Thursday, January 22, 2009

Hip Hop {Thursday}

Welcome to another Hip Hop Thursday! I hope you are enjoying the hop thus far. I am assuming it will be kind of quiet today since so many people are headed to CHA! If you are going, I pray you have fun! Today, you should be joining me from Linsey's inspiring blog. If not, be sure to hop back home to the Unity blog!

Today I created a cover page for my 6x6 album that I am using for my His Holy Name Challenge. I used two Unity stamps--Scalloped Journal and the smaller version of my stamp Almighty God from the Friendship Love Miracles September kit. The larger version of my stamp can be found here. The papers are from the Creative Memories 8x8 Romance Power Palette. They are so pretty! For a full list of products used, be sure to see my gallery post here on Splitcoaststampers! I also used this week's card sketch from Splitcoaststampers--SC212. This sketch was certainly very adaptable to a 6x6 scrapbook page.

Well, thanks for stopping by. Be sure to hop on over to my dear friend Chelsea's blog! I know she will have something incredible for you to see! Blessings,

86 comments:

  1. Love your title page!!! That stamp is so awesome!!!

    ReplyDelete
  2. This is absolutely gorgeous, Patter! I love the color combo and lovely florals! FAbulous layout and page, tfs! Happy hip hop, my buddy! :)

    ReplyDelete
  3. This is gorgeous!! All the elements of your card works perfectly together!!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Beautiful! I love the sentiment, the colors, the details!!!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Very pretty Patter...lovely paper.

    Lisa L.

    ReplyDelete
  6. So beautiful, Patter! I love that deep, dark red! smiles...

    ReplyDelete
  7. This is just fabulous!! I just love the layout, colors and all the details. Thanks for this inspiring eye candy.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Just stunning!! thanks for sharing

    ReplyDelete
  9. That is a beautiful page!! I am sure your ook will be beautiful!

    ReplyDelete
  10. Nice job Patter, I am going to have to try sewing on a project now, I really am!!!

    ReplyDelete
  11. so pretty, Patter! the patterns and embellishments are so pretty with the stamps! love this!!

    ReplyDelete
  12. I love the colors you used for this. Thanks for sharing!

    ReplyDelete
  13. That is one of my most favorite stamps!!!

    ReplyDelete
  14. what a beautiful cover page. I love the Creative Memories Romance kit... (I have the digital kit... I should do a couple of my pages digital and print them for my book... Thanks for sharing another wonderful page.

    ReplyDelete
  15. What a treasure your 6x6 book will be! I love the color combination.
    ~ky

    ReplyDelete
  16. Beautiful Patter! I love the colors and the florals on this!

    ReplyDelete
  17. Your page is so gorgeous, LOVE it!! Wow you girls have dine a bang up job on your projects this week. Thanks for sharing your fabulous work with us, Patter!!


    Tonya

    ReplyDelete
  18. wow Patter this is absolutely beautiful!! Everything goes together so well!

    ReplyDelete
  19. Wow, this is gorgeous Patter!!!

    ReplyDelete
  20. Patter, this is wonderful! I have and love both of these stamps (and must get the larger version of "Almighty God"). HipHopThankYou for the inspiration!

    ReplyDelete
  21. Gorgeous!!! I have this stamp and I've been trying to come up with an idea for using it :) tfs

    ReplyDelete
  22. What a pretty cover page.... love the floral bg paper & the distressing. Its fabulous!

    ReplyDelete
  23. The distressing is such a great addition to this page.

    ReplyDelete
  24. So pretty! I like the soft colors a lot.

    ReplyDelete
  25. I read your article. Thanks for all your hard work!

    ReplyDelete
  26. Simply beautiful Patter! I just got my 4x6 album yesterday and put in my Holy challenge. I can't wait until the end of the year when I will have an album full of devotion to God!

    ReplyDelete
  27. i love what you did with the sketch i had a lot of fun with this sketch as well.

    ReplyDelete
  28. Such pretty colors and the flowers look great.

    ReplyDelete
  29. What a beautiful page! Such rich color and detail!

    ReplyDelete
  30. Gorgeous as always girl!

    ReplyDelete
  31. i hope you keep posting your creations for this challenge! i love that stamp!! im just going to have to put it on my wish list!

    ReplyDelete
  32. Thank you for another idea for our Holy Name album. Your cover page is really beautiful. I love your colors and papers. I need to get busy on Sundays word.

    ReplyDelete
  33. Very beautifully layed out. Love the color combo and adaptation.

    ReplyDelete
  34. I love your album cover - especially the colors you used.

    Swedie

    ReplyDelete
  35. So pretty! I have those stamps & use them a lot!

    ReplyDelete
  36. Awesome Layout & colors~~~!!!

    ReplyDelete
  37. Very pretty! I love your color choices!

    ReplyDelete
  38. Just beautiful with that big, layered flower!!

    ReplyDelete
  39. Beautiful page Patter! I love the paper and all the distressing. Gorgeous!

    ReplyDelete
  40. Lovely. Nice and simple, yet stunning.

    ReplyDelete
  41. I love your use of color and the fact that it is a 6x6 page! I am totally into the mini book thing!

    ReplyDelete
  42. Love the title, the layout, the colors! Great job on it all!

    ReplyDelete
  43. Gorgeous as always, Patter! I love the colors.

    ReplyDelete
  44. HI - Great idea for a challenge - however, it might be a nice idea to actually USE God's name in this NAME challenge. If you're not sure what His name is you can look it up in the King James Version of the Bible at Psalms 83:18. HINT: It's not "Jesus" - that's God's SON.

    ReplyDelete
  45. Great title page. The stitcing and dressted edges. combined with the colors, look beautiful.

    ReplyDelete
  46. Ack! Patter, you're making me miss being a CM rep.
    Gorgeous layout.

