Create in Me

Today's faith based card was created for Grace Klein here in Birmingham (@grace_klein_community). This is a wonderful faith based organization that has many charitable endeavors both locally and globally. Their goal is to give out 100,000 scripture based cards this year to be included with the food, clothing and school supply boxes, etc. They want cards in bundles of 25 which is daunting to our kind of card makers but my goal is to donate 100 cards by the end of the year. If you have any questions or want to join me, please send me an email or comment on this post and I will give you the details. 

I cut both hearts from simply chartreuse cardstock using The Greetery Heart Leaf Posy Die set and the flowers from cardstock in my scraps bag using dies from the Forget-Me-Nots set. The small flourish was cut from kraft cardstock using a die from the Curio: Spring Findings set. I  blended gathered twigs distressed ink onto it as well the border strip to change the color. Before attaching all the elements, I used the Regency Swirls embossing folder (which was included in my Gemini box) on the upper part of the panel then stamped the sentiment from the Stamp Simply Words of Encouragement set using chocolate ink. 

Products: The Greetery dies, RC and PTI cs, Ranger Distress and MFT ink

This card represents the 25th card in my first bundle of 25. Three more bundles to go!

I am submitting to the Word Art Wednesday challenge of  Anything Goes - Weeks #657-658.

Under His Wings

Today's two faith based cards were created for Grace Klein here in Birmingham (@grace_klein_community). This is a wonderful faith based organization that has many charitable endeavors both locally and globally. Their goal is to give out 100,000 scripture based cards this year to be included with the food, clothing and school supply boxes, etc. They want cards in bundles of 25 which is daunting to our kind of card makers but my goal is to donate 100 cards by the end of the year. If you have any questions or want to join me, please send me an email or comment on this post and I will give you the details. 

For both cards I used the PTI Year of Psalms March and PTI What the Doodle Feather and die which are both retired.

First up, I did some ink smooshing using salvaged patina distress ink onto a stitched edge cardstock panel. Two of the feathers were stamped onto watercolor paper using Versamark ink then white heat embossed and cut out with the matching die. I blended PTI dark indigo, tropical teal, green leaf inks. The smallest feather was stamped with tropical teal ink. I stamped the sentiment using tropical teal ink directly onto the panel, then clustered the three feathers around it attaching with a combo of glue and foam dimensionals.

Products: PTI stamps, dies and cs, MFT die, Ranger Distress ink and PTI ink

I tried for a more masculine on the second card. The diagonal stitched panel background was created by blending distress tumbled glass ink over  Picket Fence Studios Slim Line Moving Air Stencil. I stamped two of the feathers using permanent black ink, cut with the matching dies then blended lake house, sage and dijon ink and sprinkled water downed white acrylic ink with a fan brush. The two smaller feathers were all stamped with dijon ink. After attaching all the feathers around the sentiment which was stamped with permanent black ink, I added a trio of sequins.

Products: PTI stamps and dies and cs, Lil Inkers Designs die, Picket Fence Studios stencil, Doodlebug sequins, Altenew, The Stamp Market and Ranger Distress ink

These two cards represent cards #23 and #24 for my bundle of 25 (because I found 12 cards in my stash that fit the scripture requirement). 

I am submitting to the Word Art Wednesday challenge of  Anything Goes - Weeks #657-658. And also Tic Tac Toe Challenge (#252) using diecuts/free/any sentiment.

{The Cat's Pajamas} Thinking of You

Todays card features the Bye Bye Birdy digital set from The Cat's Pajamas. This set contains both line art as well as colored SVG files so there is lots of ways to use it. I was inspired by the delightful robin family in our backyard. One early morning as I was letting my dog out to do his business our crepe myrtle trees were full of the robin offspring learning to fly. It was just so sweet. 

My card features the line art including the puffy bird, heart birdhouse and big branch which I resized and arranged using Silhouette Software. After printing onto Copic friendly cardstock, I fussy cut out, colored with Copic markers and added a few white gel pen highlights.

I placed the image onto a stitched edge circle using foam dimensionals. The sentiment came from the Stacked Sentiments set.

