Mustang Faux Letterpress - FTTC158 Country Living

Happy Friday!

I decided to try out the "Faux Letterpress" Technique added to the Resource Section on Split Coast Stampers Wednesday.  The basic technique is to ink the embossing folder before embossing the paper.  I just started playing with it, and I love how it came out.

I used kraft paper and inked the EF with Night of Navy Stampin Up ink on the "background" side.  I didn't like the way it came out, so I took Saddle Brown (Staz-On) and ran it across the raised image of the paper and left some spots uninked.  Then I inked the edges of the mat with Amaretto (reddish-brown) and Midnight Confession (black) Inks (Powder Puffs).  It came out looking like a rustic tile.  I figured it would make a good base for a masculine card, so that's what it became!


I stamped the Mustang image (Serendipity) on to a tan color paper and and colored it with Prismacolor Pencils.  I sponged this with Desert Sand and Rich Cocoa (Momento) inks. For the sentiment, I created a little sign using the same paper and black ink, and sponged it with Amaretto and Midnight Confession Inks on the edges and attached it with black twine.

I'm entering this in the latest Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge FTTC158, for country living - farm theme.  It looks pretty country to me!

All ingredients used:

Stamps: Mustang (Serendipity), Teeny Tiny Wishes (SU)
Paper: Black (SU), kraft (DCWV Stack), "Tan" (?)
Ink: Black Onyx (Versafine), Night of Navy (SU), Saddle Brown (Staz-On), Rich Cocoa, Desert Sand (Momento), Amaretto, Midnight Confession (Powder Puffs).
Accessories: Labels 18 (Spellbinders), Paper Lace II EF (Cuttlebug), twine, black help cord (Darice), stud metal art (K&Co), trim (Jo-Ann's), mini brads (Recollections), modern label and word window punches (SU), Prismacolor Pencils, mineral spirits.

That's it for now!  Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Blessings!

Kathy

Corner Bookmark - Flourishes FTTC157

Happy Sunday!

I decided to join in on the latest challenge at Flourishes - FTTC157 - make a corner bookmark.  I've seen this, but hadn't tried it out yet.  I'm glad I did, very easy to make and would make a nice gift!

I would LIKE to make a bunch of these for the ladies at my Bible study, but there are a LOT of ladies!  We'll have to see how that goes!

The blue paper is actually darker and more of a navy than the royal blue as it looks here.  It looks a lot nicer in real life!

I couldn't decide which picture to show you, so I'm showing you all 3!

I used the tutorial on Split Coast Stampers in the Resource section done by Beate Johns, you can find it here. 

I colored the image with Prismacolor Pencils and tried something a little different.  I did a base of white pencil on the flower before adding the blue.  I'm not sure I like it, it changes the color too much from what I wanted.    I checked out pictures of real pansies online and found gorgeous one that was mostly white with dark blue highlights on the base and tip of the petals.  This definitely isn't how it came out, but I'll try it again in the future.  I also noticed in the real pictures that the "fifth" petal underneath was usually a solid darker color, which I tried to do here.  I'm just a little detailed, LOL!

The ingredients used:

Stamps: A Year in Flowers 1 (Flourishes)
Paper: White (PTI), Typhon (Bazzills), Watercolor Bouquet (K&Co).
Ink: Black Onyx (Versafine)
Accessories: Fleur de Lis Squares, Classic Petal Edgeabilities (Spellbinders), ribbon (Micheals), adhesive pearls (Michaels & Want2Scrap), Prismacolor pencils, mineral spirits.

Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend!

Blessings!

Kathy

Shining the Light Challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs - ODBDSLC98 Non-Regular Shaped Card

Happy Saturday!

It's time for a new Shining the Light Challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs!

This week the challenge team is challenging you to think outside of the box....Create any card or project that is not an A2, A6, or A7 rectangular or square card. It can be a different fold (diamond fold, joy fold, easel, accordion, step, sidestep etc.) or a different shape.

