Shine for You

A quick card to share today, using an image from The Graphics Fairy - I love their free digis - if you have never been there - you are missing out and can find it HERE.

The DP is some Prima leftovers (lol as it there is such a thing - I use every single piece of it)

and Spellbinders Labels Ten Die to cut out the image, using the Grand Calibur. I have used the Die as a template for sponging before removing it.

The corners are from the Cuttlebug Vintage Corners Die and the Seam Binding is hand dyed by Mwah!!

Some pearls and a gorgeous coloured stone are the finishing touches.

This card is for the following challenges:

Heart Song Inspirations - Anything Goes

House of Gilli - Anything Goes

Incy Wincy Designs - Anything Goes

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

Paper Creations Ink - Die Cuts and/or Punches 

 Truly Madly Crafty Challenges - Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by today - I always love to see you have been and appreciate the time it takes to leave comments - you are always so encouraging!!  I hope you are enjoying the beginning of a new year - we are not out of holiday more yet - still 5 weeks until our three are back at school - beautiful! God bless you!

{{{hugs}}}

MMSC108 Crazy 4 You!

Tuesdays come around so quickly and with it comes the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge, where it is always inspiring and always fun!  We love to see you play along - I am still recovering from my eye surgery last Thursday and have not been able to visit your Blogs - but I will be there as soon as I am able!

This week I have used an image from the Kenny K Collection - how cute it this - I am not that old that I cannot remember this stage of 'love!' LOL!

The image has been coloured with SU Chalks and a Blender Pen - you can see my tutorial here

 if you have any questions about colouring with Chalks!

I have added a variety of flowers and added brads and pearls.

This card is for the following challenges:

Get Hippity with Ippity - Tutti Fruity

Lexi's Creations - No sentiment

Make It Monday - Always Anything Goes

My Partner in Crafting Time - Tutti Frutti

There's Magic in the Air - Pick 2 from: Flowers, Ribbon, Pearls/Gems and/or Die Cuts.

Stamp with Fun - Pearls and Flowers

Creative Cowgirls - Summertime Fun

Paper Sundaes - Girly Girl

Cupcake Challenge - Inspiration Photo

Fairy Fun Fridays - Summer Fun

Totally Papercrafts - Summer

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 MMSC107 Gold Star Award goes to...
#18 Lori

 Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...

#3 Kaila
#20 Sarah T
#42 Gry-Beate

      

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

Our MMSC108 Weekly Bonus Sponsor is...

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}}}

MMSC99 Love Nature

This weeks Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge is here - are you ready for it!?!?  There is an incredible amount of inspiration to be found and a fabulous sketch to inspire you - throw in a prize or two and what more could we want!?!

This week I have the honour of using an image from one of the original MMSC DT - Shawne - her wonderful Studio 313 images are available at McMahon Five Designs - the site of Sue, another of the original MMSC DT - way to go girls - we are so proud of you!  

The image has been printed and layered onto black card stock.  I have  added a handmade flower along with a Flourish from Tim Holtz and some leaves from Stampin' Up.

The background DP (that you can just see here) is from the wonderful Gunn - the photos so not show is off well enough - it is divine!!  Thanks Gunn!!

I have added a Vintage Corner and the gorgeous Floral Motif Accent from Spellbinders - these have been cut with my Spellbinders Grand Calibur.  I love the way the Die Cuts can dress up a card so easily!!

This card is for the following Challenges:

Creative Stamp Friends - Swirls

Lexis Creations - Monochromatic

Magical Mondays - Magical Pearls and Swirls

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

My Partner in Crafting Crime - Layer it Up

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Distressing

Woodware USA - Anything Goes

Catered Crop - Nana's Recipe - I used bling, Distressing, Distressing Tool,  Scallops and Swirls

Cooking It Up with Kate - DieCut, Scallops, Monochromatic

Anything Goes Challenge - Pearls

Card Making Mama's - Embellish It

Mami Doodles - Use a Punch or DieCut

Crafty Emma - Monochromatic

Clear It Out - Floral - Make a Flower

PaperTake Weekly - Anything Goes

Freshly Brewed - Flowers

All That Scraps - 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 MMSC98 Gold Star Award goes to...

