Piece or Peace?

Hello everyone! Happy Sunday! With Sunday comes another Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge! This week, Lisa is our hostess, and for this week's Scripture, she has chosen Philippians 4:6-7 "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, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." This is one of my favorite verses! I have to be reminded often not to be anxious. I am learning... that with fervent prayer, that anxiety can be turned over to the God who loves me and wants only the best for me. I can truly attest to the truth of this verse because I have felt that peace that transcends all understanding. I have been in life threatening situations, and felt that peace... what's the worst that can happen to me? I die? Well... for the Christian, that is not something to be feared! In fact... being in the presence of my Savior will be more wonderful than anything I've ever experienced on earth! This verse assures me that this peace will guard my heart and my mind! Yes, anxiety does come sometimes, but when I'm really leaving it at His feet... He gives me peace and helps me keep my mind from dwelling on destructive thoughts, anxieties and fears.

The challenge is a fun one!

A different kind of peace... piece... as in paper piecing. Use paper piecing in the main image of your card/project.

Since Lisa opened her own on line crafting store this week... I decided to use this adorable little image that is made exclusively for Lisa's Store, The Craft's Meow. This is little Frieda and the set is called Little Frieda's Flowers. Isn't she adorable? Since my granddaughter is about to have a birthday, I made this in lavenders and greens for her. Unfortunately lavenders do NOT photograph well! All these lavenders really match beautifully in real life! I paper pieced Frieda's top and her shoes with a Papertrey dp scrap and then shaded it a bit with a Copic marker. I decided that since Frieda is out picking flowers, she should wear leggings so I colored her that way. (She could just as easily be colored with a dress and socks). My papers are a variety of things from my stash. The base is Bazzill. The background green is Martha Stewart. The lavender oval is Heidi Grace, and the front two layers are Kaisercraft Lilac Ave. I used a Craft Two embossing folder for the pretty butterflies. The flowers and buttons are from my stash, and the ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon. I added Stickles to her flowers, though you can't see the sparkle in this light. The sketch I used is from Cute Card Thursday.

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With Lisa opening her new store called the Craft's Meow she has decided to offer a second prize this week.....a set of the three Little Frieda stamps to one of our players!!! You see one here today, one a couple posts down and the other can be seen on her site. They are so fun... be sure to play along for a chance to win all three!

For more inspiration on today's challenge, please visit my DT Sisters:
Chris, Linda, Peggysue, Miesje, Rebecca, Lisa , Kris, Sabrina, & MariLynn
Randi (is on leave)

I also made this card for the following challenges:

• Colour Create - Pastels, Crafty Purple Frog - -Green, Delightful Challenges - Pastels and Ribbons, Digi Doodle Shop's Best -Ribbons & Bows, Do You Stack Up? - Sparkles and bling, Little Miss Muffet Challenges - Brads, Gems or Pearls, Pals Paper Arts - Embossing, The Rubber Cafe -Embossing, Amber's Crafts and Stuff - 1E - use diecuts, Crafts and Me - anything goes, Creative Cottage -Spring, Freshly Brewed - 2 or more embellishments, Paper Pretties - Spring, Scrapbook Sisters - anything goes, Simon Says Stamp - Mother's Day/girlie, DZ Doodles Digital Stamps (photo inspiration of crocuses in lavenders, purples and yellows), A Spoonful Of Sugar - Ribbon, Pearls/Rhinestones & Flowers, Claudia & Co -Use at least three - Butter/Yellow, Rose/Pale Red, Pale Green, Lavender, Clear It Out! - Buttons, Cuttlebug Spot - must include dry embossing - Buttons, Paper Take Weekly - It's a Mom thing, or Just Be Girly, Delicious Doodles - floral fantasy/loads of flowers, Fairy Fun Fridays - Spring-themed, Mami Doodles - celebrate Spring, Sew Many Cards - Spring fling, Stamp Something - something Spring, Stampin With The Dragon -bring on Spring, Wags 'n Whiskers - Spring,

Thanks so much for stopping by and blessing me with your comments!!!