Mojo Monday Heartstrings Psalm

I meant to post this a couple of days ago when I made it, but the below-freezing temperatures had other plans for me. First there was the frozen water line. The next day super strong winds with below-zero wind chills made the house feel like windows were open. Northern Missouri is definitely in a deep freeze for quite a few days. When I hear about Minnesota, though, where my hubby occasionally has to work, I feel thankful it's not worse here. I'm even more thankful that I retired and no longer have to make the 30 mile drive to school during bad weather!

I found myself focusing on my scripture stamps this week that keep my thoughts on the positive things. I know God wants me to think about His love and care and to be thankful for His provision in my life. No matter how extreme the weather or circumstances, He is always the same - always wise, loving and in control. Here's one of His promises I love:

Here's the fun sketch I used from Mojo Monday this week:

I'm sharing this card with the following challenges:
Clear It Out - anything goes/any stash item (glitter ribbon several years old)
Crafting By Designs January challenge - anything goes
Crafty Gals Corner #1 - anything goes
Inspiration Destination #15 - anything goes
Little Red Wagon #271 - sparkle and shine
Mojo Monday #379- sketch
Shopping Our Stash #183 - use something new (epoxy glitter hearts)
Stampavie and more #228 - ribbon
Word Art Wednesday #165 - anything uplifting

5.5" x 4.25" Card Supplies:
Paper - CTMH Heartstrings, Pink Glitter Cardstock,
Stamp - Verve ( mine is a retired Plain Jane) now available in Scripture Medley 1
Ink - CTMH Black
Ebmbellishments - Heartstrings Picture My Life Card, Stuck on You Puffies, Red Glitter Ribbon (Michaels)

Truly Best Friends Card Using January Stamp of the Month

Temperatures are well below freezing here, single digits on the Fahrenheit temperature scale.  Australia and South Africa sound like nice places to visit during winter! Instead, I'm planning on staying inside and creating like many of you are doing! Like Philippians 4:8 says ; ; ;"whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things," making cards or gifts for friends is definitely more lovely!
Here's another card using the January Stamp of the Month and the Heartstrings paper. I also used two PML scrapbooking cards from the Heartstrings set. I matted the red heart on black glitter cardstock and added a strip of teal

I'm sharing this card with the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create #105 - anything goes (optional matching envelope)
Crafting Musketeers #21 - hats and/or valentine
Crafty Catz #260 - anything goes
Creative Corner - Be Mine
Polka Doodles Challenge - diagonal: sentiment, ribbon, polka dots

The Crafting Café January Challenge - lots of layers
The Sisters of Craft January Challenge - anything goes
The Paper Shelter - anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #164 - anything uplifting

Hugs and Kisses Mojo Monday Card

Now that it's January, we're having frigid weather with ice and snow on the way tonight. With everything gray outside, I love to work with bright, happy papers.  I think it's better to think of lovely things to make for friends than to focus on bad weather, a perfect example of Philippians 4:8: 
"Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."
For the next couple of days I'll be posting cards and a layout I'm making using the new CTMH Heartstrings paper pack and the January Stamp of the Month, "This Moment." The red background is a 4" x 6" PML card from the Heartstrings set.  I love the color combo in this set.

The banners were cut from some of the Paper Fundamentals to add a little variety to these papers. The sketch is the tall and skinny sketch from MOJO Monday #378 this week:

I heat embossed the hugs and kisses sentiment from the Heartstrings Cardmaking workshop stamp set.  The Pixie colored extra thick twine is one of my new playthings.  I used the first column down in this Polka Doodles Challenge.



Thank you for visiting. May God bless your crafting with lovely thoughts and things to share that will bless others in turn!

I'm sharing this card with the following challenges:
ABC Challenge - A=anything goes
Crafty Catz #260 - anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper January Challenge
Creative Corner - Be Mine
Divas By Design - anything goes
Mojo Monday #378 - sketch
Polka Doodles Challenge - bingo down - sentiment, more than 2 layers, wet embossing
Word Art Wednesday #164 - anything uplifting

Quick and Easy Christmas Cards

I recently sold more than 50 of my handmade Christmas cards and now need to replace more than that for myself. I found a really quick procedure to make them using some of my older My Mind's Eye card bases and the newer CTMH "Pear & Partridge" Picture My Life cards. The first set of PML cards I bought came with page protectors that have a variety of 4" x 6" and 3" x 4" arrays to be filled with the cards and photos. Now they've come out with sets you can buy without the page protectors, so I'm on my second set.

