Monday, February 13, 2012

Proverbs 3:5-6 for Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge

With tomorrow being Valentine's Day, I thought I'd make a card that expresses another aspect of our hearts in addition to loving our friends and sweethearts. I recently met a lady at a craft show who looked at my valentines and said rather regretfully that she had no one to give a valentine to. That stabbed my heart because I remember having that feeling at one time in my life. I suggested friends, but she just turned and walked away. Inwardly I said a prayer for her. As a grandma, I've lived enough years to know about life's ups and downs and also to know that during both situations we need to trust that God is working everything together for good, even if we can't see it at the time. It's not easy but we need to trust Him with all of our hearts,  minds, wills, and emotions. So many times in life I've needed to keep turning a difficult situation over to Him again and again. Many of us have strong leadership qualities that make us so very independent, which helps in some situations, but inside we need to keep acknowdedging and seeking His leadership in every situation to make it work out for the best. That's why I love this verse. I need to be reminded to trust and acknowledge over and over, remembering how much God loves me and has the best plan for me for every situation.



I made this card for the Our Daily Bread Designs  H-E-A-R-T Word Challenge. We were to incorporate something beginning with those letters. I chose:
H - Heart
E - Embossing
A - Aqua color
R - Roses and Red
T - Twine

I'm also linking this card to Little Birdie Blessings to share the scripture.

5" x 6.5" Card:
Paper - Close To My Heart White Daisy, Blush, Tulip, Black CS; My Mind's Eye striped and rosy DP
Stamp - Our Daily Bread Designs Scripture Collection 2
Ink - CTMH Black, Blush (sponged on verse)
Other - Cricut Art Philosophy (hearts), Spellbinder's scalloped circle Nestabilities; CTMH Buttons (red collection) and Baker's twine (Neutral Assortment-white in smaller buttons), heart embossing folder ?

6 comments:

Little Birdie Blessings said...

Hi Vickie, What a pleasant surprise to see your lovely card link up to Scripture Thursday. It's just beautiful. I especially like the border of delicate roses. The verse you chose is my husband's life verse. Thanks again! ~ Abby

gwen said...

Love your pretty card and the wonderful scripture verse !!!

Chris Olsen, Glowbug said...

This is beautiful Vickie!! I just love the colors and dp with the added embossing and heart!! That is my favorite verse. Thanks for joining the ODBD Shining the Light H-E-A-R-T challenge!!

Rosemary said...

your card is just lovely... love the verse you chose to use! thanks for joining the shining the light challenge this week!

Debbie Littlejohn said...

Great card for this time of year! Love it!

Cards By Jan said...

Very pretty card!! I just love your colours and you picked out a SUPER verse!! hugs