Sending You Prayers

Good morning friends ~ 

 As I was rummaging through my card file I came across this card that I made months ago and never posted.  I actually made it for a challenge but it closed before I had a chance to enter.  Do you do that?  I miss challenge deadlines all the time!

 

I started by making a scripty background using a Penny Black background stamp, and distressing around the edges of the background with the same color ink.

 

The beautiful Cosmos Bunch from Pinkfresh Studio was stamped and then stenciled using soft, muted colors.  I usually have a heavy hand when it comes to stenciling, so this took lots of self control.  

 

The "Sending You Prayers" is a stamp and die set from Simon Says Stamp.

I'll be adding this card to the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Simon Says Monday Challenge ~ Stamp It 

A Cut Above ~  September

 

The leaves have just started to fall here and temperatures are definitely fall like.   I've started cutting things back in the garden getting them ready for winter.  Seems like summer whisked by way to quickly.

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Birthday Cake

Good morning friends ~ I'm still working on adding cards to my stash on hand.  My box has become woefully sparse and I didn't have any anniversary cards left, so I pulled out another oldie but goodie from Pinkfresh Studio called "Celebrate In Style".

 

As you can see, I heat embossed the bottom strip with gold embossing powder.  I like the touch of elegance it adds to the cake.  And that spray of flowers is delightful!

 

I added Petal Pink Liquid Pearls to the centers of the flowers.

It's the small details that add so much!

 

Here's another card using the left overs from the stenciled and die cut set.  I happily used up more printed paper in the process as well.  That's always a good thing.

I'll be adding one of these cards to the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge ~ Summertime Blues using Pinkfresh Studio

 

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

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Spring Flowers

Good morning friends~ I just thought I'd pop in and share this card I made for Easter this year, but never got around to posting it.  

The daffodils are from Lawn Fawn that I inked up using DOX inks and framed with a Pinkfresh Studio frame.

  

 

To add interest to the flowers, I splattered on more ink and spritzed them with water.  I don't remember where the little flowers are from.  They were already cut and sitting in a baggie in my box of die cuts waiting to be used. 

 

For ease, and because I am always trying to use up my design paper, I backed the whole scene with a scrap of really old design paper that was also sitting in my box of scraps waiting to be used.

 

I'll be adding this card to the following challenges:

Just Us Girls ~ Word Week "Flowers"

 

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Cut It Up ~ Flowers 

 

 The spring flowers are glorious in the garden right now!  I hope you're getting outside to enjoy them.

 

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Fall Wreaths ~ DD Challenges

Hello my friends ~  The girls at DD Challenges are at it again.  We've got a new challenge starting today and the theme is Fall Wreaths.

 

 

I used Rustic Floral Wreath from Pinkfresh Studio and stenciled using DOX inks, and then cut the wreath out using the coordinating die. 

 

I added some yellow stickles to the flowers for added interest.  The sentiment is from Honeybee Stamps.

 

I placed the wreath onto an oval cut using Stitched Scalloped ovals from My Creative Time and placed it over a background that was die cut using an old PTI cover plate.  Sorry I don't remember the name of it, as the package is long gone.

 Please take a quick moment to visit DD Challenges to see some other beautiful work from the talented design team.

 

Here's the inspiration board:

 

and here's what you could win when you play along: 

 

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Playing with Color Hues Color Challenge

Hello crafty peeps ~ I'm popping in with a quick post with a card I made for the Color Hues Color Challenge, using the colors  

PURPLE and ORANGE.

 

 

 I recently purchased this Wild Blooms stencil from Papertrey Ink, after seeing my dear friend Marcia use it to make so many pretty cards.  

 

 

 I stuck with orange colors for the flower petals and purple for the center of the flowers.  The leaves are done in two shades of grey.  

 

 I turned this into a flat shaker card by recycling a piece of packaging from a stamp set.  I added iridescent and silver sequins to the inside pocket and a simple label sentiment. The ornate frame is from Pinkfresh Studio.

 

I'll be adding this card to the following challenges:

 

Color Hues ~  

 

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Just Us Girls ~ Anything Goes Stencil Week 

 

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Autumn Blessings Cloche

Hello friends ~ 

Today's card was made using the colors from Color Hues.  I couldn't resist letting these colors go by without making something, as I love orange and green together.  It makes me think of all things fall, so here you go!

 

 

 I pulled out the cloche die set from Honeybee Stamps and the mushroom stencil and die set from Pinkfresh Studio.  They seem to pair nicely together.

