Wednesday, March 12, 2025

-ord Art Wednesday - Divinity Designs

Hello Delightful Friends!

Spring is just a few days away, HOORAY! I'm looking forward to the warmer weather, although here where I live, Springtime is still cold with wind & rain but at least it's not freezing ⛅⛈ but you must always carry an umbrella!
I have two of my granddaughter's playing softball and we still have to bundle up until late May. The coastal areas are always about 10 degrees cooler than where I live.

It's time for another challenge with Word Art Wednesday and our sponsor this time is Divinity Designs.  The prize is $25 to be used in their online store.  I've used their Scripture stamp on my card this time, rather than using the Scripture Art available this week through WAW.  This stamp is from the Scripture Collection #4 (it includes 6 Scriptures in this set) check out the monthly new releases and the talented Design Team.  
In order to win the sponsor prize, you'll need to share your crafty project (Anything Goes - Family Friendly) at Word Art Wednesday, you can share up to 5 new projects per week of the challenge (2 week challenge)
Here is my card:




Scripture Art available to upload at Word Art Wednesday (I may put this on the inside of the card)

Other ingredients:
If the stenciling looks familiar, you can see it in my last post, it is one of the quads that was not completed.  I was so glad the Scripture Stamp fit in the space; I couldn't plan it any better!
The die featured is from Pink Fresh (Stitch Scallop Rectangle)
Paper: Taylored Expressions - Bleu Cheese, Sugar Cube
Ink: Mint Julep, Spearmint, Dried Fig, Salt Water Taffy & Oreo (Taylored Expressions)
Stencil: Create-in-Quad Layering Stencil - Mistletoe (Taylored Expressions)



Thanks so much for visiting, hope you'll leave a comment!



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Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Word Art Wednesday - Goodness of the Lord!

Hello Delightful Friends!
Thanks for stopping by and taking a quick look at my card!
I had fun creating this one using a Christmas stencil. This is actually 1 out of 4 cards from this Create-in-Quad Layering Stencil called "Mistletoe".





These are the 3 other panels from this stencil, I
just need to add a card base and do a bit of embellishing.

Be sure and head over to Word Art Wednesday and visit the other designers for some inspiration.  Our Challenge of course is Anything Goes - Family Friendly and our sponsor this week is Stix 2 Anything (adhesive package) and who doesn't need adhesive! I've used 3 types of adhesive just for my one project. (liquid, dimensional and repositionable); share your projects at Word Art Wednesday for a chance to win the prize package. You can upload 5 new projects a week plus be inspired by the other crafters, don't forget anything goes: scrapbook pages, cards, Bible journaling, multi-media projects!

Ingredients: (all Taylor Expression products)
Create-in-Quad Layering Stencil - Mistletoe
Dies:  Arched Stacklets, Postage Stamp Stacklets, Dragon Tales Die Set
Paper: Dried Fig, Salt Water Taffy, Sugar Cube, 
Inks: Spearmint, Mint Julep, Dried Fig, Salt Water Taffy
Sentiment/Scripture printed on vellum.


Thanks so much for visiting!  
The Lord is good!

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Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - God's Love


Hello Delightful Friends!
Hope you are all staying warm, we are having a cold spell here in Northern California. No snow here close to the coast but drive about 6 miles east and you'll find it and can make a snowman!  (No thank you, I really don't like the cold aka snow.)

Time for another challenge at Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes/Family Friendly. Our sponsor is STAMPS OF LIFE ($25) so be sure and play along and visit our sponsor's shop as well!

Here's my card:


Ingredients:
Stamp Set:  Artsy Hearts (stamp and die combo Taylored Expressions)
Card Stock: Lemon Meringue, Spearmint, Candy Corn, Dragon Fruit, Sugar Cube
Ink: Pink Champagne
Scripture Art printed on Vellum cut out with Lawn Fawn Stitched Hearts

Thanks for visiting!

Natalie 💗
            

Monday, February 3, 2025

Word Art Wednesday and Love in Faith!

Hello Delightful friends,

Better late than never!  I've been a little under the weather and just couldn't get into my craft room. But I didn't want to miss out on our Word Art Wednesday Challenge.  This week's sponsor is brand new for WAW and it is LOVE IN FAITH  (Where faith meets fashion) this is a really cool T-Shirt and Sweatshirt (and other goodies) Christian Company! I love the Faith Hope Love heart canvas tote bag; I just may have to order it! They will be giving away 5 T-shirts so that means there will be five winners so get over to Word Art Wednesday and play along with our Anything Goes - Family Friendly Challenge.

Here is my card this week:



This week's Scripture Art

Here are my ingredients: (all Taylored Expressions)

Stamp Set: Here Comes the Sun
 (clear stamps, I've used 3 from this set)
Stencil: Shine On
Die: Petite Scallop Mini Slim Stacklets
Ink: Potato Chip, Lemon Meringue, Sweet Corn, Mango


Thanks for visiting! God Bless!

💖Natalie 


Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Word Art Wednesday Bi-Weekly Challenge

Hello Delightful Friends!

Congrats to Heather and Bunny who were my Christmas blog hop winners!  Hopefully they have their prize packages by now and are having some crafty fun!

Our Challenge theme is Anything Goes - Family Friendly.  Our sponsors are Scrap 'n Stamp ($50 Canada) and Newton's Nook Design ($20 USA) check out the cute new coffee themed stamps and dies

I've used the 6x6 paper pad from Newton's Nook called Christmas Basics.  It's not just Merry & Bright but I think it is also Bright and Cheery, I've used the lighter green double-sided paper for my card. I went out of my comfort zone and really went with a bright palette. But I'm happy how it turned out. I'm mailing it tomorrow to my friend who is recovering from surgery.


