He Watches Me Side Step Card

Hello everyone!

I made this card for today's Technique Lover's Challenge on SCS as well as for this week's Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge23 (use a touch of green).  We were given the instructions to make this side step card and it was super fun.  This is a Sneak Peek at one of Four Fantastic New sets to be released on Feb. 1 by Our Daily Bread designs.  It's called He Watches Me.  I love ALL these new sets which all have bird or nest images and the best Scriptures and sentiments ever!!! You are going to want these sets!

I used Kaiser DP, Perfect Plum and Bazzil for my papers.  I colored the image with Prisma Pencils, and used my bird book to find a Sparrow that had these bluish gray tones I love so much... this one is colored like a Black Throated Sparrow.  I took the sentiment which is from that wonderful old Hymn, His Eye is on the Sparrow... and I broke it into two linese so I could place half on each step.  For the back step I used a Spellbinders Leaf Frame and cut it to fit, and cut out part of the floral design from the Kaiser dp.  I used SB Fancy tags and Label 6 as well.

My Granddaughter is with me for a few days and I really was rushing to try to get this done and she helped me with it and made one of her own.  So it was a fun, albeit slow project! LOL!  We're having a fun day!

Thanks for stopping by and please have a blessed day!

New Technique: Faux Suede

Hello everyone! Happy Monday!

I played with the technique lovers challenge today... faux suede. Unfortunately my photo isn't the best to show the suede panels... but the light tan (Creamy Caramel) are the faux suede..

I also wanted to play along with the Stampin Sisters in Christ challenge this week, which was based on Ps.97:1 " The Lord reigns, let the earth rejoice; let the oceans be glad".

We were to make a card showing the earth, seas, trees, mountains... rejoicing. I thought of this beautiful scene that shows so much of the beauty of nature that God created rejoicing!

The image is from this month's new releases at Our Daily Bread designs... With Deepest Sympathy. I did not make this into a sympathy card however... I just made it masculine and plan on putting a sentiment inside on this one, though there is room for a sentiment on the outside as well.

This image makes me think of the 23rd Psalm... "The Lord is my shephard, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul..."

I stamped the image with Archival Jet Black on Water Color paper and watercolored with SU! Markers, using a wet on wet technique.
The base is Bazzill basics, the textured blue is ProvoCraft and the faux suede is creamy caramel.

I did sew the blue panel to the base this time and so sorry I did because my sewing machine got all messed up and I ended up doing closer to a satin stitch than a zig zag to cover up the mess. Oh well..... that's why I rarely sew on my cards, because my machine hasn't worked right since I rehopolstered my sun room furniture! Have to get it fixed!!!

I did faux stitching on the faux suede so I wouldn't mess that up. I pierced the faux suede corners, added some twine and used the Martha Stewart Leaf Edge Punch for the panel outside and inside.

That's about it for today!

I hope you are enjoying this Monday! It's raining here and I'm enjoying it! Great stamping weather!!! Have a blessed day!

Stand Up Lotus Blossom

Hello everyone! Today I had the chance to play in my stamp room. I made this card for today's TLC187 on SCS, which was this neat stand up card. The directions were written by Penney Wassenauer and can be seen here. They were very easy to follow. I also had chosen an inspiration challenge on Sat. but I was unable to stamp over the weekend because I was busy with guests. I chose this poster from Posters.com for my inspiration. I was struck by the beauty of the simple black and white poster. My intention was to do everything in black, white and gray. When I stamped my image however, I decided to add light hints of color to pop it.

I stamped the image (from The newly released Our Daily Bread Design, Mother Teresa) with VersaMark and heat embossed with SU! Black Embossing Powder. I then just ever so lightly tipped the edges with my new Our Daily Bread Inks and watercolored, then colored the leaves and stamens with Shimmerz Candle Light, and the Lotus Blossom itself with Angel Wings. It is raining today and I can't seem to get the shimmer in the photo... but it's there! I cut a shimmery pink paper with my Nestie Blossom die, then cut out my image and mounted on the pink with dimensionals.

