TCC55 "You Are My Sunshine" - Celebrate Spring!

Hi Friends!!

Woohoo!  Time for the new #55 "You Are My Sunshine" Challenge at The Card Concept!  

Our inspiration photo can be interpreted in so many ways- the colors, polka dots, theme of sunshine, wood block letters, etc.  Remember- there is no right or wrong way when it comes to interpretation and we hope to see your card in our gallery!!

I was inspired by the colors- bright yellow with black remind me of summer and yikes, bees!  Yes, I said bees..... I love bee images but am allergic to bee stings so am a bit afraid of the real thing :-) 

It is ironic since my husband and I love to collect antique honey dishes and one of the main criteria for being added to our collection is that the honey dish needs to have a bee molded into the glass or image on the dish.  There is just something about those little honeybees that we think are so cute!!

I am also linking this card to the Just Us Girls JUGS342 Word Week “Butterfly” Challenge as well as the Monthly Mixed Media MMMC24 “Butterflies and Blooms” Challenge and the Splitcoaststampers’ SC585 Sketch Challenge.

I hope you have a chance to visit us at The Card Concept and check out the rest of our Design Teamsamples as well as the other challenge sites- wonderful inspiration from all!!

To create this card:

On a piece of watercolor paper, apply Gelatos® (Lemon Yellow and Gold Champagne), spritz with water, use your fingers to mix the colors and dry with the Heat Tool.

Apply Ranger® Tim Holtz® Distress Stains- Squeezed Lemonade and Wild Honey)  to a craft mat, spritz with water and lay the panel into the ink, lift up and allow the ink to spread, if needed, add additional water to dilute a bit, continue to tilt to spread the ink and dry with the Heat Tool.

Apply more ink as desired along with Gelatos® until you are satisfied with the colors.

Once the panel was thoroughly dry, stamp the images from Graphic45® French Country III and Secret Garden with Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink (masking some of the images as you stamp and create the background).

Use as Sponge Dauber with Delightful Dijon Classic Ink (Stampin’ Up!) along with the honeycomb portion of the Mini Punchenella Stencil from Balzar® Designs to stencil part of the background and your finger using Gesso® along with the Mini Well Rounded Stencil from the Crafter’s Workshop®. 

Use a paint brush with Ranger® Tim Holtz® Picket Fence Distress Stain to tone down the postcard part of the image.

Cut the panel into thirds, use a Distressing Tool to distress all of the edges, apply Delightful Dijon Classic Ink over the distressed edges with a Sponge Dauber and mount the panels per the sketch onto a distressed piece of Basic Black cardstock.

Using a foam brush, apply Ranger® Tim Holtz® Distress Collage Crazing Medium to all of the panels and allow to dry.

Ink the sentiment from Time to Flourish (Graphic45®) using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink onto Whisper White cardstock, sponge some of the same inks as the background and add additional texture with the background strip stamp from Secret Garden, Gesso® with the stencil and the Distressing Tool.

Create the banner points with the Hexagon Punch, mount onto Basic Black carstock and distress the edges again with the Distressing Tool.

Add the sentiment to the background panel with dimensional foam.

Add the ivory crochet lace along with a piece of ¼” Basic Black Grosgrain Ribbon and mount the entire panel to the Whisper White card base.

Create the roses using the Big Shot™ with the My Favorite Things™ (MFT) Royal Rose Die and Mini Royal Rose Dies from Very Vanilla, Crushed Curry and So Saffron cardstock.  Roll up the roses and adhere in the center (I used Hot Glue for this step).

With a paintbrush, lightly add Wild Honey Distress Stain, spritz with Imagine Crafts Sheer Shimmer Spritz and allow to the flowers to dry.

Adhere the roses with the black leaves (punched from Basic Black cardstock and the Martha Stewart Leaf Punch) to the card front (I used Hot Glue for this step as well).

Stamp the butterflies from Papillon Potpourri using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink onto Whisper White cardstock, color with the So Saffron and Delightful Dijon Stampin’ Write Markers, punch out with the Elegant Butterfly Punch and add to the card front (again, with Hot Glue).

