He Has Risen!

Hello everyone. It's been a couple of weeks since I had a chance to create anything and post it. I hate it when life gets in the way of my creativity but, sometimes it just can't be helped.

The card I am sharing with you today was inspired by this month's Verve Inspiration Challenge Babies & Bunnies. The challenge was to create a card for Easter or a bouncing new Baby. I chose to go with the Easter theme.

Using Verve's Everlasting Life stamp set.

I wanted it to appear as if she sun was shining down on the cross. I created that effect by using the Texture Shine stencil by Memory Box and Squeezed Lemonade distress stain. This card is a lot more clean and simple than my usual style but, I did not want to cover up the pretty stenciling.

Thanks for stopping by!

Classy Cards N Such: He is Risen

Hello Everyone. It's time for another Classy Cards N Such Saturday! Today I have an Easter card to share with you that I have made with products from the Classy Cards N Such Online Store.

I started with a pale pink card base that measures 4.25"

 x 5.5". I just love the vintage florals and prints that are a part of the Romantique Collection by Prima and I knew that would be the basis for my card. I added one piece to the base and another to the small layer that I placed in the middle of the card. I distressed the edges of the paper on the smaller layer and inked all the edges of the layers and card with Spun Sugar Distress Ink.

Next, using the pale pink cardstock and the Cross Set by Cheery Lynn Designs, I die-cut a cross to place on the right side. Using Spellbinders Lacey Ovals and vanilla cardstock I die-cut an oval for my sentiment.

I wanted the sentiment to really pop so, I added Mini Roses in Soft Olive Transition into the lacy openings.  

 

Easter is at the end of March this year so, it is definitely not too soon to start your Easter cards!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge:

Gem of a Challenge: Dies and Punches 

Easter Bling @ The Perfect Sentiment

Happy Wednesday! Hope you all are having a blessed week.

It's time for a new challenge at The Perfect Sentiment. This week we are challenging you to create a card with a sentiment for Easter and add some bling to it.

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

 

I created my card base with a sheet of Bazzill Bling cardstock. Does anyone remember that? I have a ton of it it that I have been hoarding. My patterned papers are from Echo Park's Springtime collection. I distressed the edge of the base layer and inked it with Spun Sugar Distress Ink. My cross and sentiment are from Verve Stamps. I used liquid pearls for my bling along with one rhinestone in the center of the cross. 

Please visit my fellow Design Team Members to see their beautiful creations for this challenge...

Jan

Sarah

Sassy 

Abby

Maggie

 Theresa

Karen

Chrissy

I'd like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:

Anything Goes: anything goes
Everybody-Art-Challenge: Easter
Paper Take Weekly: Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown: Pastels
Top Tip Tuesday: Easter or Animals
Hooked on Crafts: Easter
Incy Wincy Designs: Easter or Pastel Colors
Make it Monday: Anything Goes
Addicted to Stamps: Spring/Easter
Paper Sundaes: Happy Easter
Stamptacular Sunday: Playing with Pastels

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. God Bless.
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Viva la Verve April #1

Each week on Friday, the Verve Divas challenge everyone to create based on a sketch they have designed. For week one of April it was Verve Diva Amber and here is her sketch:

 

While I enjoy sketches with lots of layers, this one was a real bear! 

Right now, I am in love with Pear Pizaaz from Stampin Up!® It's a really different shade of green and one of their In-Colors from last fall. It is definitely an 'in-color' because it is coordinating perfectly with a lot of other brands of designer paper collections such as the one used here from DCWV - Blossom Song. All of my scalloped-edge layers were cut from the Elegant Edges cartridge from Cricut. I used the stamp set "Easter Joy" from Verve Stamps to stamp the row of eggs and my sentiment. The eggs were colored with Copics. Of course I did my usual distressed and/or inked edges and I even inked the white flowers to make them blend in with all the shades of green. Since Easter is tomorrow, this will be my last Easter card for this season. It's time to pull out some other stamps to play with! 

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a wonderful and blessed Easter Sunday.

Practical Scrappers Published Me!

I just checked my email and found a happy little surprise! I had submitted this layout to Practical Scrappers for their "Little Girls" publication call. 

The email said "Congrats you've been published on Practical Scrappers". I had totally forgot about submitting it so, WOW! what a nice surprise.

Thank you, Practical Scrappers for finding my work "worthy" of publication.

