BLOGGERS CHALLENGE #196 FABRIC HERRINGBONE

Hello!   This weeks challenge theme is Pattern Paper! BE CREATIVE with this weeks theme with some of these ideas...

You can alter something with PP - Try Iris Folding or the Herringbone Technique or

Try Tea Bag Folding 

Earlier this week I made an Iris Fold project HERE. There is a tutorial linked up there as well.

I decided to try a new twist on the Herringbone technique from the Technique Junkie Newsletter and use the NEW SU Springtime Vintage fabric mixed with the Springtime Vintage DP.

I combined a few other challenges into this card. Christian Paper Crafts had a sketch challenge and their Bible Verse Thursday Challenge was based on  Ecclesiastes 3:11 states, "He makes all things beautiful in His time." The Stampin' Sisters In Christ have challenged to use the Scripture...Scripture: 2 Cor.5:17 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." My new item on this card is the stamp set, the fabric, the paper and the gems!

Here are a few more details...

Stamps: Faith from Our Daily Bread Designs

Card Stock: Not Quite Navy, Vanilla

Ink: Chalk Inks

Accessories: Springtime Vintage Fabric, K&Company rhinestones, Technique Junkie Newsletter, Large oval punch, Gold Cord, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch

Technique: Herringbone

Here is a little Blog Hop for some more inspiration!


Thank you for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Hello! Today is the Christian Paper Crafts Magazine New to You Challenge that I host every Wednesday! This week's Challenge is to create a card using the Crimped Envelope Pocket Card. I used the tutorial HERE from Splitcoast Stampers.

Here are the details for my card:

Stamp Set: Dream Silhouettes, His Eye is On the Sparrow

Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Perfect Plum, Envelope

Accessories: Eyelet Scalloped Punch, Crimper, Ribbon, Big Shot, Dimensionals, Sponge

This week, we have been busy with Tae Kwon Do practice. My kids are preparing for their first belt test and they are very excited! Between that and catching up with housework from being gone last week, life has been busy!

Despite all of the busyness, I am so blessed. This week at church, we had a special speaker come in. He is a new Pastor applying for a position in our church. He spoke from Jonah 1...the Lord led me to share this with you today...

Jonah 1
Running Away from God
1-2 One day long ago, God's Word came to Jonah, Amittai's son: "Up on your feet and on your way to the big city of Nineveh! Preach to them. They're in a bad way and I can't ignore it any longer." 3 But Jonah got up and went the other direction to Tarshish, running away from God. He went down to the port of Joppa and found a ship headed for Tarshish. He paid the fare and went on board, joining those going to Tarshish—as far away from God as he could get.
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After hearing Pastor Sam Jackson speak this week, I was challenged to ask myself and really think about what GOD is calling me in? Where or what have I been neglecting or running in the other direct from? My children have me so distracted right now, that I seem to be tending to the immediate needs and have a hard time thinking past what is beyond that. I am hoping this week to really have some treasured moments to really focus on where God has been calling me and where I may not be going in the directions HE wants me too. If you would like to listen to this message, I encourage you to go to www.graceinracine.com and download it to your computer or any other means of listening devices.

I hope you have a blessed day!

BLOG HOP DAY 2 & A TREAT!

Hello! I hope this finds you enjoying your summer! Yesterday was spent cooking and baking for some friends. One family added a new baby to their family, so we took them a meal. Then another family is moving to a different home, so I baked them some cookies to serve the people who are helping them move. It was a fun day. I had my children help me bake and I think they enjoyed it.

Over on Christian Paper Crafts...This week's NEW TO YOU Challenge is to make a PUFFY BOX! You can find the tutorial HERE. Below is my sample to help inspire you for your start. When uploading to the gallery use the keyword NTYW12 When uploading to other online galleries or your blog please use the keyword CPCM-NTYW12.

Here is my creation and the details....

