"Faith is the Strength" for SOUS Card Sketch

Our dear and sweet owner of ScrapThat! has had sadness touch her life this week with the passing of her beloved brother. I have sent Kaitlyn this card I created as a word of encouragement. Because I mailed it, I tried to created some layers and visual dimension without the thickness of my normal flowers.

"Faith is the Strength"

Inside View

I used this lovely sketch over at SOUS.

As you can see, I rotated and flipped the sketch.

Tips and Techniques: 

Lolipop Flower ~ This technique has been around for as long as I've been scrapping and still creates some lovely flowers. Cut circles in 1/2 inch increments, crinkle the paper, and glue the centers together. The sweet center is a vintage button from a tin of buttons given to me by my DH's cousin, Debbie Clapper - Thanks Debbie!! 

Color Work ~ I wanted these sweet flowers on the background paper to pop, so I used my Picket Fence Distress Marker to color the flowers. Since it is opaque, it really highlighted these sweet gems in such a lovely way

Layers ~ One of the Spring in Bloom Donna Salazar papers was die cut with gorgeous paper ribbons. I cut a strip of the pink to layer over the teal music paper and atop them all is the beautiful lace. 

Sentiment ~ I stamped this sentiment with Donna Salazar Mix'd Media Ink, then while still wet, sprinkled on clear embossing powder and heat set. I then hand cut this little banner around the sentiment and distressed the edges adding a couple pearls to accent. 

Inside ~ The December 26, 2012 Word Art Wednesday quotation by Helen Keller gives such an encouraging message. I printed it in the center of a sheet of copy paper. I then cut out a 6 x 6 inch printed square of Donna Salazar Antiquities Artistic Paper and applied repositionable tape to the back. Using a light box, I positioned the paper over the sentiment and adhered it in place. I ran both through my printer to get the sentiment on the card exactly how I wanted it. I then trimmed the piece to fit the card and distressed the edges with my Distrezz-It-All. 

Products Used:
DSD Spring in Bloom ~ Flight
DSD Spring in Bloom ~ White Roses
DSD Spring in Bloom ~ Springtime Ribbons
DSD Spring in Bloom ~ Spring Journal Cards
DSD Spring in Bloom ~ Artistic Papers, Antiquities
Zing Embossing Powder - Clear
DSD Mix'd Media Inx - Indigo
Distress Marker - Picket Fence
Inky Antics Clear Stamps - Mighty Tower
Want2Scrap Say It With Baby Bling - Pearls
Vintage Button - Stash
Cotton Lace - Stash
Word Art  ~ December 26, 2012 WAW Word Art
DSD Distrezz-It-All
Scotch ATG
Helmar 450 Adhesive
Glossy Accents
Fiskars Circle Cutter
Martha Stewart Mini Scoring Board

I pray that this card will express my heartfelt sympathies.

I have entered this at:

Stuck on U Sketches March 6 Card Sketch

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #71 Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

Birthday Card for BoBunny Challenge

We are being blessed with some wonderful winter days here in Ohio. It's forecast to be in the 50's over the next several days. Quite warm for January!! Our daughter, Elizabeth, and her husband, Andrew, are coming over later this afternoon, and we are taking them out for dinner to celebrate Andrew's birthday which is later this month. 

Here is the card I created for him. The BoBunny Card Challenge this month is to use 70% white space. All right, I didn't pull out my math and measuring skills to figure it out, but I think I did OK eyeing it??  I'm not used to white space, so this card came together more quickly than most for me. Come to think of it, this may well be my first CAS card. 

Front View

Inside View

Tips and Techniques:

There's not too much going on here other than using my Prima distress tool on the straight edges and some doodling on the banner flags and sentiment die cut. 

BoBunny Products Used:

Weekend Market ~ Dot

Weekend Market ~ Cutouts

Weekend Market ~ Tapestry

Weekend Market Card Kit ~ Card Base

Weekend Market Card Kit ~ Die Cut

Weekend Market Cardstock Stickers ~ Priceless

Other Products Used: 

Pigma Micron 005 ~ Black

Prima Distress Tool

Scotch ATG

Tombo Mono Multi Liquid Adhesive

I've also entered this at:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #62 ~ Hearts/Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

Dick ~ Word Art Wednesday GDT Reveal

My thoughts and prayers are with those in the areas affected by Sandy. Although we had high winds for a day or so and prepared for the worst, we were fortunate not to lose power. 

