Joyfully Made Designs: Emma Lou's Birthday Blog Hop

Be Joyful

Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. Be anxious for nothing, but in EVERYTHING by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the PEACE OF GOD, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:4-7

These are verses I memorized years ago and they are written on my heart. There are times when I still need to remember not to be anxious, but I eventually listen to my heart saying these verses. I didn't really understand what the "peace of God" was until I experienced it. It's having peace inside you, even when you're going through heartbreaking situations and trials. It does "surpass ALL understanding" and you know it comes from GOD alone. Praise the Lord for His wonderful promises!

I love, love, love what I do. I am passionate about the things I create and the talents God has placed in me. I SO appreciate the time you take to look at my things and the comments you all leave me!

Blessings to you!

Kathy

FTC Declaration

FTC Declaration - I declare that I am a freelance designer. I currently receive or have received in the past products that I promote and endorse as a freelance designer for free or at a discount from the following companies: Heartfelt Creations, Our Daily Bread Designs, CottageCutz, The Robin's Nest, Scor-pal, Paper Temptress, Elphine House Australia, Creative Embellishments, Really Reasonable Ribbon. Any product that I use in my designs and recommend, I do with complete honesty. I have not and would not recommend products I do not personally love.

Thursday, August 11, 2016

Emma Lou's Birthday Blog Hop

Happy Birthday Emma Lou!

Good morning everyone! In honor of Emma Lou's 30th Birthday the Heartfelt Creations' designers, past and present, are having a blog hop!

The Hop starts today and ends Tuesday, August 16th, at midnight. All you need to do to enter is visit the blogs and leave a comment. The winner will be chosen by Random.org and will receive a $25 gift certificate to shop at Heartfelt Creations.

The winner of the blog hop will be announced on Heartfelt Creations Facebook page (I'll also announce it on my blog). They will have 72 hours to claim their prize otherwise another name will be drawn. In order to claim their prize, the winner will need to email Liz Walker at passionforsparkle@gmail.com with "Winner of Emma Lou's Birthday Bog Hop" in the subject line.

Here is the card I made for Emma Lou's Birthday!

I used one of the older stamp sets, Sunflower Bouquet Stamp, from the Classic Sunflower Collection. I love this bucket of sunflowers and the gold and burgundy together! Great card for Autumn that will soon be upon us.

The image was colored with pencils and mineral spirits using paper stumps and I added Heart of Gold Prills to the flower centers. I also decorated the inside of the card, but neglected to take a picture before I mailed it to Emma Lou. Complete instructions for this are at the end of my post if you are interested.

Here are the designers participating in the Blog Hop:

Liz Walker  http://veritycards.blogspot.com/201... 

Ujjwal Gupta http://ujjwal-handmadewithlove.blogspot.com/...

Joann Jamieson http://castleparkdesigns.wordpress.com/...

Angelica Turner http://bellisimavida.blogspot.com/ 

Glenda Brooks  http://glendabrooks.blogspot.com/20... 

Kathy Clement:  http://www.kathybydesign.com/happy-...

Marisa Job  http://www.marisadesigns.blogspot.com/...

Tracy McLennon: https://scrappychickblog.wordpress.com/...

Candy Slabaugh  http://candyscreationsblog.blogspot.com/... 

Tracey Fehr  http://todaysbeautifulmoments.blogspot.ca/...

Karan Gerber  http://karangerber.blogspot.com/201... 

Olga Jewell  http://craftieodamae.blogspot.com/

Anita Kejriwal  http://craftingforever-anita.blogspot.in/...

Vicki Dutcher -  http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/2... 

Gloria Stengel -  http://gloriascraps.blogspot.com/20... 

Kathy Roney - http://joyfullymadedesigns.blogspot.com/... (that me!)

Sandy Hulsart   http://creativemomentswithsandy.blogspot.com/... 

Amy Doria -  http://amadrian8.blogspot.com/2016/... 

Rajni Chawla : http://rajnichawlahandmade.blogspot.in/...

Debbie Seyer:   http://www.debbieseyer.com/my_weblo...  

Martine Smith: http://www.abfabdesigns.blogspot.co.uk/...

Alicia Barry: http://leishasblog.blogspot.com/

Nupur Priya :  http://nupurcreatives.blogspot.com/... 

Sarah Miller:   http://plainandfancypapercrafts.blogspot.com/...

Good luck hopping! Make sure to visit as many blogs as you can and leave a comment!

I'm submitting this to the following challenge:

Word Art Wednesday #242-243 - Anything Goes

Blessings!

Kathy

Sunflower Bucket Bouquet

Heartfelt Creations Products and Products Carried by HC:

HCPC 3628 - Sunflower Bouquet Cling
HCPC 3724 - Sunrise Lily Flute Cling
368770 - Scor-Pal
SMP001 - Stamp Mat Pad
Spring Bling Prills
Art Institute Glue

Other products: Papers: Neenah Solar White, Recollections White, Coordinations Curry, purple; Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black; Accessories: Bordeaux Wine Seam Binding, Bow-Easy Tool, green twine, button, adhesive pearls, mineral spirits, paper stumps, Prismacolor Pencils: Kelp Green, Marine Green, Black, Yellow Ochre, Goldenrod, Burnt Ochre, Chocolate, Peach Beige, Light Umber, Dark Brown, Espresso, Dark Purple, Black Cherry, Black Raspberry, Scotch Mounting Tape, glue dots

Instructions: Card measures 4" x 4". Cut white cardstock 4" x 8", score at 4" and fold crease to create card base. Cut Curry cardstock 3 3/4" x 3 3/4", cut purple cardstock 3 11/16" x 3 11/16", glue together and add to card base with Scotch Mounting Tape.

Stamp bouquet image on Solar White with Onyx Black and trim down to 3 3/8" x 3 3/8". Color image with pencils and mineral spirits using paper stumps. Glue image to mats.

Add Heart of Gold Prills to flower centers using Art Institute Glue. Make a 3-loop bow using Bow-Easy Tool and add to card as pictured using glue dots. Thread button with twine and add to bow center using glue dots.

For inside of card, cut white cardstock 3 3/4" x 3 3/4" and stamp sentiment in center. Cut purple cardstock 3 7/8" x 3 7/8", glue to white piece and glue both to inside of card.