A Lotus of Thanks

This is for today's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 564 - Make A Toast to 2016 where we were to use the cracked glass technique. My layout is from Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 573. My color combo is from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 563 - Island Lagoons with Pizzazz. I was in a lull Monday thru Wednesday and just could not decided on what to make until today. I used soft sky on the solid image then stamped off last lagoon for #2 and inked again and stamped the 3rd image on top of the other images. I LOVE how it turned out. I stamped off with pear pizzazz for the solid stem then inked again and stamped the 2nd image on top.
For the inside I stamped the solid in soft sky very lightly then stamped the sentiment in island indigo over the flower image. I stamped the Thank You in island indigo on the front side of the envelope. Now off to work for a short day and to begin a long weekend. As we head into 2016 I pray that everyone will be safe and in good health all year. May God surround you and your families with a hedge of protection.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Lotus Blossom 
Paper: white, Island Indigo, Pear Pizzazz DCWV - Cafe Mediterranean 
Ink: soft sky, Island Indigo, Lost Lagoon, Pear Pizzazz 
Accessories: ribbon, eyelet 
Techniques: 3D, Cracked Glass

Season's Greetings Silhouette

This is for today's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 563 - Christmas Eve where we were to use silhouettes. My layout is from Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 572. My color combo is from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 562 - A New Year. I cut the focal circle panel from some silver dp and trimmed it with black cs. I used black cs to cut our the trees and deer silhouettes. I used delightful Dijon cs for the gold. I stamped the sentiment and greeting in black ink. Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Season's Greetings 
Paper: white, silver, black, delightful dijon 
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black 
Accessories: Nestabilities Circle, IO Trees, IO deer 
Techniques: 3d, silhouettes

Frosty All Wrapped Up for Christmas

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 565 - Wrapping Up Christmas and for today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 356 - Some people are worth melting for. Well my husband, daughters and grandkids certainly are worth melting for and Saturday they melted my heart with the joy on their faces as they opened their gifts. I spent less this year than I have in a long time but the faces still glowed with joy and excitement. Anyway, I love this darling snowman and have not had an opportunity to ink him up until today. I am still trying to work on my hills and snowbanks. Maybe one day I will get it rights. These turned out tooo dark to suit me. I added stickles to the base of the snowbanks and around the snowman for bling. I wrapped the ribbon around the pool party panel and tied a bow on the end. I colored the snowman with copics. On the front, inside and envelope I stamped in pool party. Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Jolliest Time of the Year, Come to Bethlehem
Paper: white, pool party 
Ink: Pool Party, copics 
Techniques: copic coloring, bow, masking, snowbanks

Merry Christmas to Jessie

This is for today's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 562 - Bring on the Bling, Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 571 and Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 564 - Rags to Riches. I used copiic coloring and dry embossing for my 2 techniques and the holly panel started out months ago as a 4 1/4 x 5 /12 panel. I trimmed it today to fit the sketch. I have been waiting for ever to ink up this darling set and today was the day. I stamped the image in momento tuxedo black then trimmed and colored with copics. I added stickles to the star, garland and dots on her collar. My focal image was matted on real red and then adhered to the wild wasabi panel. I embossed the wild wasabi panel iwth the holly and berries embossing folder and colored the berries before matting the focal panel. My white card base will aid in the inside sentiment to be decided before giving to my darling hubby. HE has a black lab/pit bull mix MUT!! I stress that it is HIS dog since he has to remain tied or fenced due to his irratic snapping and bitting behavior. God was with our granddaughter earlier this year with this MUT took at bit at her face and made a huge gash under her eye. The vet that we took him too for his next check up stated "no GOD was with the dog because if he were mine I would have put him down right then". My sensitive dh just can not seem to do that so we will see how keeping him tied and fenced goes. Anyway bc he loves this dog so much I had to make his card this year with this set that I bought just for him. I did finished the envelope by stamping in momento tuxedo black and will do the inside tonight. Hope you like it.
RECIPE:

Stamps: IA - Punny Christmas Pups

Paper: white, wild wasabi, real red

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: stickles, Holly EF

Techniques: dry embossing, bling, copic coloring

Anchor of the Soul in the Bay

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 561 - A Slate Cabana on the Bay.  or dessert I used my white jel pen to accent some faux waves. I am NOT thrilled with this but it is what it is. My layout is from Monday's MOJO MONDAY SKETCH CHALLENGE # 428. I used a punched scalloped oval as a mask and sponged some smoky slate ink for a stormy sky illusions, I used a straight line to sponge Bermuda bay and then coastal cabana on the bottom for a lighter tone. 

I stamped the sentiments in Bermuda bay.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Anchor, Anchor of the Soul 
Paper: white, Coastal Cabana 
Ink: Smokey Slate, Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay 
Accessories: ribbon, crop-a-dile, whie jel pen, scalloped oval 
Techniques: sponging, tags, masking

Trimming the Tree with Peaceful Christmas Wishes

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 564 - Rags to Riches where we were to use something that we had lying around from another project or a failed project. Mine was the cording and die cut which I had for a previous challenge but did not like the way it looked so I didn't use it as well as the card. I had stamped the branch once and was going to use it but could not decided how to use it until today. I added 2 more stamped branches and like it much better along with adding the die cut. This is also for today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 355 - Trim the Tree.  Well the tree is trimmed and the ornaments are hung. It will soon be time to take them all down again but for now this is what I came up with today. 

I stamped the greeting on the front in cherry cobbler and  I stamped the branches in wild wasabi as well as the sentiment on the inside and envelope. Hope you like it. I am so miffed because I am finished labeling all my cards and have a stamp set I bought just for this holiday and have not even had an opportunity to ink it up. Hopefully tomorrow's color challenge will work. Now off to work I go.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Peaceful Wishes, Christmas Cheer .
Paper: White, gold dp
Ink: Wild Wasabi, Cherry Cobbler 
Accessories: gold cording, Shapeabilities Holiday Tags, dimensionals 
Techniques: CAS, 3D, die cuts

Come To Bethlehem Feeling the Night Breeze

This is for Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 560 - Feeling the Night Breeze and gold for dessert. I was not exactly overly thrilled with my card for Tuesday and had this in mind after seeing Maura (aka beesmom)'s gorgeous creation and commenting that I saved it to favs for CASing rights. I CASEd her Silent Night card. I changed the orientation and used a scene rather than trees.
I stamped my image in night of navy then sponged above using a mask to simulate a snowbank, I used a small circle for the moon and sponged some baja breeze around the circle and then inked just the star and stamped it in the clear white area. I added stickles for bling. I dropped down and sponged with some baja breeze using a different mask. I stamped the Merry Christmas sentiment in night of navy on the front and envelope and the other sentiment on the inside in NON.

I stamped the image over the sentiment in baja breeze after stamping off once.  I took my daughter's advice and added some dimension to the navy background and I tied some gold cording and matted that on NON then on white cs base. I like this one much better and hope you do to. This is what happens at 1am when I can not sleep. I stamp. LOL.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Come to Bethlehem 
Paper: white, night of navy 
Ink: Baja Breeze, Night of Navy 
Accessories: stickles, cord cording, white jel pen 
Techniques: sponging, masking, reverse masking

Every Blessing Christmas Nativity

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 560 - Feeling the Night Breeze. That's right ladies, just 1 challenge today. GASP!!! I cut the nativity scene out of baja breeze and adhered it to night of navy then added some stickles to the star. On the inside

I stamped the image in baja breeze then the sentiment in night of navy. I also stamped a sentiment on the envelope in night of navy. Hope you like it.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Every Blessing 
Paper: White, Baja Breeze, Night of Navy 
Ink: Baja Breeze, Night of Navy 
Accessories: cottage cutz Nativity border, stickles 
Techniques: die cuts

Season's Greeting Lovely Tree

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 563 - Small Stamp Designs. 
I used the small stamp from Lovely as a tree to border my focal image. I stamped all images in garden green for today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 354 - Christmas Greens. After stamping my tree on the focal panel and without inking again I stamped again on the inside of the card for a slightly lighter image then stamped the sentiment over the tree.