Products: The Cat's Pajamas digital stamps, PTI cs, MFT die, Copic Markers

Copics: Birdhouse-R30, R32, R35, B0000, B000, B01, Y13, Y15, Y35; Bird-R21, R22, R24, W1, W2, N3, YR31; Leaves-G12, G14, G07; Branch-E23, E25, E27

I hope you have a great day. Thank you so much for stopping by.

He Counts the Stars

Today's two faith based cards were created for Grace Klein here in Birmingham (@grace_klein_community). This is a wonderful faith based organization that has many charitable endeavors both locally and globally. Their goal is to give out 100,000 scripture based cards this year to be included with the food, clothing and school supply boxes, etc. They want cards in bundles of 25 which is daunting to our kind of card makers but my goal is to donate 100 cards by the end of the year. If you have any questions or want to join me, please send me an email or comment on this post and I will give you the details. 

I tried for a more masculine look on these two cards. Both use a mini cardstock piece from Reverse Confetti (no longer in business). 

I cut the star filled cardstock piece with a stitched edge die then stamped the Papertrey Ink Year of Psalms: December  (oos) using midnight ink them attached to a midnight cardstock panel. I added three sizes of stars cut from scraps using The Greetery Rustic Star Small die set. A few sequins finished it up. 

Products: Papertrey Ink stamp, Concord & 9th cs, RC cs, Spellbinders sequins, The Greetery and MFT dies, Concord & 9th ink

For my second card, I stamped the Verve (no longer in business) sentiment onto the starry piece using permanent black ink then placed onto a slate background panel. The stars were cut from saffron spice and white cardstock using The Greetery Rustic Star Large and Small dies and attached with foam dimensionals. 

Products: Verve stamp, Simon Says and PTI cs,  RC cs, The Greetery and MFT dies, Altenew ink

These two cards represent cards #21 and #22 of my bundle of 25 (because I found 12 cards in my stash that fit the scripture requirement). 

Fruit of the Spirit

Today's three faith based cards were created for Grace Klein here in Birmingham (@grace_klein_community). This is a wonderful faith based organization that has many charitable endeavors both locally and globally. Their goal is to give out 100,000 scripture based cards this year to be included with the food boxes, clothing etc. They want cards in bundles of 25 which is daunting to our kind of card makers but my goal is to donate 100 cards by the end of the year. If you have any questions or want to join me, please send me an email or comment on this post and I will give you the details. 

All three cards feature an Rubbernecker Stamps Galatians 5:22 stamp. Rubbernecker has been rebranded as Brass & Bliss. 

I used a Reverse Confetti tag die (sadly no longer in business) to cut from white cardstock and a piece from a older RC mini card pack. I stamped the sentiment onto the white tag using guava ink, then tied the two together with twine. For the background I added three rows of Illustrated Faith washi tape diagonally, then cut the panel with a stitched die. The tag set was attached using a layer of craft foam for added dimension.

Products: Brass&Bliss stamp, PTI cardstock, The Twinery twine, Illustrated Faith washi tape, Lil Inker Designs die, Simon Says ink

For my second card I stamped the sentiment onto a circle cut with The Greetery Nordic Circle dies. The orange slice from the Sunny Studio Slice of Summer stamps was stamped with marmalade and creamsicle inks and cut with the matching die. The lime and lemon were fortuitously already stamped and cut that I discovered in my die cut stash. A few sequins finished it up. 

Products: Brass&Bliss stamp, Sunny Studios stamps and dies, The Greetery and MFT dies, Concord &9th and Altenew ink

For the last card, I used yet another Reverse Confetti die set to cut from cardstock and another piece from an older decorative mini cardstock pack also from Reverse Confetti (miss that company). I added 4 strips of different colored cardstock placed diagonally then cut with a stitched edge die. I found the flourish piece in my die cut bag and I slipped it underneath the stamped piece before attaching with a layer of craft foam.

Products: Brass&Bliss stamp, PTI and RC cs, My Favorite Things, Reverse Confetti and Lil Ink Designs dies, Altenew ink

These three cards represent cards #18, #19 and #20 for my bundle of 25 (because I found 12 cards in my stash that fit the scripture requirement). 

I am submitting to the Word Art Wednesday challenge of Anything Goes - Weeks #655-656. 

