Welcome 2012 Ultimate Bloggers

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Welcome Welcome to Create With Joy – an inspirational site where kindred spirits from around the world gather to encourage one another, to share their passions, and to celebrate their creativity! Each week, I host three gatherings where friends old and new open their hearts and share their inspirations and dreams! Inspire Me Monday is the place to share your creative [...]

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WOYWW – Happy Birthday Card

Spring Birthday Card with Handstamped Background

Happy What’s On Your Workspace Wednesday to you! This week, I realized I was low on card essentials, so I decided to start building my stash up – starting with a hand-stamped, spring-themed birthday card! Today’s card was fun to make. I rounded up a bunch of birthday sentiment stamps – inked them up in [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – Contemplation

Contemplative Tsunami

Photo Of The Week Contemplative Tsunami Thought For The Day Sometimes he sits at your feet looking into your face With an expression so gentle and caressing That the depth of his gaze startles you. Who can believe that there is no soul Behind those luminous eyes! Theophile Gautier Announcements Are you a creative blogger looking [...]

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Inspire Me Monday – Week 14

Inspire Me Monday at Create With Joy

What You’re Saying I like the idea of Inspiration Monday. Monday’s often get the short end of the stick But they are fraught with potential! Judy Palmer Welcome to Inspire Me Monday – a place to share your creative inspirations, sharpen your creative vision, and showcase your creative talents! I invite you to inspire others [...]

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The God Of Second Chances

2nd Chances

What does Easter mean to you? I invite you to share your thoughts, reflections, posts, favorite verses, hymns and worship songs with us! For me, Easter embodies God’s love. It’s a chance to come face to face with the God of Second Chances. It’s a reminder that we find healing, restoration, forgiveness, and the ability [...]

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Friendship Friday 13 – Celebrations

Friendship Friday

Question Of The Week Happy Easter & a Blessed Passover to you, dear friends! What springtime spiritual traditions Will your family celebrate this weekend? Please share them with us! My family celebrates Easter Weekend By spending time in personal prayer and meditation As we reflect on the life, death and resurrection Of our Lord & Savior [...]

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WOYWW – Lovely Daisy Collage Card

CTMH Lovely Daisy Collage Card

Happy WOYWW to you! I love collage, so this week, I wanted to share my Lovely Daisy Collage Card with you. The main image that you see is actually one stamp – it’s from CTMH’s Lovely Daisy Stamp Set – but I outlined several images with an embossing pen, and then sprinkled them with embossing [...]

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Inspire Me Monday – Week 13

Inspire Me Monday at Create With Joy

Meme Theme I like the idea of Inspiration Monday. Monday’s often get the short end of the stick But they are fraught with potential! Judy Palmer Welcome to Inspire Me Monday – a place to share your creative inspirations, sharpen your creative vision, and showcase your creative talents! I invite you to inspire others and [...]

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Healing Your Church Hurt by Stephen Mansifeld – Book Review & Giveaway

Healing Your Church Hurt by Stephen Mansfield

Originally Published As Rechurch Healing Your Church Hurt – Book Review How many of you have ever suffered emotional or spiritual wounding as the result of attending church – the very place that’s supposed to draw you closer to God and deepen your relationship with the Body of Christ? I have. For years, I grappled [...]

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WOYWW – You Are My Sunshine

You Are My Sunshine Card at Create With Joy

Wow. Can you believe that another week has come and gone and it’s time to share What’s On My Workspace again? Time for another card! This week I’ve done Spring with a slightly masculine twist! Instead of playing with the pastels, I’ve combined a few bright blues with some more macho shades of browns, greens, [...]

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