Praise and Paper Night at CPC!

Hello Delightful friends and family!

This evening, beginning at 8pm EST, Mary (aka SoftAngelKisses) will be hosting Christian Paper Crafts' very first Praise and Paper Night or "PPN"! To coordinate with this month's Design Team Delights gallery, we are sticking with the theme of "Love Is In The Air"!
What is PPN, you may be asking? Well, it is a virtual paper party… A chance for you to hang out with your cyber friends and paper craft the night away, all while glorifying our Savior! Mary has some super fun challenges lined up for you! Hope you can join us!!!

Today is also the day CPC kicks off it's newly revamped scrap booking boards. We have streamlined some of the challenges and they are now set up where a new and different challenge will come out every week. We also want to recognize our new Partner Companies: Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and Our Daily Bread Designs!!

FOR MORE INFO head over to the Christian Paper Crafts Creative Blog and it's not too late to join in on the fun!

The LOVEly Blast From the Past Blog Hop!

Welcome to all the Delightful Blog Hoppers!
I'm sure you are having a LOVEly time viewing all the inspiring projects using Taylored Expression stamps! You may even be on your second cup of coffee!! And if you just left Jennifer's Blog then you are hopping right along!! I knew with the theme of "LOVE" I would be using this adorable stamp from the Wings of Joy set. Here is a wonderful sketch available for us from Sankari Wigman to get the creative ideas jump started:

Here is my card! Lots of color and LOTS of layers!!

Ahhh! Two Lovebirds!

The image is first stamped with Memento, Rich Cocoa and then colored with Copic Markers. I then used the Liquid Pearls (Petal Pink) to accent around the birdcage at the top and bottom. I replaced the holly with a heart which I cut out of the designer paper, added Stickles (Icicles) put Glossy Accents over it and then after it dried, attached to the top of the cage. The Scallop Circle is a punch from Marvy Uchida that I used a Copic marker to color the edges, then added the Liquid Pearls (Flamingo) to embellish.

Here are the list of ingredients not mentioned above:
Designer Paper: Kaiser Craft - Candy Lane Collection (Mango Drops, Strawberry Sundae, Sherbert);
Card Stock: Bazzill, Neenah (bright white)
Embellishments: Ribbon, Key Ingredients Kit, TE
Tools: Spellbinders, Nestabilities Standard Circles, large; Cuttlebug; EK Success, Diamond Scallop Border punch
Finished card is 4.25 x 5.5

Thanks for looking and now you should be heading over to the very talented Donna Baker - enjoy the rest of this delightful hop! Thank you for leaving a LOVEly comment!

Confessions and Love Birds...

I understand that confession is good for the soul...

Aaaaah!!!!! I'm so far behind in the challenges at Christian Paper Crafts, I'm so behind I'm ashamed of myself!! That's my confession!

Gloria has been sharing and creating some FABULOUS sketches and I've dropped the ball! As a matter of fact there are new challenges every day but Sunday from color, sketches, scrapbooking, Bible Verse Thursday, Fun challenges on Friday, CASEing, CAS, journaling and more! But I got so busy with the holidays and our "Love is in the Air" gallery reveal on January 15 that I've neglected all the other challenges. The good news is that there are no challenge police!! (whew!) Tonight I'm going to feature one card from last weeks sketch and then post this weeks sketch for y'all! (I have been busy in all fairness, so please out of the kindness of your heart please, please forgive me!) I would feel EVEN better if you were to go and check out the CREATIVE BLOG for Christian Paper Crafts!

I think you are going to like my card, maybe even love it!! This little stamp from Hero Arts is so stinkin' cute!! And the background owl paper, I love it! I got the next to last piece at Scrapper's Edge (where I work) and today someone snatch the last piece - kinda wishin' I had grabbed it first! Oh well. And the cute little sentiment on the front is from the new "KID AT HEART" set from TAYLORED EXPRESSIONS, It was all perfect for the sketch challenge. Of course, I took a little creative liberty and instead of an oval shape I did a heart. (I know Gloria will approve!) The ingredients are listed at the end of the post.

A finished inside card (whoo-hoo or is it in this case Hoot-hoot!!)

THIS WEEKS SKETCH!!!

Recipe for card: Designer Paper: My Minds Eye "Fine and Dandy" collection; Card Stock: Bazzill, kraft and Neenah bright white; Ink: Memento, rich cocoa and cantaloupe; Embellishments: American Crafts, ribbon; Tools: Marvy Uchida, scallop heart punch; EK Success, diamond scallop border punch. Stamps: Hero Arts (owls); Taylored Expressions (Love birds sentiment) Unity Stamp Co (inside sentiment); COPIC markers to color.

Thanks for stopping by and you know I love to read those delightful comments!!

I'm blessed!

Hello Delightful friends and family!
We had a belated birthday dinner for my son Sean and all the kids plus all the grandkids were there to celebrate. Here are my little and not so little cutie patooties in order of age!

Jakob (almost 4!) The leader of the pack!

Riley Ann (3 yr.) with Jakob's cat Smokie and smiling so sweetly.