This is my final project as a Guest Designer for Word Art Wednesday. It has been a delight to word with the Amazing Word Art this month.

This week's Word Art is based on Hebrews 4:16 ~ "Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need." One of the very special people the Lord brought into our lives is Dick Edwards. He worked with my husband back in the 80's. Gary was instrumental in helping him get into alcohol rehab. After completing rehab, he became like a part of our family, even celebrating birthdays and holidays with us. We have so many special memories of special times spent with Dick. I am so grateful that the Lord gave us the privilege of having Dick in our lives until his death a couple years ago and allowed us with grace to help in a time of need in his life.

"Dick"

This week's sponsor at Word Art Wednesday is:

Lisa's Altered Art

Please take a moment to check out her wonderful shop.

Be sure to go to Word Art Wednesday to download your free copy of this week's Word Art and to see the amazing inspiration by the talented Word Art Wednesday Design Team.

Techniques:

Word Art ~ I printed this week's word art on some lightly patterned paper, then inked over it to bring in the color of my background paper before distressing. I inked first, then distressed to keep the white edges. 

Stitching ~ I stitched randomly here and there on this page including this stitching above the word art, several rows below my title and some fun x's on the side of my corrugated board

Handcrafted Flowers ~ I created several of the flowers including the blue one here and off white one in the photo below using my new Bitty Blossom dies by Donna Salazar. The leaves were also cut using Bitty Blossoms. I created the blue flower below using Donna's Grand Peony dies and added a jewel brad to the center. The rest of my flowers are an assortment from Petaloo and May Arts.

Layering ~ Under the photo I used a number of distressed layers including patterned papers, Donna Salazar's Corrugated Board by Zutter, vintage dictionary page -torn and inked, burlap, and cheese cloth. Distressing was done with my Distrezz-It-All. I just don't know what I would do without this handy little distressing machine these days!! :-)

Gears ~ These Donna Salazar Want2Scrap gears were so much fun to work with. I inked them with Donna's Mix'd Media Inx in Patina - I just dabbed it randomly, not covering the entire gear, I then dabbed some Ranger Paint Dabbers in copper. I used my heat tool close over the paint until it bubbled up, then did the same with the gold Paint Dabber. 

Corrugated Board ~ The photos don't do justice to the distressing on the corrugated board. Of course the first thing I did was run the edges through my Distrzz-It-All. Then the ridges and edges were painted with a mix of metallic green and black paint. Once that was dry, I coated with Clear Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint which gave a shiny crackled finish. Finally I added some fun stitching. 

Heat Embossing ~ next to the matted photo I stamped Donna's Lace Corner image using her Mix'd Media Inx in Jasmine, and embossed using seafoam white embossing powder. 

Pearl Flourishes ~ You can get a lot of mileage out of your flourishes by cutting them apart to use on different parts of your page like I did with this sweet Zva Creations flourish. 

Paint Splatter ~ In the top corner, I used a stiff paint brush to splatter some metallic paint behind my title for a bit of extra texture and dimension. 

Donna Salazar Products:

Antiquities ~ Tails of Travel

Antiquities ~ One Sheet Wonderful

Antiquities ~ Time for Tea

Antiquities ~ Die Cut Ribbons

Lace Corner Stamp

Spellbinder ~ Bitty Blossoms

Spellbinder ~ Grand Peony

Want2Scrap Chipboard ~ Sprightly Sprocket

Smooch Spritz ~ Sea Breeze

Mix'd Media Inx ~ Patina, Honey, Jasmine
Zutter Corrugated Board

Zutter Distrezz-It-All

No surprise here ~ I'm entering this layout in Donna's October sketch challenge using this fabulous sketch by Mistra:

Other rules ~ use green - a flower and my leaves, and at least one DSD product - I think I have that covered. 

