ODBD Seasons

 

Good morning - it is Saturday morning here for me and I am hoping to have a highly productive day, but before I 'get my craft on' I am wanting to share a quick card with you.

 

 

 

I needed some 'Religious' cards for the shop - that categories always makes me smile - religious really just applies to something we go 'religiously' like, cleaning our teeth - just sayin'!  I do love to create 'faith based' cards and am happy they sell well at this store too. 

 

 

 

 

I naturally reached for my Our Daily Bread Designs Scripture Collection 1 and my Spellbinders Paper Arts Dies - I have used the Parisian Motifs Shapeabilities® to cut out this sentiment, using the Spellbinders Grand Calibur.  I used the Die as a mask, sponging around the center before removing the card from it - I love this technique, it gives the illusion of another layer without adding the 'bulk'.  Makes it so much easier and less expensive for posting to someone - something I try to consider...but as someone who loves layering.....I am not always successful with this! LOL!

 

 

 

 

and added a few embellishments I had sitting on my desk - an adorable butterfly that was part of a RAK, lace and a gorgeous little flower from the Craft Queen.

 

 

 

Coming together very quickly, which is just as well as this month our local corner store where I sell my cards, sold 60 cards - no time for procrastinating here! LOL!

 

This card is for the following challenges:

ATCs & Cards With Attitude - Week 2, Anything Goes

Brown Sugar – Anything Goes

Inspire Me Fridays – Always Anything Goes

Paper Play - Flowers & lace

Crafting for all Seasons - Things with Wings

Paper Shelter Challenge - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Creative Craft Challenges - Anything Goes 

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes 

 

 

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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Layered Flight

Today's card is created using an image designed by the amazingly talented Laura Kirste Campbell for Penny Black. 

The image is coloured lightly using SU Chalks/Pastels and a Blender Pen

and layered onto Spellbinders Dies - the lower layers are small medallions from the Parisian Motifs, that have been tucked behind a Classic Oval, then a  Floral Ovals added and finishing off with the coordinating Die - Labels Twenty.

  It makes is so much quicker and easier using so many Dies on a card when you can cut them all at the one tome using the Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine.

Finishing off with some gorgeous Want2Scrap bling designed by NinaB Designs - this is one of my favourites - no card seems to be complete without it these days! LOL!

This card is for the following challenges:

Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything Goes

Forever Friends - Anything Goes

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes 

 Paper Playtime - Anything Goes 

Tammy Scrapin Corner - Anything Goes

Truly Madly Crafty Challenges - Animals

Whoopsi Daisy - Lots of Layers

Amusing Challenges - Anything Goes 

Dream Valley Challenges - Summer

ATCs & Cards With Attitude - Anything Goes

Inspire Me Fridays – Always Anything Goes

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}}}

Anniversary Wishes

I am back to share a card that I have created using a left over kit from one of my Card Classes, I have a growing collection of these and am starting to use them - it certainly makes creating easy, I don't normally use kits so this makes a nice change for me!

 

I have used Spellbinders Parisian Motifs Shapeabilities® to layer this gorgeous feathered flower onto.  The Scalloped Edges are created using Spellbinders Classic Edges One Edgeabilities and paired it with Classic Decorative Inserts One.  All Dies are cut using the Grand Calibur

This card is for the following challenges:

Divas by Design - anything goes

Waste Not Wednesday - always "use your forgotten stuff"

Stampin' Royalty - anything goes

LEJ Designs  - Anything Goes

Shopping Our Stash - My Precious... (use one precious hoarded item!) - Prima Flower

Mema's Crafts - Anything goes

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes 

Simon Says Stamp and Show... -Anything Goes

   Whoopsi Daisy - Use Up Your Stash

Paper Shelter Challenge - anything goes

 

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}}}

Flight of Thread

I love making cards with these gorgeous new stamps by Laura Kirste Campbell for Penny Black.

A Flight of Thread coordinates with Spellbinders Labels Twenty Nestabilities, which makes cutting it out so easy - especially with the Spellbinders Grand Calibur.  It is then layered into two small motifs from the Parisian Motifs Shapeabilities®

I have kept the image one layer, colouring it using SU Chalks/Pastels and a Blender Pen, I love the depth of colour you can get using a Blender Pen, adds a dimension all of it's own.

 

 

Ribbon threaded lace, hand dyed Seam Binding and a Mulberry Paper Rose add a pretty touch.

Finishing off with some Want2Scrap Bling.

