Word Art Wednesday ~ Philemon 1:4

Happy Wednesday!  It's time for another fabulous digital image and challenge from Word Art Wednesday .  What a blessing to be able to create using God's holy word.  Today we are reminded of the importance of thanksgiving.  What a wonderful scripture to remind us of His provisions for us and the importance of prayer. 

 

Here's my card using Cricut die cuts (card base & heart) and Spellbinders. 

 

 

I used coordinating DP by Teresa Collins along with black and kraft colored card stock.  A bit of black lace and rhinestone flourish add texture.  I also used a paper crimper to added a dimension to the kraft heart. 

 

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to visit Word Art Wednesday for the digital image and linky.  We want to see what you come up with!  Blessings....

 

Lori

 

 

Card Recipe

 

Dies - Cricut - Winter Woodland; Spellbinders Petite Scalloped Circles Large

Papers - Teresa Collins - Vintage Finds, Georgia Pacific, The Paper Studio

Misc. - Lace, Rhinestone Flourish by Recollections, Paper Crimper

 



Exploring Cricut Daily Post

Happy Friday!  Can you believe there are only 4 more shopping days until Christmas?  Eeek!!!

Today I am popping in to show one final Christmas Cricut post.  I used Winter Woodland and Simply Charmed for my Exploring Cricut daily project.

 

The Cricut cuts you will need

2 cuts (white card stock) mittens (Simply Charmed pg. 65) - 5 inches

1 cut (pattern paper) mitten (Simply Charmed pg. 65) - 5 inches

1 cut (white card stock) mitten cuff (Simply Charmed pg. 65 - Layer 2) 5 inches

2 cuts (green card stock) holly (Winter Woodland pg. 42 - Shift) 2 inches

Other Items

Cotton Balls

Liquid Glue

ScorTape

Kaisercraft - Red Rhinestone Gems

Distress Ink - Ranger Pumice Stone (mitten edges)

1. Score back of white mitten (1 cut) at 1/4 inch.

2. Fold, add ScorTape and adhere to back of other card stock cut to create card.

3. Distress edges of DP mitten cut and white mitten cuff.

4. Adhere card stock mitten to base. Add mitten cuff.

5. Tear cotton balls, shape and glue to mitten cuff.

6. Fold and/or distress holly leaves as desired. Glue to mitten cuff.

7. Add rhinestone gems.

Thanks for stopping by! Until next time blessings!

MOJO260 ~ Great Things ~

Thanks so much for stopping by! I am dropping in to share a card I created for few challenges this week including the Mojo sketch challenge. Time has been limited as of late.

 Do you ever feel like you have little if anything to share? After a few days of work related travel, I have felt EXACTLY like way! Finally, I plopped myself at the craft table and DARED myself to come up with something.

The sketch...

and my interpretation...

I know... extremely frilly and over the top! See what happens when I make myself create something! Still not sure how I feel about it but was determined to share...

Thanks for stopping by!

Lori

Card Recipe

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Christmas Door

Paper - Bazzill; Paper Studio - kraft; Echo Park - Very Merry Christmas; Bazzill Basics Paper - Believe

Ink - Versafine - Onyx Black; Ranger Distress Ink - Black Soot

Dies - Cricut - Winter Woodland (scallop base); Spellbinders - Petite Scalloped Circles Large, Standard Circles Large & Layered Poinsettia

Misc. - Bead Landing Black Cording; Recollections Microbeads & Pearl Flourish; Bo Bunny Button; Lace & Mini Pom Pom Trim

 

Challenges

 

Mojo Monday Sketch - MOJO260

Stampin' Sisters in Christ - SSIC159 - Use an Element of Music (music print on DP)
Word Art Wednesday - WAW47
 

Exploring Cricut Daily Post ~ The Buzz

Welcome to another daily project for Exploring Cricut. I am so excited that Spring is finally here. The last few days have been decidedly cold here in Kentucky but I feel certain warm weather will return. So in the meantime, I must pacify myself with creating warm weather projects. I found this cute bumblebee (using the blackout feature) on Cricut's Home Decor and went to work! What do you think?