    ReplyDelete
  47. This is so beautiful! The DP beautiful as well as the sentiment. I so want to learn how to "sew" on cards! It adds so much!

    ReplyDelete
  48. really pretty and love the colors. tfs

    ReplyDelete
  49. Beautiful! love the stamp, must purchase that one.

    ReplyDelete
  50. This is GORGEOUS Patter!! I love it!! Love how you used the jounal stamp over the top of your page. your distressing looks very Chelsea style. GORGEOUS!!!

    ReplyDelete
  51. Gorgeous Title page! What a great addition to your book!

    ReplyDelete
  52. Dear Maria: If you look at Patter's card closely and her "sentiment," you'll actually see the Trinity in there of God the Father, GOD THE SON, and God the Holy Spirit. They are 3 in one and have many names. The only way to the Father is through the SON, Jesus Christ. John 14:6. I hope this clears up any misunderstandings and may the Lord richly bless you. Ephesians 4:29.

    ReplyDelete
  53. Beautiful project and stamping, Patter!

    ReplyDelete
  54. Patter, this is SOOOO gorgeous!!!! I love it! You know I am in love with the distressing and that stamp! Fabulous!
    ~Chelsea

    ReplyDelete
  55. Cindy -

    Thanks for your comment/response.

    That's fine if that's what you believe (even though I've yet to see the word "Trinity" in any Bible translation) but why ignore God's real name? Even if you are referring to him as part of a Trinity? We use Jesus's name....

    ~MARIA~

    ReplyDelete
  56. Maria, thank you for you thoughts. You are correct, the word Trinity is not in the Bible. However, the Bible cleary teaches that there is only one God, yet it calls all three Persons God. It is just as I am Patter--wife, mother, daughter. God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Some scriptures for you to reference are:
    There is only one God (Deuteronomy 6:4, Isaiah 44:6-8; 45:5a)
    The Son is God (John 1:1-5, 14; John 10:30-33, John 20:28, Hebrews 1:6-8, Philippians 2:9-11)
    Passages that refer to Jesus' Deity (Isaiah 7:14, Isaiah 9:6, John 1:1, John 1:18, John 8:58-59, John 10:30, Acts 20:28, Romans 9:5, Romans 10:9-13, Colossians 1:15-16, Colossians 2:9, Titus 2:13, Hebrews 1:3, 8; 2 Peter 1:1, 1 John 5:20)
    The Holy Spirit is God (Acts 5:3-4, 2 Corinthians 3:16-17, Exodus 34:34)
    Thank you again for your thoughts, and have a blessed day!

    ReplyDelete
  57. Wow, Patter - That's a lot to reference! Thanks. I don't believe in the Trinity - I know you are very open minded, so I know you'll read my comment below as to why I don't.

    This will be my last comment since I don't want to ruin your blog with religious doctrinal debates. BTW - your blog is great and so are all your Project 365 ideas.

    Thanks for listening.

    Long before the founding of Christianity the idea of a triune god or a god-in-three persons was a common belief in ancient religions. Although many of these religions had many minor deities, they distinctly acknowledged that there was one supreme God who consisted of three persons or essences. The Babylonians used an equilateral triangle to represent this three-in-one god, now the symbol of the modern three-in-one believers. The Greek triad was composed of Zeus, Athena and Apollo. These three were said by the pagans to 'agree in one.' One of the largest pagan temples built by the Romans was constructed at Ballbek (situated in present day Lebanon) to their Trinity of Jupiter, Mercury and Venus. Although other religions for thousands of years before Christ was born worshipped a triune god, the Trinity was not a part of Christian dogma and formal documents of the first three centuries after Christ. That there was no formal, established doctrine of the Trinity until the fourth century is a fully documented historical fact. Clearly, historians of church dogma and systematic theologians agree that the idea of a Christian Trinity was not a part of the first century church. The twelve apostles never subscribed to it or received revelation about it. So how then did a trinitarian doctrine come about? It gradually evolved and gained momentum in late first, second and third centuries as pagans, who had converted to Christianity, brought to Christianity some of their pagan beliefs and practices.
    We can trace the history of this doctrine, and discover its source, not in the Christian revelation, but in the Platonic philosophy … The Trinity is not a doctrine of Christ and his Apostles, but a fiction of the school of the later Platonists. The Bible does not teach the doctrine of the Trinity. Neither the word Trinity itself, nor such language as one in three, three in one, one essence or substance or three persons, is biblical language. The language of the doctrine is the language of the ancient Church, taken not from the Bible but from classical Greek philosophy.

    ReplyDelete
  58. Hi again Maria. Your response is eloquently well thought out and written, and I believe deserves a respectful response (i.e., my thoughts). Like you, I don't wish to clutter Patter's blog with religious debate. The Trinity is not spoken of in the Bible. I think that the word itself is by man, i.e., three for God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

    What I would like to know your thoughts on is this. Even before the world was created in Genesis, reference is made to what we call the Trinity in Genesis. Genesis 1:1, God created; Genesis 1:2, the Spirit of God; Genesis 1:26, Let US make man in our image, after OUR likeness.

    Of course, Jesus is mentioned all throughout the Old Testament by various names.

    Thank you for any response and if you'd like to e-mail me your thoughts, please do so at cbcoutts at comcast dot net.

    Have a great day.

    ReplyDelete
  59. What a marvelous card! It is beautiful!

    ReplyDelete
  60. Love your sketch, love your faith!
    Bless you!!
    Kim Marie

    ReplyDelete

Thank you for taking the time to leave me a comment. I truly do appreciate hearing from you!!!!

I have had to turn "comment moderation" on because I am getting too much spam. I will get your comment posted quickly. Thank you for sharing your comments, and have a blessed and joyous day!