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Wednesday, 11 March 2015

Triptych - Quietness, Stillness, Strength


In the midst of the hurly-burly of life with its problems and busyness it's really important to stop and be still.  When we make the time to be quiet and pray we come close to God and find an inner stillness or peace which only comes from knowing Him.  The hurly-burly melts away as in Him we find peace and strength to get done the things we need to do.

I wanted to make my daughter something for her birthday incorporating three words - Quietness, Stillness and Strength - and scriptures.  I was inspired by the challenges at Craft Stamper Take a Stamp and PaperArtsy Deconstruction challenges to make a triptych which seemed the perfect way to include them.


For the deconstruction challenge we had to use something in a way it was totally not designed for and I took some cardboard packaging and made it into my triptych:


I painted the backround and then stamped a Friend definition stamp all over it.  I used the PaperArtsy Jofy 12 stamp set and stamped the grid in the backround and stencilled polka dots in white.  Finally I stamped and painted the flowers and leaves.  Here are the three sections:




This was so much fun to do and I love the scriptures so I may just have to make another one and keep it!

May you find quietness, stillness and strength too. 
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11 comments:

  1. Heather11 March 2015 at 20:55

    oh the possibilities!!!

    I sure do love this post - thank you for sharing your heart with us so many times.
    It is because of you and your blog that I found HKC - so thank you again!!!

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  2. Hazel Agnew11 March 2015 at 20:57

    I am sure that we can all identify with your 3 chosen words! Your creation is beautiful and I am sure that your daughter will be delighted!

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  3. Win Dinn, Artist11 March 2015 at 22:04

    What a lovely triptych - I suspect your daughter your daughter was thrilled to receive it!

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  4. Colleen12 March 2015 at 21:58

    Susan,
    Your daughter will love this.

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  5. experiments in paper12 March 2015 at 22:24

    What a lovely project, and great choice of words! I love triptychs, and yours is especially happy! Thanks for your visit my way, and your sweet comment! xx Lynn

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  6. ann13 March 2015 at 02:57

    Beautiful project.

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  7. Susan M15 March 2015 at 14:23

    This is gorgeous Susan , a lovely gift for your daughter. Love how you get such lovely bold colours ! The scriptures are wonderful , great to have in front of you all the time !

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  8. Linda15 March 2015 at 19:06

    What a gorgeous project ..... beautiful colours and fabulous stamping! Thanks for joining in with the Craft Stamper TIMI Challenge .... good luck! Linda xx

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  9. PaperArtsy19 March 2015 at 14:42

    The colours really pop Susan. Great use of packaging! ~Leandra

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  10. Carol Rigby20 March 2015 at 15:24

    Such a lovely project.

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  11. Lucy Edmondson20 March 2015 at 18:57

    This is beautiful Susan, I love the shape of it and the colours you have chosen,

    Lucy x

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