Little Loud Stamps

Well, I started this the end of October and here we are November 23rd. Oct. 31st we left for a week in Fairmont, BC for a nice quiet, restfull time. Half way through our stay I came down with the horrid flu. I ached all over, I was weak, vomiting, high fever (105) and generally felt horrid. Came home and it has taken till just recently to feel like I am getting back to normal. One of the worst things of this whole episode was the rash I developed basically all over my body. I was a nice bright red and blotchy. Then I started to peel. It was not a pretty sight! Thank goodness most of the peeling is done and I am not red anymore. I swear I glowed in the dark. lol

So now, it is time to get back on track. These cards are all made with the new release from PaperWorks Co. which has exclusive right to the Little Loud Stamps. They are so cute, I love them. I didn't order the whole set but when my order arrived Peggy had thrown in 2 more to give me the complete set. What a sweetie she is!


I love this image. The image is colored with Copics markers. I added frosted lace stickles for the snowfall. The designer paper is from Basic Grey.

Little snow angels. What fun that was when I was a little kid! Once again, used frosted lace Stickles for the snow, and colored with Copics. Added some bling ribbon and a candy cane.

Not sure who is more tangled in the lights! Used glitter gel pens for the lights and colored with Copics.

Christmas morning and all the presents! The trim on the hat is frosted lace Stickles and the balls and tree trim are done with glitter gel pens.

Christmas Eve and the plate of cookies for Santa. What a fun, exciting time Christmas is, especially when there a little children around. But, we really must remember that the birth of Jesus is the real reason for the season.

Thank you for bearing with me in my sporadic posting. I will post each time I make a new card.

Blessing to you all,

Faith

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today is Thanksgiving Day here in Canada. I do believe we have much to be thankful for and I also believe every day should be a day of giving thanks to God for all He blesses us with. We had our dinner yesterday with all except 2 of our family. What a blessing that was! There is nothing I enjoy more than being surrounded by my family.
All of these cards were made in September and yes, I know it is terrible, I am just now posting them. Please forgive me, but I have been quite busy.

This one was for a color challenge. We had to use spooky colors like purple, black, green. I love this set from Stampin Up.









This is a very simple card to make. The image is stamped on white and the edges are punched with a Martha Stewart border punch. Used Copics to color and added the snowflake, brad and ribbon.











I needed another Sympathy card, too many of them lately. The image is stamped with versamark and heat embossed with gold embossing powder and lightly colored. Nestibilities, Cuttlebug and swiss dots folder were used as well as a Fiskars corner punch.






















This was for one of Stef's amazing inspiration challenges. I don't know how she keeps coming up with these amazing websites. I love the simplicity of this card. The colors are white and tango tangerine. The bird is cut out and popped up on dimensionals.


For a sketch challenge. The cardstock is from Bazzil and the designer paper is Basic Grey. Image is Stampin up and colored with watercolor crayons and blender pen. Added some dewdrops and twine.








Another inspiration challenge that gave me the opportunity to use my new Nestibilities Pendant. Base is gold metallic, topped with razzleberry cardstock that has been dry embossed. Added pearl halves to center of pendant and the hearts. The ribbon was off a package I received over a year ago and was a perfect match for the cardstock.













This was a case of a card done by the Featured Stamper of the week. The tree and spiders are made with the Cricut Expressions. The orange is dry embossed with the pumpkin folder. The 3" card is also made with my Cricut. It is black with an orange layer inside that highlights the cut out spider.








Peggy at Paperworks Co. in Edmonton has come out with the cutest stamp sets. These are from the Jungle Jesters set. They are colored with Copics, cut out and popped up on dimensionals. Found some fibre to use for the vines and added a couple of butterflies. Colors are razzleberry, crushed curry and black.













Another of the Jungle Jesters cuties.

There are 2 other sets: Safari Friends and Aqua Amigos, all just as cute as these.









This brings me up to date for September's cards. Next I will post what I have done so far in October. Be sure and check out the other blogs I have listed. These are some very talented ladies that love sharing their talents.
Blessings to all,
Faith

Ooodles of Cards

Because I haven't posted in a long time I am doing all in this one post. I don't know where the time has gone. It seems like summer just started and here we are moving into fall and the kids back to school.

White and tangerine tango are the colors. The white layer has been run through the Cuttlebug using the houndstooth folder.

