Tuesday Throwdown #214

Happy Tuesday.  Thanks for joining me today.  I hope y'all are having a good day.

Today starts a new challenge at Tuesday Throwdown and our theme is NEW HOME.

We have a great sponsor for this challenge:  My Grafico

I used this cute little snail who looks like he's moving to a new home on this log.  I used my mini scoreboard to create a frame for the images.

Thanks again for joining me today.  I hope y'all have a wonderful day.  God bless.

Tuesday Throwdown #212

Good Morning.  Thank you for joining me for a new challenge at Tuesday Throwndown.  Our theme for this week is a Recipe Challenge: 1 image, 2 papers and 3 flowers. You have until the 15th to enter the challenge.

Our sponsor for this week is A Day for Daisies

                                

This little girl  goes by Cow Dress and can be found here.  I used papers from The Paper Studio and Gina K Designs.  The roses are from Hobby Lobby.

Thank you for joining me today.  Have a blessed day.

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #208

Good Morning.  Thanks for joining me today.  This week at Tuesday Throwdown, we have a sketch for you to follow.

Our sponsor this week is 

My Grafico

My papers are from K & Co, the jeweled brads are from Recollections.  I used Classic Circles Large Spellbinders dies on the image and background circle.  

Thank you for stopping by.  Have a wonderful Tuesday.  God bless.

Happy 4th of July

Good morning.  I hope y'all had a great night's rest.  With Independence day just a few days away, many of the challenge blogs and my DTs have a 4th of July theme.   237 years ago  group of men got together to establish the Declaration of Independence for this amazing country we live in.  "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."  are probably some of the most famous words ever uttered in our country.  Many of our ancestors came to America because of those words.  They wanted better lives for their families and a chance to make one.  Many people have given up their lives for these words.  We, here in America, not only need to celebrate our freedom on Thursday, but every day.  We need to remember why we celebrate the 4th of July and not just enjoy the fireworks, parades and picnics.  We need to pray for those who don't know what life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is all about.

Here are some quirky facts about the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence:

5 of the signers were captured by the British and tortured as traitors.

12 had their homes ransacked and burned down.

2 lost their sons in the Revolutionary War and another 2 had their sons captured.

9 of the 56 fought and lost their lives in the Revolutionary War.

24 were lawyers, 11 were merchants and all knew that by signing this document, they were placing their lives and the lives of their families in jeopardy.

Carter Braxton, of Virginia, lost everything he had and died in rags.

Thomas McKeam was forced to move his family constantly and keep his family in hiding.  He served in Congress with no pay and died a pauper.

Thomas Nelson, Jr. had his home taken over by British General Cornwallis and died penniless.

Francis Lewis had his wife jailed for treason and she died shortly after.

These were not ruffians.  They were soft spoken men of means who believed in the document they risked their lives to sign.  Standing tall and unwavering, these men pledged , "For the support of this declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honour."

Now that you have had your history lesson for this morning..:) I have a card for you.  This morning's card is for the Digi Darla challenge for this week: Stars and Stripes--Red and White (Canada) or Red, White and Blue (USA).

I used two of Digi Darla's images to make this card..Your Cheerleader and July Fourth with three stars.  Both can be found in the shop.

To begin this card, I made a standard card base from Gina K's Heavy base weight White card stock.  I used a combination of Recollections and card stock and DCWV All Year Stack for the background.  I added two die cuts that my friend, Jan, sent to me.  The images are printed on Neenah card stock and colored with BIC Markers and Sakura Glitter Pens.  I cut out the cheerleader and popped her up after adding the sentiment.  Adding a few Queen and Co gems finished off this celebration card.

Thank you so much for staying around to listen to my ramblings this morning.  As you go through your week, remember to be thankful for the big things as well as the little things that living in America allows us to have and do.  God bless America and God bless y'all.

Challenges:
Chocolate, Coffee, Cards--#42 4th of July
Simply Create Too--#40 Use the colors in your country's flag.
Tuesday Throwdown--#154  4th of July
Shopping Our Stash--#108  4th of July

Love is Eternal

Hello my friends.  I hope y'all have enjoyed your Monday.  We had a terrible storm earlier this evening.  The winds were whipping and it was hailing and raining.  It's done now thank the Lord.

The card I have for y'all this post is a Fantasy card.  What do you think of when you hear the word fantasy..Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Star Wars, fairies, elves...I think of Vampires.  I know I shouldn't but I love Vampires.  I think it's just the thought of someone loving me forever no matter what and desiring me enough to want to spend eternity with me.  I know, I'm a hopeless romantic and my poor husband doesn't a have a drop of romance in his whole body. :)

The image I chose is from Phee McFaddell.  Isn't she a cute little vampire.  He's an elf vampire.  I printed out the image onto Neenah card stock and used my Spectrum Noir pens and Sakura glitter gel pens to color in the image.  I rounded the corners of the image, inked them with DI Black Soot and matted it onto a piece of dark red card stock from Recollections.  The card base is made from Colorbok card stock.  I added two DPs..one from DCWV and one from the Recollections Halloween collection from last year.  I used pop dots to add dimension to the image.  The beaded trim is from Michael's and the feathers are from my daughter's school kit that we had left over.  I added three Recollections flowers and a red brad.  

I hope you like my fantasy card.  I am also entering this into the Haunted Design House challenge and the theme is Unlucky 13.  Here is a list of the 13 elements I added to my card:
1 image
1 image mat
3 flowers
2 feathers
1 brad
1 length of beaded trim
2 DPs
1 DP mat
1 card base
For a total of 13.

