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It's Anything Goes This Week

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This week's theme is anything goes.  It's gonna get all crazy up in here.  :-)

To start off the week I pulled out an image from Stamps by Judith and Heather.  I'd colored it a while back, but hadn't put it on a card.  I have a task on my to do list to make sympathy cards for my stash - so I decided to check that one off.

I colored the image with Tombow markers.  I stamped the rocks and grass on the original card and then stamped it again.  I fussy cut the additional stamped rocks and grass and put it on top of the original stamped rocks and grass to give the card a 3D look.  I stitched around the outer edge of the card with my sewing machine.

Thank you for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in tomorrow for some more anything goes.

April

James 1:13 - 14  When tempted, no one should say, 'God is tempting me.'  For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed.

Thankful for Kitties

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Dee has been a crafting machine this week.  She made this cute little card for this week's thankful theme.  

Check it out:

Card Recipe for Thankful:

This card is all made of "My Favorite Things" from the Craft Inn. Kitty cats stamp and die set is new Cat-itude, colored with Copics and Wink of Stella, Boutique Window, Sentiment stamp "Pure Innocence Thankful Friends." MFT Brick wall stencil inked with Tim Holtz Distress inks.

Thank you for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in tomorrow for a thankful wrap up.

Have a great day and enjoy the journey.

April

1 Chronicles 29:11  Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the spendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours.  Yours Lord, is the kingdom;  you are exalted as head over all.

Thankful - Flower Thank You Card

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This week's blog theme is thankful.  Dee has been feeling extra crafty this week.  And I am thankful for that because my week has been crazy with being out of town last weekend.  Then on Monday I had 4 birthday cards to make for someone at work and 35 invitations to make for my daughter's baby shower.  Tuesday night I worked until midnight.  Wednesday I had to finish up the invitations for my daughter's shower.  So today - I am collapsing!  ;-)

Here is Dee's latest creation:

Card Recipe:

Image stamp from Dare 2B Artzy. Sentiment from Tim Holtz, Crazy Talk. Background colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush. Flower petals are lightly colored over with white Wink of Stella.

Thank you for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in tomorrow for another thankful project.

April

1 Peter 1:8 - 9  Though you have not seen him, you love him;  and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving by the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

Thankful for You Card

The theme on the blog this week is thankful in honor of the month of Thanksgiving here in the US.  Diane has been busy in her craft room and has created a lovely fall thankful card.

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Diane used a stamp and die set from Dare2BArtzy to create this cute card.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in tomorrow for another thankful project.

Have a great day and be inspired.

April

1 Peter 2:  15 - 16  For it is God's will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil;  live as God's slaves.

WOYWW 336 - CCRRRAAAAZZZZYYYYY

I want to take a moment to say thank you to our United States Veterans.  You have made living in freedom possible.  I am grateful for the sacrifices that you have made and will make in the future.  God bless every one of you. 

It is Wednesday and if you're a regular - you know what that means!  I take a picture of my mess - uh - I mean my desk and I share it on Julia's Stamping Ground for all the world to see.  But what is even more fun is that I get to go snooping around my other peep's messes - uh - I mean desks.  :-)

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I am off to snoop.  

Thank you for stopping by today.  Tune in tomorrow for some more thankful themed projects.

Have a great day and enjoy the journey.

April

Philippians 2: 3 - 4  Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit.  Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

Thankful

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The blog theme this week is 'thankful'.  I was out of town this weekend and did not get to do much crafting for this week's theme.  Fortunately Dee was thinking about me and made this adorable card.

We're thankful for our friends - at least I am.  I am also thankful for my furry friends.  They do not argue with me and they are always glad to see me.

Card Recipe:  Thankful
Image is Art Impressions (from Michaels) colored with Copics. Sentiment from
My Favorite Things Cat-itude. Card stock from stash.

Thank you for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in tomorrow for WOYWW.

April

Romans 12:1  Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God - this is true and proper worship.

Christmas Will Be Here Before You Know It

Thank goodness Dee spent some more time in her craft room.  She used Lawn Fawn and made another adorable card.

Card Recipe

"Season's Tweetings"

Images, Sentiment and paper from Lawn Fawn. Colored with Copics and Wink of Stella. Scattered snowflakes from Recollections. Snow drifts die from My Favorite Things used at bottom of card with Sentiment.

Thank you for stopping by the blog today.  Tune next week for a new theme.

Have a great day and be inspired.

