Welcome back!! Today I am “Sending Love Your Way with a Penny Black So Loved Card. I love the Penny Black So Loved stamp set featuring two cats, a dog, and hedgehog; all with valentines! Here is a card I made with the stamp set.
John 17:20-21
Jesus prays for all believers: “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.”
Welcome, and happy Wednesday!! My card share today is a Heartfelt Creations Sweetheart Borders Valentine! Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching, and I need to get cards made. This valentine is in non-traditional colors because it is my submission to Splitcoaststampers.com color challenge for this week.
The color combination for the challenge is Stampin’ Up! Night of Navy, Lemon Lime Twist, and Powder Pink. Stef (aka – dahlia 19) was the color challenge hostess, and I was so happy to see that she selected navy; a color not selected often, if at all.
Ephesians 4-13
Apostle Paul said:
“As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unit of the Spirit through the bond of peace.”
Have you seen the Honey Bee Little Pickup Stamp Set? I think it is adorable! The stamp set has matching dies as well. My card share today features three stamps from the set: 1) the pickup, 2) wooden rails for the truck bed, and 3) hearts.
Before explaining the card, let me share why I have not posted any artwork for several days. My precious sister passed away on January 10th, and that has occupied my mind and time. It has been a very emotional time for me so I decided I needed to create a card to get my mind refocused. Thus, I created this card that I’m sharing.
The card does not include a sentiment; however, it will be a get well card / valentine card for my brother-in-law who just had major surgery and ended up in the ICU. Yes, there has been a lot of emotional things going on in my life, but I am trying to get back to creating and posting.
On to the card. I decided to create a scene for the pickup. I used Neenah Solar White Card Stock on which I created the scene. After stamping and coloring the truck with various Copic Sketch Markers (i.e., BG10, BG11, and GB23), I masked it to include the wooden rails in a brown ink. I then masked the rails to include the hearts and colored them with Copic Sketch Markers (i.e., R27, R29, and RV25). I added two pieces of card stock, one green and the other gray. The green is for a grassy, sloped berm, and the gray for a road on which the truck is traveling. I used the Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Borders Dies for the two pieces.
I created the tree in the foreground with a tree stamp from the retired Stampin’ Up! (SU) Happy Scenes Stamp Set. I used the same stamp set to create the pine trees in the background of the scene. I hand drew the mountains in the background and colored them with grayish Copic Sketch Markers.
Creating this card featuring the Honey Bee Little Pickup Stamp Set was a lot of fun! I hope you are inspired! I am submitting the card for the Splitcoaststampers Featured Stamper Challenge. Carolyn (snowmanqueen) on SCS is the featured stamper. She has a wonderful gallery of cards. You can check them out here.
God’s Blessings!
Stamping With Guneaux Designs By Beverly Polen
Firm Reliance on Divine Providence!
ROMANS 1:18-20 (NIV)
“The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.”
Happy Friday, everyone!! Before I retired I really looked forward to Fridays. When I got home from a stressful week at work, all I wanted to do over the weekend was rest. Speaking of Fridays, this Friday I have for you a Guneaux Designs ODBD Seeds of Today Greeting Card. I created this card in response to a Splitcoaststampers Ways To Use It Challenge, WT617, to create with something OLD, NEW, BORROWED, and BLUE. The New Year is precipitating challenges involving something new and I love that idea.
To satisfy the borrowed element of the challenge, I cased a Valentine card I made in 2012.
To make this card I did the following:
Have a wond
erful weekend!!
PRODUCTS USED (IN ORDER AS DISCUSSED IN THE POST)
God’s Blessings!
Stamping With Guneaux Designs By Beverly Polen
Firm Reliance on Divine Providence!
The Glory Returns to the Temple: “Then the man brought me to the gate facing east, and I saw the glory of God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of rushing waters, and the land was radiant with his glory. The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when he came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the Kebar River, and I fell face down. The glory of the Lord entered the temple through the gate facing east. Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and the glory of the Lord filled the temple.” Ezekiel 43:1-5 (Ezekiel was a Jewish Priest/Prophet who spoke these words.)
Hello, and thanks for stopping by! This week I entered Splitcoastampers color challenge to create a card with three Stampin’ Up! colors; Strawberry Slush, Mint Macaron, and Early Espresso.
The challenge included a “dessert” to create a non-traditional valentine card using these colors. Additionally, participants could use non-traditional valentine images. This is the card I created for the challenge.
So, what are your thoughts? Do you think it’s non-traditional for a valentine card?
When I was in the decision-making process for the card, I thought of a flamingo stamp I have that is included in a retired Stampin’ Up! stamp set, Valentine Defined. I further thought about the flamingos and their synchronized mating dance. Thus, I decided the sentiment had to be Synchronized Love!
Here are additional photos of the card.
SUPPLIES:
Stamps: SU Valentine Defined
Paper: SU Botanical Gardens DSP, Strawberry Slush CS, Mint Macaron CS, Early Espresso CS, and Whisper White CS
Paper Size: A2
Ink: SU Strawberry Slush, Mint Macaron, and Early Espresso
Accessories: ODBD Double Stitched Rectangles, SU Botanical Builder Framelits Dies, SU Clear Embossing Powder, SU Corner Punch, and Swarovski Crystals
God’s Blessings!
Stamping With Guneaux Designs By Beverly Polen
Accessories: Stampin Up Hearts Collection Framelits (125599) Basic Pearls (119247) , Basic Rhinestones (119247) , Trinket Hearts (125605), and Lucky Limeade 3/8″ Ruffled Ribbon (122977)
