LOC Happy Days - Card 2

I am back today to show you the second card for my Card Design Class at my LSS Scrap n Stuff, next week!

This card is the quick card of the set - I usually try to make one more complex and one simple one - it does not come much easier then this!

The Basic Grey DP has been embossed with the Stylised Flowers Embossing Folder.

I have stamped the Backyard Bird image with two Distressing Inks - Spiced Marmalade and Walnut Stain and cut it out using Spellbinders Classic Circle and Lacey Circles Nestibilities.

Finishing off with a row of thin ribbon and lace, along with some half pearls.  Nice and easy!

This card is for the following challenges:

My Time to Craft - Here comes Summer

Oldie But a Goodie - Must Use Stamp at least 6 Months Old

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Pile It On - Going Around in Circles

Craft Your Days Away - Circles

Secret Crafter - Embossing

You can see more of my projects in my Layers of Color Gallery, while you are there make sure you check out the other Design Team galleries there is so much inspiration waiting to be discovered, we are thrilled that Layers of Color is a Spellbinders Preferred Product Partner.

You can also check out Layers of Color Art Stamps on our FACEBOOK GROUP and have a look at the Layers of Color Art Stamps FLICKR GROUP where you can upload your LOC artwork and be inspired by hundreds of fabulous LOC creations! You are going to LOVE it!!

Making your creative world more colorful with Layers of Color!

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{hugs}}}

MMSC110 Hip Chick

I have had a lot of fun with this weeks Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge!

How do you like this cool image from KennyK Collections - who just happens to be this momths sponsor - we asre having so much fun with these images.

I just happen to love the 70's - so just had to do down the hippy/retro path - with the colours and DP from Bella.

The swirls are from the Spellbinders Doodle Part DieCut and work well with Priscillas sketch and of course there has to be bling - the bigger the better!  LOL!

Paisley embossing - a perfect retro touch - although personally paisley is never out of fashion - I love the stuff!  LOL!

It is that time again...We must say good by to one of our DT members. Silke will be spending some quality time this summer with her family. We loved seeing your wonderful creations these last few weeks Silke. It was a pleasure have you on the team. Be sure to come back and play with us when you can. Next week we have two new Midnight Madness Team members joining the family...stay tuned!!

This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the side bar for the following weeks sketch each Friday.

"YOUR CHOICE"

 Enter one style or both this week.

Just have fun and come play with us :)

Our MMSC109 Gold Star Award goes to...

 Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...

Please grab your award logos from the side bar and display them proudly :)

Our MMSC110 Weekly Bonus Sponsor is...

www.shellysimages.com

Our June Monthly sponsors are....

 KennyK Collection & Whimsy Stamps

View their awesome monthly Grand prize worth over $100!!
This card is for the following challenges:
Crafty Pad - Bright and Bold or Soft Pastels
Challenge Up Your Life - Circles - on DP

 Mark's Finest Papers - Sparkle
Crazy Challenge - Beautiful Women
Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Make sure you pop across and see the inspiration the Design Team have for you - these girls are UBER talented!!

CHARLOTTE  * DENISE * GUNN * LINDA (that's me) * PHYLLIS *

*AMERICA *  GURO * JEN * MARSHA * REBECCA *RENEE * SILKE

It is always a pleasure when you visit - you know I love it that you come and appreciate your encouragement and support - we would love to see you play along with the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge this week - you know I will be there to see you!  God bless you!

{{{hugs}}}

LOC Happy Days - Card 1

Thank you for stopping by today - I always love to see you and thought I would show you one of the cards I am going to be teaching at my Card Design Class at the LSS next week.

I try and bring different styles of card each time, creating one Fancy Fold and then one quick and easy - that way of we get excited and carried away with the first one, the next one is easy to finish at home - so far we have done pretty well with time!

I have used Layers of Color art stamp sets - my LSS, Scrap n Stuff is the first store in Australia to be carrying Layers of Color and it is literally flying off the shelves - the classes are full and creativity flowing!

I have used the Flutterescent and Butterfly Collector art stamp sets, stamping them, cutting out and popping them up.

The word 'Happy' and 'day' comes from the Happy Wishes art stamp set, it has been stamped and cut out with the Spellbinders Grand Calibur and the Labels 4 Nestibilitie.  This has been cut in half and had 'day' added separately.

This sentiment is also from the Flutterescent art stamp set and the butterfly from the Butterfly Collector.

The second card is the easy card and I will show you that tomorrow - I don't want to bore you with an UBER long post!  LOL! 

This card is for the following challenges:

Craft Your Days Away - Vintage

Crafty Emma - Anything But Square

Our Creative Corner - Your Style

Secret Crafter - Embossing

Sugar Creek Hollow - Tic Tac Toe - Embossing, DieCut, Flowers

Bloggers Challenge - Things with Wings

Simply Create - Wings

Sew Many Cards - Dry Embossing

The Outlawz POM - Things with Wings

You can see more of my projects in my Layers of Color Gallery, while you are there make sure you check out the other Design Team galleries there is so much inspiration waiting to be discovered, we are thrilled that Layers of Color is a Spellbinders Preferred Product Partner.