To make the challenge even more fun, we will be giving out a prize, a $15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Friday, March 3rd at 8 a.m. EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday. If you are not using ODBD stamps, please do not enter more than once. Additional entries without using ODBD stamps will not be commented on or will they qualify for prizes.

While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Designs images and sentiments on your creations, we would love to see them if you have them.As a way of recognizing those who do use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing 1 to 2 creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award.In order to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Friday, March 3rd at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC98. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

Here is my take on the challenge this week, an easel card!

Here's another view so you can see the inside when it's opened.

A close up of the image. 

 The inside close up.

I haven't done one of these in a long time, it's almost like making 2 cards the way I decorated the inside! These are fun to do though and they really come out special.

This beautiful image of the watering can and flowers, is from the Happy Birthday Set from Our Daily Bread Designs.  I colored the image with my Prismacolor Pencils and mineral spirits. (Wow, how I LOVE to color!)  This is the first time I've used set,  I had it in my head that I wanted to do a card with purples and yellow...nice and spring-like and I thought this set would be perfect!  The white lace and trim on the inside are from my RAK package I received from Sabrina :-D.  I LOVE yellow and white together!


For the ingredients:

Stamps: Happy Birthday (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Paper: Watercolor Bouquet (K&Co), Plum Pudding (PTI), Solor White (Neenah)
Ink: Black Onyx (Versafine)
Accessories: Labels 20, Fleur de Lis Squares (Spellbinders), Fanciful Flourish (Cheery Lynn Designs), Medium Branch Punch (Marth Stewart), Branch with Leaves (Sizzix), flower (Recollections), lace & trim (my RAK), ribbon (scrapbook store), adhesive pearls & swirls (Michaels), white gel pen, Prismacolor Pencils

Now for more inspiration for the challenge, please visit my Design Team Sistahs and see their gorgeous creations!

Sabrina Jackson

Jan Marie Ennenga

Lori Ulrich

Jan Keen

Rosemary Dennis

Debi Southard

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I'm submitting this to the Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge #16 "Frame-It", to use a frame somewhere on your design. 

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I'm also entering this in the latest Stampin' Sister's in Christ Challenge #127.  This week the challenge is to use flowers on your card/project.  The Bible Verse is 2 Cor. 2:16b.

Scripture:

2 Cor 2:16b . . ."to the other the fragrance of life."

In reading this verse and the words from Peggysue on the challenge post, it reminds me of all God has blessed me with.  I hope my blog in some way reflects God's Love and shows others the wonderful Peace and Joy He can bring to them no matter what their circumstances are.  I have had many trials, and God has ALWAYS been faithful to me and has brought me through them becoming stronger and more able to help others. 

I love the LORD!

Blessing!

Kathy

Spellbinders Design Team - Round 2 Submission

Hi there,

Here is my Round 2 Submission for the Spellbinders Design Team Contest that I did the beginning of January.  This time I made a center-step card.

I made this using the center-step card instructions on Split Coast Stampers which you can find here.  The flower image is from the Plant a Little Love Set from JustRite.  I colored it with my Prismacolor Pencils and mineral spirits and accented it with Copper Microbeads from Martha Stewart.  The 2 die cuts on the front, as well as the one inside, are from Spellbinders' Fleur de Lis Squares.  The border on the inside is from their Parisian Accents Shapeabilities.

For all the ingredients:

Stamps: Plant a Little Love (JustRite)
Paper: Kraft (Papertry Ink), Mariposa Mat Stack (DCWV), gold (DCWV - Neutrals), Parisian Breeze DSP, Baja Breeze (SU), Solar White (Neenah)
Ink: Black Onyx (Versafine)
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils - Bronze, Muted Turquoise, Light Umber, Tombow Marker - True Blue, mineral spirits, dazzling diamonds, adhesive pearls, monarch butterfly punch (MS), 2-step bird punch, beautiful wings embosslits (SU), ribbon, rhinestone, flower (Michaels), copper microbeads (Martha Stewart), Paper Lace II embossing folder (Cuttlebug), Fleur de Lis Squares, Parisian Accents Shapeabilities (Spellbinders).

