Storm

A few nights ago we had a really big storm with wind gusts reaching up to 127 mph. The next day the high tide at midday was very high and combined with the wind it caused the water to come over the pier.

#253 - Story

I know we've had "Bedtime Stories" before, but this is an altogether more grown-up prompt.

Tell us your story.
Tell us a story.
What story matters to you?
What story do you need to hear?

What's your take on story?

Week #141 Sponsored by Tickled Pink Stamps

Hi peeps :)

I have the honour to be you`re hostess this Saturday,

and i have made a sketch for you to play with.

Hope you like it :)

Hugs from Maya ♥

The prize is sponsored by Tickled Pink Stamps!

Here's a bit of info from our sponsor;

"Tickled Pink Stamps first started out as Magnolia Down Under in 2009,

but in April 2010 Magnolia Down Under was taken over to Tickled Pink Stamps

and supplied a larger range of stamps. What was the reason for this?

I am Kellie the owner and founder of Tickled Pink Stamps

and when I first started stamping I fell for anything and everything Magnolia,

I had to have them.
While I still share the same love for them to this day,

I started to see more amazing stamps by talented designers world wide

and I just had to share them around Australia and this is how Tickled Pink Stamps was born,

aiming to be Australia's No. 1 Stamp supplier of all things cute and Tickled Pink....

Tickled Pink Stamps now has their VERY own range of cute

and They are a tad different from the normal cute but we all LOVE to be different and stand out,

and these amazing designs will make any creation GORGEOUS!"

Tickled Pink Stamps is home of the fabulous Lil Lolita and Lil Lad Ranges

You can see all the newest products available by clicking HERE

Kellie is so generous, she is offering this weeks winner
their own choice of 3 Tickled Pink Digi Stamps!!!
So here it is, my sketch :)

Hope you will play and that you have lost of fun with the sketch!

And we have with us a new Guest Designer for the month of February,

and that is the extremly talented Debbie Pamment!!

And here is her take on my sketch;

Debbie

Thank you so much, Debbie for a gorgeous card :)

And here is the talented Sketch Saturday Designers take on the sketch
including the first cards made as SSDT members by Bente and Karita! woohooo!

Bente

Karita

Leonie

Jilli

San

Cazza

Maya

Jo

Terry

Jeanette

Lisa

Simonne

Please leave your entries with Mr Linky, remember to add a direct url to your blog POST, and not just to your blog to be in with a chance of winning the prize. Thanks...

Winner of challenge #140

The winner of those adorable Crafty Secrets Cherub Stamps kindly donated by The Craft Barn is...

Sara (Luminous in my chaotic dreams)

and here is her fabulous winning card...

Congratulations Sara!
Please EMAIL ME with your full postal address so that I can pass this onto Sandy, so that she can post out your prize to you.

Jo xx

Welcome to Spiritual Sunday

Good morning everyone,
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Answering the Call - the clothing of a novice.

Answering the Call.

The Most Holy Redeemer
from atop the Cathedral of the Most Holy Saviour
is calling:
All that the Father giveth to me shall come to me;
and him that cometh to me, I will not cast out. ...

No man can come to me,
except the Father, who hath sent me, draw him;
and I will raise him up in the last day.
(John 6:44.)

On 2 February 2011,
Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
we celebrated

the Clothing of a Novice
and the mystery of the Religious Vocation.

During the ceremony the Holy Ghost is invoked
and the postulant is covered with the funeral pall:
For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it:
and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel,
shall save it.
(Mark 8:35)

"I will die O lord for the love of Thy Love
who hast deigned to die for the love of my love."

Many desire to become saints,
but wish that God would do all,
and that He would bring them to eternal glory
without labour or inconvenience to them.
But this is impossible. ...
Sometimes, to carry this yoke, and merit everlasting happiness,
we must do violence to the feelings of flesh and blood.
The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent bear it away.
(Mt. 11:12.)
(St. Alphonsus -The True Spouse of Jesus Christ.)

O Disciple of Jesus I say to you,
hold fast that which thou hast,
that no man take thy crown.
(Apoc. 9:12.)
(St. Alphonsus -The True Spouse of Jesus Christ.)

Saint Clemens Maria Hofbauer.

Our new brother received the religious name:
Brother Clemens.

Saint Clemens Maria pray for him!

The boy who would not be stopped!

2 February 2011
General Audience of the Pope.

Go! Go!
Yes, He has made it past the Swiss guards.

The little boy who would not be stopped!

He made it to his Holy Father...
Did you hear Someone say:
Suffer the little children and forbid them not to come to me:
for the kingdom of heaven is for such (Mt. 19:14).

Whatever about not having the special ticket to do this,
we have to say:
Bravo! Well done little boy!

Back safe in the arms of his Dad.