Annual Word Art Wednesday Blog Hop!!!

Hello Delightful Friends!

So excited for our annual Word Art Wednesday Blog Hop!  We have prizes at every blog but in order to win the prize you have to visit and comment on each blog.  The list of blogs to visit are at the end of this post and so is the photo of the prize. 

 In addition to the prizes at each blog we have two sponsors that you'll have a chance to win if you upload a crafty project at Word Art Wednesday.  Don't forget the challenge lasts for two weeks - it's Anything Goes - Family Friendly and you can upload 5 new projects to have a chance to win one of the sponsors prizes.(Stix 2 Anything (UK) AND Unity Stamps $25 x2  (US Sponsor) )

I'm sharing cards using a stamp/stencil set (Wreathed in Joy) from Taylored Expressions. Unfortunately the kit is no longer available but I think it's something you could probably find in your stash of stamps and improvise.

 When I'm stuck for an idea I go to Pinterest and look for cards that I like and then see what I have in my collection that perhaps I can adjust to make it my own design take on it. Also it might only be one little element on the card that triggers the inspiration. There are so many fun cards with wreaths that can be rustic, modern, or a whimsical style.

Here are my cards (4 total using the same stamp and stencil)

 All 4 cards 

Maybe there is one little design element on one of the cards that will inspire you today.  If so please share in the comment section.

Here is the list of blogs, just don't forget to leave a comment to so that you will be eligible to win!

Chrsitine Miller

Ginny Maxam

Cynthia Olheiser

Natalie Houston     this is me!

Bev Jordan

Karen Letchworth

Word Art Wednesday

Here's the prize from my blog:

Thanks so much for visiting and don't forget to leave a comment!

Merry Christmas!!

Natalie🎄

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Hello Delightful Friends,

Hope everyone is doing well and getting all the crazy Christmas schedules in order so you can have a relaxing holiday.  That's my goal, that the Christmas week will be easy and stress free and just a time to enjoy the family and maybe even sneak in a little crafting too!  Too much to ask, maybe...

Well here is my card for this weeks challenge at Word Art Wednesday (our sponsor this weeks is Really Reasonable Ribbon)  Check out the RRR blog HERE get some fabulous inspiration!!

Ingredients:

Stamp & Stencil set: Merry Blossoms (Taylored Expressions)

Inks: Cilantro, Dill Pickle, Cherry Pop and Mulled Wine (TE)

Dies: 1/2" Stitched Easy Strips, Mini Bows (TE)

Card Stock - Sugar Cube, Mulled Wine (TE)

Don't forget  to join Word Art Wednesdays Blog Hop December 20th. There will be prizes at each blog so stay tuned!! In the meantime, play along and share your crafty projects with us at WAW and perhaps you'll be the winner of the prize from our Sponsor Really Reasonable Ribbon.

Thanks for visiting!  God Bless!

Natalie 🎄

Word Art Wednesday - Blessed

Hello Delightful Friends!

Happy Thanksgiving to all my U.S. friends!  So blessed because of the Lord who daily supplies my every need, especially my need of salvation and that's the theme of the Scripture Art for this challenge at Word Art Wednesday. Our sponsor this week is Pretty Little Studio.

Here is my card for the challenge:

Ingredients:

Stencil and stamp set: Fall Foliage Background (Taylored Expressions)

Ink: Granny Smith, Avocado, Potato Chip, Honey, Candy Corn, Macaron, Huckleberry and Cinnamon.(Taylored Expressions)

Card Stock: Huckleberry and Sugar Cube (Taylored Expressions)

Dies: Lawn Fawn - Stitched Rectangle and Reverse Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Windows.

Thanks for visiting!

Natalie 💖

Word Art Wednesday - Stamp Simply

Hello Delightful Friends!

Our sponsor this week at the Word Art Wednesday is Stamp Simply!  Hope you join us at the challenge blog where Anything Goes - Family Friendly is of course the theme.  Be sure and check out all the inspiration!

Here is my slimline card:

I've used the following Stamp Simply items:

The stamp set (my embossed background and the word Grateful) is called Seasonal Wreaths (fall & winter) and the Fishtail Sentiment Banner Die.

