Pink Sky Plains

Hi, everyone!  This week's Color Challenge over at Splitcoast is to use Powder Pink, Moody Mauve, and Night of Navy.  I had a stack of various silhouette images which were already stamped with Stazon Jet Black, so all I had to do was blend the background with the three colors.  The image is from 'Howdy' and the sentiment is from 'Happy Trails', both from Divinity Designs LLC. Three pink milk dots were added for a simple embellishment.  This card with go into my birthday card stash.

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Blessings,

Desire of Your Heart

Happy Friday, everyone!  This week's Friday Free4All Challenge over at Splitcoast is to share our graduation cards.  This clean and simple design was created for a co-worker's daughter.  It only took about 15 minutes to complete.....sweet!!  The stamp set I used, 'As You Graduate', is unfortunately retired from Divinity Designs LLC, but it's still a fave of mine because I love to created a blended sky for the background.  I used the MISTI to stamp the scripture verse onto the card base and it took several layers of ink to get a solid black image for the scene.....LOVE my MISTI!!!  For the scene, I used blending brushes and sponge daubers with lavender, orchid, pink, and yellow ink pads.

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Blessings,

Divinity Designs LLC 'Birthday Flower of the Month - March'

Hi, everyone! It's time to reveal this month's Birthday Flower of the Month, the Daffodil!!  I am loving these mini stamp sets, especially since there are dies for each stamp, including the sentiments!!  Find out how to get yours HERE!

For my first sample today, I paired the Birthday Flower of the Month - March Stamp/Die Duo with the fun Polka Dots & Gingham Slimline Paper Pad and the following dies: Ovals, Scalloped Ovals, Pierced Rectangles, Matting Rectangle, and the A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer.  The Daffodil image was stamped onto white vellum, colored with Blending Brushes and markers on the underside, then adhered to white cardstock; this helped the white to appear brighter.  It looks amazing in person!  Some clear gems were added as a simple embellishment.

For my next card, I created two coloring stencils by stamping the image onto Yupo paper, then fussy cutting around the outside of the image, one for the whole flower and another for the center. The stamens were colored with a marker, coated with a clear glaze pen, then the color blending began.  I love to color with blending brushes in order to get a smooth, blended look, since I don't have Copics.  The Fence Die and daffodil were popped up with Foam Mounting Tape over a fun design from the Spring Flowers 2 Slimline Paper Pad. 

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Blessings,

A Light for My Path

Hi, everyone! This week's Ways To Use It Challenge theme over at Splitcoast is 'Lights'. I needed a couple of masculine birthday cards, so I made them the same but with different colors.  The lanterns were cut out first, then placed in my MISTI over the white panel to find the correct placement for the scripture verse.  Once the panels were stamped, they were put back into the Pierced Rectangles Die and colored with Blending Brushes.  The flames were sponged using stencils created with the lantern die set. Here are the items from Divinity Designs LLC used for these cards: 'My Light' stamp set, Blending Brushes, Pierced Rectangles Dies, Matting Rectangle Die, A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer Die, and the Shining Light Lantern Die Set.

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Blessings,

Full Armor of God

Hi, everyone! This week's Friday Free4All Challenge over at Splitcoast is to create a simple CAS (clean and simple) card with lots of color. This one-layer card is for one of the elders in my Bible study group. The stamps are from the 'Armor of God' and 'Full Armor' sets by Divinity Designs, stamped with Stazon Jet Black, then colored using Stampin Up markers. The background was colored with Blending Brushes, first lightly with navy blue, then gray ink over a stencil in my stash that has no company name on it.

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Blessings,

Queen Bee

Hi, everyone!  This week's Friday Free4All Challenge theme is 'All Things New'.....I am using a brand NEW stamp set, along with a spring theme for my card. The stamp set is 'Queen Bee' and the following dies from Divinity Designs LLC were used: Treat Tags, Pierced Rectangles, Matting Rectangle, A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer, plus a Blending Brush.  The images were all stamped in Stazon Timber Brown, colored with markers, then coated with a Clear Glaze Pen.  Barely Banana ink was brushed onto the center of the card before adding the SU sequin stickers and gold tag with baker's twine.  Also, the crown was stamped onto the same gold foil cardstock and fussy cut....unfortunately I didn't get the right angle with the camera to capture the shiny gold crown.  This will be an anniversary card for my co-worker to give to his wife in a couple of weeks.

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Blessings,

Pretty Floral Birthday Card

Hi, everyone!  Today's card combines two Splitcoast challenges: Friday Free4All 'Spring Garden' challenge and today's Inspiration Challenge which is to choose an inspiration piece from Meadow Blu...I chose the photo below because of the beautiful colors in the flowers.  Instead of gold, I chose light yellow since my mom's fave color is yellow....this is her birthday card.  The 'Nostalgic Florals' stamps and 'XOXO and More' word dies are from Altenew and the following items are from Divinity Designs LLC: Scalloped Rectangles Dies, Pierced Rectangles Dies, Foam Mounting Tape, Blending Brushes, and Rhinestones.  The flowers were stamped; the centers and stamens were colored with a yellow marker then sealed with a clear glaze pen before sponging the colors over coordinating stencils.

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Blessings,

Moonlit Deer

Hi, everyone!  This week's Ways To Use It Challenge theme over at Splitcoast is 'Black and Blue'.  The scenic stamp is 'Silhouette Forest' by Blue Knight Rubber Stamps, the deer are from Stampscapes and the sentiment is from the 'Happy Trails' stamp set by Divinity Designs LLC.  Also from DD are the Sentiment Strips Dies, Circle Die for the moon mask, the A2 Thin Pierced Frame Die, a Blending Brush for the navy ink, and Foam Mounting Tape to pop up the sentiment and frame.

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Blessings,

You Are My Sunshine!

Hi, everyone!  This week's Ways To Use It Challenge theme over at Splitcoast is 'Another Dimension'...for my card today, the sunflower, sentiment panel, and fence are all popped up with Foam Mounting Tape for dimension.  The image from 'Be A Sunflower' Stamp/Die Duos was stamped on watercolor paper with Stazon Jet Black, cut out, then watercolored.  The colors weren't bold enough, so I brushed rust on the flower center and leaves with a Blending Brush for added 'oompf''.  The awesome designer paper is from the 'Follow the Son' paper pad and here are the dies I used: Farm Fence, Pierced Ovals, Ovals, Pierced Rectangles, Matting Rectangle, A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer. (Stamps, dsp, and dies are all from Divinity Designs LLC.)  The caramel gingham ribbon is from Stampin Up.....this has been long retired so I only use it for special creations...this is a birthday card for my dear friend (and hairdresser), Laura.

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Blessings,

Cactus Fun

Hi, everyone!  Today I would like to share a fun card created for a co-worker's birthday.  This week's Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from Urban Owl.....when I saw this cool cacti photo, it reminded me that I had not used my 'Let's Stick Together' stamp set from MFT in a while.  The Color Challenge over at MFT was perfect for the images.....I hope the yellow background counts as a neutral!  I stamped the pots onto the card first; I was going to mask them and stamp the cacti over them but instead I stamped extra pots to layer over the top.  The pots were sponged with gray, fussy cut, and then coated with a clear gel pen.  The cacti were colored with markers; the flowers were coated with a clear pen as well.  The background was colored with a Blending Brush.

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Blessings,