Luke 1:45

Friday is nearly over and I am squeezing this ATC in for my entry over at Unity Stamp Co. FWF Friday!!  The theme for this ATC was "The Pumpkin Patch". Materials:   Stamps: Unity Stamp Co.-August and Sept. KOM, and pumpkins-PSX Unraveled twine-JoAnn's Hemp for tie-Michael's Papers-Fancy Pants, Echo Park, Authentique, and Neenah Inks-Versafine and Tim Holtz Distress inks Gems-My Mind's Eye and Doodlebug Designs   

I am posting this card that I made a couple of weeks ago. I entered it into the ODBD challenge. Since then, I updated it by adding some bling and then I dressed up an envelope to go with it. So I decided to link it up to the Friends With Flair Friday challenge over at Unity Stamp Co. I made this card as a farewell card to my niece and her family. They moved to the Kansas City area two years ago after they got married. We have had fun growing even closer, but his job has moved them to Denver. They found out about the move on the first day of Fall. I told Krista that was ironic because this means that they will literally start a new season in their lives. They only had a month to pack up and leave and we said our tearful good byes on Wednesday evening this week. The sentiment and the images are well suited for this card and envelope because of the situation. When she opened it, she cried. Then I followed. I will miss all of them soo mu...

I love fall. I couldn't resist this challenge. I am linking it up over at Our Daily Bread Designs  where the challenge is Fall Leaves. I added this picture after I posted the original. I noticed that my leaves fell over in the first picture. That's what I get for procrastinating and being in such a hurry to get this posted before the deadline.       Materials: Sentiment: Our Daily Bread Designs- Scripture Collection 1 Leaves Stamps: Unity Stamp Co. Patterned paper: K & Co. Cardstock: Neenah, Coredinations, and Bazzill Ink: Versamark, Tim Holtz Distress Inks Embossing powder: Zing Gold leaves: Making Memories Ribbon: Hobby Lobby Button: Craft Supply Twine: Michael's  

Here's another entry for the FWF Friday over at Unity Stamp Co. I LOVE my KOM!!! I have been itching to use these stamps!! So I decided to play around with them this evening!! And this is what I came up with: Materials: Stamps: 9/13 KOM and 12/12 KOM-Unity Stamp Co. Ink: Versafine Patterned papers: My Mind's Eye Cardstock-Coredinations Twine:JoAnn's Cording: Hobby Lobby Button: Craft Supply Eyelet: Making Memories

It's been too long since I played along with my friends at Unity Stamp Co. on a Friday. So I am entering this Anniversary card in the FWF contest. This card is for my Aunt and Uncle who are still together after all these 53 years!! So rare to see love last so long! They are so dear and I want to rejoice with them!! Materials: Stamp: Unity Stamp Co- The Heart of a BFF Ink: Versafine, and Tim Holtz Distress Ink All Papers and brad: My Mind's Eye Flowers: Fancy Pants, Bazzill, and Making Memories Ribbon: Hobby Lobby, and Webster's Pages Twine: Bead Landing-Michaels  

I am loving the sketch over at Mojo Monday !!! Here's another entry for the contest: Materials: Cardstock: Coredinations All patterned papers and diecuts: Teresa Collins Ribbons and twine: Hobby Lobby, Jilibean Soup, Craft Supply Button: Bo Bunny Pearls: Queen & Co.

Time for a new card to post over at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . The challenge is to use a clear or a rubber stamp. I made this card for my cousin's husband who is an avid outdoorsman. I really like how my inking technique turned out to make this card look like a stroll through the woods on a crisp, foggy, fall morning. I have to give credit to the gal that inspired this card .     Materials used: Stamps: Unity Stamp Co. and Fiskars Woodgrain background papers: My Mind's Eye Papers: Bazzill, Neenah, and Coredinations Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink and Versafine Ribbon: Making Memories Twine: American Crafts Button: Craft Supply     

I've made another card that I am linking up to the Mojo Monday Contest . Here's the sketch:         Materials used: All papers: Authentique All stamps: Unity Stamp Co. Ink: Versafine Twine: American Crafts Stars: Mark Richards