I also stamped Merry Christmas on the upper panel of the inside as well as the back side of the envelope. I distressed the edges of my focal panel with the ink pad before matting on white card base. I cut an oval and used the cut out for my reverse masking around the tree using pear pizzazz ink. I added stickles to the tree and all the small twigs around it. I hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Season's Greetings 
Paper: white 
Ink: Garden Green, Pear Pizzazz 
Accessories: Stickles, oval mask 
Techniques: Reverse Masking, Small Stamp Designs

Happy Birthday Big Boy for James

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 569. My color combo is from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENG E# 559 - Honey there's a rose in my garden and the popped up HAPPY is from the MFP set I used stamped in garden green, cut and popped up on dimensionals for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 562 - Pieced and Cut Words the rose red HB are from It's Your Birthday SU Set. 

I used a sentiment from IYB set for the inside and the HHB for the envelope. I needed a masculine birthday card for Jessie's brother so this will go in the mail today.  Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: It's Your Birthday & All Year Cheer II - SU, Big Boy Toys - MFP 
Paper: white, hello honey, garden green, rose red 
Ink: Garden Green, rose red 
Accessories: dimensionals, ribbon, clear glaze 
Techniques: sponging, copics, 3D

More Merry Jingle Bells

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 559 - Honey there's a Rose in our Garden, and Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 562 - Pieced and Cut Words.
I wanted to keep this a CAS so I avoided the temptation to add layers and ribbons, etc. I cut the jingle bell die in hello honey, rose red and garden green and trimmed the top of the garden green panel and glued it on top of the rose red. I filled in the bells with hello honey and rose red. I stamped the sentiments omitting the M and C which were cut out from Quickutz Ginger alphabet and attached appropriately. 
I stamped the sentiment on the inside and envelope in rose red. Hope you like it and now off to work.
RECIPE:
Stamps: More Merry Messages 
Paper: white, Rose Red, Garden Green, Hello Honey 
Ink: Rose Red, Garden Green 
Accessories: Memory Box Jingle Bells, Quickutz Ginger 
Techniques: Paper piecing

More Merry Messages with Cute Critters

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENG E# 568. My color combo is from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 558 - Tip top Chocolate Wonder with dessert of die cuts or punches. My cute feeding deer is for Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 352 - Holiday/Winter Critters.  I used the ornament for the circle on the sketch and popped it up. I sponged watermelon wonder and tip top taupe ink on the ornament attached the deer and then added stickles for snowy effect.

I stamped the sentiment on the front in choc chip. The inside and envelope were stamped in watermelon wonder. I hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: More Merry Messages 
Paper: Vanilla, Choc chip, tip top taupe, Watermelon Wonder, Bo Bunny Altitude dp
Ink: Choc chip, tip top taupe, Watermelon Wonder 
Accessories: IO Deer, Spellbinders Holiday Tag die
Techniques: 3D, sponging, die cuts

Cute Critters with Winter Wishes

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 558 - Tip top Chocolate Wonder with a dessert of die cuts/punches. This is also for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 561 - Box Card and Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 352 - Holiday Winter Critters. Now how could I resist using all of these together. I was not sure about the box card, afraid it was far from CAS but was wrong again. It was very quick and simple.
I cute my deer and moose then stamped the coordinating images in choc chip and black. These are popped up on dimensionals.
Now lets go to work.
RECIPE:
Stamps: DieVersions Winter Wonderland 
Paper: choc chip, tip top taupe, dp
Ink: choc chip, black 
Accessories: dimensionals 
Techniques: Box Card, 3D

A Lotus for your Birthday

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 556 - Tempting Red Petals, for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 559 - A CASe In Point where I choose today to CASE my ROSE BIRTHDAY CARD and used a technique that I loved called TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE 551 - COLOR BLOCKING WITH CARD STOCK. This is also for Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 350 - To Grandma's House we go. I know nothing about my father's mother since I was 3 yrs old when my parents divorced and my mom moved us from Indiana to GA with her mother. She passed away when I was only 4 but I do remember everyone talking about how she could stick her thumb in a pot with dead flowers and bring them back to life so this is in the honor of those memories. I color blocked with primrose petals and real red cs the top layer of the flower and the HB sentiment. I embossed the tempting turquoise panel with Darice Brick Wall embossing folder.

