Happy Mother's Day

It is Mother's Day in the U.S. and that means today's post will be a Mother's Day Card.  My Mom is the best Mom ever to me.  I don't want to start an argument with anyone about how their Mother is better.  This isn't actually the card she is getting - I've already posted that one.  (blush).  But I would gladly give her this card.

Mom You Are the Best Card Recipe

This card started with a background technique.  I used a Taylored Expressions stencil to create this background and you will see that pattern in the future, too.  Using painter's tape, I taped the stencil over a piece of watercolor card stock.  I colored with a hot pink Zig Clean Color Clear Brush marker.  I left the stencil in place and spritzed with water.  Then I just left it to dry.  I trimmed it down to 5.25 x 4 inches and matted it in a coordinating hot pink solid card stock.  MOM is a die from Taylored Expressions which was cut out in the same hot pink solid card stock and some fun foam.  Card stock was glued on the fun foam to give Mom dimension.  You are the best is from another Taylored Expressions stamp set and it was stamped in Versamark on pink solid card stock.  A tag die from My Favorite Things was used to cut out the white embossed sentiment.  Enamel hearts from TE topped off the card.  

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  Give your Mom a hug if she is still here on this Earth with us.  And give yourself a hug if you are a Mom - you deserve it.  Have a great day and enjoy the journey and some chocolate.

April

Esther 1:  1  -  3  This is what happened during the time of Xerxes,[a] the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush[: 2 At that time King Xerxes reigned from his royal throne in the citadel of Susa, 3 and in the third year of his reign he gave a banquet for all his nobles and officials. The military leaders of Persia and Media, the princes, and the nobles of the provinces were present.

Sorry for Your Loss

My least favorite cards to make are the most important that I have to make.  I make sympathy cards to share with my friends who have lost someone that I am thinking about them.

Sorry for Your Loss Card Recipe

This is not the original planned design.  I started cutting out a background of butterflies using my Cricut Explore, but that did not turn out.  In the meantime,  I scribbled some yellow Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker down on some watercolor card stock.  I spritzed some water on it so it would blend.  I used a new Taylored Expressions butterfly die set to cut out the small butterflies.  I colored the butterflies with Zig Clean Color Real brush marker in my favorite blue.  I spritzed them with water, too.  The sentiment is from My Favorite Things and was stamped on yellow card stock with Versamark Ink and heat set with white Nuvo Embossing Powder.  The mat is a watercolor yellow from Lawn Fawn.  I hope the card brought some peace to my friend who lost his mother.

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

Galatians 1:  7  which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. 

Happy Birthday to You

Jennifer McGuire recently did a blog post and video showcasing lots of cards using the rainbow colors.  If you follow me you know I love rainbow colors.  The new Lawn Fawn Really Rainbow card stock was quite inspiring.  Now Jennifer McGuire has inspired me with her beautiful cards. 

Happy Birthday to You

If you look at Jennifer's blog post (link in the first paragraph) and you should;  you will see that she painted a new Altenew Stamp called Mega Succulent using Zig Markers.  I recalled that I had a couple large flower stamps in my stash that I could use to CASE that technique.  Taylored Expressions came out with a large rose stamp a couple releases ago and I used that one first.  Using my MISTI, I stamped the rose using Versamark Ink and heat set with white embossing powder.  I did that twice to get a nice thick white line.  I used Zig Markers to color the rose in rainbow order.  Once I colored the image, I spritzed it with water until the colors blended.  After it dried, I stamped the leaves in the Versamark Ink and heat set in white embossing powder.  Zig markers in green were used to color the leaves.  I brushed the water on the leaves.  Once the leaves were dry, a yellow Zig Marker was used to color the border around the flower.  I added water using a brush.  The flower image was matted in pink and placed on a black card base.  A sentiment from My Favorite Things All About You was stamped in Versamark Ink and heat set in white embossing powder on black card stock.  The inside has the big YOU stamped in black ink.

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 4:  5  Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi, you also acquire Ruth the Moabite, the dead man’s widow, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property.”  

Something to Make You Smile

So I have been on a rainbow kick.  How can you not like rainbows?  Bright colors just make me smile and evidently Jennifer McGuire agrees with me.  She published a blog post and video with cards made using rainbow colors.  That inspired me to do some more rainbow cards.

Something to Make You Smile

First, Jennifer McGuire inspired me and then I remembered the Penny Black Tulips Stamp and a light bulb went off in my head.  Rainbow, tulips, yay!  Diane actually stamped the tulips on watercolor card stock and heat embossed it in white - twice.   I colored the tulips with Zig markers in a rainbow of colors and added water.  The background is in my favorite Zig marker color which is cornflower blue.  The sentiment is from My Favorite Things All Smiles Stamp Set.  I cut out the tulips using a My Favorite Things Blueprint scalloped stitched rectangle die.  The sentiment on the front of the card from the All Smiles set also was stamped on black and heat embossed with white.  I stamped the Smile sentiment also from the set on the inside of the card.  Veletta will be thrilled.  Everything was placed on a black card base.

