Da Brains Go In Here

Hi, everyone! This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Michelle aka mcstamperNE....congrats, Michelle! I absolutely loved the triple window slimline design of this awesome card....so fun!  I stuck with green and purple but used different shades and flipped the slimline to landscape instead of portrait.  My card is for one of my sisters, who loves horror movies. The images from 'Zombie Boy' by Whimsy Stamps were stamped onto watercolor paper with Stazon Jet Black, then water-colored with an aquabrush. A clear glaze pen was used on the jar, tongue, and eyeballs.  The following dies from Divinity Designs LLC were used for the card base and framing: Slimline Rounded Window, Sentiment Strips 2, and Slimline Card Base.

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Blessings,
 

Faith Mountain

Hi, everyone!  This week's Color Challenge over at Splitcoast is to use Pebbled Path, Lost Lagoon, and Wild Wheat.....I do not have these SU colors yet but since I keep all of the retired colors from the past I can always find something similar. I began by choosing sage cardstock for the mountain and card base, then a cool pattern from the Heavenly Skies Slimline Paper Pad.  The sky and the center layer of the mountain was cut from the same piece of dsp. Before adhering the layers of the mountain, the sentiment from 'Move Mountains' was stamped onto the sage layer.  The Get Well sentiment was sponged with three colors to match the dsp, in a gradient fashion. Here are the dies used for this card, all from Divinity Designs LLC: Slimline Mountain Silhouettes, Cowboy and Cactus Silhouettes (birds), Slimline Card Base, Slimline Pierced Rectangles (and Pierced Layering Rectangles), Get Well Soon and Layers.

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Blessings,

Happy Graduation 2023!!

Hi, everyone! This week's Ways To Use It Challenge over at Splitcoast is to feature numbers on your project. My card today is for my nephew's high school graduation. To match his school colors, I was thrilled to find some navy metallic cardstock in my stash plus gold and green foil cardstock to go with it! All of the dies are from Divinity Designs LLC: Large Numbers, Sparkling Stars, Congratulations, Slimline Pierced Frame, Slimline Thin Pierced Frame, Slimline Card Base.  Foam Mounting Tape was used to pop up the numbers and layers.

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Blessings,

Coffee Bean Mountains

Hi, everyone!  This week's Ways to Use It Challenge theme at Splitcoast is 'Mountains'.  My card today is a bit quirky but I'm rolling with it!  The mountains are made from coffee beans, topped with caramel and whipped cream! lol!!!  All of the papers and pre-printed gnomes are from the Coffee Break Gnomes Paper/Die Duos set.  The mountains were cut with the Slimline Mountain Silhouettes Dies. The sentiment is from the 'Perk Up' Stamp/Die Duos set.  Other dies used: Slimline Grasses, Slimline Card Base, Slimline Scalloped Rectangles, Slimline Pierced Rectangles, Slimline Pierced Layering Rectangles, Clouds and Raindrops (tiny hearts).  Foam Mounting Tape was used to pop up the gnomes.

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Blessings,

Tropical Sunset

Hi, everyone!  Right now it's a whole 3 degrees outside, so I'm going tropical!  This week's Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the Puzzle Warehouse.....this gorgeous tropical scene reminded me of last year's wall calendar which I disassembled for re-purposing into cards. In order to capture the full scene, I had to make it slimline sized. The dies I used are from Divinity Designs LLC: Slimline Pierced Rectangles, Slimline Card Base, and Sentiment Strips.  The sentiment is from MFT.

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Blessings,

October New Release by Divinity Designs LLC

Hi, everyone! It's time for another new release from Divinity Designs LLC!!  This month we are focusing on Thanksgiving....my personal favorite holiday of the year!!  Check out all of the new goodies (and awesome samples) HERE!

Here are the new items featured in my three projects for today:

For my first card, I used the Lacey Square Frame Die set to cut a shaped card.  The designer paper layers under the rose gold metallic paper is from the Rustic Beauty Paper Pad.  The center of the Lacey Square Frame was cut out with a Double Stitched Circles Die.  On the top layer is the new (awesome) Give Thanks and Layer Die set, cut out of the rose gold and matted with more of the wood design from Rustic Beauty.  

My next card features the Turkey Time Dies (super fun to make!), the awesome Leaves Background Die (cut from copper metallic), and a sentiment from 'Happy Fall' Stamp/Die Duos from the September release.  The sentiment was cut with the Pennant Flags Dies and matted with the Double Stitched Pennant Flags Dies set.  Also used was the Matting Rectangle, A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer Dies, along with Foam Mounting Tape and Blending Brushes (for accenting the turkey.)

My third card for today is a slimline design, featuring the Give Thanks and Layer Dies and my fave pattern from the Thanksgiving Slimline Card Fronts pack.  Since I still  had my metallic cardstock folder out, I cut two red flowers with the Delightful Daisies Dies, to match the little flowers in the paper.  Also used was the Slimline Pierced Rectangles Dies, Slimline Rectangles Dies, Slimline Scalloped Rectangles Dies, and the Slimline Card Base.  The sentiment in the center was popped up with Foam Mounting Tape.