I stamped the sentiments on the inside and envelope in tempting turquoise ink. I hope you like it and off to work I go. Have a blessed day everyone.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Birthday Greetings - Joanne's 
Paper: white, tempting turquoise, Real red, primrose petals, wild wasabi 
Ink: Tempting turquoise 
Accessories: Lotus Blossom die, HB die, Cuttlebug, Brick Wall EF 
Techniques: 3D, color blocking with card stock, CAS, dry embossing

More Itty Bitty Merry Christmas Messages

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 559 - A CASE in point where we were to make a selection from the lists. I chose to REDO last Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 558 - White Silhouettes while CASing my LOVELY DECORATING SNOWMAN CARD. I left off the snowman. After loading last week I thought duh, why not have a snowbank with white trees so today I accomplished that. Whoo Hoo. I used a different stamp set today as well. I sponged the ink onto white cs then stamped the background stamp with versamark and added some white detail embossing powder and heat set it to simulate falling snow. EEK I may have to CASE this one since I left off the stickles on the curvy snow banks that I wanted to add. I was only 4 when my Grandmother passed away but 2 things I remember and have pictures of where a lot of trees in the yard so this is also for today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 350 - Memories of Grandmother's House.

I stamped the sentiment on the front, inside and envelope with Island Indigo ink from More Merry Messages SU Stamp Set. I hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: More Merry Messages, Itty Bitty Backgrounds 
Paper: white, indigo island, versa mark
Ink: Indigo Island 
Accessories: Cottage Cutz - Tree die, white detail EP 
Techniques: heat embossing, white silhouettes

60th Anniversary Card

This is for today's WAYS TO CHALLENGE # 556 - Gold Mediums and Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 565. My dh has an aunt and uncle celebrating their 60th Anniversary and this was made to give to them. It is such an inspiration to see a couple remain together this long.

I hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Anniversary Innies - SNS 
Paper: vanilla, gold, TPS - Simple & Elegant dp
Ink: Soft Suede 
Accessories: dimensionals

Lovely Decorating Snowman

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 558 - White Silhouettes where I stamped my tree in versamark then added white embossing powder and heat set it. This is also for today's CAS349 - Time To Hibernate and for this I inked up my Inky Antics "Decorating Snowman" set and stamped the image in momento tuxedo black once on the white card base and once on white paper which I cut out and used as a mask. After my images where the way I wanted I began sponging at the bottom with soft sky, then pool party then coastal cabana at the top. I love these 3 colors together. I colored the snowman image with copics BG10, 11, 13, & 15, R13 & 15, Y02, and YR23.

The inside sentiment and the tree on the envelope were stamped in coastal cabana. Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree - SU, Decorating Snowman - IA 
Paper: white, Coastal Cabana 
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Soft Sky, Pool Party, Coastal Cabana 
Accessories: white detail embossing powder, copics 
Techniques: sponging, masking, hombre, silhouettes, copic coloring

Snow Globe with Burst of Merry Messages

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 554 - Eating Cake in the Breezy Meadow with dessert of pattern paper, Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 557 - Dangle Art, and Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 348 - Holiday Ace It. I am so loving this new stack of Christmas dp Shannon and I picked up on opening events at Hobby Lobby in Tifton. Bo Bunny Altitude is the name of it. I started out to make a shaker card and realized I had stars but no snowflakes and all of my punches were too big so I just stamped the globe on acetate, cut it out and glued it to the image. My dangled artwork was colored with copics. The globe was stamped in crumb cake, the trees in mossy meadow and the sentiments on the inside and envelope in mossy meadow.