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 4:  3  Then he said to the guardian-redeemer, “Naomi, who has come back from Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our relative Elimelek.

It's Your Day Watercolor

I have been playing with the new Hero Arts watercolors and Penny Black stamps and dies.  I used a very simple technique and really like the results.

It's Your Day Card Recipe

I started with a stamp from Penny Black's latest release.  It was stamped using Versamark Ink and heat set with Nuvo white embossing powder on watercolor paper...I also stamped the sentiment It's Your from My Favorite Things in the same ink and embossed with the same embossing powder.  I then brushed some water on the watercolor card stock.  After that I took the droppers of Hero Arts watercolor paint and dropped the color on the paper.  The water did all the work.  Once it was dry, I put a coat of Tim Holtz Distress Glaze on top with a sponge dauber.  And you can't see it, but I added glitter pen on the flowers.  The 'day' also comes from Penny Black and was cut out 3 times and glued together for some dimension.

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 3:  15   He also said, “Bring me the shawl you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he poured into it six measures of barley and placed the bundle on her. Then he[c] went back to town.

Yay - It's Your Birth-YAY

This weeks cards are all rainbow inspired.  I used Tim Holtz Oxide Inks in a rainbow of colors to create a rainbow background.  I cut out 3 Yay sentiments from My Favorite Things.  I used one immediately but had 2 left over to use on different cards.  The challenge at Paper Players a few weeks ago was rainbow and some of those cards inspired me to use my Yay sentiments.

Yay HAPPY BIRTH-YAY Card Recipe

The YAY sentiment is Tim Holtz Oxide Ink cut out using the My Favorite Things Yay die set.  The background is splattered with Hero Arts Watercolor mixed with a little bit of water.  The card front is matted with red card stock.

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 3:  13 . Stay here for the night, and in the morning if he wants to do his duty as your guardian-redeemer, good; let him redeem you. But if he is not willing, as surely as the Lord lives I will do it. Lie here until morning.”

Yay - Congratulations

I've been playing with creating rainbow sentiments and backgrounds using Tim Holtz Oxide Inks.  I cut out all 3 'yay' die cuts from My Favorite Things from one piece of a watercolor rainbow background I created.  I used one of the yays, but still had 2 left.  I saw some rainbow cards for the Paper Players Challenge and was inspired to make this card.

Yay Congratulations Card Recipe

This is a mixed watercolor card.  I used Tim Holtz Oxide inks to create the sentiment, but I used Hero Arts watercolor paint to create the background.  The congratulations sentiment is from My Favorite Things as is the die that cut out the YAY.  The card was matted with purple cardstock and that's it.  Pretty CAS.

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 3:  11  And now, my daughter, don’t be afraid. I will do for you all you ask. All the people of my town know that you are a woman of noble character.

Yay, It's Your Birthday

I saw a card on the MFT Instagram feed that used a black ink, the radiating stencil and rainbow colors for the sentiment.  The blog is located here.

So this is what I created using this image as my inspiration.

Yay It's Your Birthday Card Recipe

I started out with watercolor card stock and Tim Holtz Oxide Ink in Black Soot.  I used a sponge dauber to apply the Oxide Ink to the watercolor paper.  I put 2 layers of the black on the paper.  The I put the Radiating Stencil from MFT over the black and put another layer of Oxide Black Soot Ink.  The rays are subtle.  I took white acrylic paint and flicked it on the Black Soot Ink.  I decided it needed a little sparkle so I also spritzed with water containing Perfect Pearls.  On another piece of watercolor card stock, I made a rainbow with Tim Holtz Oxide Inks.  Once I put the colors down I spritzed them with water.  I cut out the MFT Yay sentiment and cut 2 more Yays out of white card stock.  I glued them together to create a dimensional sentiment.  The It's Your Birthday sentiment is from the MFT stamp set that coordinates with the Yay dies.  

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 3:  5  “I will do whatever you say,” Ruth answered.

Heck Yes It's Your Birthday

This is it!  This is the last card using Lawn Fawn's Really Rainbow 6 x 6 paper pad.  For a while anyway.  This one is kind of cool because it has a little masculine feel to it.  I always have issues making masculine cards, but this one just seemed to happen.

Heck Yes It's Your Birthday

Again - a sketch.  I just love sketches and with this paper they just come alive.  The sentiment is from My Favorite Things.  Enamel dots are from Doodlebug.

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

April

Ruth 3:  3  Wash, put on perfume, and get dressed in your best clothes. Then go down to the threshing floor, but don’t let him know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.