I've stamped with Versamark and added white embossing powder, then heat set. The "Grateful" sentiment strip was also embossed, I love how it turned out on the green card stock. I've used a "Toffee" colored card stock and card base.

I die cut the Scripture Art using a blanket stitched die. I think it gives  the border a nice touch.  This was a pretty easy card even with the embossing. And the Scripture is perfect for the season.  The card can be stepped up a bit by coloring the leaves and pumpkins, but I like how it turned out.

 Thanks so much for visiting!  

Natalie 💗

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes/Family Friendly

Hello Delightful Friends!

Hey there! It's time for the Word Art Wednesday Challenge!  Our sponsor this week is Kat Scrappiness ($15). Check out the cute Christmas 6x6 paper pads in the shop!  

Please head over to the challenge blog for lots of inspiration from all over the world.  So many crafters upload their creations each challenge, it's great! Thanks to our sponsors and thanks to all who play along!

Here's my card: (I've used a very busy Autumn background paper!)

Ingredients:

Designer Paper: Doodlebug Designs 6x6 (buffalo check/woodgrain rainbow petite prints)

Cilantro (green) card stock

Ink: Candy Corn, Pumpkin, Granny Smith (Taylored Expressions)  Versamark;

Stamp: Simply Stamped Pumpkins with coordinating dies includes the sentiment 

Ranger white embossing powder

Here is the Scripture Art for this challenge (optional to use) printed on vellum.

Thanks so much for visiting!

Natalie 💖

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #617-618

Hello Delightful Friends,

My apologies for the late post and the lack of info on this post, it's called crazy week!  

Here is my card fo this week for the Word Art Wednesday challenge - Anything Goes / Family Friendly.  This image is stenciled and my last post has the color combo because it's a layered quad stencil which means I get 4 card designs from the stenciling on one sheet of cardstock. Such a time saver for the busy crafter 😉

  Please check out the Word Art Wednesday to see all the inspiration this week! Our sponsor is Newton's Nook Designs and some of their design team has shared on the WAW blog.  Visit WAW and upload a crafty project play along and you'll have a chance to win a $20 gift certificate.

Scripture Art for the challenge:

Have a blessed week and pray for the peace of Israel.

Natalie 💖

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes/Family Friendly

Hello Delightful Friends!

Welcome Autumn!  My favorite time of the year.  I'm sharing a new Autumn card for our Word Art Wednesday Challenge.  It's an Anything Goes / Family Friendly challenge that runs for two weeks.

Our sponsor this time is Heartfelt Creations, art from the heart!  Share with us at Word Art Wednesday and be in the drawing for the sponsors prize.  You can link up 5 new crafty creations each week that the challenge runs!

Here is my card:

I've used a stencil set from Taylored Expressions Quad Stencil Club.  It's the last one for the club, which has been discontinued.  I've used quite a few ink colors and I'll do my best to remember them, I accidently deleted my photo of all the colors.  Here goes: Pineapple, Honey, Sweet Potatoe Pie, Cinnamon, Avocado, & Sweet Basil.  

The green card stock is Sweet Basil. The white card stock is Sugar Cube.  

All the colors are TE.

I've also used the blender brushes.

Here is the Scripture Art for the week:

Hope that you know that Jesus is our hope and the anchor of our soul! 

Thanks for visiting and have a blessed week!

Natalie 💖

Word Art Wednesday Challenge with Gina K Designs

Hello Delightful Friends,

It's my favorite time of the year, end of summer into early fall.  So I decided for my card this challenge to make my first fall themed card. I love making Autumn cards.

I've used our sponsor Gina K Designs... stamp and stencil set called Autumn Wishes, unfortunately it's now retired. 

 Hope you'll join us at Word Art Wednesday for the challenge of Anything Goes - Family Friendly.

Thanks to Gina K for being our sponsor, be sure to go to the website and check out the blog and store, I promise you will be inspired!

Here's my card:

I've used an assortment of inks to make this background (all Taylored Expressions)

Candy Corn, Mango, lemon meringue, Sweet Basil, Cilantro and Granny Smith.

