Great Is Thy Faithfulness - PDCC#133 and TESC#158

Hello Delightful Friends and Family!

It's a beautiful day on the north coast, I love to wake up to the sun streaming into the room.  Hope you all had a safe and reflective Memorial Day (and a little fun as well!)  We had the family over for a barbecue and initiated the new grill.  The grandkids are getting so big and played together so well. Fun day (and the house is still clean minus my craft room, HA!)

Here is a card I made last night for two challenges. The sketch is from Taylored Expressions and the color challenge is Play Date Cafe #133 (light blue, denim and cherry)

 

Ingredients: Designer paper is the Christy Tomlinson line called She Art and I've used the Faith in Bloom stamp set from Taylored Expressions.  The bakers twine is WeR Memory Keepers, the card stock Bazzill,  the button from my stash.  I've used two punches  (small diamond scallop - EK Success and the Marvy Uchida scallop circle.  I've paper pieced the flower and the sentiment and flower was stamped with Memento nautical blue.

Thanks for visiting! Have a great day! 

Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed. John 8:36

 

Be Still... PDCC#132 and more

Hello Delightful Friends and Family!

Hope you are having a restful Sunday.  I can hear my dear sweet hubby snoring on the recliner so I know he is!  My poor guy has a lot of shoulder pain which makes it difficult to sleep at night so he is trying to play catch up this afternoon inbetween church services.  If you would lift him up in prayer I'd be very grateful. 

I'm entering this card into three different challenges.  This will be my second entry for the Play Date Cafe (#132 Color Splash challenge). 

 I'm also adding it to Word Art Wednesday #28 and the Scripture Thursday Linky Party #29 at Abby's which is "A Heart For Prayer" I believe this verse on the card from Psalms 46 is perfect for prayer for we often forget to be still and listen after praying, our busy lifestyles can distract us from the clear, powerful voice of the Lord.  It is easier than we think to train ourselves not to hear Him.  We must purposely listen and be attentive through prayer, while reading His Word and by meditating on the Word we've read.  We sang a song this morning in our worship service "Let My Words Be Few"(by Matt Redmond) perhaps that is why the Lord created us with one mouth and two ears!!!

Here are the Ingredients:  Stamps from Taylored Expressions (Faith in Bloom); Ink, Memento Tuxedo Black; Viva Pearl Pen in black; Ribbon (stash) and Designer Paper (Authentique - Delightful Collection) Spellbinders Nestabilities Scallop Oval; Card stock: Bazzill and Neenah.

Thanks for visiting!! God bless.

Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.  Psalm 34:11

You Make Me Smile - PDCC#132

Hello Delightful Friends and Family!  Hope you are enjoying your Saturday.  We have a beautiful day here on the northcoast our son came over and helped do some major yardwork with his dad now that the rains have taken a hiatus for a while.  We have a big barbecue planned in our backyard in a couple of weeks for all the kids in our church that are graduating from the various schools in June.  The backyard really needed some TLC and today was a good start.  We will have to finish it up in the next couple of weekends.

In the meantime.... I thought I'd share a card that I've CASE'd from a StampTV video tutorial that Gina shared yesterday called One in a Million Card Sketch. I've changed it just a little bit with color, no pattern paper, I've embossed the yellow card stock and the size is different, too.   This is also to participate in the PLAY DATE CAFE COLOR CHALLENGE #132

Here's the challenge:

Black...White...and a splash of mustard Yellow - The 'splash' MUST be some shade of yellow all other colors will be deleted.

I was inspired by the photograph so my 'black' has a lot of white 'added' to it to make it more of a light black (aka gray)!  Okay, I'll probably have to make another one to qualify....

PDCC#132

I've added the last two pics to show what a difference just a little touch of color can make.  I've added the black Viva Pearl Pen to each of the flower centers shown on this last photo.  Just that simple little touch adds interest, dimension and texture to the card focal point.

Ingredients: Gina K Design Stamps (One in a Million);Memento Tuxedo Black ink;  Paper: Bazzill card stock, Neenah bright white card stock; Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Scallop Circle and Standard Circle; American Crafts ribbon; Copic Markers: Y26, Y35, W5; Viva Pearl Pen; Polka Dots Embossing folder and Cuttlebug, ProvoCraft.

Thanks for visiting!! 

For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds. 2 Corinthians 10:4

It's a "Spectacular" Girl Thing!

Hello delightful friends and family! 

 The weekend is almost here and so is National Scrapbook Day.  Lots of fun planned at Scrapper's Edge our lss where I work and this time I get to play instead of work! Yay!!