#23 Amy W

 Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...
#1 An

#22 Gro
#25 Sue Drees

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

Our MMSC99 Weekly Bonus Sponsor is...

https://doodlepantry.com/

Our April Monthly sponsor is....

Studio 313 Exclusive Creations

Make sure you visit the Design Team and see their fabulous creations - you are going to be inspired by each one!!

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

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

Thank you for visiting today - 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 Rosy Hue

Who among us doesn't love roses!?!  They are my favourite flowers - how could I not love the Layers of Color Vintage Rose art stamp set - it is divine!! 

I have been on a run of making card that are quick and easy - as I need to build up my supplies for the Boutiques where I sell them - I felt a slight panic when I saw how low they are getting - so out came the Vintage Rose art stamp set.

I inked it with ink pads, adding the pink to the centre of the image and dabbing green around the edges - it is not an exact form of colouring but I do like the way it turns out - works very well with vintage or shabby chic!

The ribbon is from a divine birthday RAK that I received as I was creating this card - don't you just love the postal system - it made my birthday last over a month!  LOL!  It is totally gorgeous and I will try and find out where it is from.  The dyed Seam Binding was also part of the RAK - delish!!  The brad has been threaded through a pearl slider/buckle to make it more feminine - what do you think!

The sentiment is from the Layers of Color Sent With Love art stamp set, I love this sentiment - it is a great feeling to get a card 'just because....'  The divine Rose Embossing is a RAK from my Mum, who ran some through her Cuttlebug for me - I love this Embossing Folder and have discovered it was a Limited Edition - so I cannot get it now - if you see it somewhere - please let me know - I would appreciate that so much!

This card is for the following challenges:

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Tons of Texture

Anything Goes Challenge - Pearls

Paper Take Weekly - Anything Goes + Something New - optional - seam binding

Tuesday Throwdown - Spring

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Crazy Challenge - Just Add Flowers

House of Gilli - Ribbon and Pearls

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

My Partner in Crafting Crime - Layer it Up

There's Magic in the Air - Lets Use Flowers

I Did It Creations - Anything Goes

Creative Cowgirls - Spring or Easter

My Grafico - Anything Goes

Delightful Challenges - Flowers

The Rubber Cafe - Spring Flowers

Fairy Fun Friday - Spring Themed

Fairy Knoll - Whatever

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}}}

MMSC98 Sent With Love

Are you ready for some madness - Midnight Madness that is!  LOL!  I know I say it each week, but I cannot believe it is Tuesday already and time for the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge!

It is a big week this week and lots of news to share, but first - my card - gotta to get my priorities right!  LOL!

I have used an image from our weekly sponsor Stamp and Create!  I love these adorable images and love the opportunity to use one of them.  I have coloured the image with SU Chalks and a Blender Pen - you can see my Tutorial on Colouring a Stamped Image with Chalks here.

I have added some small roses layered onto flowers cut from lace, Vintage Corners and Basic Grey DP.

This card is for the following Challenges:

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Crazy Challenge - Just Add Flowers

Creative Craft Friends - Swirls (in embossing)

Kadoodle Doodles - Lets Get Girly

Karens Doodles - Fancy and Feminine

Magical Monday - Magical Pearl and Swirls

My Partner in Crafting Crime - Layer it Up

Paper Playtime - Anything Goes

Stamp-N-Doodle - Shabby Chic/Vintage

There's Magic in the Air - Lets Use Flowers

Crafty Pad - Flowers

I Did It Creations - Anything Goes

Paper Sundaes - Spring Blossoms

Scrappy Frogs - Flowers and Lace

Crafty Emma - Children

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 MMSC97 Gold Star Award goes to...

  #17 Sharon Basel

 Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...
#15 Rose
#26 Nancy
#30 Titti
#32 Brenda K

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

Our MMSC98 weekly Bonus sponsor is.....

Stamp and Create
and is offering a $25.00 gift certificate.

**Our April Monthly sponsor is....

Studio 313 Exclusive Creations

We are excited to be welcoming two Fabulous new Deisgners to the Midnight Madness Design Team - America Kuhn and Silke Ledlow.  We are excited to have both these ladies and their amazing talent in the Team - we know you are going to be inspired!!

Make sure you visit the Design Team and see their fabulous creations - you are going to be inspired by each one!!