My "dp" is computer generated. I decided to use Bazzil Gray for my base, then I matted all panels in black and white. The outter panels are stamped with an image from another new ODBD new set called "Let Us Begin", as is the sentiment. The sentiment is just one word cut out of a longer quote. I cut that with a Nestie ribbon tag and added shimmery pink sheer swiss dotted ribbon. I lightly colored the end panel lotus blossoms the same way I did the main image. I added pearls and done. All pretty straight forward and it came together quickly. If the sun comes out and I can get a better photo I will.

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Penny Black Saturday Challenge One Year Celebration

Happy Monday everyone!

I hope you all had a fabulous and relaxing weekend! I ran a mile a minute it seems! We had so many things going on at Church yesterday I wasn't home long enough to turn around. It was a good day though!

Today I wanted to play along on the Penny Black Saturday Challenge Blog One Year Celebration. The theme was "celebration"... any sort of celebration was fine. I also wanted to try the Monday Technique Lover's Challenge on SCS, which was to make faux handmade paper. We all love those expensive handmade papers, and if we own them, we hoard them... so this was a great way to get the look without the cost! I sponged three colors of Acrylic Paints onto my GPW CS with crumpled up toilet tissue. I didn't worry about little bits of tissue adhering to the paper, because that just adds to the homemade paper effect. After that I used a Metallic shimmery gold and sponged on sparingly. While I loved the look... I didn't stop there. I had to try out my new Shimmerz Spritz that I won on Jami's (Sgt Stamper) blog and just received on Friday. (Thanks so much Jami!!!) I LOVE this stuff!!! It really adds a lot of shimmer to your project and dried quickly!

While it's been very cloudy here today, the sun came out for about 5 minutes and I managed to get an ouside shot of this card so you can see more of the shimmer than showed up on my inside shots.

The layout is pretty self explanatory. Creamy Caramel is my base and I used a Cuttlebug edge folder for the zig zag pattern, and Swiss Dots for the matted Label #2. The image itself is stamped on 140 lb Aquarello Watercolor paper and watercolored with SU! Markers in Certainly Celery, Creamy Caramel, Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue and Almost Amethyst. I used a Sizzix Die Cut to cut the balloons and little flower... and I spritzed them with the shimmerz too. The sentiment is from My Sentiments Exactly and is cut with a Nestabilities Tag Trio Die Cut and adhered with some sheer pink ribbon. A little bling and done! I love Penny Black and they are fun images to color. Our Church CARE ministry is asking for more cards, especially for kids and guys... so here is one.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a blessed day!

Mini Easter Basket

Good Monday everyone! I don't know where this past week has gone but here we are in another one!

I have not done hardly any SCS challenges since I got back from my Daughter's house... but today's Technique Lover's Challenge enticed me, and I had to try it. The instructions are easy to follow and you can find them on SCS under TLC213

here

I did not want the printer lines to show so I printed the template out on copy paper and traced onto my DP. I used EK Success DP for the outside of the basket, and the dotted paper is Anna Griffin. I did make a couple of alterations to the pattern. I wanted to add this punched edge so in order for it not to dominate the whole basket I cut the fold down part of the liner in half, and glued the punched edge under that. Also, I wasn't real happy with how the corners looked on the folded edges... so I made a teeniny strip which I glued behind each side of the folded down portion and drew them together... it formed a strap to bring the corners of the folded portions together and keep them from flapping out. Does that make sense? I can't seem to find the right words to describe what I did! LOL!

I kept the decorations simple because this is really a small basket and I didn't want to overwhelm it with decor. I used a daisy punch from EK Success, scraps of vanilla and mellow moss and a MS Punch for the leaves. I sponged the vanilla with Pretty in Pink ink, added the MS punched butterfly and some bling and called it done. This was a fun and easy project. I might do more for the Easter table... I thought they'd make nice favors for each place setting.

I hope you have a blessed day! Thanks for taking a peek!

Love You Much Round Top Box

Today's TLC over on SCS was to make this fun round top box. It is super easy and fun to make! I used a piece of Heidi Grace DP and then used some Bazzill Bling in Green and Pink to cut my circles out with my Nesties. I stamped the little birds from SU! Love you Much, colored with Copics and added ribbon and a little glitter with a clear glitter pen. The little heart is paper pieced from the DP. I thought this might be a cute box in which to give my Granddaughter this necklace and bracelet set. I might give her candy in it... we'll see, but it was a fun project. Check it out if you haven't done so already!