Have a Blessed Easter

 

I am a bit late with the greeting - just not time to add to the blog!  We are having a good day - hubby's pain has eased a bit over the past couple of weeks and he is feeling more like getting out a little.  We attended the youth breakfast at church before services.  Otherwise it is a quiet day.  It is good to share with you the joy of the resurrection. 
Image and sentiment by QKR Stampede; Cuttlebug border die.
Sketch:    Your Next Stamp
Easter:     Cut it Up
                 Aud Sentiments
                 Deep Ocean
                 Die Cuttin Divas
Die Cuts (10 Ch Max):    Southern Girls
Any:    Simon Says Stamp Wednesday  
            Die-cut- Divas

Easter 2018

This is another Easter card using digis from QKR Stampede.    I used green and shades of brown and orange.  The circles were cut with Spellbinder dies.
Sketch:  Stella Says Sketch
No more than 3 colors:   Incy Wincy
Easter:    Die Cuttin Divas
                Fab n Funky
Any:   A2Z Srapbooking

Easter Blessings to you

This is my wish that all of you will have a blessed Easter.  We rejoice in the news of the Resurrection of Jesus.  Our plans are to have Easter breakfast served by the youth of our church and attend the festive services.  Hubby is not able to travel, but his pain has eased some what so he should be able to take part in these activities - we are so grateful for these blessings.  Our family is scattered, but we have enjoyed many family visits over the past couple of months. 
This card (and one similar) is already in the mail.  I used the image a couple of years ago, but am happy to use it again.  Both the image and sentiment are from QKR Stampede.  I embossed the teal background, and added a bow.  Brown and green complete the image.  The DP strip is DCWV Garden Party.
Sketch:   Sketch Saturday
3 colors:  Incy Wincy
Bow:  Craft- Dee Bowz
Easter:    Aud Sentiments  
Spring colors:  Dream Valley (10 Ch. max)
Faith:    Rubbernecker 

Easter Blessings 2018

This card will be late - just have not had time until today!  Image and sentiment from QKR Stampede; papers from an old stack called Garden Party (DCWV). I used teal, brown, and green in addition to the base white and black ink.
Sketch:  Feeling-Sketchy
Bow:   Craft-dee Bowz
3 colors:    Incy Wincy
Holiday:    Hiding in my Craft Room 
Easter/Spring:   Aud Sentiments 
                             Deep Ocean
Any:    House That Stamps Built 

DT card for QKR Stampede - "Basket of Eggs" ; Easter Blessings

The new anything goes challenge at QKR Stampede begins today and lasts until 3 p.m. EDT Thursday, March 29.  You may enter up to 3 times and have the opportunity to win QKR images.
I used the image called Basket of Eggs, and had a bit of DP with more eggs!  I used vintage rick rack for the borders and added several premade flowers by SandyLion.
Sketch:  The Rubber Buggy Challenge
Circles:     Pile it on
Floral Frenzy   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday
Easter:  Pink Gem
             C.R.A.F.T.
             Make my Monday
             Crafting-with-Dragonflies
Bunnies, chicks, ducks:   Dragonfly Journey
Any (option - not square):   Cute Daisy May
Any:     Crafters Castle 
              Angies 
              Corrosive Challenges 
              A Perfect Time to Craft 
              Cards Galore 
              Paper Nest Dolls
              Pammies
               
             

QKR Stampede challenge ~` anything goes/optional - Easter

The weekly "Anything Goes" challenge #238 at QKR Stampede features the optional twist of  "Easter".  This quote, from the Eureka branch of QKR, relates the true meaning of Easter.  I added the image of the open tomb also a digi from Eureka.  You may enter the challenge up to 3 times, and you may win digital images.  If you use an image from the company, and win, your prize is greater.  I used a piece of DP from the Faith collection by Paper Studio.  The strip at the bottom is covered with a piece of netting from my stash - I think it may have been part of a produce bag. (It is beige - a nice contrast to the usual bright red!)   I tore the edges of the bg paper, and used Spellbinder dies for the circle and oval.
CHALLENGES ENTERED:
Sketch (turned on the side):   Cheerful Sketches
Easter:     Come and Get It
                  Dies r us Challenge
Digital:     Paper Shelter
Dies:     House that Stamps Built
Any:     Angies Digital Stamps
               Crafty Creations
              A Perfect Time to Craft
              Jo's Scrapshack 
              Lemon Shortbread 
              Lil Patch of Crafty Friends 
              Pammies Inky Pinkies 
              Polkadoodle
              Through the Craft Room Door
              

