Happiness Always

Hi, everyone!  This week's Color Challenge over at Splitcoast forced me to dust off one of my 'oldie but goodie' stamp sets from Stampin Up which hasn't been used in years, 'Sun Ripened'.  I was lucky enough to have a Berry Burst marker, but had to use Lucky Limeade for the leaves.  The raspberry image was stamped in Stazon Jet Black, then colored both with markers and watercolor.  A craft knife and paper snips were used to fussy cut the image before popping it up with foam tape over the Smoky Slate card base which was scored with a Scor-buddy.  The sentiment is from another older SU set, called 'Happy Harmony'.  I chose not to add embellishments so that it would stay very CAS.  I will also be submitting this card to the Less Is More 'Stripes' Challenge due to the multiple score lines.

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Blessings,

Sunflower Simplicity

Hi, everyone!  Today's Ways To Use It Challenge over at Splitcoast is based on 'National Simplicity Day' which is held in honor of Henry David Thoreau's birthday.  For my card, I have used a retired set from Our Daily Bread designs, called 'Dreams' since it includes a fantastic quote from Henry David Thoreau.  This was a very quick card to make.....three squares were cut with the ODBD Custom Pierced Squares Dies out of a musical pattern from the ODBD 'Follow The Son' Paper Collection, then the quote stamp was stamped in espresso brown in the empty quadrant.  Score lines were added at the top and bottom of the vanilla card base.  Since there is both music and score lines on my card, I will also be submitting this to the Fan Club Central Theme for June.

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Blessings,

Tropical Smile

Happy Monday, everyone!  This week's Clean and Simple Challenge over at Splitcoast is to create something tropical.  Since the 'Less is More' Challenge Blog theme is to use tangerine and olive, I decided to create an orange hibiscus card so that I could submit to both.  The following dies from ODBD were used to create this quick card: Inspiration Words, Hibiscus, and Tropical Leaves.  The white card base was scored with my Scor-buddy.  Since I used scoring, I will also submit to the Fan Club Central Theme challenge for July.

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Have a blessed week!

Play Ball!

Hi, everyone!  This week's Ways To Use It Challenge theme is 'summertime fun'.  My Buford card from yesterday would have fit this perfectly!  Another fave summer past-time is baseball.  This card is a belated birthday card for my friend's son, Zach.  When asked what type of uniform would he design for himself, he was very creative with the parameters: black and gold, the team name would be the Tornadoes and his fave number is 16.  I had a blast customizing this card for him.  Here are the items from ODBD used in Zach's card:  All-Star Jersey stamps, Pennant Swag Solid Alphabet, and these ODBD Custom Dies: Sports Jerseys Dies, Pennant Swag Die, Alphabet Dies, Double Stitched Rectangles Dies, Double Stitched Pennant Flags Dies, Pennant Flags Dies, and Sparkling Stars Dies. Some leftover strips of the gold metallic cardstock were adhered to the sleeves so that it would look more realistic.  I will also be submitting this to the June Fan Club Central Theme Challenge due to the sports theme, plus the white panel was scored using my Scor-buddy.

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God bless!

Blessings of the Lord

Hi, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the Scor-pal Scoring Ideas Pinterest Board......I fell in love with this awesome card and tried my own version with the 'On Eagles's Wings' set by Our Daily Bread designs.  The eagle was stamped on a white panel which was cut with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies, colored with sponges and ink (using masking) and a marker (beak and talons), then the entire eagle was masked so that the aqua ink could be sponged around it.  The scripture verse from 'Doily Blessings' was stamped, then the score lines were added around the image and scripture. Two 'faux brads' were added as an accent.

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Blessings,

'Heart and Soul' Hello

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper is Pat aka pvilbaum.....congrats, Pat!!!  I chose this beautiful and creative card to re-create.....the partial embossing and negative die cut really 'flipped my switch'! ;) For my card, I embossed the top and bottom of the pink cardstock with a floral embossing folder, used my Scor-buddy to score a separation line, created the cut-outs using the ODBD Custom Hello Die and ODBD Custom Clouds and Raindrops Dies, matted the panel onto a floral/heart pattern from the ODBD Heart and Soul Paper Collection, added paper piercing and pearls, then popped up the finished panel with foam tape over the Regal Rose card base.

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Blessings,

The Love of God Guides Every Good

Hi, everyone!  Today's Ways To Use It Challenge is to use any shades of green for a monochromatic card.  What a perfect opportunity to give you all a sneak peek of the upcoming 'St. Patrick's Day' set by Our Daily Bread designs on March 1st.  I don't celebrate St. Paddies Day per se, but I couldn't resist this set because of the beautiful celtic frame and I love the sentiments which are included in the set as well.  The frame image was stamped in a dark green, cut out by hand, then colored in with a lime green marker.  The shamrock image was stamped in a line down the panel then I paper pierced the edges and used my Scor-buddy to create score lines for a little interest.

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Blessings,