Get Well/Stampin Queen's Sketch

I am so excited that I got to play last night!  It seemed like forever since I put my hands on paper!  Hasn't really been that long, but when you are a stampin' addict, you just miss it if you miss one night. 

This card was inspired by Stampin Queen's Sketch Challenge which I wanted to do as soon as I saw it.  It also gave me the opportunity to use my new white waffle paper and my new hearts embosslits folder.

Here is a side view of the card!

And of course the inside of the card!

I am loving doing the insides of the cards!

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Ain't Love Grand (hostess), Curvy Verses

Card Stock: Melon Mambo, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Cheerful Treat (hostess)

Classic Ink: Concord Crush

Markers for coloring

White Waffle Paper

1 3/4" round punch, 2 1/2" Circle

Circle Cutter for 3" circle

Lace Ribbon Border Punch

Fashionable Hearts embosslits die

Thanks for looking!

Hymn & Scripture Challenge #3 - How Great Thou Art

This has always been one of my favorite hymns!  And, just like everyone else who is doing this challenge, I will probably say that about all the hymns to come.  But this song has always just spoke volumes to me.  "How Great Thou Art" is exactly how I feel each time I see the awesome power of my Lord!  I have seen Him take lives that are so out of control and put them back together again.  I have seen marriages that others thought were doomed put back together again and they in turn are helping others.  I have seen people's lives changed forever.  And in each and every one of these cases I have looked up in awe at my Savior and thought of this song and how great He truly is!

Patter has a wonderful post on this song that you really need to check out!  You can find her post here!  She shares each verse of the hymn and Bible verses that relate to the song.  An inspiring post she has written and will be well worth your time to read. 

The verse I chose to go along with my page today and this hymn is Psalm 59:16, "But I will sing of Your power: Yes, I will sing aloud of Your mercy in the morning; for You have been my defense and refuge in the day of my trouble."  I can look back and see how God has just walked with me and the times that He has carried me and I just can never thank Him enough for all He has done in my family's life and in my life!  Blessing upon blessings has He given me and so many messes He has helped me out of.  I can't help but praise Him and know "How Great Thou Art."

Here is a close up of the verse I chose!

To hear Carrie Underwood and Vince Gill sing this wonderful Hymn, click here!  Just beautiful and as Patter said, grap the tissue!

I pray that if you do not know the peace of God and the Salvation that is offered to us through Jesus, that you would search out someone to tell you about Him and how you can have the peace that surpasses all understanding. 

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life."

John 3:18 "Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son."

Items used for this page are My Digital Studio by Stampin' Up!

Thanks so much for stopping by today and may God wrap His loving arms around you!  Blessings my dear friends!

Dragon Fly or Butterfly Punch Art

This is a card I cased from Pinterest!  As soon as I saw it, I knew I wanted to do one and so here is my version.  Here is the link to the original and I made mine a little different and will probably do some more!  Now where I got it from they called it a Dragon Fly, but to me it looks like a butterfly!  So I guess you could call it either one.

Here is a side view copy!

And the inside!

As you can see, I used the SAB Everyday Enchantment Designer Paper.  You can get it free with a $50 order right now.

Items used are all Stampin Up!

Stamp Sets: Apothecary Art

Card Stock: Poppy Parade, Pool Party, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Everyday Enchantment

Extra Large Heart Punch

Markers

SU Buttons

Corner Rounder Punch

Thanks for looking and have a great evening!

SU LateNightStamper Challenge - Black/White/one other color

Good Monday Morning to you all!  Today our challenge at SULateNightStampers is to make a project using the colors Black and White and One other color!  As you can see, my one other color is red!  I did cheat a little by using some green on the leaves, but I think that will be okay, don't you?  I am loving using my new paper doily sizzix large die!  You can just do so much with it and as soon as I saw the sketch this week from Stampin Queen's Sketch Challenge blog, I knew I would use this paper doily die again.  They actually have two sketches this week, so go take a look!

Here is a front view of this card!

And of course don't forget the inside!

And I even did a close up so you could also see how I used the edgelits and the textured impressions embossing folder.  It is still hard to see, but I tried to get a good shot!

