April 9, 2014 Prayer

Pray as a child, with purity of heart.

Today there is no pretty picture and saying. But I would like to address prayer and what scripture says about it. Prayer is our personal bridge to Christ and God our Father. The perfect prayer is looking to heaven with a glad heart. No words needed. Silence before Him is most precious to Him. That means not thinking of the days activities, what you are going to pray about but SILENCE mentally, physically and if possible, emotionally. My favorite passage for this is 1 Kings 19:9-13. The whisper of the voice of God is not heard unless you are quiet in your heart and mind. Listening is also part of the perfect prayer. Prayer should not be long and wordy but short and precise. Matthew 6:7-8 Says this explicitly. The Lord's prayer that follows is very precise, not one wasted or confusing word. If you have ever listened to a child pray you will see these things being practiced. It is just one of the reasons these next two images are special to me. Both images are from Our Daily Bread.

I am not completely happy with either card  but the did turn out OK.  I wanted to do something much different but did not have everything needed.
The only paper things not hand cut using an x-acto knife were the die and the tag. I used Tombo Mono Multi glue to fasten the die cut to the dark blue background paper base and used double sided tape to fasten it to the white card stock.
I created the sentiment in a photo editing program. Used narrow double sided tape to attach it to the back of the tag. used the same tape to fasten the tag to the Dark Blue base card.
The stamp (in case you missed it) Praying boy by OUR DAILY BREAD.

Goodie List

Image: "Praying Boy" from Our Daily Bread.

Copic Colors: Hair: E31,E35,E37
                          Skin: R00, Rooo, R0000, RV0000
                          Jammies: B02, C2
                          Ground: E33      Grass: YG17
 Other items are : Holographic peel offs, Chain  peel offs
 Glue: Tombo Mono Multi Use Glue
 The dies used were Spellbinders A2 Filigree Delight and
 Back to basics Tags.

The next image is also from Our Daily Bread. It is titled Praying Girl. I was originally going to use the sentiment "Bless My Mommy and Daddy" but there just wasn't enough room for it.. 

On this card I only cut the center hole for the image with the x-acto knife. The procedure is much the same as the "Praying Boy" card. The glue and tape are the same. The bow and roses were fastened with the Tombo glue. The two corner die cuts were given to us by a friend so I have no idea what die they were made with. They were also fastened with the Tombo glue. The only peel offs are on the left fold edge.

Goodie List

Image: "Praying Girl" from Our Daily Bread

Copic Colors: Hair E31, E35, E37

                          Skin R00, R000, R0000, RV0000

                          Nightie RV21

                          Ground E33

                          Grass YG17

Dies: Spellbinders Decorative Labels 8

Roses: Boutique Fleur

Tombo Mono Multi Glue

Well, that will do it for a few days. I have three more cards to do and one of them will not be easy if I can do it at all (At least the way I want to do it). I may do a post this weekend but that is going to depend on how the next two go. It is now time for the good, the bad and the ugly. POST time. No matter what I will always LOVE THE DETAIL.