Cuts

Winter Woodland - pg 32 - Blackout feature - 2 - white 5.25 in
Circle - 1 - Designer Paper 4.75 in
Home Decor - Blackout Honeybee - 2 - black card stock 2.75 in

Details

1. Cut all pieces listed above.
2. Score one scallop below three scallops on one cut. Fold and apply scor-tape. Adhere to folded section to back of front scallop panel.
3. Using scor-tape, apply mini pompom trim to underside of designer paper circle. Stamp sentiment on bottom of DP.
4. Place DP panel on scallop base with dimensional foam.
5. Adhere two bumblebee cuts together with dimensional foam and then place with additional dimensional foam on DP panel.

Super easy and so versatile! Stamp on any sentiment and you are ready to go! Thanks for stopping in and stop back by tomorrow to see what the weekly Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light Challenge with be! Blessings...

Supplies

Cricut Carts - Home Decor, Winter Woodland
Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Easter Blessings
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black
Paper - Colorbok, Echo Park - Country Drive
Embellies - Mini Pom Pom Trim - Black, Dimensional Foam

MOJO226, TSTR99 & SSIC125 ~ Won't You Be My Valentine?

Happy Sunday! Hope you and yours are having a wonderful Sabbath! I'm feeling a tab bit shabby chic! And with this week's Mojo Monday sketch in one hand and the lovely inspiration photo from The Shabby Tea Room, I went right to work. I love working with sketches and this week's Mojo Sketch did not disappoint.



And here is the lovely inspiration photo from The Shabby Tea Room. Participants were asked to use the colors in this photo along with a postal element.




So here's my take...



So for my card I elected to make an itty bitty envelope out of card stock and add a paper punched heart. My card is actually a scalloped card cut using the Winter Woodland Cricut cartridge as I do not own the larger Spellbinders. I cut a slightly smaller circle and added some vintage looking lace I picked up at Michaels around the edges. A pretty red bow, die cut flourish from Cheery Lynn Designs and a Prima Rose add to the shabby feel. The lovely paper die cut is from K & Company's Valentine Sweetheart Paper Pad. So easy to just punch out and go!

Here's a photo of the inside. I stamped a verse from last month's Our Daily Bread Designs release called God's Love.



Supplies

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - God's Love
Paper - Bazzill, K & Company Valentine Paper Pad, Life's Journey Paper Pad
Ink - Memento Lady Bug
Dies - Cheery Lynn Designs - Fanciful Flourish; Cricut - Winter Woodland cartridge
Accessories - Punches - Martha Stewart, Rose - Prima, Pearl Flourish - Recollections, Lace - Simplicity

Challenges

Mojo Monday - MOJO226 - Sketch Challenge
The Shabby Tea Room - TSTR99 - Love Is In the Air
Stampin' Sisters in Christ - SSIC125 - A Project That Shows Love

The Shabby Tea Room #90 - Winter Picnic

Well it's time for another fabbo challenge at The Shabby Tea Room. This week I am truly honored to be submitting a card as a guest designer. I'm a little nervous about the whole thing! Have you seen some of the amazing things those ladies come up with? Wow! So while I shake my head in wonderment you can check my humble submission below. The inspiration photo for this challenge is above. The crew is looking for creations with

White or Cream, Silver and Glitter

And here's mine...



The base is simple white card stock. I then cut a slightly smaller layer and paper punched the edges with an eyelet punch. I then lightly covered the eyelet ends with glitter glue and poured on the crystal coarse glitter glue. After letting it set, I shook off the excess and added it to the base with dimensional foam. The next layer is a shiny piece of silver card stock. I added a ribbon trim along the bottom that has silver and crystal hanging beads. The final base layer is a 5 x 5 piece of white card stock. I attached woven bias tape, securing it on the back with simple scotch tape. I bought a package of the Wright's Bias Tape Single Fold for this project. After placing it with dimensional foam I pulled out my dies. The silver base for the sentiment is from Spellbinders Holly Motifs. I stamped the sentiment in black and cut it with Spellbinders Standard Circles Large. The white rose is a cut from Cricut Flower Shoppe. I added a pearl in the center and a few paper punched branches (white) and silver leaves (Spellbinders Foliage). The stick pin is one I made with a pearl topped pin and some beads I had on hand. This lovely sentiment is from an upcoming release at Our Daily Bread Designs called aptly, Simple Things. It will be available on December 1st! Thanks for stopping by! I can't wait to see what you come up with!

