Artful Ramblings

I'll fly away...

I'm still on a bit of high after my good news! (See previous post)

I've had a few cards waiting to be blogged. Experimented with new photographing set up this morning. I remembered I had bought this lovely book easel from a charity shop ages ago and thought that would be nice to put cards on. I am really fortunate to have a lovely bright (when it's sunny) conservatory, so I think that will be the room of choice. Kept the background simple for now with some large pieces of watercolour card.

The central piece was made using a collage technique with stamps, and then colouring with pencils and watercolours.

Some of the ingredients:

Anna Griffin stamps, Prima flowers, Marianne Designs dies and Nellie Snellen leaf punch.

Just a little bit excited...

...about making it onto the Scrap Revolution Guest Design Team!!!

Scrap Revolution have a bricks and mortar shop as well as online one, you can shop HERE.

They stock some wonderful products, and I am very much looking forward to receiving my package to make items for them. Thank you so much Sue for choosing me and the other inspiring ladies (the link to their blogs can be found HERE).

SALT - Attitude

It was Stacey's turn to set the them on SALT this week.

Please have a look at what she had to say and the other pieces the team created HERE.

I choose this verse as I have been challenged about my attitude towards other's recently. Sometimes people may do things that seem rude or unthoughtful, however we are still called to react lovingly and respectfully. I've made this little piece to hang in my home, I thought maybe by the bathroom mirror!

SALT - Truth

It was my turn to set the theme on Salt this week, here is what I wrote...

TRUTH - such a powerful concept.
So rooted in the character of God, important enough to make it one of the Ten Commandments yet so easily dismissed in day to day life. I've lost count of the times when people have told me they had to tell a 'white' lie, or when I have exagerated or underplayed a fact so save face. Often we try and justify these things but u

ltimately they do offend our Holy God who knows the truth and wa

nts us to be truthful about ourselves and to speak truth.

The meaning of the word truth has been slightly twisted by the way it is used. In a recent sermon I heard the preacher explained that the phrase 'being true to yourself' was often an excuse people give to why the behave in a certain way. Yes we should face the reality of our sinful motivations, and acknowledge when we have failed God, but the truth is we must not excuse it.
The TRUTH is, that God has created a way in which he will remember our sin no more, and that truth can set us free from the bondage of UNTRUTH. Our enemy the devil will so often through untruth at us and ultimately he does this so that our faith will weaken and our winess become useless. How we must keep reading the word of truth to remind us of the wonderful promises of God that he has never broken.

Please enjoy the pieces that myself (Ruth) and the team have created for your inspiration. Please meditate on how the Truth of God is a reality and how we can practice being truthful and speaking truth in love to others. We would love to see any creations you make on this theme, please leave us a comment and we'll pop by!

I made this hanging, it measures 15cm x 15cm.

Used the Tim Holtz flower die to make the flowers, various papers by Melissa Frances, K and Co and Anna Griffin and a sprinkling of Glimmer Mist. I think the butterfly stamps were by All Night Media.