Hope Wall Hanging

 

 

This project was such a joy to make! First off, this is one of my favorite scriptures, and it goes so well with the theme of "hope." Since with God all things are possible, I have hope that troubling events can be redeemed and turned into something God uses for my good and His glory. God's power can overcome any seemingly impossible situation.
A woman whose son I teach in my Bible Study Fellowship Level 3 class recently shared with me some of the hard things happening in her life right now. At first I was going to make her a card with this verse, but somewhere along the line it turned into a wall hanging. I'm hoping she'll put it somewhere where it constantly reminds her to hope in the Lord.
This project was also fun for me because it includes some very nice new dies I won as prizes during the Season's Giving blog hop. I won a prize package from Graciellie Chavez' blog that included a $20 gift certificate to CAS-ual Friday Stamps. The "Casual Trees" and "Hope" dies I used here came from that wonderful little store. I can't believe they shipped out my order the same day I made it! You should check them out! Michele the owner and designer is a sweetheart, and she donates a portion of the "Hope" die receipts to breast cancer research and awareness programs. Here's the link to go feed your die and stamp addiction! http://www.cas-ualfridaysstamps.com
The scripture and flower rubber stamps I used on the small stitched circles are from Our Daily Bread's "Be Joyful" stamp set. I stamped them onto the Bo Bunny card stock with Close to My Heart's Crystal Blue ink. I also distressed the edges of all the stitched circles and some of the Casual Trees dies with that same ink. Don't be fooled by the name "Casual Trees" for the dies. They could be used as trees on a smaller scale project, but they are the perfect size for some lovely foliage here. The stitched circles dies are made by Gina Marie Designs. I know Gina personally from her local Scrapbook Outlet store and am just thrilled for her success as a stamp and die designer.
Now for the great tip I saw when taking advantage of another one of the prizes from Gracie's blog hop prize package! Included in the prize package was a free class from Stamp Academy. At first I was afraid the classes were just for Stampin' Up crafters, but it turns out the tips and techniques work with other products, too. One tip I used here is to leave the little bits in your die when you cut out letters or words and use the negative. Then you just place a tiny glue dot on the bits of the letters you need and place the die back in the hole it cut. Simply poke the tiny paper bits onto the page and voilà, they're attached right where you need them! This worked like a charm with the tiny little bits in the "hope" die. I usually don't use the negative space with my word dies because of the problem of trying to adhere those teensy little insides of the letters, but now that I know this trick, I will probably be using them that way a lot more. Stamp Academy has some free videos you can check out and several classes to choose from at http://www.stampacademy.com. Cathy was the one who helped me find the class I'm currently taking, and she's amazingly kind. I really think the paper crafting community is the nicest group of people on the planet, don't you?
The design inspiration for this arrangement came from the first Viva La Verve sketch for January. I turned it on its side after trying it out both ways because I just preferred how it looked going this direction. I added a few buttons and a cream-colored lace bow to finish things off.
My adhesives for this project were glue tape, glue dots and foam squares. I glue taped the Bo Bunny paper to the back of the picture matting. I'm hoping it will be a real encouragement to the mom I mentioned earlier.

Here's a close up of the stamps and the word "hope" before I put the second die cut into the negative space. You can see the 3 tiny little bits of paper that were so easy to work with using that tip from Stamp Academy.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Viva La Verve Sketch Challenge
http://vlvsketches.blogspot.com

• Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge M,1E, SIO - #269 Something New, Something Old

• Tuesday Throwdown W- #278 - Anything Goes
  
  

  • Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E - Always Anything Goes

  
  
• Fairy Tale - 2W, 2E - No. 135 - (W2 of 2) - New technique, but no cards (new technique was keeping the paper bits in the die and using a glue dot of the back of them the putting the die back in place and poking the paper bits onto the place they needed to go in the die cut)
• Retarte 2W, E3 - #69 - Anything Goes (Week 1)
• Lemon Shortbread 2W, E3, no digital projects Always Anything Goes (Week 2)

• Fan-Tastic Tuesday - W, E4, Must Be Square or Rectangular #121 Anything Goes with a twist: Use Some Flowers
• Digi Choosday Challenge -W,E2, - #4 - In Bloom
• Creative Card Crew 2W - #105 Anything Goes (week 1)
• Crafty Sentiment Designs W, 1E, SIO - Anything Goes
  • Artistic Inspirations - 2W, E3 - (Week 2) Anything Goes / Thank You
  • Crafting from the Heart - W, E3, F - Always Anything Goes
  • Craft Your Passion - W, E3 - Always Anything Goes
  • MFP Stamps Challenge http://mfpstampshop.blogspot.com Mostly Blue
  • Love to Scrap - 2W, 3E, F, digi or real stamping - (Week 2) Anything Goes
  • Melonheadz Friends Challenge - 2W, 2E, SIO - (Week 2) Cool Colors
  • My Besties UK Challenge - M, SIO, E3 if Sherri Baldy product E1 if not - (January) Anything Goes & Circles
  • Not Just Cards - M, F - (January) Always Anything Goes
  • Our Crafty Corner - M, First Monday, E3 - (January) Always Anything Goes
  • Vintage Stamping Challenges/Flonz Craft - M, 3E, Must Stamp, does not have to be vintage - (January) New Stash (new dies)
  • The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge - M, E2, SIO - (January) Always Anything Goes
  • Where the HeART is - M, 1st Monday of M, E3 - (January) Anything Goes
  • 613 Avenue Create - W - #160 Anything goes with twist: No Twist This Week!
  • Amusing - W, 2E, no digi - Shades Of Blue
  • Come and Get It - W, Unlimited - Round Things
  