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

Challenges:
Tuesday Throwdown--Fantasy
Haunted Design House--Unlucky 13

Beauty is the gift of God card

Welcome back friends.  It's good to see ya.  I have a card for y'all that showcases one of Shelly's Images.  Check out Shelly's site here.  

One of the challenges I am entering this card in gave us a theme of creating your own background.  I used chalks to create the back ground behind the horse.  I sure hope that counts as creating your own background.  I printed out the image on GP card stock and colored it with colored pencils and OMS.  I added some silver gel pen to the bridle findings.  I had this cute little fence in one of my Recollections sets.  I stamped it three times and cut them out after coloring them with BIC markers.  I added them along the bottom of the card and pulled out some little Prima flowers to add along the fence.  I should have added some vines, but oh well, my flowers are just floating in air.  I stamped the little bluebird and cut him out and added him to the card with a pop dot.  The butterfly and bee are from the same Recollections stamp set that the fence is from and I think it's called Garden Gnome.

I trimmed down the image to 4"x5.25" and put it on a Kraft (Recollections) card base.  I inked the edges with DI Vintage Photo before adhering it.  The sentiment is one I received in a RAK.   Adding a few little gem centers to my flowers finished off the card.

Thanks for stoppin' by.  I hope y'all enjoy Monday.  God bless y'all.

Challenges:
Shelly's Images--April Showers bring May Flowers
Sweet Stamps--Use 3
Tuesday Throwdown--Create Your Own Background
Stamping with Dragon--Spring Has Sprung ( I used Spring flowers and a grazing horse)
My Time to Craft--#219  Use Kraft 

Ecclesiastes 3:1

Welcome.  So happy to see y'all again.  I hope you enjoy your visit.

This card features Scripture Word Art from Dee's Bugaboo Boutique.  

I began by printing out the sentiment on GP card stock.  I trimmed it down and matted it on a marbled blue card stock that used to be a pocket in a bill paying folder.  I made a 5" square card base from Yellow card stock from Recollections.  I trimmed down a blue cloud DP from Colorbok as the background.  I cut a strip of flower paper and used a Fiskars scalloped border punch on it.  I cut a thin strip of the same yellow card stock for the "ribbon" trim.  I used the same flower DP for the panel and matted it on the yellow card stock.  Adding the little daisy flower finished off the card.

Thank you so much for visiting me today.  Come back soon! God bless y'all.

Challenges:
Friday Sketch--#41
One Stop Craft--#224 Pastels
Sweet Stampin'--Pastels
The Cutie Pie Challenge--#42 CAS
Tuesday Throwdown--#143 Focus on the Sentiment
TTCRD-- April 16-22  Anything Goes
Penny's Challenges--#123 Use a Sentiment

Rainbows

Howdy y'all.  Thanks for stopping in tonight.  I hope y'all enjoy your visit.

I actually made a card that has no stamping at all.  I printed out the sentiment from my Word Processor and used pop dots to adhere it to the card.  

I pulled some rainbow colored papers and card stock from my stash bins and used a Fiskars Scalloped Border punch to make the layers.  I just adhered them according to the ROY G BIV form on the card.  I added a piece of wide rainbow trim to to the top, punched out some mini 5 petal flowers and added them to the top with clear gem centers.  That's it.  Very easy.  The hardest part of the whole card was punching the borders.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a wonderful night and God bless.

Challenges:
Created with Love--#37 Reuse/Recycle
Sweet Stamps --#113 A Rainbow of Color
Tuesday Throwdown--#143  Focus on the Sentiment

Take Flight

Mornin' y'all.  How goes it?  I hope everyone is having a good start to the week.  I have a card for y'all today that uses a technique that I found on Gina K's Stamp TV.  It's called Color on Color Resist.  You can watch the video here.

I hope y'all can see the shine on the embossed butterflies in the picture.  I tried to capture it for the blog.

To begin, I used Memento Inks in shades of Purple and a sponge dauber to add color to the white Gina K panel.  I just randomly added color starting with the lightest purple first.  I then used a brand new stamp set from Eco Green Crafts called Butterfly Post that I found at Tuesday Morning.  I hadn't ever seen this company's stamps until that day.  They are all made from recycled rubber and are the prettiest color green.  I stamped the medium butterfly and small butterfly with Versa Mark ink.  I then covered the image with Clear Embossing Powder from Ranger.  I used my heat gun to emboss the images.  After they were cool, I took Victorian Velvet Distress ink and applied color over the butterflies.  I used a paper towel to remove the color on top of the butterflies.  I then stamped the small Take Flight image on Gina K card stock with Versa Mark and used Adirondack's Eggplant embossing powder.  After it cooled I used a Provo Craft Metal Stamp die to cut it out.  I used pop dots to add it to the center of the card.  I tied some Purple ribbon around the center of the panel.  

I then trimmed down a panel of Purple card stock from Colorbok and wrapped a piece of striped purple ribbon around it.  The background paper is from Far Far Hill.  The edges of the papers are torn.  I made the card base from Gina K Heavy Base Weight White card stock and it's a standard A2 size.  I adhered the DP, then the purple panel and added the focal image wonky. For the corner embellishment, I used a Provo Craft Metal Die and ran it through my CuttleBug.

Thanks for stopping by today to see what I have been up to.  Enjoy your Monday.  God bless y'all.

Challenges:
Robyn's Fetish--#154 Anything Goes
Avenue 613--#14 Spring Fever 
The Sweetest Thing--#181 Sketch Challenge
Tuesday Throwdown--#41  Twos
Crafty Catz--#177 Anything Goes
2 Sisters--#138 Anything Goes