Last Easter card for 2016

I made another card at the last minute and did not get it posted.  Stamps and sentiment - Eureka digis; Washi tape (this one has several patterns on the same strip); Sizzix embossing folder; unknown DP. This peach with a dark rusty burgundy is one of my favorite combinations.
CHALLENGES ENTERED:
Sketch:      The House That Stamps Built
Easter:       Pink Gem Challenge
                    Glitter n Sparkle
Holiday:     Hiding in my Craft Room
Fav colors: Deep Ocean 
Any:           Crafty Friends  
                    Little Claires
                    Lil Patch of Crafty Friends 

Easter Blessings - to friends

We will send cards to a few friends from church - those who have been ill.  This features digis from Eureka stamps, colored with chalk pencils,  I added branches from Cheery Lynn dies, and Making Memories flowers.
Sketch #2:           VLV Sketches
Easter:                 AAA cards
                             Crafting-with-Dragonflies
                             Crafters Cafe  
                              Crafty Enjoyments
Color:                  Cupcake Inspirations
B = Blessings:     DRS Designs 
For a friend:       Suzypantssmarty   
Any:                     Cheery Lynn Designs
                              Creativec Craft Cottage 

Easter Blessings, everyone

Once again I used the Eureka Stamps Lily Cross and sentiment (digis).  The bg papers come from my stash, and I added a bit of Washi tape.
Green + Sentiment (5 CH)  Whoopsi Daisy
Sketch:     Sketch Saturday
Easter:     Inky Chicks
                  Pink Gem
                  Jo's Scrapshack 
                

Easter Blessings - Eureka DT #185

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This week the challenge at Eureka Stamps is "Easter".  You may enter up to 3 times before 6 pm EDT on Sunday.  We hope you will join us!  Eureka has a great line of traditional stamps and digis.  The digis for Easter include this "Lily Cross" and several similar ones, as well as other styles of Easter images and many sentiments, including the one I used.  If you enter using a digital image from Eureka, your chances of winning increase greatly.   I am including spring challenges because for me, spring means the Easter season.  Each time I see this image I think of the hymn "The Old Rugged Cross."  I think it is a Johnny Cash version that goes through my mind.
CHALLENGES ENTERED:
Sketch:        Cheerful Sketches
Use green:   Patties Creations
Easter:         Allsorts
                      Cuttlebug Mania
                      Pink Gem Challenge
                      Jo's Scrapshack
                      DLArt
                      AAA cards 
                      Deep Ocean
                      Inky Chicks  
                      Kitty Bee Aloha challenge
Spring:         Creative Knockouts
                      Fan-tastic Tuesday
Song:            Scribbles Designs
Any:              Corrosive Challenges
                       Our-Crafty-Corner
                       Word Art Wednesday         

For pre-school prayer partner - #2

You will be seeing a lot of similarities in my posts for a few days.  Recently I got a great deal at the Spring stamping show in Mesa, AZ. Never one to let a bargain go by - I acquired several paper packs (25 sheets) at $1 each.  I am sure you know how many A2 cards can be made with 25 sheets!  I knew I wanted to use these matching purple sheets for spring/Easter - so here is one more!  It is similar to a recent post - different layout.  Pre-colored image by Dearie Dolls - with a change of hair color.  I used a strip of Washi tape, and computer generated sentiments. The prayer I printed on the inside is also on a recent post.
Sketch:               Sketch Saturday
Easter:                Deep Ocean
Spring colors:    Polkadoodle   
Washi tape:        Crafting When we Can  (5Ch)

For pre-school prayer partner

One of my friends at church asked me to make Easter cards for her pre-school prayer partners.  I find myself struggling a bit with pre-school style, but I think this Dearie Doll (pre-colored digi) image and my computer sentiment will combine a little girl feel with a religious theme.  I  googled children's Easter message and found a good prayer to use as an inside verse.  My computer does not seem to like purple - the dp and Washi tape are purple.