April 2011 Verve "Get Your Diva On"

On the 2nd Monday of every month, Verve Stamps offers a "Get Your Diva On" challenge. The challenge itself is totally up to the Verve Diva that is hostessing the challenge. This month our hostess is Amber. She challenged us to a recipe challenge:

 

The winner of the challenge will get to be a Guest Diva in an upcoming release and they will receive all the stamps/dies for that release for free! They will also get to play along in the pre-release spotlight blog hops as well as the release party. You can beat that for a prize, now can you?

Since my name starts with a "J" my recipe was to use twine, buttons, and brads; the colors pink, turquoise and brown; 4 layer card or a circle card. 

I do not own any twine so I exchanged that category out for the embellishments from the A-F category: flowers, ribbon, and eyelets.

Here is what I ended up with...

 

I started out by making a 6x6 Chocolate Chip CS card base. To that I added the Whisper White polka dot DSP from "Loves Me" by SU, with the edges distressed. The first layer I added to the base is a cut from my Cricut Elegant Edges cartridge using the striped DSP from "Loves Me". I mounted that on a Tempting Turquoise CS base using the same cut on the Cricut and the shadow feature. I punched holes in both sides of this layer and attached white eyelets. The second layer was made using the pink polka dot paper from "Loves Me" and the same cut on the Cricut using the border feature. I mounted that on to Pixie Pink CS. On top of that layer I attached the Chocolate Chip ruched ribbon. The third layer was cut using the oblong feature and the frame feature on the Cricut using the Tempting Turquoise Dot DSP and Whisper White CS. Onto the Whisper White I stamped the floral image from the Everlasting Life stamp set from Verve and colored it in with Copics. I then framed that layer with the frame cut I had made on the Cricut. My fourth and final layer was made using the oblong feature along with the Whisper White polka dot DSP and Whisper White CS. Onto the Whisper White CS I stamped the scripture Psalm 97:1 which is also from Everlasting Life. To finish off the card I added a Turquoise petal from imaginisce®. All the edges of the papers were inked using either Spun Sugar or Broken China Distress Inks. 

This card also was inspired by our Bible Verse Thursday Challenge @ Christian Paper Crafts. Our word this week was "Treasure". The fact that the Lord reigns is a treasure to me so, I felt this scripture was only fitting for the challenge and it allowed me to use these stamps from Verve that I haven't gotten around to using yet.

Thanks to Verve Diva Amber for the fun challenge!

Thanks for dropping by my blog today! I hope you like today's card. Blessings...

Christian Paper Crafts Sketch Tuesday 103

It's time for another Sketch Tuesday at Christian Paper Crafts!
Here is the sketch Gloria created for us this week:

This is definitely my kind of sketch and I couldn't wait to play along this week.
This is what I came up with:

 I started out with a card base of 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 that I cut with my Cricut and Just Because Cards cartridge. This is an awesome cartridge for cutting out card bases. All of the basic shapes and fancy cuts you see on the card today were all cut from that same cartridge. Every single layer on this card has the edges inked. I just can't stop with the inking! I've used a fabulous set from Verve Stamps called "Easter Elegance" and it is on sale right now at Verve. You should definitely check it out!

Supplies:

• Verve - Easter Elegance stamp set
• SU - Springtime Vintage DSP,  Baja Breeze & Pear Pizzazz CS,  Flower Adornments, Soft Sky & Pear Pizzazz Classic Ink
• Cuttlebug & Embossing Folder
• Cricut & Just Because Cards cartridge

March 2011 Diva Dare: Color Me Spring

The card I am sharing with you today is inspired by the Verve March Diva Dare: Color Me Spring...

This month we dare you to make a card, project, layout, or whatever fits your stamping style using this month's theme - Color Me Spring! 

You can read more about the Diva Dare here and play along as well to win yourself A $30 Verve gift Certificate to buy even more of the Verve goodness!  

As for my interpretation of the challenge, when I think of spring, Easter always comes to my mind. I think of the beautiful flowers beginning to bloom, my niece in her gorgeous Easter dress on Sunday morning, usually in some shade of pink, pastel green, or white with little embroidered flowers. Therefore it is only fitting that I make an Easter card for this challenge.