Addyson (almost 20 months) trying to ride big brother Jake's bike.

Tucker Lynn (2.5 months old) she's just being cute!

Well, there is the line-up of some pretty cute kids, of course I'm a little prejudiced! But then I'm the Grammie, I'm entitled!! Have a fun day and check back this week I'll be posting some card challenges and the Taylored Expression Blast From the Past is happening on the 19th! (see the sidebar) See you soon!

Love is in the Air!

Hello Delightful Friends and Family~

Christian Paper Crafts Design Team Delights Gallery is being revealed on January 15 to our Super Sister and King's Daughter subscribers. Our theme for January is "Love is in the Air," and we're showcasing to you all sorts of beautiful paper crafts of cards, altered items, gift sets, artist trading cards, scrapbook pages, and everything else that you can think of! We're all so excited for our first monthly event of the year and would love to have you join us at the Christian Paper Crafts Community and Gallery .

Here is a little sneak peak of what I have been working on:

Now I can't give everything away here because this is for our revealing of the "Love is in the Air" Gallery, however I will tell on this card I have used Tim Holtz Alterations "Bricked" Embossing Folder, a bit of Tulle, some bling and well, you'll just have to join us on January 15th to see the rest!! I hope you'll come over and meet the rest of the design team and our guest designer for the month of January, Taylor Usury!

Happy Birthday!

Hello Delightful friends and family!

Today is my son, Sean's birthday! So in honor of his day, I made him a card (duh!) but I love the sentiment on the inside "Growing Up is Optional" now I'm not saying Seanie needs to grow up (he's 32 and married, has two adorable daughters and a decent job) but I will say there are moments when you can see the little boy peeking out from behind that scruffy beard he has decided to grow. So this fun image I thought would be just a silly way of celebrating his "maturity" level or lack thereof! Happy Birthday, Sean - love you lots (as you already know!)

SSS#90

The sketch from The Sweet Stop Challenge blog may be familiar, it's from the last post! But this fun digi image and sentiment is from Bugaboo Stamps and this is Gus. This is one in a series. Take a moment and check out the website and see the other creations by Jodi Mackrell. They are hilarious. I know what digi I'll be choosing for my mom's birthday!!

Ingredients:

Designer paper: My Minds Eye "Fine and Dandy"; Card stock, Bazzill and Neenah bright white. I've colored the image with my Copics and the image was cut with a Nestie (lg deckled rectangle); Ribbon is from American Crafts. I also used Glossy Accents on Gus' glasses and the #7 on his "vehicle." Finished card 5.5 x 4.25

Thanks for looking and have a blessed week!
Please keep the following in your prayers: Abby, Jennipher, Randi, my grandbabies that are sick with coughs and fever and one with the stomach flu. Thanks!

Cocoa's Goin' Cupid

Happy Saturday to all my Delight Friends and Family!

Hope you are having an incredible day! I've had a pretty easy day, studied for quite a while and prepared the online Gospel of John Bible Study at Christian Paper Crafts. We are in chapter 10 and looking at the illustration Jesus shares about the Good Shepherd. Fascinating! And I always learn so much and can only put so much down in the post but I've hid it in my heart and I'm sure the Lord will get it poured out of me so I can get filled back up again!! This weeks study will be posted tomorrow evening but if you've not checked it out please head over to CPC and get involved! Love to read the comments and see how God is working in the lives of the readers. Quite a few of the ladies are so good about sharing and it really adds to the study! Be sure and join us and be inspired!

Well Cocoa is at it again! Valentine's Day is just around the corner so he is getting those cards ready to give out to his friends. This adorable image is a digi stamp that I bought at Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and Cocoa is the sweet creation of owner Korin Sutherland. Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps is one of our Partner Companies that we are so blessed to have at Christian Paper Crafts. Saturday is the Sweet Stop's Sketch challenge day so I grabbed (er.. bought) a couple of the digi's last night and was excited to play along!

Here is this weeks sketch, it's an easy one so if you are new to sketch challenges this would be a great one to try. It definitely gets the creative juices flowing and you'll be surprised with what you end up. I love playing along with the sketches!

(SSS90) I apologize the pic is a little dark, the other pic was better but the "bling" did it's "thing" in the picture!

Here is a list of the ingredients: Designer paper is scraps I had and I'm not sure of the company (sorry! It is a double sided paper however!) polka dots on one side and a flower pattern (click to enlarge if you want to see it!) on the other. The cardstock is Bazzill and Neenah bright white. The ribbon is from my stash also, I'm not much help here! And the bling rhinestones are from Kaiser. I also used my new EK Success border punch, scallop diamonds. Cocoa was colored with Copic Markers.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend! Be sure and get into fellowship with a Bible believing and teaching church and get involved - they need you! Please remember our family I have two grandbabies sick with a fever and cough and a daughter in law with the stomach flu. We also have a few ladies at CPC in need of prayer: Abby, Brenda, Jennipher and Randi are at the top of the list. Thanks so much and I love reading your delightful comments!