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

Cross ~ Where Your Treasure Is - GDT Word Art Wednesday

Good Morning! It is looking to be a beautiful day here in Ohio. I hope it is lovely where you live! 

I am so enjoying creating projects with the gorgeous Word Images at Word Art Wednesday this month!! Today I would like to share an altered cross I created featuring Word Art with Matthew 6:21 ~ "Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." This is such a great reminder to reflect on what I am treasuring and to realize that is where my heart will follow. 

Here is my project with this wonderful Word Art image:

Our prize sponsor this week is Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and More.

Be sure to drop by Word Art Wednesday to see what their fabulous DT has created with this Word Art!

Techniques:

Word Art ~ I printed the Word Art onto a piece of cotton canvas. No, it was not printable canvas. I printed the Word Art onto a sheet of printer paper, then cut the fabric to size and adhered it over the printed Word Art using repositionable adhesive. I then ran it through the printer again. I pulled out some threads on each side and inked to distress.

Handcrafted Flower ~ I just bought the Donna Salazar Bitty Blossoms Die set. I have been wanting this die set for months, and was thrilled to finally create with it!

Trinkets ~ I have an assortment of fancy metal trinkets, corners, keys and clocks, and I pulled from my stash of goodies for these.

Mixed Media ~ I started with a simple, wood stained cross I found at a thrift store for less than a dollar. I sanded lightly and applied a rather thick coat of modeling paste to the front and sides of the cross, then took some punchinella with square openings - kind of like mesh and pushed it into the wet modeling paste here and there to give texture. When Dry, I brushed on white gesso. I let this dry again and spritzed on several shades of glimmer mist and spray ink - mostly browns. 

Vintage Hymn Page ~ I am so blessed to have been given two small, vintage hymnals that are tattered and well - falling apart. Because they are in such rough shape, I don't hesitate to tear them apart. I found the hymn, Wonderful Peace, which includes the words treasure and heart. I tore them out, inked just a little, then Mod Podged to the cross along with a couple other snippets. Once the Mod Podge was dry, I applied some crackle accents over the hymn pieces. While still wet, I sprinkled on a few silver micro beads. 

Mod Podge and Lace ~ Once all this was dry, I cut a piece of black lace and placed it on the cross. I brushed the entire cross, including the lace with Mod Podge and allowed to dry before adding the metal trinkets and flower. 

Alcohol Ink ~ The heart clock was too shiny silver looking, so I pulled out my alcohol inks and dabbed some onto the clock and hands. 

I also have some exciting news to share with you. 

My Peaceful Day by the Sea layout was selected as the winner for the Peace challenge at Bird is the Word. What an honor!! 

Thanks for all who went to May Arts to vote for my You Mean the World to Me layout that I entered in their Ink It Contest. It was selected among the top 10 winners for the contest. Your amazing support means so much to me!! 

Thanks for dropping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

Wedding Card Box ~ GDT Word Art Wednesday

What a lovely week!! Our children all gathered here yesterday to celebrate Elizabeth's birthday and to watch Elizabeth and Andrew open their wedding gifts. It is always so wonderful to have the family together. The fall leaves are turning more vibrant with each passing day. The gorgeous color won't last long, but it sure is beautiful right now!! 

It is reveal day at Word Art Wednesday. What an amazing privilege to work with this gorgeous Word Art!! This week's Word Art comes from my favorite book of the Bible. James 1:17 ~ Every good gift and perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father of lights. This verse is such a beautiful reminder that while we live in a fallen world and unfortunate things happen around us and to us, our Lord gives us perfect, beautiful gifts. My life has been blessed in so many ways! 

One of the items I created for Elizabeth and Andrew's wedding was the card box for the gift table. What a perfect verse to include on their box:

Visit Word Art Wednesday for your free copy of this gorgeous Word Art

and to see the inspiring creations by their talented DT!

There are two wonderful sponsors this week.

Heart & Soul Rubber Stamp Company

Patsy Paterno of www.papemelroti.com

has donated this gorgeous necklace.

Please take a moment to browse her store.