I've used Toffee card stock and the yellow card stock I believe is Banana Cream.

The background piece I've popped up using dimensional strips, the Scripture Art piece background is die cut by the Stitched Rectangle set by Lawn Fawn.

Scripture Art from Psalm 33:21 - you can upload the Scripture Art and use if you'd like!

Thanks so much for visiting!  Have a wonderful week.

Blessings,

Natalie  💖

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Fully Persuaded!

Hello Delightful Friends!

It time for this weeks Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes-Family Friendly!  Our sponsor this week is Pink & Main ($20).  Check out their blog and store and get inspired!!

I kept my card very simple with the Scripture Art being the focal point.  A great verse to memorize from Romans 8.Such a powerful verse to get down in your heart and be fully persuaded that nothing can separate you from the love of Jesus Christ. You will know the truth and the truth will set you free!

Ingredients:

Kite die is called Let's go fly a kite (Taylored Expressions)

Designer Paper: Doodlebug Designs Fairy Garden

Card stock :  Mango, Blue Raspberry, Blueberry and Sugar Cube.

Stitched Edge Die (not sure who makes this one and I'll have to wait until I go to work and see what it is because I left it there with my other crafty stuff.) I'll have to update this if I remember 💚

Thanks for visiting, I hope you'll play along with us, so be sure and check out the Word Art Wednesday Challenge Blog.  We have a new challenge and sponsor every 2 weeks!

Blessings!

    Natalie  💖

Word Art Wednesday - Praise His Name Forever and Ever

Hello Delightful Friends!

Hope you are enjoying a blessed summer day!  It's time for our bi-weekly challenge at Word Art Wednesday.  Don't forget the theme is Anything Goes - Family Friendly.  I have chosen the stamp set called Have a Cup on Us (Stamp Simply). I actually bought the bundle which includes the coordinating die set.  I thought I might use one of the dies, but I changed my mind because the focus is the Scripture Art from Psalm 145. 

 I did a tone on tone stamping technique using Toffee ink, the darker stamped images, I double stamped and then used Versamark and clear embossing powder to give a little more texture.  This is a fun stamp set by Stamp Simply who happens to be our sponsor this challenge! 

 I did a blending ink technique around the Scripture that was cut out by a Stitched Rectangle Die (Lawn Fawn), I used blending brushes (Taylored Expressions).  For a pop of color I added a red small polka dot paper to border the Toffee Card Stock (Taylored Expressions). I like being able to use all or most of the stamps in a set to create a background. I used dimensional tape to pop up the Scripture.  

I've used this stamp set in two other posts so if you are looking for "coffee card" ideas check out HERE and HERE.

Scripture Art can be used in the challenge if you'd like and it's free to upload!

Thanks so much for visiting!!

Natalie  💓

Word Art Wednesday - Blessed Mouse

Hello Delightful Friends!

Time for Word Art Wednesday Challenge! This weeks theme is Anything Goes - Family Friendly.  Our fun sponsor is My Favorite Things!  They have the cutest stamp sets and some "sweet" new products!! Who wouldn't want to win the sponsors prize!! Be sure and check out the challenge!  This card I'm sharing I used an oldie but a goodie called Blessed Mouse from MFT (it's no longer available).  I colored her with Copics (which I haven't done in soooo long!) and paper pieced her blouse with some Echo Park designer 6x6 paper.  I used a gray Prismacolor pencil to "ground" the image so she doesn't look like she's floating in the air 😉

Here is the Scripture Art used this week:

other ingredients:

Image stamped with Earl Grey ink (TE)

Card Stock: Banana Cream. Fruit Punch, Sugar Cube

Liquid Pearls

Copics

Spellbinder Wonky Rectangle Die, Flower Die (freebie from TE)

Thanks so much for visiting! 

Natalie  💗

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Hello Delightful friends!

Love my card today, it's so UPLIFTING 😊😊

Hope you can play along at Word Art Wednesday this week - our Sponsor is from Canada - Penguin Palace Stamps.  Be sure and check out their cute summer release!!!