With a paint brush, apply Mod Podge® to the butterfly wings and once dried, add the Pearls to the butterfly centers to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Papillon Potpourri (Stampin’ Up!), French Country III and Botanicals (Graphic45®)

Ink/Mediums: Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink, Delightful Dijon; Stampin’ Write Marker- So Saffron, Delightful Dijon; Gelatos®- Lemon, Gold Champagne; Ranger® Tim Holtz® Distress Stains- Squeezed Lemonade, Wild Honey, Picket Fence; Gesso® , Sheer Shimmer Spray, Ranger® Tim Holtz® Distress Collage Crazing Medium

Paper: Watercolor, Whisper White, Basic Black

Accessories: Big Shot™, MFT Royal Rose and Mini Royal Rose Dies, SU! Punches- Elegant Butterfly, Hexagon; MS Leaf Punch, Pearls, ¼” Basic Black Grosgrain Ribbon, Ivory Crochet Lace, Mini Punchenella and Mini Well Rounded Stencils, Paintbrush, Sponge Dauber, Distressing Tool

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by- I hope you can gather your supplies and pick a style to create your own card for “You Are My Sunshine” gallery at The Card Concept!

Love Begins in A Moment

Hi Friends!!

This Mixed Media card was created using the ColourQ #339 Challenge along with the Splitcoaststampers’ MIX2 “It’s Not Hard To Resist”  Challenge (details here and gallery here) and the Simon Wednesday “Anything Goes” Challenge.

If you have not visited the above galleries yet, I hope you will find the time to do so- great inspiration from all!

To create this card:

Die cut a piece of Whisper White cardstock using the My Favorite Things® (MFT) Blueprints 16 Stitched Rectangle Die and de-static with the Embossing Buddy®.

Ink the retired Day of Gratitude medallion with Versamark™ ink and stamp repeatedly onto the prepared panel, apply Stampin’ Emboss® White Embossing Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool.

Once the embossing powder has cooled, use a Sponge Dauber to sponge Pumpkin Pie Classic Ink over the entire panel, wipe off the excess from the embossed images.

Use a Sponge Dauber to “pounce” Night of Navy and Marina Mist Classic Inks onto the retired En Francais background stamp and lay the embossed panel over the stamps, pressing down randomly to ink the panel.

Gently wipe the blue inks off the embossed images with a paper towel and mount the panel onto a piece of Night of Navy cardstock.

Wrap a strip of 1 ¼” Navy Grosgrain Ribbon over the panel, add the 5/8” Organza Ribbon along with the retired ⅜” Pumpkin Pie Taffeta Ribbon and add a strand of Pearls to the center of the Pumpkin Pie ribbon layer.

Mount the background panel onto a Whisper White card base.

Create the roses with Marina Mist cardstock using the Big Shot™ and the MFT Royal Rose and Large Royal Rose Dies.  Use the Crimper Tool to crimp the die cut roses before rolling up and adhering with glue in the center (I use Hot Glue for this step).

Create the leaves from Pear Pizzazz cardstock with the Martha Stewart® (MS) Leaf Punch, add the leaves to the back of the roses (again, I used Hot Glue) and apply Gesso® to the flower petals and leaves with your fingers or a paint brush.

Ink the sentiment from the retired Stampin’ Up! Occasional Quotes using Stāz-On® Midnight Blue Ink onto a piece of Vellum, use the Hexagon Punch to create the banner ends.

Layer the vellum on top of a piece of Whisper White cardstock (stamped with the Timeless Textures stamps using Pumpkin Pie and Marina Mist Classic Ink).

