Crafters of Faith- Farewell post

The Crafters of Faith is a Faith driven group at Splitcoaststampers- and sadly- this will be our final post together.
 I am the hostess this month, and here is my theme:

 We had a priest come to a prayer group one evening, and he said in confessions the number one comment people make is how they struggle with Forgiveness. I am one who struggles with that as well, so I choose that as my topic for October and our final month together.

"Therefore I tell you, all you ask for in prayer , believe that you will receive it and it shall be yours. When you stand to pray, forgive anyone against whom you have a grievance, so that your heavenly Father may in turn forgive your transgressions." Mark 11:24-25

So make a card- tell someone you have trouble forgiving that you love them and send it off in the  mail to them! 

Whether we are having trouble forgiving ourselves, forgiving another person, or forgiving God for something that has happened in our lives, we all have a little issue with forgiveness, don't we?

 Let Go and Let God- lighten the burden by finding a way to forgive- and that does not mean forget and go back to a pre-hurt state, it just means.....time to put it in Gods hands and move on to a place  where there is more Joy your life! Life is too short....

Kelly- thank you so much for starting this group and nurturing us along all of these months- with sadness- our last post!

I used a sentiment from Sweet & Sassy. The background is created using the Embossed Stains tutorial from the Oct. Technique Junkies newsletter using Barn Door, Peeled Paint and Wild Honey stains. The shimmery gold cardstock is from Paper Temptress. The red cardstock is Coordinations. 

Please stop by the blogs of the other gals in the Crafters of Faith on my sidebar. 

A challenge or two:
ABC Challenges- U is for Unique- AG
Mema's Crafts- Tic Tac Toe- Ribbon, Bling, Embossing
Shopping our Stash- Fall colors-  Ancient SU ribbon and rhinestone swirls
Craft-Dee-Bowz- AG with a hand made bow 
Word Art Wednesday- AG
 
Have a blessed day
Shelly 

Sweet Stamps- Kraft Paper

The challenge at Sweet Stamps for this week is to use Kraft paper.

 I had a fun Fall-colorful time making this card. I used Fall colors and daubered on color using Sweet Stamps Spots- Valentine, Peapod and ...........  through the Sweet Stamps stencil called Stained Glass. I highlighted around the edges of the card using French Roast (spot).
 The leaves were cut using a Cheery Lynn die. They have great detail- you can see the veins in te leaves.
 The image is stamped using Black Tuxedo Memento ink and colored using Copics. I used the 'Out of the Box' technique to cut the image using a die- as you see.
 Our trees are already beginning to change colors and are falling from the trees. The weather is cool and the heat is on in the house.

Products I used from the Sweet Stamps Store:



                                


  
 




We have a weekly challenge and a monthly technique challenge. The monthly challenge 9/15-10/14 is Chalkboard stamping. Our winners are chosen by Random.org- and if you use a Sweet Stamps image, your entry will count x's 2!

Sweet Stamps has a Pintrest board HERE

Challenges:
Jellypark Challenges- Fall
Pile it On- Autumn
Allsorts- Autumn
Open minded challenges- Fall/Autumn
Brown Sugar- Autumn/Fall
Crafters Cafe- Punches/Die Cuts
Scrapy Land Challenges- Die Cut- Cheery Lynn Leaves 1

Thanks for stopping by!
Shelly