This card is for the following challenges:

Craft Your Passion - Things with Wings 

Fashionista Challenge - Winged Things  

Incy Wincy Designs - Anything Goes

Love to Create - Anything Goes  

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

MyGrafico - Bright Summer Colours 

Whoopsi Daisy - Things with Wings
Dream Valley Challenges - Things with Wings

Great Impressions - Die Cuts and/or Punches

2 Sisters - Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin - Ribbons and bows

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}}}

Life is Beautiful

I love how versatile the new release sets from Penny Black are - this card is created using an image designed by my dear friend Nina of NinaB Designs, called Petal Party

 

Today I have gone for a monochromatic look - it works so well with flowers - don't you think!?

 

The flowers and leaves have peen popped up onto foam tape and layered into the Spellbinders Parisian Motifs Shapeabilities®, the Classic Edges One Edgeabilities has been cut twice, using the Classic Decoratove Inserts Three Edgeabilities has been adhered down the centre of the  patterned paper (from my scraps pile on my desk)

 

Finishing off with a sentiment from Petal Party set from Penny Black, some pleated Seam Binding and those gorgeous Want2Scrap pearls.

This card is for the following challenges:

365 Cards - Nature

Charisma Cardz - Summer

Delightful Challenges - Anything goes   

DRS Designs - Flowers

Little Miss Muffet Challenges - Loads of layers

Paper Play - Use a die

Shelly's Images - Anything goes

Crafts and Me - anything goes

Divas by Design - Diecut

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

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 Love in Action

This weeks Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge is brought to us nb the lovely Helen this week.  Helen has chosen a scripture from the book of John. 

 "Dear children, let's not merely say that we love each other, let us show the truth by our actions" 1 John 3:18 NLT

Helen has challenged us to 1) image showing action OR 2) an image only on the front of your card (no sentiment on the front) OR 3) action card (make it move)

My image is from this weeks sponsor The Paper Shelter and has been coloured using Chalks/Pastels.  It has been cut out using the Spellbinders Standard Circles LG and layered into a Parisian Motifs Die using foam tape.

This has been layered into the Spellbinders Leafy Squares Nestabilities and has Mulberry Roses and Want2Scrap bling added.  All of my Dies have been cut using the Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine

Seam binding and a butterfly has been added and finishing off with a swirl from Want2Scrap.

This card is for the following challenges:

Crafty Ann's - It's A Girl Thing

Crafty Catz - Summer Time

Fun with Shapes & More - Summer

Fussy and Fancy - Swirls & Flourishes

Shelly's Images - Bling

I Brake for Challenges - Summer fun

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

Thank you to our sponsor The Paper Shelter

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

* Candice * Diane * Helen * Jerusha * Michelle * Sandie L *

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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Parisian Rose

Flowers - always come to mind when thinking of Mother's Day - admittedly this is not a Chrysanthemum but it definitely is a flower!

I have used the smallest Die from the Spellbinders Grand Labels One Nestabilities do create my card

and the Parisian Motifs Shapeabilities - I love this Die!

and the Rose Creations Shapeabilities Die - I am going to have to be surgically removed from this Die, I cannot seen to stay away from it! LOL! The beautiful pearls are from Want2Scrap - 72 Count - Pink Pearls - Self Adhesive.

All of my Dies have been cut using the Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine - I love the way it gives such a crisp cut and the embossing is like 3D - you can't beat that!

This card is for the following challenges:

Simply Create Too - Mothers Day / Feminine

Do You Stack Up? - Use a flower

Little Miss Muffet Challenges - Flowers

Just Keep on Creating -  anything goes

Paper Shelter Challenge - anything goes

Penny's Paper-Crafty - Mom

Scrapalicious - Mom

Sisterhood of Crafters - May flowers

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}}}

Layered Flight

I have some cards I created some time ago and have never blogged - this is one of them, using the retired Layers of Color Embroidered Butterfly cling art stamp

Along with Spellbinders Parisian Motifs Shapeabilities, Ironworks Motifs Shapeabilities and Standard Circle LG Nestabilities - all of these Dies have been but using the Spellbinders Grand Calibur®

The lace is from my local Thrift Shop - thanks to some good shopping by my DH and the paper from Stampin' Up!

Lots of dimension shows off the butterfly beautifully.

  The butterfly is coloured using Tsukineko Versafine in Spanish Moss and a dauber.

This card is for the following challenges:

Paper Sundaes - Anything Goes

Robyn`s Fetish - Spring Image Cards

Scrapper`s Delights Paper Crafts - Spring has Sprung

Stamptacular Sunday - Anything Goes 

The Hybrid Chick Card Caravan - Spring

The Squirrel & the Fox - Things with Wings

Just Us Girls - Sponging a Layer (Parisian Motifs layers sponged with pink Ink)

Little Claire's - Spring

One Stop Craft - Three Circles (Three circular Dies)

Sugar Creek Hollow - Die Cuts or Punches

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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