These are so fast, I'm totally sold on them! There are three of each 3" x 4" card in each set, meaning I can easily make two more cards after designing one.  I only added a contrasting mat, a small amount of coordinating Christmas paper and a simple embellishment or two. Here are a few samples:

I cut along the top edge of the sleigh so I could insert a "gift" with this message from a Verve stamp: "Christ the Savior is Born."

(The sentiment on the last card was stamped using a long-retired stamp from a long-retired company.)

My favorite Christmas style is traditional, with traditional colors like red and green, so the PML cards help with this style.
Thank you for visiting! Let us be thankful for this blessed holiday celebrating the birth of Christ the Savior.
I'm sharing this project with the following challenges:
As You Like It- favorite Christmas style (traditional/modern) & why
Aud Sentiments Challenge #120 - use a sentiment for any Dec. holiday
Christmas Stampin' All Year #38 - Anything goes (plus comments)
Crafting by Designs - Get Ready for Christmas
Scrapper's Delights Challenge #36 - anything goes/traditional Christmas
Winter Wonderland - Let's get sentimental

Pink Christmas Deer for Peace on Earth

City Crafters today have a challenge to make a card with a deer. Most of my life I enjoyed looking at deer in a field or in the woods. I've taken my share of photos of deer. They've always seemed graceful and peaceful to me, (except when they've eaten my newly planted bushes or bulbs. We had to put up a six foot fence around my vegetable garden so that they'd stop eating lettuce, strawberry plants, blackberry bushes, etc.) Yet, I still wanted to make this peaceful, feminine Christmas card.

I have a set of PML cards for Christmas scrapbooking, but I'm falling in love with them for card making. My pack of cards accidently had one extra 4" x 6" pink card with a deer, so I embossed one with polka dots, added liquid pearls on the dots to represent snow, and cut out another deer to pop dot it over the deer on the embossed card. The soft look of the deer encouraged me to add soft lace, organdy ribbon, and a sentiment about peace on earth
Thank you for visiting! May God bless you with His peace!

I'm sharing this card with the following challenges:

City Crafter Challenge #236 - use a deer on the project





Craft-Dee BowZ November challenge - anything goes with handmade bow
Craft Your Passion #238 - bright and sparkly
Creative Card Crew #74 - show Christmas Joy
Dream Valley - get ready for Christmas
Love to Create #140 - girly and lacy
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes with option of sparkle or glitter (my liquid pearls)
Through the Craft Room door - anything goes

Mojo Monday and September Stamp of the Month Card 2

Here is my second card using the Mojo Monday sketch this week, a black and white Picture My Life (PML) card, and the CTMH September Stamp of the Month. You can see the first one and what I used HERE.

 

I'm using the great colors inspired by the Craft Garden challenge this month. The background paper is from the CTMH Yuletide Carol collection. It's topped with the Glacier blue piece from the Fundamentals collection and the black and white PML card from the For Always collection. I will probably use some of the set of 122 cards for a wedding album, but since there are 2 each of the 4" x 6" cards and 3 each of the 3" x 4" cards I have plenty to play with when I make cards. I'm astounded by the variety of the two-sided cards. This one is one of the simplest. I stamped the hearts from the stamp of the month using Bamboo, Glacier, and Flaxen inks. The small puffy lagoon colored heart is from the Chalk It Up Assortment.

Here's the fun set of colors from The Craft Garden:

and the sketch I used from Mojo Monday

Here's the Stamp of the Month  I used. You can find it on my shopping site for $5 with a $50 purchase or get it at the regular price. If you're looking for ideas, I will be posting two more cards using this set.

Mojo Monday 361 and Stamp of the Month Card 1

I'm enjoying using the Close To My Heart September Stamp of the Month, especially with the new trend of using Picture My Life Cards with the new Paper Fundamentals collection.  

I trimmed the black and lace border a little so it would fit the sketch and the size of the hear. I stamped the word "Love" on the PML card, along with a few Glacier colored flowers from this National Stamping Month's #30 Years of Happy stamp set. (If you purchase $30 in stamps from my CTMH site, you get this stamp set of 30 images free. I stamped the heart image from the stamp of the month on a heart I cut out with the CTMH Cricut Artiste cartridge. I also cut one .25" larger using Ruby cardstock. The Black Shimmer trim and Black/Gray Epoxy Bubbles add some bling.

 

Here's a close-up of the bling:

Here's the Mojo Monday sketch I used this week:

I'm sharing this card with the following challenges:
4 Crafty Girlz #26 - anything goes
Crafting by designs September - anything goes
Mojo Monday #361 - sketch
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge #45 - anything goes

Totally Gorjuss #252 - Bling