Christmas Card #3 for 2014

Hi there.  Thanks for stopping by.  I have completed my third Christmas card for the year.  I figure at this rate, I should have plenty for sending out this year.

I used another image from Ike's Art to make this card.  I think she's beautiful.  I love her hair.

I truly appreciate the time that y'all take coming to check out my blog.  I love reading all the comments that are left for me.  It really makes my crafting worth it.  Have a wonderful day and God bless y'all.

Recipe:
Stamp: Ike's Art
Sentiment: Gina K Festive Frame set
Ink: Versafine Onxy Black
Coloring Medium: Crayola Colored Pencils, Gamsol
Cardstock: Red Base (Colorbok), Red and Green (Recollections), Neenah Solar White
Papers: DCWV, Recollections City Sidewalks
Tools: Fiskar's Trimmer, ATG Gun, pop dots, Creative Memories Trimmer

Challenges:
ABC Christmas--A is for Anything
Christmas Challenges--Sketch #106
Crafts 4 Eternity--#159 Fancy Folds
Crafting from the Heart--#5 Fancy Folds
Friends of Speedy TV--#108 Easel Cards

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge #45

Good Morning.  Guess what day it is???  It's Hump Day...yeah!  I still love that commercial.  It's one of my favorites, but I was disappointed Monday night when the top funniest commercials of 2013 came on and this one wasn't on there.  It should have been.

So, let's get to why you stopped by.  Our new challenge for The Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog.  Our challenge this week is sponsored by 

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Three wonderful sponsors means three chances to win.  Our theme is Anything Goes.  You can enter up to three times.

I chose DS4J to make my card.  This image is called

Girl on a Swing.

I have been on a pink kick the last few days with my cards.  I have also learned to make these adorable roses with a EK Success 5 petal flower punch.  I love the size of them.  They aren't too small and they aren't huge, either.  I have a larger 5 petal punch, but it seems to make them just a bit big.

Thank you so much for stopping by to visit me today.  I hope you have enjoyed the eye candy. Have a wonderful day and God bless y'all.

Recipe:

Stamp: DS4J

Coloring Medium: Crayola Colored Pencils, Sakura Glitter Gel Pen, BIC Marker

Cardstock: Neenah, Gina K Heavy Weight Ivory

Paper: DCWV Fabric Paper

Embellishments: hand made paper roses, ribbon--The Ribbon Boutique, Pearls--Queen and Co., Leaves--my stash

Tools: Fiskar's Trimmer, ATG Gun, Hot Glue Gun

Retro Sketches #56

Today is Good Friday.  My husband often asks me why it is considered "Good" Friday when Jesus died today.  That's why it's Good Friday.  If Jesus hadn't died for our sins today, we would be a lost and dying people.  It's a great day to rejoice and thank God for giving us the gift of His one and only Son.  Today is a day to remember the sacrifice of Jesus' life for ours.  Think about it..how many people would you be willing to die for?  Would you be willing to be beaten and abused until you were unrecognizable as a human?  Would you be willing to be crucified and hung there until you couldn't breathe anymore and died?  I love my husband and my daughter with all my heart, but I don't think I would be willing to endure what Jesus endured for us.  Just remember, those nails didn't keep him on that cross...Love did.

My card for this post features a cute little image from Bits and Bobs.  I used my BICs and a Sakura Glitter pen on this one.

I used Always Artichoke (SU) for the card base.  I then used three different DPs from Gina K's Wisteria Lane pack.  I like the new Designer papers that Gina has started making.  They are a little bit heavier than most of the DPs out there and they are very vibrant.  They come in 6x6 packs of 24. 

I also used a nice deep purple card stock (Colorbok) for the scalloped mat for my image and cut both out with my Nestabilities.  I picked three buttons from my stash and used white thread to "sew" them to the card.

Thanks for stopping in today.  God bless y'all.

Challenges:
Retro Sketches--#56

Vintage Shoe

Hello friends.  I have another card for you today.  This one uses a cute shoe from Beccy Muir. 

I made a circle card out of this one.  I began with a piece of Gina K Heavy Base Weight White card stock and used my circle cutter to make the base.  I don't have a Nestabilities that size, so I made it myself.  I then die cut a scalloped circle out of Dark Blue from Recollections and a plain circle out of white from Gina K.  I ran the white circle through my D'vine Swirls Embossing Folder and used DI Vintage Photo to highlight the raised design and to ink the edges.  I used my scissors to cut out the pump after coloring it in with BIC Markers and a white gel pen.  I used my Sizzix Leafy Branch die to make the branches out of green card stock from Recollections.  The sentiment is from Doodle Pantry.  I rounded the corners and inked the edges of the sentiment with DI Vintage Photo.

