Today at the Tuesday Throwdown (TT10) challenge, we are having Christmas in July, so I made a Christmas card. I have to tell you that I CASEd this from my friend Becky, because I just fell in love with it. I made a couple of little changes to it, such as adding the stick pin and changing the sentiment, but that's it. It's a very clean and simple card that is just beautiful. Our sponsor today is CSN Lighting with the prize being a $50 gift certificate, so you will definitely want to play along with us today. We would love to see you and what you create for this challenge, and ask that you stop by to see what we all made for the challenge as well. Thank you for coming to my blog and I pray that you have a very blessed day. Today's Treasure: Luke 2:11.
Stamps: Stampin' Up! Bloomin' Beautiful, All Holidays
Card Stock: Stampin' Up! Cherry Cobbler, Papertrey Ink Stamper's Select White
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic markers
Accessories: Stampin' Up! 5/8" Real Red satin ribbon, Maya Road Pearl Trinket Pins, ProvoCraft Cuttlebug Swiss Dots A2 embossing folder
Technique: Dry embossing
Size: 4-1/4 x 5-1/2
Challenge: Tuesday Throwdown 10 (TT10)
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Good afternoon. I woke up to a very nice surprise this morning! My card for last week's Our Creative Corner Sketch Challenge 22 got me a Featured Designer spot for this week's Our Creative Corner Sketch Challenge 23! I am blessed and that was really kind of the Design Team to pick my card to be showcased. I am playing this challenge again this week and here's the sketch, designed by Jennifer Meyer, that was provided (which is very cool) and below the sketch is my card. Why don't you join in the fun this week? I know they'd love to have you! This card also qualifies for Splitcoast Stampers Free 4 All 20 (F4A20) challenge where you had to use something new that you had just taken out of the package, and I just opened these up to make this card. God bless and I pray that you have a wonderful day.
Stamps: Kites 2 Fly by The Stamps of Life
Card Stock: Stampin' Up! Chocolate Chip, Papertrey Ink Vintage Cream
Designer Paper: October Afternoon Fly a Kite
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Basic Grey button, Stampin' Up! Hemp Twine
Technique: Paper piecing
Size: 5-1/2 x 4-1/4
Challenge: Splitcoast Stampers Free 4 All 20 (F4A20), Our Creative Corner Sketch Challenge 23 (OCCSC23)
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Okay, cheesy, I know. I couldn't think of another name because there's really not too much to this card and that's good, because it's for today's CAS-tastic Wednesday Challenge 11 (CWC011). The challenge was to make a "kraft-y kreation," and that's exactly what I did. This card took about 3 minutes to make with the longest amount of time spent on stamping my sentiment on scratch paper to make sure that it came out straight when put on my paper. I then found a cute and colorful butterfly sticker and scored two lines at the top of the card, which is hard to see in the photos. What do you think? I hope you like it and thank you for stopping by today. God bless.
Stamps: Treasure to Me by Unity Stamps
Card Stock: Stampin' Up! Crumb Cake
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: ChatterBox Happy Day Dimensional Stickers
Technique: Scoring
Size: 4-1/4 x 5-1/2
Challenge: CAS-tastic Wednesday Challenge 11 (CWC011)
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Happy 4th of July again. Now don't get me wrong, I love summer. It's my favorite season of the year. I'm just tired of making summer cards right now, so I made this fall card instead. I was organizing my paper (again) this week, cleaning and sorting my craft room, put a lot up on eBay, and re-familiarized myself with what I do have and came across this great My Mind's Eye Quite Contrary paper and remembered my Stampin' Up Animal Stories stamp set that I had and thought that it would be cute together. Then I went sketch hunting in my usual places, although I'm finding a lot more great sketch blogs, and decided to make this card. I hope that you like it and thank you again for stopping by today. I'm going to go and do some chores, pool fun with the family, a great BBQ dinner, and then the annual fireworks party that one of my neighbors puts on every year. He goes to Missouri to get the illegal ones (at least in Kentucky the type that he sets off), and it's an awesome show! God bless.
Stamps: Stampin' Up! Animal Stories
Card Stock: Stampin' Up! Soft Suede, Very Vanilla
Designer Paper: My Mind's Eye Quite Contrary
Ink: Stampin' Up! Kiwi Kiss, Bermuda Bay, Baja Breeze
Accessories: Stampin' Up! Soft Suede polka dot ribbon, Maya Road Leaf Trinket Pins
Size: 5-1/2 x 4-1/4
Challenge: Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge 119 (TESC119)
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To make a long story as short as possible, my cousin, who I love very much and we're 14 months apart, is in the Intensive Care Unit at Dallas Memorial. He's had multiple strokes, a heart infection that traveled to his brain, and is on a respirator. Please pray for him. That was the last phone call I was expecting yesterday when I was just goofing off with him 3 weeks ago in Pittsburg, Kansas, listening to him tell his outrageous stores, laughing to the point of crying. And now this. I'm lying low this week because it's been an emotional roller coaster for me. Her's the card that I'm sending to him that's perfect as he's a ball player. I hand-stitched the baseball myself and on the inside I wrote," Dear Bub, I'm praying for you to pull through this. Don't you make me drive 10 hours to see your butt cuz I can in that green dress they got you in with no underwear on. You have a lot more stories to tell. I love you, Cindy. Thank you for your prayers. We know how big God is. I am praying that Bub will be healed by His stripes.
Card Stock: Stampin' Up! Crumb Cake, Night of Navy
Designer Paper: My Mind's Eye 29th Street Market
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Star buttons from craft supply, Spellbinders circle and scallop circle Nestabilities, Stampin' Up! small heart punch, October Afternoon Mini Market Stickers in Red & Cream
Technique: Machine stitching
Size: 4-1/4 x 5-1/2
Challenges: HOPE2010 Challenge #9, Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge 45
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Oh thank God it's Friday…not that it makes a difference in my work schedule, but it sounded good. Today I made a fairly clean and simple card. While there's layers on it, there is not an over abundance of embellishments, such as ribbon, brads, etc. I had used a stamp that was collecting dust for my background and glitter for my sprinkles, which I never use, and that was my only bling. I love the muted colors I used on this card too and also used some paper that was collecting dust. I am also making another run through my craft room and eBaying. I've got another round coming up this weekend. I'm very good about if I don't use it for 6 months, it goes up for auction. I'm the same way with my closet too. I'd best hurry up and type this so I can go to the pool, float around on my Molly Brown, and sleep.
Some good news that I'd like to share with you is that the Summer 2010 Edition of Christian Paper Crafts is up! I put this together in My Digital Studio by Stampin' Up! It's totally primitive in that my formatting is inconsistent when it comes to how the supplies and instructions are listed. I just ran out of time. I tried to convert it to PDF, which was a nightmare, but then by the grace of God, it all came together. Our Fall Edition will be perfect!
Thank you for stopping by and visiting me today. God bless your weekend.
Card Stock: Stampin' Up! Baja Breeze, Whisper White
Designer Paper: Die Cuts With a View The Sweet Stack
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Copic markers, Versamark
Accessories & Embellishments: Stampin' Up! chunky glitter, Tattered Angels Pearl Glimmer Mist
Technique & Tools: Sponging, Papertrey Ink Large Scallop Die-Cut
Size: 4-1/4 x 5-1/2
Challenges: Christian Paper Crafts Fun on Friday 59, Friday Sketchers 107 ,Splitcoast Stampers F4A18
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