Remember 9-11-01

Posted on September 11, 2016 by Beverly

September 11, 2016 – fifteen years since that horrific day! The United States citizens must always remember 9-11-01. This card is in remembrance of that horrific day!

Although I created this card in rememberance of 9-11, I entered it into a Splitcoaststampers Free For All, F4A342, Challenge hosted by Robin’s (Stamperrobin). She asked that we make a card that shows time, as in clock/clocks.

The card took me a couple days to create as brought back many emotional memories. I was one of those running for her life when Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon at 9:37 a.m. EST in the US.

At the time, I was working for the Federal Government in Washington, D.C. As my staff gathered in my conference room watching TV and the horrific occurrences in NYC, we were in shock.

8:46 a.m. – Flight 11 crashes into the North Tower of the World Trade Center (WTC);
9:03 a.m. – Flight 175 crashes into the WTC’s South Tower;
9:37 a.m. – Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon – Panic struck, I was confused but ordered my staff to leave the building immediately! When we exited the building, there were masses of people running, not knowing where to go! I found my car pool members and felt some relief that we were together out of the building.

However, we were stuck!! Traffic was not moving, phone lines weren’t working, panic everywhere. It took us HOURS to exit the city and to arrive at home. Then I realized Flight 93 crashed into a field in PA. That day is one that is etched in my memory, never to be erased.

As for the card, I used red and yellow brushos to resemble the horrific fires! I used an embossing folder on the dried card stock to represent the “pieces”; lives lost breaking families into pieces, buildings fell into many pieces, survivors hearts broken into pieces, etc.

The clocks on the card are broken into pieces and the face of each clock is grayish to represent the horrific gray matter flying in the air when the WTC Towers crashed.

Let us never forget!

Because the purpose of this card is to encourage remembrance of 9-11, the supplies used are insignificant. Therefore, links of the supplies are not included.

Stamps: ODBD Grace’s Strength, SU Word Play, SU Sentimental Journey

Paper: Watercolor Card Stock, Solar White Card Stock, and SU Daffodil Delight Card Stock

Ink: SU Real Real

Accessories: Red and Yellow Brushos, MS PowerPoint, ODBD Double Stitched Circles, Spellbinders Frame Dies, WRMK EF, Sizzix Numbers

SU Fifth Avenue Floral

God’s Blessings!

Stamping With Guneaux Designs

“For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.” Hebrews 8:12

Cottage Cutz Jolly Snowman

Posted on September 7, 2016 by Beverly

Hello, my special friends! I have for you today a card I made featuring the Cottage Cutz Jolly Snowman.

This card is for the Splitcoaststampers Color Challenge for this week. The colors chosen for the challenge are Blushing Bride, Soft Sky, and Wild Wasabi, which are Stampin’ Up! colors. These colors are gorgeous together, and most would not think of using them for a Christmas scene. I thought they would be great as a non-traditional Christmas card, and after creating the card, I believe that even more.

To create this card, I:

Cut a 5″ x 3-3/4″ piece of white card stock,
On this piece of card stock, sponged the sky with Soft Sky and Blushing Bride ink (placed a circle of labeling tape on the card stock for a moon),
Cut out all the pieces from the Cottage Cutz Jolly Snowman Die using the three selected colors of card stock, as well as Neenah Solar White and SU Baked Brown Sugar Card Stock,
Used Copic Sketch Markers that are colors close to the selected colors to add shading to the die cuts,
Added SU Dazzling Details (i.e., glitter glue – retired) and Dazzling Diamonds Glitter to the snowman and puppy’s hats,
Assembled the snowman and puppy die cuts and set it aside,
Cut out two “hillsides” with Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Border Dies from white card stock,
Added adhesive to the two hillsides and covered with Martha Stewart Crystal Tinsel Glitter (retired),
Cut out three trees with the Cottage Cutz Mountain Lodge Die, added snow onto them with a Marvy Uchida Snow Maker applicator, and adhered them to the top right of the sponged card stock,
Used the snow maker onto the sky area for snow flakes,
Added one layer of foam mounting tape to the taller hillside and adhered to the card stock,
Added two layers of foam tape to the shortest hillside and adhered to the card stock,
Die cut the Merry Christmas sentiment from the Cottage Cutz Merry Christmas die,
Cut the sentiment die cut apart and added selected pieces to the first and second hillsides,
Added foam tape to the snowman and puppy piece, and
Attached the completed piece to a Blushing Bride card base.

