He will sing!

 How are you on this Monday? It's pouring rain here with lots of wind. I'm staying in!

I wanted to encourage a dear friend going though a tough time and was so glad to find my favorite Scripture verse available in digi form at Word Art Wednesday. 

One of my newer stamps is Blossoms and Butterflies from Pinkfresh Studio, it's fast becoming my favorite! I ordered just the stamp but next order included the dies and stencil. This bouquet of flowers is so versatile and I know that it could be one of those images that I grab often. 

Stenciling is a technique that has grown on me over this year. You may know that I love to watercolor, and slowly add layers of shading and color.  But you can't beat a good stencil or two for coloring an image quickly. 

Speaking of quickly, I need to run this card out to the mailbox. I'm wishing you a wonderful day! Adding this to the Word Art Wednesday Challenge.  Besides inspiring Scripture and beautiful artwork, they have some great prizes if you want to check it out!

Be yourself

         Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

In my Garden

 Hello friends! I've been working in my craft room with a garden theme of butterflies and blooms today. Playing with a sketch and a nice collection of new supplies that I have lined up from recent orders. And oh boy, did I have fun! More awaits.

Michele's sketch from Freshly Made was my starting point.  My interpretation is not literal although I took quite a while trying to get a  balance of the die cuts and embellishments. 

It's a great sketch! For the leaves and flower, just a bit of inking added interest. I think the butterflies fit well with this sentiment. Pearls were the only embellishment. 

Hope your Saturday is going well! I appreciate your visit so much. 

Be yourself

         Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Challenges:
NBUS  **see below for  4 new items**
Freshly Made

 and a new to me challenge from The Paper Shelter where I used Flowers, Free and Pearls

Supplies:
Simon Says Stamp - *Rose Branch Wafer Die, *Jaunty Sunflower Die
Altenew - inks, *Itty Bitty Branches Die Set
Pinkfresh Studio - Butterflies in Bloom Stamps and Dies, *Scalloped Grid Coverplate Die
Penny Black - Butterflies 

Special Day

Hi there, how's it going? There's a new challenge today at Tic Tac Toe Challenge! That makes today a special day and as you will see, it's a unique and fun set of prompts. 

I enjoyed pulling out some Altenew and other items, mixing a bit of old and new to create my card. 

Of the wonderful options, I chose the bottom row across: Frames, Dimension, and Embellishment. I loved using the circle frame for my focal point. To me, dimension = texture! I began with an embossed base layer, and smooshed white ink on the raised design to add depth of color. 

The multiple paper layers and layered stamping of the florals gave dimension too. Then I did pop things up with foam tape, and embellished with lovely sapphire gems. The ones in the blue flower centers are hard to see but IRL they add a pretty shine!

 I hope you will find some encouragement to play along with our challenge! I can't wait to see what you make. 

Thanks for checking in with me for a bit, it's been great to have you visit. Until next time...

Be yourself

         Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful! 

Supplies: 

Stamps:  Altenew - Airbrushed Floral and dies
Frame die: Pinkfresh Studio - Elegant Circles 

My current favorite embossing folder is from Altenew - Piped Floral Lace

Big Hugs

 I had a happy bit of crafting time and was inspired by two challenges for today's card. 

I love it when a challenge sends me looking through my supplies to pull out something and use it/combine it in a way that's unique and refreshing!

The Paper Players challenge asks for the colors of the rainbow. I found rainbow striped paper for the border, and rainbow colored circles for a small frame. With masking, I created soft clouds. 
Simon Says Stamps - Make It Cute  (oops, missed this one!)

What's funny about me and rainbow cards? I don't usually make them. I do love the rainbow colors, and had to smile as I typed just now when I looked at the blog header I designed with a border of rainbow colors. 

I will list the supplies below, send you a big hug of thanks, and be on my way. Have a great day!

Be yourself

         Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Supplies:
DSP from Waffle Flower and Penny Black 

Stamps and Dies - SSS Tweet Friend 
Copic Markers, Scalloped Rectangle Frame dies 

A Bit of Fluff

 
A new stamp came out to play today and it's a cute bunny saying hello to spring! 

I made the background last month just playing around with a few stencils for a session. Using the Puffy Squares (Waffle Flower) I did two background panels in tone on tone colors of blue and yellow. Adding a dainty border and a tag today fits this right in with the challenge at Freshly Made. 

The new-to-me Spring Bunny Stamp Set (Concord & 9th) provided the focal point. I added a bit of bling for his bit of fluff tail. Sharing this also at the NBUS gallery. 

A clean and simple card. It's much brighter IRL. 

That's all for today! 

Be yourself

         Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Happiness for You

Happy Friday to you! A while back when I got my Zigs out I did some coloring for future cards. This is one of them. I began with stamping the images from Butterflies and Blooms (a new-to-me stamp from PinkFreshStudio) onto white card stock. 

After cutting it out, I layered it onto aqua card stock, placing a vellum gingham panel (SU) behind it. Here's what I love - my favorite  EF from Altenew (Piped Floral Lace). I just keep choosing this one! It's the debossed side that forms the card base layer. 

Tiny silver dots are the only embellishment. Entering this in Tic Tac Toe challenge #287 middle row across: Layering, Encouragement, Enamel Dots/Sequins. 

 Team O has some wonderful samples and it is so easy to play along! I also love to play at Word Art Wednesday  NBUS and Simon Says Stamp. I hope your weekend is wonderful and I want to say a heartfelt thanks for your visit. 

Be yourself

         Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful! 

One More for the Paper Players

 I could have titled this post: "Here's what I did today" or, "Wow! A card made in less than an hour!" Both of these are true. 

I am usually trying to feature my newer or just purchased supplies but it felt so good to pull out some older things and make a very unfussy bare bones card.

When I saw the sketch I immediately grabbed the patterned papers I've wanted to use (from Penny Black) and went from there. A tall die cut flower from Concord & 9 and a banner zig zag die for the fuchsia border were used. The sentiment from the Greetery could be for a birthday or anniversary. I like that it's open-ended.  I'm adding to my daughter's stash of cards to send including many to children.  

Sometimes it's best to KISS. Simple was really fun this time. 

Don't you love this sketch from The Paper Players?   I also was pretty excited to be chosen as the Headliner last week with THIS card. 

I love that you came to visit! I hope you find many things to celebrate today. I'm also playing at A Cut Above.  

 and SSS Wednesday Challenge ATG.  Have a great day!

Be yourself

         Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!