Sing to the Lord

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 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. 

I used chocolate brown ink to stamp the Papertrey Ink Year of Psalms February (retired) sentiment onto pool party cardstock cut with the Paper Trey Ink Charming Tags 1. The kraft cardstock and patterned paper background was cut using a stitched edge die and after attaching the sentiment tag I stamped a couple of musical notes from the same Year of Psalms set using the same chocolate brown ink. Lastly I used the Feathered Friends 2 die set to cut from various cardstock in my scraps bag attaching to the card front using foam dimensionals.

Products: Papertrey Ink stamps and die, PTI dp and cs, SU cs, Lil Inker Designs die, MFT and Ranger Distress ink

This cards represents card #38 and is a part of my second bundle of 25.

I am submitting these to the Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes - Weeks #669-670 Challenge.

A Fall Feeling

Today's 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 stamped the leaf cluster from the Spellbinders Fall Thoughtfulness set (Sep23 Clear Stamp & Die club) onto Copic friendly cardstock. I cut out with the matching die, then trimmed off the string portion as I wanted to add a 3d version. I attached the stamped piece with layer of craft foam onto a card stock piece cut with the largest die from the Papertrey Ink Reflections:September set. The sentiment from the Stamp Simply Fear Not set was stamped directly onto the backgroundpanel using chocolate brown ink.

Products: Spellbinders stamp and die, Simply Said stamp, Hemptique cord, Papertrey Ink and Lil Inker Designs dies, Altenew and MFT ink, Copic Markers

Copics: E07, E08, E09, E30, E31, E33, E35, YR01, YR02, YR21,YR23, YR27, Y13, Y15, Y17, Y38, G40, G43, G46, V15

In keeping with my usual, I made another card using the same stamps and dies while they were on my craft table, this time using the pumpkin cluster image. I wanted a more muted color scheme as I know so many of my cards lean toward the feminine side. The sentiment is from the Psalm Reflections: August Mini set stamped with chococolate brown ink. 

Products: Spellbinders stamps and dies, PTI stamps and dies, PTI cs, Lil Inker Designs die, Altenew and MFT ink, Copic Markers

Copics: Pumpkin- YR01, YR14, YR21, YR23, YR24, E71; Leaves-G40, G43, G46, E33, E35, E37

I have to say, I found these images hard to color, especially the first one. I made a lot more mistakes than I usually do. 

These cards represent #36-37 and are part of my second bundle of 25. 

I am submitting these to the Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes - Weeks #667-668

and also to the October Four Seasons Challenge.

Fall Mums

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.

This project has had a major stoppage on my part. I won't bore you with what all has happened to us in the past month but suffice to say there has been very little time to craft. 

There is a bit of fall here in Alabama. September is usually one of our hottest months so it has been a nice weather break. I love fall mums so I used The Greetery Sunflower BotaniCuts to create mine. I cut the flower from honey nut cardstock for the flower then blended on rusty hinge distress ink before assembling the layers. The leaves and veins were cut from two different colors of green cardstock both of which were in my scraps bag. I blended on forest moss distress ink on the leaves. The large sentiment from the Comforting Commands set  stamped in mowed lawn distress ink and then cut out with the matching die and the smaller one with rusty hinge cut with a strip die. Before attaching the images and sentiments I partially blended antique linen onto a stitched linen cardstock.

While my supplies were out I made a second card with another mum as the center piece and using all the same colors. That's the only way I am going to get this many cards completed before the end of the year. I included an older stamp and die Papertrey Ink Inspired:Lord for the sentiment. 

Products: The Greetery stamp and dies, PTI stamp, die and cs, Ranger Distress Ink

These cards represent card #31 and #32 of my second bundle of 25.

I am submitting the first card to the Color Hues (#94) Challenge - Rust & Green. 

And the second card to the Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes - Weeks #665-666 and also to the Freshly Made Sketches #653. 

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.

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). 