CASEing Jennifer McGuire - Liquid Watercolor Backgrounds

As I have said many times I just love Jennifer McGuire.  She has the best ideas.  It just amazes me that she can continually come up with fun ideas.  I guess if your background is mechanical engineer for NASA, you're gonna be impressive.  Hero Arts recently came out with water colors and Jennifer shared what she did with those paints - Liquid Watercolor Backgrounds.  Here is what I made.

Wish It's Your Birthday Card Recipe

I watched Jennifer McGuire's video and it just so happens that my LCS got the Hero Arts Liquid Watercolor in stock just after I saw the video.  You know I had to have them.  I did try the same type of technique using the Distress Ink Reinkers and did not get the same results.  Thus the reason I needed these new watercolors.  I cut a piece of Strathmore Watercolor cardstock in half.  I put droplets on the cardstock and then added water with a spritzer.  I used Moss and Deep Ocean.   I matted with a shimmery cardstock that blended with these colors.  I used my newly acquired 'wish' die from My Favorite Things along with the sentiment 'It's Your Birthday' from a My Favorite Things stamp set.  The ink is ombre ink from Hero Arts.

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:  23  So Ruth stayed close to the women of Boaz to glean until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

Really Rainbow Thank You

We are almost through the Lawn Fawn Really Rainbow paper cards.  Almost.  And I reserve the right to make more cards using that paper cause I love it!  Here is a Thank You card made with what is my current favorite paper using a fun sketch.

Thank You Card Recipe

This is a pretty classic sketch.  I just can't get over how all the cards I made using this paper turned out the way I wanted.  Part of the success was matting each layer of pattern card stock with a coordinated solid card stock.  Thank You from My Favorite Things was stamped on white paper and I cut out the flag.  Yeah, I know - not perfect, but what hand made card is?  Enamel dots complete the card.

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:  22 Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, “It will be good for you, my daughter, to go with the women who work for him, because in someone else’s field you might be harmed.”

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?”

Life is Tough, But So Are You

Lawn Fawn recently released some fun new products.  One of those is some paper that is in the colors of the rainbow.  I LOVE this paper.  Saturday was craft Saturday at church so I took my new 6 x 6 paper pad in Really Rainbow and set to make some cards using sketches.

Life is Tough Card Recipe

Now I've said it before and I will say it over and over again - I LOVE paper.  I think that is what drew me to scrapbooking and then morphed into card making.  It's been a while since I've been this excited about a new paper release.  I will be buying lots of this paper.  I used a sketch to create this card.  I find that matting the pattern paper with solid card stock just makes the patterns pop.  You is from My Favorite Things and was die cut multiple times and stacked to give dimension.  Matte enamel dots were added for interest.

Here is the 6 x 6 paper pad - it's been well used and I just got it.

And here is Pumpkin guarding the door.

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:  3  So she went out, entered a field and began to glean behind the harvesters. As it turned out, she was working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelek.

Commencing Happy Dance

I am the official card giver and birthday celebrator on my team at work.  I don't know why.  Maybe it is because I make cards, but it is my job.  Don't get me wrong.  I put myself in charge of it.  Who doesn't want to feel special on their birthday.  We have a team member who lives in California and he always gets the shaft, but not this year.  This year I remembered in time to send his card and some Valentine candy.  I think it was a day late, but better late than never.

Commencing Happy Dance Card Recipe

This is another clean and simple card as I find those are best for the masculine cards.  I bought the new Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks and wanted to give them a try.  I decided to use regular card stock instead of water color card stock.  Sentiment is from a recently purchased birthday sentiments set from My Favorite Things stamped in Versamark ink and heat embossed with Nuvo black embossing powder.  The Oxide inks are Bundled Sage, Peacock Feathers and Shaded Lilac.  I put some color down on a teflon mat and added water;  dipped a really wet brush into the ink on the mat and put it on the paper.  It is that simple.  The mat is a piece of decorated water color card stock that I'd saved from a prior project.  Stamped inside is Happy Birthday.

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 1:  21   I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The Lord has afflicted me; the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me.”

Love You Raccoons

My Favorite Things came out with a new release last week and there are some adorable raccoons in this release.  It was just in time for the 30 Day Coloring Challenge at the Daily Marker.

Love You Card Recipe

I started by coloring that cute little raccoon with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers on water color cardstock.  The LOVE YOU is a die that came out with the release and I cut it out of purple cardstock and green fun foam.  The patterned cardstock if from My Favorite Things.  Cardstock used for the love you was also used to mat the card front.  Purple and white twin was used to add a little interest to the card and there you have it.

30 Day Color Challenge Day 3

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

Luke 3:  16  John answered them all, “I baptize you with water. But one who is more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.