Mount the sentiment using dimensional foam and add the roses to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Day of Gratitude, Occasional Quotes, Timeless Textures, En Francais background stamp

Ink: Stāz-On® Midnight Blue, Versamark™, Classic Ink- Pumpkin Pie, Marina Mist, Night of Navy

Paper: Whisper White, Night of Navy, Marina Mist, Pear Pizzazz; Vellum

Accessories: Big Shot™, MFT Blueprints 16 Die, Royal Roses Dies,  1 ¼” Dark Navy Grosgrain Ribbon (from my stash), Stampin’ Up! Ribbon- ⅝” Organza and ⅜” Pumpkin Pie Taffeta, Pearls, Embossing Buddy®, Stampin’ Emboss® White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Hexagon Punch, MS Leaf Punch, Sponge Dauber 

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by- I hope you have a terrific week, my friends!

Psalm 31:24 Be Strong and Take Heart

Hi Again Friends!!

Here is my second card I designed using The Card Concept Challenge #52 Inspiration  Photo (please see my first card in this post).

Again, I was inspired by the beautiful purples in the lilacs for my Mixed Media card (lilacs were my Mother’s favorite along with irises).

I am also linking this card to the Mixed Media Monthly MMMC#23 “Dimension” Challenge and the Word Art Wednesday #228/#229 "Family Friendly/Anything Goes" Challenge.

I hope will find the time to visit us at The Card Concept as well as the other challenge sites- wonderful inspiration from all!!

To create this card:

Using a foam brush, apply Gesso® over a piece of cardstock (I used a piece of Designer Series Paper that I did not like the pattern- one way to use up “older” paper).

Once the Gesso® dried, apply Ranger® Tim Holtz® Distress Stains to a craft mat (I used Broken China, Frayed Denim and Mowed Lawn), lay the panel into the ink, lift up and allow the ink to spread, spritz with water to dilute a bit and continue to tilt and spread the ink.

Dry the ink with a Heat Tool, apply more ink as desired along with Gelatos® (I used Aqua Dolce and Cotton Candy- spritzing the Gelatos® with water and allowing the color to run across the panel).

Some of the color was a bit bright for me so I added Ranger® Tim Holtz® Picket Fence Distress Stain to tone down some of the brightness.

Once the panel was thoroughly dry, de-static with the Embossing Buddy®, ink the retired Ex Libris background stamp with Versamark® Ink, stamp onto the prepared panel, apply Stampin’ Emboss® White Embossing Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool.

Repeat the above embossing steps with the sentiment from the Our Daily Bread Designs Scripture Collection 3 using Versamark® Ink, then add Elegant Eggplant Classic Ink followed by Clear Embossing Powder.

Trim the background panel, mount onto the Old Olive card base and sponge additional Elegant Eggplant Classic Ink over the embossing in a few areas (wiping off the excess with a lightly dampened paper towel).

Cut the roses from Elegant Eggplant cardstock with the Big Shot™ and the My Favorite Things® (MFT) Royal Rose and Mini Rose Die, crimp the die cuts with the Crimper Tool before rolling into the flower shape and add Gesso® to the flower petals.

Punch the leaves from Old Olive cardstock with the Martha Stewart® (MS) Leaf Punch, add the roses to the leaves and apply Gesso® to the leaves as well.

Mount the roses and leaves onto the card front (I like to use Hot Glue for this step) and add the Pearls to the corners.

Ink the butterflies from Papillon Potpourri with Versamark™ Ink and stamp onto Whisper White cardstock, apply Stampin’ Emboss® Black Embossing Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool.

Punch the butterflies out with the Elegant Butterfly Punch and color with the So Saffron Stampin’ Write Marker.

Add to the card front along with Pearls for the bodies to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Papillon Potpourri, retired Ex Libris (SU!), Scripture Collection 3 (ODBD)

Ink/Mediums: Versamark™, Elegant Eggplant; Stampin’ Write Marker- So Saffron; added Ranger® Tim Holtz® Distress Stains-Broken China, Faded Denim, Mowed Lawn, Picket Fence; Gelatos®- Aqua Dolce, Cotton Candy

Paper: Whisper White, Old Olive, Elegant Eggplant, misc piece of DSP (for Gesso® panel)

Accessories: Gesso®, Big Shot™, MFT Royal Rose and Mini Royal Rose Dies, Elegant Butterfly Punch (SU!), MS Leaf Punch, Embossing Buddy®, Heat Tool, Stampin’ Emboss® Clear, White and Black Embossing Powder, Pearls

Thanks again for taking the time to visit- I hope all of you have a wonderful day!!

