JUGS363 Leaves

This weekend we are finally getting a feeling of fall in the air. Love the colors of fall leaves, so added them to my card for the JUGS 363 challenge today.

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.

Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge #285

 

This is for the Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge #285 to use brown and pink. Of course, I wanted it to have a Christmas theme so this is my creation. The poinsettia diecut is from Spellbinders and the stamp is from Stampendous.

House Mouse Monochrome

This is for the House Mouse challenge using MONOCHROME as the theme. I used toffee crunch ink (Memento)  and light brown papers with this. The diecut frame is from Spellbinders, and the border punch is Martha Stewart.

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."

WAW63

This is the scripture featured this week at Wordart Wednesday. Valentines are my favorite cards to make and seeking from God the help of creating a clean heart and a renewed spirit is wonderful little prayer for everyday. It is my resolution this year to abide in the Lord. I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder for the background, nestabilities to diecut the hearts, and diecuts for the flower (I am still trying to attempt to make those successfully). The leaf punch is from 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.

Crafters of Faith End of the Month Challenge

The end of May has so quickly arrived and Patti is our hostess this month for our Faith Blog group's challenge for May. . She reminded us of the wonderful custom of delivering May baskets to our friends or neighbors. I've made mine for a friend who had surgery this week. I stamped the paper for the basket with a basket weave background stamp that I just love from Flourishes. I loved the quote from Texas' fabulous Lady Bird Johnson, and I diecut some flowers and leaves to arrange in my basket. That was the REAL challenge, trying to arrange my one dimensional flowers to look more 3-D.

Word Art Wednesday #29

Trust is such a big issue for us, isn't it? Too often it is the very thing that seperates us from God. It is too often the thing that can block a blessing, and is the source of most of our stress and dispair. When we truely lay down our worries, and let our trust in the Lord take over, what a difference it makes. I read a wonderful devotional from my new favorite devotional book, "Sparkling Gems from the Greeks." by Rick Renner. It was from John 6:5,6. Remember when Jesus and his disciples had a day on the mountainside ministering to a mulitude of people. Jesus asked Phillip where the bread was coming from to feed all these people, knowing full well that He would be supplying it. But He asked Phillip to see how he would answer. After seeing all of Jesus' many miracles he had already witnessed himself many times, you would have thought Phillip would have answered it by saying "We trust you Lord to provide for all these people.." But no, he takes it upon himself to  search and frantically try to solve the problem himself. Wow, that really hit me today for a wonderful lesson about trust. Don't we trust the Lord enough to give him the little troubling things about our lives?
Maybe it is not our problem to solve alone!!!  Put your trust in the Lord and it will build your faith.

I have just loved finding the Word Art Wednesday challenges over on Daily Dare one day as I browsed the challenges listed there. What a blessing to find such an inspirational place to come each week! And then to read today, how the DT prays over all those  who submit cards there. Thank you, ladies! Through you God does great things!!!

C4C135

I love checking over at the Crazy 4 Challenges blog every Saturday that I'm home. This Saturday was one of those rare Saturdays I was at home. Love the design team over there, good stamping friends, and talented ladies!!! Wish I had these strawberries in a garden at my house, but sure am enjoying all the fresh strawberries that are out in the stores now. This stamp is from Flourishes. I added some Spellbinder diecuts just to dress them up a bit. I stamped them with tuxedo black ink and colored the image with copics.

FTTC167

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.

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!

ODBDSLC104

What a fun challenge for the Our Daily Bread Shining Light Challenge this week. Using the letters in Spring for the card elements, I used Sweet Williams stamp from ODBD for the S. for P a pearl was used, for R ribbon was used, for I ink was used, for N numbers were embossed, and for G green leaves were used. The diecuts are are from Spellbinders. The embossing folder was from Cuttlebug.I made my bow with my Becca Bowmaker. I just love it.

Word Art Wednesday #23

I used some stamps from Stampin' Up and some stamps from Our Daily Bread on this card. The scripture is the one on the Word Art Wednesday blog for this week. I embossed the artichoke panel and used various diecuts for this card.

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.

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.

Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge #58

The Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge this week is to use a symbol of peace. One of the names for Christ is Prince of Peace so I think the cross is my choice of symbols for peace and I added the dove because it is always recognized as a symbol of peace to the world. So I hope my card represents the peace that Christ offers to all of the world. The cardstock is from Mark's Finest Papers. The cross is a spellbinder diecut. The stamp used is from Stampin' Up. The sentiment is from a stamp that had all the names of Christ on it. I used a SU marker to highlight only the Prince of Peace. I chose the pale blue because it is such a peaceful color. The green ink represents life and the life Christ lives through us.

WT259

When I saw today's Ways to use challenge was lace, I thought of my new Flourish stampset immediately. I really had to work with it a while to get things going for this design, but I was pretty happy with the results. The pretty blue papers are from Mark's Finest Papers and so is that gorgeous blue ribbon. The lacey images were stamped in Paris Dusk memento ink. I used the Fleur de Lys Spellbinder and the scalloped oval nestabilities as the center focal point. I added a few pearls as the finishing touches.

Color Dare #51

This is my card for the Color Dare challenge. I used my cuttlebug diecuts and my spellbinder diecuts to make the trim and frame. I used Kitchen Sink Stamps to make the rose, and Stampin' Up papers to make the card. I outlined my rose with a yellow copic marker.