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  💓