Leaf It

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, 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 used the Concord & 9th Triple Set Stamp set to stamp the various elements using peacock, oceanside and grasshopper ink then cut out with the matching die. The sentiment from the Stamp Simply Words of Encouragement set was stamped onto a peacock cardstock panel using Versamark ink and white heat embossed. The stamped piece was attached with foam dimensionals and a few pearls from my stash finished it up.

Products: Stamp Simply stamps, Concord & 9th cs, MFT and Concord & 9th dies, Versamark and Concord & 9th ink

For the second card I just used the Triple-Step Autumn Leaf  Die set for a cardstock only leaf.  Although it was triple step I just two colors instead of stardust and tidepool. The small leaf clusters were stamped using stardust ink. The sentiment from the Stamp Simply Fear Not  set was stamped using Versamark ink onto a stardust oval then white heat embossed. Cording was tied around the leaf stem before attaching all the pieces to a tidepool cardstock panel.

Products: Stamp Simply stamps, Concord & 9th cs, Hemptique twine, Spellbinders, MFT and Concord & 9th dies, Versamark and Concord & 9th ink

For the last " leafy" card I first did some ink smooshing with mowed lawn distress ink and the Picket Fence Studios$ Trapezoid Stencil onto a stitched edge cardstock panel. The sentiment from the Stamp Simply Fear Not set was stamped using the same mowed lawn ink. The two leaves were cut from cardstock scraps using the Neat and Tangled Oak Leaf die (no longer in business). Twine and pearls from my stash finished it up. 

Products: Stamp Simply sentiment set, Hemptique twine, Picket Fence Studios stencil, Neat and Tangled and MFT dies, Ranger ink

These cards represent #27, #28 and #29 of my second bundle of 25.

I am submitting the first card to the the Word Art Wednesday challenge of Anything Goes - Weeks #650-660.

Faith

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 used the various dies from the Concord & 9th Friendly Florals set to create the coneflowers from two shades of pink with yellow centers plus green stems and a bee from the same set. Rubbernecker Stamps Luke 1:37  verse was stamped with cornflower ink onto a tag cut with a die from the Paper Trey Ink Charming Tags 1 set. Rubbernecker has been rebranded as Brass & Bliss. The cornflower background cardstock panel was cut with a stitched edge die then embossed with the Spellbinders Geo Screen embossing folder. A trio of yellow pearls finished it up. 

Products: Brass & Bliss stamp, The Stamp Market, Concord & 9th and Papertrey Ink cs, Kaisercraft pearls, Spellbinders embossing folder, Concord & 9th ,MFT and Papertrey Ink dies, The Stamp Market ink

This card represent cards #26 of my second bundle of 25.

I am submitting this to the Color Throwdown Challenge #803 with colors of yellow, pink and blue and also to the Word Art Wednesday challenge of Anything Goes - Weeks #657-658.

O Holy Night

O Holy Night is my favorite Christmas hymn so when Concord & 9th came out with the O Holy Night Bundle I snatched it up. 

The Stardust color is my favorite in the Concord & 9th lineup and I doubled up on it with this card. I first stamped the big sentiment onto plain white cardstock using stardust ink, then cut out with the matching die. I stamped the small image onto the corner of a stardust cardstock stitched rectangle and white heat embossed. A few holeless sequins and a small metallic star finished it up. 

For the second card, I stamped both the sentiment and the image directly onto the stardust cardstock piece using Versamark ink and white heat embossed. I added a few of the diecuts from the O Holy Night bundle anchored with the stardust enamel dots. 

Products: Concord & 9th stamps, dies and cs, PTI cs, Concord & 9th enamel dots and ink, Versamark ink

I sincerely hope that you find enjoyment in this holy season despite your troubles.

Silent Night Holy Night

Happy Thanksgiving to all my U.S.A. readers!

I have another Christmas tag for the 25 Day of Christmas Tags challenge that I have also placed on a card.

I was inspired by Melissa Bickford's Day 14 tag. I like that Melissa's tag was die centric with a sentiment although obviously my dies and colors are different.

I first cut a tag from blueberry cardstock using The Cat's Pajamas Holiday Window Duo die and then the nativity scene from textured white cardstock using the dies from the Concord & 9th Holy Night Bundle. The sentiment was stamped on the (Mary) layer using blueberry ink and I then layered the various die cuts onto the tag using foam tape on the front piece. I cut the star from gold mirrored cardstock and added gold thread in the tag hole.

Products: Concord & 9th stamp and dies, MFT, Bazzill and PTI, American Crafts cs, The Cat's Pajamas die, MFT ink