Ingredients

Paper - American Craft, Colorbok; Stamp - Our Daily Bread Designs - Simple Things (available December 1st); Ink - Versafine Onyx Black; Dies - Spellbinders Holly Motifs, Standard Circles Large, Cricut - Flower Shoppe; Paper Punches - EK Success; Pearls, Ribbon Trim; Crystal Coarse Glitter; Custom Stick Pin; Bias Tape - Wrights Single Fold

In the meadow we will build a snowman...

It's time to explore Cricut and since Thanksgiving is officially behind us I pulled out a snowman cut. I am using one of my favorite frosty cartridges Winter Woodland.

Ingredients

Paper - Bazzill, Bo Bunny Snowfall Collection; Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Warm Wishes; Ink - Close to My Heart - Moonstruck; Die Cut - Cricut Winter Woodland; Pearl Flourish - Zva, Pearls; Lace; Paper Punch

Cricut Cuts

Snowman & Layers - Winter Woodland (page 31) 4 inches

Challenges

Mojo Monday 216

Snow is falling at Exploring Cricut...

Oh, the weather outside is frightful and the fire is so delightful...

Ok... maybe I'm pushing it a little bit. But I couldn't resist pulling out one of my favorite Cricut cuts for this project... SNOWFLAKES!!! I love paper snow but the real stuff... YUCK! So today's project, created for Exploring Cricut, allows me to indulge myself in that desire for snow without the danger of frostbite...

Today's project...

1. Cut your snowflakes (white card stock) in multiples of four! The largest on this card is
3.75 inches. Then adhere each layer together until your snowflakes feel more like
chipboard. Let them cure!

2. When the layers have completely dried, coat each snowflake in glitter glue. Spritz
generously with coarse glitter. Shake excess off and let glitter set up.

3. Create a card base with a 6 x 12 inch piece of card stock.

4. Cut peach card stock 5 3/4 inch square. Distress edges with distressing tool and ink
generously with Distress Ink (Tattered Rose).

5. Using sewing machine to stitch DP (5 1/2 inch square, distressed and inked) to pink card
stock with zig zag stitch.

6. Affix pearl flourish to DP (Prima Swirls Pink).

7. Stamp sentiment (ODBD Peace & Joy Set) on white card stock. (Ink - CTMH Cotton Candy)

8. Layer sentiment on pink card stock, trim and cut to desired length.

9. Arrange glittered snowflakes to card base with dimensional foam. Place sentiment on card.

And voila! You have a lovely, elegant, glitzy card to celebrate the Christmas season! Thanks for visiting! Blessings to you...

Card Recipe

Card Stock - Bazzill; Designer Paper - October Afternoon - Very Merry - Sing the Carols; Ink - Close to My Heart - Cotton Candy, Distress Ink - Ranger Tattered Rose; Stamps - ODBD - Peace & Joy; Cricut Cartridge - Winter Woodland (pages 33 & 35); Pearls - Prima Swirls Pink; Glittering Glue - Martha Stewart (Michaels); Glitter - Martha Stewart Cystal Coarse Glitter (Michaels); Sewing Machine; Distressing Tool

A Snowy Thank You

Kentucky has had it's fair share of cold and snowy weather in the last week. Hopefully, it will warm up soon... if you call 46 degrees warm! (Chuckle) I created this card as a special thank you. My hubby underwent a heart cath last week. Thankfully the doctor found nothing. The procedure required him to remain in the hospital until 7PM that evening. By that time we were under a winter weather advisory and our roads were nasty! Both vehicles were at the hospital and I was fearful to take him home and risk running off the road. Obviously he was not in any shape to trek home! I was stressing to say the least. And then God answered my prayers! The night before a wonderful couple from our church asked me if I was afraid of driving in bad weather. I told them no as it had never been an issue before. Then they told me "if anything happens please call us." They have a 4 wheel drive vehicle! Ron immediately answered and we made arrangements to meet! What wonderful people. The trip was treacherous in their vehicle and I shudder to think what could have happened if I had stubbornly thought I could do it on my own... A lesson I'm sure God needed to remind me of. I created this card to thank them for their kindness. Have a blessed day!