Here is the prayer I found - suitable for a young child: 

 My Easter Prayer

God made you and God made me,

He made the world for us to see.

God loves you and long ago

He sent His Son to tell us so.

Jesus showed us many things,

To love and share, dance and sing.

To learn and pray, to help and care,

He promised he'd always be there.

He died but then came back to life,

Let's celebrate for He's alive!

Amen

from Living-prayers.com

CHALLENGES ENTERED: 

Sketch:             Sweet Sketch Wednesday2
Easter:              Southern Ridge

Easter sentiment:   Aud Sentiments 

Spring:              Pink Gem

                      Wags n Whiskers 

Any:                  Word Art Wednesday

Easter Blessings 2016 (#1)

I may be making several cards  using this lovely digi image and sentiment by Eureka.  IRL the polka dot layer and mats are a light purple - looks blue to me on my screen!  I colored with prismas and a green gel pen.
Sketch:  Tuesday Morning Sketches
Easter:    Deep Ocean
                 C.R.A.F.T. 
                 DLArt
                 Southern Chipboard
Easter sentiment:   Aud Sentiments

Easter Blessings #2

I needed another card to send to church members (shut ins, primarily), and this was fairly quick to complete, thanks to the Verve coordinated solid (2 greens) and gingham.  I sanded the embossed piece (Victoria by Cuttlebug).  The image is unmarked; colored with markers.  Blessings is by Cheery Lynn, and the circle dies are Spellbinders.  The Easter message is printed inside.
Sketch:  http://sweetsketchwednesday2.blogspot.com/
Easter:  http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/
               http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/
               http://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/
               http://thepapershelter.blogspot.com/
Any:      http://stampedblessings.com/amusing-challenge/
              http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/
Not a square:    http://www.ribbongirls.blogspot.co.uk/

Throwback stamp

I have a constant goal of using up some of the previously stamped items in my stash - though this is an impossible situation as I think I could make a dozen cards a day for years and not make much of a dent!  At any rate, this front is from my stash - I have the set kind of stored away - I think it is called Never ending Joy by SU.  (Not sure where the smudges came from - not on the card.)  I just received this gorgeous Stardream Metallic Emerald cs as a prize from Classy Cards 'n Such - the color is nearly a perfect match for the leaves - though this photo does not do it justice at all!  What pretty butterflies it made.  I have nothing in the way of bunnies, etc., for Easter, so I hope this is near enough to the "Hopping" challenge!
Case:

The image by Monika that I used for inspiration for this challenge:  http://stamplorations.blogspot.com/
Easter:     http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/
                http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/
Stamp over a year old:  http://www.faithhopelove1cor13-13.blogspot.com/2015/03/throwback-thursday-challenge-ttc005.html

Easter Blessings

I am especially happy with how this turned out, using some DP I have had for a long time, - it seems to work well with the sketch.  I have also had the stamp for several years -it has a model number but no company name.  The Blessings sentiment is by Cheery Lynn - it goes well  with the Easter verse printed on the inside.  Most of the coloring is with a green marker.
Sketch:  http://digisketchchallenge.blogspot.com/
Easter:   http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/
              http://hidinginmycraftroom.com/      
              http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/2015/03/dlart-thankful-thursday-153-easter.html
              http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/    (I do not usually do "cute" cards for Easter - maybe the whimsy of the bg will count?)
Green on image:  http://pattiescreationschallenge.blogspot.com/

