Simply Amazing Sunset

Hi, everyone! This week's Ways To Use It Challenge over at Splitcoast is to incorporate elements using the letters L-O-V-E. For my card, L is for lavender sky, O is for ocean, V is vacation, and E is for evening. Time has been very limited for me due to daily overtime at work, so I have been creating a lot of cards from my recycled wall calendars. This card, from start to finish, only took 15 minutes. The sentiment is from Altenew and the following dies from Divinity Designs LLC were used: Pierced Rectangles, Matting Rectangle, A2 Landscape Card Base with Layer.  Some gems were added as a finishing touch.

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Blessings,

A Year Full of Adventures

Hi, everyone! This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Caterina aka caterinafmig......congrats, Caterina! When I saw this awesome card in her gallery, my first thought was to create something tropical, however, when I looked at the calendar pages in my stash, I chose this camping scene with all of the orange tones and the sun. This was perfect to create a birthday card for my nephew who loves the outdoors! Using the recycled calendar pages makes card-making so quick and easy...I love it!! The scene was cut out with a Pierced Rectangle Die then placed in my MISTI in order to stamp the sentiment which is from 'Happy Trails'. (Since the paper is a bit slick, the MISTI lets you stamp multiple times to get good ink coverage.) Other dies used were the Matting Rectangle and A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer. Some linen thread was added for a simple embellishment.

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Blessings,

God Made The Horse

Happy Saturday, everyone! This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from Lumas.....when I saw this awesome photo, it reminded me of one of the calendar pages I saved from last year. This was perfect to make a birthday card for my horse-loving niece! The scene from the calendar page was cut with a Pierced Rectangle Die, layered on an ivory panel cut with a Matting Rectangle.  The quote is from 'Saddle Up'; (stamps and dies are from Divinity Designs LLC)'.  Brown gingham ribbon was added for the finishing touch; a Bow Easy was used for the bow.

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Blessings!

Sunset Sailing

Hi, everyone!  This week's Ways To Use It Challenge theme over at Splitcoast is 'Stay Afloat'.  My card today features another awesome scene from last year's wall calendar.  The sentiment is from 'Happy Trails' from Divinity Designs LLC; the scene was cut with a Pierced Rectangle Die, layered with the Matting Rectangle Die and A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer Dies.  Brass brads were added in the corners to coordinate with the sunset colors. This card took about fifteen minutes from start to finish....yay!!!

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Blessings,

Recycled Wall Calendar

Hi, everyone!  This week's Technique Lovers Challenge over at Splitcoast is to use something recycled....another chance to use one of the pages from last year's wall calendar.  I created this get well card with a beautiful sunset calendar page and the following dies from Divinity Designs LLC: Slimline Pierced Rectangles, Slimline Scalloped Rectangles, Slimline Card Base, and Thinking of You and Layers.

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Blessings,

Birthday Calendar is Complete!

Hi, everyone!  I have been working on a birthday calendar for a few months, one page at a time.  All of the stamps used are from Our Daily Bread designs and the blank calendar was from Stampin Up (the calendars have been retired for several years.  You will find that there are some crafty companies which carry different versions if you do a little searching.) Now that my calendar is finished, I thought I would share a photo of the complete calendar.  If you'd like info on the pages, here is a link list of each previous post which explains the stamps and techniques used:

* January * February * March * April * May * June *

* July * August * September * October * November * December *

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Blessings,

Floral Hearts February Calendar Page

Hi, everyone!  Today's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the Design Sponge site.....I fell in love with the colors of these crepe paper rolls (which were used to make paper flowers).  Finally, here is the last page of the birthday calendar which I have been working on for several months.  I wanted this last page to be quick and simple (since I'm kinda over it, kwim?), so I used the small heart stamp and scripture verse from the 'Clean Heart' set by Our Daily Bread designs. Other than the challenge of getting a good photograph of something so tall (5.5 x 14), this was super quick and easy....yay!!

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Blessings,

Snowman / December Calendar Page

Hi, everyone!  Here is the December page from the Birthday Calendar I've been working on for a couple months.  One more page to go and I'm done....woo hoo!!!  The image and sentiment are from the ODBD set, 'Warm Wishes' and the clouds were sponged over a template which was cut from the ODBD Custom Clouds and Raindrops Dies.  The hillside was sponged over a piece of scratch paper cut with a craft knife.  (Please click on the photo if you'd like a close-up view.)

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Blessings,

Dogwood Calendar Page

Hi, everyone! This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the Southern Highland Craft Guild Online Store.....I chose this beautiful bluebird card with spring blossoms and blue sky background for inspiration for the April page of the birthday calendar I have been working on (forevah!).  I used the images and scripture verse from the ODBD stamps (what used to be the 'Sing to the Lord' set)  'Bird' single and 'Dogwood Mini' set.  After stamping the images, I used a clear glaze pen on the white dogwood flowers so that it would act as a resist when sponging the blue background.  It took a little while to do, but it made the sponging so easy!  (Click on the photo to enlarge.)

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Blessings!

Frangipani Calendar Page

Hi again, everyone!  My first card today was pretty quick, so I'm going back for a second helping of the Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoast!  When I saw this Lemon Verbena diffuser, it reminded me of the frangipani (plumeria) flowers from the stamp set 'Sweet As Perfume' from ODBD.  I've been working on a birthday calendar for my mother-in-law and I'm so excited to use this stamp set for the July page. Backstory: Hubby and I went to Hawaii for our honeymoon (over 25 years ago) and brought back some Plumeria starts (which looked like cigars).  My mother-in-law and I both planted the starts; mine only lived about a year but hers flourished and grew to be about six feet tall!  Once a year it would bloom and it was pure joy!!!! 

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Blessings,

Birthday Calendar Continued

Hi, everyone!  Today I would like to share two more pages of the birthday calendar I've been working on for the last month.  The August page features the 'Butterfly and Bugs' set, a sentiment from 'Little Things', and the vine from the 'Belles Vignes' set.  This page will be submitted to the Falliday Fest Kellijo 'Coat of Many Colors' challenge.

For the June calendar page, I used the Our Daily Bread designs 'Strawberries' set, along with the 'Strawberries and Pickles' set.  The berries were stamped in Stazon Jet Black, the seeds were colored with a yellow marker then coated with a clear glaze pen to act as a resist.  Using reverse stamping, the strawberries were colored quickly using sponging.  The image at the bottom was colored with markers.  This page will be submitted to the Falliday Fest StampMommaB challenge.....my inspiration from the Christmas Story movie was the color red.

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Blessings,

October Blessings Calendar Page

Hi, everyone!  Here is the next finished page of the birthday calendar I am working on.  The new ODBD Custom Stitched Leaves Dies were perfect to complete this page!  The leaves were cut out with various polka dot patterns from the ODBD Fall Favorites Paper Collection and the ODBD Christmas Coordinating 2015 Paper Collection.  Instead of stamping a sentiment, I used the ODBD Custom Blessings Border Die since it was the perfect size for the bottom of the calendar page! The tiny little accent leaves were cut from the same paper collections using the ODBD Custom Lovely Leaves Dies.

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Blessings,

Wild Rose Calendar Page

Hi, everyone! This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the Victoria Trading Company....I chose this gorgeous lawn chair to help decorate the May page of a birthday calendar I am working on for a gift.  The wild roses from 'Fragrance' were stamped in Stazon Jet Black, then colored with sponges and markers.  Using masking, Ranger Antique Linen ink was sponged around the flowers as in the lawn chair. The sponging in the photo is not flattering but it looks okay in the real.

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Blessings,