A Wish for Happiness

This week I need birthday cards...last week I needed more sympathy cards...when will I learn to make extra cards ahead of time?! Well, I actually do have a box full...but not the kind I need!

So today I looked up a few challenges and decided to use the Cas(e) this Sketch sketch to get me started.

I hadn't used vellum or heat embossing for quite a while so this was fun to work on!

I used the dies 'Catalina Wreath' by Memory Box, and 'Vintage Flourishes' by Joy Crafts.

The gold embossing powder is PSE, the stamp is Hero Arts, the pearls are Kaisercraft, and the bow was made using my Craft-DeeBowz bow maker. The vellum was recycled from being part of the packaging in a gift.

Challenges

http://casethissketch.blogspot.com - #189 Sketch

http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com - #329 Anything Goes

http://craft-deebowz.blogspot.com/2016/09/september-challenge.html - AG

http://www.scrapyland-blog.com - #49 Anything Goes

http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com - #116 Recycle

http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com - #246-247 AG

Valentine Memories

Valentine's Day is next week already! I usually only make a Valentine's card for my hubby but I came across this old photo of my parents on their wedding day and decided to make a card for my mom. My dad died 25 years ago but I know she still misses him...so do I. It is such a lovely picture! One of my sons, who is 25 years old, looks alot like my dad in this photo. And he is engaged to be married this year. The romance continues!

When I scanned the photo the ivory areas picked up a bit of yellow in certain areas so I found the lacey print cardstock that also has smudges of yellow along the edges...perfect match!

The reason I was looking at old photos was a challenge at Inkspirational which says to CASE anything from Yvonne's blog. Well, I went and looked at her blog and found many I wanted to CASE...I actually got ideas from several...but did settle on one lovely card! (See bleow)

Ingredients

Dies: Spellbinders "Timeless Rectangles", "Labels 15", "Labels 4";

Joy Crafts "Vintage Flourishes #32"

Stamps: ODB "Scripture Series 3", Inkadinkadoo "Love & Friendship"

Cardstock: Lilybeedesign "Smitten" (background), solids are from my stash

Flowers/Leaves: StampingScrapping "Wedding Flowers, cream", Michaels "Paper Flowers, Spring",

Jolee's by You "Olive Branch"

Embellishments: Pizzazz Aplenty "Pearls, Lt Coffee" & "Glitter Rhinestones";

Jane Creative "Silver Filigree Corner" 

Twine: American Crafts "Grey"

Sentiments are computer generated

Photo is a scan of my parents' wedding photo (1945) printed on Cryogen

Lace, doily, and silver heart pendant...from my stash

Challenges

Robynsfetishchallengeblog.blogspot.com - #197 "Valentine's Day Card"

http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com - #137 "Love Me Tender"

http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com - #118 "Anything Goes"

Inkspirationalchallenges.blogspot.co.uk - #49 "CASE Inspiration"

     

      Yvonne's card from May 7, 2013

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Happy creating!

Best Wishes Border Card

The theme for the challenge at SweetStamps this week is "Borders" so I used an unusual (& unbranded) stamp I picked up at a garage sale for 50 cents. It looks like half of a border so I stamped it in both directions, end to end and I'm actually happy with the result! Both stamped images are colored with colored pencils.

The pretty butterfly stamp is from SweetStamps called "Crown Butterfly"....a favorite!

The "Best Wishes" is a cheap little generic that doesn't stamp well.

The die cut border is Spellbinders "Fleur de Lis Accents" and the

 circle die cut is "Exquisite Circles".

Ivory cs is Cryogen, print is Imaginesce.

Rhinestones are KaiserCraft "Ice Blue".

Ribbon and twine...from my stash.

Challenges:

SweetStampsblog.blogspot.com - #137 Borders

SentimentalSundays.blogspot.com - #174 Sketch

WordArtWednesday.blogspot.com - #100 Anything Goes

As always, thanks so much for stopping by! If you have a minute please leave a comment...I love to hear from fellow bloggers/cardmakers!

SSiC Challenge #146 "Use Something New!"

Good Morning!

A blessed Sunday to you all!

Today begins the 146th challenge at Stampin' Sisters in Christ!

The challenge this week is being hosted by:

Lovely Linda

and the Bible verse she chose as our theme verse is:

A NEW commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. John 13:34-35

and Linda wants us to use something NEW in our project!

This can be a new technique, a new product...anything NEW to you!

For an explaination of why she chose this theme and some devotional thoughts on these verses you can go to either her blog: lovelinda@tpg.com.au or the main challenge blog at SSiC.

Enjoy!

And as always we have another generous sponsor who is offering a prize to one randomly chosen participant! Our sponsor this week is:

Digital Delights by Louby Loo

http://digitaldelightsbyloubyloo.com/

Check out their site/store! They are having a great SALE right now (through the 4th!)

My card this week is for a good friend whose birthday was yesterday...so she already has this card as you read my blog! Her name is Cindy and she actually designed the NEW dies I used for this card.

