ODBD ~ Hear My Prayer ~

Good evening!  I hope this post finds you enjoying this wonderful Sabbath day!  I'm resting after a fun filled Saturday night with friends, family and food!  The grand kids even got a bit of camping and fishing in while visiting.  We had a blast! 

 

I have a card to share today using Our Daily Bread Designs' stamp set, Precious Girl .  But first I would like to share a story that touched my heart. 

 

Many years ago this dear lady was dating a fine young man.  She was a teenager while he was attending a Bible college out of state to become a minister.  They were deeply in love and committed to the Lord.  Before returning to school, he preached a sermon based on this passage from Romans....

 

"Therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your spiritual worship.  Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God."         

Romans 12:1-2 HCS

 

He and a friend started back that evening to school.  After driving several hours and just an hour or so from campus, he was involved in a terrible car crash.  This young and promising Christian was called home to meet his Lord and Savior. 

 

As the family came together to grieve they were informed that among the young man's personal items found at the crash was his bible, found open to this very passage.  In the violent collision, the Bible not only came to rest open to this exact passage but was covered by some of the young man's blood.  A disconcerting image perhaps...  As Christians are we willing to give our all including our very life to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ?  Are we presenting ourselves as a living sacrifice, modeling His very life and legacy?  We may not have to shed blood as our Savior did but we may be asked to give something up...  Will you answer the call? 

 

Father in Heaven Hear My Prayer....

Thank you and God Bless...

 

Lori

 

Card Recipe

 

 

 

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Precious Girl

Papers - My Mind's Eye - Bramble Rose, The Paper Studio

Ink - Versafine - Vintage Sepia; Ranger Distress Ink - Antique Linen

Dies - Cheery Lynn Designs - Fanciful Flourish, Spellbinders - Floral Ovals & Opulent Ovals

Misc. - Pearls & Blossoms - Michaels; Paper Punch; Chalk (cheeks)

ODBD's June Release and Blog Hop!

Welcome to the June Our Daily Bread Designs Release Blog Hop!

 

If you arrived here from the delightful Julie's blog, you are in the right place!  If not, you might want to return to the ODBD Blog and start from there so you don't miss a thing! 

 

Briefly, here are the details of the hop:

 

The Hop will run from June 1st 8:00am to June 2nd 8:00pm EDT

Winners will be announced June 3rd on the ODBD blog

There will be  FOUR PRIZES of $15, $20, $30 and $40 gift certificates redeemable for STAMPS in the ODBD Store.

**Must be redeemed within the month of June**  

 

To qualify to win, all you have to do is hop to each of the designers, leave a comment and return to the ODBD Blog to tell us you completed the hop, and let us know of any difficulties you had along the way.

 

Now... on to my project details...  I have two cards to share today using 3 of the new sets...

 

The first card (an easel card) uses Home of the Free for the scripture panel (shown below the eagle) and Some Gave All for the eagle image and sentiment shown on the bottom panel. 

 

 

Here's a better side view.  I stamped the eagle on coordinating DP and lightly colored the image with colored pencils.  The stars have just a dab of glitter glue to reflect light. 

 

 

Here are photos of the sets... 

 

 

 

 

I can't imagine how your heart wouldn't swell with pride when using these sets!  We are so very blessed to live in such a wonderful country! 

 

And if those aren't darling enough, there's this precious image, Precious Girl colored with Copics...

 

 

 

So what do you think?  I love them all!  ;-) 

With July 4th coming up and a bevy of baby showers and dedications, these gems will come in handy! 

From here, you will hop to the fabulous Kathy's Blog . 

 

Thanks for stopping by!  Blessings!!!

 

Card #1 Recipe

 

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Home of the Free , Some Gave All

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper - Bazzill, Farm House Papers Fair Skies

Misc. - Colored Pencils, Ranger Stickles - Star Dust

Dies - Spellbinders Fantastic Flourishes One

 

Card #2 Recipe

 

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Precious Girl

Paper - Bazzill, Georgia Pacific, My Mind's Eye - Bramble Rose

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics, Versamark

Dies - Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Rectangles Large, Spellbinders Classic Rectangles Large

Misc. - Ranger Stickles - Star Dust (lace on image), Seam Binding, Pearl Trim, Ranger Embossing Powder Silver