Cast Thy Burden Upon the Lord

Hi Friends!

I pray that all of you are staying safe and well with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.  One benefit of being retired is that we stay home most days throughout the week unless we have an appointment, and of course, church activities primarily on Sunday. 

I am thankful that my husband and I have both accepted Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, so we know the One Who holds the Future!  Therefore, we are being cautious but not fearful and I have peace knowing that "For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain"  (Phil 1:21- one of my favorite verses).

As I hope all of you are doing, we are also taking precautions with being careful regarding hand shaking, and of course, washing our hands more frequently than normal!   

In the meantime, I am still trying to ink up some of my stamps that have not seen ink in a while as well as use some of my other supplies.   I have been stamping like crazy and am having fun, but unfortunately, I am not the quickest typist in the world and it seems to me that posting to my blog takes so much time, lol!  

I now have over fifty different cards photographed and ready to share, so I need to get busy posting!

So, in an effort to post the many cards that I need to post, I am going to try to simplify my normal “step by step” process.  

I originally started my blog ten years ago in an effort to help newcomers learn the techniques and steps needed to create a card, but I believe that most of you that visit my blog are now “experienced”.  If you have a question on any of the steps taken, please ask in the comments and I will give you more details.

Tonight I am sharing a card that I designed using the retired Stampin’ Up! sets, Countryside and Blessings from Heaven along with the SU! Warmth and Wonder designer series paper stack. 

I have not inked up either of these sets in a while and while I had them out, I stamped several of the truck images for future cards (I need to replenish my masculine card stash).

Many of you that follow my blog also know that I am also working my way through the Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenges (in my personal effort to create a card for each of their 790+ sketches ) and used the SC106 Sketch for the layout.

In addition to the SCS Sketch, I am participating with the SUO Challenges #244 “Coloring” Challenge, the Cards 4 Guyz #240 “Something that starts with an “F”” Challenge (“F”= Farm Truck, Farm Apples sign) and the Simon Says Wednesday “Use Some Green” Challenge.

To create this card:

The images were stamped with an archival black ink and the truck was water colored with pencils and markers.  The plaid background panel was embossed with an embossing folder and a few rhinestones were added to finish off the card (see all items used below).

Stamp Sets: Countryside, Blessings from Heaven  (both retired Stampin’ Up!)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black; Stampin’ Write Markers- Granny Apple Green, Call Me Clover, Real Red, Smoky Slate; Stampin’ Up! Watercolor Pencils- Real Red, Basic Black; Clear Wink of Stella™

Cardstock/Paper:  Whisper White, Basic Black, retired Warmth & Wonder Designer Series Paper Pack (all Stampin’ Up!)

Accessories: AquaPainter™, Heat Tool, Big Shot™, retired Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Black Rhinestones

Thanks again for taking the time to visit my blog- I hope all of have a wonderful and healthy week, sweet friends!

Happy Anniversary- A Sunflower for June Anniversaries :-)

Hi Stampers! 

I had a chance to create a card this evening and decided to use the ColourQ CQC294Challenge along with the IN(K)SPIRE_Me #202 Sketch Challenge (this is  a new challenge site for me)  and the SC106 Stampin’ Celebration PhotoInspiration Challenge.

Again, if you have not had a chance to do so, I hope you will find the time to visit the above challenge sites to check out the Design Team samples as well as their galleries- fabulous inspiration from all!

FYI- I am just “under the wire” for the ColourQ Challenge, so I will not be describing the step by step process at this time, but if you have any questions, please let know.  

This card was very simple to create- stamping, a bit of coloring to define the petals with the Hello Honey Stampin’ Write Marker, die cutting and the Hexagon Punch (for the banner points). 

Stamps: Express Yourself (retired SU! hostess set), Splendid Sunflower (MFT)

Ink: Soft Suede, So Saffron; Hello Honey Stampin’ Write Marker

Paper: Whisper White, So Saffron, Soft Suede, retired Epic Day This and That Designer Series Paper

Accessories: Big Shot™, MFT Die-Namics™ Splendid Sunflower Die, MFT Dizzy Border Die, Hexagon Punch, retired Gold Cord

Thanks again for visiting- I hope you have a terrific Tuesday, my friends!!