Card Recipe

Cricut Gypsy - welding images
Diecuts - Sentimentals - Thank You When It's Cold Outside - Snowflake
Spellbinders - Nestibilties - Pendant - Fleur De Lis
Pattern Paper - Moxxie Winter Wishes - Woodland Wonder
Memento Dew Drop Ink - Desert Sand - edging of pattern paper
Robin's Nest Dew Drops - Clear
Ribbon - Offray 5/8 inch white satin
Dress Pins - coated with clear finger nail polish and dipped in Martha Stewart Sterling Fine Glitter
Pop Dots

A snowy afternoon...

Today is my first Friday off at my new job. And it is very snowy and cold... so the perfect day to scrap, right? True scrappers really never need an excuse... wink, wink...

Below are a couple of cards I worked on today. Have a wonderful day!




Pattern Paper - Provocraft - Rob & Bob Studios - Sweetheart
Stamps Sentiment and Image - Hero Arts
Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black
Markers - Copic
Cuttlebug - Floral Fantasy Folder
Liquid Pearls - White Opal - Dots on Chocolates
Ribbon - Offray 7/8 inch Brown Grosgrain
Popdots




Diecuts - Cricut
Snowman - George
Hat - George - images welded with Gypsy
Cardinal - Winter Wonderland
Carrot - From My Kitchen
Scarf - Snowfriends
Cuttlebug Folder - Snowflakes
Stickles - Ranger - Diamond
Popdots

Pedestal Card - Part 2

Today's post includes my first pedestal card as well as my second one. Instructions for the first one (the poinsettia) were included on my last post. I was attempting to "perfect" my attempt at pedestal cards with the second. I hope you enjoy and have a wonderful day!

Materials List

Cardstock - Bazzill - Bling - Aquamarine
White
Pattern Paper - Bo Bunny - Jack Frost
Cuttlebug Folders - Swiss Dots (embossed on base of snowglobe and run back through Cuttlebug to "flatten" the design)
Snow Dots - Globe
D'vine Swirls - Horse Mane and Tail
Cricut cuts - Globe - Joys of the Season - Horse - Winter Woodland
Ranger Stickles - Diamond - Horse Hooves, Mane and Tail
Ribbon - White - Stampin Up
Punch - Martha Stewart
Sentiment - Inkadinkado
Ink - Memento - Summer Sky
Versamark - Dazzle - Stamp sentiment first and apply Summer sky ink for shimmer

Seasons Greetings!

I can't believe I am thinking about Christmas! But in a few short months it will be here, ready or not! Each Christmas in our household is special. We have certain family traditions we maintain. I love live trees. We get an eight foot tree and start decorating. Each ornament tells a story. I have collected glass ornaments for years. But when I married my husband something changed about "my tree." You see I became a step-mom. Even though both boys were grown I felt like the tree in our house should be a reflection of everyone. So coupled with my Radko ornaments are beautiful wooden ornaments painted by their deceased mother. I also put ornaments each boy made when they were little. It is an eclectic group but it says so much about us and our family. On my tree there is a beautiful cardinal ornament. It is special because a very dear friend gave it to me. It reminds me of the blessings my creator as bestowed on me. It also reminds me of the beauty around me. It doesn't have to be shiny glass ornaments.... it can be as simple as a wooden ornament painted long ago with great love. This is hoping your holiday season will be blessed as well!

Materials List

Cardstock - White, Red, Black, Green
Image - Close to My Heart - Season of Splendor
Versamark - stamp first and then ink to make image solid
Memento Inks - Rich Cocoa - top layer of pinecone
Desert Sand - under layer of pinecone
Tuxedo Black - edging of cardinal
Lady Bug - under layer of cardinal
Cottage Ivy - evergreen
Summer Sky - sponged over scalloped image to make clouds
Stickles - Diamond - edging on pinecome (looks like snow)
Nestabilities - Petite Scalloped Ovals - large
Cricut - Winter Woodland - Holly
Pop Dots - lift up holly and cardinal image
Cuttlebug - Victoria folder - Holly
Ribbon - unknown - Walmart