Be Still and Know That I Am God

Hi Friends!!

I hope all of you are having a great week so far! I had a chance to create another vintage Mixed Media card and decided to use the Viva La Verve January 2018 Sketch Challenge for the layout.  I pulled out the "new to me" Scripture Medley 1 stamp set (Verve Stamps) along with retired designer paper from Graphic 45 (Botanical Tea Collection).

I am also linking this card to the Try It On Tuesday "My Favorite Things" Challenge (I love using Scripture on the front of my cards plus I love Graphic 45 Collection paper!) , the Simon Says Wednesday “Use Patterned Paper” Challenge and the Tuesday Throwdown #374 “Layer It Up” Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to do so, I hope you will find the time to check out the wonderful Design Team cards at all of the challenge sites- gorgeous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

1). De-static a piece of vanilla cardstock with an embossing powder tool, stamp the verse from Scripture Medley 1 using Versamark™ ink, apply gold embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.  Once the embossing has cooled, die cut with a stitched banner die, mount onto a piece of suede cardstock and trim close to the edge.

2). Trim several pieces of the Botanical Tea designer paper, distress the edges and mount onto a piece of suede cardstock.  Use a sponge dauber with antique distress ink to “age” the paper.  Add the horizontal strip with the striped designer paper (per the sketch) and mount the entire card front to a piece of white cardstock.  Use a flamingo marker to color the edge and adhere to a white card base.

3). Trim a piece of the Botanical Tea Cut-A-Part, mount onto a stitched rectangle die cut piece of suede cardstock and adhere to the card front with dimensional foam.

4). Mount the sentiment onto the card front with dimensional foam. 

5). Add the rolled rose with suede and vellum leaves and the looped twine bow with antique brad.

6). Add shimmer to the rolled rose and floral image with a clear glitter pen.  Finish off the card with a few pearls.

Stamp Sets: Scripture Medley 1 (Verve Stamps)

Inks/Mediums:  Versamark™; Tim Holtz® Antique Linen Distress Ink; Stampin’ Write Markers- Flirty Flamingo, Spectrum Noir™ Clear Glitter Pen

Cardstock/Paper: Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Whisper White, Vellum (all Stampin’ Up!); Graphic45 Botanical Tea Designer Paper (retired)

Accessories: Big Shot™, Dies- MFT Jumbo Stitched Fishtail Banner STAX , A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX Set 1, MFT Mini Royal Rose Dies; Martha Stewart Leaf Punch, Embossing Buddy®, Gold Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Sponge Dauber, Polished Hemp Twine, Antique Brad, Pearls

 Thanks again for stopping by- hugs and I hope you have a blessed weekend!

Happy Mother's Day- A Color and Sketch Challenge

Hi Again Stampers! 

This is the second card that I created  using the Just Us Girls JUGS289 Color Challenge along with the Splitcoaststampers SC496 Sketch Challenge- see details here and the gallery here.

Again, if you have not had a chance to do so, I hope you will find the time to visit the above sites- gorgeous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

Using Soft Suede Classic Ink, stamp the sentiment onto Very Vanilla cardstock and punch out with the Word Window Punch. 

Layer onto another frame created from two pieces of Soft Suede cardstock punched from the Word Window Punch and layered to be just a bit wider than the sentiment.

Trim the Graphic 45® Botanical Tea cut-apart and mount onto a piece of Soft Suede cardstock.

Trim the brown print Botanical Tea background paper and mount onto a piece of Soft Suede cardstock, trim again and mount onto the a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock.

Trim the pink polka-dot patterned Botanical Tea background paper and mount onto a piece of Soft Suede cardstock.

Add the polka-dot panel to the print background and adhere the entire background panel onto the Soft Suede card base.

Use the Bow Builder Punch to create the Soft Suede bow, adhere the retired In Color Dahlia Assortment Adornment to the center of the bow and mount onto the focal image panel.

Add the focal image to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals® and mount the sentiment with Stampin’ Dimensionals® as well.