Monochromatic card using close to cocoa and creamy caramel. The large butterfly is stamped on velum with versamark and close to cocoa, then heat embossed and cut out.

This card is basically made using diecuts. I have Cricut Expression and all the flowers, wheelbarrow and leaves were cut out with it. The fence is a Martha Stewart border punch.


My sweet, sassy kitty! This stamp is from Cornish Heritage Farms and is colored using Copics markers.

A one layer card. You stamp the image in the center and use a Nesties to make a mask and sponge or stipple around the edge. Remove mask and you have a frame for your image.

Scrapples are those pieces that are left over from projects. Usually 1.5" x 5". They make great gift tags, small thank you cards, etc.

This card is made using some of the new In Colors from Stampin Up. They are so bold and bright. I love them. Melon Mango, Bermuda Bay and Crushed Curry.

Color challenge and sketch challenge. Old olive, elegant eggplant, black.

This is one of my favorites. The image is a Thomas Kinkaid stamp from Cornish Heritage Farms. I colored with with watercolor crayons and a blender pen. The cardstock of razzleberry and white.

I think that has me pretty well up to date. I won't be making cards today or tomorrow as I go to Calgary to the Tom Baker Cancer Clinic for my twice a year check. God has been so good. I haven't had to have any treatments and I know it is because He is in control.

Have a super weekend and give thanks to God for His mercies!

Blessings,

Faith

Bellacor Red & Gold

I am so thrilled with this card. It came out just like I pictured in my mind, which is a rare occurrence. This was for the Inspiration challenge. We had to visit the Bellacor Vases site and choose one vase that we were inspired by and I chose this one:

http://www.bellacor.com/productdetail/60233.htm

Isn't it gorgeous?

The base of the card is black. The next layer is whisper white which I then stamped using versamark ink and the French Flair bg and heat embossed with gold ep. Then I sponged all over with real red until I got the effect I wanted. Cut a strip of black, stamped with versamark and Baroque Motifs stamp and once again heat embossed with gold ep. Used Nestibilities die cuts to make 2 circles. The black I went around the edge with a gold metallic pen. Used the butterfly stamp from Embrace Life, gold embossed, sponged with real red and cut out. Added half pearls and a glue dot to attach to the circle. The circle is on dimensionals. I wish you could see it in real life, it has such a rich, elegant look.

Ingredients:

Stamps: French Flair, Baroque Motif, Embrace Life

Paper: basic black, whisper white

Ink: Versamark, real red

Accessories: heat tool, gold ep, Nestibilities die-cuts, Cuttlebug, dimensionals, sheer red ribbon

Well, I believe I once again am caught up. Hopefully I can keep it that way.

Blessings,

Faith

Sick Riley

Riley is just the cutest little guy, but right now he isn't feeling so good, so hopefully this card will cheer him up. That and a little prayer.

The image is colored with Copic markers and then I added green gel glitter dots to the bedding. The circles were cut out with the coluzzle. Image is on dimensionals, added dewdrops and flower with green rhinestone brad. Do you think this will make him feel better?

Ingredients:

Stamps: Hanna stamps - Riley

Paper: barely banana, certainly celery, whisper white cs, SU designer paper.

Ink: Stazon black

Accessories: Copics markers, MS diamond border punch, Coluzzle circles, gel glitter pen, dewdrops, flower, rhinestone brad, dimensionals

Be Grateful

The Featured Stamper was Teresa Kline (va sunshine) and this is the card I decided to case.
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1325061?&cat=500&ppuser=141637
What am amazing gallery, so much to choose from. I changed the colors, the stamps, and the designer paper.
This card is pretty self-explanatory so I won't go into details. I love the warm fall feel and softness.

Ingredients:
Stamps: Flourishes - Autumn Leaves
Paper: SU chocolate chip, really rust, whisper white. Sprout designer paper
Ink: only orange, really rust
Accessories: SU scallop border punch
SU scallop circle punch, dimensionals, paper flower, brads, sponge

Oven Mitts

Strange title for a card! This was for the Inspiration Challenge 191.

