As a designer at  Pretty Scrappy I have the privilege of hosting a challenge at the Pretty Scrappy Forum.  I have chosen to do a Scrap Your Faith Challenge. 

I had the challenge all set and ready to go for the 1st.  Then I heard the sermon at church on Sunday, and just had to use the passage that was taught on!  It is 2 Samuel 7:28-29, which says "And now, Master God, being the God you are, speaking sure words as you do, and having just said this wonderful thing to me, please, just one more thing: Bless my family; keep your eye on them always. You’ve already as much as said that you would, Master God! Oh, may your blessing be on my family permanently! (The Message)"  Wow!  That is what I want!  The Lord’s blessing on my family permanently! 

So, I came home and reworked the challenge (perhaps I’ll use what I had done already for August?!?).  For this challenge, you will need to go grab the free challenge supplies at the store or via 4shared which contains two overlays (one white/one black), one piece of word art, and one tag.  All items at 300 dpi.

Use one of these items in a layout and post your results in the Scrap Your Faith Challenge Gallery and a link in the Scrap Your Faith Challenge portion of the forum. 

After you have posted your results, I will send you the link (or code) for your posting bonus, which is this lovely mini kit that includes one textured background, one decorated frame, one journal tag, one eyelet, one brad, and one ribbon.  

Here is what I did with mine…

The picture is of Hubs and I when our son “Mister” was born.  The scrap elements are from the challenge supplies and the posting bonus. 

I can’t wait to see what you do with yours!

Please be sure to check out the other current challenges in the Pretty Scrappy forum, including Just for Fun and the Color Challenge!

Have a blessed day!

Lady V

So, I was sitting at my computer thinking about what kits I could create when the phone rang.  It was my brother, John.  As we talked, I kept thinking about how my brother, Joe, always calls John "Henry." 

I don’t know why, but, Joe has called John "Henry" for as long as I can remember.  When we were younger, he called him "John Henry" then at some point shortened it to just "Henry" (John’s middle name is Daryn). 

Anyway, as John and I were chatting, I jotted down "Henry."  Then I started playing in PSP and thought of all the times John said, "I could bench you" when we were teens.  He started body building when he was about 13.  Before that, he was just as scrawny/puny as you could imagine.  But as he got into the body building, his physique changed.  And he started the "I could bench you" routine. 

By the time John and I got off the phone, I had the start of a kit.  I had a specific picture in mind as I worked, one of him flexing his arms.

Here is the picture:

And here is the kit, Henry, that it inspired:

And the layout that I made with it:

And this is John now:

He’s not scrawny/puny anymore.  He can bench press well over 500 pounds, and yes, he can bench me!

Henry (the kit, not my brother!) is now in the store for just $3.99!

I’ve also put the Henry Quick Page in the store as a freebie.

You can snag it here.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it!  And I hope John "Henry" doesn’t get mad at me for posting his flex picture on here!

Be blessed!

Virginia

Melanie of By God’s Design is hosting the July Creating with Color Challenge at the Benevolent Boutique Forum.  Here is a preview of the mini kit that I created with the color palette provided:

Per the color challenge guidelines at the Benevolent Boutique Forum, I am posting a link to their forum for you to go there to snag the mini kit. 

Benevolent Boutique Forum Color Challenge (my post, and the link for the mini kit are on page 3 of the comments)

This mini kit will be available until the end of the month.  I would love to see any layouts you create with it.  Send me a link or an e-mail to ladyvdzine @ gmail .com (remove the spaces).

Thanks, and be blessed!

Virginia