LOC SSCC Be Still

Has this week flown by for you, or do they go by quicker here in Australia!?! LOL!  It is time for this weeks Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge and I want to start my thanking you all for your lovely welcomes to the SSCC Team - thank you so much!

This week's scripture has been brought to us by our very own Lisa and it is:

"Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, wihch transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

Philippians 4:4-7

Lisa has challenged us to make a card/project about prayer and/or peace.   I have chosen this scripture from the Psalms - this image was sent to me by my dear Stampin' Sister and valued friend Sabrina (okimom2girlz)  Thank you Sabrina - I have been so blessed by your giving heart my friend!!  I layered this, on dimensionals, onto a Fleur de Lis Nestie, I met another lovely stamper this week, Bridget and we spent time together on Thursday - I sat cutting some of these Fleur De Lis for nearly the whole morning...Bridget made the loveliest lunch for us to share - it was a great time - so Bridget I thought of you as I made this card - thank you for your generosity, both with your 'stamping stuff' and your heart - you can check out bridget;s work here!!

I added this gorgeous Layers of Color bird from the Royal Birds art stamp set, I love these birds, they chalk so beautifully and just cry out for a touch of Kindy Glitz - it seems to bring them to life!

The background DP has been embossed with the 'Fleur de Lis' embossing folder - would it surprise you to know that this was also part of a RAK from Sabrina (aka okimom2girlz)  Where would I be without my friends....very limited in these kind of things I can tell you - thanks you to all of those who have blessed me with RAK's - I am so grateful and do pray for blessing for you all too!!  I always think of my cards as combined efforts - sharing the 'luv!'

I finished off with this gorgeous lace (yes,also from Sabrina - I am telling you it was a HUGE RAK) and adding a layered flower - don't get a shock, they are actually mine!  I have sponged the egdes of the flowers and added half pearls to the lace and on the corners of the Nestie.

As I was making this card, I thought about the scripture and how it related to the challenge - being still...it sounds so easy, but I have come to realise that it is one thing to sit still and quite another be 'be still!'  I find 'being still' such a hard concept - I find sitting still hard too, but I can sit there giving the appearance of being still, when infact my mind can be racing and thinking about so many things - planning cards is usually in there somewhere!! LOL!

But in reality, it is when being still is more of a 'state of the heart' than a physical state, that our hearts are often quiet enough to pray from the heart, rather than bombard God with our 'shopping list' of needs.  In these still moments we are able to be 'spirit to Spirit' with our Creator - then follows that amazing 'peace that passes understanding!

A special thank you to our sponsor:

  Simon Says Stamp

 who is blessing a random player from this weeks Random Draw with this gorgeous set

To be entered in the drawing, your card must be linked to Mr. Linky by 11:50PM PDT (GMT-8) Saturday April 17th. The winner will be chosen by random and will be announced on Tues. April 20th. Please be sure to make the link direct to your project, not just your blog or gallery, and please place a link to Stampin' Sisters in Christ

I am linking this to the following Challenges:

Simple Doodles - Inspire Others  - Anything Goes

AI Factory - Mother's Day

Allsorts - Petals & Pearls

Cute Card Thursday - Mono Mania

Totally Gorjuss - Texture

Magical Crafts - Animal Antics
The Corrosive Challenge - Textures

Thanks for coming by and for those enciuraging comments you leave for me - I love seeing that you have called in - thank you!  I hope you are enjoying your weekend and are able to get in some crafting tme!  God bless you!

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