Sing and Make Music!

Hello everyone! Happy Sunday!
Today I am the hostess for the Stampin Sisters in Christ challenge! The verse I chose is:

Ps, 95:1-3a "O come, let us sing for joy to the Lord, let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation, Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms. For the Lord is a great God..."

To read my devotional thoughts on this verse please be sure to stop by the SSCC blog!
Music... can you imagine life without it? From the time we were little children, we all have loved music! Even unborn babies have been found to have a positive response to good music! God made us with this incredible ability to enjoy music, to be moved by it, and to make music ourselves! What a gift that is! He also made us to worship and praise Him! I love reading the Psalms of David.... because with full abandon, he loved to praise God for all His goodness, protection, wonderful works, and faithfulness. David praised God in many ways, but one of the major ways was through music...through singing, through musical instruments... and even in the dance.

My challenge this week is to create a card that depicts music or joyful praise. I can't wait to see your creations!

My card this week is a little different than my usual. I made the main panel a removeable bookmark. I stamped the flourish from Layers of Color onto white cardstock, cut it with the Spellbinders Mega Oval Die, and colored it with my Copic Air Brush. I then stamped the Verse from ODBD onto Acetate with Stazon ink and cut it with the same oval. I punched a hole in the top of both and tied the two layers together with a black ribbon. I added some musical notes to the dp from the same LOC set. The black mat is cut with a Tim Holtz Sizzix die cut (Bracket) and then embossed with the CB folder. The piano keys are stamped onto white and to achieve the curve I simply put the stamp on my block in that curved shape rather than straight. I thought it gave interest to the matting of the image and the whole musical theme. The corner treatments were also colored with the Copic Air Brush. The pretty Layers of Color Butterflies are heat embossed with Ultra Thick Embossing Powder and popped up.

Here is my card recipe:
Stamps: Sing to the Lord sentiment from Our Daily Bread Designs, Joyful Noise images from Layers of Color Art Stamps and Butterfly collector from Layers of Color Art Stamps
Paper: Basic Black, Marcella by K&Co, Acetate, GP White
Accessories: Spellbinder's mega ovals, T Holtz Edge Die, CB Embossing Folder, QuicKutz Corner Die Cut, Black half crystals, ribbon, Ultra Thick Embossing Powder and heat embossing materials, Copics and Air Brush System

For more inspiration for this challenge, please visit my dt sisters: Candace , Chris , Kathy, Linda, Lisa, Peggysue, and Randi

Our sponsor this week is Hambo Stamps which are donating a $15.00 gift certificate. Thank you Hambo for your generosity! Don't forget to stop by the Stampin' Sisters in Christ blog to see all the exciting creations the week.

If you create a card or project for this challenge, please leave a direct link to your project on the Stampin Sisters Challenge thread. Also, please include a link to Stampin Sisters in Christ.

I am also entering this in to the following challenges:

Your Next Stamp - Cut it out, Pop it up (butterflies)
Crazy Challenge - Something New (My LOC stamp set)
ABC Challenge - Unused Stash (The green paper has been around for ages!)
Crafty Anne - Anything goes
LaLa Land Challenges - Anything goes
Pixie Dust Studios - Cut it out


Thanks for stopping by and for all your comments! Have a blessed day and I hope to see your take on this challenge soon!