Hymn of Promise (Natalie Sleeth)

In the bulb there is a flower; in the seed, an apple tree;
In cocoons, a hidden promise: butterflies will soon be free!
In the cold and snow of winter there’s a spring that waits to be,
Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.

There’s a song in every silence, seeking word and melody;
There’s a dawn in every darkness, bringing hope to you and me.
From the past will come the future; what it holds, a mystery,
Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.

In our end is our beginning; in our time, infinity;
In our doubt there is believing; in our life, eternity,
In our death, a resurrection; at the last, a victory,
Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.

Composer: Natalie Sleeth (1986)

See my other blog postings in the Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) series. 

Special Time by Patti Hamil

When I was little one of my very favourite things was reading with my Daddy. I had one book that was my favourite, it was "Jasper the Giraffe", and it was about a giraffe that never got any mail and the rest of the animals always did. One day he broke his leg and was surprised when he got lots of "get well" wishes in the mail!!!! I'm not sure if that's the actual book in the photo or not!!

I used the Fantasia collection Dazzling doily die. I thought it suited a heritage page. I started by cutting 4 blue and 2 light yellow, then cut each in half.

 

 

I used Sweet Dreams collection Fancy That embossing folder and embossed a strip 12" long with the same light yellow.

 

I used the Fresh & Fun Hyper Magical folder with light green cardstock and cut leaves out of it.

 

I cut a few circles of  random size and placed them on the page as well.
 

I matted my photo with an embossed piece with the same Sweet Dreams folder in yellow with a solid blue mat behind it for the base.
 

 

I added "faux-stitching" with my Zig markers, made a couple of blooms with the Daisy Nesting die and then put it all together!! I just used some old alpha stickers for the title.

Couture Creations products used:

Self Adhesive gemstones 

Daisy Nesting dies CO723217

Fresh & Fun collection embossing folder Hyper Magical CO723442

Fantasia Doily die Dazzling CO723225

Sweet Dreams embossing folder Fancy That CO723208

 

 

何處有仁 (泰澤 / Taizé)

《何處有仁》

何處有仁, 何處有愛;
何處有仁, 上主必常在。

See also the original Latin version: Ubi Caritas (Taizé)

Music: Jacques Berthier (English bio) (French bio)

See my other blog postings in the "Taizé" series of chants.

Official Taizé Community Website

Wikipedia information on the Taizé Community
- in French
- in English

1996 Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at King's College, Cambridge

The 1996 Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols (Carols from King's) at King's College, Cambridge.

See also: King's College, Cambridge's Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols (Carols from King's) from previous years.

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge's recent CD release: Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols

Scrapbook & Papercrafts Expo | Mad Hat Monday

 

Look!!!

 the Scrapbook & Papercrafts Expo event organisers have jumped into the rabbit hole with us ....

 

 

 

 

 

 

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See You at the Show

 

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Courage by Gloria Stengel

Hello everyone! It is Gloria with you today. I have used one of the new doily die templates to make a "pretty in pink" card for you.

1. Create a 5 x 5 inch white card.

2. Trim printed paper to 4 7/8 x 4 7/8 inches and attach to card front.

3. Using the Tatted Lace Doily Die (Fantasia Collection), cut and emboss pink cardstock. You may need to use the Piercing Tool to remove some of the tiny bits from the die cut. (My die did not come with injection foam. To aid the removal of the paper, I placed a sheet of wax paper between the die and my cardstock. This helped me remove the die cut shape from the paper without tearing it.)

4. Attach the square doily shape to the center of the card. Wrap a length of pink ribbon around the center of the panel and secure.

5. Using the Scallop Rectangle a Nesting Dies, cut a rectangle from dark pink cardstock.

6. Stamp sentiment with black ink onto white cardstock. Line the Rectangle Nesting Die template over the stamped sentiment and tape down. 

7.  Cut and emboss both shapes.

8. Using Foam Mounting Tape, attach the sentiment stack to the center of the card, overlapping the ribbon.

9. Tie two bows, one from pink ribbon and one from dark pink ribbon and glue them to the right of the sentiment. Top with a paper rose.

10. Stamp a sentiment onto white cardstock. Use the oval die from the Picture Frame Nesting Die to cut out the sentiment. Using a Sponge Dauber and pink distress ink, add colour to the sentiment. Tuck the sentiment under the right edge of the ribbon bows.

 

 

Thanks for joining me today! Visit my blog: Scraps of Life.

Couture Creations Supplies Used:
Rectangle Nesting Dies
Scallop Rectangle Nesting Dies
Picture Frame Nesting Die
Tatted Lace Doily Die

Couture Creations Tools Used:

Craft Scissors
Handheld Essentials Piercing tool, Embossing tool
Sponge Dauber

Double-sided TapeFoam Mounting Tape
Craft Mat

 

 

 

Well of Tears (Bob Dufford)

1. Is there no balm in Gilead,
no hand to heal this sorrow?
Are there no eyes to share this grief
and see beyond tomorrow?

2. Will no one come to hear this tale
and stand amid the ashes?
Can no one dry this well of tears,
or stay this wound within me?

Refrain

God above, hear our plea.
Turn your eyes of mercy here
to light our way.
Stay with us, Lord of all.
All we seek, all we've lost
we find in you.

3. How can I bear this memory,
and keep my soul from breaking?
How will I rise again each day
and greet a life worth living? (to Refrain)

4. Rivers will run and flowers grow,
and stars will steer their courses.
Springtime will come for me one day
when I have stayed this winter.

Composer: Bob Dufford

See my other blog postings in the Contemporary Catholic series.