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Blessings,

#1 Dad

Hi, everyone!  This week's Friday Free4All Challenge over at Splitcoast is 'All About Dad'.....I'm cheating a bit since I made this card last year but never posted it anywhere.  I began with kraft cardstock, stenciled with brown, navy, and green inks with Blending Brushes over the 'Diamonds' Stencil from Divinity Designs LLC.  The letters from the 'Large Alphabet' Dies were used to cut out 'DAD', then popped up with Foam Mounting Tape, a bit offset so the navy mat showed underneath.  Other dies used are: Alphabet Caps, Sparkling Stars, Slimline Rectangles, Slimline Pierced Rectangles, Slimline Card Base.

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Blessings,

To The Moon and Back!

Hi, everyone!  This week's Friday Free4All Challenge over at Splitcoast is to create a guy card.  My card today was created for my hubby's birthday.  The following items from Divinity Designs LLC were used: Stamps: Rocket Man; Dies: Slimline Tree & Hill Silhouettes, Slimline Thin Pierced Frame, Tree & Hill Silhouette Dies, Slimline Card Base, Sentiment Strips 2.  Blending Brushes were use to create the soft background and the layers plus sentiment panels were popped up with foam tape.

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Blessings,

Divinity Designs LLC September New Release

Hi, everyone! Welcome to the first of two releases this month by Divinity Designs LLC (stay tuned on the 15th for part two!)  To see all of the new products, amazing designer samples, plus info on how to win some goodies, check out THIS POST.

Here are the items featured in my samples for today:

My first card features the 'Rooted in Christ' stamp set, along with the following items: 'He Shall Be Called' Background stamp, Pennant Flags Dies, Double Stitched Pennant Flags Dies, Pierced Rectangles Dies, Matting Rectangle Die, and the A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer Dies set.  For my card design, I began by stamping the tree image in Stazon Jet Black, colored the image with markers, then clear-coated everything with a clear glaze pen (as a resist).  The background was sponged, then the tree was masked with scratch paper.  The 'He Shall Be Called' stamp was inked with craft ink, then stamped over the entire panel.  The panel was cut out with the Pierced Rectangles Dies, then the edges were sponged with craft.  Antique brass brads. linen thread, and the sentiment panel were added for finishing touches.  I am so excited that for once the vision in my head was transferred to paper just like I wanted!!!

My second card reminds me of the area in which I am so blessed to live....open farm fields, blue skies, vintage trucks, etc.  I used the awesome new Slimline Pierced Frame Die with a gorgeous leaf pattern from the Festive Fall Slimline Paper Pad.  The images and sentiment are from the 'Loads of Love' Stamp/Die Duos set.  The other dies used to create this scene are as follows: Slimline Grasses, Slimline Curvy Slopes, Slimline Clouds, Treat Tags, Double Stitched Pennant Flags, and the Slimline Card Base.

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Blessings,

Birthday Butterflies - Slimline Sized

Hi, everyone! It's time for another new Sketch Challenge over at Splitcoast!  For my card, I started by cutting out the card base with the Slimline Card Base Die by Divinity Designs LLC and layers with the Slimline Rectangles Dies and Slimline Layering Rectangles Dies.  The light aqua layer was dry embossed with the 'Circles' Mixed Media Stencil.  The three triangles were cut by hand from the Geometric Paper Collection - Slimline Sized by following the lines in the paper design then matted onto white.  The sentiment is from 'Shine Bright' and the 'Butterfly Trio' Dies were cut from the same aqua paper then sponged to highlight the details. Matching baker's twine and sparkly sequins were added as finishing touches.

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Blessings,

Divinity Designs LLC August New Release

Hi, everyone!  Welcome to the August release party for Divinity Designs LLC!!!  Wow, it's another incredible release and I had a blast creating my samples for you today!  To see the entire new release, all of the designer samples, plus info on how to win some goodies, head over to the Divinity Designs LLC Blog.

Here are all of the products used in my two samples for today's post:

For my first card, I used the following items: Birthday Blooms Stamp/Die Duos, Butterfly Trio Dies, Blessings Border Die, Slimline Flower Petal Background Die, Slimline Scalloped Rectangles Dies, Slimline Rectangles Dies, and the Slimline Card Base Die.  On the white layer, the same flower stamps were stamped in yellow, then the Flower Petal Background was popped up with foam tape over it.  The flowers were stamped in aqua, shaped with a stylus, then layered.  Yellow sequins were used for the flower centers and to embellish the card.

For my next card, I used one of the two awesome new lighthouse sets.  This one is called 'Be The Light'.  First, the gray card base was cut with the A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer Dies; the indigo panel was stamped with matching ink with the Fishing Net Background stamp, then the Floating Frame Front Die set was used to cut out the openings in both the panel and the card base.  The inside image panel was cut out with the Double Stitched Rectangles Dies, stamped with 'Be The Light', colored with sponges using masking, layered onto another Fishing Net panel, then layered onto the 'Matting Rectangle'. Gray baker's twine was added for a simple embellishment.

This is the inside view:

On Wednesday, I shared this Sneak Peek card below which features the 'Shine Bright' set.  For more information on this particular card, please click HERE.

Thanks for hanging out with us today!!

Blessings,