Growing In Unity Day #5

Growing In Unity

Day #5

Saved By Grace

I'm ending my week with the beginning. 

This right here was my very first sketch Unity accepted and made into a stamp. 

Angela saw it in my Washi Horse fb group and said that it needed to be a Unity stamp. 

That just about made me the happiest gal on earth.

So what inspired the cross? 

When I sketched it I was wanting an Easter image that brought softness and elegance to the cross. This is what emerged. Everything here is organic yet is carefully put together. I wanted this cross to radiate beauty and to remind us of what a beautiful and generous thing Christ did for us when he went to the cross. 

Jessica Pickeral did the sentiment and font design for this set.

This means a lot to me because it reminds me of our purpose; to Glorify God. I pray before I sketch asking God to guide my hand and give me inspiration. That might sound strange to some of you but He truly does guide me. In this project above, the 'bible page keeper' I like to call it, I used a combination of Jane Davenport watercolors and Arteza fine-liner pens. The long strand of beads is from my oldest daughters bracelet that broke as a young child and I never had time to fix it. The one bead on the end belonged to my grandmother. That is meaningful to me because she used to drag me out of bed every Sunday morning for Church; I hated it at the time. It was she who planted the seed in my heart for the Lord. I will forever be grateful to her for that. I can still hear her voice singing in the car on the way to Sunday school. I miss her so so much. As you'll read below you'll understand the significance of using my oldest daughters beads.

So this... this is my life verse. I have needed time and time again to go back to this verse to help get me through. It's been my calm during so many storms of worry that I have for my oldest girl. (those beads on the 'page keeper' above remind me to pray for her on a daily basis). Just being real with you all here.

If you don't have a life verse, I encourage you to think about where you struggle and need help the most. Google that need or struggle... let's say it's worry... look up (verses about worry kjv). Read a few and write down the one that sticks out to you. When you start to feel those struggles just remember the verse. God promises his word will not return void.

I stamped the cross onto this vellum and then hand lettered my life verse onto it . When you don't have a Bible Journal, vellum is a great way to journal without writing or coloring over the Word. I used my Arteza fine-liner pens to color. The vellum already had splashes of color on it. I had found that at Tuesday Morning.

Remember to leave a comment on each of my blogposts this week and you'll be entered to win one of 2 -25 stamp grab bags from Unity.

I hope you've enjoyed my week and learning about the inspiration behind some of my sketches.