In My Heart

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a card made using one of the images I had colored while my husband was in the hospital.  He is slowly making progress.  Slowly.  My card uses a retired Creative Worship digital image called Melody of Love.  

 

I started out by printing it onto Neenah white card stock before coloring using my Castle Arts Watercolor pencils and a blender pencil before lightly blending some left over tumbled glass distress ink from a previous project using a blender brush before layering and adding silver brads.  I then added it to a dry embossed green card before creating my own floral spray underneath using Martha Stewart punches and a paper crimper. The final touch was color spritzing some green galore ink and adding some bling to the flower centers on the main image panel.  I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.  

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #76 - Use Your NBUS (main image)

Triple B July 2025 - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (birds, blooms)

Can You Handle The Pressure July 2025 - Anything Goes Using Embossing Folder (musical score)

Cupcake Inspiration #622 - For The Birds ( see pic below)

Word Art Wednesday #708 to 709 - Anything Goes Family Friendly 

Elliebelle's Crafty Wednesday July 2025 - Anything Goes 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Creative Worship

Ink: Leftover Tumbled Glass Distress

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Bling, Glue, Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Castle Arts Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pencil, Color Spritzer, Green Galore Ink, Brads

 

 

  

Floral Blessing Cup

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card I made for a friend battling cancer and wanted her to know just how much she means to me.  My card uses the In This Together digital stamp set from Sweet N Sassy stamps.

I started out by combining the floral cup image, and saying, in photoshop before printing it onto Neenah white card stock then colored it using some of the few Copic markers I have.  Once the coloring was finished, I cut it down to size and layered it before adding some pink brads.  For my card, I dry embossed a Cuttlebug Stylized Flowers on the front of the card before lightly sanding the embossed images.  I then lightly blended some Tim Holtz tattered rose distress ink around my main image to help soften the white a bit.  After adhering the layered image to my card using glue dots, I dug through my stash and found a wooden bee/ladybug stickers to add to the card.  The final touch was color spritzing some regal rose marker over the card.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #60 - Use Your NBUS (SNSS image)

Sweet N Sassy Facebook Group March VIP Challenge - See Inspiration Pic (inspired by colors, flowers)

Crafty Catz #668 - Anything Goes Optional Use An Embossing Folder (stylized flowers folder)

Crafty Gals Corner #253 - Anything Goes

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (bee/ladybug stickers)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 641 and 642 - Anything Goes Uplifting

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great weekend and Happy Easter to everyone.

Stamps: Sweet N Sassy

Ink: Tim Holtz Tattered Rose

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Bee/Ladybug Stickers, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Brads, Glue Dots, Blending Brush, Color Spritzer Tool, SU Regal Rose Marker, Sanding Block

 

 

 

Love and John 3:16

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a one-layer, non-traditional, card with you I've made for my husband for Valentine's Day using one of Sweet N Sassy Stamps digital images and a long retired Stampin Up sayings set.   Using this image is very important for my husband's card since we met at my church's Valentine's dinner put on by the youth group.  My, now, hubby was my blind date set up by his best friend (the youth pastor at the time) and my mother (yup my mother).  We've been married for 33yrs now.

I started out by printing the John 3:16 Bible image on Neenah white card stock before coloring using my Castle Arts colored pencil set.  Once I was finished coloring, I stamped the "love" from Stampin Up's retired Wonderful Words set in memento tuxedo black ink.  I then stippled some Tim Holtz tattered rose distress ink using my paper pouncers before adding Stampin Up regal rose ink around the edges using my blending brushes.  After highlighting the lily stamen stems using a yellow Sakura Moonlight 3D gel pen, I decided the card was finished.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #58 - Use Your NBUS (image)

Sweet N Sassy Stamps January VIP Facebook Challenge - Love (Valentine card using God's perfect love as inspiration)

Stamps and Fun #446 - Anything Goes 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 631 to 632 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

Paper Funday #61 - Anything Goes Optional Let's Celebrate 

Digi Choosday Wk2 - Anything Goes 

Creations In Pink #66 - Anything Goes Mainly Pink 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Sweet N Sassy; Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tattered Rose; Stampin Up Regal Rose

Card Stock: Neenah White

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Castle Arts Pencils, Sakura 3D Moonlight Gel Pen, Paper Pouncers, Blending Brushes

PIP Challenge 2248

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Hello and welcome.  I hope everyone in the United States had a fabulous Thanksgiving holiday.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week our prize is a $10 gift certificate to Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps.  Since my family likes to read I decided to make some bookmarks using two of Sweet N Sassy Stamps sets: Time Well Spent and Pawsome Pals.

I started out by stamping two bookmarks using Time Well Spent in PTI chocolate ink onto a pre-made bookmark from my stash before stippling Tim Holtz old paper and tea dye distress inks over/around them.  I then stamped two more bookmarks using the Pawsome Pals in memento tuxedo black ink before coloring using Lyra and Castle Arts pencils.  Once the coloring was finished, I stippled old paper and tea dye distress inks around those images.  After sliding them all into some protective plastic sleeves I've had for years, I added some vanilla tassles to finish them off.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #44 - Use Your NBUS 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2022 - Use Your Unloved Stash 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great week and don't forget to join in our  challenge this week.

Stamps: Sweet N' Sassy

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Old Paper, Tea Dye; PTI Dark Chocolate

Card Stock: Pre-Made Vanilla Bookmarks

Accessories: PFS Blending Brushes, Tassles, Plastic Bookmark Sleeves, Lyra and Castle Arts Pencils

 

To God Be The Glory

 

Hello and welcome.  Second post from me today.  I have a fairly easy card to share.  I've had this idea in my head and wanted to see how it would turn out....or not.....using a set I received as a gift from a friend.  Plus, I wanted to see some pretty fall colors since everything here is still a dirty grayish/brown.

I started out by stamping my saying from Sweet N Sassy Stamps clear set called Timless Hymns in memento tuxedo black ink onto scrap vanilla card stock before layering and adding brads.  I then distressed one of the layers using a fingernail before setting aside.  For my card, I dry embossed a pumpkin pie card base using a dusty Cuttlebug Pumpkin Harvest embossing folder and my big shot before stippling some spiced marmalade distress ink over the embossed images and card edges..  I then adhered some silk leaves I've had for years and haven't used up yet using glue dots before adding my layered saying using pop up glue dots.  After adding a gold bow and kraft thread, I decided the brads were just not working for me.  I then layered gold ice stickles over each of the brads until I was happy with it.  As an afterthought, I put some of the gold ice stickles on a finger and rubbed it over the card base before color spritzing more mustard/always artichoke markers over everything.  I'm really happy with how this turned out since I'm still dealing with a migraine.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff #43 - Use Your NBUS (saying)

The Four Seasons October - Fall (inspired by leaves, colors) 

Paper Funday #46 - Anything Goes Optional It's All About The Candy (anything goes)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 563 to 564 - Anything Goes Uplifting (hymn)

Sweet N Sassy Stamps Facebook VIP October Challenge - Use The Color Orange 

Double D Challenges - Octoberfest (inspired by leaves/colors)

Use Your Stuff #468 - Autumn or Fall (inspired by leaves/colors) 

The Four Seasons

Use Your Stuff

Double D Challenges

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Sweet N Sassy Stamps

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Spiced Marmalade Distress

Card Stock: Stampin Up; Scraps

Accessories: Silk Leaves, Fingernail, Brads, Gold Ice Stickles, Glue Dots, Pop Up Glue Dots, Gold Pow, Cuttlebug Pumpkin Harvest Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Sponge