~ Beauty ~ Vincent Van Gogh

Welcome!  I pray you are having a wonderful Lord's day!  Today is a special day for our family.  Our youngest son will marry the love of his life this evening.  We are excited to welcome a new DIL to the fold and a wonderful grandson!  God has truly blessed us and we are excited to see how not only how this union will be blessed but how it will honor our Lord and Savior! 

 

So in the spirit of beauty...  a beautiful bride, flowers, dresses and the like...  what could possibly be more beautiful than the Lord's handiwork that surrounds us each and every day?  Have you taken a moment to watch a sunset or sunrise this season?  Have you thanked the Creator for his provisions?  We are having deluges of rain right now in Kentucky.  But when I look a little closer, I notice just how lush and green the grass is...  extremely unusual for this time of year!  It's a God thing!  Even with extreme weather conditions, beauty abounds...  We just have to look for it! 

 

Today's card features a quote from North Coast Creations' ' Find Beauty set and sums it up nicely....

I stamped images from both the Find Beauty  and Something Marvelous  sets with Versamark ink.  I used a tan embossing powder to emboss both images and sentiment.  I sponged on a bit of light blue inks to create a watercolor effect and wiped off the images after the ink dried.  I framed the image with a bit of black CS and a light teal shade which matched the ink.  The card base is simple white CS.  Super easy!  So what do you think? 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Lori

 

Card Recipe

 

Stamps - North Coast Creations - Find Beauty  , Something Marvelous

Papers - Georgia Pacific, Bazzill

Ink - Versamark, CTMH Twilight & Juniper

Embossing Powder - American Crafts Zing Brown Sugar

North Coast Creations ~ The Heart ~

The heart is a funny thing, isn't it?  Can your heart really swell with pride?  Can you physically be cut to the heart?  Can you be truly heart sick?  Isn't it amazing how the very organ that sustains God's ultimate creation can hurt us so?  I am always thankful in this fallen world to find a good heart...  Good Samaritans...  those who take a moment out of their day to shine God's love on others...  angels unawares...

 

It is my sincere prayer this and every day to not let my heart get heavy with the wear and tear of daily life.  I pray God opens my eyes so I can praise Him as the Creator deserves. 

 

I am reminded of God's hand in this world every time I see a beautiful sunset.  It reflects the hands of the Creator so...  Today's card tries to capture that with soft sponging and a black silhouette...

 

The image is from North Coast Creations and is called Something Marvelous

 

 

Thanks for stopping by! 

 

Card Recipe

 

Stamps - North Coast Creations - Something Marvelous

Papers - Georgia Pacific, Bazzill

Inks - CTMH - Sunset, Honey, Cotton Candy, Memento Tuxedo Black

Dies - Spellbinders Labels Twenty-Five



North Coast Creations June Release!

Have you checked out North Coast Creations, the sister company of Our Daily Bread Designs yet?

We are very excited to share with you a new release today! The Design Team members (also affectionately known as "The Coasters")  have created some beautiful cards! 
 

This month we will be choosing 2 winners who will receive a $10 gift certificate to the store for stamps just for commenting on our Design Team cards! You have until June 17, 2013 at 9:00PM EDT to make a comment on each of our designers blog posts.  Our 2 random winners will be announced on the NCC blog on June 18, 2013. 

 

For complete deets visit North Coast Creations' Blog. 

 

Here are a couple of cards I created....

This one uses  Find Beauty
 

 

 and this one features Something Marvelous

So what do you think?

Visit the other coasters to play along and let us know what you think! 

Julie  

 

Angie

 

Cathy

 

Lisa

 

Dawn

 

Sabrina

 

Sandee

 

Grace

 

Thanks for stopping by!  Blessings....