All Items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Bordering on Romance, Teeny Tiny Wishes, God's Blessings (inside)

Card Stock: Textured Whisper White, Basic Black

Designer Series Paper: Pocket Full of Posies

Ink: Black Stazon

Markers for coloring

Finial Press embossing folder

Paper Doily Large Sizzlits Die

Adorning Accents Edgelits Dies

Adorning Accents Testured Impressions Embossing Folder

Thanks for looking and hope you have a fabulous day!

Stamping 411 meets Array of Shunshine

Good morning my cyber friends!  Hope you are having a wonderful weekend!  Mine has been a busy weekend so far as I spent most of my day at church yesterday working on a fund raiser for a special ministry we are starting.  And then back to church this morning to worship my Lord. 

My card today was inspired by the stamping 411 sketch and I actually added a little more bling than I would have as I looked at the wrong challenge for this week for our SULateNightStampers, but that is okay as I do like the outcome.  But now I have to make another challenge for this weeks challenge.  But that just means I get to spend some more time stamping at some point today!

I used a stamp set I had not used yet.  The hostess stamp set "Array of Sunshine" and have decided I really like that set.

Here is a close up of the card!

Here you can see that I stamped the image first on the card stock I would use on the card and then stamped it again and cut it out, popped it up right above the original stamp.  It gives it dimension by doing this way.  The butterflies and pearls were the added bling that I might have left off is I had realized I did the wrong challenge!  But I do love using the pearls and butterflies.

A side view of the card!

And of course the inside of the card!  Can't forget that as I love doing the insides!

All items used are Stampin' Up! except light pink pearls down the middle which were given to me in a blog candy give away by "Nicklenook", aka Nancy!

Stamp Sets: God's Blessings (inside), Array of Sunshine (hostess), Sprinkled Expressions (SAB)

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose

Designer Series Paper: Beau Chateau

Classic Ink: Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose, Soft Suede

3/8" Blushing Bride Pleated Satin Ribbon

1/8" Regal Rose Taffeta Ribbon

Pearl Jewels

Thanks so much for stopping by today and hope you all have a joyful Sunday!

Sale-A-Bration meets ODBD Sketch

Good Morning, I am trying to get this posted before the link runs out to to the sketch for this weeks ODBD Shining the Light Challenge!  This week it was a sketch and I really wanted to use it and got some time to play last night and decided to use my Sale-a-bration paper that I got free!  Gotta love free stuff!  So now you know what inspired this card!  I just fell in love with their sketch.  Not so sure I did it justice, but I did try!

Here is a front view of the card where I did not get the photo real straight, but it gives you more eyes on the brad and ribbon also!

Recipe for this card!  All items Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted!

Stamp Set: ODBD Scripture Collection #1

Card Stock: Poppy Parade, Very Vanilla

Designer Series Paper: Everyday Enchantment

Large Paper Doily Die

Corner Rounder Punch

3/8" Lucky Limeade Ruffled Ribbon

Square Fire Brads

Border Punched ribbon given to me by a friend from one of her giveaways!  Thanks again Nancy!

Rhinestone Jewels

Thanks for looking today and have a great Friday!

Beautiful Wings meets meets blossom punch

How cute is this card and so very simple!  Again I am using the Attic Boutique Designer Paper.  Love that paper!  This card was inspired by a challenge over at Our Daily Bread Designs Forum.  The challenge was clean and simple and here is what Molly said "For this month's CAS Challenge, create a card, tag, scrapbook page or altered item using only yellow and white... OK, you can use blue or black ink... but your main colors should be yellow and white!".  Do now you see where my inspiration came from.  And, after doing this card, I think I could be partial to yellow and white!

Here is a front on view which I started not to post as it actually shows that I stamped the scripture a tad off centered!

Here is the recipe for this card!  All items Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted!

Stamp Set: ODBD Scripture Collection 4

Card Stock: Whisper White, Textured Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Attic Boutique

Basic Black and Daffodil Delight (for sponging) classic ink

Blossoms Punch

Beautiful Wings embosslits die

1" circle punch

Pearl Jewels

The lace ribbon border was sent to me by a dear friend and was part of some blog candy I received.  Thanks Nancy!

