DJS: The Beatitudes

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they are children of God."

I am, by nature, a peacemaker. I want people to get along, and I will do my very best to get each side to understand - if not agree with - the other. So it's no surprise that this is one of my favorite Bible verses.

In America, it seems there's some new political upheaval nearly every day. We need peacemakers more than ever.

Sitting in church this past Sunday, this verse kept going through my mind over and over. And I finally realized that what needed to be done was simply to do a word art set for ALL of the beatitudes. As much as anything else, they are a blueprint for the kind of people we should be.

So here we are - only my second set of word art NOT created specifically for a blog train. Use them individually to accent the character of someone you are scrapping a portrait of, or use them together for a non-photo wall hanging. I hope you enjoy them.

***KEEP UP with my new kits (and a few other things that are important to me) by liking my Facebook page, DigiJen Scraps Word Art.***

DBTL: Gaucher Disease Awareness

Hello to all of my cause-and-awareness-oriented scrappy folks out there!

It's time for the Digi Blog Train List to take off again, and this month we're focusing on a genetic condition that I admit I'd never heard of before at all - Gaucher Disease.

This is one of those conditions that can have widely varying symptoms, ranging from an enlarged liver and anemia on the mild end of the spectrum, to death for newborns on the extreme end. Please, don't just grab the freebies that our designers have created - take time to actually read about Gaucher Disease and become familiar with it. You can find out more about it here.

Now, on to the reason you really ride these blog trains - the freebies! 

You can get the complete collection by visiting the following designers' blogs:

Dea’s Design
Ostrea Designs
Moore Blessings Digital Design
DigiJen Scraps <-- You Are Here
Dreamn4Ever Designs
Cocotounette Designs
Shuckclod’s Stuff
DBTL FB Page(click bonus)

And now...

When you are dealing with a disease that so few have heard of, there aren't a lot of Gaucher-specific ideas for word art. But anyone dealing with any kind of chronic illness for themselves or their children can use a little encouragement. So this month's selection of word art is meant to encourage anyone going through a tough time.

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ALSO...while you're here, if you enjoy the word art that I create and can use it at all in your layouts, I've created a Facebook page where you can keep up with what's new from DigiJen Scraps. I keep having ideas for more word art that don't necessarily fit the blog train themes that I participate in, so I wanted to just start following the mojo and seeing what comes of it. 

Feel free to drop by, like the page, and keep up with whatever my twisty mind comes up with next.
DigiJen Scraps Word Art. (Teaser: I'm working on something and hope to have it ready sometime this weekend.)

Thanks for stopping by and we'll catch you again soon!

SDBT: Commotion in the Ocean

I am an Aquarian. Maybe that's why the sound of running water has always helped calm me down. It has always helped me destress. Give me a stream or even a little table top water fountain, and I can feel myself relax and my breath slow down.

But I didn't have any idea how wonderful the ocean itself was until I was on a cruise ship a few years ago for the first time. The sound of water smacking the side of the ship was unreal - in a good way.

So I was excited with this month's theme "Commotion in the Ocean" for the Scrap Designers' Blog Train. It was hard to choose just a handful of quotes to turn into word art this time...but I did my best. So I hope you find something that you can use:

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And you can drop by to visit these incredible designers and pick up their contributions to this collection, too:

Promethean Concepts
Nellie Bell
Songbird Scraps Designs
Scrapbook Crazy Creations by Robyn
Lady DGScraps
DigiScrap Angelhaze
DigiJen Scraps  <-- you are here
LEA Art Designs
Moore Blessings Digital Design

Enjoy the ocean, kiss the sea, let it kiss you back, and have a great summer!