Add the Pearls to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Soft Suede

Paper: Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Graphic 45® Botanical Tea

Accessories: Punches- Bow Builder and Word Window, Pearls

Thanks again for visiting- have a wonderful evening, my friends!

Botanical Tea Thinking of You- A Color and A Sketch

Hi Stampers! 

I had a chance to play around in my craft room last night and decided to create two cards using the Just Us Girls JUGS289 Color Week Challenge along with a different Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenge.  

I will post the cards in separate posts and this card incorporates the SC532 Sketch- see details here and the gallery here.

If you have not had a chance to do so, I hope you will find the time to visit the above sites- they have wonderfully diverse Design Team samples as well as inspiration from their galleries!

To create this card:

Using Early Espresso Classic Ink, stamp the sentiment from the Peonies & Tulips Dynamic Duos from Power Poppy© by Marcella Hawley onto Very Vanilla cardstock and punch out with the Word Window Punch. 

Layer onto another frame created from two pieces of Early Espresso cardstock punched from the Word  Window Punch and layered to be just a bit wider than the sentiment.

Trim the Graphic 45® Botanical Tea cut-apart and mount onto a piece of Soft Suede cardstock.

Trim the striped Botanical Tea background paper and mount onto a piece of Soft Suede cardstock, trim again and mount onto the a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock.

Trim the blue patterned Botanical Tea background paper and mount onto a piece of Soft Suede cardstock.

Add the blue vertical panel to the striped background, add the strip of 5/8” Early Espresso Satin Ribbon and mount the entire background panel onto the Soft Suede card base.

Add the 5/8” Early Espresso Satin Double Ribbon Bow to the focal image panel and mount onto card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Use the Big Shot™ with the My Favorite Things® (MFT) Royal Mini Rose dies to cut out the roses from retired Baja Breeze cardstock, run through the Crimper Tool to soften the paper, roll up and adhere with adhesive (I used Hot Glue).

Add the rolled roses with the Early Espresso leaves to the card front and mount the sentiment with a Stampin’ Dimensional® under the edge that hangs off the focal image panel. 

Add the Pearls to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Peonies & Tulips (Power Poppy©)

Ink: Early Espresso

Paper: Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Soft Suede, retired  Baja Breeze; Graphic 45® Botanical Tea

Accessories: Big Shot™, MFT Royal Mini Roses Die, Punches- Word Window, Leaf (MS), retired 5/8” Early Espresso Satin Ribbon, Pearls

Thanks again for stopping by- I will share the second card created for the same color challenge (with a different highlight color and sketch) shortly :-)

Have a terrific Thursday evening, my friends!

Happy Mother's Day- Three Challenges in One!

Hi Again Stampers! 

I wanted to create a Mother’s Day card for the Paper Players PP194 Theme Challenge "Mother" along with the Just Add Ink JAI213 Inspiration PhotoChallenge and the STS#19 Seize the Sketch Challenge.

My mother has been with the Lord now for over twenty years but I have a wonderful step-mother plus a few great friends who are terrific mothers as well, so it will be great to have a few Mother’s Day cards ready to go :-)

The inspiration photo reminded me of the beautiful panels from the Graphic45 Botanical Tea Paper Collection so I decided to use one of the panels and add a bit of gold, and of course, pearls and roses :-)

If you have not visited the challenge sites yet, I encourage you to do so- the Design Teams and gallery entries are wonderful!

To create this card:

Ink the En Francais stamp using Gold Encore! Metallic Ink and stamp onto a piece of Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla cardstock. 

Adhere to a piece of Blushing Bride cardstock and add the crochet lace trim along with the retired Blushing Bride Pleated Satin Ribbon and thin strip of Brushed Gold cardstock (I just used a scrap piece).   Mount onto the Brushed Gold card base (again, two strips of scraps along the outside edge). 

Mount the focal panel from Botanical Tea onto the Gold cardstock and add to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.  