You can also check out Layers of Color Art Stamps on our FACEBOOK GROUP and have a look at the Layers of Color Art Stamps FLICKR GROUP where you can upload your LOC artwork and be inspired by hundreds of fabulous LOC creations! You are going to LOVE it!!

Making your creative world more colorful with Layers of Color!

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{hugs}}}

SSIC Passion for Music

I love Sunday - so many things happen on Sundays and one of them is the Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge - it is such a pleasure to see so many of you playing along with the challenges!

This weeks challenge is brought to us my the 'oh so sweet' Miesje. 

"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. "

Galatians 5:1

Who has challenged us to create a Red, White, and Blue thank you card - my card has a thank you sentiment on the inside.

I could not resist this gorgeous image from our sponsor for this week - Gingerloft!

I embossed some miscellaneous DP I had sitting on my desk, with the Victoria Embossing Folder, added some pleated paper and  navy braid...

Bringing it all together with some Seam Binding, a double looped bow, flower and a vintage button.

This card is for the following challenges:

Card Creations by C - Something Patriotic - colours

Catch the Bug - Red, White and Blue - add a ribbon

Craft Your Days Away - Vintage

Crafty Emma - Anything But Square

Our Creative Corner - Your Style - Vintage

Secret Crafter - Embossing

Sweet Stampin' - Something Old (DP), Something New (digi)

Daring Cardmakers - C5 - Something Old (DP)/ Something New from Your Stash (digi) and (optional) Something Borrowed (punch) & Blue.

Digi's With Attitude - Anything Goes
Die Cut Dreams - Red White and Blue
Stamp Scrapping Central - Red White and Blue

Off the Wall Craftiness - Red, White and Any Shade of Blue

Sew Many Cards - Dry Embossing

Stamp Something - Celebrate with Red, White and Blue
Craft Us Crazy - Red, White and Blue and/or Summer Theme

Crafty Purple Frog - Pearls and Swirls

Hooked on Craft - Anything Goes
Sweet Stamps - Red White and Blue
Penny's Papercrafty - Red White and Blue

Thank you to this weeks sponsor Gingerloft.

You can read Miesje's inspiring devotional at the Stampin' Sisters in Christ Blog.

Make sure you stop by the Design Team Blogs and see that gorgeous 'works of the heart' they have created for you!!

*Lisa * Chris * Grace * Kristine * MariLynn * Peggysue * Randi  (on break)* Miejse * Rebekka * Sabrina*

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!!  Your encouragement is such a blessing for me  - it makes my day!  God bless you!!

{{{hugs}}}

Who Said Stampin' is Boring!!

Today I hosted a SU Workshop run by my friend Ann - she is an incredible teacher and I never come away from time with Ann without learning something and being inspired!

Today we had a lot of fun - I am not sure if there is more laughter or stamping at these events - you can see the photos further down the post to see what we got up to today....

Our Make and Take was created using the SU Nature Walk set - my DH got me this set for Mother's Day and it was great to use it for the first time (shhhh!)  Don't you love collage - Ann is so good at it, I have admired her cards and loved creating this one!!

We stamped, sponged, coloured and spritzed - and this is the end result - what do you think!?!

Ann also showed us more uses for our Chalks/Pastels - something I use everyday - I love them used with Versamark

and created some handmade flowers - you will see those on some projects in the future....

On the lighter side of things we took a break for some 'planking'......

that was inspired by these photos of my Mum

What a gal - I learnt everything I know from her! LOL!  This woman raised 4 children and 14 Foster children - never a dull moment I can tell you!  Thanks Mum for the laugh today - this was the last thing I expected when I opened an email - it made me laugh out loud - YOU ROCK MUM! LOL!

We finished off a fun time with sweet Pavlova and coffee - and lots of fabulous company - a recipe for a perfect day!

  I would like to thanks the wonderful ladies who came today, you all helped me get a new set of Chalks/Pastels - and I am very grateful - not to mention the Embossing Folders and Stamps that I am adding to my collection because of SU's amazing deal and my wonderful friends!!

This card is for the following challenges:

Bloggers Challenge - Things with Wings - bird, bees

Class Act Insider - Vintage

Poodles Parlour - Come Fly with Me

Sew Many Cards - Dry Embossing

Simply Create - Wings

Stampin' For the Weekend - My Favourite Things - vintage, sponging, embossing

Scrapbook Sisters - Anything Goes

Everybody Art Challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting with me today - I love to see that you have been - you always make my day!!  It is Saturday night here and I am chilling out - literally, as it is very cold here at nights - and preparing for Sunday.....I think it will be an early night tonight - well, that is my intention anyway!!  LOL!  God bless you!

{{{hugs}}}

LOC FAF You Guide Me

Faith Art Friday comes around so quickly, those of you who know me, would know that Faith Art is a passion of mine - I am honoured to be able to host this post at Layers of Color - thank you Laura for the opportunities you give me - it is an honour!

'If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans,

even there Your hand will guide me, and Your strength will support me.'

Psalm 139:9-10

How wonderful to have the assurance that we do not walk this journey on our own, God's word tells us that.....

'Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come.'

John 16:13

God's guidance is not for 'special occassions' or for specific situations.....

'And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

Isa 58:11

It is not something that we can boast about or take any credit for - rather.....

'The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.'

Psalm 25:9

God is eternal and will guide us in both life and death....

'For this God is our God forever and ever: he will be our guide unto death.'

Psalm 48:14

What better response is there, than to echo the words of the Psalmist....

'For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.'

Psalm 31:3

May this be the cry of our hearts!

I have used the Backyard Birds, Nature Walk, Royal Birds and Merci Bouquet art stamp sets to create this project!  This is a page from my Vintage Paper Bag Album - my favourite kind of project.  I have decided that this would be a great place to keep some of my Faith Art - you can expect to see more album pages in the future!

This project is for the following challenges:
Diva's by Design - Anything But a Card
Scrapbook Sisters - Anything Goes
Everybody Art Challenge - Anything Goes
Flourishes TTC - Must Use a Brown Paper Bag in your project
My Time to Craft - Use More then One image
Crafty Cardmakers Spotlight Challenge - Sentiments as the Focus

You can see more of my projects in my Layers of Color Gallery, while you are there make sure you check out the other Design Team galleries there is so much inspiration waiting to be discovered, we are thrilled that Layers of Color is a Spellbinders Preferred Product Partner.

You can also check out Layers of Color Art Stamps on our FACEBOOK GROUP and have a look at the Layers of Color Art Stamps FLICKR GROUP where you can upload your LOC artwork and be inspired by hundreds of fabulous LOC creations! You are going to LOVE it!!

Making your creative world more colorful with Layers of Color!

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{hugs}}}

Sparkle

I am back with another quick card - there have been a lot of those lately, I am creating these inbetween the New Release projects I am creating - I am looking forward to being able to show you some of those soon!!

This card is created using a Hero Arts image that has very kindly been lent to me by my dear friend Denise.  I do love chandeliers - they are so ambient and bring such a wonderful feel, although they can be considered Retro, they will always be elegant and timeless - and you have to love that!!

I have used some Pink Paislee patterned paper offcuts that have been gathering on my desk

Added an older Stampin' Up sentiment from the Warm Words set, some pleated DP and this divine trim, also from a RAK - thank you to my friends - you are all so good to me and help make my cards interesting!!

I have added a border strip using the Spellbinders Floral Doily Accents, this has been cut with the Spellbinders grand Calibur.

Don't you just love to see those bits and pieces we collect on our desks, come together as something pretty - it makes my day when I know I am doing something to save the planet!  LOL!

This card is for the following challenges:

Hooked on Crafts - Anything Goes

I Did It Creations - Retro 70's

Scrapbook Sisters - Anything Goes

Everybody Art Challenge - Anything Goes

Hooked on Crafts - Anything Goes

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by today, for all of the lovely comments you leave me and bringing sunshine to my days!!  God bless you!

{{{hugs}}}

MMSC109 Vintage Gal

We are fast approahing the shortest day of the year here in the Southern Hemisphere, while those of you in the Northern Hemisphere are 'soaking up the rays'.....

whatever the weather one thing is for sure - Tuesday means Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge time!!

I am using Sophia's Stroll from this weeks sponor, the lovely Jeni from D'Amore Allure - I love her vintage elegance!  Sophia has been cut out using the Spellbinders Grand Calibur and the Labels Ten Nestibilitie.

What vintage lady would be complete without some divine flowers

The panels and borders have been embossed with some Stampin' Up Embossing Folders - thanks Ann! 

You can see all of the dimension and texture here!  This card is for my friend birthday, she loves vintage and has had a MAJOR birthday in the past week.  I hope she likes her card!!

This card is for the following challenges:

Craft Your Days Aways - Monochrome

Class Act Insider - Vintage

Totally Papercrafts - Die Cuts and Punches

Crafty Purple Frog - Favourite Things - Nestibilities, Pearls and Embossing

Creative Stamp Friends - Birthday (sentiment inside)

Hooked on Crafts - Anythng Goes

Lexi's Creations - No Sentiment

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the side bar for the following weeks sketch each Friday.

"YOUR CHOICE"

 Enter one style or both this week.

Just have fun and come play with us :)

Our MMSC108 Gold Star Award goes to...
#40 Janine B.

 Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...
#17 Artesania
#35 Gro Tjeltveit
#45 Gry-Beate

Please grab your award logos from the side bar and display them proudly :)

Our MMSC109 Weekly Bonus Sponsor is...

D'Amour Allure

Our June Monthly sponsors are....

 KennyK Collection & Whimsy Stamps
View their awesome monthly Grand prize worth over $100!!

Make sure you pop across and see the inspiration the Design Team have for you - these girls are UBER talented!!

CHARLOTTE  * DENISE * GUNN * LINDA (that's me) * PHYLLIS *

*AMERICA *  GURO * JEN * MARSHA * REBECCA *RENEE * SILKE

It is always a pleasure when you visit - you know I love it that you come and appreciate your encouragement and support - we would love to see you play along with the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge this week - you know I will be there to see you!  God bless you!

{{{hugs}}}