Stamp Set: Chocoholic by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Cardstock: Glossy Cardstock

Accessories: Cd, Pencil, Bone Folder, Ribbon...

Today is the KICK OFF BLOG HOP for the NEW Design Team! I know you will love their creations. ALthough I have been a bit busy, I have been taking moments to take Sneak peeks at their blogs to enjoy their great talented!

Meet the July-December 2009 Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Jr Design Team:
Shannon Pankow

Connie Babbert

Belinda Chang

Leah Cornelius

Lorie Souther

Lisa Hjulberg

Now, you will definitely want to HOP on over to these fabulous blogs and check out the latest stamps Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps has to offer. I am excited to see what everyone has created!

July 1st- SNSS blog featuring Kathy Page (July GD), Janette, Lisa, Shannon, Nancy, & Courtney

Thank you for stopping by! Have a fabulous day!

FAREWELL BLOG HOP

Good Day! I hope this finds you well. Today is the kick off for Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps BLOG Hop! We are saying FAREWELL to these very talented ladies and will be introducing our new team tomorrow!

Now onto todays project! This card was my third attempt on this week's Christian Paper Crafts challenge! The first one - I did the wrong week! The second one, I used a DT Sketch I can't show yet and finally this one!!! So watch for another card later in the week with the same colors!

Stamps: Forget Me Not by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps (Digital Image

Paper: Real Red, Basic Black, Coordinations Yellow, Basic Black

Ink: Copics Embellishments: Black gingham, Basic Grey Brads

You will want to visit these blogs to see their very wonderful projects and give them a shout out about what a talent they are!


SNSS blog,

Faith,

Cindy,

Deb,

Lorie,

Thank you for stopping by! Have a great day!

Pastels...

Hello! It is Monday again! I hope you had a wonderful weekend!

Here is another poroject using Creative Cuts and More's die cuts. This one uses the STAR shape chipboard. What fun and SO easy to create! If you haven't been to the store or their gallery you will want to be sure to check it out! There is a WONDERFUL variety of products!

Have you been to the Christian Paper Crafts Forum yet? They have challenges to help you get your stamping jump started! Last weeks Color Challenge #10 is to create something with Pretty In Pink, Barely Banana and Certainly Celery. I used Basic Greys Urban Prairie Designer Prairie.

This is also a card using the CAS21 Make it Sparkle Challenge for Splitcoast Stampers.

Here are the details to my project:

Stamp Set: In His Time

Cardstock: Pretty In Pink, Barely Banana and Urban Prairie DP

Accessories: Dew Drops, Star Chipboard, Sanding Block, Pearls, 5/8 grosgrain, Stickles

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It's SUMMER time and we are celebrating Christmas?? Sure! I know how important it is for so many of you to get an early start on those Christmas cards, so Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps is here to help!

We've got some really fun things planned for July and even though it's still June, we wanted you to know the scoop ahead of time so you can start planning!

So here's the scoop.....
For the entire month of July, our Christmas & Winter stamp sets will be 15% off!

But the fun doesn't stop there! When you spend $25 in Christmas & Winter stamps, you will receive a FREE Holiday Greetings stamp set.

Hold on, there is still more!!!

Wanna order our other stamps and products instead? We have something for YOU, too!

~Place a $20 order-receive Stanley the Penguin digi set
~Place a $35 order-receive Stanley the Penguin digi set AND Do Not Open Till Christmas digi set
~Place a $50 order-receive Stanley the Penguin digi set, Do Not Open Till Christmas digi set

AND You Light Up My Life digi set

Oh, and by the way, ordering our Christmas stamps and/or any other sale or clearance items counts, too. :) These exclusive digis can only be earned through our Christmas in July Celebration and will not be available to purchase.

You can see some SNEAK PEEKS HERE!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a blessed day!

TIME FLIES!

Does anyone have a few hours to spare? Maybe it is just lack of sleep lately, because I can't seem to get my act together to stamp every day like I have in the past. I made this card for two challenges...the Belli Challenge and the CPCMAG NEW TO YOU Challenge that is hosted each Wednesday.