Here's my card:

My ingredients:

Stamp/Stencil Set called Flying High (Taylored Expressions) with Coordinating Dies

Inks: Guava, Blue Raspberry, Mango & Earl Grey (Taylored Expressions)

Mini Strips - Carried Away (sentiments by Taylored Expressions)

Mini Strip Dies (TE)

Vellum, 

Circle stitched die (Lawn Fawn)

Card stock: Sugar Cube, Blue Raspberry and Mango (TE)

Thanks for visiting and I hope you have an uplifting week!

Blessings,

Natalie  💖

Word Art Wednesday featuring Sponsor Altenew

Hello Delightful friends!

Happy first day of Summer!!  Word Art Wednesday challenge starts today with our Anything Goes - Family Friendly theme.  Our sponsor is the lovely Altenew!  Hope you'll visit their blog for some wonderful crafty inspiration.  If you share with us new Anything Goes projects at Word Art Wednesday you can have an opportunity to win the prize!  I've chosen the Mini Magnolia Stamp from Altenew and I've used a few different techniques to make this card.  One of course is the monochromatic theme I've used.  Another technique is the no line coloring which is achieved by stamping lightly with ink (light ink plus stamp off for a lighter impression.) I colored with Prismacolor Pencils (list of colors and other "ingredients" at the end of this post.) I've used that same stamp to make  this pretty magnolia background.  The sentiment is from the stamp set called Mini White Spendor Anemone which I stamped with the Altenew Crisp Ink - Permanent Black.

Here is the Scripture Art this week:

Here are the other ingredients used:

Dies: Pink Fresh Studios Stitched Scallop Rectangle

Stamp Simply Fishtail Sentiment Banner

Taylored Expressions Ink and Paper : Rose Water

Prismacolor Pencils: 938, 1065, 909, 1028, 908, 1092

Blending stump and mineral spirits

Scotch 3M double-sided foam dimensional tape.

Thanks for visiting!! Have a blessed week.

Natalie  💗

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Taylored Expressions

Hello Delightful Friends!

I am getting starting on my Father's Day cards with the help of our sponsor this week for the 

 Word Art Wednesday Challenge. Can't wait to share it with you.  Taylored Expressions is our fabulous sponsor!  Hope you'll play along with us and share your new projects, the challenge is always Anything Goes - Family Friendly and you can upload 5 new creations each week that the challenge runs.  If you play along you will be entered to win the $30 prize to spend at the Taylored Expressions Shop.

Also check out the TE Blog,  it's THE perfect place for crafty inspiration! They also can be found at Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.  You'll find lots of fun ideas, videos and techniques.

Here is my card:

Here are the Taylored Expression products that were used:

GREAT OUTDOORS LAYERING STENCIL & CLEAR COMBO

Super fun stencil that is designed to make 4 cards! 

Two shaped in a circle design and two in a hexagon shape.

THROUGH THE WOODS DIES

DUDE SENTIMENTS and matching Dies

TE Premium Inks: Blue Corn, Sweet Basil, Dijon, Spearmint

TE Premium Card Stock: Blue Corn, Sweet Basil

TE BLENDER BRUSHES

Stitched Circle Die is a product from Lawn Fawn

Scripture Art this Challenge:

Hope you enjoy this Father's Day card, the Dude sentiments include birthday and retirement too.

Have a blessed week and don't forget to play along!

Thanks for visiting and leaving a comment.

  💖 Natalie  

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - May Your Cup Overflow

Hello Delightful Friends!

Here is my card for the Word Art Wednesday Challenge.  Our sponsor is Stamp Simply, one of our favorite and faithful sponsors!  This is an Anything Goes - Family Friendly Challenge, hope you'll play along with us and share your crafty creations and maybe you'll be the winner of the $25 gift card to use in the Stamp Simply store.

I used the Stamp Set and Coordinating Die "Have a Cup on Us" and Fishtail Sentiment Banners from Stamp Simply, be sure and check out the fabulous online store and blog!

