Happy Heart Wisdom Returns

My purpose for this blog was always that it be a place to share my heart and my faith. Happy Heart Wisdom is the vehicle that I hope will help me to do just that. In the past I've only shared a Bible verse and left you to find it's meaning for you. I will continue to share Bible verses this way throughout the week but in this new Happy Heart Wisdom feature I will endeavor to share my own impressions of my favorite verses; and hopefully to bless you with some new insight and truth. I hope you will join me on this journey.

     This verse fills me with joy, gives me a sense of security and strengthens my faith. No wonder it's one of my favorite verses in the Bible. I will find my joy in God's presence and He will show me the path for my life.
     Psalm 16 starts out with David asking God to keep him safe. In verse 8, David declares, "I know the Lord is always with me. I will not be shaken, for He is right beside me". David knew that his safety and "every good thing in his life" (verse 2) was the result of his relationship with God and sprang from his daily communion with Him.
     To remain in God's presence is His will for you and me. There we find safety and security, hope for the future and joy for each day. In God's presence we have joy today and forever. Read Psalm 16 and be filled with joy as you walk in His Presence.

blessings,
nancy

Bible Verse Background Artwork is Full Bloom Hollyhocks by IO Stamps, watercolor stamped using Gelatos. Text was added in Publisher. Photo editing and effects were added using PicMonkey.

Design Memory Craft Blog Candy!

Since Jill Foster at Inspired by has been inspired by me, it seems only fair to return the favor. So I made my own version of her gorgeous card HERE. I used the new Seasonal Spring Distress inks on the background, but on the die cut image I added color with Design Memory Craft Gelatos. I just love how they are so creamy and the color is so saturated, they can be used for so many great techniques. Here I colored them on the embossed image and blended them with my fingers. Then I spritzed some pearly water pretty heavily and used a cloth to move the color around, lightening it in some areas.

I'm so excited that Jill has featured my canvas project on her blog that I decided to offer some wonderful Design Memory Craft products as Blog Candy to celebrate!

I have FIVE {5} sets of the products pictured above to give away and there are several ways to enter:

• Follow my blog (I'd love to reach over 300 followers)
• Share my blog candy on your blog (you can use the photo if you'd like)
• Follow the Stamp Fever blog HERE
• Like Stamp Fever on Facebook HERE
• Like Design Memory Craft on Facebook HERE
• Leave a comment here telling me each of the ways you've entered. (You only need to leave one comment) 

Thank You!

I will do a random draw to select the 5 winners of the blog candy from your comments left by 9:00pm PDT on May 31st. Winners to be announced here on June 1st. 

blessings,
nancy

Sunshine on a Rainy Day

We've got sunshine and showers here in SoCal today....and some thunder and a bit of gusty wind. It's a weather smorgasbord! Since I really want some sunshine, I thought I would create some sunny projects with the bits and pieces sitting on my desk. I was inspired by the April Challenge themes at Hero Arts.

This tag just sort of designed itself....the Newspaper Background was already stamped on the tag and the rest of the pieces were left over from playing with Gelatos. Those of you who visit often know I'm partial to sunshine-y golden colors, so no surprise that's what was sitting around.

The text strip was even cut out already (from Cosmo Cricket Odds n Ends) just waiting for an assignment. The scalloped piece is by Hero Arts, stamped on canvas that was colored with Gelatos. The piece on the bottom is another HA stamp that was colored with Gelatos, spritzed and then stamped for a watercolor look. "Inspire" is a really old metal embellie from my stash. I colored it with Copics then clear embossed several times.

This is a mini card made from a 3" flower punch. The little flowers were punched from Lawn Fawn Bright Side scraps. The sentiment is from an older Hero Arts set called Anytime Messages.

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Thanks for visiting today!
blessings,
nancy