Another Shaped Card with a Blessing

This week my yard is colorful with yellow daffodils and forsythia, lilac and pink hyacinths, and pink and white apricot tree blossoms. Spring is my favorite time of year to be outside in my yard. I am so blessed by the beauty of God's creations. I am so very thankful, as well, for the generous rain we've received lately in our drought-stricken area.

I made this shaped card with an image I printed to use last week for Twist of Faith's "New Life" challenge, but changed my mind. The girl with the watering can, "Mary, Mary," is from Michelle Perkett Studio. I combined her with the verse from Our Daily Bread Designs, Psalm 115:15:

"May you be Blessed by the Lord, the Maker of Heaven and Earth."

Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light Challenge is to make a card shaped other than a rectangle or square. Twist of Faith, Crafty Creations, and 365 Cards Day 99 also have that same challenge. I used this card shape from the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge. I sized it to fit a 5" x 7" envelope.

 

Sometimes I find it hard to know what size to cut something on the Cricut and have to try it out with scrap paper first. This time the card base was easier than the mat, which I precut with scrap paper after making a good guess. First I selected the Oval5 Card feature and cut the Buttercup cardstock at 7." The Basic Grey "Sugar Rush" floral mat was cut at 4.75." Sometimes I don't like the tiny slit made by the Cricut to show you where to fold, but this time I used the slit to thread the ribbon  and tie it all the way around the front of the card.

 

The edges of the card were lightly inked with Sunset ink. The rounded light green cardstock was embossed with the Sizzix Swirly Vines and Hearts embossing folder. I stamped the verse which came from Our Daily Bread Designs' set, "Happy Birthday."  The edges were inked with Petal ink and it was pop dotted on a Buttercup mat, inked with Sunset.

 

I added some tiny Prima spring blossoms for this girl to water. I inked white ones using an Amethyst stamp pad. CTMH Pink Glitter Gems were added to the centers of the blossoms.

 

Thanks for visiting and may you also be blessed by God's beautiful creations.



I'm sharing this card with the following challenges:
365 Cards, Day 99 - Shapely
Clear It Out - Spring is Coming (stash to clear out - flowers - mine are at least 6 years old)
Crafting for All Seasons #49 - Floral Delight
Crafting by Designs - Spring Flowers
Crafty Creations #217 - No Squares
Creative Belli #167 - Pastel Colors (used forgotten flowers I'd bought in a big jar in 2007)
Die Cuttin' Divas #110 - Pastel Colors + die cuts
Fab 'n' Funky #166 - Spring Colors
Going Grey with Scrap Creations - Flower Power
Happy Campers #14 - Flower Power
MilkCoffee - Welcome Spring
My Heart Pieces - Spring or Easter
Our Daily Bread Designs Shining The Light #145 - Other than a Classic Square or Rectangle
Simon Says Stamp - April showers and/or Spring Flowers
Word Art Wednesday #75 - anything goes with encouraging or uplifting verse


 

Perfect Sentiments Challenge #74 - Sweet Treats

Last week I had three birthday celebrations. I was actually supposed to go to a fourth one for a grandson until I got a bad migraine. I heard that 17 kids came to the skating party in a very crowded skating rink-definitely migraine atmosphere. My daughter was surprised because many of the kids weren't invited - the party was spread among kids on his baseball team. Obviously, birthdays are big events for kids! What warmed my heart the most was that my grandson asked after the party where I was. He missed me! That's really sweet for a shy seven-year old boy who was just overwhelmed by lots of friends. It didn't matter to him that I'd come down on his actual birthday to do things with him and to bring his gift. I made this card with his sweetness in mind.

Our challenge at The Perfect Sentiment this week is:

CREATE A CARD FOR THE OCCASION OF YOUR CHOICE USING SOMETHING SWEET...CUPCAKES, CANDY, ICECREAM, ETC. DON'T FORGET TO INCLUDE YOUR SENTIMENT ON THE FRONT.

Our sponsor is Meljen's Designs who will have 4 free digis for one lucky winner.

I used one of Meljen's Designs birthday images that is just too cute! I thought this image was perfect for little boys with that mouse coming out of the cake! My color combination also had my grandsons in mind. The Close To My Heart sentiment that I used was perfect for our Sweet Treats challenge.

I placed Bitty Blue green sparkles on the dots that were on the digi image. Stars cut from silver glitter paper finished the sparkly effect.

I'm sharing this card with the following challenges:
City Crafter #154 - Happy Birthday!
Digital Tuesday Challenge #205 - for Boys (using a digi)
Dream Valley #54 - Happy Birthday
Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT - A card for a child or teen
Love to Scrap #2 - Recipe: 3 or more layers (5), 2 patterned papers (dots and stripes), 1 image
My Craft Spot Monday Challenge #94 - Cute Critters
One Stop Craft #223 - Birthdays
Stamp with Fun #206 - Birthdays
The Crafting Café - Let's Celebrate
Totally Gorjuss #178 - Anything goes with Sparkle




 

Twist of Faith #32 - Shaped Cards

This week at Twist of Faith our challenge is

SHAPED CARDS!
(Not our normal square or rectangle cards please!)

