Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Winners and Shining Stars: Challenge # 140

Wow - so many entries - so much fun to see all of those layers. You all outdid yourselves. I really liked the variety that this challenge brought out. I hope you had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. We celebrated the day with family and friends. I looked around and counted my blessings! Enough chit chat - here are the 3 shining stars and the winner for this week!

Congratulations ladies! You can pick up the HTML code for the Shining Star badge by clicking HERE.

This week the lucky random winner is:

Congratulations Stephanie, enjoy your stamp set from  Tami Mayberry, just in time for Father's Day!  Please email us at stampinsistersinchrist@hotmail.com so that we can arrange for delivery of your prize.

There is still plenty of time to enter this week's challenge conquer your stamping fear.

Have a wonderful week filled with God's abundant blessings!

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Challenge #141 – Psalm 118:6

Welcome to Stampin’ Sisters in Christ where every challenge is inspired by Scripture!   We pray you will be blessed by your fellowship with us as we are blessed by yours.

We gladly welcome back Sweet n’ Sassy Stamps as our lovely sponsor this week!! One of you lucky ladies or gents will win 3 digis of your choice from the SNSS store for playing along in our challenge!  

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~ Candace is our challenge hostess this week ~
 
SCRIPTURE: 
 "The Lord is on my side; I will not fear:
what can man do unto me?" Psalm 118:6."

When I was a little girl, my Mama enrolled me in swimming lessons. I was terrified. By terrified, I mean screaming at the top of my lungs. At the end of the class, everyone had to jump off of the diving board. I never did it. Why? Fear. That's why. Today I'm an adult, and I'm still afraid of deep water among many other things. I'm afraid of heights, snakes, the dark, needles ( I won't look!), and oddly enough...fish (they creep me out). That's not all, either. Fear has kept me from doing a lot of fun things, like riding roller coasters with my family last year when we went to DollyWood. 

What are you afraid of? What's holding you back? What would you do if you weren't AFRAID? There are many things I'd do if I weren't so afraid of them! Maybe you want to try something new, but you fear failure. Fear could even be holding us back from things in our spiritual lives and serving God. Whether it's telling others about the love of Christ, praying with a friend, or even using talents to glorify Him...whatever you do, do it without fear and for Him! I know that I would play the piano more if I weren't so afraid of making mistakes! Whatever is holding you back today, put your trust in God, and KNOW that He is by your side no matter what! This is such a comforting verse to know that man or anything else cannot harm us as long as we have Him on our side! 

                                                                      ~Candace

CHALLENGE: 
Do something on your card that you're "afraid" of!
(ie. something you wouldn't normally do, like if you’re a “CAS” girl, try to pile it on… or maybe it’s a technique you’re scared to try etc.) 
 
  
Candace Pierce - Creatively Candace
Candace - CAS! 
 
Diane Noble - Diane's Designs
 
 
Helen Phelps - Creative Jeans
 
 
Jerusha Borden -  I Love Paper Crafting
 
 
Kris Breach – Ink Something 
 
Linda Lucas – Linda’s Craft Central 
Linda
 
Marilynn DeGroot – Mississippi McGyver 
 Marilynn
 
Michelle Coon - My Papered Cottage
 
Miesje Flach   – Craft Room with a View
 
Peggysue Turner – Roses by My Window
 
Sandie Lobbezoo - Sandie's Card Garden
 
Traci Major – Major Moments
 
 
We can’t wait to see what you make!! 
**CHALLENGE RULES**
  • You may enter as many G-Rated* cards (or other handmade projects) you’d like. (No dark cards or links to blogs that have dark content on them, or inappropriate images)
  • No Back-linking* please!  (meaning it needs to be a new creation you made since this challenge went live)
  • Please make sure that the URL address you leave us in our Linky goes directly to your entry post* not your blog in general.
  • *any links that do not follow the above criteria will be removed w/o notice.
  • Linky closes at 11:59 p.m. Saturday
CHALLENGE REMINDER:
Do something on your card that you're "afraid" of!