Blog Stalking Friday - Liz's Paper Loft

On Fridays I like to share blogs that I regularly visit to get great card ideas.  One of those is Liz's Paper Loft.

Check out her blog to get ideas for cards and Project Life.  She is on the Peachy Keen design team and you know Peachy Keen makes the cutest stamps with the most adorable faces.

She also does stuff with My Creative Time - I think she is a member of their design team, too.  But I don't want to mistate.

Check out her blog - you will be glad you did.

Have a great day and be inspired.

April
Luke 2:6 - 7  While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son.  She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger because there was no guest room available for them.

ROYGBIV

When we were in Vegas we ate at a seafood restaurant in Treasure Island -  I cannot remember the name.  They had good food, but what I really liked about their place was the menu:

I saw this menu and immediately thought - that's a great way to group these colors.  And this background would look great on a card.  lol  This menu follows the ROYGBIV - Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet, Red, Orange, Yellow.....  Those colors that are next to one another can be overlapped without negative effects.  You'll be seeing this background on one of my cards - I guarantee it.

Thanks for stopping by my blog.  Have a great day and be inspired.

April
Psalm 100:1 - 2  Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.  Worship the Lord with gladness;  come before him with joyful songs.

WOYWW 249 - Project Life Overload

I'm finally back to Project Life.  And it's WOYWW which means I share a picture of my desk and go blog hopping around the world looking at other desks.  And we owe all this fun to Julia over at Stamping Ground Blog to check out all the fun.

Here are my desks:

I am behind on Project Life because I am not good at multi tasking.  I am either focusing on cards or I am focusing on Project Life or I am focusing on scrapbooking.  I scrapbook differently that I do Project Life.  Anyhoo  I am trying to catch up on my Project life and having been away from it for a few weeks I'm not in the PL groove.  But I will get my groove back.  I have faith.


Thank you for stopping by.  Have a great day and be inspired.

April
Psalm 100:3 - 5  Know that the Lord is God.  It is he who made us, and we are his;  we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

More Shades of Gray

I'm enjoying working with these Hero Arts gray inks.  I've created another card for the CAS-ual Fridays Blog.  Love the fact that we have a month to participate.

Here is my card:

The stamp came in a pizza box full of stamps from Club Scrap as part of an OWH fundraiser.  I put the stamps in a two tier basket so they would be out and in my site.  I'm really liking the bright green of Hero Arts green hills.  I again used one of my favorites stamp set - Stampin Up Gorgeous Grunge in addition to the 'spot' stamp from Club Scraps.  The sentiment is from Stampin Up set Perfect Pennants.

This card will go to www.operationwritehome.org to be sent to our troops serving away from home.  If you have any extra cards that you don't know what to do with or you just want to make some cards for our troops - go to the website and check it out.

If you see a Stampin Up set that you just have to have - contact your local Stampin Up demonstrator.  If you do not have a Stampin Up demonstrator, you can purchase it from my demonstrator website:  dowhatyoulove.

Thank you for stopping by to visit.  Have a great day and be inspired.

April
Psalm 32:1 - 2  How blessed is the one whose rebellious acts are forgiven, whose sin is pardoned!  How blessed is the one whose wrongdoing the Lord does not punish, in whose spirit there is no deceit.

Daylight Savings Remorse

I cannot seem to get over my frustration of losing an hour of sleep.  But even as I work through my bitterness - I found even positive thinking to create a card.

I used a stamp and die set by The Stamps of Life:

You can see the other products I used in the pictures.

I used that Fancy Pants Swagger collection paper for this project.  I was disappointed with the weight of this paper.  I like my paper to be really heavy and this paper is not a heavy weight paper.  But since I am using it to layer - that is okay.  I also like that this paper pad has more masculine patterns.

Thank you for stopping by my blog.  Have a great day and be inspired.

April
John 6:33  The Bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.

Shades of Gray

The challenge at CAS-ualfridays Blog is use 2 shades of gray.  And because they've revamped their challenges to last longer - I think I actually made it in time for this challenge.

Here is my card:

I really like how this card turned out.  I was able to use one of my favorite Stampin Up Stamp sets - Gorgeous Grunge and the new set - Six Sided Sampler.