The die set is called "Card Creator" which is now being produced and sold by Spellbinders and is part of their Nestabilities line. There are 2 sets that match and each set has rectangles that are exactly proportioned for A2 cards, each rectangle is 1/4" smaller so they "nest" perfectly. But when you combine the 2 sets they are 1/8" different and nest creating a delicate 1/8" border. There are also 3 fancy die sets that match: one ribbon threader and two fancy borders. I have used both the "Card Creator A2 - Matting Basics A&B" sets and the "Card Creator - Fancy Ribbon Threader" set. On the inside of the card I used another of Cindy's newly designed dies which are called simply "ATC" (for now!) because that is the size they are. All of these sets are very new and were just featured on the Spellbinders bloghop last week. (Well, I'm not sure that the ATC's are even out yet!) If you are interested you can go to Cindy's store website and take a look: http://www.stampingscrapping.com/  (do a search for Card Creator or click on Spellbinders dies)

Here is my list of ingredients:

Stamps: "Tab Basics 2" by StampingScrapping Design

"Frou Frou" by StampingScrapping Design

"Vintage Flourishes" by Stampabilities

"Faith is the Substance..." by Verve Stamps

"Love & Friendship" by Inkadinkado

Dies: (All Spellbinders) "Classic Bracket- Edge"

"Card Creator -A2 Matting Basics, A & B" sets

"Card Creator -ATC"

"Card Creator -Fancy Ribbon Threader"

Embellishments: Pizzazz Aplenty - flatback rhinestones, pink

& flatback pearls, ivory

Bling-It - green rhinestones

Flowers: "Little FlowerPack- All White" by StampingScrapping Design

(colored with Spectrum Noir pens and Memento markers)

Inks: Memento

Cardstock: Cryogen

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today! Hope you have enjoyed your stay! I'm hoping you have been inspired to join in this challenge with all of us at Stampin' Sisters in Christ! For even more inspiration check out all of my DT sisters' blogs...they are all listed in my sidebar!

A Card of Encouragement

Today I am posting another card for a man, this time a "Thinking of You" card for a gentleman that was just diagnosed with cancer. I didn't want to just send a glib "Get Well Soon" because this will be a long battle and I wanted him to know that we will be praying along with his family all the way through. But more importantly, that God will be with him every step of the way.

Here is my list of items used to make this card:

"Thinking of You" & "trees" stamps - Stampin' Up

Fancy frame/label stamp - Stamping Scrapping Design "Holidays"*

Inks: Brown - Vivid, Green - Memento*

Die cut - Spellbinders "Pendants, Fleur de Lis"*

White cardstock is Cryogen* colored DP, from my stash

Ranger Stickles, "Star Dust"*

Olive Green Rhinestones - Pizzazz Aplenty

* All of the starred items can be found at www.stampingscrapping.com

The sentiment and Bible verse on the inside are computer generated.

I like to try to put a tiny bit of matching bling on the inside of the card too, just so it doesn't make the card too thick. I have found that if the card is just a little thicker than normal and I write

"Hand Cancel" on it, the Post Office only charges me an extra 20 cents to mail it. But if it is also heavier than normal that is another extra fee. But after all the work I put into these I feel its worth it!

This card I am also entering in 2 challenges:

http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/ - #67 "A Male Themed Card"

http://stampingscrappingchallengecentral.blogspot.com/ - "Something Masculine"

Tea for Two...a Tea Party!

 The HouseMouse Challenge this week is "Let's Have A Party" so I decided on a tea party because I have these new teacup stamps from http://www.stampingscrapping.com/ ...one of Cindy's newer designs. There is another set with a tea pot on it...adorable! The glittery cardstock I used is a gorgeous one by Coredinations called "Core Couture" (from Cindy's!). The glitter is permanent...you can even stamp over it! And its a multi-color very fine glitter. There is more glitter than shows up in the photos! This coral color that I used is called "Tiara".

Here's my little list of items used:

HouseMouse Stamps* - "Contented Mudpie" & "Feeling Rosey"

(colored with colored pencils)

StampingScrapping Design stamps* - "Tea for Two"

Cardstock - "Core Couture" by Coredinations*,

the white is Cryogen*,

the green is Imaginesce

Spellbinders embossing folder* - "Snow Flowers"

Rhinestones- "Bling It" by Basic Grey

Ribbon - from my stash...however...

I didn't like the color so I tweeked it a little, making it a brighter green by coloring it with a Spectrum Noir* marker. Worked great!

As always, the *'d items are from www.StampingScrapping.com !

The challenge can be found at http://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com/

It is #116 "Let's Have a Party"

A Sympathy Card

A quick sympathy card which I will enter in the MOJO Monday Challenge #227 @

http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/

Ingredients:

Cardstock- K&Company, "Black & Ivory Fusion"

and Cryogen

Spellbinder Dies- Labels 15 & 4

Stamps by StampingScrapping.com - "Tab Basics 1" & "Swirled Hearts"

Ranger Stickles- "Star Dust"

Rhinestones & ribbon- from my stash

Oops! My time conversion was off...I'm an hour too late! Oh well, this card went together quickly and I do need a sympathy card this week. And I actually like it myself. I love using K&Co. DP...always gorgeous designs.

Maggie Card: "It's Still Winter"

One card for two challenges:

http://magnoliastamplovers.blogspot.com/ - "Twine"

http://thedutchmagnoliachickies.blogspot.com/ - "Still Winter" 

Supplies used:

Cardstock (3 kinds) - Cryogen*, Doodlebug Design, Paper Studio

Edge punch - "Doily Lace" by Martha Stewart*

Die cut - "Pendants- Fleur de Lis" by Spellbinders*

Magnolia Stamped image - "Tilda with Bell"*

Sentiment - "Sentamints" by StampingScrapping Design* 

Twine - "Vintage Green" by StampingScrapping Design*

Lavendar flower - "Color Me White" by StampingScrapping Design* -

(tweeked a bit & colored with colored pencils!)
Glitter glue - Ranger Stickles "Star Dust"

Pearls - "Snowflake" by Queen & Co.*

Leaf Stick Pin - Pearl Green by Pizzazz Aplenty

Small flowers are from my stash

 All *'d items can be found at www.StampingScrapping.com