The inspiration came from a selection of aprons, oven mitts and towels. I took mine from an oven mitt that you can find by clicking this link:http://www.heavenlyhostess.com/potholder_sole.html

I made the sunflower with alternating layers of summer sun and brilliant blue cs that was diecut with Nestibilities. Each layer is on dimensionals. Used yellow stickles around the center of the flower. The background is whisper white stamped with Basic Grey Poms in summer sun, pixie pink, really rust and old olive for the leaves. Added a polka dot sheer yellow ribbon. It is bright, colorful, and cheerful.

Ingredients:

Stamps: Basic Grey - Poms

Paper: SU summer sun, brilliant blue, whisper white

Ink: summer sun, pixie pink, really rust, old olive

Accessories: Nestibilities circles, Cuttlebug, yellow stickles, dimensionals, ribbon

Catch up Time Again

Why am I always playing the catch-up game? I must get myself in hand and post as soon as I have finished a card.
This was a fun card to make for the Ways To Use It challenge. We had to use die-cuts and only one stamped image.
Out came the Cricut Expressions and the My World cartridge. I cut out the ship in choc. chip and then the layer for the sails in white. Tore a couple pieces of bashful blue for the ocean waves and put the ship in between the strips. Added some white liquid applique to the wave tops. The base is a piece of SU specialty designer paper, which I absolutely love. The cute whale is from the new Papworks Co. Aqua Amigos set. He is colored with Copics and on dimensionals. Very fun, easy card to make.

Ingredients:
Stamps: Paperworks Co. Aqua Amigos
Paper: bashful blue, whisper white, chocolate chip cs, SU specialty designer paper
Ink: Stazon black, Copics markers
Accessories: Cricut Expressions, My World cartridge, liquid applique, dimensionals, large brad

Four New Cards

Happy Saturday! Today is the day I get all caught up posting my cards. Yippee!

This card was made for a color challenge, one that I found very difficult to do. We had to use
pretty in pink, really rust, and night of navy. The pink base was run through the Cuttlebug with the divine swirls folder. The navy strip is punched using the SU scallop border punch. The image is on whisper white and really rust that was die-cut with Nestibilities labels. Image is colored with Prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits and popped up on dimensionals. Added some tiny buttons, brads and ribbon. I still am not sure what I think of this.

Ingredients:

Stamps: Rubbernecker

Paper: pretty in pink, night of navy, really rust, white

Ink: Stazon black, night of navy

Accessories: Cuttlebug, divine swirls folder, scallop oval punch, Nestibilities labels, Prismacolor pencils, mineral spirits, paper stub, dimensionals, buttons, ribbon, brads.

Run for the Hills! For the WT227 we had to use doubles of stamps, or embellishments, ribbons, etc. I have had this set for over a year and never used it so decided this was the time to ink it up. First I versamarked the tall pines and heat embossed with green embossing powder.

I made a mask to create the hills and sky. Lots of sponging! The sky is sponged with yoyo yellow, only orange and really rust, the hills are sponged with creamy caramel and green. I used some of the grass blades from Kitties Kits to stamp on the ground. The bear, boot, weiner on a stick and camp fire were all stamped with basic black and colored with watercolor crayons and a blender pen, then cut out and put on dimensionals. Added some birds and sponged with close to cocoa all around the edges of the card. I had great fun making this card.

Ingredients:

Stamps: Stampin' Up Happy Camper, Lovely as a Tree, Kittie Kits: Cause a Scene

Paper: yoyo yellow, whisper white

Ink: basic black, yoyo yellow, only orange, really rust, creamy caramel, green

Accessories: dimensionals, versamark, heat gun, green embossing powder, sponges, dimensionals

CC229 and SC239

The colors are certainly celery, pixie pink,barely

banana. I think this is a wonderful color combo and is one I never would have thought of. Did a little paper piercing with an Ornare template in the corner, added dewdrops and brads. The image is stamped with certainly celery on whisper white using a bamboo background stamp. The flowers are Poms from Basic Grey. A very simple, quick card to make.

Ingredients:

Stamps: Bamboo bg, Basic Grey Poms

Paper: certainly celery, pixie pink, barely banana, whisper white. Doodlebug designer paper

Ink: barely banana, certainly celery, pixie pink

Accessories: dimensionals, ribbon, brads, dewdrops, Ornare piercing template, piercing tool.

IC189 I loved this inspiration challenge. I chose a handbag called Eco Chic as my inspiration.