Matthew 22:37- Love the Lord Your God

Hi Stampers! 

I had a chance to spend some time this evening and decided to create a card using the Hand Stamped Sentiments HSSCC224 Color Challenge along with the Splitcoaststampers’ SC566 Sketch (I flipped the sketch upside down :-))

I hope you will have a chance to visit and check out all of the wonderful Design projects and other entries at the above sites!

To create this card:

Ink the Our Daily Bread Designs (ODBD) Scripture Collection #9 using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink and stamp onto Very Vanilla cardstock.

Use the Big Shot™ with the My Favorite Things (MFT) Stitched Oval STAX die to cut out the sentiment and mount onto another oval cut with the Ovals Collection Framelits™ from Blackberry Bliss cardstock.

Cut the Blackberry Bliss oval cut in half, adhere the halves behind the stitched oval sentiment showing just a part of the frame.

Ink the retired Musical Score background stamp using Delightful Dijon Classic Ink and stamp onto a piece of Delightful Dijon cardstock.

Trim the edges of the background stamped panel, add the crochet lace and re-adhere the edges.

Add the strips of Blackberry Bliss cardstock to cover the seam.

Using the 1 ¼” Circle Punch, punch four circles to create the scallop design, place on the back side of Modern Medley Designer Series Paper (DSP) and trace along  the edge with pencil.

Cut the DSP along the traced edge and trim the sides to size.

Use the Distressing Tool to distress the paper, add Range punch four circles to create the scallop design (per the sketch), place on the back side of Modern Medley Designer Series Paper (DSP) and trace along the edge with pencil.

Hand-cut the DSP along the traced edge and trim the sides to size.

Use the Distressing Tool to distress the paper, add Ranger® Tim Holtz® Tea Dye Distress Ink to age the paper and use the Crimper Tool to crimp the panel.

Add the DSP to the front panel and mount the entire panel onto Blackberry Bliss cardstock.

Add the crochet lace to the top of the panel, adhere a piece of Delightful Dijon cardstock (stamped with the Musical Score background stamp) and add the 3/8” Stitched Blackberry Bliss Satin Ribbon bow.

Mount the entire panel onto the Delightful Dijon card base (also stamped with the Musical Score background stamp using Delightful Dijon Classic Ink).

Mount the oval verse using dimensional foam and add the Blackberry Bliss cardstock roses and leaves (roses cut from Blackberry Bliss cardstock with the Big Shot™ using MFT Royal Mini and Royal Rose Dies and the leaves from Mossy Meadow cardstock using the Martha Stewart (MS) Leaf Punch).

Add a few Pearls to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Musical Score (retired Stampin’ Up!), Scripture Collection #9 (ODBD)

Ink: Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink, Delightful Dijon

Paper/Cardstock:  Very Vanilla, Blackberry Bliss, Delightful Dijon, Mossy Meadow; Modern Medley DSP (retired)

Accessories: Big Shot™, My Favorite Things- Stitched Oval Dies, Royal Mini Rose, Royal Rose; Ovals Collection Framelits™, Crimper Tool, Sponge Daubers, Crochet Lace Trim (from my stash), MS Leaf Punch, Pearls

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope you have a wonderful day!!

TCC42 Celebrate with Roses

Hi Friends!!

It is time for the new Card Concept #42 Color Inspiration "Autumn Beauty" Challenge- this is a gorgeous combination for the upcoming holiday season!

