Border Time Challenge at Creative Knockouts

It is Thursday and that means it it time for a new Creative Knockouts Challenge.  This week's challenge is Border Time and the wonderful sponsor is All Dressed Up.  Enter the challenge for a chance to win 2 images from our great sponsor.

I started with the image Jam Jars to create this Easter card.

Easter Blessings Card Recipe

I printed the Jam Jars image and colored it with Copic Markers.  I also did some highlights in white gel pen.  The Easter Blessings sentiment is from MSE.  The layers that created my borders are from Elizabeth Craft Designs.  I cut out each layer in a color that coordinated with the coloring in my image.  Finally, I added some glitter using a clear glitter pen.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  Consider entering the challenge at Creative Knockouts for a chance to win.

Tune in next time for another paper crafting or t-shirt project.  Have a great day and enjoy the journey and some chocolate.

April

Ruth 2:  19 Her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today? Where did you work? Blessed be the man who took notice of you!”

Then Ruth told her mother-in-law about the one at whose place she had been working. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.  

WOYWW 459 - A Big Ole Mess

It is Wednesday and that means it is time to take a picture of my desk and share it on Julia's Stamping Ground for WOYWW.  What is even more fun than that is stalking other crafter's desks to see what they have been up to.

Here is my messy messy desk this week.  No cleaning it up.

My craft room is a mess and I haven't cleaned it up yet.  Oliver is of course wreaking havoc on all the stuff lying around.  And my craft room has also been invaded by a small person.  She likes to take things our of cabinets, drawers and off carts and stack them on the tables.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in next time for another paper crafting or t-shirt project.  Have a great day and enjoy the journey and some chocolate.

April

Ruth 2:  18  She carried it back to town, and her mother-in-law saw how much she had gathered. Ruth also brought out and gave her what she had left over after she had eaten enough.

Nothing Goes Better with Cake Than More Cake

Lawn Fawn has come out a new paper release called Really Rainbow and as you know I love this paper.  I'm getting towards the end of the cards I've made which probably excites some of you.  But I don't care because I am in love with this paper.  I'm getting more so you will see it for as long as I can find the paper.

Nothing Goes Better with Cake Card Recipe

I actually came up with this design on my own.  After cutting up paper for the other card designs, I had these strips left over.  I stacked the strips on top of each other.  I matted these with a green card stock.  I cut the white card stock and stamped it with a sentiment from My Favorite Things.  The sentiment was matted with red card stock.  Matte enamel dots in red top off the card.  This card is special because I gave it to Veletta for her birthday.  And since it was for Veletta - there was a red mat on the inside of the card and also a stamped sentiment.

Thank you for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in next time for another paper crafting or t-shirt project.  Have a great day and enjoy the journey and some chocolate

April

Ruth 2:  17  So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed the barley she had gathered, and it amounted to about an ephah.

I Get Distracted by Shiny Things!

I was shopping at Wal-mart for the normal stuff....bananas, grapes, butter, Swiffer and cat litter.  I always walk through the women's clothing to see if they have any t-shirts on sale and that's when I found some shirts I hadn't paid attention to before.  This shirt is really soft and it's cut for a woman but is a relaxed fit.  I am loving this color and this shirt.  I bought 4 different colors and here is what I did with the first one.

I Get Distracted By Shiny Things T-shirt Recipe

I started with this great new shirt.  It's soft and such a fun purple.  I purchased the saying from the Silhouette Design Store.  I opened it in the Silhouette Studio software and started working on the colors.  As always I used the offsite tool to create an offsite around the saying.  I usually use .075 around my words.  It gives the saying just a little mat to make the words pop.  Most of the time I will cut the mat out in the same color.  Then I make the words different colors depending on which word I want to emphasize.  In this case Shiny and the stars are in glitter.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in next time for another paper crafting or t-shirt project.  Have a great day and enjoy the journey and some chocolate.

April

Ruth 2:  16  Even pull out some stalks for her from the bundles and leave them for her to pick up, and don’t rebuke her.”

I'm So Lucky

Yesterday was St. Patrick's Day, but I had a Send a Smile 4 Kids Design Team card to share so I am sharing my 'St. Patrick's Day' card today.  It's not officially a St. Patrick's Day card, but it is green and has a 4 leaf clover so it's close.

I'm So Lucky Card Recipe

I actually designed this card myself.  I must say that I was inspired by - you know who I am going to say - Jennifer McGuire.  I often times like to take Jennifer McGuire tutorials and adapt them to my cutting machines.  She did a video on See-through Die Cut Cards.  One of the cards was hearts that were stacked and they were cut using steel dies.  I created my own stacked clover using a Silhouette nested clover image and my Silhouette Cameo.  The sentiment comes from My Favorite Things.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in next time for another paper crafting or t-shirt project.  Have a great day and enjoy the journey and some chocolate.

April

Ruth 2:  15  As she got up to glean, Boaz gave orders to his men, “Let her gather among the sheaves and don’t reprimand her.

Cards 4 Boys - Send a Smile 4 Kids

It is the third Saturday of the month and that means it is time for a new challenge at the Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge blog.  The theme for this challenge is Anything Goes or Cards 4 Boys.  This challenge no longer has sponsors so you will be participating for pride not prize.    