Gracious Words

Today's two faith based cards were created for Grace Klein here in Birmingham (@grace_klein_community). This is a wonderful faith based organization that has many charitable endeavors both locally and globally. Their goal is to give out 100,000 scripture based cards this year to be included with the food, clothing and school supply boxes, etc. They want cards in bundles of 25 which is daunting to our kind of card makers but my goal is to donate 100 cards by the end of the year. If you have any questions or want to join me, please send me an email or comment on this post and I will give you the details. 

For my first card, I used The Greetery Honey Jar stamp set using buttercup ink for the honey jar, fine line for the honey dripper, pernament black and soft stone for the bee and cut all with their matching dies. For the background I cut white cardstock using a die from The Greetery Nordic Frames dies. After stamping the honeycomb images from the Buzz Worth Sentiments stamped with (Simon Says) goldenlocks hybrid ink, I stamped the sentiment from Verve which is now out of business. All the stamped image were attached with a foam dimensionals. 

Products: The Greetery stamps and dies, Verve stamp, Doodlebug dp, Altenew, Concord &9th and PTI ink

I stamped images from the Reverse Confetti Happy Bee Day (no longer in business) including the honey jar, topper, dipper, bee and floral cluster, cut out with the matching dies and colored with Copic markers. The Verve Proverbs 16:24 was stamped onto a tag cut with the Paper Trey Ink Charming Tags 1 set. For the background, the The Greetery Honeycomb Corners Dies were cut from a white cardstock panel, then backed with a bright buttercup cardstock piece. All the images along with a flourish snippet from my die cut stash were attached with foam dimensionals. The sentiment is also from Verve which,  sadly, is no longer in business.

Products: Reverse Confetti stamps and dies, PTI linen cs, The Greetery and PTI dies, Altenew ink, Copic Markers

Copics: Jar-Y21, Y15, BG70, BG10; Jar Topper-BG01, BG02, BG05, RV21, RV17; Honey Dipper-E30, E33, E50; Bee-Y13, N3, N5, B0000, B000; Flower Cluster-Y00, Y13, RV21, RV06, RV17, YG01, YG03

These two cards represent cards #16 and #17 of my bundle of 25 (because I found 12 cards in my stash that fit the scripture requirement). 

I am submitting to the Word Art Wednesday challenge of Anything Goes - Weeks #655-656. 

A Pure Heart

Today's two faith based cards were created for Grace Klein here in Birmingham (@grace_klein_community). This is a wonderful faith based organization that has many charitable endeavors both locally and globally. Their goal is to give out 100,000 scripture based cards this year to be included with the food, clothing, school supplies boxes, etc. They want cards in bundles of 25 which is daunting to our kind of card makers but my goal is to donate 100 cards by the end of the year. If you have any questions or want to join me, please send me an email or comment on this post and I will give you the details. 

I stamped the Pretty Pink Fresh Floral Hearts stamp and and then cut out with the matching die and colored with Copic markers. I stamped the small cross from a old Technique Tuesday set onto the linen card front which was cut out with the The Greetery Nordic Frames dies. After attaching the floral heart with a layer of craft foam, I stamped the sentiment from the Stamp Simply Words of Encouragement set. A few Doodlebug sequins finished it up. 

Products: Pretty Pink Posh stamp and die, Stamp Simply stamp, PTI linen cs, The Greetery die, Doodlebug sequins, Altenew ink, Copic Markers

Copics: BG000, BG01, Y13, Y15, R10, R83, YG01, YG25, E81

While the scripture stamp was on my craft table I made a second card with the same theme. I used a die from the Lawn Fawn Outside in Stitched Heart Stackables set to cut an opening from a stitched edge panel. I cut a backing panel and blended on salvaged patina distress ink and stamped the sentiment from the Stamp Simply Words of Encouragement set. The gold cross was cut using a die from the Simon Says Crosses set which apparently is retired. The flowers and leaves were cut from my scraps bag using dies from the Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms set. 

These two cards represent cards #14 and #15 of my bundle of 25 (because I found 12 cards in my stash that fit the scripture requirement). 

{The Cat's Pajamas} Hello There

Hello there! 

