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Faith Art Friday ~ Renewed Strength

By Laura, August 18th, 2011 at 9:21 pm

This week’s Faith Art Friday is hosted by Linda Lucas…

Renewed Strength

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God,

the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary?

there is no searching of his understanding.

He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength;

they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary;

and they shall walk, and not faint.

Isaiah 40:28- 31

Linda Lucas

Lovely Linda’s Craft Central

Layers of Color Design Team


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Kalyn’s Happy Bird Day Card!

By Laura, August 8th, 2011 at 9:36 pm

Today I have a beautiful card to share with you by one of our August guest designers, Kalyn Kepner!…

Card by Kalyn Kepner

Kalyn had fun making this “Happy Bird Day!” card. She made the designer paper by stamping The Love Chapter script on ivory paper and then randomly stamping a flock of lovely birds from the Backyard Birds art stamp set. She stacked it on colorful papers and stamped the elegant greeting with one of the special sentiments from  Happy Wishes art stamp set. Adding the cloth ribbon and cheerful buttons accents it perfectly. A quick and delightful birthday card!

Please visit the designer, Kalyn Kepner on her lovely blog, “Paper is Love” and come see all the exciting happenings at Layers of Color group on Facebook!

Have a joyous day!


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Sponsoring “If the Shoe Fits” Challenge

By Laura, August 7th, 2011 at 7:27 am

This week Layers of Color is sponsoring If the Shoe Fits – Scrap it! challenge blog!  The challenge is to use green, or a green jewel in your project. Come join us!

Here are a couple gorgeous cards made by Layers of Color designers for this challenge…

Pocket card by Linda Lucas

showcasing Vintage Medallion art stencil, and Butterfly Collector, Old World Flourish (on SALE now!) art stamp sets.

See Linda’s blog, “Lovely Linda’s Craft Central“  for more details.

Card by Jessica Fick

featuring May Bouquet cling art stamp and Honeysweet art stamp set.

See Jessica’s blog, “i embellish” for more details.

Card by Jennie Harper

showcasing Gifts of Love , Sent With Love art stamp sets and Elegant Touch art stencil.

See Jennie’s blog, ” Stampin’ Away the Day” for more details.

Join this challenge all this week and join us anytime on Facebook and Flicker…where we are making your creative world more colorful with Layers of Color!

Have a colorful day!


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Masterpiece Monday ~ Heather Wombacher!

By Laura, January 23rd, 2011 at 11:00 pm

Heather Wombacher’s fiber art has captured my heart!

The layers of old lace, tattered fabrics, vintage laces and pretty tidbits blended with designer stamps, verse, and hand stitching is a feast for the eyes! I want to run my hands over every lovely detail! Come see for yourself, I think you’ll be inspired too…

A page from Heather’s Bird Book

Backyard Birds (bird and egg) and Acanthus Leaves art stamp sets

Heather has used Backyard Birds art stamp on fabric, painted it with color, cut it out and applied it to artwork. Beautiful little fella! That music sheet helps to imagine that any minute he’ll break into song, praising God! Delightful!!

Oh, there is so much more to show you from Heather’s marvelous masterpiece! But I’ll let the artist have that honor…The Patchwork Heart.

And be sure to check out her handmade ribbon flowers and other lovingly made treasures! You’ll want to get some for upcoming Mother’s Day, and for your friends, and yourself, and…well you’ll want a whole garden of these beauties! Enjoy!

May you sing praises to God with your lips and your art,


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Faith Art Friday – The Beatitudes

By Laura, January 20th, 2011 at 11:32 pm

Today’s Faith Art Friday is hosted by Linda Lucas…

Blessed to be a Blessing

There is so much in the Word of God about being blessed – God outlines how to receive His blessing and what better place to read about it than in Matthew 5 in the ‘Beatitudes’

Blessed are the poor in spirit! For theirs is the kingdom of the Heavens.

Blessed are the ones mourning! For they shall be comforted.

Blessed are the meek! For they shall inherit the earth.

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness! For they shall be filled.

Blessed are the merciful! For they shall obtain mercy.

Blessed are the pure in heart! For they shall see God.

Blessed are the peacemakers! For they shall be called sons of God.

Blessed are they who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake! For theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.

Blessed are you when they shall reproach you, and persecute you,

and shall say every evil word against you, lying, on account of Me.

Matthew 5: 3-11

It is so easy to assume that to be blessed is to have everything we need and perhaps want, while this may be true for some of us – it is not necessarily the way God works for all of us, in fact I would dare to say for most of us.  While God is well able to provide us all everything we could ever want or could possibly need – He blesses us in way that we don’t always recognize at first, but as we become seasoned in our relationship with Him, we begin to see the hand of God on us in ways that are not so obvious as we read about in the above verses….these blessings have eternal value!

Why does God bless us?  We are BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING!!

God bless you!

Linda Lucas


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