C4C353

Having some fun this week taking part in some challenges I haven't done in a while. This one is for C4C353. The challenge was to use 10 of something on your card. I used this Martha Stewart punch becuase I could expand it to 10 flowers. This has been my go to color lately. The stamp used on this card is from Sweet and Sassy.  The other paper punch is from Martha Stewart as well.

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.

Paper Players 251

This week the challenge is a sketch challenge for the Paper Players. Masculine cards are always the cards I have the least on hand in my card stash. So I decided this was going to be one that could be used for a masculine card. I used a pretty sheet of design paper for the back panel, and used this image from a Sweet and Sassy stamp set and a matching sentiment. Check out the sketch over at the Paper Players blog.

CCEE1510

Anne Harmon is out hostess for March, and since March generally comes in like a lion, her challenge for us is to use a wild animal them. I used this silhouette from Sweet and Sassy. I sponged on the sun, and decided to use some animal print design papers to add some additional wild animal textures to the card. Hope you join us this week. Be sure to use the keyword CCEE1510 on your card over on SCS, and share your card on our link on CCEEStampers blog.

Tic Tac Toe Fun

Lynn came up with a great challenge for us this week on CCEE Stampers. My choices on the tic tac toe game were Christ, star, and an animal. This stamp is from Sweet and Sassy. Come play along over at CCEE Stampers. Hope this finds you in joyful preparation of the Advent season. Love and peace to you and yours.

SOS 122

I am always needing to use things from my stash. In this case I am using some wired ribbon that I have had for quite some time. I made use of two different embossing folders. One side I embossed on vellum, the other side I embossed on metallic design paper. I rubbed my tuxedo black pad over the design paper after it was embossed so that it would pick up the embossed pattern a little better. I used my new Sweet and Sassy stamp I received this week. The diecut for the frame is one of the older ones in my Spellbinder collection. It fit this stamp nicely. The cardstock base is some brilliant blue scraps I still had lying around from an earlier project. This is for the Shop Our Stash Challenge #122  that was to use two types of embossing on the card. You can check out the challenge here.

Sweet Stampin' challenge - Butterflies and bows

When I ordered this butterfly from Stampin' Up I was a little surprised at the size of it, so usually when I use it I do it as a partial image. This one was stamped in versamark ink, then I embossed it with Martha Stewart's white embossing powder. I colored in the sections with copic markers. I sponged around the image with Bermuda Bay ink. The sentiment is from Sweet and Sassy. I used two colors of organdy ribbon for the bow. The card is mounted on a little bit larger piece of Bermuda Bay card stock  as a back piece.
You can check out this challenge here.

CTD245

I won this stamp set from Sweet and Sassy at their last blog hop challenge. It arrived yesterday, and I could hardly wait to try it out. So with the Color Throw Down challenge colors of kiwi kiss, melon mambo, barely banana, and groovy guava, I gave it a go.  I am always glad when the Throw down challenge includes some of those discontinued SU colors. It's a great way to make use of them, and they are colors I still love. I embossed the barely banana triangular panel just to add a little texture to this. The sentiment is from Sweet and Sassy, and I just love all the sentiments that are included in that set.

TLC422

In honor of Holy Week, I am going to make use of my cross stamp collection on all the challenges I take part in this week, and share them here on my blog. This one I did this morning for the technique challenge on Mondays over on Splitcoaststampers. The challenge was to make a monochromatic card using shades of one color and one neutral color. I love the soft sky and baja breeze shades of blue that Stampin' Up offers, so I used that as my color choice. I think the rhinestones reflected that color very nicely. The cross image is from Our Daily Bread Designs and the sentiment is from Sweet and Sassy Stamps.

I also want to share part of  this wonderful prayer that Jesus prayed found in John 17:1-5 :
"Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. I have brought you  glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do, And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world begin."

Make My Monday

The challenge over at Make My Monday today was to make a monochromatic card. I am cranking out Easter cards today in my stamproom, so I made it fit the theme for today. I embossed the white cardstock, rub a soft sky ink pad over it, stamped the silhouette image (a $1 stamp from Michael's) in soft sky ink, and then I stamped over it with the sentiment from Sweet and Sassy with tuxedo black ink. Added a little scrap of soft sky cardstock behind it, popped it up with dimensionals, and added the seam binding bow. A 10 minute card with an elegant look.

Hope You can Cling To

I love the month of October. The air finally gets a little cooler in my part of the world, and a month long campaign goes on over at Splitcoaststampers for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It got started yesterday and this is one of the cards I made for it. After I get a few made, I will mail these to MD Anderson here in Houston for them to share and give to families and patients. Happy Fall, Y'all!

SSIC134

The theme for today's challenge for Stamping Sisters in Christ was to make a joyful card. This scripture from Neb. 8:10 is one of my favorites that speak of JOY. I used a variety of stamps from different companies on this card. The flourish stamp is from Stampin' Up, the cross from Sweet and Sassy and the scripture stamp is from Stampabilities. The pink flowers are punched using a Creative Memories mini flower punch. The cross embellishment on the stamped cross and rhinestones were added.

I am so technically challenged!!! I have a great camera and a new computer, and it had everything I needed to be cropping and fixing these pictures. I finally figured it out. Hope this improves things in the gallery for me. I made this card for the featured stamper challenger on SCS. The feature stamper this week is Becca Feeken and you must check out her fabulous creations there.