A|Muse - Seasonal Branch - Wedding

Happy Sunday!

Today I have a wedding card to share.  Mark came home last week and asked if I would make a wedding card for a young engineer in their group who just got married.  No one was invited to the wedding, but yet they thought they should have a card and gift card for him when he gets back from his honeymoon. 

So, what kind of card do you make for a male co-worker?  I went with a set I've had for years - Seasonal Branch from A|Muse, which unfortunately is no longer in business. Since it was a Fall wedding, I went with colorful Fall leaves.  Then, added a couple die cut birds (Memory Box - Resting birds) to the branch and a heart.  It was good to use things I already had and I hadn't used the birds yet either.  The Congratulations is from Our Daily Bread, discontinued, and I think they are now called Divinity Designs. 

The ink colors are PaperTrey ink - Dark Chocolate, Pure Poppy, Terracotta Tile, Ripe Avocado and Summer Sunrise.  PTI papers White, Dark Chocolate, Spring Rain (birds) and Pure Poppy (Heart).

Thanks for stopping by...

Blessings to you,

Deb

Our Daily Bread - For Unto You

Merry Christmas!

Today, I have this years Christmas card.  I used a stamp I've had for a few years, from Our Daily Bread Stamps. The set is 'For Unto You' and is a chalkboard stamp.  I made 75 cards this year and started late, after Thanksgiving, so I tried to keep it simple.

I stamped the chalkboard image with dark indigo ink on 3.5 x 4.25" white cardstock, then trimmed the image to an equal white border.  Tied a white ribbon around the base card and added the image panel.  Lastly, I added the gem over the center of the star in the image.  It went pretty quick with my husbands help with assembly and getting the envelopes ready with address labels and stamp.

Cardstock - PTI Dark Indigo and White

Ink - PTI Dark Indigo

Darice Clear Crystal Gem

1/4" White grosgrain ribbon (Papermart.com)

Wishing you a Christmas and New Year filled with 

Jesus' goodness, peace, comfort and Love.

Thanks for stopping by...

Blessings,

Deb

Thanksgiving 2014

Happy Thanksgiving!

I had grand plans this year to hand color and add stitching to my Thanksgiving cards this year. Sadly, I only got 10 done, however that was enough for the Homebound ministry this month. 

The set is Thankful Song from Our Daily Bread Stamps.  I used the verse inside the card.

    

The image was colored with Copic marker (E31, E33, E35, E37, YR12, YR16, YR18, R24) and the background is blue chalk. The cardstock is PTI Terracotta Tile, Vintage Cream and Dark Chocolate.  I added some stitching with my sewing machine and ivory thread.  The twine is from Fun Stampers Journey.

Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Blessings,

Deb

2013: A Year in Review

Hi All,

With 2013 coming to a close, I thought I would take a look back at the many cards I made this past year.  Here is a count down of my favorite cards and shops.  

January

 

Clover Dancing with Dragonflies by Pollycraft

Image available at Little Miss Muffet 

February

The Angel Company - Music Washes

 Image available at RRD

April

  Taylored Expressions - Tick Tock

PaperTrey Ink - The Sweet Life

May

Our Daily Bread - Apron & Tools

June

Milk Coffee - Michelle in Hot Air Balloon

 July

Sassy Cheryl's Stamps - Quiet Inspiration

August

Mabelle RO - Garden Joy

September

Little Miss Muffet - Molly and Khloe

October

The Crafts Meow - Birthday Pun

Stamp set no longer available :(

November

Simon Says Stamp! - Give Thanks

December

Sparkle Creations - Cowgirl Chloe

This past year, I discovered some new and fabulous artists, illustrators and shops.  Some are new, opened in 2013, but others have been around for some time. 

  

A Random Fan

 

Big Head Stamps

Bugaboo

Doodle Pantry

Oak Pond Creations

 Sassy Studio

 

 

Stamp Fairy

Stampers Anonymous

Verve

So happy that many of the shops I'm featuring today will be sponsoring Sketch Saturday in 2014. :D

Thanks so much for stopping by and looking at some of my favorites of 2013.

Hope you have a fun and safe New Year holiday!

Blessings,

Deb

Sketch Saturday Challenge #289

Happy Saturday!

A new sketch challenge this week at Sketch Saturday - choose any sketch 215 to 288 - our version of anything goes!  Our sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp! and the prize is $25 gift certificate.   This challenge goes 2 weeks!  We are off next week for Christmas.