 

The mushrooms look a little more yellow than orange, but in real life they're orange.  I used Dried Marigold and Spiced Marmalade DOX inks for the caps and Mowed Lawn and Pine Needles DOX inks for the leaves.

 

I used a glue pen to add dots, which I then sprinkled with saffron Silk Micro-fine Glitter to, to add a little sparkle.

 

Ready or not, fall is on it's way.  I'm saying goodbye to all the beautiful blooms in the gardens and starting to pull up some of the veggies that have stopped producing.  

I'll be adding this card to the following challenges:

Color Hues ~ Orange & Green

 

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

 

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Simple Designer Paper Cards

Hello friends.  I've been keeping quite busy working outside in the gardens and haven't spent a whole lot of time indoors, let alone in my craft room.  We recently had a couple of rainy days that kept me inside, so I set to work in my craft space to add a few cards to my stash and perhaps put a small dent in the massive pile of design paper I've held on to for years.

I also recently purchased a few dies from Honeybee Stamps.  This Lovely Layers Birdbath was one of them.  I love feeding the birds and was quite taken by this recent release.

 

 The embossed details on the birdbath, and the layered details give this a wonderfully realistic feel.  

 

 

The printed papers came from various packs.  I went through and pulled out papers that I thought complimented each other and made up a few backgrounds and then added the die cuts to the card fronts.

 

This Lovely Layers Topiary somehow made it into my cart as well.  Funny how that happens.  It's hard to see on the vase, but there's a pretty embossed detail.  I used a textured cardstock to cut the vase out of, so it lost some of the detail.  On smooth cardstock, the design really stands out well as you'll see in the photo below. 

 

 

 The sentiments were also pulled from various sets from PTI and Pinkfresh Studio.

 

I believe this sentiment is from an older Sweet N' Sassy Stamps set.

 I'm happy to have put a small dent in my patterned papers and added a few cards to my stash at the same time.

 

I'll be entering one of these cards into the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

A Cut Above ~ Anything Goes

Love Those Pretty Papers ~ (I did not use the option of "Wedding")

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Use That Design Paper ~ Double D

It's the first Wednesday in May, so you know what that means?  Double D Challenges is starting a new challenge.  Our trusty leaders, Darlene and Diane are asking us to use our design paper.  What a great challenge!!  I have a stash of design paper that I'm trying to work my way through, so I'm very thankful for challenges like this.

 

 

The papers in the background were pulled out of a box of 6x6 paper squares.  Most of them were cut from 12x12 sheets at one time, long, long ago, so I have no names or company to give credit to. 

 

I printed a library card on my home printer on a piece of pale pink cardstock and added these pretty vellum painted flowers from Pinkfresh Studio.  The sentiment is a preprinted foiled sentiment, also from Pinkfresh Studio.  I rubbed a bit of Antique Paper DOX ink over the top to make it not so white.

I added a scalloped strip of gray polka dotted paper found in my scrap box and a file tab to the top of the library card.  The least bit of stamping can be found on the top of the card and file tab, using Tim Holtz Field Notes stamps.  I do love those stamps!

 I hope you'll visit Double D Challenges to see more inspiration from the amazing design team.

 

Here's the inspiration tile put together for you by Diane:

And here's the prize you could win when you play along:

 

 

I'd also like to add this card to the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday  ~ Anything Goes 

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Floral Gift Basket ~ CCS

Happy May friends!  I've got a new project up over at the CutCardstock blog.

  

If you'd like to see more details on how this project came together, I'd love for you to visit CutCardstock.  I ask a probing question at the end of the blog post, so please stop by and tell me your ideas.

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Psalm 147:11 ~ Guesting for WAW

I'm back with you this Wednesday as a guest designer at Word Art Wednesday Challenge Blog, and I'm honored to be creating with such a talented team that brings praise and honor to The Lord.  

If you're not familiar with Word Art Wednesday, it's a family friendly "Anything Goes" challenge that provides an optional Biblical Word art piece that you may incorporate into your design, but this is strictly optional.  

The word art for this challenge is:

I printed the verse on Hammermill #100 cardstock and cut it using a dotted rectangle from Elizabeth Craft Designs.

 

 

The Pinkfresh flowers were leftover snippets that I found in my die box.  I was able to use them to fill in some of the white space left over from the verse.

 

I do hope you'll take a moment to visit the Word Art Wednesday challenge blog to see more amazing designs from their talented team, and join in on the fun!  It's always "Anything Goes" as long as is family friendly.

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