Basic Grey Challenge

This is for the Basic Grey Challenge this week with the theme
 "Fun in the Sun". 

The Basic Grey papers used are from Lauderdale collection. 

Hope everyone has a fun, relaxing, and safe summer. 

WAW #50

I love the book of James. This is a great verse from it. I used some wonderful design papers from Basic Grey. The little stamps I used around the verse are from Verve. The little punched flowers are from a Creative Memories punch I have had for a long while. I love the size it punches. I used little silver beads for the centers. The edge diecut is from Spellbinders.

SSIC134

Today's challenge on Stampin' Sisters in Christ is to use a diecut, punches, or shapes. I used a Spellbinder label diecut and I cut my Paper Trey Ink flower to the shape of the image. The design paper I used is from Basic Grey. I also let this be my Free for All challenge card to use lots of color. This sentiment is from Layers of Color. These are encouraging words and I think bright colors encourage our spirits to be lifted as well. Hope you are having a blessed Sabbath.

JUGS148

Making use of a pretty piece of Basic Grey design paper, I used the Just Us Girls layout for this week's challenge. I love this pretty set from Verve. The flowers seemed perfect for this challenge.

Basic Grey Bright and Bold

I just really don't do bright colors very often, especially so many all together on the same card. But this pad of Basic Grey had this piece that certainly meets the requirement for bright and bold. I pulled out some old yoyo yellow. Remember that stuff??? I love Basic Grey papers and don't get to take part in their challenges very often. Decided today would be the day!!!

Word Art Wednesday #33

It's Word Art Wednesday again, and this week the featured scripture is from Deuteronomy 32:2.
I have spent more time in the last few years staying in some sort of Bible study to learn more about what it says about God and His plan for my life. His teachings do fall like rain, and His words descend like dew so that they will stay with us so that we can be nurtured and we can see spiritual growth. My only regret is that I did not start this practice earlier in my life. Too often my Bible sat closed on the shelf even in some of my lowest moments of despair. Learn a lesson from me, open those precious words every day. Let those words descend like dew so that they stay with you for at least for awhile in your day. When this becomes a daily practice, you will be amazed at how often those words reappear to bring strength, nourishment, and abundance to your life. Blessings to you on this wonderful Wednesday that the Lord has made for us!!

C4C141

The challenge was to use 3 papers, 3 flowers, 3 buttons, and 3 pearls. Okay, so I used lots of paper, but I used 3 in the card base and the other three are the flowers!!! I really liked the way these design papers came together. The background papers are from Basic Grey. The flowers are from my little punched and diecut scrap pile. I like to punch up scraps and diecut scraps and store them in a little box right by my work area in my stamp room.

MOJO Monday #244

This was done for Mojo Monday #244. The stamps are from Verve. The papers from PTI and Basic Grey.  This is a wonderful message from Romans.

COF April Challenge

I'm a little late with this card, and not even for sure what the challenge is, but I think it is a Mother's Day card that is a 5 x 7 card. I used some great Basic Grey design paper on this peach colored cardstock, and stamped some images from Paper Trey Ink. The images stamped in Tuxedo black ink and colored with copic markers. The sentiment is from Flourishes.  The diecut is from Spellbinders. I stamped an envelop to match.

Queen for the Day - Holly McMillen

This is the way I always photograph my Queen for the Day cards on Splitcoaststampers. I pull up the inspiration card from the honoree's gallary on my computer screen and then take my picture of my card beside it. I was thrilled to see that we were honoring Holly (Toy) this week. She is such a faithful member of the Splitcoaststampers' community by providing challenges and in her encouraging words for others. I love taking part in her wonderful technique challenges any time I can!

I used a different stamp set than Holly did. In fact, I just got this in my recent order from Flourishes. I haven't gotten to spend much time in my stamproom since I got it and was thrilled to use it on this challenge. Congratulations, Queen Holly. You are most deserving of this honor!

