I love adding stiches to a card!

 

This is the last card from my card making session!

I love having my sewing machine set up in the spare room so I can just slip in sew and leave!

I don't have to drag the machine out of the cupboard and plug it in, etc.

Just yesterday, I had a young man ask if he could live with our family tell the fall.

My first thought, I am not going to lie, was my sewing machine, very selfish I know!

I think we all get used to our space and when you add someone to that space,

 there would be some sacrifice for everyone!

I thought I was a selfless person but nope I am not!!

This card was very simple, I used the Brights DSP collection!

I took the sequins off the ribbon strand.

It's grad time!!

We have 6 people graduating this year and I have one card, it's a start, right?

I have been trying to get better at taking pictures of my cards, 

not something I find very easy!

I have been reading different blogs but it is like a foreign language.

My girls are both photographers but I forget what they tell me by the next time I take pictures, oops!

 

Birthday X 7!

In the last week I have had 7 birthdays, wow!

Each of the ladies belong to the prayer group that I go to each week.

These ladies are beautiful woman and I really wanted to make nice cards for them.

Each lady has inspired me to grow closer to Jesus and trust Him more and more each day!

Here are a few of the cards I made.

I love using straight pins with beads on my cards, I love the dimension that it brings!

I actually curled my ribbon with a curling iron, never done that before, with all the other dimension the straight ribbon didn't look right!

The Flower is made by spraying it with water and then scrunching it up, I am always amazed at how once it dries it is firm and doesn't flatten.

For this card I tried doing a bit of mixed media.

I first of all ripped some patterned paper then glued it down to the card stock then covered that with Gesso.

This card is fairly basic, just added a bit of Gesso and some doodling here and there.

 



A bit of This and That!

 

I have been soooo sick with a head cold and fever; so that is why I haven't posted the last couple of days! 

Lately I have been fascinated with Mixed Media art; which you do on canvas.  I am not quite brave enough to do the canvas yet, so I thought I would do the same sort of idea on a card.

 

The first thing I did was distress the edges with the distressing tool in the picture; I did this to all the pieces.









I then sponged the edges with Soft Suede, to give it a aged look.

I used the background stamp, French Script and Soft Suede ink, before I stamped the paper I removed some of the ink using a Kleenex.

Instead of pulling out my sewing machine, and I was going to do that, I used a white gel pen and did some faux stitching!  Also you may have noticed the lace doily is more oval then normal.  I actually cut the doily in half.
A few other things to note:
- I made the pattern with the pearls because they come individually or in a straight line.
-The flowers are sprayed with water before I formed them, when the are dry they keep the shape.

Paper: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, summer Starfruit, Rich Razzelberry, old olive Card Stock and the designer paper from Sale-a-bration (2 more days to take advantage of the free products).
Ink: Rich Razzelberry and Soft Suede classic ink
Accessories: Labels Collection Framelits, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Elegant Butterfly Punch, Decorative Label Punch, Bird Builder Punch (for the leaves)
Stamp Set: Hope Happens
Supplies used:

Family Time!

We had a wonderful visit with Dad and his new wife Cathie, she is a beautiful woman of God!!  Enjoyed ever moment of our visit but I have to say I was a little happy this morning when I knew I could stamp again!  You know your addicted when....!  Actually I think I have a bit of Adrenal Fatigue, just from the high stress in recent months!  One of the things that they suggest for treatment / healing, is doing something every day that makes you happy!  Well that made me happy because making cards makes me very happy and I like to do at least one a day!!  Scarpbooking is also very rewarding but it requires a bit more energy and commitment, than making a card.

 

This card was fun, I started it and thought, what am I doing, it is so ugly but I kept adding stuff and it turned out good, it should make a friend happy on her birthday!!!

 

Supplies:

 

Stamp Sets: Mixed bunch stamp set, Papillon Potpouri stamp set, Itty Bitty Banners

 

Ink: Raspberry Ripple, Summer Starfruit

 

Card Stock: Raspberry Ripple, Summer Starfruit, Crumb Cake, Gumball green (love this green), and Whisper White.

 

Accessories: Bitty Banners Framlits, Oval Collection Framlits, Jewels, bird punch for the leaves, Blossom punch, butterfly punch, Beautiful wings embosslits and Honeycomb embossing Folder





Island Indigo

 

 

So Much to be thankful for today!!!  For one the Sun is out, and spring will be right around the corner!

For this card I want to highlight the background card stock, Island Indigo, it is one of the, 2011-2013 in color's.  I don't know why I have never used it before now but now that I am I love it!!  So far I just have the card stock, so I will have to order the ink before June.  Saying that, brings me to, how I stamped the background without the Island Indigo ink.  Well I used my favorite ink, Versa Mark!

 

 

Not only can you emboss with Versa Mark but it leaves a watermark on any colored card stock.

 

Supplies used on this card:

 

Paper Doily Sizzlits

Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder

Labels collection Framelits

Island Indigo, Crumb Cake, More Mustard, Red Ridinghood and Whisper White Card Stock

Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons, half backed Pearls

Itty Bitty Banners you can also earn this through the Sale-A-Bration Promotion

Papillon Potpourri Stamp Set

Elegant Butterfly Punch





Mish Mash

 

I love the mish mash feel of this card!  I am on a butterfly craze lately, everything I do seems to have butterflies in it.

 

Stamp set: wonderful Words, Hope Happens

Paper: Whisper White C.S., Crumb Cake C.S., Floral District D.S.P., First Edition D.S.P.

Accessories: Rich Razzelberry Ribbon, old olive ribbon, Paper Dollies from Spring mini, Early Espresso Baker's twine, Daffodil delight Button, Triple Flower punch (on sale in the clearance rack, check it out Triple Flower Punch Reg. 30.95 on Sale for 18.95

 

 

I also made a matching envelope using the Simply Scored Scoring Tool, with the Diagonal Plate.

 

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