Here is my final entry over at the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge . You can never have enough "Thank You" cards on hand, right? I decided to whip this card together using some leftovers from stamps, diecuts (the little pieces that pop out after you've cut your paper), twine and paper and viola! A card!!!                                       Materials used:   Background for card: My Mind's eye Cardstock: Recollections and Neenah Patterned paper from diecut: Crate Paper Diecut pieces: Spellbinders Ribbon and twine: American Crafts Stamps: Unity Stamp Co. Ink: Versafine Markers: Copics-R85, G40, Y17 and Marvy 1122 Le Plume II no.18 Enamel dots, and chipboard banner: My Mind's Eye Decorative tape: Making Memories  

Here's a birthday card I am linking up over at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge for the "We're Going Dotty" challenge.   Materials Used:   Cardstock: Recollections and Neenah Stamps: Unity Stamp Co. Markers: Copic BG233, American Crafts 62603 Ink: Versafine Enamel Dots and brad: My Mind's Eye Twine: Pink Paislee

Here's an anniversary card that I'm gonna link up over at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge for the "We're Going Dotty" challenge. Materials used: Patterned papers and brad-Simple Stories Cardstock-Recollections and Neenah Stamps-Unity Stamp Co. Ink-Versafine Twine-American Crafts

October is Pastor Appreciation month. Here's a card that I made for our pastor and his wife. I am linking this card up at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge where the challenge is "We're Going Dotty!" I am also linking this card up to the Mojo Monday Contest Challenge . Here is the sketch:   Materials used: Patterned Papers-My Mind's Eye and Colorbok Brown Cardstock-Neenah Stamps: Basic Grey, Unity Stamp Co. and Our Daily Bread Designs Diecut-Spellbinders Ribbon and twine-Webster's Pages and Jilibean Soup Ink-Versafine Pearl-Pebbles

Here's a birthday card that I am linking up over at the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge : This week's Challenge is "We're Going Dotty!"   Materials Used:   Patterned papers: My Mind's Eye Dotted Cardstock: Bazzill Brads-Basic Grey Ink: Memento Sentiment: Unity Stamp Co. Green ribbon-Making Memories Amber ribbon-craft supply

Who can refuse a challenge that has the color purple in it? I am linking this card up over at Unity Stamp Co. for the Unity {be inspired} Challenge . Here's the color challenge:   Materials used:   Stamps: Encompassed Grace -Unity Stamp Co. Ink-VersaColor and Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Black Soot (edges of dies and sentiment) Papers-Basic Grey Cardstock-Neenah Pearls-Recollections, Basic Grey and Darice Ribbon-Hobby Lobby Purple rosettes-Petaloo Diecuts-Spellbinders    

I confess...I have not taken the time to post my work like I should be doing. Sigh...September is a busy month for us in this house. Both of our kids celebrate their birthdays and there is a major deadline I face as a guardian for my developmentally disabled brother every year in September that requires my time with paperwork. So...hopefully I will be more faithful to my blog in the coming weeks as life becomes busy with the holidays and our 25th wedding anniversary as well as my husband and I celebrating our birthdays. Whew!! I am linking this card up over at Our Daily Bread Designs for an Anything Goes Challenge. Supplies used: Sentiment: Scripture Series 1- Our Daily Bread Designs Cardstock-Neenah Patterned Papers and ribbon-My Mind's Eye Diecut-Spellbinders Ink-Versafine

I was inspired to make a card using the color challenge over at Unity {be inspired} Challenge . Fall time is my favorite and I LOVE these colors!!! These are actually my living room colors with a splash of green too!!! I also decided to recycle a trinket card that had MME butterfly/heart/bird trinkets on it. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out and I will definitely be doing this again!!!   Materials Used:   Unity Stamps- Sweet and Sour Soup Papers-MME, Coredinations, tag-leftover tag from MME trinkets Ribbon-Hobby Lobby pearls-Queen & Co. sparklers-Webster's Pages ink-Versafine 