I also decided to incorporate the Splitcoaststampers’ Mix-Ability MIX131 “Love It” Challenge into the design- I love using texture paste, stencils and dies in my mixed media designs :-)  as well as the F4A289 "Happy Birthday To Me"  (create a card in the style that you would like for your birthday) :-)

The Card Concept is a bi-weekly challenge that has an inspiration photo along with a number of design styles that you can choose from to create your card- Clean and Simple, Clean and Graphic, Clean and Layered, Shabby Chic, Freestyle Collage, Classy and Elegant and Mixed Media.   

Come on over and check out my DT Sister's projects, gather up yoursupplies and join in on the fun!!

 

To create this card:

Apply Gesso® to a piece of Whisper White cardstock and allow to dry (Gesso® dries quickly but you could use a Heat Tool to speed up the process).

Using a palette knife, apply Wendy Vecchi® Crackled Texture Paste over The Crafters Workshop™ Designs by Jamie™ Mini Harlequin Stencil and allow to dry (I did use my Heat Tool but very carefully since I have found that my Heat Tool will “bubble up” the texture paste and the crackle effect is not as pronounced if too much heat is applied).

Once dried, apply Metallic Gold Champagne, Iced Cherry, Light Pink Gelatos® (spritzing with water and allowing to run), Ranger® Tim Holtz® Distress Stains- Worn Lipstick, Seedless Preserves, Fired Brick , Picked Raspberry and Picket Fence (last layer to tone down the colors).  

The Distress Stain layers are created by applying the ink to a craft mat, spritzing water onto the stain, laying the panel into the stains and allowing the inks to run and merge by twisting the panel and continuing to repeat the steps until the desired color is achieved (carefully using the Heat Tool between layers).

Ink the retired background stamp, Bella Toile using Early Espresso Classic Ink and stamp over the prepared panel.  Trim the panel and mount onto Very Vanilla cardstock, trim again and mount onto the Early Espresso card base.  Sponge Ranger® Tim Holtz® Tea Dye Distress Ink over the edges to “antique” the paper a bit.

Ink the Graphic45® Botanicals stamp using Early Espresso Classic Ink and stamp onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock.  “Antique” the paper by sponging Ranger® Tim Holtz® Tea Dye Distress Ink over the entire panel, crumple the paper by hand and apply more ink.

Adhere the “antiqued” stamped panel to the card front and using your finger, apply Gesso® over the background and stamped panel.

Use the Big Shot™ with the My Favorite Things™ (MFT) Mini Royal and Royal Rose Dies to cut the flowers from Very Vanilla, Blushing Bride and Cherry Cobbler cardstock. 

Use a Bone Folder to curl the edges and roll the roses up (adhering in the center with adhesive- I prefer Hot Glue for this step). 

Stamp the sentiment from the Graphic45® Time to Flourish stamp set onto Very Vanilla cardstock using Early Espresso Classic Ink, create the banner points with the Hexagon Punch and lightly sponge Ranger® Tim Holtz® Tea Dye Distress Ink over the edges.

Mount the sentiment onto the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals® and add the roses along with leaves from Early Espresso cardstock (using the Martha Stewart® Leaf Punch) using Hot Glue (or your preferred adhesive).

Use your finger to apply Gesso® over the petals and leaves and add a few Pearls to the corner to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Bella Toile (retired Stampin’ Up! background), Botanicals and Time To Flourish (G45)

Ink: Early Espresso, Gelatos®- Metallic Gold Champagne, Iced Cherry, Light Pink;  Ranger® Tim Holtz® Distress Stains- Worn Lipstick, Seedless Preserves, Fired Brick , Picked Raspberry, Picket Fence; Ranger® Tim Holtz® Tea Dye Distress Ink

Paper: Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Blushing Bride, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso

Accessories: Big Shot™, MFT Royal Rose and Mini Royal Rose Dies, Gesso®, Punches- Hexagon, MS Leaf, Palette Knife, Wendy Vecchi® Crackled Texture Paste, Sponge Dauber, Pearls

For some reason I could not seem to get a good photograph of this card- the pinks seemed to bright in the photo (in real life it is more on the soft Blushing Bride side of the color scale) :-)  

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope you have a fantastic week and come play along with us at The CardConcept!

