Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Keeping it simple with some Mint Wishes! Word Art Wednesday

Hello Delightful Friends and Family!
Well we are really on the count down for Christmas!  Are you ready? I wish I was but I still have to make my shopping list for about 3 different meals for the family, make some fun gifts for co-workers and cards for the grandkids! AND finish my Christmas shopping for some family members and our church volunteers, hopefully I will manage my time wisely to get those extra things done before Friday. 

Here is my card for this weeks Word Art Wednesday challenge.  I kept it really simple and I have to share how easy this was to do!!  I love the paper, it's KaiserCraft Mint Wishes Collection.  The top and bottom patterns are actually one piece of paper and I've add the center strip just for interest.  I will have to link up the paper for you because it's such a pretty collection and this picture just doesn't do it justice.  The background woodgrain and snow is also from the line. Here is a link to see the pretty papers but be warned, it's out of stock everywhere I looked, it was released October 2017.


I cut the paper to the A2 size and adhered it to my white card stock base, then added the middle strip of paper in the coordinating pattern, then I found this gray flower in my stash that matched the petal shape in the print perfectly.  I added the center bling with Multi Medium Matte and then added a drop of Liquid Pearls to the center (Mint green).  Then after printing the Scripture Art, I die cut it out using the Fancy Scallop Rectangle die from Lawn Fawn.  Easy peasy, quick and easy! Perfect for this busy week.  The Scripture Art is free to download and use! Hope you'll play along and link up with us and share your creations with us at Word Art Wednesday.  Remember it's a family friendly, anything goes challenge that last for two weeks. Thanks to our sponsor Simon Says Stamp for being so generous and providing the prize of a $25 gift card. Link up to 5 new projects for a chance to win!!! Be sure and visit the online store and blog for tons of inspiration!!

Here is this weeks Scripture Art: 
Love this verse, it's a truth that I can count on. The Lord's merciful kindness is great towards me! And His truth endures forever.  NOTHING can change that. Definitely praiseworthy, don't you think? Thank You, Lord for Your steadfast love and mercy! 

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful Christmas!


Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Christmas Tags - Smitten Mittens

Hello Delightful Friends and Family!
Just wanted to share these tags I made for our Ladies Ministry Christmas Party.  This is just a sampling, I made 30 tags and all of them were a little different except for the backside of the tag with the wording (picture 2).  I did a night sky on each of them, splattered with some white acrylic paint. Then I added a stitched hillside (Lawn Fawn die) which is mostly covered up by the Smitten Mittens (Stampin' Up!) This is a real fun set with lots of extras for designing unique mittens. It has a coordinating die set that was a real time saver for me!  I used Distress inks both the regular and Oxide pads for the sentiment "Smitten" and the night skies. I embossed with white embossing powder on a few, I embellished pattern paper, I did a lot of little extras to make each one special. (and so that I wouldn't get bored making the same thing over and over!) It was fun and the ladies really liked them, too! 😀


The wording on the back of the tags were words from a stamp set from SRM - Faith called I Am.

Our theme for the party was "Smitten with Jesus" and it was to keep in perspective why we have such a reason to celebrate the Christmas season.  I know it's not your typical Christmas theme, but even before Jesus was born it was God's plan for Jesus to be "smitten by God"(Isaiah 53:4) to redeem us from sin and it shows just how much we are loved by Him and we should be "smitten" with Him.  There were a couple of different definitions for the word smitten so it all tied in together nicely.  I like how the Lord always pulls everything together for me like that!! Anyway... we had a lovely day, good food, sweet fellowship and a gift exchange of "mittens" that was fun too!


 Hope you are inspired to get crafty!  Thanks for visiting!

"For I, the LORD your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, 'Fear not, I will help you.'"  Isaiah 41:13



Wednesday, December 6, 2017

O Little Town of Bethlehem - Word Art Wednesday Challenge

Hello Delightful friends and family!
It's time for our challenge from Word Art Wednesday! As always it's an Anything Goes/Family Friendly challenge (#312 & #313) and there are prizes to win!!  Our sponsors this week are Frantic Stamper and Imagine That.  Thanks so much to our sponsors and remember that you can link up 5 new projects that will be entered to win. 
 I was inspired from a lot of the night skies I've been seeing on Pinterest and so I've used the Distress Inks both regular and the Oxide line to make my card background.  I've been playing around with different color combos and hopefully soon I will be posting some tags I've made for our Ladies Ministry Christmas Luncheon (I've made 30 large tags!) The colors I've used in my background were Distress Ink Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade, Chipped Sapphire and the Oxide Inks were Black Soot, Salty Ocean and Worn Lipstick. I blended the colors on 140lb cold press Strathford watercolor paper. After the colors were layered, I spritzed it with water, dried, then splattered with white acrylic paint.

The Bethlehem border die is from Taylored Expressions and the star is an older punch that I've had for years. I added Distress Ink Squeezed Lemon to color it. A navy blue card stock is used to frame out the Scripture Art as well as the paper used on the border die. 

Our Scripture this week is from Luke 2.  It talks about a sign - the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in a manger, the Lamb of God. Now we are waiting for the Lamb of God to return to us as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah.  So many signs point to His return, it's what we  Christians call the "blessed hope".  We live with great expectation and anticipation (kinda like a little child waiting for Christmas!) we are living in exciting times that is for sure! 

Thanks so much for visiting and may you have a blessed week!