For this card I wanted to include the bunny from the This Could Be Vodka set I decided to use the individual images in the Fence & Flowers set rather than the main image. I combined the fence, a couple of greenery pieces and three different flower stems. I used the erase, bring to front and send to back features in the Silhouette software to create the arrangement I wanted. After printing my finished image onto Copic friendly cardstock, I colored with Copic markers, then fussy cut out including getting my craft knife out. I attached the image to a waterfall cardstock panel cut with a stitched edge die. The sentiment is from the Stacked Sentiments set. 

                

Products: The Cat's Pajamas digital stamps, Spellbinders cs, MFT die, Copic Markers

Copics: Flowers-Y02, Y21, Y35, RV02, RV10, RV32 RV34, RV17; Stems&Leaves- YG01, YG25, G24; Greenery-G40, G43; Bunny-E40, E41, E42, E44, R83, E25; Fence-E81

 It is so-o-o hot! Stay cool my friends!

Spring Shower {Purple Onion Designs}

Another card today from the recent Purple Onion Designs release Tofu & Friends-Summer Fun collection illustrated by Chilliezgraphy by Pei (@chilliezgraphy). I posted this on my Facebook page as well as Instagram but just did not have the time to blog it until now. It's been a busy, busy summer so far. 

I used one of my favorite color combos for this card featuring the Spring Shower image plus a sentiment from the Friendly Warm Wishes Sentiment Set created in my usual clean and simple style.

Products: Purple Onion Designs stamps, PTI cs, Doodlebug enamel dots, Altenew ink, Copic Markers

Copics: Bear-E30, E33, E35, E40, E41, E42, N3, N5, R02, Y13, Y15, Y17;Kitty-C1, C3, R01, E30, E33, Y13, Y15; Umbrella-W00, E81, N2, N3, N5

Have a great day.

You are Tee-Rific {Purple Onion Designs}

Recently Purple Onion Designs released a new collection illustrated by Stacey Yacula "Amongst the Pines". I did post to my Facebook page and Instagram but not here due to some time constraints. 

This card features Mulligan and 18th Hole along with a sentiment from The Great Outdoors Sentiment set. 

Products: Purple Onion Designs stamps, PTI cs, Picket Fence Studios stencil, Altenew, PTI and Ranger Distress ink, Copic Markers

Copics: Bear-E50, E51, E53, R00, R02; Clothing-R21, R22, R24, R27, B21, B23, B26, E81, E42, E84; Shoes/Socks-E30, E31, E35, B21; Golf Club-T0, T3, R21, R27, B23; Grass-G40, G43, Flag stick-R21, R22, R24, R27

This was my husband's favorite card as he is an avid golfer.

Just a Note {Purple Onion Designs}

Today's card features an image illustrated by Stacey Yacula (@staceyyacula) for Purple Onion Designs which is a part of the Amongst the Pines release. 

I stamped Sapphire, Steel & Cobalt (swans) onto a Copic friendly cardstock panel along with Clouds from a previous release then colored with Copic markers. After masking the image I splattered on watered down white acrylic ink with a fan brush.  The sentiment is from the Pinkfresh Studio Perfect Sentimental Stamp and die set. The panel was mounted onto a subtle patterned paper background with a layer of craft foam. Super clean and simple!

Products: Purple Onion Designs stamps, Pinkfresh Studios stamp and die, Doodlebug dp, PTI cs, Altenew ink, Copic Markers

Copics: Swans-W00, E81, N2, N3, N5, N7, YR14, YR16; Clouds-oB000, B01

I hope you have a wonderful week! See you back here soon.

Come Near

Today's card is the first of (I hope) many faith based cards I am creating for Grace Klein here in Birmingham (@grace_klein_community). This is a wonderful faith based organization that has many charitable endeavors both locally and globally. Their goal is to give out 100,000 cards this year to be included with the food boxes, clothing etc. All cards must include a scripture and can include envelopes or not. The cards they used as an example were water colored but of course my forte is stamped images so that is what I will be using. They want cards in bundles of 25 which is daunting to our kind of card makers but I am almost done with my first bundle since I have included some cards previously completed (12 actually) so technically this is card #13).  My goal is to donate 100 cards by the end of the year. If you have any questions or want to join me, please send me an email or comment on this post and I will give you the details.  