Psalm 31:25

Good morning. I have a faith based card for a friend who is suffering from very serious health issues.

I stamped Papertrey Ink Psalm Reflections: February using sage ink onto white linen cardstock, cut out with a double stitched oval die then trimmed off to fit the panel. I then stamped the vase and handle from the Vase Collection 13 Mini Stamp Set using stone and london fog ink and cut out and the decorative balls with wheat ink, then cut out with all the matching dies. The greenery came from the older Forest Floor: Winter stamp and die set, stamped with fern and stardust ink. I dry embossed the soft stone background panel using the Spellbinders Dazzling Dots embossing folder. 

Products: Papertrey Ink stamps and dies, PTI cs, Spellbinders embossing folder, Memento, Reverse Confetti, The Stamp Market and Concord & 9th ink

Have a great week. 

Festive Mugs (2021 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop)

I have a Christmas card for the 2021 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop using some stamps and dies from Papertrey Ink. 

I used the Papertrey Ink Festive Mugs Stamp and Die set that I purchased last year and never actually got around to using to create the two mugs, greenery, flowers and candy canes, all stamped using sweet blush, simply chartreuse and Christmas kisses ink. The snowflake cutout on the top mug came from the Starflakes die set. I arranged the images onto a white panel cut with two of the dies from the Mix & Mat: Snowflakes set, then backed with a second layer of red cut with the largest die from the set. I love pink and red for Christmas. 

Products: Papertrey Ink stamps and dies, The Stamp Market and PTI cs, The Stamp Market and PTI ink

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you are having a nice relaxing weekend. 

Mountains

It's been way too long since I have done a Faith Friday.

I stamped the images and sentiments from the Papertrey Ink Quoted:Move Mountains mini set using black, blueberry sky, summer sunrise and hawaiian shores inks onto linen cardstock. I cut out using a decorative tag die, then colored the images with Copic markers. The image tag was attached to a cardstock and patterned paper background using a layer of craft foam. The clouds were cut out with cloud dies and the edges sponged on the edge with blueberry sky ink.

Products: Papertrey Ink stamps, Honey Bee dp, PTI cs, Lil Inker Designs and Pretty Pink Posh dies, Altenew and PTI ink, Copic Markers

Copics: Mountains-E81, W1, W2, W5; Trees-YG01, YG91, YG93; Sun-Y000, YR31; Laurel wreath-G40, G43, G46; Banner-B41, B32

I pray your mountains are small!

Enchanted Forest

I am back with another trio of similar Christmas cards for faster cardmaking during this busy season. This time I used the same Papertrey Ink Enchanted Forest stamp set but changed up the layout for each. I will go ahead and confess that I have had these trees stamped up since June. Yeah, that long. The reason I know is because I found it in my blog drafts with a June date.

I stamped the various trees in a variety of ink colors and cut out with the matching Enchanted Forest Dies.

I am submitting the above card for the current Color Throwdown (CTD573) Challenge with colors of Lime Green, Hot Pink and White. I first embossed the card front using a die from the Papertrey Ink Shape Shifters Oval 2 Die. I only had one pink stamped and cut tree so I stamped two different ones directly onto the card front, along with the snowflakes and sentiment. I then added the cut tree, adhering the foliage part using craft foam. A strip of patterned paper as the bottom border finished it up.

For this card I used a border style embossing folder to partially emboss the card front. I added the three cut trees over the embossed area and stamped the sentiment. The center tree is actually lavender and purple but I think my light box made it looked more gray. I am submitting this one to the Addicted to CAS #174 Challenge which is a theme of trees. 

For card #3 I used a geo snowflake stencil with distress ink to create a partial background then attached the trees over the stenciled portion. A sentiment from the Simon Says Tiny Words Christmas set and a few silver holeless sequins finished it up. The layout came from the Freshly Made Sketches #415 Challenge.

Products: Papertreyink stamps and dies, dp and cs; Simon Says stamp, The Cat's Pajamas Holeless Sequins, Darice Embossing Folder, PTI ink

Have a great rest of the week!