The base is cream colored Bazzil cardstock stamped with Distress Tea Dye ink using the linen background stamp.

Always artichoke is the base for the image. The image is stamped with always artichoke on very vanilla. I ran a gold metallic around the edges for a little elegance. The picket fence is a Martha Stewart border punch. The butterfly was stamped with the tea dye ink and colored with an always artichoke marker. Diamond stickles added to the butterfly which was then cut out and popped up on a dimensional. Added some half pearls and this gorgeous sheer green ribbon. I think this is one of my favorite cards.

Ingredients:

Stamps: Embrace Life, Linen background

Paper: Bazzil cream, SU very vanilla, always artichoke

Ink: always artichoke, Distress tea dye

Accessories: dimensionals, marker, gold metallic pen, Martha Stewart picket fence border punch, Basic Grey half pearls, ribbon

Now I can go and make my card for the Limited Supplies challenge. Have a wonderful day in the sunshine!

Blessings,

Faith

Pretty Pansies

Another beautiful sun shiny day in Alberta. The best part is that it isn't extremely hot.

This card was made for a sketch challenge 237 and the color challenge 227. Colors we had to use were Lavender Lace, Barely Banana, Going Grey, Basic black and whisper white. Lavender lace is layered on top of barely banana. The center vertical panel is designer paper layered on barely banana cs. The horizontal strip is barely banana stamped with lavender lace and a border of going grey added along the bottom.

The image is stamped with Stazon black and colored with watercolor crayons and a blender pen. The image is layered on barely banana and lavender lace and popped up on dimensionals. Added some dewdrops.

I love the colors on this card, I think they give a very classy, elegant look to it.

Ingredients:
Stamps: Local King Rubber Stamps
Ink: Stazon black, watercolor crayons
Paper: barely banana, lavender lace, going grey, whisper white cs, designer paper
Accessories: Martha Stewart border punch, blender pen, dewdrops, dimensionals

I hope you are enjoying the sunshine.
Blessings,
Faith

Sympathy

Boy, has it been hot! At least today we have had a break from it. I don't get along with extreme heat so have been like a wrung out dishrag. I really hate to complain because it is so nice to have the sun shining, the flowers and trees blossoming and everything looking so beautiful. This is the time of year that I am in awe of God's beautiful creation.

Along with the good there always comes a little sadness. I made this Sympathy card for my sister-in-law who just lost her father. I am just so thankful that she was home at this time and could be with the family. Donna and my brother are missionaries in Pakistan and were home for a couple of months. They return to Pakistan Aug. 5th.

This card was a real labor of love. All cardstock is from Stampin' Up and the designer paper is from Basic Grey.

The base is elegant eggplant. Orchid opulence was run through the Cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots folder. I used Nestibilities labels for the image. The image was stamped with wasabi green, then used Flower Soft to add texture to the bouquet. Also used dots of Opal Pearl Drops and some purple Stickles to fill in the bouquet. Eucalyptus stickles is on the vase. The strip of designer paper and white cardstock were punched using a Martha Stewart border punch. The sentiment was stamped in elegant eggplant on white and layered on eggplant cardstock. Used the corner rounder punch to soften the look. The sentiment and image are popped up on dimensionals. Added some of those gorgeous Basic Grey half pearls. Absolutely love them! I have to say I am very pleased with how this turned out.

Ingredients:

Stamps: Flourishes - Thinking of You

Papers: Stampin' Up elegant eggplant, orchid opulence, whisper white cardstock, Basic Grey designer paper.

Ink: wasabi green, elegant eggplant

Accessories: Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots folder, Nestibilities Labels, Martha Stewart border punch,

Flower Soft, Opal Pearl Drops, eucalyptus and purple Stickles, dimensionals, Basic Grey half pearls

Enjoy your day.

Blessings,

Faith

Sage Harmony

My oh my! I have been very lax doing my posting so am way behind. I better pull up my socks and get my rear in gear. lol It is summer time though and often the outside calls so strongly, I just can't ignore it. Also my 11 year old grandson is here every day now that school is out, but that still is not a good enough excuse. He has been spending most of the time in Poppa's shop learning how to make a knife and is doing a super job! He is so excited, can't believe he actually has done this by himself.