Hopefully you found inspiration from this card! I had lots of fun making it!

SUPPLIES

God’s Blessings!

Stamping With Guneaux Designs By Beverly Polen

When Jesus sent out his twelve disciples to drive out evil spirits and heal every disease and sickness, He said to them, “Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven.” Matthew 10:32-33

Ribbon Of Hope

Posted on September 5, 2016 by Beverly

A blessed day to you, and thanks for stopping by. My card share today features the Stampin’ Up! retired Ribbon of Hope Stamp, and it is in honor of Marg Mortimer (aka Margscardcrazy) who honors us with wonderful creations on the Splitcoaststampers site. Marg is the “Featured Stamper” this week on Splitcoastampers, and the challenge is to select one of her card to CASE. This is my card that I CASEd from one of hers:

Marg has a wonderful gallery on Splitcoaststampers. As I strolled through her gallery, I saw this card that she made in 2014. The card spoke to my heart so I selected it for my CASE in honor of her.

In her description of her card, she shared that she created it for a challenge “to make a card with something missing. To let those who have had a mastectomy or double mastectomy know that they are still a whole person. That it’s not what they now look like that makes them who they are. What makes us who we are is how we treat others, what’s in our heads and what’s in our hearts and how we chose to share that with others.. One, whole, beautiful!” Well, I’m one of the ladies who she is describing.

To create her card, Marg said, “I cut a strip away from the front panel and then backed the front with some acetate and stamped on the inside of the card so that you could see the image through the card window.” The piece cut out from the front of her card base represented “something missing”.

Therefore, I cut a strip from the front of my card’s base, and instead of cutting off this piece, I folded it to the back to resemble an easel card. I then added three lovely Our Daily Bread Designs Flower Lattice die cuts to the front and back strips.

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I cut a piece of Neenah Solar White Card Stock for the card’s inside, and stamped the Ribbon of Hope stamp image in Pink Pirouette ink. I embossed the image with Stampin’ Up! Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder (I believe this powder is unavailable), and attached it to the card’s inside. I used a sentiment from the Our Daily Bread Designs Healing Prayers to stamp in black Stazon ink onto a piece of window sheet (i.e., acetate) and adhered it to the two front strips. There is space to write a personal message when you lift the front panel.

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Since Breast Cancer Awareness Month is next month, October, I believe this card is timely. I hope you’ve enjoyed it.

SUPPLIES (the Ribbon of Hope Stamp is unavailable)

God’s Blessings!

Stamping With Guneaux Designs By Beverly Polen

Jesus said to his disciples, “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers. The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.” Luke 6:43-45

Guneaux Designs August 2016 Gallery

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Posted on September 3, 2016 by Beverly

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Cottage Cutz Woodland Pine Trees

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Beverly

Hello, and thanks for stopping by. I have a card for you today that features the Cottage Cutz Woodland Pine Trees Dies and Cottage Cutz Deer Die. I created the card in response to today’s “Ways To Use It Challenge”, WT599, on Splitcoaststampers website. The hostess for the challenge is the very talented Lisa (Shoe Girl), and she gave us an easy challenge. She asked that we create a HELLO card.

To create the card, I cut out the Cottage Cutz Woodland Pine Trees and covered them with FlitterGlu (i.e., a glue for gilding flakes and glitter), to which I added Cosmic Shimmer Mulled Wine Gilding Flakes. Using a piece of Scoochy Foam, I rubbed the excess flakes from the trees. This photo shows the aftereffects.

Next, I cut a 3-3/4″ x 5″ piece of Solar White card stock and sponged a sunset scene using Stampin’ Up! orange and green inks. Then, I cut out two hills with the Lawn Fawn Borders Dies. I sponged Stampin’ Up! Always Artichoke ink onto the two pieces and adhered them together with foam tape. Using foam tape, I attached the hills to the sunset piece of card stock.

