ODBDSLC208

This is for the ODBDSLC208 challenge to make a birthday card. I used this Sweet Williams set to make the flower. I diecut with Spellbinders the fancy border, and I punched with a Martha Stewart punch for the ivory scallop piece. I had cut the leaves and hand wrote the sentiment so it would fit my space. I used a snowflake from Jolee for the center of the card.

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This week's challenge on Just Us Girls was a color challenge to use: red, kraft, dark brown and white. Here is my card. The solid cardstock is from Stampin' Up, the design paper is from Martha Stewart, the so is the stamp of the sentiment. The wreath is cute from a floral Spellbinder set that matches the Sweet Williams set from ODBD. I added a Spellbinder label as well. The kraft cardstock was embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder and then rich cocoa ink was rubbed over it. I added red rhinestones and white punched circles to the wreath. The ribbons are from Stampin' Up as well.

COF April Challenge

Here is the challenge for this month:

I spent my childhood being called April Showers or even April Flowers.....hence my email address of aflowers.... It would probably be called bullying nowadays, but I seemed to take it all in stride. Because of this moniker, I wanted to highlight a verse which is about Spring. I think this one is apropos!

Leviticus 26:4 - Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

Although my verse does not say flowers explicitly, a plant must flowers before it bears fruit. I would love your card this month to show off flower --- stamps, die cuts, crocheted, etc! {If you want, you can add rain, but that isn't a necessity.}

Have fun with this verse and the glorious Spring Season!

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We have been having the much needed rain that we have been needing and it has certainly increased the yield of the nature around us.

My stamp I used is from Flourishes, which is my favorite of all places to buy any floral stamps.The border punch is from Martha Stewart and the sentiment is from Verve.

Hope the Lord is reigning over your life, and the fruit you are producing are abundant for His kingdom.

JUGS 161

This week it is a sketch challenge over on Just Us Girls Challenge. I used this sweet vintage image from Graphics 45. They have some really sweet stamps. The sentiment is from Verve.  I colored the image with my copic markers. The punches are Martha Stewart.

CAS-ual Friday Challenge #61

I love all white cards, especially for wedding cards. I did this one for the CAS-ual Friday Challange to use strips of color or texture. I used the texture options for this one. The sentiment stamp is from Stampin' Up. The textures were Sizzix embossing folders and Cuttlebug folders, the punches are Martha Stewart and Stampin' Up and the label is from Spellbinders. Added dimensionals to adhere the pieces and pearls as the last embellishment. This was a 10 minute card. Elegant look, but quick to do, my favorite combination.

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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.

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Saturday my new stamps I ordered from Our Daily Bread arrived. I was so happy that they are now selling some of their beautiful crosses and verses as seperate or smaller stamp sets, making them fit my budget better. The challenge's theme this week is "New Life." Christ has given me  a new life through Him. That is why I used this cross. I added the leaves and flowers because they represent the new life after winter. I used a white background for the washing away of sins that Christ's blood gave to us. I am so glad to serve a God who is a" God of do overs" and does not give up on us when we don't get it right the first time. His mercy is so great. No wonder we praise His holy name. Easter is the joyous celebration of the Resurrection, my new life in Christ.

The embossing folder is by Paper Studio and the leaf punch is from Martha Stewart. The flower punch is a mini punch from Creatve Memories. The border punch is Stampin' Up.

FLLCJUN10

Here is my card for the FLLCJUN10 challenge to use any shade of blue and yellow. The set I used is Flourishes Sweetpeas, which I colored with my copic markers after stamping the image with Tuxedo black (Memento).  All the papers and the ribbon used for this card are from Mark's Finest Papers.

rI combined them with some cuttlebug embossing and a Martha Stewart Paper punch and these were  my results. What do you think??