Send a Smile 4 Kids charity is dedicated to collecting and distributing handmade cards to children who are inpatient at Children's Hospitals.  Please send us your handmade kids' cards for holidays, birthdays, and everyday cheer.  Help us put a smile on our kids' faces.

Here is the card I made for the Design Team for this challenge:

Card 4 a Boy Card Recipe

I had this background in my stash.  I made it with leftover Oxide Distress Inks on my craft mat.  Instead of wiping them up with a wipe or paper towel, I dabbed the ink on regular card stock.  I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder for the birthday embossing.  The balloons were in an unmarked plastic bag so I don't know who made it.  I die cut the image with white card stock and then with a left over watercolor background that was also in my stash.  The happy birthday sentiment is from Paper Smooches and the die cut tag is from My Favorite Things.  I matted the card front on a coordinating color of solid card stock.  Since it is for a guy, no glitter.

Consider entering the challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids and sending in your cards to bring a smile to a child in the hospital.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Tune in next time for another paper crafting or t-shirt project.  Have a great day and enjoy the journey and some chocolate.

April

Ruth 2:  14  At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here. Have some bread and dip it in the wine vinegar.”  When she sat down with the harvesters, he offered her some roasted grain. She ate all she wanted and had some left over. 

Crazy Doesn't Run In My Family

It Gallops.  LOL . I found this saying in the Silhouette Design Store and knew I must have it.  I also had some animal print pattern HTV that I thought would be perfect for this project.

Crazy Doesn't Run T-shirt Recipe

I brought the image into the Silhouette Studio V4 software and added an offset.  I really like the way the background vinyl allows the foreground vinyl to pop.  Although this animal print isn't quite the same as the horse to which the saying refers - I thought it was perfect.  I found some brown vinyl in my stash and thought that would make the perfect background vinyl . The foreground vinyl that isn't animal print is Siser Black Stretch.  The brown is Siser as well.  I don't know if the animal print is Siser or not.  I pressed the vinyl on a Gildan Ladies cut shirt in brown.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in next time for another paper crafting or t-shirt project.  Have a great day and enjoy the journey and some chocolate.

April

Ruth 2:  13   “May I continue to find favor in your eyes, my lord,” she said. “You have put me at ease by speaking kindly to your servant—though I do not have the standing of one of your servants.”

Every day may not be good

Yep - another card using a sketch and Lawn Fawn Really Rainbow paper.  I told you I wasn't getting tired of this paper.  I can't wait to get the 12 x 12 version!  Yay!

Every day may not be good Card Recipe

I used another card sketch along with the Lawn Fawn Really Rainbow paper pad.  blah blah blah . Same thing I have done for the last week.  Or more.  :-)

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in next time for another paper crafting or t-shirt project.  Have a great day and enjoy the journey and some chocolate.

April

Ruth 2:  12  May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord,the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”

WOYWW 458 - Entertaining

It is Wednesday and that means it is time to take a picture of my desk and share it on Julia's Stamping Ground blog.  Then it's time to go desk hopping in craft rooms around the world.  Virtually of course.

This is how you entertain a 2 year old in your craft room.

Oliver trying to eat my Starburst Jelly Beans.  Nothing is Sacred.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in next time for another paper crafting or t-shirt project.  Have a great day and enjoy the journey and some chocolate.

April

Ruth 2:  11   Boaz replied, “I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband—how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know before. 

Get Your Party On

Loving this Lawn Fawn Rainbow colored 6 x 6 paper pad.  These colors are so bright and cheery.  They make card making easy and those colors are appropriate for so many occasions.

Get Your Party On Card Recipe

You know I've been loving this Lawn Fawn Really Rainbow Paper pad.  I can't wait to get another pad.  I found a sketch and came up with this card.  The sentiment is from My Favorite Things.  I actually put Happy Birthday on the inside of the card;  Veletta will be so proud.  This must be the year of rainbow colors because Lawn Fawn came out with this release and my mystery block of the month club quilt uses primary colors, too.  This is going to be a good year.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in next time for another paper crafting or t-shirt project.  Have a great day and enjoy the journey and some chocolate.

April

Ruth 2:  10  At this, she bowed down with her face to the ground. She asked him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me—a foreigner?”

You Aren't Normal - I Like That

At craft Saturday a couple weeks ago I brought my new Lawn Fawn 6 x 6 paper pad, some sentiment stamps, some solid color card stock and sketches and went to work.  I made 11 cards which is pretty good for me.  What's more unusual is I liked all of them.

You Aren't Normal Card Recipe

This is going to sound like a broken record.  Card Sketch, Lawn Fawn Really Rainbow 6 x 6 paper pad and a sentiment.  Along with some enamel dots.  Yep - just that simple.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in next time for another paper crafting or t-shirt project.  Have a great day and enjoy the journey and some chocolate.

April

Ruth 2:  9   Watch the field where the men are harvesting, and follow along after the women. I have told the men not to lay a hand on you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and get a drink from the water jars the men have filled.”