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,

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,

Always Be There For You

Hi, everyone!  This week's Technique Lovers' Challenge is to create a quick, easy to duplicate, card for someone in need.  I have used the 'To My Friend' set by Our Daily Bread designs to create this quick, one layer card for a friend.  I chose royal blue and lime green so that I may also submit to the Less Is More color challenge.

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Blessings,

On My Mind, In My Heart

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Mary Deatherage aka Stamps-n-lingers (what a fun username!)....congrats, Mary!!!  I chose this beautiful card to re-create since I LOVE to mask and sponge backgrounds!  I used the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies set to cut both my main panel and the mask over which I sponged the olive and blue ink.  Once the sponging was done, I taped down the same die and embossed with it to create the pierced border.  The wildflower silhouette and sentiment are from the 'Miss You' set, also by Our Daily Bread designs.  This is a 'thinking of you' card for my sister's father-in-law who sadly is in hospice care.

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Blessings,

CAS Inspiration from Birgit

Happy Saturday, everyone!!! Today's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to choose your inspiration from Birgit's blog, Rapport fran ett Skrivbord, which translated to English means "Report from a Desk".  Birgit (aka Biggan) is one of my all time fave stampers/artists over at Splitcoast.....her style is so artsy and creative!!!  I chose this beautiful card to re-create, using masking with scratch paper and sponging.  The silhouette and sentiment are from "Find Beauty" from North Coast Creations (sister company to Our Daily Bread designs).

Thanks so much for visiting with me today!

Have a very blessed weekend!!

Anchor for the Soul!

Hi, everyone!  This is a "thinking of you" card I made for a dear friend, who has just finished chemo therapy and is having some complications from it.  I hope that God's word will encourage  him and lift him up.

For the general design, I cased the layout from this beautiful card from Stephanie Severin aka SmilynStef, who was dubbed this week's Queen For The Day.....congrats, Stephanie!!

For masculine cards, I tend to go a little more simple, so I just used antique copper brads and knotted some twine across the front instead of using ribbon.

Card 'Ingredients':
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'Anchor';
Cardstock: Kraft and Ivory;
Designer Paper: Authentique 'Glory';
Accessories: Spellbinders Labels 22, May Arts Twine, Antique Brass Brads, Paper Piercer and template, sponge dauber, foam tape;
Size: A2.

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Blessings,