This card was made for a sketch challenge. The base is white but the top and bottom sections have been sponged with pretty in pink and sage shadow. The striped panel is a piece of SU designer paper with a piece of pretty in pink cardstock on the top and bottom that I used a Martha Stewart border punch on. On top of that is sage shadow cs and pink dp with a sentiment stamped in sage shadow. The top layer is white on sage shadow and has been stamped several times with pretty in pink. Image is from SU's Happy Harmony.

Added some Basic Grey Opalescence Pearls to finish it. I love these pearls and they come in such beautiful colors.

Ingredients:

Stamps: Happy Harmony

Ink: pretty in pink. sage shadow

Accessories: Basic Grey Opalescent Pearls, Martha Stewart border punch, sponge, dimensionals.

I hope you are having a wonderful, fun filled summer.

Blessings,

Faith

New Bathroom

This is my new bathroom so lovingly built by my DH. This was the last room to be renovated. Yippee! He has done the whole house, plus finished the basement. What a talented guy!
This is a small old house and this bathroom is very tiny, which makes it very difficult to get decent pictures of it. This one shows the wall color, amber sun, and the accessories are rust and white and chrome.

This shows the beautiful tile and glass tile work around the tub and shower and the new medicine chest.

The next one is the sink and cabinet which he built. This is such a wonderful addition to our little home. You wouldn't believe the amount of work he has done over the years, but when you look around there is such a sense of accomplishment and a job well done.

Thank you my love!!!

Blessings to all,

Faith

Pretty Butterflies

I am continually amazed at the beauty of God's creation. Butterflies are a favorite of mine. They are so light, come in a rainbow of beautiful colors, and I get a sense of softness and gentleness from them. To me they are peace, grace and love.

Today's card is a butterfly extravaganza! Wow, that sounds impressive. :)

The Splitcoast color challenge this week was to use tempting turquoise, baja breeze, apricot appeal, and creamy caramel. I have to admit I was not too sure about this combination to start with but now I love it. The base and butterflies are tempting turquoise, the scalloped circles are baja breeze, the plain circles are apricot appeal and the pierced layer is the closest I good get to creamy caramel. (note to self; order creamy caramel). My daughter Yvonne, diamondangelfish, on Splitcoast, introduced me to the Ornare piercing templates so I just had to use one on this card. And it fit perfectly between the circles. The butterflies are all made using the Martha Stewart butterfly punch. Each butterfly is brushed with diamond stickles and clear rhinestones added to the body. Opal pearl drops have been dotted on the scalloped circle edges. Tiny blue rhinestones are added to the center dot of each piercing. I love the sparkle and simplicity of this card. Now for the ingredients.

Ingredients:

Paper: tempting turquoise, baja breeze, apricot appeal, creamy caramel

Ink: none

Accessories: Martha Stewart butterfly punch, SU circle and scalloped circle punch, diamond Stickles, opal Pearl drops, clear and blue self-adhesive rhinestones, dimensionals, Ornare piercing template, piercing tool

Blessings,

Faith

Holidays are Over!

Hello everyone! Yes, I am back after having a wonderful time attending my Nephew's wedding in Kelowna and visiting family and friends in Victoria. Went to Bellingham where my DH went wild in the Grizzly tool shop. We came home with our van loaded with tools! He is one happy camper.
God richly blessed us with great weather and a safe trip. We are so thankful!

The Newlyweds

Beautiful Victoria All gussied up

This is the card I made for the wedding. House Mouse to the rescue!! Aren't they adorable? The base is purely pomegranate, then whisper white that has been put through the Cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots folder. I die cut whisper white using Nestibilities Labels in two different sizes. The top one is sponged around the edges with purely pomegranate and the image was stamped with Stazon black and the colored with SU watercolor crayons and a blender pen. These were put on dimensionals. The ribbon is purely pomegranate run through a Pretties ribbon slide. The flowers and brads also are from the SU Pretties set. I sponged some purely pomegranate on the white flowers and attached with the clear rhinestone brads. The sentiment is from the Anniversary Birds set by Verve Stamps. This also is on dimensionals. I am very happy with the way this turned out.

Ingredients:
Stamps: House Mouse
Verve - Anniversary Birds
Paper: Whisper white, Purely pomegranate
Ink: Stazon black, Purely pomegranate
Accessories: SU watercolor crayons, blender pen, Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots folder, Nestibilities Labels, dimensionals, SU Pretties flowers and rhinestone brads and ribbon slide. sponge.