April

Psalm 95:1 - 2  Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord;  let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.  Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.

Glittery Christmas Fun

I have used this stamp several times already and intend to use it even more.  It is a poinsettia stamp from Stampendous with the matching dies.  The dies are great and cut right on the line of the stamped image.  I didn't use the dies for this project - I used glitter!

I heat embossed the flower on my cardstock.  I colored the image with Tombow markers (I know!  Right!)  I added Art Glitter in Christmas Red and Green and Yellow.  I then layered the colored image on red and green and added some green stitching with my sewing machine.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in next week for a new theme.  I am going to be Atlanta to a Silhouette Conference this weekend.

Have a great day and enjoy the journey.

April

Psalm 25:15  My eyes are ever on the Lord, for only he will release my feet from the snare.

A Little Bit More Christmas

Dee has been in her craftroom working on a Christmas project.  She, like me, loves to make Christmas stuff.  :-)

Here is her cute little card:

Card Recipe:

'Owl I Want for Christmas'

Stamp and die set is from Lawn Fawn.  The images were colored with Copic markers and Wink Of Stella white pen.  The We R Memory Keepers Fust tool was used to make the shaker part of the card with snowflakes, trees and Christmas lights insid.  The little hearts were heat embossed.  Dee topped it off with Lawn Fawn gold sparkle hemp twine.

This is the inside of the card.

View with shaker material shaken.

Thank you for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in tomorrow for some more Christmas in November.

Have a great day and be inspired.

April

John 8:12  When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, 'I am the light of the world.  Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.'

Creative Knockouts - Lace/Ribbon/Twine

This week's challenge on Creative Knockouts is to use lace, ribbon or twine.  The sponsor for the challenge is Sami Stamps.  Check out the site - she has some awesome digital stamps.

 

This is my creation for the design team for this challenge.

 

Card Recipe:

I used the Butterfly Flower Digi from Sami Stamps.  As is typical, I pulled it into the Silhouette Designer Studio software.  At that point I used Trace and Detach.  I think I lost some of my image when I did that, but I do still like the way it looks.  I used my Zig Clean Brush markers to color the image.  I added some Art Glitter to the flower and the butterfly to give them some sparkle.  I used a new 'wonky die' from My Favorite Things which is part of their November 2015 release.  I added a 'hugs' sentiment from Paper Smooches.  The twine is from Fun Stampers Journey.

Go check out the challenge and enter one of your creations.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in tomorrow for some Christmas in November.

Have a great day and be inspired.

April

Psalm 119:32 - 33  Turn to me and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name. Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me.

WOYWW 335 - Almost Clean

Well, it's Wednesday and if you're a regular follower of my blog you know that means that I take a picture of my desk and share it on The Stamping Ground.  But what is more fun than that - hard to believe I know - is that there are other links to desks from around the world.  It is a craft mojo festival.

Here is my desk this week.  I've actually wrapped up some projects - so you can actually see the top!

Thank you for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in tomorrow for some more Christmas projects.

Have a great day and enjoy the journey.

April

Psalm 18:2  The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;  my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Not So Traditional Christmas Colors

This week we're celebrating Christmas.  I took a class last week where I learned to use glitter.  Previously because I donated my cards to Operation Write Home, I didn't use glitter at all.  Now that Operation Write Home is no longer accepting cards, I can delve into the world of glitter.

I used a Northwoods stamp and Tombow markers to stamp and color the image.  Then I added Art Glitter.

As you can see I made this a shaker card.  Well maybe you can't, but I did.  My shaker material is sticking together  -  :-(  But I can just leave it in the corner and I like the way it looks.  I used the yellow on the front to bring out the yellow glitter on the church windows.

Thank you for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in tomorrow for WOYWW.  

Have a great day and be inspired.

April

Hebrews 6:10  God is not unjust;   he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Everywhere you go there will now be Christmas decorations.  I will be surfing my satellite radio for the Christmas music 24/7.  I LOVE Christmas.  So in honor of the upcoming holiday - this week's theme is Christmas.

Jenny is going to start us off.

Card Recipe:

This beauty was made using a 1 1/4 inch square punch.  Then the squares were cut into triangles.  After she cut the squares she used a circle embossing folder to add a little dimension.  It looks like a beautiful handmade quilt.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in tomorrow for another Christmas project.

Have a great day and enjoy the journey.

April

1 John 1:7  But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his son, purifies us from all sin.