ODBDSLC105

The challenge this week was to GO  GREEN. I decided to do that literally in color. I used some fabulous Basic Grey design papers and this pretty butterfly from ODBD. The sentiment is from another set from ODBD as well. I added some diecuts from my newest Spellbinder set and used some Martha Stewart flowers and leaf punches. Here lately, I have been working with more greens in my creations and I love the yellow and mustard with it. The kraft strip reminded me of recycled cardboard which also went along with this challenge.Although the photo doesn't pick up the glimmer on the butterfly wings, after coloring them with copic makers, I went over them with a sparkle gel pen.

MOJO #238

This is for the MOJO MOnday challenge. I loved the layout. I visited my scrap bins for this one. I got to use my new Spellbinder diecut I got last week on sale at Michael's. The stamps I used are from Verve. The tag has a rhinestone cross on it. It seems this week I have had to send out sympathy cards and praying for you cards. It's been a hard week for some of my colleagues and friends.

Word Art Wednesday #24

I love this paper from Basic Grey and the scripture I copied from Word Art Wednesday, the leaves were stamped using an old SU sellabration set. The rose felt was diecut from a diecut I got aat MFT, as is the green diecut of leaves. I love sharing the scripture on my cards. Most of my cards are either sent to encourage others, or are sold for my prison ministry. I hope you find a way to bless others with your lovely creations.

MOJO237

This was a great sketch for the MOJO Monday sketch. I used a piece of Basic Grey dp on rich razzleberry cardstock. The blush blossom was mounted onto black cardstock and I stamped Verve butterflies on the white circles. I found a scrap of striped dp to stamp the label. The mini flower punch is from Creative Memories.

Word Art Wednesday 21

One of my favorite of a new found challenge is this one called Word Art Wednesday Challenge. Here is my card for this week's challenge using this verse from 1 John. I used Basic Grey design paper as my background and my diecuts from Spellbinder and my cross diecut from Verve. I have had this Jollee's cross hoarded for some time. As we enter Holy Week next week, I pray that you will focus on just how much God loves us all. I think this will also qualify for the challenge over on the Belli140 challenge this week to use 3 shapes.

ss10

This is for the inspiration challenge over at Stampin' Sisterhood. I've had these little heart stickers for a while in my stash, so this gave me the perfect opportunity to use up some stash. The diecut is my new one I just ordered from PTI. The stamp is a Stampabilities. The design paper is Basic Grey. It is on a white cardstock base.

Masculine Valentine

I just love doing all those frilly, lacy Valentines with flowers and gems, but I have to admit making a masculine one is a real challenge for me. But I needed a few so here is what I came up with for the Basic Grey Challenge #61. I used  Basic Grey papers from my Oxford pad, which is full of fabulous papers so fitting for some classic men cards. I loved this diagonal plaid and always think those large grommets have a manly look too. I used 3 papers from that BG pad. I diecut the hearts with my spellbinder hearts, and made the zigzag border with a Martha Stewart punch. I tried using black ink first on the hearts, but it is not so easily seen, so I added the white inked "I love you!"

C4C119 -blue

Crazy 4 Challenges is a great Saturday challenge, and I got a late start on mine. The challenge was to do a monochromatic card using blue. Here's mine. I used design papers by Basic Grey, and stamps by Verve.

MOJO 223

Wow, what a day for a Monday! We are getting flooding rains in my area of the world this morning. We've suffered from droughts all summer, and we've all almost forgot what this kind of rain is like.Because of the hard dried clay soil, it is not soaking in like you think that it would.  It looks like a great day to stay home and stamp to me. So, my first challenge of the day is MOJO Monday, of course. I used some new Basic Grey papers I got recently and some of my Verve stamps. I decided to use some embossing, punching, and diecutting on this too.

Stampin' Sisterhood

This card was made for the Sisterhood Sunday challege you can find here. I used some stamps from Stampin' Up and some design papers from Basic Grey and Paper Studio. The poinsettia is a diecut from Spellbinders as are the shapes. I am still making those last minute Christmas cards that I need to get mailed. Will probably get some addressed and mailed today.