Enjoy Gods' Creation and have a wonderful day.
Blessings,
Faith

Inspiration

No more complaining from me about the cold weather. It is hot!! This will most likely be my last post for a couple of weeks because we leave on Thursday to attend a wedding and have a bit of a holiday. We will be back the end of June. Tomorrow will be that fun thing called 'packing'.

I am so excited though, our bathroom is completed and I love it. My DH nearly did himself in on this one. We both agree that this is the last project, now he will just do his fun stuff making knives and walking sticks. When I get back I will post some pictures so you can see what a talented guy he is.

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I had so much fun making this card. We had to go to the Lovely Package website and choose an inspiration piece and I chose this package .http://lovelypackage.com/category/confectionery/

Chocolates!! Yummy!! To try and replicate it I went a little wild but I love it for its uniqueness. The base is basic black. Riot of Petals is stamped using Versamark, on whisper white cardstock and then heat embossed with silver embossing powder. Then using a sponge dauber I started working in the four colors I chose. Kiwi Kiss, Only Orange, Real Red and Elegant Eggplant, Basic Black. Once that was done a stamped a small section of the stamp and did the same process, then punched it out with the SU circle scallop punch. Also punched one in whisper white so I could do the spotlight technique. This was put on dimensionals. Added pearls and a sheer varigated ribbon.

Ingredients: Basic black, whisper white cardstock, Versamark ink, silver embossing powder, heat tool, basic black, kiwi kiss, only orange, real red and elegant eggplant ink, sponge dauber, dimensionals, Basic Grey Opaline pearls, variegated sheer ribbon.

I pray that everyone will have a beautiful time over the next two weeks and I will be back to bug everyone once again.

Blessings to all,

Faith

Wedding Explosion Box

THE SUN IS SHINING!!! This year in Alberta that is something to get excited about. Right now it is gorgeous out and everything looks so bright and happy.

This time next week we will be on our way to Kelowna, BC to attend my nephew's wedding on June 20th. With help from his sister I found out the colors and got some recent pictures and started to make my box. I had one partly made and decided it wasn't turning out so started all over from scratch. This one I am happy with.I used white embossed (with hearts) cardstock for all the compenents of the box. Used my Cricut Expressions to cut out the designer paper to make star flowers which then were centered with self-adhesive pearls.

The above picture shows the lid looking down on it. I stuck a piece of styrofoam in the center of the lid and started to add flowers to it. There are 50 small ribbon roses stuck on the sides of the styrofoam and then 8 larger roses and the white flowers with fancy pearl stems. I also made a few stems using sweetpea Flower Soft and added them. I used the Martha Stewart butterfly punch to make butterflies out of some of the designer paper. Tiny pink rhinestones are attached to each butterfly. Small crystal hearts are on each corner. The sides of the lid I used pink glitter cardstock that was punched on both edges with Martha Stewart diamond border punch. Then adhered a pink ribbon rose to the centre.

Above is the inside of the box which when opened up displays 2 layers of 4 pockets in each layer. I used a circle punch to make an opening at the top of each pocket and then used a scallop circle punch for the black accent. On each piece of designer paper there is a piece of white glitter cardstock that has been cut out with the Cricut. Added a pink sheer knotted ribbon to each pocket. The picture in the center is from their wedding invitation. The bottom layer of pockets had different designer paper and wedding rubons. The corners that fold in are 2 different designer papers attached to the cardstock.

Inside each pocket is a card cut out of pink cardstock that has a piece of the lighter designer paper attached and then on top of that there is a picture. There is a different picture in each pocket with one pocket having all of the info regarding their wedding. At the top of each card I attached a jewelled butterfly that makes a great pull out.

To make one of these boxes you would need the templates of which there are four. One for the box, one for the lid, and two for the pockets. This is a project that takes several hours to make but is well worth the time and effort.

Ingredients: templates, 4, 12x12 white embossed sheets of cardstock, 1 small sheet of pink glitter cs, 1 small piece of white glitter cs, 3, 12x12 designer paper, sticky tape, Scorepal, 1 small sheet of black cs, small ribbon roses, medium ribbon roses, white wedding flowers, crystal hearts, pearls, jewelled butterflies, rubons, Cricut Expressions, Martha Stewart diamond border punch, SU circle punch, SU scallop circle punch

I must give a special word of thanks to Loretta (lorettal) for teaching me how to make these.
I have learned so much from Loretta, she is a very special friend.