Here's the top of the card box:

Techniques:

Handcrafted Flowers ~ I had some sheer white fabric in my stash which I cut into concentric circles. I lit a tea light candle and using tweezers heated the edges of my fabric circles. As the edges melted, they curled upwards creating lovely flower petals. A dab of FabriTac in the center of each petal works perfectly to put these beauties together. Then, I applied a circle of Art Institute Designer Dries Clear glue to the center of each flower to hold the marine blue microbeads ~ the color of the lovely bridesmaid dresses. 

Vines ~ I'm always looking for a bargain and a couple years ago during the after Christmas markdowns, I found a huge berry vine that I thought would work perfectly into some of my paper crafting projects. I just painted the bright Christmas red berries with a coat of white gesso for an elegant vine for the box. The leaves were left-overs from the wedding party flowers. 

Cut Work ~ Their names were cut with my Gazelle. Such a handy machine that will cut any font I have downloaded onto my computer. 

Word Art ~ Because I was placing the Word Art across the lid of the box, I needed to cut the Word Art apart. I wanted it to be all one connected piece, so I did the cutting in Photoshop. I opened the Word Art file in Photoshop, cropped each line, then lined up the individual pieces in layer windows before welding them together. I resized it to fit the 12 inch width of my box and printed on a 12 x 12 piece of pearlized vellum from my stash. It takes a long time for ink to dry on vellum. It's best to let it sit overnight to dry completely before cutting and applying to your project. 

Decorative Paper ~ I used elegant flocked paper to decorate the box. When selecting the box to decorate I made sure it was no larger than 12 x 12, so 4 sheets of paper would cover it. I created a lid to fit the box and covered it with black fabric before decorating. 

~ May Arts/Helmar Ink It Contest Reminder ~ 

I have a scrapbook layout posted over at the May Arts blog. If you would like to vote for me, I would appreciate the support. Leave your vote in the comment section, and you will be entered into a drawing to win some of their gorgeous ribbon!! 

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

Tenderhearted Canvas - GDT at Word Art Wednesday

I hope you all have had a wonderful week!! Mine was filled with the joy of a precious wedding with Elizabeth adding Andrew to our fold. 

This is my second week as a Guest Designer at Word Art Wednesday working with the lovely Word Art of the week. This verse shares attributes of God that I want to be reminded to incorporate into my life each day, kindness, tenderheartedness, forgiveness, and God's amazing gift of forgiveness towards me. When I saw this precious Scripture, I thought it was something I wanted to display rather than include on a scrapbook page or card, so I thought I would try creating my first canvas. Let me know what you think. 

Be sure to head on over to Word Art Wednesday

to get your free copy of this fabulous Scripture. 

Techniques:

Paper Pieced Ballerina ~ One of my favorite scrap artists is Gabriella Pollacco. I receive so much inspiration from her work. I've seen a fair number of she art canvases, but when I saw hers, I just ooohed and aaaawed over it. She provided a pattern, which I used, and video tutorial. I thought with this help, I would try my hand at it. The details and shoes were added with a fine tip marker. If you look closely you will see the words kind and forgiven taken from the verse and added to the edges of her skirt. 

Doodling ~ I always love doodling, but rarely use it. With the doodled details on her dress, I thought the doodling around the Word Art and the vine edge would be nice details. 

Mixed Media ~ I painted the edges of the canvas to coordinate with the colors of my girl, then Mod Podged torn pieces of paper to my canvas. I swiped some pale green paint across the center of the canvas then spritzed with water and dabbed with a paper towel to soften the color. I brushed white paint onto some bubble wrap and used it to stamp across the piece, then spritzed on some mist through some square holed punchinella. 

I lightly laid some inexpensive sticker letters down the side to form the word tenderhearted, again from the verse, then spritzed two different shades of mist over them. Once dry, I removed the stickers and edged the letters with marker. I then created my girl as above. The white script was added last. I recently purchased Donna Salazar's Mixed Media Inx. I have to say the white "Jasmine" really showed up nicely. I've tried a number of different white inks only to be disappointed with the lack of coverage. Not the case with "Jasmine". 

Butterflies ~ I received these charming little butterflies from Elena Olinevich last week. I painted them with alcohol ink, then sanded to bring out the details of the raised edges. 