Scripture Art for the inside of the card:

 

Other ingredients used:

Paper: Doodlebug Designs 6x6 pad (3 coordinating patterns)

Card stock: Dragon Fruit (Taylored Expressions new color)

Dies: Reverse Stitched Scalloped rectangle; Stitched Rectangle (Lawn Fawn)

Ink: Altenew (black) For shadow: Prismacolor pencil (cool gray)

Thanks so much for visiting!!  And my the joy of the Lord cause your cup to overflow!

Natalie  💗

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - All A-boat You

Hello Delightful friends!

I had fun designing this card with the help of Lawn Fawn!  So you know, it's time for our Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Family Friendly/Anything Goes!  And of course our sponsor this week is Lawn Fawn - yippee!!  Love their products and their fun videos...fun, fun, fun!

This card uses the stamp set called Smooth Sailing and I love this sentiment.  I thought it would be perfect for Mother's Day especially if she loves sailing, the beach or visiting lighthouses. Living here on the coast all of those activities are available. 😊

I did used multiple techniques to create this card which included: paper piecing, fussy cutting, distress inking edges and diecutting.  I don't have the dies to this stamp set so I had to cut out the boat and the lighthouse.  I paper pieced the sails and the flag on the boat with the Lawn Fawn 6x6 pad called Polka In the Meadow, I used the paper to die cut the stitched circle and then cut out strips for the "rays". I used the Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside border dies to create the ocean waves and the sand.  On the blue card stock I inked the edges to give a bit of depth and then stamped the little waves in blue and one in white that is closer to the shoreline.  In the sky I've stamped three birds and I've colored the boat and the lighthouse with PrismaColor pencils.

Other Ingredients:

Card Stock: Gumball, Toffee, Sugar Cube (Taylored Expressions)

Inks: Gumball & Sugar Cube (TE); Jet Black (Altenew)

Glossy Accents (on galley windows on the boat and the windows on the lighthouse)

Stencil brush (TE)

This is the Scripture Art that is perfect for Mother's Day and it's free to use - head over to the Word Art Wednesday Blog and grab yours!

Hope you'll join us at Word Art Wednesday and share your "Anything Goes" creations!

Have a blessed week and thanks for visiting.

💗Natalie 

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - How sweet!

Hello Delightful Friends!

Time for the new challenge at Word Art Wednesday.  Our Sponsor is Your Next Stamps!  Check them out perhaps you'll be the lucky winner of the $20 to spend at their store. Cute stuff! Please visit their online store.

Go to the Word Art Wednesday blog and check out the details!

Here's my card for the Anything Goes - Family Friendly challenge.

Ingredients:

Create in Quads Stencil set - Ever in Bloom with coordinating Frame die (Taylored Expressions)

Inks: Avocado, Olive, Tropical Punch, Blue Raspberry, Macaron, Dried Fig & Mocha. (TE)

Scripture Art printed on Vellum.

Card stock - Create in Quads #100 Toffee paper (cut to fit stencil) (TE) Card Base: Toffee

White pen to highlight.

Have a great week and please join us at Word Art Wednesday. 

Extend a sweet word or a kind action to someone today!

 

Thanks for visiting!

💗Natalie

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes, Family Friendly

Hello Delightful Friends!

Hope everyone had a nice Resurrection Sunday! We had a nice service, my husband preached a message called "The Day Death Died" all about what Jesus has done for us, He tasted death for us and now we can have life!  We posted the message on the church website at www. bluelakechurch.org

Can you believe it's time for another Word Art Wednesday Challenge?  It runs for 2 weeks, plenty of time to join us with a crafty creation!  Our sponsor this week is Stix To Anything (UK). Who doesn't need adhesive, right?!  Head over to the Challenge Blog for more information!  

Here is my card for the challenge:

Second view that I was hoping would show the green foiling on the stems and some of the buds; You can see a bit on the left hand lower corner, I wish the picture did this justice:

This is a new stamp/stencil set from Taylored Expressions it's called Buds and Blossoms.

The TE inks are Potato Chip, Spearmint, Peaches and Cream.