Your creation should also include a scripture,

uplifting verse or positive words/quote

Pauline shared this verse on Twist of Faith for the idea of God "shaping" us:

"O LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand" (Isaiah 64:8). 

Our sponsor is Digi Darla's Designs! Our random prize winner will receive their choice of  FIVE images! 

I used one of her darling images on my card, "Nature's Friend," because I wanted my card to express the joy God gives me when I'm outside in HIS created nature. Actually, I kept singing in a children's song in my head that came from Nehemiah.  It keeps repeating the words "The joy of the Lor-or-or-ord is my strength." So I had to look up the verse reference and use this one.

My shaped card was cut using Cricut Art Philosophy, which has lots of different shaped cards. This shape went best with my image. Although it has one side that is folded, I've found you can add ribbon or cut one of the complete shapes from that key and glue it over the folded one to hide the fold. I cut Square4 Card using the Fit to Page feature, which made it 5.5."Then I cut a decorative frame for that shape using the floral paper from Graphic45's "Once Upon a Springtime." Because I had already printed my image, I cut two different sizes of the yellow paper and traced the smallest one that fit on my image and cut it out with scissors. The pattern became my writing area for the inside of the card. The other larger one became the yellow mat for my image. None of my ovals fit my verse, but I've found I can trace the outer edge of the oval sometimes when it fits and cut it out with scissors. (Dies and Cricut cartridges have spoiled me and sometimes I forget I can trace and cut!)

I added Prima flowers, leaves, CTMH old Olive organdy ribbon and Mocha Opaque pearls, and two swirly leaf die cuts I made using a Spellbinder's die, "Foliage Two."

Thank you for visiting. Please check out the samples by the rest of the design team at Twist of Faith. I'd love to see your creations!

I'm sharing this card with the following challenges:
Card Mania #18 - Punches and/or Die Cuts
Hiding in My Craft Room #92 - Yellow, Green, and Pink
House of Gilli #51 - anything goes with Flowers and/or Ribbon
MilkCoffee Challenge - Anything but square
Stamps and Fun = Creativity #146 - Girl
The Squirrel and the Fox #41 - Inspired by a Song or Movie ("The joy of the Lord is my strength")
Whimsical Designs - Shaped cards
Word Art Wednesday #74 - anything goes with encouraging or uplifting verse


 

Tiny Dinos Birthday Cards

Today I was sick and didn't get to see four of my grandsons at a birthday skating party 60 miles away. So thinking of them, I decided I'd start making some sets of cards for their teachers in the Christian school as an end-of-the-year thank you gift. I know they don't get paid much and like to write notes and give birthday cards to the kids. Here are two of the cards I made using a fun digi set, Tiny Dinos,  from Clear Dollar Stamps and this week's sketch from Unscripted Sketches.

I printed both colored images (to use later) and outline images, which I colored with Copics. The set includes some great polka dot and striped papers in the colors I used. I punched out the dino with a 2.5" circle punch and mounted it on a Lagoon pointy circle that I cut using Cricut Art Philosophy at 2.8" The second card used the same sized shapes, with a Sunset Cricut diecut.

To assemble the cards, I printed the sentiment on a 4" x 6" piece of cardstock. Then I embossed the part above the sentiment using a Cuttlebug folder that reminds me of bumpy skin, even though we don't know what kind of skin dinosaurs really had and that the folder was called tiny bubbles.  My second card uses the Cuttlebug Happy Birthday folder. I attached three rows of ric rac on each card in a coordinating color. I had these wound on ribbon holders, so I don't know the source. I did use the red sticky tape to hold the ric rac in place on back and to help adhere those spots to the card base.

After I finished I reminded myself that I should make more Clean and Simple cards like these just so I can make more, especially for gifts!

Thank you for visiting!

I'm sharing these cards with the following challenges:
Unscripted Sketch #205
Aud Sentiments Challenge #77 - for a child
Dutch Dare #211 - Birthday Fun
Crafting By Design - All about animals
Crafty Catz #177 - Anything Goes
Inky Impressions #104 - for a child
Simply Create Too #34 - Animals
A Gem of a Challenge #74 - animals
One Stop Craft #223 - Birthday
Simon Says Stamp - Happy Birthday

5.5" x 4.25" Birthday Cards Recipe:
Images and Sentiment - CDS "Tiny Dinos"
Paper - CTMH Lagoon, Sunset, White Daisy cardstock; DCWV precolored card base
Copic Markers- B000, B02, G02, G20, G24, YG03, YG41, E34, E35, R01, YR04, Y17
Accents - ric rac from stash
Tools - printer, Cuttlebug embossing folders "Tiny Bubbles" and "Happy Birthday," Cricut and Art Philosophy cartridge






 

Sending You Sunshine and Smiles

 When I saw the challenge at Can You Digi It to pick a season, I knew I'd need to pick SUMMER because it's the farthest one from Winter! We've finally had no snow this week, several days of sunshine, and my daffodils are blooming! The rebirth of my bulbs and fruit tree blossoms is always a reminder to me of God's promise of life after death.