I don't think I'd used the in color ink Coastal Cabana before.  I like the gray and the Coastal Cabana together.

This card will be heading to OWH to be sent to our troops serving away from home.  Check out their website if you're interested in donating cards to this very worth organization.

If you see any Stampin Up products you would like to purchase, contact your local Stampin up demonstrator.  If you do not have a Stampin Up demonstrator, you can purchase any of these items from me at website:  http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/dowhatyoulove/.

Thank you for stopping by.  Have a great day and be inspired.

April
Psalm 100:  Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise;  give thanks to him and praise his name.  For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;  his faithfulness continues through all generations.

In the Middle of the Night

I've been talking about the revelation I had in the middle of the night for the layout of a card.  And here I am finally sharing it.

It looks like a simple card, but I found the execution was a little more complex than I had originally imagined.  Lining up triangles in a straight line without getting any color on the white cardstock isn't as easy as it looks.

I took my Paper Trey Ink stamp set and created this CAS card.  Althoug his is more clean than simple.  I had to break out my ruler and the Stamp-a-majig to get his card created.

Here is the video:

Have a great day and be inspired.

April

Blog Stalking Friday - Finding Nana

As you know I have been doing Project Life faithfully since October 2013.  There are a couple blogs that I follow for their Project Life pages.  This particular blogger, Leena, creates the most beautiful pocket pages.

If you want ideas for exceptional PL pages check out Finding Nana.  Leenah likes to use cards that have mostly white backgrounds and combines those with black and a few bright colors.

She is the member of the Studio Calico design team and she shares their monthly kits.  Go see Leena and check out her pages - you will be inspired.

Have a great day and be inspired.

April
Job 23:10 - 11  He knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.  My feet have closely followed his steps;  I have kept to his way without turning aside.

WOYWW 248 - It's Clean!

Today is WOYWW and that means that I get to share my desk with all my friends who are doing the same at Julia's Stamping Ground.  Go check it out to see desks from around the world.

I did not leave my house this weekend!  I cannot tell you the last time I was able to do that.  I was able to spend the majority of my weekend in my craft room.  I organized and cleaned and straightened.  I also made cards and videos.

The main reason I did that was so that I could put together a room tour.  I tried to do a room tour last year, but there was a problem with my video.

So here is my clean desk.  I can guarantee it won't stay like this.  lol

Well it was clean - except for the cat.  lol

This is the desk without the cat.

Gracie picked up some pink duct tape from somewhere.  She's so stinkin cute!

This is my scrapbook desk.  I'm toying around with the idea of leaving my Cricut E2 for convenient access.  We'll see what happens.

And if you want to check out the video, but I warn you it's long.:

Thanks for stopping by.  I'm off to do some blog hopping.

Have a great day and be inspired.

April
Jeremiah 33: 2 - 3  This is what the Lord says, he who made the earth, the Lord who formed it and established it - the Lord is his name:  'Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.'

I'm Ape for You

I actually made this card in a card class that I go to in Glasgow.  The wood stamp has the word Judith on it, but I'm not sure if that is the brand or not.  I used my Spectrum Noir pens to color the ape.  Because the paper was provided for the class, I do not know the brand.

This card is not my normal style, but it's good to get out of one's comfort zone - don't you think?

Have a great day and be inspired.

April
Hebrews 2:1 - 4 Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.  For if the mesage spoken through angels pvoed to be so firm that every violation or disobedience received its just penalty, how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation?  It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him,  while God confirmed their witness with signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.

Monochromatic - Kind of

I woke up in the middle of the night with a card design in my head.  I don't know about you all, but sometimes when I dream something I will remember it when I first wake up, but within an hour of being awake - it's gone.  Fortunately I stuck with me.  This card is not the design that woke me up, but it was inspired by that design.

I also did a video showing how I made this card for Operation Write Home.

If you are a card maker looking for a reason to make more cards - check out the Operation Write Home website to get instructions on how to donate your cards to a worthy cause.

Have a great day and be inspired.

April
Psalm 55:14  What fellowship we had what wonderful discussions as we walked together to the temple of the Lord on holy days.