pages and I used the sentiment stamp from the MFP April release Columns and Topiaries stamp set as my journaling. 

 

I can't wait to see what you create for this week's challenge! To be eligible to win the free stamp set be sure to link your page to MFP SpeedyTV Scrapbook Challenge #11 and mention the MFPSpeedyTV Scrapbook Challenge in your blog post. Please do not submit any back linked layouts. You have until 9:00 pm on Wednesday April 24th to submit your layouts.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Blessings to you!

Word Art Wednesday #76

 It's Word Art Wednesday time!!  This week's word comes from the Book of Philemon...

For today's layout I used a photo of me, my husband, and my son, that was taken on Easter Sunday a few weeks ago.  I am so grateful that God gave me two of the most wonderful men to complete my family.  They are always in my prayers and I thank God for them each and every day.

Supplies:
Sei Patterned Paper & Embellishments
Queen & Co Gems
Lace

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Blog to see what the other design team members created with this week's word art. If you are new to our challenge, check out the challenge guidelines to find out how you can be eligible for the prize drawing from this week's sponsor Freckled Fawn.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Blessings to you!

MFP Scrapbook Challenge #10

It's time for a new scrapbook challenge over at MFP SpeedyTV.   This week's challenge is a simple one...anything goes!!  You choose the theme, colors, embellishments etc. etc  The only requirement is that you use stamps on your page.  What you do with your layout is entirely up to you, the sky's the limit!  Just remember this challenge is strictly scrapbook layouts, no cards please, and you have to use stamps on your layouts. They don't have to be Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co stamps but if you do use MFP stamps you will receive an additional entry for the a chance to win our weekly prize set for April...

 "Little Church"

  

I hope you aren't getting tired of seeing photos from my grandmother's album.  I am really enjoying scrapbooking them and getting a glimpse into her and my mother's life.  Unfortunately neither of them are here to tell me about the photos so I am having fun imagining what is going on in some of the pictures.  The picture on my page is of 2 of my mother's younger brothers.  The picture is really faded but if you look closely you can see that they are carrying books, so they must be on their way to or from school. I'm guessing they spotted someone with a camera and stopped to strike a "cool"  pose.  My mother had several brothers and because the faces are a little faded, I wasn't exactly sure which brother's the were.  But to my great surprize, when I pried the photo off of the album page,  I discovered that my grandmother had written their names on the back.  I scanned the back of the photo and printed it so I could add their names to the layout in her handwriting.

 

 

 

I decided I wanted to grunge up this layout so I got out my Distrezz-it-All and my Tim Holtz Distresser and distressed some of the patternend papers.  To add a little more grunge to the paper,  I stamped the edges with a couple of Mark's Finest Papers background stamps.  To tie in the school theme, I stamped the globe on a scrap of the patterned paper, fussy cut it and added it to the page with pop dots.

 

 

Supplies:

Making Memories Patterned Paper & Tag

MFP  Spring Things Stamp Set

MFP Brick Wall Mini Stamp Set

MFP In My Den Stamp Set

Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Maya Road Twine

 

 

I can't wait to see what you create for this week's challenge!   To be eligible to win the free stamp set be sure to link your page to MFP SpeedyTV Scrapbook Challenge #10 and mention  the MFPSpeedyTV Scrapbook Challenge in your blog post.  Please do not submit any back linked layouts. You have until 9:00 pm on Wednesday April 17th to submit your layouts.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Blessings to you!

Word Art Wednesday #75

Hi,  glad you stopped by for some new word art.  This week's word  comes from the Book of Jeremiah...

Jeremiah was passionate about the Word of God.  In today's verse, he is talking to God.  He is talking to God about God's words.   Jeremiah received God's words with great joy.  He digested them, assimilated them, he made them a part of himself.  Jeremiah was privileged to have God's word.  We have that same privilege.

For today's layout I used a photo of my women's bible study group.  We had just finished Beth Moore's  "Living Free" study. To make God's words a part of yourself, you have to know God's Word.  And to know God's Word you must study it.

Supplies:
Sei Patterned Paper
Recollections Lace and Gems
Spellbinders Die

I hope you join the Word Art Wednesday challenge this week. Feel free to save today's word art to your computer for your personal use. Check out the Word Art Wednesday Challenge Blog to see what the other design team members created with this week's word art. If you are new to our challenge, check out the challenge guidelines to find out how you can be eligible for the prize drawing from this week's sponsor Verses Rubber Stamps.