Peace, Love and Joy

I am squeezing in a project for the Tag You're It #92 Challenge in between creating projects for my design teams. I wish I had time to do this challenge more often because I do love tags. July has just been a crazy, busy month.

Using simply chartreuse, pure poppy, fine linen, rich cocoa and tuxedo black inks, the various forest icons from the Papertrey Ink Forest Floor: Winter Stamp set were stamped and then cut out with the matching dies.  The various stamped pieces were layered onto a patterned paper tag cut with the Tag Sale #6 die with the cluster of flora tied together with black cord. Before attaching the tag with a layer of craft foam, I stamped another of the flora pieces twice onto the card front using soft stone ink and added a simple patterned paper border at the bottom.

Products: Papertrey Ink stamps an dies, Echo Park dp, PTI cs, Hemptique Cording, PTI and Memento ink

I hope you are having a blessed Sunday.

His Promises are Forever

Hello there Monday. You came around very quickly! I really hope all of you had a fantastic weekend. Ours was very low key which is exactly how we wanted it.

I did get a chance to get crafty on Saturday. This card is for Laurie's Fabulous Favorites challenge over on the Ink to Paper blog which is to frame your sentiment.

After cutting a sentiment panel from linen card using the Papertrey Ink Shape Shifters: Circle 3 Die, I stamped the sentiment from the Garden of Faith set using a combination of new leaf, green parakeet and black ink. The panel was then attached to a card base with a matching patterned paper border at the bottom. To frame the sentiment I stamped flowers and leaves from the Brushed Blooms set using raspberry fizz, hibiscus burst, new leaf and green parakeet inks, then cut with the matching dies. A few enamel dots finished it up.

Products: PTI stamps and dies, PTI cs and dp, Doodlebug enamel dots, PTI and Altenew ink

I hope you have a blessed week sweet crafters!

Faith Can Move Mountains

Good morning. I haven't done a Faith Friday in quite a while so today's card is a faith based one for a church friend who is having some major health and pain issues.

I stamped the image from the Papertrey Ink Move Mountains Mini set onto linen cardstock, then added the sentiment from the Reverse Confetti The Lord's Strength using hawaiian shores ink below the image. I cut the panel out with a stitched die, colored with Copic Markers and added a small strip of patterned paper at the bottom. I cut an octagon shape from patterned paper using a stitched die for a mat then attache the whole piece to a top folding card base using a layer of craft foam. A matching patterned paper strip was attache to the bottom of the card base.

Products: Papertrey Ink and Reverse Confetti stamps, Lawn Fawn and Altenew patterned paper, PTI cs, MFT and Simon Says dies, Altenew and PTI stamps, Copic Markers

Copics: Sun-Y000, Y00, Y02, Y21; Mountains-W00, W1, W2; Trees-YG01, YG11, YG13; Grass- G40, G43

Have a great weekend.

Christian Valentine Tags

Good morning. I hope you are staying warm during these dreary February days. Today I have some Christian Valentine tags to show you. The photos were not the best but I only had a few minutes to get them done.

I created these for a special group of women from a shelter who attend our church on a regular basis. Our small group provided their lunch so I decided to add something extra this time. I limited my supplies to two patterned paper pads, three colors of cardstock and two ink colors. I used various Christian stamps along with several tag shapes from different companies. The stamps had to include the word love or heart. 

Each tag was attached to a single long stemmed rose using ribbon.

Products: Papertrey Ink, Reverse Confetti, Verve and Sweet 'n Sassy stamps, The Cat's Pajamas, Sunny Studio, My Favorite Things, Simon Says, Lawn Fawn and Papetrey Ink dies, Reverse Confetti and Doodlebug dp, Papetrey Ink and Reverse Confetti cs, Kaisercraft pearls, Michael's and May Arts ribbons, Reverse Confetti ink 

Have a great day. Thanks for stopping by.