I used a RUB ON from SU and the Alphaboxes from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps for this card. I love the versatility of the alphaboxes! You can make them what ever size you want and then just cut them out to make whatever word you choose. These are Digi Stamps to use...

This weeks CPC-Mag New to You Challenge is to use the GRID technique on your card.

I will have a SNEAK PEEK for you Friday and another card for you tomorrow! So stop back when you have time! Have a great day!

Missing In Action

Hello! The past few days have been so busy I have not had a lot of time for stamping.

I created this card for a VERY special friend, she loves roses so when I saw the Christian Paper Crafting website had the color challenge, I thought this would be a perfect creation for her...

I am so looking forward to the weekend. I will be doing LOTS of paper crafting!!! Thank you for stopping by! Have a great day!

Poppin' Pastels Christian Paper Crafts

Hello my friends,

I am so excited about today because my children and I are going to the SURVIVE ALIVE FIRE HOUSE in Milwaukee as a field trip with their girls club and boys club (I am a co-leader for the Boys Club).

This week's NEW TO YOU Challenge on the Christian Paper Craft Magazine forum is to create a project using the POPPIN' PASTELS technique.

Poppin' Pastels uses your Versamark pad and Pastels. Pastels is another name for a high quality chalk... So if you don't have pastels in your craft room and if you have children - go grab their sidewalk chalk or chalk board supplies! Ink your stamp with your Versamark pad. Stamp the image on cardstock. Lightly draw some color from your pastels using a sponge dauber, q-tip, or cotton ball into the pastel of your choice. You will not need to use a lot of pressure on your chalks, this will make them crumble. It will still useable, just not so pretty sitting in the tray and messier too. Once you have the applicator of choice "chalked up", gently press or dab it over your versamarked image.

The versamark will absorb the color and your image will pop out, you may even have some residue of color on your cardstock but the main image will be the image you stamped. Above is my sample to help inspire you for your start. You can also see it in the gallery here . When uploading to the gallery use the keyword NTYW05. When uploading to other online galleries or your blog please use the keyword CPCM-NTYW05. Also, please leave a comment here in this thread with a link to your creation so we can be sure to check it out. There is no time limit for playing so just have fun!

Here is my list of supplies...

Stamp Set: Dream Silhuoettes by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps, Floral Bg by SU

Cardstock, Ink & Pastel colors: Sage Shadow, Blush Blossom, Whisper White, Bashful Blue, barely Banana, versamark,

Accessories:Blue pearls, Dimensionals, Oval cutter

We are weathering a storm here (again) 'Tis the "season" :) so this is the Scripture I am meditating upon today.

Psalm 37:23-24 (NKJV) The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, And He delights in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For the LORD upholds him with His hand.

Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Easter Lilies and Faith

Hello! I know time is limited for so many as I am feeling the crunch with the end of the school year. Next month our oldest child graduates! I can barely believe it. It seems like just yesterday she came as a 4 year old to live with us. The years have really flown by. While the past several years have been difficult, it has been by FAITH in God's plan that has pulled us through!

Have you been to Christian Paper Crafts Magazine yet? It is a new Stamping community similar to Splitcoast Stampers but Christ centered. I am enjoying it. I have not been to every place there yet, but as I have time I go check it out. They have challenges every day and on Wednesdays I host a challenge for them called Ways to use It - this week's challenge is to Paper Piece - yesterdays card with the Child of God stamp set is one I created for this challenge too. If you wish to participate the code to use NTY-W04

This card also uses their Color Challenge - CPCM-CM03 and Sketch Challenge CPCM-ST04.

Today, I am going to work on graduation announcements and party invitations. I am ready for summer, so I can just stop thinking. :)

here are the details of my card:

Stamp Sets: Easter Lily & Trust in the Lord by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps, All in a Row by SU

Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Bella Rose DP, Textured DP by SU, Basic Black, Whisper White

Accessories: Scallop Edge, Buttons, Brads, Dimensionals, Paper Snips, Paper Piercing Tool, Mat Pack

I hope you have a FABULOUS day! Thank you for stopping by!

