Word Art Wednesday - God is Love

How many of you have Valentine's Day shopping on your list of things to do today?  We often spend unlimited time and boundless money on finding just the perfect gift to impress that special someone.  But that kind of love can be fleeting.  I have been known to say I "love" a blouse or I "love" my dogs.  **OK...  I really do LOVE my dogs**  But seriously, love is a word that suffers from being used too loosely.  If you look at today's scripture from the 1st book of John, it plainly says that God is love.  So that is definitely a high standard to adhere to.  He loved us so much that he sent his only son to die a painful, torturous and humiliating death.  Jesus was the Son of God and was pinned to a cross like a common thief!  He died a hideous death because of his LOVE for us.  He wanted to save us from eternal separation from God the Father.  That kind of love is worth more than any card or box of chocolates!  I pray you have a wonderful and blessed Valentine's Day!

Blessings...

Items used today

Stampin' Up - Be Mine Stitched Framelits Dies
Stampin' Up - Tufted Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder
Stampin' Up - Real Red, Blushing Bride, Old Olive Card Stocks
Martha Stewart - Paper Punches
The Paper Studio - Silver Poster Board
Our Daily Bread Designs - Rectangles Die
Sentiment - Word Art Wednesday

Word Art Wednesday 250 & 251

Good morning and welcome to a new bi-weekly challenge at Word Art Wednesday!  This week we have a wonderful digital image featuring scripture from Psalms.  To find the digi scripture featured and details of how you can play along in the #250-#251 challenge pop over to Word Art Wednesday for all the details.  But before you check it out, take a moment to look at the card I created using this week's featured digi!

I started with a white card stock base measuring 4.25 by 11 inches, folded and scored at 5.5 inches.  I cut a slightly smaller DP panel using The Paper Studio's The Shoppe on the Square Paper Pad.  I added a die cut overlay (Spellbinders' Grateful Lattice) in white CS using dimensional foam.  I used Our Daily Bread Designs' Pierced Rectangles Die to create a frame and their Small Bow Die for my vellum panel.  I printed the sentiment on vellum with my inkjet printer.  I chose the specialty paper function when printing and used a heat gun to insure the ink was set.  ODBD's Pierced Rectangles cut and framed the sentiment.  I just love the soft look of vellum, don't you?  Don't forget to hop over to the WAW site to play along and see what the other designers have created!  

Blessings...

WAW92 ~ Isaiah 25:4 ~

Welcome and Happy Wednesday!  The week is moving quickly and today it's time for another fabulous challenge at Word Art Wednesday .  Check out the WAW site for all the details including this week's digital scripture image, how to link your creation AND info on our fabulous prizes! 

A big thank you to Mark's Finest Papers and Robyn's Fetish for providing our prizes this week!

This week we are featuring Isaiah 25:4...

I based this week's project on a sketch and opted to use some vintage style papers to layer with.  The base is plain white card stock with a layer of pink textured card stock and a final layer of kraft.  I used coordinating designer papers from a Hobby Lobby paper pad.  Seam binding provides the bottom "seam" with a large pink cabbage rose and a few smaller mulberry blossoms.  Some die cut greenery, paper punched sprigs and scattered pearls add to the vintage feel.  Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time...

Blessings...

Lori

Products

Stamps - Digital - Word Art Wednesday
Paper - Georgia Pacific, The Paper Studio - Kirby Teesdale Studio, Bazzill
Dies - Our Daily Bread Designs - Fancy Foliage
Seam Binding, Blossoms (The Paper Studio), Paper Punches - MS Crafts, Pearls - Recollections

Challenges

Friday Sketch Challenge 
#49

 Through the Craft Room Door
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Just Be Creative  - Anything Goes
2 Sisters - Anything Goes