Be sure to head over to Word Art Wednesday

to see what the talented DT has created

with this week's fabulous Word Art.

I thought I'd end with a photo of Elizabeth and Andrew in front of the

Greek church where their reception was held. 

Photography by Rachel Adkins.

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

Wedding Card ~ Word Art Wednesday GDT Reveal

I hope you are having a lovely week!! It's a busy one here with Elizabeth and Andrew's wedding only three days away!!

As I shared yesterday, I am delighted to be guest designing this month for Word Art Wednesday!! When I saw this Word Art for I Corinthians 13:4-7, I knew it would be perfect to use for Elizabeth and Andrew's wedding card. Charity is another word for love, and I pray that they will keep these verses at the center of their marriage always. 

It is a DOUBLE PRIZE WEEK at Word Art Wednesday, so you have the opportunity to win a lovely prize by  one of these two sponsors: My Craft Spot by Kimberly and My Heart Pieces.

Techniques

Tri-Shutter Fold ~ I modified a tutorial by Bonnie Szwalkiewicz posted at Split Coast Stampers. Because I wanted more space to place the Word Art, I adjusted the top and bottom strips to 1 inch rather than 1 1/2 inches, giving me the extra needed space in the center of the card. 

Handcrafted Flower ~ I used my Donna Salazar Rose Creations Dies to create this rose. I brushed on some Art Glitter Clear Adhesive, then sprinkled on some diamond dust for sparkle. This is the best glue I have found for adhering glitter and diamond dust. It really holds the glitter in place, so I don't have sparkle all over my project. 

Word Art ~ Since this is a verse about love for a wedding card, I found this lovely free SVG heart bordered mat, which I cut on my Gazelle. I cut the mat first. I then printed the Word Art onto a sheet of printer paper. Finally I adhered the cut mat on the printer paper over the Word Art image with removable tape. You can use a sunny window or light box to center the mat over your Word Art. Finally, I ran the paper through my printer again with the adhered mat for a perfectly centered, matted Word Art. A speck of printer ink got on the mat edge, so I brushed white gesso onto the edges and covered the unwanted black spot in the process. I placed rhinestones into the mat holes for just the right touch of bling. 

Heat Embossing ~ I wanted the love image in the center of the card to be subtle, so I heat embossed it with silver embossing powder, giving almost a watermark effect (It photographed darker than it looks in real life). 

Edging ~ Each of the patterned paper pieces were cut to fit the tri-shutter pieces as in the tri-shutter tutorial. Each piece was lightly distressed using my Prima distress tool. The pieces cut to fit the 1 inch strips were then machine stitched and the center piece has dry embossed lines at the edges. 

Be sure to stop by Word Art Wednesday to download

your free copy of this week's gorgeous Word Art

and to see what the talented DT have created. 

I hope you will enter the Word Art Wednesday Challenge this week. Don't forget, if you aren't working on a project that is suitable for this week's Word Art, you may enter any project with Scripture or an encouraging message. 

I have entered this card at:

Frosted Designs ~ Fabulous Friday Challenge - Embossing (10/4)••

Stampin' for the Weekend ~ Challenge 18 -Feeling Floral (10/12)

Platypus Creek Digitals ~ Challenge 13 Pears and Lace (10/10)

Sentimental Sundays ~ Challenge #122: 3-2-1 Recipe (10/9)**

Lollipop Crafts ~ Challenge # 91 Something Old, Something New, My paper is over 2 years in my stash & the love stamp is new - purchased for this project. (10/15)

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge Blog ~ Let's Play Bingo (10/9)**

Paper Expressions ~ Tuesday's Testimonial Linky Party - Use Scripture on project.**

Use It Tuesday ~ Challenge #40: Use Your Scraps!!(10/7)**

Divas by Design ~ Challenge 55 Use some texture (10/11)**

My Mums Craft Shop Challenges ~ Challenge 78 - Love is all around (10/11)**

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

You Me Us - Donna Salazar July Challenge

July has come to an end. I hope you had a wonderful month and have lots of wonderful memory making days in August!!

