MMSC26 and CC243... A Savior Has Been Born!

Hello everyone!  I got to play a little this morning and made this card for the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge and for Design Team mate Betty's Color Challenge on SCS today.  We were to use neutrals for our papers and then used a colored stamped image for a pop of color.  I think I followed the rules!  The sketch this week is fabulous!  I sewed my textured strips together to make a fan, added a T Holtz corner piece and mounted on Vanilla CS (Papertrey), Brushed Gold (The Paper Co) and the designer paper was The Paper Pazazz.  I started out thinking clean vanilla and gold... but as I went along this fan just shrieked that it wanted a more vintage feel so I sponged some T Holtz Distress Inks on all my layers, thus fitting the OCCC challenge to do vintage!

The Poinsettias are from the newly released sets at Our Daily Bread Designs... one is from Luke 2:11 and one is from Blessed Christmas, and the sentiment is from Luke 2:11.  They are heat embossed in Fine Detail Gold by Ranger and I stamped 4 flowers so I could cut some out and paper tole the layers.  The scrolls are the negative part of an EK Success edge punch.  The lace is Spare Parts, the red velvet is Prima, and the gold beads are Recollections.  I used 3 Cuttlebug embossing folders and the sentiment is cut out with the Spellbinders Label #6.  I love how this came out... and if you know me, you know I don't often say that.  It has a feel to it that I really do love... I hope you do too!

You still have until 8:00PM EST tonight to complete the ODBD Blog Hop!  See the post below this or click here to go to the ODBD Blog post where the hop begins!  There will be one blessed winner who will receive the ENTIRE New Release!!! Besides that... the DT has some fabulous inspiration for you!  Sit a spell and enjoy the hop!

Thanks for stopping by!  I love to know you've been here!  Be blessed today!

Sweet 'n Sassy Sketch 9 and Color Combo

Hello everyone! I hope you are having a wonderful Friday! It's gloomy here again and I am still not feeling great, but I got a couple of cards made last night.

This one is for the Sweet 'N Sassy Sketch Challenge(8) over on PCP and also for the color challange on the Sweet 'N Sassy Blog (link in my side bar) The color challenge was unique in that we could choose to use either pink and orange or pink and brown! I love pink and brown so it was a no brainer for me!

I used my Scripture stamp from the SNS "Trust in the Lord" set, and stamped it in Chocolate Chip on GP White. I cut it with my long nesties and sponged around the edges. The designer paper I used came from my BasicGrey 6 x 6 pack ~ Sultry. Love these little pads so much because the designs are scaled better for cards than the 12 x 12 pads! I had this pink and brown ribbon from Michael's forever, but it looked dwarfed by itself on the card, so I added a white panel punched with my Martha Stewart edge punch and that seemed to do the trick. The butterfly is also from Martha Stewart, stamped on the dp, then painted with Shimmerz "Opal". I love Shimmerz!!! Anyway, the base is chocolate and that's about it.... a quick and easy sketch!

Our Senior Pastor's wife is going through a difficult time right now and I made this for her. I hope it gives her encouragement.