I can't believe I was able to squeeze in a card before I start organizing my stuff and loading up the car (that's going to take some time while watching my two little grandkids who love to "help" Grammie!)

Here's my card and you know that "bling" is a girl thing so I made sure my fun glasses were blinged up with my Spica Pens.  I've also added a couple of Hero Hues (Hero Arts) adhesive gems to add to the bling. The paper is Authentique "Delightful" Collection and the fun glasses and sentiment is from the Sweet Stamp Shop (Spectacle set).  Other than the bling this design is pretty clean.  The sketch is from the challenge blog    Deconstructing Jen and this is Deconstructed Sketch #50 this is my first time playing with this challenge blog and I kept this very true to the sketch.  I'm also playing along with Play Date Cafe #130  and the color combo is Dolphin, Salmon, Sea Glass.  I'm also entering this in the Spectacular Spectacles Challenge in the Moxie Fab World. Be sure and head over to all these sites and check out all the inspiration.

So glad this pic shows the glimmer!

Other ingredients: Bazzill card stock and Neenah bright white card stock; Memento tuxedo black ink.

Have a great weekend and I'm hoping to have my project finished for my new great niece and some scrapbook pages completed for my youngest granddaughter, Tucker! With 12 hours of crop time I hope I can get something accomplished (!) and I'll share next week.

"What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him." 1 Corinthians 2:9 (ESV)

"If we never risk standing for Christ, we will never discover the faithfulness of God's promises." (Quote: James McDonald from the Bible Study "Always True - God's Promises When Life is Hard")

Bloom! TESC157 and PDCC#129

Hello Delightful friends and family!
I've entered two challenges with the card I'm sharing today.
Here is a link to the sketch by Jen Schults for Taylored Expressions #157 and the second challenge is a color challenge for Play Date Cafe #129

Dusk, Magenta & Seedlings

 And here is my card: 

I really struggled with the three colors, but while I was at work today I picked up a piece of "dusk" Bazzill card stock for the base.  If I had waited until morning to take the photo it would probably turn out much better but I need to be to work by 9a.m. and there is no way I can get a good shot taken, cropped and get it uploaded before I need to leave the house! By the time I get home in the evening the PDC Challenge would be closed! So I apologize for the dark and shadowy picture. It is what it is!

The designer paper is called Playground by Echo Park.  The pieces used for the banners needed a color enhancement so I took my Copic Marker RV17 Deep Magenta and "enhanced" away.  The stamp set is Taylored Expressions "Garden Party Blooms" and I also used the coordinating die to cut the flower.  It was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and the leaves were colored with Copic G43 (Pistachio), a button and ribbon from my stash was added to embellish. I used the Spellbinder Circle Die to frame out the flower and the paper is a piece of leftover manila folder from a mini scrapbook I'm making for my great niece. The finished card is A2.  Well, it is late and I already hear the hubs snoring so I'd best be getting myself tucked into my cozy bed.  Have an excellent day and thanks for visiting!

If you love Me, keep My commandments. John 14:15

(It's not "What would Jesus do?" it is "do what Jesus says!")

Play Date Cafe Challenge #128

Hello again!  Hope you are enjoying the weekend.  I have to work this afternoon/evening at our local scrapbook store at a crop(I know, poor me!!ha!) unfortunately my boss is under the weather, so I'm filling in for her.  So, I thought I'd best get this posted before the weekend got completely away from me!

I've been playing around a lot with Distress Stains, inks and paint and love how this turned out. I need to get just the perfect ribbon for the tag and it will be ready to give away!  Love the sentiment from an older Stampendous stamp called Hugs and Laugh.  The border stamp is from Dylusions (Ranger). 

So here is my tag for the challenge at the Play Date Cafe 

Here are the inspiration colors for the challenge:

Aren't these fun colors!! Talk about vibrant -  Flamingo Pink and Bright Orange with Bright White.

Other supplies:  Ranger Craft Tags #8 (manila) Making Memories Paint and Claudine Hellmuth Studio Paint (I did a lot of mixing to get just the right colors for the tag). Distress Stains: Warm Lipstick, Dried Marigold and Fired Brick. Stazon Jet Black ink.  These tags have been perfect to try out new techniques and get comfortable using the stains and paint!

Thanks for visiting and hope your day is filled with lots of hugs and laughter!

A merry heart does good, like medicine,  But a broken spirit dries the bones. Proverbs 17:22

BFF 'n ever - PDCC#119

Hello Delightful Friends and Family!

 I have a funny card for you today!  I can think of a number of "old" friends that I could send this to and get a good laugh.  I hope this makes you smile today!

I'm playing in the Play Date Cafe Challenge this week and as you can see by the photo we have some pretty sweet colors to focus on!

