Word Art Wednesday - Isaiah 41:13

Good morning Crafty ladies! 

I don't have the gift of Evangelism, so I will leave that to the talented ladies like Karen over at Word Art Wednesday who do.  

                                       

I do feel that I have a passion and gift to create, so I am super pleased to announce that today marks my first post as a Design Team member at Word Art Wednesday challenges!        

  

                                      

I am beyond thrilled to be a part of this super team.  I get to design cards with biblical scripture every week.  This makes me very happy as I have been searching for a way to celebrate God more in my crafting.  

I hope you will play along with us every Wednesday - it is very simple, just create an uplifting and positive card and post it at Word Art Wednesday challenges.  

Karen M. (Papercraft Memories) created the beautiful graphic for today's verse:  

The card style I used is called a Double Dutch Fold card.  I googled to find a quick tutorial for the card measurements, and ended up using them from Shelly's Images Blog.  Shelly's photos are so great I didn't even need to read the tutorial and I highly recommend you check out her site!  

Materials used:

Sweet and simple:-)

Purple cardstock & peach Coredinations cardstock

Sizzix embossing folder

My Favorite Things Pierced Rectangles Die

Ranger Distress Ink Antique Linen

Recollection purple flowers

Challenges entering:

Twist of Faith - In Remembrance (Nov. 11)

Thanks for peeking and all your kind words of encouragement! Have a great day. 

Guest Designer Position~All Dressed Up!

I am so excited to be asked as Guest Designer for All Dressed Up for the month of November! These digis are ridiculously adorable and the team of designers on the All Dress Up Challenge Blog is so inspirational - so check them out.  You can find these digis available at the All Dressed Up ETSY Shop.  

The challenge today is "Thanks" or Autumn colors.  As you can see, I chose the "thanks"theme. :-)

The sentiment that came with this digi stamp is perfect - it says "A Time To Give...." and I added the "THANKS" at the bottom.  

I was super happy to be able to use my Liquid Glass on the jars of Taffy & Lemon Drops.

Design paper is from Lily Bee Design and is called "Handmade".

Challenges entering:

Paper Take Weekly - Sketch 84 Challenge (Nov. 5)
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes Monday Challenge (Nov. 4)
Crafty Hands - Challenge 1 Anything Goes (Nov.7)
Your Next Stamp - Challenge 6 Inspiration photo. I know my card doesn't use the colors of this photo, but this picture evoked a "homemade", "yummy", and "sweet" feeling that I wanted to capture in my card.

OOzak - Challenge 25 "Thanks" (Nov. 15)
ABC Challenge - Y is for Yellow (Nov. 13)

Flat Friends - November Challenge "Christmas" II

I love Emma Canning's Flat Friends Digis so I made a second Christmas Card! This is Deer Friends and she makes a lovely Christmas image.  I wanted a non-traditional Christmas colors and I love the soft effect.

Don't forget to emboss the envelope! 

Challenges Entering:

Simon Says Stamp - Monday  Challenge Blog (Nov. 4)

Polkadoodles Studio 12 - Christmas Anything Goes (Nov 10)
Christmas Blog Challenge - Blue & White (Nov. 7)
One Crazy Stamper - Christmas (Nov. 30)

Thanks for peeking!

November 1st - Blog Hop "From The Heart Stamps"

It's the first of the month - and its time for From The Heart Stamps Blog hop. We are celebrating birthdays today!  If you joined us last month, it's great to have you hopping with us.  If you are new this month - welcome!   Enjoy the cards and treats you will find on this hop.

If you have arrived Kathy, you are in the right place, if not why don’t you start on the From The Heart Stamps blog, so you don’t miss anything.

Please don't forget to leave a comment.  I love to read what you write and one random commenter will win this adorable digi below - Birdie and Balloon!

Plus, one commenter on the From the Heart Stamps blog will be selected to win a $5 gift voucher to the store!

We are also having a little word search today. As you stop on each blog collect the special letter they have for you. Put the letters together for a message. Everyone who figures out the message can use it as a code to receive 50% off of one image in the birthday section of the FTHS shop. The code will be good until Monday Nov. 4th at 6 am, EST. My letter for you is ...

Here is my project, using Birdie and Balloon.

