Divinity Designs LLC Birthday Flower of the Month - October

Hi, everyone! Divinity Designs LLC has another fun new Stamp/Die Duo set for the Birthday Flower of the Month.....the Marigold!  I love that these sets have dies for the sentiments as well as the image! Check out how to get yours HERE! 

For my first sample, the marigold image was heat embossed in white, on one background panel and three separate images.  For the background, I used the Wrinkle Free Distress technique to add the blended colors and the images were water-colored. Other items used: Double Stitched Rectangles, Pierced Rectangles, Matting Rectangle, A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer, Blending Brushes, and Foam Mounting Tape.

For my second sample, I created a shaker card and water-colored the Marigold with pink and red to match the designer paper.  Other items used: Arch Shaker Set Dies, Pierced Rectangles, Matting Rectangle, Scalloped Rectangles, A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer, Foam Mounting Tape, Sequins.

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 Blessings,

Amethyst Inspired Anniversary Card

Hi, everyone! This week's Inspiration Challenge site is Nature's Jewelry....wow, they have some gorgeous stuff!! I chose this gorgeous amethyst ring for inspiration to create an anniversary card. I used the following items from Divinity Designs LLC:  Flower Corner Die, Clouds and Raindrops Dies (tiny hearts), Pierced Rectangles Dies, Matting Rectangle Die, A2 Landscape Card Base with Layer Dies,  Peaceful Petals Paper Pad, 'All Occasion Sentiments' stamp set, and Pixie Gems.  The ribbon has silver threads woven through; the bow was tied using a Bow Easy tool.  The sentiment was silver embossed to coordinate with the silver and purple foil cardstock.

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Blessings,

Travel Themed Wedding

Hi, everyone! This week's Ways to Use It Challenge theme over at Splitcoast is 'Paris in the Spring'. I am cheating a bit since this card was previously created for my niece's travel themed wedding. Other than the gold pearl, gold foil cardstock, and Blackberry Bliss cardstock, all other product used was from Divinity Designs LLC. Designer Paper: Romantic Roses 6x6 Paper Pad; Stamps: Wedding Blessings (embossed in gold); Dies: Lavish Layers, Pierced Rectangles, Matting Rectangle, A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer, Bitty Blossoms, Gift Card Pockets and Layers (inside view); and Foam Mounting Tape. 

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Blessings,

Thankful and Grateful

Hi, everyone!  This week's Mix-ability Challenge over at Splitcoast is to incorporate metallics in your mixed media project.  For my card, I began creating the background with the Wrinkle Free Distress (or Smoosh) technique....dab several colors of ink pads onto a craft sheet, spritz with water, then 'dip' your cardstock into the puddle to soak in the colors.  Once dry, the panel was gold embossed with the Leaves Background by Divinity Designs LLC.  The sentiment panel was cut from the original WFD piece.  The sentiment from 'Bountiful Blessings' was gold embossed. The dies used for this card are also from Divinity Designs: Vintage Labels 2, Pierced Vintage Labels 2, Pierced Rectangles, Matting Rectangle, and A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer.  Blackberry Bliss ribbon, gold cording, and gold foil cardstock were also used to coordinate with the gold embossing powder and ink colors.

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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,

Hello, Lovely

Hi, everyone!  This week's Friday Free4All Challenge over at Splitcoast is to create a spring-time card.....I cannot wait for my Magnolia trees to bloom!!!  For my card today, I gold embossed the sentiment and magnolia branch from 'Magnificent Magnolia' by The Ton on watercolor paper.  The image and background were water-colored with Stampin Up re-inkers and an aquabrush.  Once dry, the panel was cut out with a Pierced Rectangle Die from Divinity Designs LLC, matted with gold cardstock, then added gold cord and tiny Crystal Pixie Gems.  This is a birthday card for my niece.

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Blessings,

Amazing Day

Hi, everyone!  Brrrr...it's only 15 degrees here in Indiana today, but I'm dreaming of my magnolia trees being in full bloom....hurry up, spring!!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from Kia's Afternoon Tea Pinterest Board.....I chose this beautiful set as my inspiration piece.  A few month's ago, at a stamp show, I picked up a couple of stamp sets from 'The Ton' stamp company , which I had never heard of before.  Today I am inking one of them up for a birthday card for a friend.  The magnolia image and sentiment were gold embossed on watercolor paper; the blossoms and background were water-colored.  Since the tea cup and saucer had gold rims, I used gold metallic paper for mats and gold cording to coordinate with the gold embossing powder.  The main panel was cut out with the Pierced Rectangles Dies from Divinity Designs LLC. The pretty gemstones are also from DD.