The stamp and sentiment are from the line called "Girlfriends" (of course!) and is made by Art Impressions.  We just got this line of stamps in the store and I was cracking up over all of them and could hardly wait for an opportunity to ink this one up.  Looking forward to taking the card in to show the girls at work.

Inside

Ingredients:  Designer Paper: Echo Park (Yours Truly collection); Bazzill and Neenah card stock; Ink: Memento Tuxedo black; Colored with Copics; Fiskars Upper Crest border Punch was used on the inside.  I kept the design simple I had intended on paper piecing all the outfits but that was hard with the mainly black patterned paper so only the polka dotted friend has been paper pieced.  I used a stencil to outline the stars with a fine tip sharpie and then colored it in with Copic R43.  The finished card is 4.25 x 5.5

Thanks for visiting and I hope you have an excellent day!

I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his descendants begging bread.   Psalm 37:25

Moldy Cheese? And Happy Anniversary!

Hello Delightful friends and family. Yes, the title of the post is most unusual to say the least!  But I will explain.  First, Happy Anniversary is for CPS and Tami Mayberry for 5 years of supplying sketches and inspiration to card makers all over the world!  The following card happens to be one of those sketches: #136. 

Now for the moldy cheese....

This week's suggested colors are:  Plum...Pear...Moldy Cheese?  Yes, you read that correctly and you have to admit I did a pretty good job in matching up the colors. (the photo isn't doing it justice)  I do not think I would have used that combo of colors but the challenge was given!  Of course this is the Play Date Cafe Challenge #116 and you'll be inspired to get crafty once you visit their blog, too!

AND I MISSED THE DEADLINE BECAUSE I FORGOT IT WAS EAST COAST TIME AND I'M ON THE WEST COAST!!!  BUMMER!

This card is for my DIL whose birthday is TODAY.  Happy Birthday Amy!

Here are the ingredients:  Designer Paper: Basic Grey, Kioshi; Bazzill and Neenah Card Stock; Stamp: Penny Black, Sweet Thing; I've used Spica Pens for a bit of sparkle and bling and American Crafts ribbon to embellish the top of the card. Inks: Memento Tuxedo black and Distress Ink, Milled Lavendar (sponging) Here is my list of Copics: E0000, E000, E09, E11, E13, E15, E19, E25,E79; R00, R20, B28, V04, V25, YG03, YG00, G20, Y00.  The finished card is A2.

Thanks so much for looking and have a very blessed day!!

In the way of righteousness is life, and in its pathway there is no death.  Proverbs 12:28

Introducing Ivy - Hugs and Kisses

Hello Delightful Friends and Family! 

It's almost Friday, yay!!  Hope you are looking forward to a nice relaxing weekend ahead.  Not sure what's in the works for me other than going to Jake's Kindersport basketball on Saturday and church on Sunday.  I'm hoping to get a lot of the preliminary "stuff" done for Sunday, Friday a.m., so that I can actually enjoy a Saturday rather than always feeling pressed for time.  Enough about me...

Here is an adorable new image from the Bug and Roo Collection created by 15 year old Hannah Boyd (daughter of Lori of  BY LORI Designs) she is one talented young lady!  This is Ivy one of six new images.  This one reminds me so much of our little Addy (2-1/2 yr old granddaughter) who has beautiful curly brown hair.  I made this card to give her for Valentines Day. 

I'm participating in two challenges with this card. 

1. Card Positioning Systems Sketch challenge (CPS252)

2.  Photo Inspiration Challenge (BLD 23) at By LORI Designs

Finished card is 5.5 x 5.5

Here are the details:

Designer Paper: Queen & Co. "Cute Kids" Collection; Card stock: Bazzill (Taylored Expressions); Ribbon (my stash); Ric Rac (Taylored Expressions - Key Ingredient Kit Aug 2010); Spellbinders Nestabilities Scallop Circle, large; Kenmore sewing machine; Sentiment: By Lori Designs (digi); Copics: R01, R20, R81, R85; E0000, E000, E00, E09, E11, E13, E15; G82.

Inspiration photo and sketch:

 






"We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do"  Ephesians 2:10

Have a super excellent day and thank you for visiting!

Howdy! Introducing Jesse

Hello Delightful friends and family! 

It's been a very crazy, hectic and somewhat anxious week with my youngest daughter in the hospital since Tuesday (she is improving and we hope she will be discharged in a day or two) in the meantime, I'm taking care of the two grandbabies 24/7 and to say I'm a little on the tired side would be an understatement!  But tonight I was determined to get into my craft room and de-stress and now that Addy is tucked in and asleep, I'm good to go!  (Jake is spending the night with Auntie and Gee-Gee)

It's not often I get in on 3 challenges can I just say Yee-ha!