I stamped the Spellbinders Hydrangea Bouquet (Jan23 Clear Stamp & Die club) onto Copic friendly cardstock, cut out with the matching die, then colored with Copic markers. I splashed watered down shaded lilac distress ink onto the stitched panel with a fan brush, then attached the image with a layer of craft foam. The sentiment from the Stamp Simply Words of Encouragement set was stamped direct to paper using new leaf ink.

Products: Spellbinders stamp & die, Stamp Simply sentiment stamp, PTI linen cs, MFT die, Altenew, Ranger Distress and PTI ink

Copics: Flowers-BV00, BV01, BV02, RV000, RV00, RV02, R85; Leaves-YG01, YG25, YG17

I am submitting this to the Color Throwdown (#779) Challenge to include colors of pink, purple and green.

Hang in There {Purple Onion Designs}

Today I am featuring a card from the new Tofu & Friends-Summer Fun collection illustrated by Chilliezgraphy by Pei (@chilliezgraphy) for Purple Onion Designs.

After stamping Tutu Sweet Dreams onto Copic friendly cardstock, I colored with Copic markers and fussy cut out. I attached the image using craft foam to a circle onto which I blended broken china distress ink. The sentiment from Friendly Warm Wishes Sentiment Set was stamped onto a strip of  cardstock which was also blended with the same distress ink. 

Products: Purple Onion Designs stamps, Doodlebug dp, PTI cs, MFT die, Altenew and Ranger Distress ink, Copic Markers

Copics: Bunny-E50, E51, E40, E81, B41, B32; Flowers-YG01, Y0000, Y00, Y13, RV00, RV23, RV25; Leaves-G40, G43, B000, B01; Cart-W00, W1, W2, W5, E30, C3, T3

For a limited time you can purchase the whole Tutu & Friends Summer Fun collection including the Friendly Warm Wishes Sentiment set for a savings of 30%. Offer ends June 15. 

{The Cat's Pajamas} Hello Crafty Friend

Do you send cards specifically for your crafty friends? A lot of us have internet paper crafting friends in this industry and today's card is a perfect one for them as well as those you know in real life. 

Using Silhouette software, I resized the girl, the crafty cluster then sized the "stamping" sentiment on the banner portion from the Crafting is a Superpower digital set. I did the same for the "friend" sentiment from the Talk Crafty to Me set and printed all onto Copic friendly cardstock. The main sentiment and girl were cut out with pierced circle dies. The cluster portion was cut with a stitched rectangle die for the card front. All images were colored with Copic markers. After adding a strip of patterned paper I attached the main image circle with a couple of layers of cardstock to give it more dimension. I blended tumbled glass distress ink on the edges of the sentiment piece and attached with foam dimensionals. 

Products: The Cat's Pajamas digital stamps, Doodlebug dp, MFT cs, MFT dies, Ranger Distress ink, Copic markers

Copics: Skin-E50, E000, E01, E11; Hair-E51, E33, E53, E35; Clothing-W00, RV00, R81; Book-W00, B000, B01; Greenery-YG01; Scissors-C00, C3, RV00, R81; Glue-B000, B01, YR30, Y21; Stamp-YR30, Y21, R01, R02; Banner-YR30, Y21

I hope the month of June is off to a great start for you. 

Have a Flippin' Great Day {Purple Onion Designs}

It's a flippin' great day at Purple Onion Designs because there are two new adorable stamp collections. Today I am featuring a card from the new Amongst the Pines collection illustrated by Stacey Yacula. 

After stamping the new Fallen Log and Skip images Copic friendly cardstock, I cut out with a stitched rectangle die and colored with Copic markers. I also stamped, colored and fussy cut out Timber from a previously released collection. I masked the two images on the stitched panel and blended tumbled glass and broken china distress inks to represent the water, then used a cloud stencil and tumbled glass ink for the sky portion. I tapped on water using a fan brush on the "water", then blotted with a paper towel. A sentiment from the new Great Outdoors Sentiment set was stamped direct to paper. Timber was attached with foam dots. 

Products: Purple Onion Designs stamps, RC cs, Picket Fence Studios stencil, Ranger Distress and Altenew ink

Copics: Log-W2, E50, E53, E21, E23; Greenery-G40, G43 & G21, G24; Mushrooms-R02, R05; Rocks-E40, E41, E42; Beavers-E30, E31, E33, T0, W00, W1, W2, W5, R02, R35

For a limited time you can purchase the whole Amongst the Pines bundle including the Great Outdoors sentiment set for a savings of 30%. Offer ends June 15. 

