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,

Refuge and Strength

Hi, everyone! This week's Ways To Use It Challenge is to create a Get Well card. For my card, I dug into my sacred stash of Almost Amethyst cardstock which has been retired for many years and has always been my favorite. It matched so well with this pretty designer paper, 'Peaceful Petals' from Divinity Designs LLC.  The scripture verse is from 'God Quotes 3' and I used the following dies: Large Banners, Bitty Blossoms, A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer.  Baker's Twine, Rhinestones, and Foam Mounting Tape were also used.

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Blessings,

On Eagle's Wings

Hi, everyone! This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Pam MacKay.....congrats, Pam!!! I chose this awesome card from Pam's gallery.  For my card, I combined two stamp sets from Divinity Designs LLC: On Eagles' Wings and Keep Climbing. The mountain stamp was put in my MISTI, each section was colored with markers before stamping; it took a couple tries to get the inks dark enough.  The eagle was stamped in Stazon Jet Black, colored with sponges and markers, fussy cut, then popped up with Foam Mounting Tape.  The clouds were created with a Blending Brush and a die cut cloud, cut with the Clouds and Raindrops Dies.  The dies used for this card are: Pierced Rectangles Dies, Matting Rectangle, and A2 Landscape Card Base with Layer.

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Blessings,

Be Still and Know

Hi, everyone!  Today I would like to share a card which was created about a year and a half ago but did not get posted anywhere.  (I have about a hundred cards with the same status....life gets in the way of blogging, ya know?)  Today's Friday Free 4 All Challenge is about 'Peace' and the Mixability Challenge is about 'Contentment'....I thought this card fit both of those challenges...my faith brings both peace and contentment.  The background panel (and top cross panel) were created with the Wrinkle Free Distress Technique (some call it the Smoosh Technique), by dabbing ink pads onto a craft mat, spritzing with water, then laying the cardstock in the puddle.  Once dry, the background panel was stenciled with both the Flourishes and Arrows Mixed Media Stencils. The scripture verse from 'Be Still' was heat embossed with pewter onto the 'yellow' Wrinkle Free Distress panel, then cut out with the largest of the Cross Layering Combo Dies set.  Other dies used: Bitty Blossoms, Pierced Rectangles, Matting Rectangle, A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer.  Pewter brads were added to the corners to coordinate with the embossing powder.

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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,

Lord's Prayer

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Diana aka DCinkit...congrats, Diane!  I chose this beautiful card to re-create using the 'For Thine is the Kingdom' stamp by Our Daily Bread designs, along with a warm design from the ODBD Cozy Quilt Paper Collection, and the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies.

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Blessings,