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Blessings,

Copper Leaves

Hi, everyone!  This week's Friday Free4All Challenge over at Splitcoast is to feature your fall cards.  For my card today I copper embossed the leaves from the Lacey Leaves Stamp/Die Duos set from Divinity Designs LLC, then sponged them with all of my favorite fall colors.  The sentiments are from the Many Blessings Stamp/Die Duos set. The small sentiment was cut and framed with the Sentiment Strips 2 Dies.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Enjoy your weekend!

Blessings,

Divinity Designs LLC October New Release!

Hi, everyone! Welcome to the October New Release party for Divinity Designs LLC! To see the entire new release plus some amazing team samples, please click HERE.

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

For my first card, I chose two beautiful patterns from the Shine Bright Paper Pad.  I fussy cut the bow from one of the sheets to place across the opening of the aperature.  The Floating Frame Front Dies set was used to cut the layers and cut out the 'window' from the card base and designer paper.  (The Floating Frame was used upside down for a different look, cutting the window from the bottom section instead of the top.)  The word sentiment was cut with the Holiday Word Dies for the front of the card.  Peeking from the inside panel is the beautiful deer from the 'All is Calm' Stamp/Die Duos set.

On the inside is the image and sentiment from the 'All is Calm' Stamp/Die Duos set. The image wsa stamped with Stazon Jet Black, mostly water-colored, then finished with markers and a clear glaze pen. The sentiment was cut with an Ovals Die, matted with a Double Stitched Ovals Die, and the 'flags' were cut with the Double Stitched Pennant Flags Dies. The inside panel was cut with the Double Stitched Rectangles Dies, matted with the Matting Rectangle, and the card was cut out with the A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer Dies.

My second card is a slimline design which features the 'Sparkling Snowflakes' Stamp/Die Duos set, and designer papers from the Serenity Snowflakes Paper Collection.  The snowflakes were white embossed on white cardstock, then colored with sponges and ink to match the plum, blue, and mauve tones in the paper.  The Happy New Year sentiment was cut with the Holiday Word Dies.  Additionally, the Slimline Card Base Die, Slimline Scalloped Rectangles Dies, Slimline Rectangles Dies, and the Slimline Layering Rectangles Dies were used.  Matching ribbon was tied with a Bow Easy and some irridescent sequins were used for finishing touches.

Thanks for hanging out with us today!

Blessings,

Divinity Designs LLC Mid-Month Release!

Hi, everyone!  Welcome to the 2nd New Release party for Divinity Designs LLC for September!  To see all of the new items and gorgeous designer samples, visit THIS POST.  

Here are the new items I have used for my two card samples for today:

My first card is a Slimline design which features the new Lacey Leaves Stamp/Die Duos set, the new Slimline Rounded Windows Die and the following items: Many Blessings Stamp/Die Duos, Flourises Embossing Folder, Pierced Rectangles Dies (matted with the Sentiment Strips Dies), Slimline Scalloped Rectangles Dies, and the Slimline Card Base.

Peeking through the triple window is a Wrinkle Free Distress panel (using the same color inks as the leaves) which was embossed with the Flourishes Embossing Folder.  All of the leaves (and the sentiment) were copper embossed then sponged with various inks.  Copper cardstock and copper cording were used to accentuate the copper embossing.

This is a view of the inside, which features two more of the copper embossed leaves, the Slimline Pierced Frame Die, Scalloped Ovals Dies, Pierced Ovals Dies, Ovals Dies, and a sentiment from the Seasons Change Stamp/Die Duos set.

My second card features the new Pumpkin Layering Combo Dies (LOVE), a pretty design from the Festive Fall Slimline Paper Pad, the largest of the Pierced Frames Dies set, the 'Happy' Stamp/Die Duos set, Sentiment Strips Dies, and the A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer Dies set.  Peeking through the gold layering of the pumpkins is an alcohol ink panel of red, orange, and gold tones.  The sentiment was gold embossed to match the gold cardstock used.  Golden yellow sequins, linen thread, and burlap ribbon were used as embellishments.

 

Thanks for hanging out with us today!

Blessings,

Floral Heart Thanks

Hi, everyone! This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the Tags Pinterest Board.....I fell in love with the soft, dreamy colors of this tag.  For my card, I began by embossing the Floral Heart image (from Simon Says Stamp) with silver embossing powder on white cardstock, fussy cut the image, then sponged lavender ink on the edges and on some of the flowers.  The sentiment was done the same way.  Both were popped up with foam tape over a panel which was dry embossed (not visible....the camera would not capture both the silver and the background!) and cut out with a Pierced Rectangle Die from Divinity Designs LLC.  A baker's twine bow was added for the finishing touch.