That's it for the 2nd Round, hope this gives you a little inspiration!

Blessings!

Kathy

Spellbinders Design Team Contest - Round 1

Hi there,

Just wanted to let you know that I wasn't selected for the Spellbinders Design Team.  I am happy to have made it to the third round though.  Thought I would show you my entries for the contest so you can see what I made and maybe give you some ideas.

Today I'll show you my first round entry submitted back in December.   I made a Christmas ornament using the Lacy Squares Dies from Spellbinders.  I had just received them in the mail, all excited to have something new, and came up with this ornament within a couple of hours...VERY unusual for me.  God was definitely with me on this one!  This is the picture I submitted to Spellbinders, not the best, but we could only submit one!

Here's the back, all finished off nicely.

Here's a closeup of the front.

This was really simple to make, once I figured out what I wanted to do.  I just glued 2 of the larger die cuts together with the ribbon running through so it's hidden, then 1 diecut each of the next 3 smaller sizes.  I then just matted them with white and designer papers from the Glad Tidings Paper from K&Co, I LOVE these papers.  The 2 stickers with "Joy" and "Jolly" are Word Adhesive Chipboard pieces also from Glad Tidings.  The 2 little corner edge pieces above and below "Jolly" are the leftovers from the Fleur de lis Edge Punch from EKS with Diamond Stickles on them.  The white snowflake is just a button that I threaded the ribbon through in the bottom circle of the larger die.

Here are the full list of ingredients:

Stamps: None
Paper: Glad Tidings (K&Co), Ruby Slipper (Bazzills), Solar White (Neenah)
Ink: None
Accessories: Lacy Squares (Spellbinders), Glad Tidings Word Adhesive Chipboard (K&Co), adhesive pearls, Fleur de lis Edge Punch (EKS), Diamond Stickles, snowflake button, ribbons (Michaels).


I think this makes a nice Christmas Gift and you can do lots with this one design.  I hope this gives you a little inspiration for gifts to make!

Blessings!

Kathy

My First RAK!!! (Random Act of Kindness)

Hi there!

Just a quick post to show you my very first RAK!  For those of you who don't know what that is, it's stands for Random Act of Kindness.  That's exactly what it is!  I've heard about them, but never received one...till now!

My very sweet friend Sabrina Jackson aka okimom2girlz on Split Coast Stampers, sent me this wonderful box of goodies!

Sabrina is a designer on Our Daily Bread Designs that I met in December when joining their challenge team.  She is such a sweetheart and one incredibly talented designer!!!  I was admiring her gorgeous pins with pearls and beads that she uses on her cards and projects and trying to figure out how she does them,  She said she would send me a couple of things she had leftover to see how she makes them.  I was expecting a little bubble wrap package, but instead recieved this box.  I was puzzled why she needed such a big box...then I opened it!!!
Oh my word, it was FULL of goodies!!!  She sent me tons of flowers in different colors (mostly my favorites!) and sizes, all kinds of beautiful lace and gorgeous trims, a bag full of trinkets and charms, and oh, some pins and beads!  She gave me this beautiful handmade bag with lace and a flower on it that contained some beautiful finished pins she had made!!!  They're so pretty, I don't want to use them...just yet!

Here's some more pictures of all the goodies...

I was SO excited to receive my first RAK, but it was so much more than I expected!!! Sabrina said she likes to make it special and more than you expect! How incredibly sweet, it made me feel so special!!! So many different things to try out on my creations...it's SO exciting!!!

Included in the box, Sabrina gave me this beautiful handmade card that you can see in the center of the picture. What a beauty it is!

Oh, Sabrina, thank you so much for your kindness and generousity! I've already used a couple of the beads and pin and can't wait to use the rest!

Blessings!

Kathy

It's a Boy Thing - Color Challenge - Elphine House Australia

Good Morning!