  
  • Penny Black and More – M, no digis, 3E – January - One for the Girls
  • Artistic Stampers (M,P1) Anything Goes

• We Love 2 Create - 2W, E1, SIO - #2 Anything Creative/ Mixed Media Goes (W1 of 2)
• Card and Scrap (2W, P1/15) #110 Blue and White

Crafts and Me (M, P1, SIO) Anything Goes

• Sparkles Forum Challenges (M,P15,3E) #76 Monochromatic Blues

• The Sisters of Craft (M,P1) Anything Goes

• Your Scrapbook Place (M,P1,E3) Anything Goes

• Chocolate Baroque Challenge Blog -M, 3rd Wed, SIO,E3 - #19 Color Challenge (Week 1 of 4)

• Crafty Friends Challenge 2W,(W2) - anything goes

• One Crazy Stamper (M,P1,E5) Anything Goes (no digital images allowed)

• Open-Minded Challenges (M,P10,3E) #1 Something New (new dies)

• Paper Creator's Crafts (M,3E) #43 Anything Goes

• Petal Lu (M, P15) #9 Anything Goes

• Noor! Designs UK (M,P1) #14 Anything Goes

• Just Keep On Crafting (M, P1) Anything Goes

• Crafts Galore Encore (M,P1,E3) Anything Goes
  
  

• Ching-chou Kuik Digital Stamps (M, P1, E3, SIO) Use something new (new dies)

  
  

  
  

  • • Digistamps 4 Joy (P1/15,SIO) #120 Anything Goes (Optional Twist = add handmade embellishment)

    Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper (M,P1) Anything goes with Patterned Paper

    
    

    • Die Cut Divas (M,P1,E4) NEW Technique, Die, Stamp, Colors (new dies and new technique for getting the little bits put in the right spots for negative die cuts)
      
      
      

  
  

• Craft for the Craic - M, 5E (First Friday of the month) - January - January Blues
• The Stamping Boutique - 2W, (2nd & 4th Friday) SIO - No.75 - (W1 of 2) - Use Die Cuts/Punches
• Stempelsonnen Challenge - 2W, 3E, stamp as main focus - No.158 - (W2 of 2) - Always Anything Goes
• Simply Papercraft - 2W, E3 - No. 21 (W2 of 2) - Anything Goes
• Simply Create Too - 2W - No.101 - (W1 of 2) - Something New (new dies)
• QKR Stampede – W, 4E, SIO – No. 175 - I'm Feeling Blue
• Creative Fingers - 2W , 3E, No totally digital projects - No.101 - (W1 of 2) Anything Goes
• Crafting-With-Friends - 2W, 3E - (W2 of 2) Anything Goes

• Crafty Girls Creations 2W,3E Always Anything Goes

• Crafting With An Attitude M,1st Thurs,3E #12 Anything Goes

• Aud Sentiments Challenge 2W,E5 #147 Anything Goes + A DT Call (W1 of 2)
• YNS Challenges - 2W , SIR (Top Pick) SIO, (Winner and Stand out) - No.31 - (W1 of 2) - Sketch* and Inspirational Photo* use either the sketch or the photo or use both

• DL ART Thursday Challenge 2W,2nd & 4th Thurs,3E #172 Penguin or Black Yellow & White (W2 of 2) Monthy Challenge: Always Anything Goes
• Little Miss Muffet Challenges 2W,1E,SIO #129 Anything Goes (tab at top)(W2 of 2)
• Creative Moments - 2W, 3E - #85 Always Anything Goes/ optional twist Let It Snow (Week 1 of 2)
• DoubleClick Skittles - 2W, E1, F - #40 Anything Goes (Week 1 of 2)
• Inspiration Destination - W, F- #69 Always Anything Goes

• The Crafty Addicts M, 1st Wednesday of M, E #7 - Anything Goes/ Elegance
• WordArt Wednesdays - W,5E , scriptural word art freebie offered each week - #218 - Anything Goes Challenge Runs 2 Weeks
• Stamping Sensations - M, 3E, must use stamping – January  Anything Goes with a die
• We Love Vintage Challenge (2W,P3/18,E2,Only Vintage)  Anything Goes with Lace

 House of Cards - M, cards (CAS, Classic, Cute, Vintage), C10 - (January) Embossing and/or Color Inspiration*

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