 

For this card I used a Verve Plain Jane stamp called "Happy Easter". Did you know that the Plain Jane Scripture stamps is what got me hooked on Verve? Well, it is. I love Scripture stamps but could not afford to spend a lot of money on them and I took a peak at the Verve site one day and discovered these great scriptures and other Plain Janes for only $3 and sometimes they are on sale for $2.40. I tell you, it can't be beat. Okay, I'm rambling...

My Tulip is a digi-stamp from Sweet n Sassy Stamps that has been colored with my tiny but growing collection of Copic markers, cut out from the cardstock and adhered with pop-dots so that it would stand out. 

Well, I hope you like my version of Color Me Spring!

Supplies:

• patterned paper and cardstock - SU
• Happy Easter - Verve Plain Jane
• Tulip - Sweet n Sassy digi stamp
• Copic markers
• Martha Stewart Crafts border punch

Clean & Simple / Monochromatic

Our Clean & Simple Saturday challenge at Christian Papercrafts was to use a Monochromatic color Scheme.

Since I'm in the process of making Easter cards I decided to go with a yellow scheme. It was also the perfect opportunity to show off some new Verve stamps I got in the mail last week!

All the fancy die-cuts were made with the Cricut and the Storybook Cartridge. As you can see the Cricut opens up a whole new realm of creative possibilities for your handmade cards.

Supplies:

• So Saffron, More Mustard cardstock- Stampin' Up!
• Linen Prints Designer Series Paper- Stampin' Up!
• Verve Stamps
• Stampin' Up! Markers for coloring and stamping sentiment
• Cricut and Storybook cartridge

A Measure of Love

Hello blogging friends and followers!

Today I have a card to share with you that was inspired by 2 challenges at Christian Paper Crafts: Sketch Tuesday 101 and Bible Verse Thursday 99.

Here is the sketch that Gloria challenged us with:

For Bible Verse Thursday, Angie gave us the creative prompt: Measure Up.
I decided to go with this definition of measure: a certain quantity or degree of something

I began to browse through all my scripture stamps and I came up with John 3:16 and I thought, "if that isn't a measure of love, I don't know what is".

So that, my friends is how this card came into being...

 

Supplies:

• Sweet n Sassy digital stamp-Bible
• Verve Stamps-Easter Blessings
• Cricut & George and Basic Shapes Cartridge
• Soft Sky & Whisper White Cardstock- Stampin' Up!
• Spring Silhouettes Designer Series Paper- Stampin' Up!
• Pearls-misc.
• Copics
• Martha Stewart Crafts Border Punch
• Memento Black Ink
• Soft Sky Stampin' Up! Classic Ink

Now, if you look over at my sidebar on the right you will notice a badge for a promotion that Christian Paper Crafts is running for free General Memberships the week of April 20-27. I encourage you to take the time to register at the site and join during this promotion. This is a $9.95 value for an annual membership. You do not have to be a Christian to be a part of the community. Come as you are and enjoy the challenges and the wonderful friendships you will make. There is something for everyone whether you are a die-hard stamper, scrapbooker, creating with the Cricut or other die-cutting systems. The great thing about Christian Paper Crafts is that it is a small group of women who really care about one another and you won't feel like you are lost in the crowd. Also it's a private community so, you can feel safe sharing your projects in the gallery and joining in on some of the more personal conversations.

And from April 20-27, 2011 it's free to join so, you really have nothing to lose. If you decide to join I hope that you will leave me a comment letting me know or if you have any questions about the site email me directly using the email button on my profile page.

CPC Color Monday Challenge 101: Sitting Pretty

It's time for our Color Monday Challenge over at Christian Paper Crafts. Here is the inspiration photo for this challenge.

 

I was also inspired by this sketch from Mojo Monday.

It's an oldie but a goodie from March of 2009 and you can see the original post HERE.

For my color scheme I decided to use the colors that you can just barely see hints of such as the red and green along with the vanilla.

Here is the finished project

We would love to have you come play along with the Color Monday Challenge at Christian Paper Crafts. Not a member? No problem. Just visit us at the CPC Creative Blog and you will see the challenge posted there and be able to link up your creations as well.

Supplies:

• Stampin' Up! cardstock in Pear Pizaaz and Rose Red
• Stampin' Up! Springtime Vintage Designer Series Paper
• Stampin' Up! Classic Ink in Pear Pizaaz and Purely Pomegranate
• Stampin' Up! stamp set in Easter Blossoms
• Stampin' Up! Vintage Flower Adornments
• Cricut Expression and Cindy Loo Cartridge