Fusion Fun

A little Fusion fun today...I am using both the sketch and the inspiration picture from the Fusion challenge.  Today's card is super simple...just some dies and a bit of embossing.

3 Gifts Challenge: (using Ann Voskamp's 1000 gifts daily prompts) a gift given, made, sacrificed...gift of time, this year we have given our time as gifts and it has been rewarding//hand made cards mailed out to those that need encouragement//there is no greater sacrifice that His life for mine...watching AD has given a new perspective!!  

Best Catch Ever....

Today I am playing along with the sketch challenge from Freshly Made Sketches.  I used Stamping Up's Best Catch stamp set with matching dies.  There are so many possibilities with this bundle.  Masculine cards are often difficult to create but this stamp set and matching dies has made it easy!!


3 Gifts Challenge: (using Ann Voskamp's 1000 gifts daily prompts) 3 gifts in dirt...Gerber Daisies blooming in my flower beds//Azaleas that we pulled out from infant of our house with a truck and chain...replanted them so sure if they would survive, but they did!! Amazing!!//Fishing worms...I don't care for them but my hubby and daughter think they are kinda great!!  

Thank you...

Today is the Wildflower Festival here in town....love this Wildflower card!!  I created it for the Color Throwdown color challenge.  We were to use yellow, orange, blue and green.  The perfect combination of colors to make a wildflower bouquet.  I love Stampin Up's Butterfly Basics stamp set for creating wildflower collages.

3 Gifts Challenge: (using Ann Voskamp's 1000 gifts daily prompts) 3 gifts ugly beautiful.... thunderstorms...dark gray skies beautiful bright lightening streaks//morning hair...after some shampoo and blowing drying that ugly turns beautiful//washing machine...things go in ugly and come out beautiful

For You, Dad

Today's card is super simple...one of those under five minute cards but it is perfect for a Dad!!  I created it for the sketch challenge from Fab Friday.  The sketch this week was simple and great for a masculine card...no fluff!!

Materials used:  Stampin Up's Best Catch stamp set and matching dies...Soft Suede card stock...More Mustard card stock...Tuxedo ink




3 Gifts Challenge: (using Ann Voskamp's 1000 gifts daily prompts) a gift of cloth, steel, wood...my soft throw that I cuddle up in every morning with my coffee//boat trailer that pulls our boat to the water...looking forward to warmer weather and a chance to be on the water again//wood, wood, and more wood...this year wood doesn't seem to be a blessing...we have cut so much of it due to the hurricane!!

Her Children Arise and Call Her Blessed...

Another Mother's Day card made for the Paper Players challenge....to create a clean and simple card using the paper piecing technique.  Today I used Stampin Up's Beautiful You stamp set and some of their designer papers, along with a sentiment stamp from Verve to create my card.  I think this technique is super fun and creates such a eye catching look!!  While this is a fun technique you sure don't want to use it when mass producing cards...too time consuming!!  See the instructions below for this technique.  

3 Gifts Challenge: (using Ann Voskamp's 1000 gifts daily prompts)  3 gifts fragile...our kids heart--lead them gently//grandma's crystal serving dishes//our government--remember to pray for our nations leadership

Paper Piecing Technique

1. Step 1 

   Stamp image on cardstock.

   Step 2 

   Stamp same image onto patterned paper.

   Step 3 

   Cut image pieces out of patterned paper.

   Step 4

   Adhere patterned paper pieces over the card stock image.

   Step 5 

   Finished project.

Father's Day is Coming...

Yesterday I posted a Mother's Day card and today I am posting a Father's Day card...getting ready for the Wildflower Festival this weekend where I will be selling cards.  I think by the end of the week I will have all the up coming holidays covered.  Today's card was made for the sketch challenge from CAS(E) this Sketch.  

Materials used:  Stampin Up's Best Catch stamp set with matching dies...Crumb Cake card stock...Garden Green card stock...Tuxedo ink   

3 Gifts Challenge: (using Ann Voskamp's 1000 gifts daily prompts)  3 gifts reflecting...mirror, learning to see myself the way God sees me//our pond, can you tell I love living by the water?? I listed it yesterday as well!!//conversation with kids reflecting on our family trips, priceless!!

Mother's Day is Coming...

Mother's Day is coming!!  I am working on stocking my stash with both Mother's Day and Father's Day cards this week!!  Let me know if you would like to special order one.  This card was created for the sketch challenge from the As You See It blog.  Their sketches always have fun pieces and part...lots of inspiration to get your creative juices flowing.  

Materials used:  Stampin Up's Butterfly Basics die...Night of Navy ribbon and linen thread...doily...Teeny Tiny greetings and window punch...trio of enamel embellishments

3 Gifts Challenge: (using Ann Voskamp's 1000 gifts daily prompts) 3 gifts close...our cypress pond//my hubby sitting next to me on the couch//my parents who live below us

You Can Do Anything....

Today I am playing along the the CASology challenge....the cue card...Plastic!!  I used plastic beads for froggy's belly.  I struggled coming up with a way to use this cue but in the end I really like how it turned out.  

3 Gifts Challenge: (using Ann Voskamp's 1000 gifts daily prompts) a gift in a box, bag, book....running shoes for my daughter's birthday, groceries that I have carried into our home--very thankful for the food we have to eat, God's Word--the greatest book of all time

So Hoppy...

Today I am using two challenges...the color challenge (Mint, Aqua, Dark Pink and Green) from The Color Throwdown blog and the sketch challenge from Freshly Made Sketches.  

Stampin Up's Sale-A-Bration stamp set So Hoppy Together is just adorable!!  I kept my card very simple...just basic stamping, cutting, and layering.    

3 Gifts Challenge: (using Ann Voskamp's 1000 gifts daily prompts) 3 gifts worn...my favorite tee shirt "My Husband Rocks"//sunscreen for my morning of kayaking with my mom for her birthday//Sunflower perfume

You Make Life Brighter

It has been over a month since I posted a new card.  I have been traveling...3 weeks in Israel with my husband for his job and then a weekend trip to Chicago for my daughter's engagement party.  Both trips were amazing!!  But.....It is time to get back into the swing of creating.  Today's card was made for the Less is More challenge to create a card with a "light" theme, and for the Paper Players challenge to use plaids.

Materials used:  Stampin Up designer papers...Unity Stamps...tuxedo ink.  

3 Gifts Challenge: (using Ann Voskamp's 1000 gifts daily prompts) 3 gifts budding/blooming...our irises//our trees...the new growth is covering some of the destruction//love...Jordan has moved from girlfriend to fiancee.