Create the rolled flowers from Blushing Bride cardstock using the 1 ¾” and 1 ¼” Scallop Circle Punches- punch the scallop circles, hand cut a wavy spiral from the outside of the scallop circle toward the center, use the retired Crimper Tool to distress a bit (or just scrunch the paper by hand), roll up from the outside edge and adhere using Tombow Multi-Purpose Adhesive or a Hot Glue Gun - here is a tutorial for the rolled flowers from Splitcoaststampers.   Create the leaves from Wild Wasabi cardstock with the Bird Builder Punch and add to the back of the flowers.

Using Gold Encore! Metallic Ink, stamp the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes onto Very Vanilla cardstock and create the banner points using the Hexagon Punch.  Add to the card front along with the rolled roses.

Adhere the Pearls to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: En Francais, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink:  Gold Encore! Metallic Ink

Paper/Cardstock:  Very Vanilla, Blushing Bride, Crumb Cake, Brushed Gold, Botanical Tea (Graphic45)

Accessories: Punches: Hexagon, Bird Builder, Scallop Circle- 1 ¾”, 1 ¼”; Pearls, Antique Brad, Crochet Lace (from my stash), retired Blushing Bride Pleated Ribbon

Thanks again for visiting- I hope all of you have a wonderful week and Mother’s Day!

DD97 Butterfly Birthday - Three Challenges in One!

Hi Stampers! 

Time for the new DD97 “Bold and Sassy” Challenge- Melon Mambo and Tempting Turquoise and I decided to use a Butterfly Theme for The CardConcept #7 Challenge as well as added Pearls to this birthday card for the Seize the Birthday Challenge.  The Card Concept encourages you to try different styles and I believe this would be the Elegant Style since it has all of the pearls :-)

If you have not already taken the time to visit each of the challenge sites, I hope that you will find the time to do so – the Design Team projects at all three sites are fabulous as well as the rest of the entries!

To create this card:

Ink the En Francais background stamp using Tempting Turquoise Classic Ink and stamp onto a piece of Tempting Turquoise cardstock.  Add the scrap piece of lace from the Artisan Embellishment kit to the lower right along with a piece of 5/8” Basic Black Satin Ribbon and mount the panel onto the Basic Black card base.

Add the embossed Melon Mambo panel (from my scraps- previously embossed with the retired Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder and mounted onto Basic Black cardstock).

  

Add another scrap piece of lace and satin ribbon to the Melon Mambo panel and adhere to the card front.  Add the strands of Pearls to the top and bottom edge of the ribbon.

Adhere the DSP panel to a piece of Basic Black cardstock and mount onto the card using Stampin’ Dimensionals®. 

Stamp the sentiment using Basic Black Classic Ink onto Whisper White cardstock and color with the Tempting Turquoise Stampin’ Write marker.  Ink the Off the Grid stamp using Crumb Cake Classic Ink and stamp over the sentiment.  Using a Sponge Dauber apply Crumb Cake Classic Ink to “antique” the paper  :-)

“Huff” onto the En Francais background stamp to re-moisten the Tempting Turquoise Classic Ink and lightly rub onto the sentiment layer, trim the sentiment and round the corners using the 1 ¼” Circle Punch.  Layer the sentiment onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock, trim and round the corners to match the sentiment using the 1 ¼” Circle Punch.

Mount the sentiment to the front of the card and add the Pearls to the sentiment and corners to finish off the card.

   

Stamp Sets:  En Francais, Botanical Tea (Graphic45- Hampton Arts)

Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Stampin’ Write Marker- Tempting Turquoise

Paper/Cardstock:  Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise,  Basic Black, Graphic45 Botanical Tea

Accessories: Big Shot™, retired Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, 1 ¼” Circle Punch, Sponge Dauber, retired Artisans Embellishment lace, retired 5/8” Basic Black Satin Ribbon, Pearls

I hope that you can create a project of your own using this week’s DD97 colors - we would love to have you join us!!

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Thanks again for taking the time to stop by- have a wonderful weekend