I used the Cottage Cutz Deer Dies to cut out the deer from Solar White Card Stock. I used Copic Sketch Markers to color them and the antlers. I then strategically added the trees and deer to the card.

I love the outcome of the card, and I hope you are inspired by it.

SUPPLIES

Stamps: None

Paper: Neenah Solar White Card Stock and Stampin’ Up! Always Artichoke Card Stock

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Orange and Green Inks

Accessories: Cottage Cutz Woodland Pine Trees Dies, Cottage Cutz Deer Dies, Lawn Fawn Borders Dies, Sizzix Alpha Dies (retired), IndigoBlu FlitterGlu, IndigoBlu Phat Foam, IndigoBlu Scoochy Foam, Gilding Flakes, Foam Tape, and Sponge Daubers

Technique: Sponging

Always Artichoke 8-1/2 x 11 Cardstock

IndigoBlu FLITTERGLU 4oz Glue 271120 Preview Image Sponge Daubers

God’s Blessings!

Stamping With Guneaux Designs By Beverly Polen

The Lord appears to Solomon: “When Solomon had finished the temple of the Lord and the royal palace, and had succeeded in carrying out all he had to do in the temple of the Lord and in his own palace, the Lord appeared to him at night and said: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a temple for sacrifices….if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”” 2 Chronicles 7:11-12 & 14.

Cottage Cutz Autumn Centerpiece

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Beverly

Today is my last day as a guest designer for the Splitcoaststampers Color Challenge. I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity and am grateful for it! I enjoyed working with such talented ladies! Today’s Color Challenge is hosted by Mary Marsh (aka MaryR917), and she chose these gorgeous fall colors for the challenge: Chocolate Chip, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, and Garden Green. Her dessert (i.e., extra points) is “Fall”. The card I designed for today’s challenge features the Cottage Cutz Autumn Centerpiece Die!

These are the colors for the challenge, and they are from Stampin’ Up (SU):

Chocolate Chip 8-1/2 x 11 Cardstock Cajun Craze 8-1/2 x 11 Cardstock Crushed Curry 8-1/2 x 11 Cardstock Garden Green 8-1/2 x 11 Cardstock

When using the Cottage Cutz Autumn Centerpiece Die, it does not cut out as one piece as the picture (see below) of the die may represent. It cuts out 19 pieces, of which 6 need to be cut more than once. Despite this, it’s a wonderful die! Instead of using card stock of the colors for the Color Challenge, I used Neenah Solar White card stock and colored each piece with Copic Sketch Markers and a couple of SU Markers! I did use card stock for the sentiment, though. The sentiment is from an Impression Obsession Die – Holiday Top Word Edgers.

I assembled the card using Kittie Caracciolo’s Bendi Frame technique. Here’s the tutorial for the technique. Can you see in the following photos that the top frame is bent? This allows for more dimension on a card. Once you’ve checked out the tutorial, you’ll understand.

When the card is stood up and under a light, the light shines through the bend on the frame and gives a nice presentation.

To include more of the Chocolate Chip ink, I used an old SU tool, the Color Spritzer Tool (retired) and spritzed the ink onto the white panel. I did the same on the frame but didn’t like it so I sponged on Cajun Craze ink. I attached the frame with two layers of foam tape in order to raise the frame higher to get more pieces attached. To finish the card, I added foam tape to the ends of the sentiment and attached it to the frame.

I hope you’ve enjoyed my card and are inspired! Come back soon!!

SUPPLIES

Paper: Neenah Solar White Card Stock and SU Crushed Curry Card Stock (sentiment)

Ink: Copic Sketch Markers, SU Chocolate Chip Marker, SU Crushed Curry Marker

Accessories: Cottage Cutz Autumn Centerpiece Die, Impression Obsession Holiday Top Word Edgers Dies, ODBD Double Stitched Rectangles Dies, ODBD Pine Cones Dies, and Foam Tape

Copic Sketch Markers Neutrals Stampin' Write Markers Regals Stampin' Write Markers

DOUBLE STITCHED RECTANGLES DIES PINECONES DIES

SU Fifth Avenue Floral

God’s Blessings!

Stamping With Guneaux Designs By Beverly Polen

“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.” Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?” 1 Corinthians 18-20