A Busy Blogging Day! BLOG HOP, COPIC COLOUR CHALLENGE and BELLI CHALLENGE DAY!

Hello Everyone! Ohhh - so much to share! I hope I can remember it all! LOL

Please check out the whole post!

For starters, we will start with the BLOG HOP for Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps! This month we are celebrating with a KICK OFF TO SUMMER! So I chose to use Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Summer Fun and Summer Sentiments stamp sets - to see several of the summer sets, here is a direct link to the Summer section on Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps website. You will definitely want to check out the other Design Team projects so be sure to HOP on over to the blogs listed below!

Have you been over to the Christian Paper Craft Magazine website yet? I am hosting the Wednesday NEW TO YOU Challenge there. This card uses the BOUNCING BRAYER technique. The link for the challenges is HERE.

Here are the details for this card:

Stamp Sets: Summer Fun and Summer Sentiment by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Cardstock: Glossy White, Yoyo Yellow, Real Red, Brilliant Blue

Accessories: Copics, Brayer, Spectrum Pad, 5/8 red ribbon, Dimensionals, Jumbo Brads

When you are done looking over this post, check out the other Design Team projects!

Start on the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps blog

and head to

Suzy

Lorie

Courtney

Sandy

The card above and this one below uses the BELLI CHALLENGE...

The Belli Challenge has been changed to a Bi-weekly event. You can check out all of the Design Teams work at http://www.bellichallenge.blogspot.com/. We would love it if you played along! :)

This week's Belli Challenge is to use a Jumbo Brads or Jumbo Eyelets...if you do not have those, be sure to use ANY hardware that you have laying around.

You will want to check out the Belli Challenge Teams work! Looking at their work ALWAYS brings a smile to my face and inspires me!

Now for the Copic Colour Challenge...

I took the Winter at Home stamp set and colored it so it would be a SPRING/ SUMMER theme - This weekend, had you been in our home this would have been the scene you would look out at... RAIN! LOL

Be sure to check out the challenge teams work - they always WOW me! Another Stellar week of cards for you to see!

Thank you so much for stopping by! Be sure to HOP on over to all of the FABULOUS Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Design teams blogs! Have a great day!

DRAGGED MADRAS - JESUS IS MY PORTION...

Hello! I have discovered a new forum and I am so excited because they asked me to be a host for one of the weekly challenges. Have you heard of the Christian Paper Crafts Community? They are working on a new forum but it is currently in the NING community. I just love this community. What better place than to have a community of friends who love the LORD and share a passion of paper crafting!? Praise GOD! If you have not heard of this and would like to join, let me know and I will send you an invitation.

Every Tuesday, Christian Paper Crafts will hold a Tuesday Sketch. This is their sketch for this past week, CPCM-ST01 is the code for any forums you will use if you participate!

In addition to doing the sketch challenge, I used the technique Dragged Madras. This is a technique that was shared in the May Technique Junkies newsletter. I am still ecstatic about being a part of their Design Team! This week, my stamping time seems to be minimal due to Spring School activities.

Here are the details on this project:

Stamp Sets: His Eye is On the Sparrow and Dream Silhouettes by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Ink and Cardstock: Barely Banana, Basic Black, Whisper White, Bashful Blue (Certainly Celery Ink too)

Accessories: Big Shot Top Note Die, the frame for the words I drew myself and cut that out by hand, Dew Drops, Sponge Daubers, Mini Glue Dots, Paper Snips

Today is another busy day! I have MOPS this morning and then my 7 year old has a Tae Kwon Do activity, then I have to do some work in my basement for two hours. Can someone come over and give me a few hours of quiet time in my stamp room, please? LOL

I hope you all have a blessed day!