Happy Stamping!

Faith

Bugs

I hope everyone is having a blessed Sunday! I know the sun is shining somewhere, but I definitely know the Son is shining here.

Yesterday on Splitcoast Steffi had a beautiful inspiration challenge for us. We had to go to the Dazzle Design set and choose from the many beautiful items for our inspiration. The first one I chose was a boy's room with bugs and the second one was a bedding set with Lady bugs. I must have been on some kind of bug juice. :) Anyway the first one did not come up to my expectations but surprisingly enough some people thought it was great. The second one I am much happier with. Here are all the particulars.

IC183

The base is real red. The whisper white has been run through the Cuttlebug using the Swiss Dot folder and a flower edge folder. Then it was punched with the scallop border punch. The images were stamped on whisper white with Stazon black and heat set then colored with Copics. I cut them out and layered on real red squares popped up on dimensionals. The final touch was adding self-adhesive red rhinestones to the flower border. I think it makes a happy, bright, touch of summer card.

Ingredients: Real Red and Whisper white cardstock, Cuttlebug and folders, Copics markers, dimensionals, scallop border punch, self-adhesive red rhinestones.

IC183

First of all I made a magnifying glass by stamping the image in brilliant blue on vellum, then using the Coluzzle I cut the vellum in a circle and cut a piece of the white cs to use as backing, then a circle of only orange to make the rim of the glass. The vellum is turned face down and all layers adhered together. Made my own handle out of choc. chip cardstock. All of this was put on dimensionals. Added a few orange dewdrops and Basic Grey letters to spell the word Bugs. Used the corner rounder punch on three corners.

Ingredients: Basic Grey Dragonfly stamp set, Basic Grey self-adhesive letters, brilliant blue, only orange and whisper white cardstock, vellum, brilliant blue ink, circle Coluzzle, corner rounder punch, dewdrops, dimensionals

Riding Kiwi Tango

Would you believe my furnace is running!!?? It is downright cold today. I am sure we will have frost tonight. Some areas actually had some snow today. I am beginning to think we aren't going to get much warm weather this year. Oh well, it is all according to God's plan, so give thanks.
This card was made for two challenges. I really like to combine the sketch challenge and the color challenge whenever I can. The color challenge is Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red and Tango Tangerine. This is the first card I have made using these colors that I really like. I finally am getting the hang of things and they will be gone in another month.

SC231 & CC221

The base is Kiwi Kiss. The two layers of cardstock for the panels are Riding Hood Red and Tango Tangerine. I stamped Riot of Petals background stamp with Versamark on whisper white cardstock and then heat embossed it with Copper embossing powder. Then, using a sponge I sponged all over white with the three challenge colors. Once I finished sponging I cut three strips and put them on the three panels. Wrapped the card with Tango Tangerine ribbon, made a bow and added a charm. Simple, simple, simple, but really like it.

Ingredients: Stampin'Up Riot of Petals background stamp, Versamark, SU Copper embossing powder, Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, Tango Tangerine cardstock and ink, sponge, heat tool, SU Tango Tangerine ribbon, silver charm. I just realized all supplies were Stampin'Up, except for the charm.

Hope it is warm wherever you are. If not, then soak in the warmth of God's love.

Happy Stamping!

Faith

Anniversary

You know the harder I try to get ahead, the further behind I seem to get. lol I made this card a week ago and only now am getting it posted. Sheeesh!! I made this for dear friends for their 32nd Anniversary.

Talk about simple, this one goes to the top of the list. If you are in a hurry this is the baby to make. The base is basic black topped by whisper white. Anniversary Birds and sentiment were stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with white embossing powder. Used the corner rounder punch of the corners, put them on dimensionals, added the flowers and dewdrops.

Voila!! It is a done deed.

Ingredients: Anniversary Birds set from Verve Stamps, basic black and whisper white cardstock, Versamark ink, white embossing powder, heat tool, corner rounder punch, dimensionals, dewdrops by Robins Nest, Persimmon Daisy Dreams by Prima Flowers

Have a wonderful evening and enjoy God's wonderful creation. Happy Stamping!

Blessings, Faith