Flourishes LC March/April New Release - Day 5 So this is Easter

Hello friends, welcome to Day 5 of the Flourishes LC March/April  New Release.  How are you liking the new stamp sets so far - beautiful aren't they. We have some more sets to share with you this week. Today we are showcasing the wonderful So this is Easter stamp set illustrated by Lauren Pope - what a Spectacular Rooster - this image is not limited to Easter -looking forward to more creating with him.

The Rooster image has been stamped onto Flourishes Classic White card stock using black ink and coloured using Chameleon Pens.  It has been fussy cut/hand cut using scissors popped up using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares onto a Classic Oval that has had torn and sponged green card stock adhered to the lower portion and sky sponged above the torn paper.

The sentiment banner has also been stamped onto Flourishes Classic White card stock using black ink .  It has been fussy cut/hand cut using scissors popped up using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares above the image...and that cute little chick - comes with the set too!!

  This has been popped up onto Die Cut patterned paper with narrow seam binding added across the centre and a button adhered to the left side of the oval. The layers have been popped up onto a pre-cut white card base.

Be sure to visit the Flourishes LC and check out the new release and a card by some of the other Designers.

Take care friends - 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}}} and happy crafting

Imagine Crafts Sneak Peek - irRESISTible Pico Embellisher

 

I am sharing a card as an Artist in Residence for IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko®.

I am using the new irRESISTIBLE Pico Embellisher - these are amazing!  You an see the details on my nostalgic Easter card using Authentique Paper, Spellbinders, Want2Scap and Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

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!

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Filigree Easter Cross Tutorial

 

The theme this week on the Spellbinders Paper Arts Blog is Easter - you can find my latest Tutorial by clicking HERE.

I have also used Want2Scrap© bling and Tsukineko Ink.

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!

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SSIC Joyful

Easter Blessings to you and your family!  What a special day it is today for those of us who celebrate Easter in it's truest form.  This week at the Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge it is no different, the lovely Traci has chosen this scripture for us:

 "Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart." Hebrews 12:2-3

   Traci's challenge is to make a joy-ful card; something celebratory!

There is nothing more symbolic, and no greater reason to celebrate than the Cross, especially as we celebrate Easter,  It is firstly the place where our Saviour was crucified for all mankind and the forgiveness of our sins through His blood that was shed for our salvation.

On Easter Sunday, Resurrection Sunday as it is known  we celebrate the fact that Jesus Christ has Risen from the Dead.  His death on the cross and the shedding of His Blood brought our salvation!  He rose from the dead conquering sin and death - what an amazing time in His-story!!  What a Saviour!  In a world that is looking for answers and for hero's - is there any greater than Jesus - He truly is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!!

Religion is man's search for God, I love the fact that Christianity is the only religion where God reaches down to man - and that makes it personal, all about relationship - a matter of the heart!  Knowing this, we can declare:

 He is Risen - He is Risen indeed!

This card is for the following challenges:
Craft Your Days Away - Easter
One Stop Craft - Pastel and Die Cuts
Secret Crafter - Easter
Bloggers - To "Die" For
Rainbow Lady's - Easter
Just Keep on Creating - anything goes
Papercraft Star - anything goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty - Easter
Sisterhood of Crafters - Easter
Tandastamps - Easter
The Perfect Sentiment - must have sentiment on front - Easter + bling
Thank you to our sponsor Paper Pretties

Make sure you stop by the Designers Blogs are some amazing inspiration - these ladies are inspirational on so many levels!!

* Kristine * Linda (that's me) * MariLynn * Miejse * Peggysue * Traci M *

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!
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Easter Chicks

Time flies by and before I know it it is a few days since I have posted - but as we all know there are times when we need to touch base with real life! I am very blessed to be able to craft whenever I want to, so time is not an issue for me, although I think I tend to be more productive when I have a deadline or two - no time for procrastinating over decisions!

This is a very quick and easy, slightly whimsical Easter card - how cute are those darling chicks from the retired Layers of Color Rise and Shine clear art stamp set.  The chicks have been stamped, cut out and coloured with Stampin' Up! Chalks/Pastels

I have used the Spellbinders Grand Calibur to cut the egg, using the Spellbinders Classic Ovals Nestibilities, with ribbon added, along with a computer generated sentiment - quick and easy!