Wish Big!

Well I am so excited to be able to share this card with you today!  It was actually inspired by two challenges.  One was the Try Stampin' On Tuesday Sketch which I loved, and the other was the SUO (Stampin' Up! Only) challenge blog where you were to use your favorite item in the new occasions mini catalog!  Well can you guess what my favorite item in the mini was?  Yes, it was the Designer Series Paper "Attic Boutique" and then I cheated a little and used my second favorite which was the Framelits Labels Collection which you see in the center!

No only did I use the Designer Paper on the outside of the card, I used it on the inside.

Usually in a pack of DSP paper, I have maybe a few of them I like, but I must say I love each sheet of this Designer Paper.  I guess it is just my taste!

Here is a side view of the card!

I hope you enjoyed your time with me today and please come back tomorrow!

All items used are Stampin Up!

Stamp Sets: Word Play (front), Happiest Birthday - hostess (inside)

Card Stock: Whisper White, Soft Suede

Designer Series Paper: Attic Boutique

Labels Collection Framelits

Basic Pearls Jewels

God's Blessings Baby Card

I guess I am into baby cards this week as this is the second since Saturday!  You never know, they may just start springing up everywhere!  Actually what inspired this card is the Sketch Frenzy Friday.  I was excited to be able to use the new sizzlits die called "Paper Doily."  It is so pretty and I used the Nursery Nest Designer Series Paper. 

Here is a close up of the card!

And, a side view!

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Set: God's Blessings

Card Stock: Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Perfect Plum

Designer Series Paper: Nursery Nest

Paper Doily Large Sizzlits Die

2 1/2" circle punch, 2 3/8" scallop circle punch, Word Window Punch

Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder

Thanks for looking!  Enjoy your day!

 

SULNStampers Challenge - Valentine/Love

This week our Challenge at SULateNightStampers is Valentine/Love!  So since I do not send a lot of valentine cards, I decided to make a card that could be used for a wedding card!  And, here it is!

So I punched out two hearts from the designer Series Paper (DSP) and 1 out of the Shimmery White Card Stock.  Adhered a piece of the DSP to the card base which I embossed by running through the big shot with the finial press embossing folder.  Attached the ribbon and it is done.  How cool is that. 

Here is a side view of the card!

And the inside of the card, which I am unsure of the verse I may put here if I do use it for a wedding card!

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Set: Grateful Greetings

Card Stock: Shimmery White

Designer Series Paper: Pocketful of Posies

Full Heart Punch

5/8" Organza Whisper White Ribbon

Thanks so much for looking and hope you have a wonderful day!

 

Hymn and Scripture Challenge #2 - Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus

Good Sunday Morning everyone!  I am so excited to be able to share my next Hymn and Scripture Challenge with you!  The Hymn that Patter chose this time is "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus."  And what a beautiful hymn it is!  To see Patter's post and to join her in this new year's Scripture Challenge see her post of Challenge 2 here! Such a wonderful write up she posted and one you must read.

My page is a little feminine, but I just wanted to show so much how this song spoke to me and it was meant just for me this week.  Why, because when we keep our eyes on Jesus, then we will keep ourselves in His will and in His Word and the peace that comes from Him is unbelievable! I just love reading the Bible as it teaches me each and every time I open it.  The verse I chose for this challenge is: "So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.  2 Corinthians 4:18."  You see we have to keep our eyes focused on heaven since that is our eternal home.  We might not see him daily face to face, but I assure you that I feel him daily walking with me and showing me what is right and what is wrong and giving me the strength and courage to continue on!  He can do the same for you!  Here is a beautiful rendition of this beautiful song!  

So here is my page and hope you enjoy it!

Thanks for stopping by today!  

My Digital Studio by Stampin' Up! was used to make this page!