I love this stamp set from Our Daily Bread Designs . It is so versatile. It gives an obvious look of masculine, but you can dress it up, like I did here and make it look slightly more feminine and vintage!! Materials used: Our Daily Bread Designs- Time Thank you stamp-My Mind's Eye Papers and die cuts-Teresa Collins, My Mind's Eye, Coredinations Spellbinders die Teresa Collins twine Jillibean Soup ribbon Pin and gear-Tim Holtz Idea-Ology Key-Momenta Ink-Versafine and Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Thank God it is Friday! It has been a long week! Here's a birthday card I made practicing my Copic coloring. I am posting it for the for FWF Challenge over at Unity Stamp Co .   Materials: Unity Stamp Co. -June 2013 KOM Versafine ink Echo Park paper and sticker American Crafts ribbon Studio g glitter glue Doodlebug Designs gems Copic Markers: BG23, R81, R85, and colorless blender 

Last weekend was a little rough. We moved our son to Arkansas where he and his future bride will live. This is his first move AWAY from home. He's lived outside our home, but only minutes away. This was our first official "letting the bird fly from the nest moment". Before he left, I made him a mini album of some of his "firsts". I am entering it into the Unity {be inspired} Challenge. I chose the sketch for this challenge.   Here's the album:   Materials: Unity Stamp Co. My Mind's Eye Echo Park Fancy Pants Basic Grey Cinch Jo Ann's and Hobby Lobby The Twinery Making Memories Silhouette American Crafts Doodlebug Designs Queen and Co. Martha Stewart punch Mod Podge Versafine Zig pen Needless to say I am missing him quite a bit. Here's a pic of him saying bye:  

Here's a birthday card that I'm entering into the Unity {be inspired} Challenge for the color challenge. Don't you love that kraft glassine paper? I think it substitutes well for a leather belt!!    Materials: Unity Stamp Co. Papers: Bazzill, Coredinations, Tim Holtz Idea-ology (kraft glassine), Fancy Pants Corners: Momenta buckle: Tim Holtz Idea-ology Versafine ink      

I made this card for my aunt. I confused her birthday with my other aunt (her sister) and sent her a card two months early, but she never let on and thanked me so generously for making her a card. It wasn't til I got closer to her real birthday (looking ahead to see who I needed to make cards for) that I realized my mistake. So on her real birthday, I decided that I would send this card to let her know that I realized my mistake. I love it that Unity Stamp Co. sends the goofed up stamps in their kit anyway. They include a note about the mistake and explain that just because there is a mistake doesn't mean that we can't still use it in a creative way! Isn't that awesome! I love it, cause in the world of creating (including God and all of his creation) THERE ARE NO MISTAKES!!!!     Materials: stamps- Unity Stamp Co . Inside sentiment-typed in Microsoft Word patterned paper, ephemera-Teresa Collins cardstock-Bazzill pearls-Queen and Co. ink...

The past few weeks have been VERY busy. I haven't posted any work or participated in any challenges, so I have decided to get MOVING!!!   Materials used:   The Paper Studio Our Daily Bread Designs - Thinking of You Coredinations Tim Holtz Idea-ology Basic Grey Versafine Distress ink Michaels-Bead Landing-hemp cord  

This is a card that I made for my niece on my husband's side of the family. She lost her grandmother that was so dear to her. She owned and operated one of the more well known dance studios in Omaha, Nebraska. Over the years, the fruit of her labor produced seven gals with the title of Miss Nebraska competing for Miss USA, not to mention the many Miss Junior titles. We will all miss Kitty. She was an incredible person with vivacious energy that we all admired. Her gift of teaching dance will live on in the hearts of girls for generations to come.   Entering in the following Challenge:    Materials used: Paper-Bo Bunny, DCWV journaling card-Pink Paislee Silhouette die cut Webster's Pages trim Hobby Lobby ribbon Recollections Rhinestone flourish Teresa Collins alpha stickers Recollections pearls American Crafts Metallic gold marker http://www.mojomonday.blogspot.com/2013/08/mojo-monday-305-contest.html

Today I am posting a birthday card for my great-nephew. I am also entering it into a challenge over at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge ends tomorrow morning and the theme is "By the Sea". Materials used: Papers and border sticker- Fancy Pants Down By the Shore, Neenah (Red cardstock) Fish-Print feature on Silhouette (fussy cut) Red net-Recycled from produce Twine-JoAnn's Sentiment-Unity Stamp Co. Yellow alpha sticker-Doodlebug (marked with an orange Sharpie) eyelet-Making Memories Gems-Teresa Collins Thanks for stopping by!!