It's time for another challenge at Elphine House Australia!  This time the team challenges you to use a blue/green color combo on your card/creation.  You can use ANY Elisabeth Bell image or stamp.  The winner is selected randomly, and will win 2 stamps of their choice!  Here is my take on the challenge this week.

This was a fun challenge for me to use something other than pink and green as I have been lately!  It also gave me a chance to use a brand new stamp from EHA named "Tommy Splashing Puddle".  Isn't he cute and typical for a boy!  I love the little frog leaping!

Elphine House Australia has added 4 new stamps to their website by Elisabeth Bell. In addition to "Tommy Splashing Puddle", there is:

"Carrie Swan Princess"
"It's a Boy!!"
"It's a Girl!!"

You can find these here on their website to check them out!  They're all adorable!

I colored the image with my Prismacolor Pencils and mineral spirits on solor white paper from Neenah, and used some new paper I got named "The Guy Stack" by DCWV, perfect for boys too.

For ingredients used:

Stamps: Tommy Splashing Puddle (EHA)
Paper: White (Georgia Pacific), Solar White (Neenah), The Guy Stack (DCWV), Sizzix Cardstock Brights (DCWV)
Ink: Black Oynx (Versafine), Spanish Olive, Wheat, Turquoise Gem(Versamagic)
Accessories: Sponge, adhesive buttons (Stickopotamus), hemp cord, burlap fabric (Jo-Ann's), buttons (Dress-It-Up), boat sticker (old SU colored over with pencils), star punch (Fiskers), large Petite Scallops Nestibilities, Standard Circles Small, Standard Circles Large (Spellbinders), mineral spirits, Prismacolor Pencils.

That's it for now.  Hope you can join in the Challenge at Elphine House!

Blessings!

Kathy

Butterfly Smile

Hi there!

This is a card I made for some challenges I found that gave me a chance to use an old stamp and a border technique I learned in making my final Spellbinders DT submission recently.

By the way, speaking of Spellbinders, I wasn't selected for the Spellbinders Design Team last week, but I am grateful that I made it to the final round.  I'm dissapointed, but the other designers were all SO talented.  I will be posting my 3 projects I made for the 3 rounds, probably sometime this week if you are interested in seeing them.

Anyway, this card I made shows the border technique I did using the dies they sent me for the final round.  It comes out really pretty with a dramatic color choice..

I'm entering this in 2 different challenges.  The first challenge is WT362 - Ways to Use It - Borders on your creation on Split Coast Stampers.  The second, is Really Reasonable Ribbon's Challenge #RRR42 - use pink and brown with ribbons. 

For ingredients used:

Stamps: Boxed Wishes (Inkadinkado)
Paper: Pink Pirouette (SU), Mocha Devine (Bazzills), Chocolat Papillon (S.E.I)
Ink: Dark Chocolate (Palette)
Accessories: Large Labels Nestibilities Classic Petal Edgeabilities (Spellbinders), ribbon: white (RRR), brown - Lush (MME), pink w/flowers (Celebrate It - Michaels), pearl thread, button, brads (SU), adhesive pearls, Tombow marker #761, Prismacolor pencils: chocolate, pink rose, deco pink, and blush pink.

Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend! 

Blessings!

Kathy

Timeless Roses - FTTC156 & Cheery-Lynn Designs Challenge #15

Good morning again!

I have another card to show you this morning that I worked on this week.  This rose stamp is from Flourishes' "A Year in Flowers 2" Set.  I bought the entire set of stamps to make calendars for next year.  I love to color flowers, and these make beautiful calendars or can be used alone like this on a card or project.

I'm entering this in the Flourish's Timeless Tuesday Challenge this week to incorporate red on your card.  You can find the challenge here on their website.

I'm also entering this in the Cheery-Lynn Designs Challenge this week called "Pretty in Pink" to use pink on you card.  You are required to use at least one of their dies, I used the Fanciful Flourish...only one I have, so far!  You can find their challenge here on their website.

