Whoooo Loves You?

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Susan Roberts aka rainy....congrats, Susan!!  I fell in love with this awesome card from Susan's gallery, so I am case-ing it today. For my version, I chose a kraft card base and the 'Who Loves You' set from Divinity Designs LLC.  Due to the direction of the tree limb, I had to switch the layout to the other side.  After stamping the images, the owl and limb were highlighted with pencils and a white pen.  The edges of the card base were sponged for added interest.

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Blessings,

The Word of God

Hi, everyone!   This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from Renaissance Ribbons.....I chose this navy cotton ribbon since it reminded me that I had something very similar in my recycled stash.  More than a decade ago, I saved this twill ribbon which was wrapped around a stack of washcloths....what a score!!  Anyhoo.....I needed to make a quick birthday card for my nephew who loves to read.  I chose a retired set from Our Daily Bread designs, The Word of God, and designer paper from Bo Bunny.  I didn't want to cover up the book background, so the scripture verse and image were both fussy cut and popped up with foam tape.  Two enamel dots were added to the top corner.

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Blessings,

Happy New Year Snowy Deer

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Tina Wardell aka harleygirl50......congrats, Tina!  I chose this beautiful card as inspiration to help me create a bundle of Happy New Year cards to mail out next week.  I began by cutting a panel with the Double Stitched Squares Dies; left the panel in the die and sponged the background over scratch paper with navy ink.  The tree and deer images from 'Deer Silhouettes' were stamped in navy, then white acrylic ink mixed with water was flicked over the scene.  Once the paint specks were dry, the panel was matted with navy and adhered to a white card base. The greeting is from the 'Celebration' set.  (All of the products used are from Divinity Designs LLC.)

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Blessings,

You Make Me Happy

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Lisa aka lovinpaper....congrats, Lisa!!  I chose this super cute CAS design to case today, but changed the colors, used hemp twine, and added a sentiment and pearls.  The floral image from one of my fave retired Stampin Up sets, Art of Life, was stamped after coloring the stamp with markers and spritzing, to give it a watercolor appearance.  The sentiment from 'So Many Sayings' (also retired by SU) was stamped in pink and cut out with Divinity Designs LLC Sentiment Strips Dies.  The die cut image panel and embossed card base were done with the Double Stitched Rectangles Dies, also by Divinity Designs LLC.

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Blessings,

Triple Embossed Floral Heart

Hi, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from LTD Commodities.....wow, something for everybody there!  When I saw these awesome bracelets, I got the idea to use three metallic embossing powders on one image.  I won this awesome set from Lydia at UnderstandBlue a few months ago and have not inked it up until now.  The floral heart image was inked with versamark, then, one at a time, copper, silver, and gold embossing powder was sprinkled over the image and then heat set.  The sentiment was embossed the same way, then fussy cut and popped up with foam tape over some copper cord.  Three copper brads were added as a simple accent. The image panel was matted with copper and adhered to a silver card base.

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Blessings,

Snow-cowboy Hot Chocolate Treat Holder

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Nancy aka Pansey65.....congrats, Nancy!!  Wow, Nancy's gallery was filled with super cute and creative gift and favor ideas......my project today was inspired by all of them, mostly this adorable snowman muslin bag and these cute hot chocolate holders.  For my hot chocolate packet holder, I used the following items from Divinity Designs LLC: 'Country Christmas' Stamp/Die Duos, Festive Favors Dies set, and the Rustic Christmas Paper Collection.  The treat holder base was cut from black cardstock, then a gray wood-grain design from the paper collection was used to layer the front and tab.  Once the circle aperature was cut out, a piece of clear acetate was adhered to the inside and the sentiment was stamped with Stazon Jet Black. The snow-cowboy was stamped in Stazon, cut out with the custom die, then colored with markers and water-coloring. Two flavors of hot chocolate packets were lightly adhered inside the favor pouch (some were wider than the others.)

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Blessings,

WINNER(S)!

Hi there!  On my Thanksgiving Day post, I offered to give away some goodies for one lucky commentor on that post.  Instead of choosing just one, I have decided to send goodie packages out to both:

Donna DeWitt and Rebecca JS

Thank you, ladies, for your comments!  Please send a note with your snail mail address to my email address on the side bar of my blog (which is spelled out so that it's not recognizable to spam-bot programs!) and in the description please list "Thanksgiving Post Winner".

I will send out your goodies a few days after I hear from you.

Blessings,

Divinity Designs LLC December New Release

Hi, everyone!  Welcome to the new release party for Divinity Designs LLC!!  To see the entire release plus some amazing design team samples, please visit the Divinity Designs LLC Blog or visit their Instagram page HERE.

Here are the products used for creating my card sample below:

Wow, I can't believe it's December already!  Though I'm not quite ready for snow, it's always fun to see new snow-people stamps!!!  I love the new Snow-Cowboy image and fun sentiments in the 'Country Christmas' Stamp/Die Duos set!!  One of my dear nieces has a Christmas birthday, so I thought that a snow-cowgirl themed card would be perfect!!  I've had some mauve pink suede fringe in my stash for over a decade and am happy to use it for this card to coordinate with the fringes on the vest!  The scene was sponged and the snow-cowgirl was both water-colored and colored with markers.  The sentiments were stamped directly onto the wood-grain designer paper from Rustic Beauty Paper Collection, then I drew in the comma and exclamation point with a journaling pen.  Pink rhinestones were added in the corners for a finishing touch. (The dies used are the Double Stitched Rectangles, Double Stitched Squares, and Squares.)

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Blessings,

You Are Purr-fect!

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Kia aka kiagc....congrats, Kia!!!  Omigoodness, what a big and beautiful gallery!!!  I was looking for inspiration to help me create a birthday card for my hubby and this awesome card did the trick!!  It reminded me that I had not used the 'Purr-fect' set from My Favorite Things, which I purchased on clearance.  I had never tried to create a dimensional wooden floor before, so for this card I gave it a try.  The lines were drawn with a black journal marker and ruler, then a gray marker was used for the streaks.  Instead of the brown floor as in Kia's card, I decided to go monochromatic. The kitty cat was water-colored and a glaze pen covered the pink nose.  Silver heart sequins and gray baker's twine were added after sponging the edges of the card.

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Blessings,