This card is from the following challenges:

Crazy Amigo Challenge - April does what it wants (free theme/ anything goes)

Everybody-Art-Challenge - Easter

Paper Take Weekly - Anything goes

Paper and Such Design - Spring Or Easter Week 2

Sassy Cheryl's - Soft Pastels

The Stamping Boutique - Pastel colours

Top Tip Tuesday - Easter & Or Animals

Tuesday Throwdown - Pastels

Crafty Cardmakers - Easter

 Hooked on Crafts - Easter

Incy Wincy Designs - Easter and/or Pastels Colours

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

My Craft Spot - Easter

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}}}

Filigree Cross

It was 'Love at First Sight' for me when I saw the Spellbinders Crosses Two  Shapeabilities

so much detail and gorgeous filigree - it was definitely 'calling my name,' especially when I am creating Easter cards at the moment.

I have layered it onto the Spellbinders Floral Ovals Nestibilities - can you tell I am loving this new Die too - the paper piercing around the oval is such a gorgeous touch.

The sentiment is computer generated and has been cut using the Fancy Tags Shapeabilities.  All of my Dies have been cut using the Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine - it certainly makes it easier because you can cut so many Dies at once!  The patterned paper has been embossed using the 'B' sandwich from the Enchanted M-bossabilities Embossing Folder

One again another quick card, but not lacking any details, thanks to my lovely Spellbinders Die Templates - what did I ever do without them? LOL!

This card is for the following challenges:

Alphabet Challenge - D for Dry Embossing

Card Crafter's Circle - Easter

Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge - 3 of a kind  (3 Dies used)

Inspire Me Fridays - Anything goes

Just Add Ink - Easter

Stampin' For The Weekend - Anything Goes

Totally Papercrafts - Easter

4 Crafty Chicks - Easter

Crafty Purple Frog - Anything goes

Paper Shelter Challenge - Easter

Simon Says Stamp - Anything goes

Sisterhood of Crafters - Easter

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}}}

Happy Easter

I am back to share something a little bit cute today, just to' mix it up a bit!'  One of the things about selling your cards is that you have to do a variety of styles, not all of them your own 'comfort zone!'

I have had this image for over two years *head hung in shame* and decided it was time to get it onto a card, especially with Easter approaching so quickly.

I have cute the image out using the Spellbinders Labels Twenty One, using the Die Template as a mask before taking the image out - I always love the look of this technique.  My Die has been cut using the Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine .  Some added Bakers Twine and a button.

Shimmer added to the egg shell - using 3D Kindy Glitz

Finishing off with a sentiment and some brads. 

This card is for the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks - Easter

Aud Sentiments Challenge - a project with the sentiment "Happy Easter"

Charisma Cardz - Easter

Crafty Purple Frog - Anything goes

Delightful Challenges - Easter

Moving Along With The Times - Cute and Cuddly

Paper Play - Easter

More Than Favors Wacky Wednesday - Easter/Spring

My Mum's Craft shop - use a rubber stamp

Paper Shelter Challenge - Easter

Penny's Paper-Crafty - Easter

Ruby's Rainbow - Easter  

Scrapbook Sisters - Easter

Top Tip Tuesday - Easter & or Animals

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}}}

Easter Greetings

I love to create but there are those moments when I feel panic set in - one of those being this week when the local store that sells my cards needed a top up of 40 cards....Now, I know that is a good thing but it also sent my stock of  'reserves' back a bit - not a great feeling....especially when they ordered 12 Easter cards on top of that!

Once my 'panic' subsided I got out my Spellbinders Die Templates, along with the Grand Calibur and was off to a good start.  Images was the next thing - so I printed off some free digi's from the Magic Moonlight Free Images Blog and I was on my way!

I cut out this image using the Spellbinders Labels Fifteen  and the Spellbinders Grand Calibur Die Cutting Machine    

The sentiment is computer generated - I cannot believe that I do not own one stamp with Happy Easter on it, or something along that line....I need to rectify that!  The sentiment is cut using the Spellbinders Ribbon Banner Dies

Some gorgeous crochet lace and Mulberry Paper Flowers and pearls - but you knew that didn't you! LOL!

and one very quick, vintage card is finished - it doesn't get much easier than this as the Girlz in my Card Design Class are going to find out tonight as we recreate this card along with one other....