Thanks for stopping by.  Blessings to you!

MFP Scrapbook Challenge #9

It's time for a new scrapbook challenge over at MFP SpeedyTV.   This week's challenge is a color challenge. Purple is the favorite color of most of the MFP scrapbook team members, so your challenge is to create a layout using the color purple. You can use any shade of purple that you like and the amount of purple you use and how you incorporate it on your page is entirely up to you. Remember this challenge is strictly scrapbook layouts, no cards please, and you have to use stamps on your layouts.  You don't have to use Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co stamps, but if you do you will receive an additional entry for the a chance to win our weekly prize set for April...

 

 "Little Church"

 

 

  

I used another photo from my grandmother's album for my page.  The woman in the picture is my grandfather's niece.   I just love her outfit, vintage by today's standards, but so fashionable in her day.  The purple flowers on the page are stamped with the MFP Ivy and Blossoms stamp set, fussy cut and colored with PrismaColor pencils.  I added little purple gems for their centers.

 

 

 

Supplies:

Webster's Pages Patterned Paper and Ribbon
MFP  Ivy & Blossoms Stamp Set

Graphic 45 Die Cut

Queen & Co Gems

Heidi Swapp Color Shine

Spellbinders Die

Memento Ink

Close to My Heart Ink

PrismaColor Pencils

 

I can't wait to see what you create for this week's challenge!   To be eligible to win the free stamp set be sure to link your page to MFP SpeedyTV Scrapbook Challenge #9 and mention  the MFPSpeedyTV Scrapbook Challenge in your blog post.  Please do not submit any back linked layouts. You have until 9:00 pm on Wednesday April 10th to submit your layouts.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Blessings!

Word Art Wednesday #74

Hi Everyone,

 

This week's word art comes from the Book of Psalms...

 

 

 

 

Psalm 91 is a psalm of protection.  It details God's promises of protection for His people.  Today's verse tells us that God has assigned His angels to protect us. He has given them charge over us.  God has given the angels, and not the circumstances, the authority to act on our behalf.  If we look to God as our source, then His angels are always watching over us and protecting us. 

 





Of all the photos in my Grandmother's album, I was most excited to find this one.  It's a picture of my mother, her younger sister and me when I was less than a month old.  We were on the front patio of my parents' house.  I was just on this same patio a day ago when we were visiting my Dad for Easter.  I am so thankful that God dispatched His angels to watch over me.  If it wasn't for this protection,  I know I would not have grown from where I was in the photo to the person I am today.

 

Supplies:
Webster's Pages Patterned Paper, Lace & Resin Bird
Autumn Leaves Cardstock
Recollections Gems

I hope you join the Word Art Wednesday challenge this week. Feel free to save today's word art to your computer for your personal use. Check out the Word Art Wednesday Challenge Blog to see what the other design team members created with this week's word art. If you are new to our challenge, check out the challenge guidelines to find out how you can be eligible for the prize drawing from this week's sponsors Lisa's Altered Art and Eureka Stamps.

Thanks for stopping by. Blessings to you!

Happy Easter Monday!

I hope you all had a glorious day yesterday celebrating the resurrection of our Savior.  If you're like me, I know you took a bunch of photos.  So today I'm going to leave you with a little inspiration to get those photos out of your camera and into albums before Easter comes around next year.  My photos are from Easter 2011, so we'll see if I do better this year (smile).

 

All the papers and tags on my layouts are from the Faithfully Yours Glorious Morning collection.  If you're not familiar with Faithfully Yours, check out their site here.  They offer a full line of faith based papers and embellishments and faithbooking  fundamentals. FY also has a new line of Faith Pockets cards and cutouts especially for use with Project Life,  Simple Stories, and Sn @p! albums as well as with traditional scrapbook pages.

To help you get your Easter memories scrapbooked, Faithfully Yours is offering 25% off  Easter products!  Use coupon code Easter25 to receive discount on all items in Glorious Morning collection, He is Risen stickers, Easter Cody, Easter Claire and Easter Faith Spark.

Thanks for stopping by.  Blessings!