Materials used:

Copics - Birdie BG 10, BG11, BG000, BG13, BG15; R29; Beak YR20; Balloon shading C1
Paper - Crate Paper "Harvest Market"
Ink - Ranger Distress Ink Antique Linen (sponging sides)
Dies - Spellbinders Nestabilities Ovals; Whimsy Stamps Corner Dies Set; MFT banners
Stash - Rhinestones, fuzzy ribbon
White Cardstock - Cryogen

Card Instructions:

Make top fold card out of white cardstock 5.25 " square.  Cut designer paper (dots) 5" square; distress sides of paper; sponge sides with Antique Linen Distress Ink; glue onto the 5"square white card stock.  Cut solid blue square 4" square; distress; sponge with Antique Linen; and glue onto the blue cardstock.  Attach corner embellishments and rhinestones.  Glue on fuzzy ribbon.  Cut 1 pieces of red card stock 4.5" x 1.5" and 1 piece of red card stock 5" x 2". Distress sides, then glue over the fuzzy ribbon.  Print Birdie and Balloon digi image onto Cryogen (or some people like Neenah as well); cut with oval die and color with Copics.  Tape some designer paper (red/white dots) over where the balloon will print, then print out a second image of Birdie and Balloon; fussy cut the balloon then glue onto the original image (the one colored with Copics).  Cut another slightly larger oval out of blue card stock and glue both ovals to top of card.  Use the banners die to cut out the sentiment.  Use the die as a  stencil to trace a larger banner out of blue stock.  Glue both to card with sticky dots.

Now head over to Lyn to visit her lovely creation.

Thanks for hopping with us today. The hop will end on Monday November 4th at 6am, EST. Winners will be posted on the From the Heart Stamps Blog on Wednesday November 6th.
See you there!

Challenges entering:

Seize the Birthday - Anything Birthday (Nov. 5)

Flat Friends - November Challenge "Christmas"

Good Morning Crafties! November First..... already?? 

This means a new challenge over at Flat Friends Challenge blog - and my first challenge as a member of their Design Team!  I'm so tickled to be a part of this amazing team.  Of course, Emma's digital images are superb, which makes coloring them so easy and fun. 

My card today uses Flat Friends digi image "Not Just for Christmas".  Isn't he handsome with the little puppy present!

I made this card by using square Spellbinders dies to make the window and gluing a simple background to the back of the card.  The lights are pom poms glued on twine and the presents behind him are free digi images I found on the internet by doing a google search - line drawing presents.  

Materials Used:

Digi Image - Emma Canning Flat Friends "Not Just For Christmas"
Sentiment and designer paper - Cosmo Cricket "Jolly Days"
Coloring - Copics
Stash pom poms, twine, stars
Spellbinders nestabilities squares

Challenges entering:

Simon Says Stamp - Monday Challenge Blog (Nov. 4)
Crafty Hands - Challenge 1 Anything Goes (Nov.7)
Polkadoodles Studio 12 - Challenge 44 (Nov. 11)

One Crazy Stamper - Christmas (Nov. 30)

Handmade Harbour Challenge #11 - Funky Monkey

How super cute is this funky monkey? I love his hand on his hips!  Join in on the fun this week at Handmade Harbour Midweek Papercraft Party where the challenge is - anything fun.  Super easy!!

This is the first time I tried a sort of rainbow coloring on the sentiment and I really like...hope you do too!

Materials used:

Image & Sentiment- Handmade Harbour funky monkey digi

Coloring - Copics

Green DP - Recollections

Triangle DP - Echo Park

Candi Dots - colored purple with copics and topped with CTMH Diamond Glaze (Thanks Lynne!)

Die - Spellbinders nestabilities

Purple Cardstock - Coredinations

Challenges entering:

Simon Says Stamp - Monday Challenge Blog Anything Goes (Nov. 4)

Loves Rubber Stamps - Challenge #76 QKR Stampede

Happy Tuesday, friends and crafters! This means a new challenge at Loves Rubber Stamps. Sadly this is my last challenge as Guest Designer with Loves Rubber Stamps.  I had so much fun, these ladies are awesome to work with and their designs are inspiring.  I was so honored to work with them.

Well, Challenge 76 is following the theme of Halloween.  I have to admit, this Challenge was hard for me to get mojo on - because we don't celebrate Halloween in our family! But I ended up with a card that doesn't have any witches etc on it, but I still hope will fit in with this weeks challenge.  It does have black on it! :-)  

I thought this little guy was a hedgehog, but am told (by my 8 year old) that it is a porcupine!

"Smile"....is what the embossed sentiment says!

Materials Used:

QKR Stampede "Porcupine" - Sponsor digi image

Paper - Crate Paper "Harvest Market"

Cardstock - Bazzill Black

Coloring - Copic Markers

Candi Dots - Icing Sugar colored black with Copic Marker and Diamond Glaze gloss added
Embossing Folders  - Smile by Darice; Wildflowers by Sizzix
Stash burlap, pearl flower

Challenges entering:

Simon Says Stamp - Monday Challenge Blog (Nov. 4)

Crafty Hands - Challenge 1 Anything Goes (Nov.7)

Thanks so much for peeking and leaving a comment!