As you know, I enjoy using non-scrapbook items on my layouts, so I was so excited to see the Donna Salazar July Challenge to create a project using an item not make for scrapbooking. Mistra's fabulous sketch was optional, but it was such a fabulous sketch, that I had to use it and of course lots and lots of Donna's amazing products.

I used more of our daughter, Elizabeth, and Andrew's engagement photos. These shots were taken in our backyard.

Here's Mistra's lovely sketch:

Techniques:

I used Donna's Spellbinder Rose Creations Die to created the two smaller flowers and her Grand Peony Die for the larger. The center of the flower is a flea market find - a piece of an earring. Behind the flowers is a cloud of denim threads from an old pair of jeans. The edges of the flowers were brushed with a bit of acrylic paint. The white bits of lace flowers above the larger paper flower were cut from a piece of gorgeous bridal lace.

You can see a bit of the flexible texture paste stencil below the flowers. I tinted the paste with a combination of Smooch Spritz and Distress Ink to coordinate with the Botanique paper. I spread it over two different Martha Stewart stencils - the flourishes on the left and the scalloped, flourished circle in the upper right corner. After removing the stencils while the paste was still wet, I used a paint brush to add additional texture.

Another of my hand-crafted flowers surrounded by another piece of fussy cut bridal lace. The flower petals were cut from a pink sheet of Donna's Botanique collection. I spritzed it with her Sea Breeze Smooch Spritz and then with water to get this lovely shade of purple.

The crystal links and chain on the bottom photo is a fragment from a necklace that I used on another page.

I worked on this LO while we were on our anniversary trip. I was trying to figure out how I wanted to treat this gorgeous piece of Want 2 Scrap chipboard when Gary unwrapped a new golf shirt, tossing the tissue paper into the trash. Yes, you guessed it. I grabbed the tissue paper and used it on this chipboard piece, then misted with two shades of Donna's gorgeous Smooch Spritz - Mixed Berries and Smooch Spritz.

I hand stitched a straight stitch around the page and one mat layer while using a hand drawn swirled border around the other mat.

The drippy spot behing this Chipboard was created with Donna's Smooch Spritz.

This sweet butterfly was created with Donna's Zutter Corrugated Board. I painted the edges with acrylic paint, inked with some Distress Ink and added the antennae created with brown wrapped floral wire. I won this gorgeous Zva swirl in the Zva Creations blog hop last month and the color and size were perfect for my butterfly trail.

There are two layers of stamping. I used Donna's Vine stamp with Archival ink first. Then over this, I used some bubble wrap with small bubbles to stamp a background with distress ink and heat embossed holographic embossing powder on the stamped dots. Additionally at the botton of the page, I used Donna's Crackle stamp below the chicken wire. The wire was a gift from my friends Barb and Mandy. It had actually been used and was being stored in the barn, so there is a bit of natural patina here. LOL

No particular technique here, but I thought I'd share a close-up for you to see the sweet Scripture on these jewelry charms by Darice.

I used the Distrezz-It-All on my paper edges and photos.

The blue "lace" pieces tucked into my distressed openings are actually denim from old jeans that I cut with a Spellbinder die.

Products Used:

Donna Salazar Products:
Botanique paper collection
Zutter Distrezz-It-All
Zutter Corrugated Board
Spellbinder Rose Creations Dies
Spellbinder Grand Peony Dies
Art Gone Wild Crackle Stamp
Art Gone Wild Vine Stamp
Smooch Spritz - Mixed Berries
Smooch Spritz - Sea Breeze

Non Scrapbooking Items:
Denim from old pair of Jeans
Tissue paper rescued from the trash
Chicken Wire
Vintage Earring piece
DMC Embroidery Floss #931
Crystal Necklace Fragment
Martha Stewart Crafts Stencils from the Flourish Collection
Liquitex Flexible Modeling Paste
DecoArt Crafters Acrylic Paint - Antique White
Michaels Wine Charm (hanging from Prima flower)
Bubble Wrap
Darice Signed Sealed, Remembered Altered Art Jewelry Charms
Darice Covered Floral Wire
Darice Jewelry Spacers (bottom right corner)

