Featured Stamper, SSCC & ABC - Kiss & Tell...

Hello there!  It is a Public Holiday here in Australia - Boxing Day and I have managed to finish off a few projects that I have had on the go for a while and also make these two card to show you.  The first one being for the Featured Stamper on SCS - Smilyn Steph, who each week brings us the Inspiration Challenge.  It was a lot of fun browsing through Steph's gallery - hard to choose a card but I finally chose this card.

I did change a few things, like the DP and the image, I used a whole panel across the middle of the card instead of a smaller rectangle.  I did love the black border each side of the centre panel and went with the Fiskar Punched Border in black.  I have added a strip of lace with glitter on it and added black gems a long the lace!

I used the Our Daily Bread Designs Stamp set that I won on the 'Three for Thee' Release - it is the first time I have inked it and I havr to say I am loving it - the butterfly is darling and the sentiments are gorgeous.  It is the only ODBD set I won and hope to one day change that!

This card is also for the Flutter by Wednesday Challenge for this week.

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This next card is for the Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge - you know by now that I LOVE the Faith Based Challenges - this week is based on the scripture:

Psalm 25:4-5 "Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior and my hope is in you all day long."

Our challenge is to make a New Years Card or project, mindful of asking God to teach us and lead us on the path He has laid for us.

Unconditional Love is something I am wanting to work on this coming year (wellI should be everyday!!) It is easy to love those who love us, or show us kindness, those who are 'lovely' in our sight....so often we put conditions on our love, not always consciously.  I am only too aware there is many a time I have been 'unlovely' in His sight!!   So I am endeavouring to love regardless.....which brings me to the next challenge I am linking this card to The Corrosive Challenge where it is about New years Resolutions.

This card is also for the ABC Challenge - this week is 'K is for Kissing' and how cute are these 'House Mouse'    I used two images I had previously coloured for this card and used the embossing border that my lovely Twisted Sister Lesley (aka Marleygo) sent me as part of a CRAK  I love this border and punched it out with the SU Windows Slot Punch, inked the edges and secured it to the card with these cute little button brads.

These cards were fun to work on - I like to 'change gears' sometime and do things that are not in my usual style - out of my comfort zone!

Thanks for coming by and for those lovely comments you leave me!  I love knowing you have been and love to come and visit you too - I am making a HUGE effort to visit everyone that stops by - I have been so inspired by your Blogs and hope to get there more often this coming year!  Have a great day...and don't forget to check in tomorrow for the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge - we have been doing a bit of Spring Cleaning and you are going to love the 'Easy as 1-2-3' Rules to play along - so c'mon over and check it out - I would love to see you there!  God bless you!