This card is for the following challenges:

More Than Favors Wacky Wednesday - Easter/Spring

Paper Shelter Challenge - Easter

Penny's Paper-Crafty - Easter

 Ruby's Rainbow - Easter

Scrapbook Sisters - Easter 

Scrapalicious - Easter  

rhood of Crafters - Easter

Stars and Stamps Midweek Throwdown - cute characters

Truly Scrumptious - Lace

Anything Goes Challenge - Get ready For Easter

Crafty Sentiments - Easter

Crazy Amigo Challenge - Eggs

Paper and Such Design - Spring Or Easter

Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes 

Top Tip Tuesday - Easter & Or Animals

Try It On Tuesday - Easter Theme  

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}}}

Filigree Easter Egg

For some unknown reason this post did not happen - so I am reposting it now.  I will be back later today with my first Savvy Saturday Video Tutorial for Spellbinders Paper Arts.

Easter is fast approaching and we celebrate in many ways!  I had a lot of fun creating this Filigree Easter Egg card - you can see all of the details on my Tutorial at Spellbinders Paper Arts. I would love to see you there!

I hope you are having a great week!  God bless you!

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LOC Easter Blessing & Some Exciting News

Happy Easter to you all!! What an exciting day for me, firstly it is Good Friday, which is such an important day in our history, as a Christian I reflect on HIS-story and all that it means to me.  It is also Faith Art Friday at Layers of Color and how fitting that we should be contemplating all that this day holds!

Of course I just had to use the Gothic Crosses - especially this old rustic one which got me thinking about what it symbolises,  So often we look at the cross and we celebrate the cross and the wonder of it all, but it reality the cross is a symbol, it is actually what took place on the cross - one of the greatest conflicts was fought on the cross and put to death and that was death itself...and the atoning blood still holds power today for sin to be washed away!!

There is no value that we can put on either the cross or the blood of Jesus, infact there is nothing we can do to earn it, I remember a song that I loved when I was a young Christian and it says that is we had all the riches the world had to give and gave them all away, even to some genuinely needy person, it still would not be enough to buy one splinter of tree Jesus died on or to buy one single drop of blood that was shed for our salvation!  This is a reality check for me, when in this day and age we seem to be able to buy anything and everything - no amount of money can buy us God's free gift of eternal life, through His Son Jesus! 

Why the fruit you ask, I know this is not the usual image for Easter, but in the Book of James, we are told that we are the 'first fruit' of all creation and I wanted this to symblose laying it all down at the foot of the cross, something  that I need to do daily!  This image from the 'Fruitful Harvest' art stamp set was perfect to convey this, it also represents that we have been purchased by the Blood of Jesus and that the only thing required of us is to bear the fruits of repentanece to receive full salvation!  I have kept this card simple as the message speaks for itself!  As a lot of the world has a public holiday and buys up chocolate by the kilos - I have taken the healthy alternative and chosen fruit!! LOL!  But seriously...what better time to reflect about this side of the Cross - I will certainly be celebrating on Sunday as we celebrate the fact that He is Risen - there was so much achieved inbetween!!

Have a great Easter and I hope you are able to reflect on the true meaning of Easter and to celebrate the gift we have all been given!

...and now for my news.....

Last, but in no way least, I am so thrilled to be able to FINALLY announce that I have been asked to be on the 'Stampin' Sisters in Christ' Design Team!   I was thrilled when I received the email and have had to contain my excitement for what feels like foreva!! LOL!  It would be no surprise for those of you who visit me regularly, to know that I am passionate about Faith Based challenges and I am honoured to be part of this great Team.  Today three new designers are being announced and it is exciting for me to be starting along side my very dear friends and Sister's Grace and Chris - along with the other Designers!!  Our first official challenge is on Easter Sunday and I am excited and ready to go - we would love to see you there!!   Thank you Lisa, Kristine and Kathy for this opportunity, I LOVE this challenge and love being part of the Team!  God bless you girls!!

Thank you for looking and for your encouragement, you are all so very kind, you both inspire and motivate me, I love to see that you have been and taken the time to comment - you make my day brighter!!  Happy Easter to you all!  God bless you!

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