Here are the ingredients to my card:

Paper: Newton's Nook Designs 6x6 paper pad Christmas Basics (fun colors and designs)
Card Stock: Blue Raspberry, Bubblegum, Poblano Pepper, Sugar Cube (Taylored Expressions)
Ink: Sour Gummy (TE)
Dies: Planned Out #1 (TE
Stamp/Die set: So Many Reasons (TE)

This week's Scripture Art will be on the inside of the card:

Thank you for stopping by I hope you'll leave a quick comment.

God Bless!
Natalie ❄






Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Happy New Year - WAW Challenge

Happy New Year to my Delightful Friends!
I'm praying that this year will be filled with a deeper desire to seek the Lord Jesus, knowing that He is coming back soon!  I'm so grateful that no matter what this year brings, I can trust Him and I just need to keep my eyes on Jesus.  That's my prayer for the followers and visitors to this blog as well.

So, here we are starting off the year with our Word Art Wednesday challenge (Anything Goes - Family Friendly), and our sponsor is WAFFLE FLOWER, be sure and visit the blog and get inspired. Please play along and upload your new creations to share, the challenge runs two weeks so you can upload 5 new creations each week for a chance to win the prize.

I made a couple of thank you cards, and I'd like to thank you for visiting and participating in the WAW Christmas Blog Hop.  As you know, I have 2 prizes to give away! (see last post) The winners will be announced soon!

Here are my cards for this week's challenge:
 (I didn't use the Scripture Art this week, but it could be used for the inside of any of these cards.




Scripture Art for this week:

This is a wonderful Scripture from Psalm 16:11 that the apostle Peter is quoting.  My husband is a pastor, and he uses it frequently during memorial services for believers.
In the New King James Version it reads like this:
"You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy;"  
I think I like that version better than the KJV.



Each card I have used the same background stamp but used in 3 different ways.
The glittery gold was embossed with gold embossing powder, then cut out using a die, the sentiment is foiled using the Minc Laminator (The items I've used will be at the end of this post).
The blue thank you card, the background stamp was embossed with clear embossing powder, then I blended 4 different colors of ink (blues), then wiped with a clean paper towel so the embossing would be a bit brighter.
The third card, "Cheers" I've used ink (light yellow) and then stamped the word CHEERS, in a darker yellow, I then stamped with black in on a white strip of card stock and cut out a "fishtail" on one end.


Ingredients:

Card #1 (Gold thanks):
Stamp: Twinkle Lights background 6x6 
Ranger Gold Embossing Powder
Versamark ink
Card Stock: Sugar Cube, Black licorice (Taylored Expressions), Gold Glitter card stock (TE)
Foil: Fun Foil, holographic gold glitter (TE)
Foil it - Preprinted patterns on Sugar Cube cardstock: All Together a Note of Thanks (TE)
Dies: All Planned Out 2 (frame and rectangles); All Together a Note of Thanks 

Card #2 (Blue Thanks):
Stamp: Twinkle Lights background 6x6
Ranger Clear Embossing powder
Versamark Ink
Card Stock: Sugar Cube, Black Licorice, Poblano Pepper (TE)
Foil it - preprinted patterns on c/s: All Together a Note of Thanks (no added foiling) coordinating Die
Tiny Pearls (black) from stash
Inks: (dark to light) Blueberry, Snow Cone, Cotton Candy, Cookie Monster (TE)

Card #3 (Cheers) 
Stamp: Big Cheers (cling and clear combo) TE
Inks: Potato Chip, Mango (TE); Permanant Black (Altenew Crisp Ink)
Card Stock: Sugar Cube, Banana Cream Pie (TE)


Thanks so much for visiting and I hope you'll leave a comment!  Have a great couple of weeks and I hope to share again very soon!

🥰Natalie



Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Christmas Blog Hop with Word Art Wednesday!

Welcome Delightful Friends!
So glad you are here to join us for the 5th annual Word Art Wednesday Christmas Blog Hop! It's not a super long hop (see the blog list below) so go grab a coffee, tea or your favorite beverage and enjoy visiting each blog.
Our sponsor for the blog hop is Unity Stamp Company.  Not only does Unity Stamp Company have a prize but you should visit the Unity Blog for lots of inspiration and tutorials! Thank you, Unity!!

 I'm giving away 2 PRIZES, (this is for only those in the USA who are participating).  There are other prizes along the way so be sure and visit each of the designer's blogs and leave a comment.
To win one of the prizes here, leave a comment and answer this question: 
If funds weren't limited what is the one thing new you would do or add to your craft space? I'm curious, because I've been working on my craft space to make it more organized and functional & did some updating too.  I hope you'll consider following my blog, too!  I hope to share my craft space in the new year.

Here are my crafty creations using the Unity Stamp products:  I've made 4 tags and a card. I haven't added any sentiments or ribbon to the tags yet, but they are stamped and colored with OLO Markers and ready for the finishing touches.
The tags are for my granddaughters and a grandson, and the card is for my oldest granddaughter whose birthday is this week.


These Stamp sets are from Unity:
Snow Day like Today
Ellie Girl (card), 
Caitlin Girl, 
Eve Girl, 
Jacqueline Girl.

Other ingredients: 
OLO markers, Sugar Cube Card stock & Pierced Tag Stacklets 2 (Taylored Expressions)


BLOG HOP LIST:



Here are the two prize packages that I'm giving away (approx. $200 in value each) not everything is showing however so there will be some little surprises.

 Prize package 1


Prize package 2


Thanks so much for visiting and I hope you'll visit & leave comments at each stop along
the blog hop to be entered to win one of the prizes. Don't forget to answer the question, I would love to hear from you and get your input, too!

Hope you all have a very blessed Christmas, and I'll see you in the New Year with more challenges and sponsor prizes at Word Art Wednesday!

 Natalie 🎄