I chose a sunflower digi from Clear Dollar Stamps that I love and paired it with Graphic45's French Country papers.

 Here's the great sketch I used from Bearly Mine:

6" Square Card Recipe:
Digi Stamps - Clear Dollar Stamps "Sunshine and Smiles"
Papers - Graphic45 "French Country," Close To My Heart Sunflower and Colonial White cardstock
Copic Markers - B00, Y13, Y21,YR61, YR02, YG03, YG63, G85, E13, E18, E25, E35, 0 BLENDER
Ink - CTMH Garnet (sponged on edges)
Accents - American Crafts twill, CTMH flowers and accents, CTMH butterflies from retired chipboard accents
Tools - printer

I'm sharing this card with the following challenges:
Bearly Mine - Sketch
Can You Digi It #32 - pick a season (mine is late summer when sunflowers bloom)
Card Crafter's Circle #69 - Bugs
CCEE1314 - Things with Wings
Crafting for All Seasons #49 - Floral Delight
Crafty Ribbons Challenge #42 - Anything goes with ribbon
Creative Moments #14 - Things with wings
Flutterby Wednesdays #234 - flowers (always with butterflies or fairies)
Happy Campers #14 - Flower power

PSC73 - Sympathy or Thinking of You

This week at The PerfectSentiments Challenge #73 we’d like you to create a card with a sentiment of Sympathy or Thinking of You.

Our sponsor this week is Robyn's Fetish who will award 5 free digis to a lucky winner. Many of our design team used digis from Robyn's Fetish in their cards today. Be sure you check them out.

 

Easter Sunday I saw the first daffodil open in my yard. Today I saw more. There is something so soothing and exciting when new life emerges in the spring. I seem to need a lot of sympathy cards for older adults, so I chose to make one with a floral image from Graphic 45's Botanicabella paper pack. I chose my color palette from those blooming bulbs.

 

The background cardstock was embossed with the Cuttlebug folder called "Poppies" which also came with a strip of embossing folder that I used on the Petal cardstock strip. I used three dies made by Spellbinder's Nestabilities. The reddish Tulip cardstock was cut with the Lacey Ovals.  I used a very dark purple Bazzill to cut the Fleur de Lis Rectangle and the Colonial White journaling spot was cut with their Scalloped Oval. The sentiment is from Close To My Heart.

 

The sketch came from Mojo Monday's Contest sketch #287.

 

Thank you for visiting. Now I'd love to see your creations at The Perfect Sentiments Challenge.

I'm sharing this card with the following challenges:

Mojo Monday #287 - sketch

City Crafter #153 - anything goes plus special item- mine is from Linda's - embossing folders

LEJ Designs #47 - Your favorite style (vintage)

Lexi's Creations #87 - punches or DIES

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes ( I didn't use optional extra kraft cs)

 

 

Twist of Faith #31 - New Life

I hope you had a lovely Easter weekend. This week at Twist of Faith our challenge theme is:

NEW LIFE!

(Think Spring, New Baby, or a renewal for you!)

Your creation should also include a scripture,

uplifting verse or positive words/quote

 

Our Sponsor is  Michelle Perkett Studio. I used one of her "girly" images called "Rose" because she reminds me of one of my granddaughters.

 

 

I thought I was using this sketch from I(heart)sketches #12. After I made the card and came to my larger computer screen I saw the lines on the left that didn't show up when I was making it in the other room. But I still want to give them credit. Both of the pink rose papers were from Graphic 45's "Little Darlings." The pink cardstocks are current, but the gingham ribbon is retired, all from Close To My Heart. I used Spellbinder's Nestabilities Scalloped and Floral Ovals for the die cuts. The roses and the green polka dotted designer paper are from my stash.

 

 

I chose a Scripture verse I love for the sentiment. What a joy and blessing to know that Christ takes away to old habits and sins and makes us new again. This will be an important message for me to pass along to my granddaughter. I typed the word art and saved it as a jpg file if you'd like to have it. Just click on it to make it larger, then right click to do a "save as." You'll probably have to resize it to fit your creation.

 

 

Thank you for visiting. I'd love to see your creations showing New Life: Spring, New Baby, or Renewal at Twist of Faith.

 

I'm sharing this card with the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge #73 - make it cute

Crafts 4 Eternity #117 - Cute as you like

Digi Makeover Challenge #82 - Anything Goes using a digi

Forever Friends Fortnightly Challenge #58 - Girls

House of Gilli #51 - Anything Goes with flowers and/or ribbon

Lexi's Creations #87 - Punches and/or Dies

Stamp and Create April - Use at least one die cut
Word Art Wednesday #73 - anything goes with scripture or uplifting verse