Praying for you - C4G #239

Happy Thanksgiving to my friends in the USA!  

It's time for a new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz.  We are asking you to create a card for a gal in your life using your favourite colour combo.  This was not easy for me!  I love red, but I don't necessarily love red cards.  So I looked through what I've made over the last several months and what really caught my eye were the cards made with blue and yellow, so I guess that is my new favourite colour combo. :)

My paper is AC Jack Frost.  My flowers are Sizzix TH Small Tattered Flowers.  I added a panel of vellum to tone down the busy pattern of the BG.  My sentiment is one of many like it that I've had printed for a long time.  It is leftover from a ministry at our former church.  We had a Romans 12:15 ministry... "Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep."  I made cards with this sentiment, and we wrote notes and sent them to families in our area on the anniversary of a loved one's death.  (We also sent happy cards to new mothers.)  

Challenges:
Crafty Gals Corner #261 - AG w/ opt. twist - use 3 layers
Word Art Wednesday #675-676 - AG that's family friendly

Please play along at Cardz 4 Galz and share your favourite colour combo! (Or one of them.) 

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day! 

Snowflake Christmas - TMS #784

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  We had a couple of inches of snow last week, so I was in a snowy mood when I made this card.  I love snow!!  :) 

My plaid paper is Carta Bella A Wonderful Christmas.  I stamped Echo Park Musical Notes Background in white pigment ink.  My snowflakes are cut from a shimmery silver paper using Sweet n Sassy Small Snowflakes, Spellbinder Snowflakes, Poppystamps Adelaide Snowflakes, and a couple of punches.  My sentiment is from Raisin Boat Formal Phrases.  

Here's our sketch...

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT... 

Donna

Melissa

Patti
Walter

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

with sympathy - TMS #783

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  And, oops!!  I messed up something so my post didn't post this morning!  *red face*  

Here's my card...

I cut the frame with Memory Box Willow Globe (I trimmed the center of it), TH Small Tattered Flowers, Poppystamps Orchard Leaves, Raisin Boat Stunning Silhouettes sentiment. Behind the frame, the paper is ink blended with TH old paper and tea dye Distress Oxide inks. 

Here's our sketch...

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT... 

Donna

Melissa

Patti
Walter

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

You're such a blessing - C4G #238

 It's time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz.  Our theme is texture.  That can mean texture from pastes or embossing or layers or embellishments.  Or add them all! :) 

My paper is Echo Park Sunflower Market. I used Carta Bella Dotted Diamonds stencil with TH stormy sky and peeled paint.  I then embossed the panel with Cuttlebug Diamond in the Rough and brushed white pigment ink over it.  My sentiment is Echo Park Better With You.  It's cut with Die-versions Stitched Circles.  I fussy cut a flower from the paper and added Carta Bella Holiday Sprigs leaves.  The honeycomb is a die from Sizzix Impresslits Sweet Friend. 

We'd love to have you share your textured cards for gals with us!  Please come play along at Cardz 4 Galz. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Blessed are they that mourn - TMS #782

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  I've needed to make some sympathy cards, so here's my card for this week...

This is pretty simple.  My paper is Recollections Portobello Road.  The sentiment is Clear Dollar Scripture Occasions. 

Here's our sketch...

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT... 

Donna

Melissa

Patti
Walter

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

12 Days of Christmas Cards

 Warning:  this is a long post with quite a few pics!  But it's worth the scroll, I assure you. ;) 

I participated in Justine Hovey's 12 Days of Christmas Cards this year.  I tried to recreate each one with the supplies that I had but missed a couple.  Here are my takes on her cards... 

Day 1 - Justine's inspiration... 

I didn't get one made for day 1 because I didn't have either a stamp or die that I thought was anything close to what she used.  I could have adjusted the card, but didn't have the time to do so. 

Day 2 - Justine's inspiration...

My card...

• Hobby Lobby Wintergreen DP
• Poppystamps Snowflake Background
• Pink and Main Merry Christmas

Day 3 - Justine's inspiration...

My card...  this is my absolute favorite of them all!  It's so beautiful IRL!!! 

• Spellbinders 3D Scenic Poinsettias EF
• Poppystamps Delicate Poinsettias (smallest flower) 
• Free sentiment die from ??
• Poppystamps Orchard Leaves (could have cut another flower in gold and used it, but had these adhered before I thought of that)
• TH Small Tattered Flowers + center from SnSS Small Snowflakes

Day 4 - Justine's inspiration...

My card...

• Poppystamps Marzipan Alphabet
• Echo Park Marry Christmas to You die

Day 5 - Justine's inspiration...

My card...

• DCWV Glitter Christmas Matstack
• Darice Brick EF
• TH stormy sky and faded jeans
• Echo Park Celebrate Confetti stencil
• Poppystamps Grosgrain Bow
• Hand cut stocking
• MS snowflake punch
• Cheapo Dies Christmas Ornaments 

Day 6 - Justine's inspiration...

My card...

• Carta Bella A Wonderful Christmas DP
• Spellbinders A2 Fancy Postage Dies
• Raisin Boat Formal Phrases sentiment

 Day 7 - Justine's inspiration...

My card...

• Xcut Noel Mini Die
• Momenta Christmas Phrases sentiment

Day 8 - Justine's inspiration...

My card...

• Sizzix Floral Lattice dies (used one layer)
• Raisin Boat Formal Phrases sentiment

Day 9 - Justine's inspiration...

No layering stencils or dies that so didn't try this one. 

Day 10 - Justine's inspiration...

My cards...

#1 

• Carta Bella A Wonderful Christmas DP
• the Paper Studio Poinsettia

#2

• Hobby Lobby O Holy Night DP
• Kraftin' Kimmie Nativity Sentiments

Day 11 - Justine's inspiration...

My cards...

#1

• Hobby Lobby Wintergreen DP
• MFT Die-namics Christmas Ornaments
• Raisin Boat Formal Phrases sentiment
  
  

#2

• Darice Snowflake Swirl embossing folder
• MFT Cool Christmas tree dies
• Poppystamps Small Freestyle Merry Christmas

Day 12 - Justine's inspiration...

I have no large floral or decorative background stamps so didn't make this one. 

It was so much fun to see her cards and to try to use my stash to create something similar.  

I suggest you find some cards you love, go through your stash, find what you have that can create something similar.  It's fun and inspiring!!

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!  

Happy birthday to a special someone - TMS #781

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  I made a birthday card for this week's challenge...

I have since purchased a few stencils actually meant for paper crafting, but the first stencils I got were from Michael's and were cookie stencils.  This is one of them.  I inked it, then moved it slightly, and inked again.  My sentiment is Poppystamps Art Deco Birthday Greetings.  It's cut out with Kat Scrappiness Wonky Wavy Stitched Rectangles.  I thought the wavy stitches matched the wavy lines. 

Here is our sketch...

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT... 

Donna

Melissa

Patti
Walter

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

Snowflakes - SCC #166

 Christmas is next month!!!  That's exciting to say! That means it is November and time for a new challenge at Sparkles Christmas Challenge.  If you read the title, you may have guessed that our theme is "snowflakes."  

I have to say that I love this snowflake card!!  

It is so pretty but was so simple and easy!!  The snowflake background paper is
O Holy Night from Hobby Lobby.  The sentiment is a strip from another sheet in the same pack that I adhered diagonally.  These delicate snowflakes are Poppystamps Adelaide Snowflakes cut from gold paper.  So quick and easy, but sooooo pretty IRL!!  

We'd love to have you come play along with us this month at Sparkles Christmas Challenge!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!