On the inside I also stamped a snowflake from Snow Burst in Baja Breeze.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Snow Globe, Snow Burst, Many Merry Messages 
Paper: white, Bo Bunny Altitude dp I
nk: black scripto 01 pen, crumb cake, Baja Breeze, Mossy Meadow 
Accessories: dimensionals, copics, scripto 01 pen 
Techniques: frame, dangle art

Dangled Merry Christmas Wishes

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 557 - Dangle Art and today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 348 - Holiday Ace It. I am not much of an artist but I gave it my best shot and am ok with the results. I think everything is self explanatory and this is truly a CAS creation. No ribbons, no thrills. I covered the entire front panel with acetate and when I looked at it I was reminded of a card I bought eons ago that the entire front was acetate and I kept trying to remove the wrapping. LOL. OH well. Let's begin our week with a smile and a pray.

RECIPE:
Stamps: More Merry Messages 
Paper: white, Wild Wasabi 
Ink: Scripto 01 Black, Wild Wasabi 
Accessories: scripto black pen, acetate, copics 
Techniques: acetate covering, dangled artwork, freehand, CAS

A Snowman with More Merry Messages for Christmas

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 553 - An Elegant Calypso in Old Bermuda with Pearls or Rhinestones for dessert. For Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 556 - Die Cut Critters, for CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 347 - Me Want Candy. My layout is from Monday's MOJO MONDAY SKETCH CHALLENGE # 420. OK so Monday when I first looked at the photo for the CAS I saw Frankie but today I studied it a little more and the head looked like a decorated flower pot so I went with it and the google eyes. I used a flower pot cut from elegant eggplant and turned it upside down for a hat. I used various sizes of circle punches for the snowman and attached some google eyes, gems and ferns for arms.

On the inside and envelope I stamped my sentiments in Bermuda bay. I hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: More Merry Messages 
Paper: white, calypso coral, elegant eggplant, Bo Bunny Altitude dp
Ink: Bermuda Bay 
Accessories: MS Snowflake, Fiskers Fern, Spellbinders Flower Pot, Ribbon, dimensionals, google eyes, gems, circle punches, 
Techniques: 3d, die cuts critters

Happy Haunting Frankie

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 556 - Die Cut Critters. This is also for today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 347 - Me Want Candy. My layout is from today's MOJO MONDAY SKETCH CHALLENGE # 420.
I used my Nestabilities Label 11, Martha Stewart drippy goo border and Fiskars cheveron border punch to create Frankenstein. I used some google eyes as well punched a hole in the top and used some orange ribbon to make it a tag then popped it up on dimensionals.

I stamped one of the images from the set on the inside and the sentiment on the front of the envelope in black ink. Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Haunting Halloween 
Paper: white, black, halloween dp? 
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black 
Accessories: Nestability Labels 11, Martha Stewart drippy goo border, Fiskars Cheveron border punch, dimensionals, ribbon, google eyes 
Techniques: die cut critters

Watercolored All Holiday Blessings from Heaven

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 552 - A Pistachio Party in the Sahara, Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 555 - Watercolor Powders, and Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 346 - Use Your Words. So I went to my standby layout and standby SU sentiment. I heat embossed with white ep on watercolor paper then added all three colors of re-inkers on wax paper and misted (since I have no wc powders yet) then pressed my wc paper onto the colors. Love how it turned out. Matted on pool party then sahara sand and tied some ribbon across. I used white card base and layered with pistachio pudding cs.

