City Crafters Challenge #415

"Bake it Pretty" was the challenge theme this week on City Crafters. When I have lots of time for stamping in my week, I try to find some challenges that I don't usually get to take part in. And that was why I found myself on the City Crafters blogsite. You can find it HERE. The cake stamp is from Unity stamps and the mixer is from Stampabilities. The sentiment is from Inkadinkado. Has you can tell I am loyal to none, but a customer of all. I used alcohol markers for coloring.

SC652 and City Crafter Ch. 369

I did this card for the Sketch Challenge #652 on Splitcoaststampers, and I also did it for the
City Crafter Challenge #369 to use black and white. We are always in need of sympathy cards for our care team at the church, so I am trying to get some done to share with the others on the team.
I used an Inkadinkado stamp set for this one and the sentiment is from Stampin' Up. I embossed the larger white panel, and used black and white design paper for one of the long panels.

CAS on Sunday #56

The challenge on CAS on Sunday was to use gold. I stamped this silhouette with versamark and then added gold embossing powder. I stamped the sentiment in tuxedo black. The silhouette is from Inkadinkado, and the sentiment is from Sweet and Sassy stamps.  I love CAS cards, and nice and flat that are easy to mail.  Here is where you can find out more information on this challenge:
http://cleanandsimpleonsunday.blogspot.com/

JUGS285

Here's my card for the Just Us Girls Challenge this week. I used gold as my choice color. I used an old SU sentiment, a rose image from Inkadinkado, and the lace from Paper Inspirations. I shaded the rose with a pale yellow copic marker just to add a little dimension to it. The gold is some fancy cardstock I probably got at Michael's or Hobby Lobby. Trying to reduce paper stashes and this gold has been stashed for a while. I used a gold gel pen to outline on the lace.

CAS on Sunday #35

The challenge this week on CAS on Sunday was to use paper piecing. I love this stamp from Inkadinkado. Some of the bottles are paper pieced with design papers. The coloring is done with copic markers. I kept it clean and simple by stamping into onto white cardstock and making it only one layer.

Embossed Cross

As I survey the wonderful cross, on which the Prince of Glory died, My richest gain, I count but lost,
and pour contempt on all my pride.

This cross is a stamp from Inkadinkado. How blessed we are that there are companies out there who design beautiful Christian symbols.  Thanks, Inkadinkado, Stampablities, Our Daily Bread Designs, Verve, Eureka, and Sweet and Sassy Stamps. These companies have created some of my favorite crosses and scripture stamps I have in my collection.

CCEE338 and CFC115

I did this card for two challenges this week. The CCEE338 challenge this week was to do a one layer card. The challenge for the CAS-ual Friday challenge was to use fall colors and a leaf. I used some leaves from Inkadinkado and a sentiment from Verve. I love Ecclesiastes in the Bible and fall is one of the most beautiful times of the year to me. I love the beautiful colors of fall.

WAW56 and CBC157

I'm using this card for two challenges: Word Art Wednesday and the Creative Belli Challenge.
I stamped repeatedly with a stamp from Inkadinkado and I used the scripture that Word Art Wednesday shared this week. The cross stamp is from Our Daily Bread Designs. Although they blend with the colors I used on the cross, there were rhinestones added to the cross as well.

Less is More wk 92

This is for the color challenge over on Less is More Challenge site. The color is pink. This rose stamp is from Inkadinkado. I colored the image with copic markers. The blush paper is punched with a Martha Stewart punch.

Getting started

Getting started on my Christmas cards, but getting off to a slow start. This card was made with my Stamping Gear from Inkadinkado. I added a free punched pine needles to it and a bow. This made up pretty quickly so if I get in a bind, I can always whip up some more of these!! 

Word Art Wednesday #46

Love this Proverbs and loved this pretty design paper sent (My Mind's Eye) to me by a wonderful Christian internet friend. The stamping on the left of the card is a stamp from Inkadinkado. The punches are Martha Stewart.

Less is more--Ovals

This is becoming one of my favorite techniques, reverse masking. I used the left over from a diecut to make the masked piece. I sponged inside of the oval opening and then I stamp something inside on top of the sponging. The cedar is from Inkadinkado, and the sentiment is from Verve. You can find this challenge here at Less is More.

Word Art Wednesday 45

Making use of some new tools and stamps for this card this week. I had some gift cards I went shopping with and love using those 40% coupons that they read right from the screen of your phone. Isn't technology amazing??? Wanted to use some rich fall colors on this and how I love putting the scripture out in whatever ways it can be seen. So again, technology is amazing. I hope these words are read by eyes that want to see, and lives that want to be changed. And because of technology, people I don't even know may see this. and find the message just those truths they need for their day.

CBC152

Fall is hopefully just around the bend, and the Belli Challenge is a perfect way to get the fall stamping going.
I just love the colors of fall. I used my new stamping gear for this card with its leaves stamps from Inkadinkado. I added a few punched pine needles and added the orange bow. The sentiment is from Verve.

Less is More 84

When I saw what the challenge was over on Less is More, I had to use this need stamping set and stamping gear from Inkadinkado.  My nephew and his family gave me this wonderful set for my birthday. The sentiment is from Flourishes. The inks I used are from Memento. This is a one layered card featuring foliage, which was the challenge this week for Less is More.

CTD199

This was an easy, fast card. I stamped stars on the blue cs with white ink, and on the turquoise stars I stamped with navy ink. The sentiment was stamped in black. The colors this week: real red, tempting turquoise, night of navy, and crumb(I subbed in kraft.) I thought this would be a great card to send a soldier.