Here are the three challenges and their links:

1. CPS - Card Sketches #251

2. Play Date Cafe a Color Challenge #115    (Slate, Moss, Bark & Tan)

3. That's Krafty Thursday #57 (The Spotted Chick) using Kraft

This was such a fun card (loved the sketch!) and a challenge to get all the correct colors!  I've added just a touch of Kraft paper with the sentiment base and the stars.  My card base is slate and it matches Jesse's long sleeved shirt. The next layer is the Moss green, then the designer paper. The papers I've used are Bazzill card stock, Neenah (bright white) card stock, DCWV, The Natural Stack. This cute cowboy is Jesse, from Taylored Expressions Moka Collection.  I've stamped him with Memento, black tuxedo and used Distress Ink, Frayed Burlap around the edges.  The Deckled Rectangle is a die from Spellbinders (Nestabilities line), I've used the Star punch and the Circle punch from EK Success. The dark green buttons are from my stash and the hemp cording is by Darice. I've used the following Copics:  BG05, BG93, BG99; YG67; B45; W1, W5; E19, E37, E51, E55, E70, E74, E79, E95.  The bolo tie has a dot of Stickles (Icicles) over the color for just a touch of bling! 

Thanks for looking and leaving a delightful comment, have a great weekend!

  "So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.  You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised." Hebrews 10:35-36

For You... Play Date Cafe Challenge

Hello Delightful Friends and Family!

I had fun with this color challenge after I finally found some papers to work! It took me a while to get a design going, but after all is said and done, I'm pretty happy with the results AND it's already in the mail off to someone... just in case they stumble across this post I will not reveal to whom.

Here are the fabbie colors for Play Date Cafe (#114)

Here is my card:  Mimi in Paris (Penny Black stamps)

Inside: Taylored Expressions Stamp set:  Buddy Bear (New release last week)

Here is the list of my supplies:   Designer paper: My Minds Eye - Stella Rose (beret) and 29th Street Market; Card Stock: Bazzill and Neenah; Ink: Palette, black; Distress Ink, Milled Lavendar; Accessories: American Crafts ribbon; Taylored Expressions, tiny twinklettes;  Ranger, Liquid Pearls (Bisque); Spica Pens: gold, lavendar and garnet; Tools:  ProvoCraft Embossing Folder, Cassie's Brocade; Cuttlebug; Spellbinders Nestabilities, Lacey Circles; Marvy Uchida Scallop Heart punch;  Copics: Y00, Y02, Y11, Y21, Y26, Y28, YR23, W1, E35, R000, R00, R11, R21, R59, BV02, V04, V09, V17.  Finished card A2 size.

Thanks so much for looking and I appreciate the delightful comments!!  Have a blessed weekend.

"And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him."  Hebrews 11:6

It's Friday! "Just Scootin by" with a Couple of Challenges

Hello Delightful Friends and Family!! 

You all are probably excited because it's FRIDAY!!  (It's also payday, double YAY!!)  Hope you've all had a great week.  I have my house de-Christmasized with the help of my dear hubby and it's back to normal (somewhat normal, I still have the Christmas tablecloth under the "stuff" on the kitchen table that will be next on the list today to take care of!) And I must admit, there are dishes in the sink because I spent the evening after Bible Study in my craft room.  I've a number of birthdays this month and I needed to get a start on some cards!  So I let it slide.... It's so like me :-)

 I was inspired by a couple of challenges and I was excited to use my Sweet Stamp Shop stamps (Scootin' By set) since they are sponsoring the prize at the Play Date Cafe Challenge blog AND I could incorporate some Kraft paper (which I love to use!)

1. Play Date Cafe Challenge (#113) - Color challenge (see picture)

2. Make It Monday With Kraft "Anything Goes Challenge" - The Kraft Journal

I paper pieced, did some fussy cutting and colored with my Copic Markers.  The finished card is A2 (4.25 x 5.5)

(Inside)

Ingredients:  Paper: Bazzill and Neenah card stock; Designer Paper: My Minds Eye - Stella Rose collection; Inks: Palette, Black and Distress Ink: Antique Linen (used to sponge around the mint green and white card stock); Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities Reversed Wonky Rectangle; Cuttlebug (ProvoCraft) Fiskars Upper Crest Border Punch; Copic Markers: BG0000, BG53; YG00, YG41; CO; Spica Pens, Melon and Turquoise;

Thanks for looking and God bless!!

Here is a verse from Philippians 4:8(KJV) to encourage you:

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.