Other Embellishments:
Heidi Grace Epoxy Stickers - Sentiments 2
Darice Rhinestones
Want 2 Scrap Chipboard Shape Style A
Want 2 Scrap Fancy Tags 2
Prima Flowers Whisper Collection Moulin # 548667
K & Company Brenda Walton Adhesive Rhinestones
Zva Creations Pearl/Crystal Flourish # CRW-04CB-120

Other Technique Products:
Spellbinders Iron Work Accents Dies
Tim Holtz Alterations Movers and Shapers Mini Butterflies Die and Base Tray
Distress Ink
Ranger Holographic Embossing Powder
Ranger Archival Ink

Adhesives
Helmar Professional Acid Free Glue
Helmar Zap Dots 3D 1/4" Square
Scotch ATG and Quick Dry Acid Free Adhesive
Hercules Tape

Tools
Big Shot
Ranger Craft Mat
Darice Heat Tool
Tonic Studios Piercing Tool
Bazzil In Stitch'z Mat
Fiskars Craft Mat and Craft Knife
Martha Stewart Ruler

I have also entered this at:
Word Art Wednesday Challenge #38 - Use an encouraging sentiment **

Thanks for stopping by! I Treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

Friendship ~ ScrapFIT Workout #72 - Color Inspiration

It is always a joy and blessing to scrap pages about our children. Maria entered public school this year as a junior after being home educated for the previous years. One of the things she looked forward to is being in Choir. She was selected to sing a solo at the spring concert shown here. The lighting was less than ideal, but with a bit of Photoshop, I was able to fix up this photo. 

This is my final project as a FITgirl. I have spent two amazing terms working with Sara's fabulous challenges and can hardly believe a year has passed so quickly. The new team is full of talented scrap artists who will continue to inspire you. The new challenge at ScrapFIT is to use the gorgeous colors in the inspiration photo found below my layout.

ScrapFIT Workout #72 ~ Color Inspiration

Diana, our Creative Trainer is at it again! She created another color inspiration Workout that is sure to leave you breathless! Let this color inspiration direct your Layout/Card/Paper Craft Project! Have fun with it!!

Here is my layout based on these fabulous colors: brown, sage, and coral:

Here is the inspiration photo provided by Diane

This workout is being sponsored by:

$15.00 Gift Certificate to the Paper Issues Store!

Be sure to head on over to ScrapFIT to be inspired by the talented Design Team and to link up your brown, coral, and sage project by July 31.

Along with these amazing colors, I used the July sketch from Once Upon a Sketch for inspiration:

To join along in the challenge there, I journaled about the wonderful friendships Maria has developed through her choir experience: "Friendship .  .  .  found among those who share our passions." 

A Close-Up of the flower cluster:

I also thought I'd join in on the Helmar July Challenge this month to take inspiration from this image:

If you look very carefully, you will see that under the the Perfect Date Night section there is a lovely doily under the heart boxes so I decided to use a doily layer under my photo. I used three different Helmar adhesive products on my layout. Some of the flowers were placed in uneven territory and the Scrap Dots were the perfect adhesive to pop them up on the uneven surfaces. I love the V2 Vellum adhesive with it's low odor - so much more pleasant than the other spray adhesives I've used. Here I used it to adhere the doily and scalloped circles. Then I had an issue of certain layers like my photo having layers under one part and not under other parts, so I used the Zap Dots to adhere the sections that needed just a bit more space underneath to keep them nice and flat on top. 

Products Used:

Bo Bunny Gabrielle papers, chipboard, stickers, and trinkets

Prima Flowers, Leaves and Distressing Tool

Zva Crystal Flourish

Donna Salazar Distrezz-It-All

Martha Stewart/EK Success Punches

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist

Smooch Spritz

Doily and Lace from my stash
Helmar Scrap Dots, V2 Vellum Adhesive, and Zap Dots

Yesterday I posted the card I created for my husband for our 30th anniversary coming up later this month. If you missed it, you can find it here.