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Blessings,

Happiness Is Knowing You

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Brent aka brentsCards....congrats, Brent!!  I chose this beautiful card to case today because of the watercolor background, beautiful butterfly, and delish colors....how could I resist?  The stamp set I am using is a old favorite from my retired Stampin Up sets, 'Winged Things'.  I created a Wrinkle Free Distress panel with similar colors, white embossed the butterfly and sentiment, then cut out the panel with a rectangle die.  To coordinate with the tiny dots around the image, I used a white gel pen to add more dots to the background.  Baker's twine and white sequins were added at the last.  This will go into my birthday card stash for later.

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Blessings,

Triple Embossed Floral Heart

Hi, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from LTD Commodities.....wow, something for everybody there!  When I saw these awesome bracelets, I got the idea to use three metallic embossing powders on one image.  I won this awesome set from Lydia at UnderstandBlue a few months ago and have not inked it up until now.  The floral heart image was inked with versamark, then, one at a time, copper, silver, and gold embossing powder was sprinkled over the image and then heat set.  The sentiment was embossed the same way, then fussy cut and popped up with foam tape over some copper cord.  Three copper brads were added as a simple accent. The image panel was matted with copper and adhered to a silver card base.

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Blessings,

Never Stop Going

Hi, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from Cox and Cox....I thought that this rug was so cool, with the blended colors and copper colored fringe. For my card, I began by copper embossing the Grunge Cross onto white cardstock.  (Though this stamp set and coordinating die are retired from Our Daily Bread designs, I will not get rid of them since they are some of my faves for masculine cards.)  I normally would have created the Wrinkle Free Distress background first and then added the copper embossing, but I am so happy that I did the embossing first.  Once the inks (navy, green, brown) were smeared and spritzed onto a craft sheet, the raised embossing on the cardstock limited the saturation of the colors.  I love how it turned out!!  The inked panel was matted in white to balance the un-inked portions of the panel.  A separate cross was copper embossed, inked in the same manner, then cut out with the coordinating die and popped up with foam tape.  Brass brads and a metallic copper layer, along with a navy card base, rounded out the design.

Thanks so much for visiting with me today!

Blessings,

Part of My Story

Hi, everyone!  Today I would like to share a quick and easy card which was created for my niece's birthday.   I found this Wrinkle Free Distress panel in my stash, then added pewter embossing using three different stamp sets from Stampin Up: Part of My Story, Organic Grace, and Pressed Flowers.  Wisteria ribbon was added (bow tied with a Bow Easy), along with lavender pearls.  Since the background panel was already done, the embossing and finishing touches only took about fifteen minutes or so....yay!!

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Blessings,

Love Celebrating You!

Hi, everyone! This week's Clean and Simple Challenge over at Splitcoast is to use balloons on your CAS cards.  This is a perfect opportunity to use a new stamp set from Stampin Up, 'Hand Delivered'. The image pieces were black heat-embossed on white cardstock and onto a floral pattern from the Petal Promenade designer paper pack....on the back of the floral design was a marble pattern, so I alternated the balloons with the two designs.  The full white image was fussy cut and the pattern paper was paper-pieced onto it; the leftover sections were colored with markers.  The sentiment was heat-embossed onto the card base to coordinate with the image.  A punched oval was added as a rug for her to stand on.  No embellishments were added.....easier for mailing.

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Blessings,

Impressed, Amazed, Inspired by You!

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is LeAnn aka N2SCRAPPIN....congrats, LeAnn!  I chose this amazing card from her gallery to case since I needed a birthday card today for my nephew.  I used similar colors, three panels, embossed sentiment on black, and black baker's twine.  I began by swiping Island Indigo and Old Olive ink pads onto a craft sheet, spritzed with water, then mopped up the ink with a white piece of cardstock (the wrinkle free distress technique).  Once the panel was dry, the trees from 'Wide Open Spaces' were stamped in black and the panel was cut into thirds, matted in black, then popped up over an indigo card base.  The sentiment from 'Sweet Little Sentiments' was heat embossed in pewter; two pewter brads were added to match the embossing powder.  My card is a bit boring compared to LeAnn's work of art, but I think my nephew will like it.

Thanks for visiting with me today!

Blessings,