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! 

sending love - C4G #233

Happy Thursday to you!  It's time once again for a new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Our theme is "It's hip to be square!"  We want to see you use squares on your card or make a square card.  Here is mine...

I started by trimming an A2 card to make it square.  I cut a Kraft panel with Spellbinders Postage Stamp and dry embossed it with TH (Sizzix) Air Mail EF.  I inked the edges with ColorBox Cocoa.  My sentiment panel and dotted strip and butterfly were all cut from Simple Stories simple vintage botanicals.  Easy peasey, but fun.  

Challenges...

Crafty Gals Corner #258 - AG w/ opt twist of embossing folder

Word Art Wednesday #663-664 - AG uplifting/family friendly 

We'd love to have you come play along with us at Cardz 4 Galz! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Sharing in your sorrow - TMS #519

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  My card this week is a sympathy card.  I've needed too many of these recently so am trying to replenish my supply. 

I stamped my sentiment from JustRite Sympathy Handwritten Sentiments on Kraft and heat embossed it with clear EP.  I'm so proud of myself... ALL of my paper is from my scrap box.  :)   I used Spellbinders Standard Circles, Petite Scalloped Circles, Darice Swirl Vine, a MS border punch, and KI Memories adhesive ribbon.

Challenges...
Word Art Wednesday #402 -#403 - anything goes w/ uplifting sentiment
Crafty Gals Corner #198 - emboss it (I heat embossed my sentiment)
Polkadoodles #35 - anything goes
Make My Monday #104 - use shapes


Here's our sketch...

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

Andrea

LJ

Melissa

Patti

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

Ready to throw some snowballs - SCC #103

The first of the month means it is time for Sparkles Christmas Challenge!  This month is #103 - It's Snowtime!  Let's see some snow!

For my card, I found a cute image already colored and waiting to be used.  This is Mimi Winter from Stamp Fairy. [This shop has been closed for several years, so this shows how many images I have waiting for attention!!]  She is colored with Spectrum Noir markers.  I got the dots on the scarf by using the tip of my blender.  Cute effect!  She's cut out with CottageCutz Double Stitched Ovals.  My DP is fancy pants winterland.  I fussy cut around the mittens.  The base panel is cut with Kat Scrappiness Wonky Stitched Rectangles. The ric rac is My Favorite Things Stitched Ric Rac. (Told you I was loving this die!)  I stamped the MME clear sentiment and cut it out with Simon Says Stamp Tiny Tags.

I hope you come play along with our challenge as I've played along with these challenges...
Cute N' Crafty Christmas #16 - anything Christmas/Winter goes
Crafty Gals Corner #196 - Christmas in July
Sweet Stampin' Christmas - July anything goes
My Time to Craft #402 - Christmas in July
The Holly and the Ivy #53 - anything Christmas goes


Less than 5 months 'til Christmas, so come create with us!

I'm here for you - TMS #472

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  Here's my card for this week...

This image is ADORABLE!!!  It's Di's Digis "Teddy Swing."  It's colored with Spectrum Noir markers and cut out with CottageCutz Stitched Circles.  The sentiment was in the pile on my desk, so I'm not sure where it's from.  I used MS branch punch for the branches.  


Here's our sketch...

Challenges...
Sweet Stampin' - dies/punches
Crafty Gals Corner #174 - 3+ layers
The Paper Shelter #354 - sentimental


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

Carol
Jenée
Melissa
Patti

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

It Is Well With My Soul

Sympathy cards.  I do not ever want to have to make them and really dislike making them, but on the other hand, I do enjoy it.  Only because I want them to be a blessing for the recipient.  I want them to know I care and am thinking of them and praying for them, so I often put more care into a sympathy card than another kind of card, but I've had to make too many recently!  The card I'm sharing today is one that a lot of love and effort went into.  It was made for a college friend who lost her husband after a great physical battle resulting from a stroke.  Too young!  Too soon!  But God had a plan, and their whole family was such a sweet testimony of God's strength and grace through it all.  Often in her updates on his condition, she often shared a song and what it had meant to her that day.

When I saw Sweet n Sassy Stamps' Hymn Blocks set, and I knew I wanted to get it and would use it often, so I ordered it.  When I needed to make her family a card, I knew I needed to use that set.   It has phrases from 6 songs, but I used "It Is Well."

I made it into an easel card...

Here's the inside...