Foil: Lily Pad green / Minc Machine

Card Stock: Potato Chip, white card stock is a Foil It paper called Buds and Blossoms (TE)

Die: Reversed Stitched Scallop Rectangle (Lawn Fawn)

Scripture Art: Romans 15:13

"Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."

Thanks for visiting!

Natalie 💖

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Welcome Spring!

Hello Delightful Friends!

Here is my card for the Word Art Wednesday Challenge (Anything Goes - Family Friendly).

I went with a Spring/Easter Theme background with the pretty butterflies that represent the resurrection so well.  Stamps of Life is the sponsor for this challenge.  Check out Stephanie Barnard's Blog.

If you'd like the Scripture Art from Philippians 3:10 you can grab it at Word Art Wednesday

Here are the ingredients to my card:

The Stamp set is called Butterflies Stamp and Stencil Set (Taylored Expressions)

Foil it Butterflies panel / Gold Shatter Glass Foil  (TE)

TE Inks: Rose Water, Pineapple, Lemon Meringue, Cookie , Granny Smith

Stitched Circle Die (Lawn Fawn)

Gold threaded twine.

I really like the color combo and tried an ombre effect. Not sure I quite got it but I will try this color combo again.  Hope you'll join us at Word Art Wednesday and share your creative projects with us!

Thanks for visiting and God Bless!

Natalie 💗

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Warm Hugs!

Hello Delightful Friends!

Word Art Wednesday Challenge (Anything Goes - Family Friendly) is here already!  I can't believe how fast the last 2 weeks have gone.  Last time I posted we were experiencing snow, well that continued a little longer but now we are having an atmospheric river!  Which means a very heavy rain causing flooding and because it's a warmer rain, it melts the snow and causes even more flooding!  The fields I drive by when going to work are under water.  Maybe this will lessen the drought California is experiencing.  We can hope!

Back to Word Art Wednesday and the challenge, here is my card this week.  Our sponsor is Crafty Individuals (UK).  Check out their site HERE They have some very cool, contemporary collage stamps.

Here is the featured Scripture art I used this week:

The other ingredients I've used are Taylored Expressions Cozy Winter stencil and clear stamp combo (sentiment and mittens) and matching dies. The paper is from Photo Play called Crafting with My Gnomies (6x6 pad)

Inks: Lime Zest and Poblano Pepper (TE).  Darice Hemp Cord. TE Blender Brushes.

Well that's it for me!  Thanks so much for visiting.  

Hope you share your crafty creations with us at Word Art Wednesday.

Natalie  💖

Word Art Wednesday - Pretty Pink Posh

Hello Delightful Friends!

 I live in northern California, near the coast with very mild weather year round and we are experiencing snow!!  I know it's winter and snow is not unsual during the winter for others but I live really close to the coast and we just don't get snow, but we got snow and it's supposed to snow again tonight.  It is so cold.... I know I sound like a wimp.  I enjoy looking at snow from my warm house, but I do not like to drive in the snow, I like to feel my fingers and toes, you know???  I'm going to have to invest in some much warmer clothes⛄

So I'm thinking Spring...  it's less than 3 weeks until Spring... can't wait.

It's also time for the Word Art Wednesday Challenge (Anything Goes - Family Friendly) and I'm excited to use our sponsor Pretty Pink Posh's stamp and dies (Love Balloons) I love this cute set, it has balloons shaped in the letters L-O-V-E  and adorable critters.  I colored this bunny using Prisma-color pencils and stamped on pattern paper and then die cut the heart shaped balloons. Other ingredients include Pattern Paper (Lawn Fawn - Spring Fling 6x6 pad). Taylored Expressions Die and Earl Gray ink.

Below is the Scripture Art for this weeks challenge.  You don't have to use it but we love it if you would. Go to Word Art Wednesday and grab it and share your creation with us.  

Remember you can share 5 different new crafty creations each week the challenge runs for a chance to win the prize from our sponsor Pretty Pink Posh!

Thannks so much for visiting!  Stay Warm!!

💗 Natalie

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Joyful, Patient and Faithful

Hello Delightful Friends!