Among the ingredients I used on this card, the pin with the pearls, rhinestones, and charm are from a RAK (Random Act of Kindness) I received from a sweet friend, Sabrina Jackson!!!  Sabrina is on the Our Daily Bread Designs' Design Team.  She was going to send me a couple of pins and beads to show me how she does hers...they are gorgeous...I ended up with a whole box of goodies!!!  I'm going to show you all the things she sent me in a separate post, as soon as I can get a pretty picture of them all together!

Here is the inside of the card:

It's a little hard to see in the picture, but I used the Scripture Collection 2 Set from Our Daily Bread Designs.  I embossed it with Pearl Embossing Powder and VersaMark.  This is actually a leftover from the card I made last month for the Love Recipe Challenge - ODBDSLC94.  I pretty much save all my leftovers from projects (they are organized in my recipe card boxes - you can see that in an older post on organization here), and use them when I can.  I sponged around the image with old olive ink.  It's actually very pretty with the designer paper.  The lace is also from my wonderful RAK from Sabrina.  So very pretty!!!


For all the ingredients I used:

Stamps: A Year in Flowers 2 (Flourishes), Scripture Collection 2 (ODBD)
Paper: Rose Red (SU), Solar White (Neenah), Watercolor Bouquet (K&Co), Preppy Princess Stack (DCWV).
Ink: Black Onyx (Versafine), Old Olive (SU), Versamark
Accessories: Prismacolor pencils - Pale Sage, Old Olive, Crimson Red, Pink Rose, Kelp Green, Le Plume marker English Red, mineral spirits, Fanciful Flourish die (Cheery Lynn Designs), Fleur de Lis Squares, Labels 18 (Spellbinders), pearl cotton thread, sewing needle, adhesive pearls & flowers(Recollections), lace (Really Reasonable Ribbon & Sabrina's RAK), netting (Jo-Ann's), charm/pin/beads (Sabrina's RAK), sponge.

That's it for now!  Thank you for looking and hope you're having a wonderful weekend!

Blessings!

Kathy

Our Daily Bread Designs Create or Use a Scene Challenge -ODBDSLC97

Happy Saturday!

It's time for another Shining the Light Challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs!

This week the challenge team would like to see you use or create a scene on your card.  The scene does not have to be a stamp, it could also be on your designer paper.

To make the challenge even more fun, we will be giving out a prize, a $15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Friday, February 24th at 8 a.m. EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday. If you are not using ODBD stamps, please do not enter more than once. Additional entries without using ODBD stamps will not be commented on or will they qualify for prizes.
While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Designs images and sentiments on your creations, we would love to see them if you have them.As a way of recognizing those who do use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing 1 to 2 creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award.Inorder to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have yoursubmission added to Mr. Linky by Friday, February 24th at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC97. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.



Here is my sample for the challenge this week! 

I used the Light if the World Stamp Set from ODBD to create my scene. I stamped the image with black onyx ink from Versafine on a light tan pattern paper from the Heritage DSP, and then colored it with black Prismacolor pencil without any blending...just wanted to try something new. I eventually added a little color with chocolate and goldenrod pencil to tie in the ribbon a little. I kind of like the way it came out.

For ingredients used:

Stamps: Light of the World (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Paper: black (SU), iced cocoa (Coredinations), Heritage Scrapper's (HOTP).
Ink: black onyx (Versafine), midnight confession (Powder Puffs)
Accessories: Parisian Accents, Classic Ovals Large, Labels 18 (Spellbinders), metal art (K&Co), silk ribbon (Really Reasonable Ribbon), craft pick, Prismacolor Pencils, Antique scissors (The Creative Memories Collection).

For more inspiration for the challenge, visit my talented Design Team Members!

Sabrina Jackson

Chris Olsen

Jan Marie Ennenga

Jan Keen

Rosemary Dennis

Lori Ulrich

Debi Southard

Thanks for stopping by and for your wonderful comments!  Have a great weekend!

Blessings! 

Kathy