I used Sketch #251: 

I made it into a 4 x 8" card.  This a Fall card I created for the homebound ministry.

Supplies --
Image: Clearly Digi Stamps Pre-colored Autumn Blessings 
Stamps: Our Daily Bread Leaf Background and Autumn Blessings
Inks: PTI Kraft, Ripe Avocado and Dark Chocolate 
Cardstock: PTI Canyon Clay, Kraft, Ripe Avocado, Dark Chocolate
Dies: Nestabilities Circles, Labels 3, My Favorite Things Fishtail Flags

Thanks for stopping by...
Blessings,
Deb

Thanksgiving Card 2013

Hi All,

Just a quick post.  I had a day off work Monday and managed to get my Thanksgiving cards designed and made. I made 30 total, which felt like I really accomplished something, now to get them addressed and sent. 

This card combined 2 stamp sets The Crafts Meow "As We Gather Together" (pumpkin, turkey and sentiment) and Our Daily Bread "Autumn Blessings" (acorns and leaf).

I found this great sketch from Unscripted Sketches and thought the layout was just perfect for these sets.

 

Supplies --

Stamps sets: TCM "As We Gather Together" and ODB "Autumn Blessings"

Cardstock: PTI Kraft, Canyon Clay, Ripe Avocado, Dark Chocolate

Ink: PTI Canyon Clay, Ripe Avocado, Dark Chocolate

Corner rounder punch

Next thing on my list for the weekend after getting Thanksgiving cards mailed - Christmas cards.  Only need about 80 of those - LOL.

Thanks for stopping by....

Blessings,

Deb

Sketch Saturday Challenge #267

There is a new sketch challenge at Sketch Saturday.  I have the Father's Day card I sent my dad this year.  It would be a great masculine birthday card too.

 

The sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp!  The prize is a $25 store voucher, which will go to the winner of Sketch Challenge #267. 

All images are welcome at Sketch Saturday, all you have to do is follow the sketch.  Here is Sketch #267 (Created by Jen):

  

The image I used today is from Our Daily Bread "The Waves on the Sea", which was part of the May release.  I also used the Fishing net background which was part of a Fishing Bundle.  This card was pretty straight forward, I did manipulate the sketch a bit - shortening it. 

To create the sun, I used one of the peel off papers from a pop dot, believe it or not.  I find them all over the house - LOL.  I used some repositionable adhesive to place it in the sky.  Then, I used a blender fluid and Q-tip technique, to color the sun, sky and sea.  You soak the Q-tip with blender fluid and go over the sky.  Then add a drop of reinker to the other side of the Q-tip and create a nice soft wash of color.  The sun is YR21 and YR23.  The sky is BG10, sadly perhaps a bit subtle for my camera.  

Supplies -- 

Stamps: Our Daily Bread "The Waves on the Sea" & "Fishing Net Background"

Patterned papers: My Mind's Eye Hattie

Cardstock: Bazzill Cheddar

Dies: Nestabilities Ovals and Labels 18

Ink: Memento Black

Copic Colors: BG10, BG70, BG72, BG75, YR21, YR23, E70, E74, E79, W5, 0

You can see all the DT's lovely creations and enter the sketch challenge HERE.

Challenges:
Baffies Kreativladen - water
Stamp n Doodle - oceans or the sea
Paper Minutes - Anything Goes
Through the craftroom door - Anything Goes
Just Add Ink - Just add --- Water
QKR Stampede - Let's go fishing
Sweet Pea Stamps - For Men/Boys
Crazy for Challenges - Marine life
Color Me Creative - Use Copics
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Colors or sea and sand


Thanks for stopping by...

Blessings,

Deb

Our Daily Bread - Apron and Tools

Today, I have a couple shape cards. This Apron and Tools die is from Our Daily Bread and was released in March.  It is such a fun die and there were so many awesome samples from ODB design team I had to get it.

 

 I made two versions of the card, a baking apron

and a gardening apron, which use all the tools in the set.

Supplies --

Die: Our Daily Bread Apron and Tools

Patterned Papers: Lilybee designs "Double Dutch"

Cardstock: PTI White, Bazzill Parakeet and Hopi

Tools: Crop-a-Dile 

Copic Colors: E31, E33, W1, W2, W4

Ribbon from my stash

Challenges:
Crafty Ribbons Challenge - Anything Goes with ribbon
Delightful Challenges - Add Ribbon 
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
Our Creative Corner - Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Totally Papercrafts - Shape Cards 

Thanks for stopping by...

Blessings,

Deb