I thought I would make something a little bit different so I hope you enjoyed looking at my latest creation.  Thanks so much for the taking the time to do so.  God bless.

Challenges:
Beccy's Place--Birthday Bash #3

Hogs and Kisses

Good evening my friends.  I hope y'all's Thursday was a good one.  Tomorrow is Friday and since I am leaving for VA, I am posting the last of my challenge cards tonight. I won't post again until Monday, so I hope y'all have a great weekend.

This first card is a cutie.  At least I think so.  This one is for all my country girlfriends out there.  Even if you ain't the least bit country, y'all have to find this card cuter than a bug's ear.

See, I told ya.  Cute as a pigs ear, right?  This adorable little guy is from Doodle Pantry.  I love the stamps you can find there.  I think I'm hooked.  My digi file folder is overflowing.  

Putting this card together was very simple.  It looks like alot, but it's actually not.  One DP, two CS , some coloring and a little fussy cutting.  That's it.  The DP is Studio G from last year.  To get the swirls and little hearts, I just cut them out of scraps of the DP and colored them with a light pink BIC Marker and added glitter gel pen.  I used a black card base from SU, a piece of pink and white DP as a small mat and printed my image on Gina K White.   And of course, cutie is colored with my colored pencils and OMS.

Thanks so much for stoppin' in today.  I hope y'all have a great night.  God bless.

Challenges:
Robyn's Fetish--#145 Have a Heart
Created with Love--#27 Valentine's Day
ABC Challenges--#15  Candy Hearts

Playing Catch Up

Happy Monday y'all.  I hope all of y'all are ready for another week.  I am, but it's going to be a busy one.  I am really behind in my card making for last week.  I was super busy and didn't get all of my challenges done.  I think I am up to about 45 a week now.  It really helps me to stock up my stash for cards, but I am being over run.  I need to get some sold.  I probably should open an Etsy shop or put some on eBay.

I am going to post 5 cards here in this one post so that I can get them linked for the challenges.  I am going to be short and brief and just post the challenges they are for as well as the products, but not any details.  I will come back later in the week and post the details.  Sorry for being so short, but it's 3:20 am and I need to get to bed.

Card 1.  Sweet November

Stamp: Freecoloringpages.com
Sentiment: Hand written
Coloring Medium: BIC Markers, Spectrum Noir Markers, Glitter Gel Pen
CS: Recollections: yellow and green;  GP: white
DP: DCWV
Gems: Queen and Co.
Ribbon: Offray

Challenges entered:
Outlawz Friday Promarker/Copic--Birthstones
One Stop Craft Challenge--#214  Anything Goes


Card 2.  Mummu's Bike

Stamp:  Mummu's Bike Digi by Mo Manning
Sentiment: Dessert Diva
Coloring Medium: Colored Pencils and OMS
Inks: DI Vintage Photo (for edging)
CS: SU--Old Olive, Cajun Craze; GP--White
DP: American Crafts
Ribbon: Offray
Gems: Queen and Co.
5/8" Round circle punch (EK Success) (for making ticket corners)

Challenges Entered:
Outlawz Twisted Thursdays--Something with Wheels
Cute Card Thursday--#254 A Different Corner
Beccy's Place--Week 1  "B" card


Card 3:  10 Reasons Why

Stamps: Tami Mayberry--Just a Note; Nina Brackett--Heartily Yours Additions
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
CS: Gray, Tan and Olive--Recollections
DP: American Crafts; DCWV
Brad: Recollections
Punch: 5/8" Circle--EK Success

Challenges Entered:
Outlawz Color Challenge Tuesday--Gray, Green, and Tan


Card 4: Love Blessing

Stamp: TCP Faith Greetings
Ink: Memento Lady Bug
CS: Gina K--Heavy Base Weight White; Black-- DCWV; Red--Recollections
Tag: Hot Off the Press
Marvy Heart Punch

Challenges Entered: Freshly Made Sketches--#71


Card 5:  Faith

Please forgive the bad picture.  The card base is actually Olive Green, but for some reason it came out looking black and the sentiment strip looks tan when it is actually a dark yellow.  The glittered butterfly is teal green, not black.

Stamp: Tami Mayberry's Faithful Florals
Ink: Memento Bamboo Leaves; Anna Griffin Rose
CS: Olive--Recollections; Yellow--DCWV
DP:  K and Co.
Butterfly and Flower: my stash


Challenge Entered:
Outlawz Wednesday Sketch