TCC41 Happy Anniversary

Hi Friends!!

It is time for the new Card Concept #41 "Autumn Neutrals" Photo Inspiration Challenge- love all of the texture for inspiration!

I also decided to incorporate the Splitcoaststampers’ Mix-Ability MIX130 “Crack Me Up”  as well as the Free For All F4A271 "Getting Hitched"  and the HYCCT1507 Jacqueline's "Trash Cancer" Challenges (T=Texture Paste, R= Roses, A=Acrylic Paint, S= Satin Ribbon, H- Hexagon Punch)   into the design.

The Card Concept is a bi-weekly challenge that has an inspiration photo along with a number of design styles that you can choose from to create your card- Clean and Simple, Clean and Graphic, Clean and Layered, Shabby Chic, Freestyle Collage, Classy and Elegant and Mixed Media.   

Hope you can find some time to gather your supplies together and come join in on the fun!! 

To create this card:

Apply Gesso® to a piece of retired Designer Series Paper (DSP)- this is one way to use up patterns that you are not too fond of – allow to dry.

Add a few drops of Soft White Acrylic Paint to a Gelli® Arts Printing Plate, brayer over the plate and add a drop of Soft Black Acrylic Paint (using a brayer to gently blend with the white paint). 

Use an old credit card to draw lines in the paint (gently so you do not mar the Gelli® Arts Printing Plate).  Lay the prepared DSP onto the plate and lift the paper.

Allow the paint to dry, apply Wendy Vecchi® Crackled Texture Paste over the panel, allow this layer to dry, apply Mod Podge® with a foam brush and allow to dry to the touch.

Using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink, stamp the En Francais background sporadically to the background. 

Use the Distressing Tool to distress the edges and add the gray crocheted lace along with the gray satin ribbon.  Mount the panel onto the 5 ½” x 5 ½” Whisper White card base.

Ink the Tim Holtz® Papillon stamp using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock, ink a portion of the Our Daily Bread Designs (ODBD) Chalkboard Vine Background stamp using a Stampin’ Write Going Gray Marker and stamp over the sentiment.

Trim the panel and mount onto Basic Gray cardstock.  Apply Gesso® with your finger lightly over the panel and allow to dry.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Spellbinders™ Timeless Rectangle Die to cut out the frame from a piece of Basic Gray cardstock.  Mount the sentiment panel onto the die cut frame and adhere the sentiment to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Stamp the sentiment from the Graphic45® Time to Flourish#2 stamp set using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock, create the banner using the Hexagon Punch, mount onto a piece of Basic Gray cardstock (creating banner points with the Hexagon Punch as well) and apply Gesso® to the sentiment with your finger.

Mount the sentiment to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Use the Big Shot™ with the MFT Royal Rose and Mini Rose Dies to cut roses from Whisper White cardstock- roll up the flowers and mount onto the card front with leaves created from Basic Gray cardstock with the Martha Stewart® Leaf Punch.  Add a bit of Gesso® to the roses and leaves.  

Adhere a few Pearls to the corner to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  En Francais, Time To Flourish (G45), Papillon (TH)

Ink: Stāz-On® Jet Black, Acrylic Paint- Soft Black, Soft White

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Gray, retired DSP

Accessories: Big Shot™, MFT Royal Rose and Mini Royal Rose Dies, Spellbinders Timeless Rectangles Die, Gelli® Arts Printing Plate, Embossing Buddy®, Gesso®, Punches- Hexagon, MS Leaf, Crackle Texture Paste, Gray Satin Ribbon, Gray Crochet Lace, Pearls

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope you have a wonderful week and come play along with us at The CardConcept!

CC551 When I Pray, You Answer Me!

Hi Friends!!

I am so excited to the Guest Designer for the Color Challenge at Splitcoaststampers for the month of October!!  I love participating in the Splitcoaststampers weekly challenges and am honored to be part of this fabulous Design Team for October!

