Magical Mermaid and Sea Life

Hi everyone, and hope you are all doing well.  I am back with two cards for you today.  The first card is for the challenges at the following places. First of all The Paper Players sketch! Second, The color throw down challenge.  And, finally Stampin Up Only challenge, which is designers choice. So with this card I water colored the paper and then black embossed all the stamping.

I am loving this stamp and the many different things you can do with it.

Now for my second card which is just an add on, is made by using the By The Tide stamp set.  I also used the oval dies to make the sponging for the sea life.

So there you have it. Hope I have inspired you today.  Thanks for stopping by.

Color Throw Down Challenge #594

Happy Saturday everyone. I found this challenge (again) this morning and decided to make a card for it and then decided to make another, so I have two cards to share with you.  I actually played with Color Throw Down way back when I was stamping a lot and loved doing the color challenges.  Color challenges can give you a lot of inspiration.

For the first card I used the stamp set Butterfly Basics and the dies that go with it.  As I said in my last post, this is one of my favorite stamp sets. It is so versatile and the dies are fantastic.  So here is my butterfly card.

Now here is my second card and for this one I used the old stamp set Motorcycle.  This is always a good card for a man and a woman. I have a good friend that just finally sold her pink motorcycle and now just rides with her husband.  But I do love this old standbys stamp.

Please let me know what you think.  Enjoyed playing today!

Thanks for stopping by!

Butterfly Basics-Retro Rubber Challenge Blog

Hope everyone is doing well. I used one of my old time favorite stamp sets today to make this card for this weeks Retro Rubber Challenge.  There challenge was Tic Tac Toe and you had to choose 3 in a straight line, tic tac toe style.  I chose die cut, birthday, and bright colors.  This is just my style.  Another reason for playing this challenge is most of my stamps are over a year old and that is one of the rules. I think Butterfly basics is around 3-5 years old, maybe older.  For the bright colors, I used Melon Mambo (one of my favorite colors) and gum ball green. There were spots I double stamped off the paper to lighten the color some, but they are the only two colors I used. I also used the bold butterfly framelits for the butterfly.  So now for the card!

Thanks so much for stopping by today and please check out the Retro Rubber Challenge Blog.

Enjoy your Memorial Day weekend.

Uplifting Card

This weeks Stampin Up Only Challenge is to Celebrate Women.  Well I was looking at my punches and I saw my old bird punch and decided to use it along with another punch to highlight the sentiment of one of the stamps in The Rose Wonder set.  What a beautiful set it is, even though I only used one of them.  It is actually one of my favorite stamp sets.  I also stamped flowers in black on a white paper for the background using the stamp set Secret Garden and even added color over them by sponging. So without further ado, here it is.

If you use Stampin Up, please try out this challenge and do a card for a beautiful lady in your life.  We all need some uplifting right now and what better way to celebrate a friend than to send a card.  Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Birthday Gorgeous

Hi everyone, I am back with a card for this weeks Paper Players Challenge.  I love a good color challenge and this one worked great for a card I wanted to make for a friend of mine.  Colors for the challenge were pool party, melon mambo and apple green.  I did not have the apple green, so I used the gum ball green.  Stamp set used was Beautiful You by Stampin Up and used the balloon punch.  I also used one of the stamps to make the design paper.

Don’t you just love this stamp-set?   Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a beautiful day. Stay Home and stay safe!

The Paper Players - PP488 sketch challenge

Hi everyone and I am back Playing with the Paper Players blog challenge today.  It was a sketch and I decided to repurpose a card a friend sent to me.  I just loved the art and wording on it, so, why not share with someone else.  And since it was sitting on my desk this morning when I went and looked at the challenge, it just seemed right.  I am a stickler for not throwing anything away I might be able to use in my card making and that can be dangerous. Haha.  Just so I don't do anything wrong, on the back of her card, it said, “Original Art by Jane Shasky.”  So if you want to look her up you can.  Now here is my card fir this challenge!

Decided to emboss the yellow paper with an old embossing folder I got way back when i began stamping.   Not sure of name, but I do love it. 

Thanks for stopping by and hope you stay safe in your home!  Also, repurpose those cards! 

Suo only challenge-Happy Birthday

There is a new challenge over at Stampin Up Only challenge blog. For this challenge we were to make a birthday card. Sitting there on my table was the Create A Cupcake stamp set, so I Thought just use that.  And as I was going through my embossing folders, I found the SU Confetti Embossing folder and it had never been used.   Also, the center of the confetti embossing folder was an oval, so I used the Oval dies.  So, here is the outcome!

Thanks for stopping by, now go get those old stamps, dies, punches, and embossing folders out and make some cards.

The Paper Players: PP487-CAS with sparkle

was excited to stamp today and was looking for a challenge and happened to find this great challenge over at The Paper Players blog.  As I had already pulled out one of my old stamps (Motorcycle) again, I decided to use it to make yet another card and use it for this challenge for a CAS card and add some sparkle.  So here is my challenge card!

For this I used the red sparkle paper for the pennant, so cute!

Here is the first card I made and definitely like the one above better.

Thanks so much for stopping by and take out those stamps and get to work. 

Owl Punch, Using Old Stuff

Well, saw my owl punch sitting on my shelf and thought wow let me use that old punch.  I had seen something like this on Pinterest so thank you Pinterest for the idea.  I also used a die cut I got at A C Moore ( hate they are going out of business) for very little, a Love Nichole feather die.  It seemed to match the theme of the card.  Alway remember to look at the old stuff. You can really make some great cards out of them.  Sentiment came from an old stamp-set by SU called Happiest Birthday Wishes.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful Monday!