{The Cat's Pajamas} Squeeze the Day

Good morning. I have another card using a digital set from The Cat's Pajamas May release. If you haven't checked out this release yet, what are you waiting for? It's adorable. 

I love all the citrus fruits so the Cute Citrus, or Not set called my name for sure. Alma has provided the fruits with a cute face or plain. Using Silhouette software, I resized and printed the branch of oranges onto Copic friendly cardstock, cut out with a arched die, then colored with Copic markers. I did the same by resizing and clustering the cut orange and a blossom from the same set along with the sentiment from the Citrusly sentiment set, cutting out with a pierced circle die. The main image piece was attached to a light teal card base then the sentiment piece was attached using foam dimensionals. A trio of enamel dots added the finishing touch.

Products: The Cat's Pajamas digital stamps, MFT cs, Doodlebug enamel dots, Copic Markers

Copics: Oranges-YR12, YR16, YR14, YR04, YG03; Blossoms-E81, Y21, YR30; Leaves-G40, G43, G46, YG01, YG23, YG25; Branch-E40, E42, E44; Shadows-BG70, BG0000, B0000

The citrus colors make a very cheerful card, doncha think?

{The Cat's Pajamas} Grow Your Own Way

Yes, I am still stamping. Yes I am still blogging. It's been a tough year. Two eye surgeries for me, my husband recovering from cancer treatment and both of us having a terrible bout of Covid has really put a dampener on any type of creativity. I am determined for this to change. 

Fresh vegetables are beginning to appear at the farmer's market so this new set called by name. Using Silhouette software I resized and printed the various vegetables from the Kawaii Crop digital set onto Copic friendly cardstock. After coloring with Copic markers, I fussy cut out and arranged across the the card front using a combo of glue and foam dimensionals. The sentiment from the same set was printed onto kraft cardstock to match the card base. A trio of enamel dots added a bit of pizazz. It's clean and simple. My favorite kinda card. 

Products: The Cat's Pajamas digital stamps, PTI cs, Doodlebug enamel dots, Copic markers

Copics: Carrots- YR20, YR24, YR27; Peas-YG01, YG23, YG25, YG61, YG63, YG67; Onion-W00, E81, E84, Bell pepper-G40, G43, G46; Radish-W00, E81, R35, R37, R37; Greenery-YG01,YG41, YG06

Have a great day. Thanks so much for stopping by.

You Warm my Heart

I have a last minute entry for the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #26 to include a heart. This has actually been ready for a while but I just could not get it photographed and uploaded. I've had two eye surgeries and have found it difficult to work around the procedures.

I used an older product from a now defunct company, the Neat and Tangled Penguin Treat Holder to put together the penguin. I added the hat, candy cane and coffee cup using dies from the Lawn Fawn Woodland Critter Huggers Winter Add-On die set. The sentiment from the Pinkfresh Studio Sweet Friend Flora was stamped onto a heart shaped die cut using pure poppy ink. I actually used last week's Freshly Made sketch but didn't get it in on time for the challenge. Story of my life these days. I am not super happy how I put the items in the penguin arms but then again I haven't seen any penguins holding cups and candy canes either!

Products: Neat and Tangled die, Pinkfresh Studio sentiment stamp, PTI cs and dp, Lawn Fawn dies, PTI ink

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great rest of the weekend.

Be Comforted

Hello there. I am always in need of sympathy cards and never seem to have something available when I do. I hope to remedy that this year. This particular card is for the the Flower Challenge #88 to add a heart. 

I stamped the images from the Pinkfresh Studio Sweet Friend Floral stamp set onto Copic friendly cardstock, cut out with the matching dies and colored with Copic markers. For the background I created an opening in a linen cardstock panel with a heart shaped die, then backed with patterned paper. The floral pieces were inserted into the heart using a bit of glue and foam dimensionals to attach. The sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp Tiny Words Faith set was stamped direct to paper. 

Products: Pink Fresh Studios stamps, Simon Says Stamp, PTI cs and dp, Altenew ink, Copic Markers

Copics: R00, R02, R05, G40, G43, W00, E81

I hope all is well with you. Have a blessed day.