A work of ART

Spring is in the air... I believe Spring is one of Gods best art work. Who else can make the flowers bloom and all those beautiful colors just pop out. So much eye candy. If we didn't go through summer, fall and winter... would we really appreciate SPRING? Maybe, maybe not, but I choose to enjoy it. Every minute of it that I can. In my craft room I have 2 beautiful big windows that I can see outside. One of them I have a hummingbird feeder  hanging right at eye level and when I open the window I can hear the hello hum of them. That is there way of say thank you for feeding me I will repay you with my song. I hear the birds, chirping away not a care in the world... knowing that God is going to provide for them. 

So here is my hello spring card. 

 I embossed on water color paper with clear embossing powder Polkadots (simon says stamp sparkle and shine set) and then water colored over the top to create a rainbow effect. Kinda looks like rain. Because you can only see the rainbow when the rain and the sun meet... another cool little artistic thing God does.

 I then die cut the paint brushes (paper smooches) out of brown paper  4 times each and the brush part out of a metallic fusha color and purple I then die cut the paint pallet (paper smooches) out of clear acetate because I wanted to be able to see the sentiment ( which is from Impression obsesstion )

 I tried to get a close up of the little pallet which I think is just adorable and I put one of the brushes through 2 of the holes because how else do you adhere something that is clear without having it be noticeable?

 I want to link up to week-217 challenge 3 previous challenges : My 3 challenges are 1. week 38 polka dots 2. week 135 water color 3. week 157 rainbows

 I want to link up to city-crafter-challenge-blog-week-255 challenge Polka dots

I want to link up to papersmooches anything goes challenge anything goes and since I used their products...btw I just love them!

I want to link up to week-140-spring at Casology

Aren't all our cards a piece of art.. a piece of our soul. Creativity is an expression of ourselves I think, and when you look at spring you get a glimpse of how much God loves us to give us all these beautiful things to look at in a sometimes harsh world. I know spring helps me to keep my chin up! 

I hope you enJOYed.

Hello Ombre

Well hello there... you've been on my mind. Ever have a friend that pops in your brain and you call them and you find out they are really going through a rough time.. and you think no wonder they have been on your mind. That happened the other day so I made a card. 

Hello is die cut four times and then colored with copic markers. The pictures don't do it justice as it was dark when I took them and usually shoot in the daylight. But alas I wanted to link this card up before it closed. 

The blue is velum paper and I heat embossed the sentiment and the flower in white. The center of the flower in pink pastel . 

I want to link up my card to http://citycrafter.blogspot.com/2015/03/city-crafter-challenge-blog-week-254-go.html its go ombre challenge

Hope you enJOYed.

Remember Style

 Remember... that word at the beginning of a conversation sparks interest.... doesn't it. Style sparks interest.. over at CAS-ology the cue card reads style.

I love that sentiment... that is what I am trying to showcase.

I have had it in my stash for years... that is the good thing about challenges.. it makes you  use what you have. Because I love new stuff...but when I love what I have I love it better  LOL this is good therapy for me.. shopping what I have to see if if fits into a challenge. 

I stamped the shoes ( which I am almost afraid to say I have had them for years and I mean like 20 and have never used them ) and cut them out of vellum using that beautiful soft teal green 

added some sequins on the top of the shoe.. and ta dah I have a card

I stamped the feet print ( again had for evaah ) at the top in that beautiful gorgeous to me color and then embossed it in clear on the lower half.

You know us girls have to have bling that matches right... well I just happen to have sequins that match.. wish my closet was that easy to shop in.. :)

I want to link up to http://casology.blogspot.com/2015/03/week-139-style.html

hope you enJOYed

Just add FAITH.

Just add Faith.... and nothing will be impossible... what ever your dreams, ambitions, goals be even if they are the size of a mustard seed. Just add Faith and anything becomes possible.

My cards are sometimes like that. I see what I have in my head, or I see a inspiration but on paper its blank.... but then I start playing around.. and grab a ink pad and a stamp... and its like magic. 