Baby Card for Twins

Well I had a wonderful day doing a stamp crop with some of the people I stamp with all the time.  We all left feeling as if we had accomplished so much.  And, they made much more than I did, but I worked on My Digital Studio.  Which got a lot accomplished, but did not leave with the cards or scrapbook pages they had in hand.  But this one card I did for my granddaughter's teacher who is having twins and will be leaving next week.  So she wanted to give her a card.

This card was inspired by the stamping 411 sketch challenge today!  I actually used 3 different stamps for it and also added the "X2" on the middle circle.  I didn't know what else to do and I think it looks fine.  When my 1st grade granddaughter saw it, she just smiled which made me happy because that meant she really liked it.

Here is a side view of the card!

Yes, these little twins are just adorable aren't they!  Thanks for looking!

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Baby Talk (retired), Cuddles and Tickles (retired), Bear Hugs

Card Stock: Pink Pirouette, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Nursery Nest

3/8" Pink Pirouette Pleated Satin Ribbon

1" punch, 2 3/8" scallop circle punch, 2 1/2" Circle Punch

Blog Candy Winner

Hello all, I just wanted to do a quick post to tell you who won the blog Candy from last weeks post which you can find here!  I had 5 people who answered the question that I asked and then numbered them 1 through 5.  Here are the 5 names in order of post - Glennis, Natalie, Luane, NickelNook, Anonymous - Debra.  And the random org generated # 2 which was Natalie!  Yea Natalie and here is what you won!

Natalie, I will get in touch with you via e-mail to get the information I need!  It is so much fun giving stuff away.  I want to thank Nancy from NickelNook for getting me started with this!  Now I will have another post ready here shortly, but for now hope you all have a wonderful evening!  Blessings to all!

January Workshop

Hello all and welcome to my January Workshop!  Well at least to the items we made at our workshop.  First of all I would like to share with you the original layout for the workshop and then it grew to 11 people and I had to rethink the colors I was going to use as I did not have 11 12X12 daffodil delight card stock.  So anyway, I went ahead and decorated this page with the photos from the Taylor Swift concert I went to with my two Daughters and two granddaughters!  I really wanted a wow page since it was for Morgan's birthday and Taylor Swift is a WOW performer, so I did add some bling to it.  So here is the page!  So hard to get a good photo on a 12X12 layout.

So now here is the actual page we did at the workshop with the colors I had enough of!

My dear husband seemed to like these colors better than the yellow!  But that is a man for you! lol

So once we finished with the scrapbook page we went on to make a simple card! Now I did make one change and that was to use Textured Card Stock instead of the plain for the workshop.

Here is a side view of this card!  Still got to do the inside!

Will still need to finish the inside at some point this weekend, but I do love it and love those new framelits.

And, last but not least is the hostess gift.  It is a little bright, but what I was doing was showing the group all the different sizes that come with the Labels framelits.  So I used a color family group to do this.  Also she can use these again, as I added very little adhesive.  Inside the envelopes are some of the new items in the occasions mini that I thought she would enjoy.  4 of the Paper Doily (sizzix large die) the blossoms punch flowers, and the new hearts embosslits. 

Thanks so much for looking and hope you enjoy your evening!

Footprints - Watercoloring

I got this stamp set for Christmas and had not used it yet and was so excited to be able to use it today!  I would love to create a canvas with it and that is one of the reasons for purchasing it, but have not gotten around to that as of yet.  With this one, I was inspired by the shining the light challenge over at Our Daily Bread Designs Blog which was to create a card or project using three items, tools or embellishments beginning with three of the letters in the word "W-I-N-T-E-R-" So mine was W-Watercolor, I-Ink, N-New Stamp Set, T-tearing.  And, it was so easy to do!  I was so excited when it was finished.

Here is a close up of the words and the tearing and sponging!

Here is the inside of the card!

And a close up of the poem, Footprints!

Decided since I had started the tearing and sponging on the outside, I would continue on the inside!

Thanks so much for looking today and hope you have a great day!

Items used are:

Stamp Set: ODBD Footprints in the Sand

Card Stock: (all SU) Crumb Cake, Marina Mist, Very Vanilla

Classic Ink:SU Chocolate Chip

SU Water Color Paper

SU Water Color Pencils

SU Aqua Painter