This Mixed Media card was created for this week’s CC551 Color Challenge (dessert option to use florals)- actually this was a panel that I thought I would have to trash but saved by adding a few layers of paint and distress ink.

I just love this Scripture and it has meant so much to me over the years and especially this past year.  

As many of you know, my husband is undergoing chemo for a rare non-Hodgkins lymphoma and this past week, his test results came back favorable!  We know that this is due to the prayers of many on our behalf and the Lord has answered us!  No, his cancer is not gone and no, there is  not a cure but yes, the Lord has allowed my husband to be on target and his blood numbers to be where the doctor would like them to be at this stage of the chemo- Praise the Lord!!

Again, I hope you will take the time to visit the CC551 gallery to check out the rest of the fabulous Design Team creations as well as wonderful entries in the challenge gallery- great inspiration from all!

To create this card:

Apply Gesso® using the serrated edge of a plastic knife to create texture on a piece of cardstock, and once the Gesso® dries, apply a few drops of Soft White along with Light Village Green Folk Art® Acrylic Paint over the panel.  Spread with a paint brush and allow to dry (I use a Heat Tool to speed up the drying process).

Once the panel is dry, apply Ranger® Tim Holtz® Peeled Paint Distress Stain, lightly spritz with water, spread a bit with your fingers and dry with the Heat Tool.

Lay the honeycomb stencil over

Another view to show dimension

the background panel and apply Wendy Vecchi® Crackled Texture Paste with a palette knife- carefully heat with the Heat Tool to dry.

Once dried, apply more Ranger® Tim Holtz® Peeled Paint Distress Stain along with Victorian Velvet Distress Stain over the stenciled area, dry with the Heat Tool.

Once this layer is dry, ink the retired Script background stamp from Stampin’ Up! using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink and randomly stamp onto the background panel.

Trim the panel and stitch onto a piece of So Saffron cardstock.

Add the piece of retired Afternoon Tea DSP to the lower part of the card front and stitch to the card front.

Add the crochet lace and 1” So Saffron Grosgrain Ribbon strip and mount the panel onto the card base.

Ink the Our Daily Bread Designs (ODBD) verse from Scripture Collection 2 onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock.

Cut out using the Big Shot™ with the ODBD Stitched Ovals Die and add a bit of distressing with the large splatter stamp from Gorgeous

Close-up to show some of the texture :-)

Grunge using Ranger® Tim Holtz® Old Paper Distress Ink as well as a bit of Victorian Velvet Distress Stain.

Mount the sentiment oval onto the card front using dimensional foam.

Create the roses from Blushing Bride and So Saffron cardstock using My Favorite Things™ (MFT) Royal and Mini Royal Rose Dies, use the Crimper Tool to add distressing, roll the flowers up and adhere the centers with adhesive (I prefer Hot Glue). 

Create the leaves from Pear Pizzazz cardstock with the Martha Stewart Leaf Punch and add the roses with the leaves to the card front using Hot Glue.

To finish off the card, add a few Pearls to the corner as well as to the oval Scripture layer.

Stamp Sets: Scripture Collection 2 (ODBD), Gorgeous Grunge, Script background (retired)- both Stampin’ Up!

Ink: Stāz-On Jet Black, Ranger® Tim Holtz® Peeled Paint and Victorian Velvet Distress Stain, Ranger® Tim Holtz® Old Paper Distress Ink

Paper: Whisper White, Blushing Bride, So Saffron, Pear Pizzazz, retired Afternoon Tea DSP

Accessories: Big Shot™, ODBD Stitched Ovals Dies, MFT Royal and Mini Royal Rose Dies,  Martha Stewart Leaf Punch, Gesso®, Palette Knife, Folk Art® Acrylic Paint- Soft White and Light Village Green, Crackle Texture Paste, 1” So Saffron Grosgrain Ribbon, Crochet Lace, Pearls

I hope all of you have a fantastic week and I will be sharing quite a few cards within the next few days- thanks again for taking the time to visit!  You are all such an encouragement to me!