I have my card ready for the Word Art Wednesday Challenge (Anything Goes - Family Friendly).  We have one of our favorite sponsors for the challenge:  Stamp Simply!! Yay!

Here's my card and I've used the Stamp Simply Have a Cup on Us. The sentiment "Blessings" comes from the Seasonal Wreath (Fall & Winter).  I used the Scripture Art on the inside of the card.

I've colored with PrismaColor Pencils (the rose cup, the pink polkadot cup and the pink striped cup)  I did the paper piecing techmique on the other 3 cups.  The ink I've used is Versafine Sepia.

The Scripture Art was printed on vellum and I adhered it to a light pink piece of card stock. What a great and simple message.  Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction and faithful in prayer.  

Check out the challenge blog for a chance to win the prize from Stamp Simply!  They have an awesome online store and so much inspiration  on their blog.  Remember you can upload 5 new projects, that's 10 new projects each challenge.  

Have a blessed day!! Thanks for visiting.

Natalie  💓

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Psalm 139

Hello Delightful Friends!

Congrats to Carrie Sherridan who won the prize from my blog and thanks to all of you who left comments and played along with the Word Art Wednesday Bloghop! 

Hope you are getting a chance to get crafty, I've been so busy with life that I've been having a hard time getting into my craft room.  I got a new Minc laminator for Christmas and haven't even had a chance to get it out of it's box and play with it! Hopefully, I can get a managable schedule and start really playing again.  My craft room is calling my name 😊

I did get a card together (I have a table of crafty goodness on a table at work) just in time for our Word Art Wednesday Challenge (Anything Goes - Family Friendly) We have a terrific sponsor:  Avery Elle ($25)!!

I have so many of their stamps and dies and these I've used in this card are a couple of favorites.  (Unfortunately the stamp set Framed Florals and Diagonal Stripes die are no longer available, I should have checked before I made the card.)

I stamped a couple of the flowers and the leaves and colored them with Prismacolor pencils and used mineral spirits to blend the colors, then fussy cut them out. I chose the heart paper (Taylored Expressions) and cut to fit behind the die cut card stock.  The Scripture Art is from Psalms 139.  The line "And know my heart" inspired the pattern paper in the background.

Well that's it for me!  Thanks for visiting and God bless!

Natalie 💓

Happy New Year - Word Art Wednesday Challenge

Happy New Year to my Delightful Friends!!

Thanks for all the sweet comments from the Blog Hop!!  I hope to respond back to each of you.  It's been a little crazy, we had a pretty big earthquake here in northern California, then we've been out of town visiting our daughter's family and had all the grandkids under one roof!!  Fun times. Lots of great food, dirty dishes😊 and enjoying our family time.

Hope you all are ready for a new year of fun crafting challenges.  I just got a peek of all the new sponsors for this year and I know you will be excited.

This week our sponsor is Seth Apter Art and Design, if you are into mixed media you've got to check out this website.  If you've never played or experimented with mixed media, this may be the year to try it.  It is a great way to get creative with some really fun mediums.  So be sure and check out Seth Apter and get inspired! 

Here is my card using the Scripture Art for this weeks challenge.  We'd love for you to use the digital art but you are definitely not required to use it.  If you'd like to grab it head over to Word Art Wednesday Challenge Blog. Don't forget this is an Anything Goes/Family Friendly challenge and you can enter 5 new projects each week the challenge runs.

I love this "new to me" background stamp, I've actually had it for a couple of months but hadn't used it yet.  It is part of a kit from Taylored Expressions called Friendly Filigree.  I've cut out the Scripture using a Spellbinder label Nestabilities.  It's an older one....  The ink I've used is Memento Teal Zeal. 

So, this background stamp also has an area that is blank (in the center) to add a sentiment and I have the matching die and sentiments that fit the area.  I plan to make a bunch of Thank you cards and may even emboss the ink to dress it up. I think it would be a nice touch.

 If I have time I'll post those cards later on in the week.

Thanks so much for visiting!  I haven't heard who won the prize from my blog but it's supposed to be posted at the Word Art Wednesday Blog January 4th. I'll update this blog if I find out who the winner is.

God Bless,

Natalie  💓