SC708 and Back to Basics &Beyond #8

I love the elegant look that embossing adds to a card. This was for the Sketch Challenge on Splitcoaststampers today and also for the Back to Basic &Beyond challenge today to use embossing on my card. You can find that challenge HERE

I used versafine black for the flower image and the scripture. I used distress oxide inks for the leaves and sponging on the flower. The scripture stamp is from Rubbernecker, the flower and leaves are from some retired sets from Stampin' Up.  I used gold liquid pearls for the flower center.

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According to the days of the year Calendar, today is international Rock Day - use the colors of stone ( greys, browns, black, white etc..) for your card.

I did some reverse embossing on this card, some sponging, and made use of diecuts. The scripture from Psalms refers to God as "the ROCK of my STRENGTH."   

Join us in this week's challenge over at the CCEE blog and check out all the cards for the team while you are there. 

Less is More 270

Less is More is usually likes very much white  than most challenges, but this week we are to replace the white with a color. So, I just pretended that my river rock SU paper was white and left it very much undercovered by stamping or stenciling, I used a negative piece of these diecut leaves as a stencil to sponge on my color.  I think the scripture is from Sweet and Sassy. I punched ivory flowers to add to the leaves and added rhinestones as the flower centers.

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Hi all,

 Frances is again bringing us another fun challenge. 

She says:

"This week we are creating Screen Divider Card - I have been meaning to make one of these style cards for some time now … so let us create one for today's challenge. Here is the link to the tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers. 

Please join us and link your card up using the Inlinkz tool at the bottom of this post. If you upload to another site such as Splitcoaststampers, please add CCEE1533 to your keywords.

Now let's  check out the Screen Divider Cards our Design Team created for us this week."

I made mine rather simple using some old Florishes images of a tulip and sweetpea. The scriputer stamp is from Stampablities (I think). The images were colored with Copic markers. I used a diecute to cutout the bottom.

{Glory Art} Challenge} #1 - Trust

I just ran across Patter Cross' {Glory Art} Challenge she started back in January. It was so inspiring that I have decided to play catch up and try to complete them all up to today' s date. These are some scriptures that have spoken to me about TRUST. I love zentangling, so that is the art form I choose to create in for my challenge journal.

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This week's ODBSLC challenge was to use water or rain. I used watercolors for this powerful image of Christ. It is from a wonderful set from Our Daily Bread.  This is the entry into Holy Week. I hope to make all my cards this week using many of my crosses and images of Christ and scriptures as my expression of love for my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I started this week at the Hub, a service at my church, had communion and worshiped my Lord waving palms and laying them done by His cross. Although many of the other services this week will be much more emotional, I will honor Him and worship Him in each and every one. May this be a week of reflection of your love for the one who paid it all.

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Below is the picture that inspired my card. I love white on white cards, so I selected this beautiful white dining room as my inspiration for this scripture from Our Daily Bread Designs. Check out the fun over on ODBD's blog.

Thanks, ODBD for selecting my card as one of the winners for the week. I love your challenges and I love your stamps.

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.

Three fabulous challenges

I don't usually roll one card into 3 challenges but today I did. This is for the CQC188 challenge of using sage, saffron, coral, blush, and white, the CBC #169 challenge to do a Mother's Day card, and the Word Art Wednesday scripture for today. For the Creative Bellie challenge I pulled out some little diamond shaped ruby colored gemstones (although they look black in this photo) to look like the rubies mentioned in the scripture. I used my nestabilitiies to cut the shapes, I sponged the white shape masking it with the diecutter. I inked the embossed blush background with so saffron ink.

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Always love to check out the scripture for Word Art Wednesday. Love this from Jeremiah and wanted to keep it simple. Powerful words that need to be digested and taken to heart. The silhouette stamp is from Stampabilities. I sponged the colors using the negative part of a diecut circle.

WAW67

I had a rough day, and didn't get much stamping in, but did print out this scripture offered on the Wordart Wednesday blog today for their wonderful weekly challenge. I got out a few of my spellbinder diecuts to make some shapes to use, stamped some flowers from Verve, cut them out, and glued them on. May your Valentines Day be filled with God's love and hoping  that you have lots of opportunities to pass it on to others!!

WAW65

I can't believe it's been a whole two weeks since I've posted anything here on my blog. But I have to say that most of my time has been spent the past two weeks  reading the Bible. Over 500 members of my church have made a commitment to read "The Bible in 90 Days." I have been in yearly Bible studies for years, but this is my first attempt to read the Bible cover to cover, 12 pages a day. It has meant giving up some times I use in other ways, like making cards, keeping up with my blog, and giving up all the time I waste on my computer and the television.It is great that this is butting up against Lent. Instead of giving something up, and doing without it, I have replaced that with an action that is the greatest thing I could do for my Lord. Read His word, learn His history, and begin to incorporate it into my life. I haven't really given anything up, I have simply prioritized my time in putting the Lord first. Learning about my heritage as a servant of the Lord is the best thing I have done in a very long time. His righteousness is what I long for.

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.

WAW34

Such words of hope are found in this scripture found in Jeremiah 29:11. The zinnias are from Kitchen Sink Stamps. They are done in 5 layers stamped on top of each other. The patterned paper for the background is from Basic Grey. The butterflies I made with my Martha Stewart punch. I added a button and some ribbon.

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!!

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For this week's Flourishes' Timeless Tuesday challenge, we were to use a butterfly. These little butterflies I used are a Creative Memories mini punch that is one of my favorite punches. I also used some of my newest spellbinder shapes and border to this card as well. The cherry blossom stamp is of course, from Flourishes. I always try to support the company whose challenge it is by using one of their stamps. The background cardstock is SU always artichoke. The white pieces are from my scrap pile.
I used some sparkle gel pen for the centers of the blossoms. The little sparkle doesn't show up in the photo so much, but I liked what it seem to add to the card.

Word Art Wednesday #26

I used this week's scripture over at Word Art Wednesday's Blog for my card today. I stamped over the computer generated scripture in rich cocoa ink using this bird image from Stampabilities. I also stamped the background onto the kraft cardstock using tuxedo black ink. The lace background stamp is from Flourishes. I used my Spellbinders for the diecut shapes and added a little black bow that I made with my Becca Bow maker. Love it! I mounted these all onto a black cardstock base.

Word Art Wednesday

This card is made for the Word Art Wednesday challenge #22. I used this scripture that was posted on their site from Psalm 18:2.  I used some design paper from Basic Grey and a Sizzix diecut, some Spellbinder diecuts, and the cross is from Layers of Color. 

MOJO225

This was a fun Mojo Monday challenge today. I used Verve stamps and Basic Grey design papers.

I stamped on the middle design paper panel. The stamping is done with Memento Tuxedo black ink and I colored with my copic markers.

Just us Girls challenge 117

I'm already getting started on my new year's stamping resolution to check out some new challenges to start doing on a weekly basis when my schedule allows it. I used a bunch of new stuff on this. I had some felt I had ordered from Paper Trey that I had not used yet, and also some new stamps I got over at Verve.