When I look at this young girl image on my card, I think of Stevie Wonder’s song, “Isn’t She Lovely”. She is Serena, a digital stamp image that I purchased from The Paper Shelter. She has her hand over her heart as she peeks with one eye from under her gorgeous hat with a lovely pink flower!
Remember when the Heated Pearls Technique Using Pearl Ex Pigments was the trend? I remember the first time I used the technique. I was temporarily living in the Washington, D.C. area working on a contract for the Federal Government. I was thinking about becoming a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator and was experimenting with techniques. A demonstrator asked me to help her prepare cards that showcased various techniques for a card swap she was hosting. I agreed to help and was asked to use the Heated Pearls Technique. I enjoyed the technique but it can be messy; therefore, I rarely used it.
However, an opportunity to use the technique presented itself when I was serving as a “Dirty Girl” on Splitcoaststampers. The “Dirty Dozen” theme for the month of April was titled “Perfect Blend”. When the challenge was posted, I immediately thought of the Heated Pearls Technique using Pearl Ex Pigments. Therefore, I used the technique in response to the “Perfect Blend” challenge. This is the card I submitted but could not post it until now.
1 John 3:21-24
“Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us we have confidence before God and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him. And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. Those who obey his commands live in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.”
Hello and thanks for stopping by Guneaux Designs. Today, I have a card for you that features stenciling, blending glass bead gel and ink, and sponging. The glass bead gel gives a raised effect on the card with tiny glass beads that sparkle. Hopefully, you can see the sparkle.
John 20:27-29 (Jesus Appears to Thomas After His Resurrection)
“Then he said to Thomas, ‘Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.’ Thomas said to him, ‘My Lord and my God!’ Then Jesus told him, ‘Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.’ “
Welcome, all! I am sharing another card I made while serving as a “Dirty Girl” for Splitcoaststampers. I made the card in May, and it is a Mother’s Day card. I made it with the Heartfelt Creations Camelia Carnation Collection (HFC). I saw a card on the HFC site and decided to case it, with a few exceptions. This card is the result.
Top of the morning to you, special friends! This is another card for the Dirty Dozen Monthly Theme, “Perfect Blend”. The card is a birthday card featuring the Penny Black Dainty Whispers stamp and blending of Oxide inks.
James 1:2-4
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
Hello, my friends! Now that summer is here, I am beginning to see lots of butterflies of all types around my yard. Thus, I decided to create this card that features the Heartfelt Creations (HFC) Butterfly Dreams collection.
John 16:5-11
Jesus said to the disciples regarding the Holy Spirit: “Now I am going to him who sent me, yet none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’. Because I have said these things you are filled with grief. But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment: in regard to sin, because men do not believe in me; in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.”