Elegant Blessings

I have not spent much time card making lately so I did not have a brand new project to post on the blog. However, I have quite a few cards that I have not shared here with you. I was having a difficult time trying to decide what to post though and then it came to me after bible study tonight. I was so blessed at the study tonight that I knew I wanted to share a couple cards that I made using the beautiful Elegant Blessings set. I just love the crosses and sentiments found in this set!



I used the smaller of the two crosses on the first card and accented with rhinestones.



The second card features the larger cross image. I colored in the open spaces of the cross with my copic marker and then also accented with rhinestones again.



I hope you liked the cards I shared today. Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a great rest of the week!

Winter Friends...

Hi everyone, it's my turn to post a card and I chose the "Winter Friends" Clear Stamp set for my creation! I just love Snowmen and birdhouses, so this stamp fits all my loves! I'm having a fabulous time this week with my sister and niece visiting, and celebrating my 50th on Friday! I hope you have a blessed week!
Hugs, Darsie

Planes and Butterflies

So I am back to health, completed my half marathon (walked it) and have come through as promised. Since I didn't have something new for you last week, I made up for that and also made my as planned new card for this week. So first up is my make-up from last week.

I have loved the Little Boy Toys set since I first saw it...how can you not love the little plane and rocket in the set (and then there is a truck too!). I watercolored my plane and added a little silver gel pen accents. I then cut it out and popped it up over top of a sky of shades of blue scallops. The card was then finished with the stamped greeting in the corner, ribbon, and a button with a little silver cording.

The second card I have for you today uses the current Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge #74 (with a spin of Deep Red and Mustard colors) and the ever beautiful set, Everyday Miracles. I know I have said it before, but I love the butterflies in this set! Once again a I watercolored the butterfly so that it went from a deep red to orange to mustard yellow. This was then cut out and popped up on a circle that I randomly stamped the same butterfly in the three colors. Then I stamped the greeting and set it off with a scalloped circle and some black rhinestones.

See you back here next Tuesday!

Andrea (Crafty Engineering)

Customer Spotlight Sunday

Happy Sunday everyone! Today I have a blast from the past to share with you...This sweet image is one of the very first Sweet 'n Sassy digi images that I downloaded, almost a year ago! It's such a cute image!! I know it's not even Thanksgiving yet but this image makes me think of Valentine's Day...

Not only is our image a blast from the past but this card was created by one of our former DT members, Micki Harper. Micki is a wonderful designer I enjoyed working with her on our team. And guess what? She's still creating lovely work with our digi images. :-) Can you guess what the name of this image is...Pucker Up! How fun is that! The digi set comes with the kissing fishes image and two sentiments for just $4.00.

As for this sweet card, I love that Micki put the fish bowl on an angle and her coloring...fabulous! I also really love the color combo (in my book you can never go wrong with orange on a card...) and the polka dot paper, a great look for a fish filled, full of water and love card!

Thanks for letting us share this card Micki!!

Beautiful Sihouettes

Good Morning!  I hope you all had a fantastic week and that the weekend holds good things for you.  Today's card I have to share with you is part of my collection of cards that I'm doing lately called "One Postage Stamp, Please."  These are cards that contain no bumpies that require extra postage when mailing.  I am doing this collection of cards to send to Operation Write Home.

This card features a stamp set that I love so much!  It's called Serene Sihouettes and its perfect for the technique that I wanted to try.  Using some glossy white card stock, baby wipes and re-inkers I created this sunrise background.  Then stamped over that with Memento Tuxedo Black.  The cool thing about stamping on glossy card stock is that the ink doesn't dry quickly so I used clear embossing powder and my heat gun to set the ink.

I know that there are many challeges around that are sponsoring for Operation Write Home.  Help our soldiers stay in touch with their families, especially now because the Holiday Season is quickly approaching.  If you do join in this effort, please remember to not use glitter on your cards.

Have a great weekend.  Thank you for stopping by!
Many hugs & blessings,
Melissa

Joyful Snowman

Is this not the cutest image ever!? I adore snowman images and this one puts a smile on my face every time I look at it! This sweety snowman (called Smiley Snowman) is available as a digital download for just $3.00! That's another reason for joy!

This is a card that I taught at a class earlier this week, where I demonstrated different card folding techniques. This is a double pocket card and inside are hiding not one but two individual cards. It's like a 3-in-1 card!

I printed out Mr. Smiley Snowman a second time and just highlighted his sweet face on the inside cards by only punching out the top portion of the image. A Merry Christmas sentiment was all that was needed to finish the inside piece. I tied a huge bow (love those big 'ol bows) around the entire card and added a sparkly snowflake sticker for a little bling. This card almost makes me long for snow...almost...

Enjoy!

Smile!

Today's card is just a simple one that uses the SCS sketch for the week. I used some designer paper from Me and My Big Ideas to help me choose my colors and then I colored a cute Jack 'o Lantern from the SNSS clear set "Sweet Pumpkin" for the main image. Isn't that a great sentiment?? I'll use it for a lot more than pumpkins, I'm thinking, and it's just one of a number in the set. Be sure to stop by the store and see the other fun choices for your autumn and winter crafting. Can you believe that Christmas stuff is already coming out in the stores?? Yikes!! I'd better get busy!

Thanks for stopping by, and have a blessed day!

Tricia