I have entered this layout in:
Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge #148 Based on Matthew 5:13 ~ "You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot." The challenge is to use sparkle on your project. ~ I used a crystal flourish, shiny pearls, and sparkly glimmer mist. **
Word Art Wednesday Challenge #36 ~ Use the Word Art of the week or an encouraging sentiment. The verse this week is Isaiah 54:13 ~ "And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children." Although I did not use this verse on my layout, I did create a page about one of our daughters, Maria, making friends through her involvement in choir. **
Scrapbook Sisters July Challenge - Spring or Summer ~ Maria's Spring Choir Concert. (July 31)

Thanks for dropping by! I Treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~ 

Anniversary Card ~ Bo Bunny July Card Challenge ~ Handmade Flowers

I hope each of you is having a wonderful weekend with family and friends. Our daughter, Maria, had some girls over for a sleep-over, movie marathon. Her friend, Anna, will be leaving with her family for the mission field later this month, and won't be able to take the VCR and movie videos with her, so this was one last movie night for her for a while. They had such a lovely time, and the house is now quiet again. 

You know how much I enjoy making hand crafted flowers, so when I saw the card challenge at Bo Bunny this month to create a card with a hand crafted flower and wonderful Bo Bunny goodies, I had to join in. On the 24th of this month, Gary and I will be celebrating 30 wonderful years of marriage. Here is the card I have created to give him for this special anniversary. (No worries about him seeing this, he never looks at my blog. LOL) I also used the "plan" at Stampin' Sisters in Christ to use at least 1 circle/oval, 2 or more different papers, and 1 or more embellishments. 

Here is a close-up of the flower:

Techniques:

Flower ~ I used the Donna Salazar Grand Peony Die to cut the petals for this flower, dampened, scrunched, and pleated the petals, and when dry - spritzed with brown and blue mist, then rubbed soem blue ink on the ends fo the petals. I misted a scrap of cheese cloth with the same mists and scrunched it behind the flower. 

Leaves ~ I folded, molde, and inked leaves cut from the Donna Salazar Rose Creations die set. 

Sentiment ~ The oval piece in the Note Worthy pack was a bit too large so I trimmed it down and distressed lightly with my Prima Distress too. I added the Bo Bunny cardstock sticker and hand stitched the rays on he ends for some added texture and dimension. The heart embellished key from the Bo Bunny County Garden Trinkets was perfect for an anniversary card. 

Distressing ~ I used the Donna Salazar Distrezz-It-All to distrezz the straight edges before stitching. What a huge time saver and gorgeous distressing.

Stitching ~ I machine stitched around the edge of the card and hand stitched the rays at the ends of the sentiment.

Supplies Used

Paper:

Bo Bunny Weekend Market ~ Tapestry

Bo Bunny Weekend Market ~ Dot

Bazzill Card Stock

Embellishments:

Bo Bunny Trinkets ~ Country Garden

Bo Bunny icandy Jewels ~ Touch of Spice

Bo Bunny Note Worthy ~ Weekend Market

Bo Bunny Cardstock Stickers ~ Weekend Market, Priceless

Zva Pearl Flourish - Dark Blue

Fabric Scrap - My Stash

DMC Thread - #632

Cheese Cloth - My Stash

Technique Products:

Smooch Spritz ~ Log Cabin

Inkadinkado Spray Ink ~ Coffee, Royal Blue

Distress Ink ~ Weathered Wood, Chipped Sapphire, Vintage Photo

Donna Salazar, Spellbinder Grand Peony Die Set

Donna Salazar, Spellbinder Rose Creations Die Set

Tools:

Donna Salazar, Zutter Distrezz-It-All

Prima Invild Bolme ~ Distressing Tool

Fiskars Self-healing Craft Mat

Fiskars Craft Knife, 

EK Success Color Bee Scissors

Tonic Studios Piercing Tool

Bazzill In Stitchez ~ Foam Mat

Sizzix Big Shot

Sewing Machine

I have also entered this at:

Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge #147 ~ Use at least 1 circle or oval element, at least 2 different papers, and at least one embellishment. Jeremiah 29:11~ "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." **

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #36 ~ Use an encouraging sentiment**

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~ Blessings ~