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

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

Thank you for visiting today - 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}}}

SSIC Child's Play

It is great to see you for this week's Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge.  It is always a plus for my Sunday - I love the fact that it is a 'faith based' challenge and obviously by the number of you that are playing along each week - so do you!

This weeks challenge is brought to us by the 'every lovely' Miesje - who has chosen this scripture for us

"Amen I say to you, whoever does not accept the kingdom of God 

like a child will not enter it."

Luke 18:17

Miesje has challenged us to make a card/project for a child.

I know, Magnolia's are not normally my style, but when it comes to making a card for a child - well - what can I say!?  I also gave a card making lesson to my MIL's friend and she had purchased this Magnolia and wanted a colouring and card making lesson.

I have coloured Tilda with SU Chalks and a Blender Pen

Adding some flowers and some leaves - thanks to Martha Stewart.

A handmade flower is perfect for the base of the easel card, along with some smaller flowers, lace and pearls.  All DP has been embossed with the SU Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder - a favourite of mine - it is not hard to see why is it!? 

This card is for the following Challenges:

Anything Goes - Make Your Own Embellishment - Flower

Clear It Out - Flowers, Flowers and More Flowers

Ladybug Crafts Inks TLT Challenge - Handmade Flowers

PartyTime Tuesday - Anything Goes + Handmade Flower

The Stamping Boutique - Handmade Flowers

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Paper Playtime - Anything Goes

Stamps R Us - Spring

GingerLoft - DieCuts or Punches

Scrappy Frogs - Flowers and Lace

Allsorts - Blooming Blossoms

Crafty Calendar - April Showers Bring Forth May Flowers

Crafty Emma - Children

Creative Inspirations - Mothers Day/Mum

Our Creative Corner - Handmade Flower, Ribbon (lace) and Bling

By the Cute and Girl - Cute and Girly

This weeks scripture has a very clear message - keep it simple!  So often we analyse and look at theology,  trying to find deeper meaning to scripture and spiritual things, when God tells us in His Word that whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it.

It would seem that in our search for the 'meaning of life' and deeper spiritual things, we lose the simplicity of the Love of God.  Jesus always kept it simple, yes there are deeper truths in the Word of God, treasures for us to discover, but the message of the Bible in its entirety is simple and we need to have childlike faith, keeping it simple and accepting it simply.

 You can see Miesje's devotional on over at the Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge.

 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 * Krisitne * MariLynn * Peggysue * Randi  (on break)* Miejse * Rebekka * Sabrina*

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! I am recovering well, my eye is great but it takes time to fine tune and adjust.  I am able to create (thankfully) but my computer time is till limited due to glare and of course my other eye is desperately in need of surgery - not long now and I will be back with better vision than EVA!!   Sadly, I have not been able to get to all of the cards you have been entering into the challenge - but I will be there shortly.  Thank you for your prayers and the lovely comments you have been leaving me - I  am so blessed by each of you!! God bless you!
{{{hugs}}}

LOC Framed Bird Queen

I have created this card using the Layers of Color Bird Queen cling art stamp.  When I saw the colour combination from the CR84FN Colour Challenge

I knew I had to use the the leftovers that I have from the first card class that I taught at my local Craft Shop Scraps'n'Stuff- you can see those cards here

Easel cards are always fun to make and ALWAYS looks great!!  There are so many ways to decorate it!

I have used the Bird Queen cling art stamp from Layers of Color - it is such a fabulous stamp - I love the uniqueness of it!!  I have added the corners from the Vintage Corners from Cuttlebug - these are a favourite of mine and finish off cards so beautifully.

For the base I used the DP from Teresa Collins, cutting out one of the crowns with an Oval Punch and popping it up on foam tape.  The large and small flowers from the Nature Walk art stamp set have been cut out and chalked, they are also popped up on foam tape and had a large pearl added to the centre.

This card is for the following Challenges:

CCEE Stampers - Distress Your Papers

Delightful Challenges - Use Your Scraps

Do You Stack Up? - Anything Goes

Outlawz - Prisma and other Meduims - Punch It Up

Paper Romance - Anything Goes

StampinB's - Use a Flower

Stamp Insanity - Photo Inspiration

Crafts and Me - Anything with Wings

Creative Craft World - Use a Square

Little Red Wagon - Animals

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 Stamp Company. 

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}}}