Stampin Up Only Challenge, Embossing

Well here I am again. how great is that. I am playing almost everyday with my stamps for at least 30 minutes or so.  I am just looking at my stamps and picking one.  Here is one I used called Apothecary Art, and then I water colored the flowers with a blending pen. tThe sentiment in the middle came from  Messages for Mom, another old stamp set.  I then used an embossing folder from Stampin Up, unsure of name, ran it through the big shot and then ran my white ink pad over the top.  You  just got to love it.  Thought this card would be great to send out for some encouragement right now.  

I am using this card for the Stampin Up Only challenge.  Hope you enjoy!

Hope you have a wonderful and blessed day!

Stampin up only challenge

Hi everyone! I’m back again with a card I created for the stampin up only challenge.  How great is that. Been a while since I did any challenges and this stay at home quarantine has got me stamping again.  Something I have always loved.

There challenge for this was a sketch challenge using one of the cards from the SU spring catalogue on page 42. I am so happy with the way this turned out. Here is my card using the butterfly dies and of course some old DS paper I had.  Sentiment came from stamp set six sided sampler.

Unsure of how this was going to turn out, but I love it.

Thanks for stopping by on this beautiful Easter Weekend.

Lots of Stamping Going On!

During this Season in our lives, I seem to be reaching out to God even more so.  I love my Lord, but I think we seem to not pray or seek Him as much or praise Him when we are fine, no sickness, and everything is great.  So it really makes us think about how faithful God is to us all the time. He loves us even when we are slack.

Since we are quarantined to our homes right now and doing social distancing, I have also been stamping quite a bit over the last week.  I forgot the joy it brings to me.  Thankful God slows us down to bring joy into our lives.

I actually joined in on the Sweet ‘n Sassy Birthday weekend honoring Korin, owner of Sweet ‘n Sassy.  It was a blast.  I did some techniques I had not done in ages or at all.  Here are some of the cards I did.

Sponging inside and out

Using all my scraps, inside and out

Make a card with a pocket on it. Inside and out.

Paper piecing, loved it!

Color challenge

Acrylic Paint Swiping (so much fun)

Ink Blending on the butterflies! Loved doing this.

Ok, there you have it. My weekend fun! Hope you enjoyed looking and remember that God loves you and is still in control.  I am praying for our world and leaders during this time of uncertainty. May God heal our Land!

Birthday Cards for Grandkids

I had someone remind me last night that I had not posted in a while.  Well, when I retired in June I planned on doing a lot of posting and that has not worked out.  So I thought today would be a beginning maybe to a new start on my blog.  Here are two cards that I did for my grandson and granddaughters birthdays.

Ansley turned 4 and I used an old stamp set by stampin up called Pretty Princess.

For Nathan's birthday I used the Balloon Pop-up Thinlits die from Stampin Up.  This created a shaker fun shaker card.

Thanks for stopping by and hopefully will be adding more as we go along.

Glory Art Rewind 2018 - Strength

What a great way to share the strength that God has given me than through Isaiah 40:31.  That is the topic for the April Challenge that Patter posted, and you can find her post here.  You should stop by and read her post as she is such a great writer and always challenges me to work harder on my devotions.  And now that I am retired, yes tomorrow will be 2 weeks, I plan on working more in my devotions and even spreading my wings a little more with these challenges.

Again, I chose Isaiah 40:31 to be my focal point for this challenge as it has always been a verse I would go to when I felt down or troubled. It always reminded me to wait upon the Lord and He would strengthen me and with everything going on in my life, I would not be weary or faint.

 but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with 

wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

How awesome is our God that he already knows there are going to be times in our lives when we need the strength that only comes from Him.  I am so thankful to be a part of His family.

Here is my bible journaling for Strength!

For this page, I used the ODB stamp set On Eagles Wings.  For the scripture I used Stampin' Up! markers to color the scripture and then stamped it.  I also used a cloud punch and then using SU inks, I sponged clouds all around the page.  I stamped the eagle and colored it with Faber Castle Artist Pens.  It really turned out great and I owe it all to another person's journaling I found on Pinterest.  You can find her post here. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today and hope I have helped to bless you in some way.  It is only through my faith in Jesus Christ. 

Glory Art Rewind 2018 - Religion

Happy Monday everyone.  I took a few minutes yesterday to do some journaling in my bible.  I am trying to do the Glory Art Rewind 2018 challenge that Patter Cross does and wow, what a great one for this month of April.  Her post is a must see and read for this one.  You can find it here.

 

When I was reading the verse that I underlined below, it just spoke to me regarding this subject and that I (we) have to be very careful of what I hear and believe an even listen too. There are many religious people out there that know the bible, but do no know the Jesus of the Bible.  I try to always go to God's word when things might not sound right, the truth will come from God's Word.  I pray that the Holy Spirit will give me discernment to make the right decisions on what God is speaking to me.  There are many false prophets out there and if I am not walking in Him (Jesus), rooted in Him, built up in Him and established in His faith, I will not be able to discern what is right and what is wrong.  Here is the verses I underlined.

 

 

It also showed me that it is not about Religion, where I go to church or what denomination I am, it is about an intimate relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ.  When you have that relationship with Jesus, when you know Him intimately, you will be able to discern what is right and what is not.  I am growing each and every day in His Word and in Him.  It is not an easy journey folks, but it is a rewarding journey. 

 

Below is my journaling for this challenge.

 

Thanks for stopping by to see me and hope you are blessed today.

 

Items Used:

Rose Garden thinlit by Stampin Up! (cut out and then used as a stencil)

Stampin Up! ink: Red Rose, Pink Pirouette

Printed word art

stickers