Hello, friends, visitors, and crafters! I have a side step card that I made while serving as a member of the Splitcoaststampers “Dirty Girls”. Now that I have completed my time as a “Dirty Girl”, I am allowed to share the card. That’s the rule, and I have to follow it!!!
Hello, and welcome! So happy that you stopped by. Today I am sharing a card made with Art Impressions Dogs, Flowers, and Rustic Container stamps. I love this time of the year when I can fill rustic or wooden containers with soil and flowers. I actually have two 5′ long palm tree log containers that I cut out the centers so I could plant flowers in them during springtime. Thinking that I need to fulfill that task brought to mind the subjects for my card – flowers and a puppy in a rustic container. Water coloring is not a skill of mine; however, I decided to give it a try.
The blending colored pencil shavings technique is one that I have not tried before creating this beach scene card. I created the card for the Dirty Dozen Fan Club April Monthly Theme of “Perfect Blend”. It is a birthday card for my special grandson.
Romans 12:3
“For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you.”
Happy Father’s Day to the fathers who make a difference in a child’s life and are supportive, a pillar of strength, and help to ensure an end result of a well-adjusted child. My special son-in-law is one of those fathers. He exudes love for his daughter and is a great role model. His time with his daughter is of utmost importance to him, and he ensures he has time with her on a daily basis. He does not role cast her; he introduces her to tools, fishing, and other “male” activities. His daughter is 3 years old, and she LOVES her daddy! I am very proud to call him my son-in-law (SIL) and I think he is an exemplary and great father.
This is one of the cards I made for him for Father’s Day. It’s On The Fly Father’s Day Card that features the old Stampin’ Up! On The Fly stamp set. He is an avid fisherman! The card is a Step Ladder Center Cut card, and I posted a tutorial on making this style of card in my last post.
Hello, my friends! I have been unavailable because of an illness, and today I am feeling better and wanted to get to my craft room and create. The card I created features the beautiful and new Penny Black Spontaneous Joy stamp. I submitted this card for this week’s Inspiration and Color Challenges on Splitcoaststampers. I selected the two mentioned challenges to get my creative juices flowing again. You can see all the wonderful comments made on my card by clicking HERE.
1 Thessalonians 5:12-15
“Now we ask you, brothers, to respect those who work hard among you, who are over you in the Lord [emphasis added] and who admonish you. Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other. And we urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone. Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else.”
Welcome! Today I created my first shadow box card that was inspired by the Frederique Morrel Artwork site. The Splitcoaststampers.com Inspiration Challenge for today featured this site. It is an awesome site of a different type of art, which is textile art. The artwork seems to be driven primarily by deer, birds, bunnies, and flowers. It was difficult for me to select one piece of art; therefore, I created this card as my Frederique Morrel Artwork Inspiration piece. I tried to capture the essence of the site when creating the card. The bunnies and deer in the shadow box are created from fabric.
Luke 15:3-7
“Then Jesus told them this parable: “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’ I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.”