Supplies...
~Sweet n Sassy Stamps Hymn Blocks
~Prima Nature Garden DP
~Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics
~Spellbinders Classic Squares Small
~Spellbinders Celebra-tions Pierced Squares
~DIY Delights lace tape
~TH distress ink
~Cuttlebug  Teresa Collins Timeless EF
~Memory Box Virtuoso Music die
~Recollections flowers
~the Paper Studio doily
~twine
~Die-Namites Budding Branch die
~Inside rubber sentiment from ??
~"Praying..." digital sentiment


Challenges...
Scrapy Land #78 - anything goes w/ die brand sold at SL (Spellbinders, Memory Box, Die-Namites)
Word Art Wednesday #310-311 - anything goes w/ uplifting sentiment
Crafty Gals Corner #151 - anything goes
4 Crafty Chicks #379 - anything goes
Southern Girls - anything goes
Crafty Girls Creations #42 - anything goes


Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Pirate birthday

Here's a birthday card made for a little friend of ours.  This piggy pirate is adorable!! :)

My image is Dearie Dolls Piggy Pirate.  My DP is DCWV All About Boys.  My sentiment is Raisin Boat "You Said It" stamped in Versafine Onyx and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.


Challenges...
Craftaholics R Us #31 - pirates
Crafty Animals #5 - anything goes *must include animal (mine is a pig)
Crafty Gals Corner #135 - bingo #4 (I did buttons or bows/free/sentiment)
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - for a child
Creative Knockouts #206 - card for a child
Di's Digis Challenge - just add water (ocean and waves on my background paper)
Cute Card Thursday #490 - embossing (I heat embossed my sentiment)

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Happy anniversary - AIMPDC21

Well, I'm not starting September off very well!  This post should have been up this morning.  My daughter left for college early, so we were up and off to the airport at 3:30 AM.  I intended to come home, nap, and then finish my post.  I've been in such a brain fog from getting up at 3 (my nap was only about an hour!), that this never crossed my mind as I've gone through my day... until now, so that's my long story about this later-than-it-should-be post! 

Since it's the first of the month, it's time for Doodle Pantry's Ants In My Pantry Digital Challenge over at the Doodle Pantry Blog.  Play along with any digital image for your chance to win!!  If you use a DP image, you have a chance to be the "pantry pick"!  Here's my card...

Supplies...
Doodle Pantry Forget Me Nots Color Plus
DP is Marcella by Kay (really old!!)
Doodlebug Designs white sprinkles
Recollections paper rope
CottageCutz stitched rectangles


Challenges...
Creative Moments #101 - anything goes w/ optional twist of wedding/anniversary
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
Crafty Gals Corner #87 - anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #246-247 - anything goes/family friendly


Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Poppy prayers - AIMPDC 19 + new releases

Happy Canada Day, Canadians!!!   (I recently saw a sweatshirt that I need...  "You can take the girl out of Canada, but you can't take the Canada out of the girl"!  Love it!!)
Happy July 1st to the rest of you! ;)

Since it's the 1st, it's time for another Ants In My Pants Digital Challenge!  Visit us on the DP blog.  Make any creation using a digital image and play along!

Today, Laurie has some new releases for you, too!!  (See more details below)

Here's my card...

My image is from Doodle Pantry Poppies.  The sentiment is from Assemble Together.  They are cut out using Spellbinders Petite Ovals, Petite Scalloped Ovals, and Labels 18.  The corner flourish is Spellbinders Die D-Lites Antique Corner.  My DP is Prima Epiphany.  The ribbon, flower, and brad are from my stash. 

Be sure to visit the Doodle Pantry store to see today's new releases!!  There is Horses 2 and 6, Horses 4 and 5, Joyful Pig {these are all from the carousel sets but without the "dressing"}, Dream Catcher Color Plus, and Picnic Birdie.   You can check them out HERE.



Challenges...
Crafty Gals Corner #78 - anything goes
Creative Knockouts #148 - all about flowers
Crafty Girls Creations #22 - anything goes
Cuttlebug Mania - Midsummer (use flowers or wreath)
Word Art Wednesday #236-237 - anything goes/family friendly

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Hello

Today's card is just a simple "hello" note card...

I used Doodle Pantry's Asian Plants.  The sentiment (sorry it's almost hid with my watermark!!) is Just Rite Greetings From London.  My DP was scraps.   The image was cut and embossed with Spellbinders Petite Ovals.

Challenges...
Addicted To Stamps and More #191 - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
Crafty Gals Corner #69 - anything goes
Creative Knockouts #139 - lots of layers
Creative Moments #92 - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Bug me anytime...

I've got a cute bug to show you.  Not a creepy crawly bug, but a VW Bug!!  Or "Fusca" if you're in Brazil. :)

Doodle Pantry is sponsoring Creative Knockouts Challenge this week that has a "humorous" theme.  My card's not technically funny, but it is kind of "punny."  :)

My DP is AC My Baby.  I used a Sizzix banner die and a Momenta arrow die.  My image and sentiment are cut out with Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B.  That image is from Classic Bug & Gas Can.


Challenges...
Creative Moments #91 - anything goes w/ optional make it funny
Tuesday Throwdown #289 - use die cuts
Creative Card Crew #110 - die cut
Inspiration Destination #81 - anything goes
Crafty Gals Corner #67 - die cuts or punches


Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!