On the inside and envelope I stamped the sentiment in pistachio pudding. Don't know what happened to the photo for the inside it is blurry and I did not change any settings on the camera.  My have to do a retake tomorrow when I get back upstairs by for now gotta head to work.  Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: All Holidays, Blessings from Heaven 
Paper: white, pistachio pudding, pool party, sahara sand 
Ink: pistachio pudding, pool party, sahara sand, versa mark 
Accessories: ribbon, white detail embossing powder 
Techniques: heat emboss, watercoloring

Water Colored Happy Birthday Amanda

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 555 - Watercolor Powders. For Today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 346 - Use Your Words where I used some dp, die cut and stamps. My layout is from today's MOJO MONDAYS SKETCH CHALLENGE # 419. This was a quick and easy create and put together card. I stamped all sentiments in tangerine tango ink and cut the Happy die from tangerine tango cs.  I needed one more birthday card for next Saturday's Fall Festival/Birthday celebration. This one will go to my Step-Daughter Amanda. I hope she likes it and I hope you do too.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Birthday Greetings - Joanne's 
Paper: Vanilla, Crushed Curry, Tangerine Tango, Old Olive, ColorBox DP
Ink: Crushed Curry, Tangerine Tango, Old Olive 
Accessories: HB Die - Impression Obsession
Techniques: Watercoloring, die cuts 

Sidekick Blessings from Heaven

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 561, for Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 551 - Blushing Saffron Pears, Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 554 - Watercolor those Diecuts, Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 3456 - CAS-ing HYCCT. Today I choose to do LEND A HAND and DON'T COLOR BETWEEN THE LINES. I water colored my rectangle panel using all three colors then cut with spellbinder rectangle die then stamped my sentiment in black ink and matted on blushing bride cd. I embossed the so saffron with cuttlebugs Leaves EF.

On the inside I stamped the praying hands in blushing bride then stamped the sentiment from Blessings from Heaven over that in pear pizzazz ink and then again on the envelope. Hope you like it. Now let's go earn some money. Hobby Lobby opens in Tifton next week and I plan on being there. We are just too excited to have one closer to us.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Sidekick Sayings, Blessings from Heaven, Praying Hands 
Paper: white, so saffron, blushing bride, pear pizzazz 
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, so saffron, blushing bride, pear pizzazz 
Accessories: Spellbinders Rectangle Die, Cuttlebug Leaves EF 
Techniques: watercoloring, watercoloring dies, dry emboss

Trust God for Strength

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 551 - Blushing Saffron Pears, Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 554 - Watercolor those Diecuts, Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 3456 - CAS-ing HYCCT. Today I choose the I AM A WARRIOR from the list as I was my mother's support during her 9 year battle of breast cancer that spread throughout her body. This is a difficult month for me even though it is my birth month. Mom went to heaven on 10/29/90 but I know in my heart she was not suffering any longer once she took that final breath. I had to Trust that God had my back and would give me the strength needed to care for her as long as He allowed her to remain. Mom loved roses and so do I with yellow being my favorite. I used my SU watercolor crayons to color my watercolor paper then cut the rose and leaves.

I stamped on the front panel and inside with pear pizzazz and the envelope with so saffron. Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Trust God 
Paper: white, so saffron, blushing bride 
Ink: so saffron, blushing bride, pear pizzazz 
Accessories: Cheery Lynn Rose Die, Twine 
Techniques: watercoloring, watercoloring dies

Hope Happens

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 554 - Watercolor those diecuts. I colored some black for my clouds and rain and some pinkish for the top part of the umbrella. This is also for today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 345 - CAS-ing HYCCT where I chose the HYCCT1501A - Whatever the Weather. After spending this weekend in the woods with rain I can honestly say RAIN is my least favorite weather for sure. Everything got wet and we got home hoping to spread it out to dry and what is it doing at home, RAINING!!! gggrrr My layout is from today's MOJO MONDAY SKETCH CHALLENGE # 418. Hope you like it. Off to work I go.

RECIPE:
Stamps: SU - Hope Happens, CTMH - Special Friendship 
Paper: white, watercolor, watermelon wonder 
Ink: daffodil delight, Watermelon Wonder 
Accessories: dimensionals, twine, watercolors, Tim Holtz Rays, spellbinders Umbrella die, SNS Clouds die 
Techniques: watercoloring, watercoloring dies, sponging