I am not artistic by any means... what I mean by that is I can't paint a painting just by looking at a scene like certain people here in blog land... but I am crafty I can put something together and make it look kosher. Is that decorating? Do I decorate cards? Maybe.. but I do have a little faith that I make someone smile with them.

even if it is myself.

I used for this card die cut Frames by Simon says stamp, a tag die cut from Tim Holtz, a circle from Quickutz, bird dies from Impression Obsession. A stamp I have had in my stash for 25 years...            ( I kid you not )

I inked it up with honey mustard ink from Tim Holtz and a few topic markers.

I want to link up to http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/2015/03/just-add-ink-256-sketch.html

I also want to link up to http://fusioncardchallenge.blogspot.com/2015/03/fusion-cupcake-inspiration.html

I want to link up to http://timeoutchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/challenge-27.html

I want to link up to http://www.asyouseeitchallenge.com/challenge-080/

the challenge is to try a new technique... 

the challenge here is to use a new technique. I learned in a class to create your own embellishments. I tried it on my string... I colored it with my copic markers.. it was white. :)

I want to link up to http://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.ca/2015/03/just-us-girls-286-photo-inspiration-week.html

Hope you enJOYed

Faith as small as a mustard seed.

Easter is coming up next weekend.

Jesus said "if you have faith as small as a mustard seed.. nothing will be impossible for you" Matthew 17:20. Faith is what you need for Easter. Do you believe that Jesus rose from the dead 3 days  after He died on the cross for our sins? You don't need HUGE faith... only the size of a mustard seed.

That is what my shaker card is about. I made my card with no die cuts. Just a stamp a ruler and a exacto knife and a semi steady hand. 

Inside my shaker... are actuall mustard seeds.

Lots of them... and just think... you only need faith the size of one. Most freckles are bigger than a mustard seed. 

I colored the image with my copic markers. Y18 for the mustard and G40 & G24 for the leaves. Then I inked tea dye distress ink to make it look like dirt. I wanted to leave the inside crisp and white so the sentiment would pop.

I want to link up to http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.com/2015/03/tt237-shake-it-up-shaker-card.html

I also want to link up to http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.ca/2015/03/challenge-176-anything-

goes.html

And I want to include my card at http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/24-march-challenge-78-anything-goes.html

And I also want to link up to http://unikostudio.blogspot.ca/2015/03/challenge-19.html

And and Easter/Spring challenge at http://deepoceanchallengeblog.blogspot.ca/2015/03/challenge-100-easterspring-and.html

http://dianamlarson.blogspot.ca/2015/03/dlart-thankful-thursday-153-easter.html

Hope you enJOYed

Inscribed

Ok I can't quit yet. Over at Less is more they have this challenge to CASE a DT and I already  CASED Anne and Sarah so now I am going to CASE Chrissie. Here is my card. 

The Sentiment says it all. Easter is coming up! So for all those Celebrating REMEMBER you are Inscribed on the palm of HIS hands.

I inked up my stamps  in Versa Magic Chalk ink Thatched Straw. The hand and background stamp is from Stamping up the sentiment is from Stampabilities.

and here is Chrissie's card. Chrissie post talked about the sentiment mostly. I agree. It is the moments we least expect we enjoy the most. 

  I am linking up at http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.com/2015/03/week-216-theme.html

I also want to link up to http://addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com/2015/03/challenge-137.html the challenge is to make your mark.. 

I also want to link up to http://fusioncardchallenge.blogspot.com/2015/03/fusion-cupcake-inspiration.html

isn't that cupcake scrumptious looking!!

Hope you enJOYed

You add color to my life

Over at the Paper smooches blog challenge this is the sketch they are using this week

This is my card

I used Paper Smooches butterfly dies. I die cut a mask and inked around the image. I used the sentiment "You add color to my life" from the I heart art set. 

I then die cut the butterflies out of white and blue vellum which is also my strip across the top. 

I used my paper sewing machine to  sew the butterflies together

I love how the yellow and blues added together make the striking green color. 

here is the link http://papersmoochessparks.blogspot.com/2015/03/march-22-28-designer-drafts-

challenge.html

Hope you enJOYed