Easter Blessings

Supplies:  Easter lily digital image by Aurora wings, colored with chalk pencils; DP and Cs from my stash; Blessings die by Cheery Lynn; sheer ribbon; dotted washi tape; half pearls, butterfly charm
Sketch:    http://tuesdaymorningsketches.blogspot.com/
Easter:     http://cheerylynndesigns.blogspot.ca/
Feminine: http://thepapershelter.blogspot.com/
Spring:     http://livelaughstamp.blogspot.com/search/label/Monday%20Morning%20Challenge
Things that fly:  http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/
Ribbon, pearl, charm:  http://craftyribbonschallenge.blogspot.com/
Sentiment:   http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.com.au/
Green in image (leaves):   http://pattiescreationschallenge.blogspot.com/
Any:         http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/

Easter Blessings

My Easter stamp is missing, but I think the Cheery Lynn Blessings die works - this card is for Easter.  The stamp is Cross and Blossoms by Paper Inspirations; I used a strip of shiny metallic gold that I have had for several years, the bg (the Lord's Prayer) is from Faith by Paper Studio; the mat is a shimmery burgundy.  I added a bit of Stickles to the blossoms - you probably can't detect it here.
Sketch:   http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/
Holiday, with gold item from stash:  http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.com/
Sparkle:   http://www.lovesrubberstampschallenges.com/
Center row of Bingo (die cut, free, glitter):  http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/
D is for Die Cuts:  http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com.au/
Any:  http://cheerylynndesigns.blogspot.ca/
          http://cuttinandstampinchallenges.blogspot.com/ 
          http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.ca/
           http://ema-ginationstation.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2014-10-30T00:00:00-05:00&max-results=1
           
         
         

Stained glass

NOTE:  The black bg is not a part of the card- it is for contrast only.  The actual card is the white arch shape.
I have been mentally thinking of this card ever since I got these arches dies (Spellbinders).  I do need to practice some more!  I folded the cs, then carefully positioned the die so the left fold would not be cut - the cut starts at the beginning of the arch on the left.  I embossed with the sizzix brick folder, to give the idea of a stone wall of a church.  I also used the same folder to emboss the smallest arch, to form the basis for the stained glass.  I colored with Sharpies.  First I simply colored a yellow cross - deliberately creating a bit of an uneven shape.  I randomly colored the shapes from the embossing folder, leaving a touch of space for the black pen.  (I had thought about paper piecing but decided that was too labor intensiv for me!)  I would appreciate comments and suggestions.)  I think this is kind of "bottom heavy" but could not figure out what would work right to add to the top!  The dies (blessings and branches) are Cheery Lynn. This is to use for an Easter card.
Sketch:  http://stamplorations.blogspot.com/2015/02/bi-weekly-sketch-challenge-28.html
"Odd"  card:  http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.com/
No square/rectangle:  http://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.com/
Shaped, with Cheery Lynn die:  http://cheerylynndesigns.blogspot.ca/
Die Cuts:       http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com.au/
Easter sentiment:  http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/
Any:    http://thepapernestdollschallenge.blogspot.com/
           http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/
           http://agirlwhocraftschalengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
         

Rejoice! Have a blessed Easter

This is a favorite technique - using a white embossed bg - this time, with an addition of chalk.  I used some of the Stamp 'n Plus powdered chalk - just received as a prize from Chalk ah Lot.  I mixed it with water and painted it on the leaves - it looks grey here but IRL is a lovely green.  I like the way that I could use the aqua brush and control where it is placed.  I added some gems, and butterflies.  The image is from my stash of pre colored items - ready to use when needed.  The mats and butterflies are a dark green for the spring look.
Sketch:  http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com/search?q=stella+says+sketch&max-results=20&by-date=true
He is Risen - pastel:  http://www.ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Shining%20the%20Light%20Challenge
Easter - with chalk:  http://chalk-ah-lot.blogspot.com/
Easter:  http://createdwithlovechallenges.blogspot.com/
Spring:  http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/
Favorite technique (see above):  http://www.fashionablestampingchallenges.com/?p=8200
Emboss:  http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.com/
Any:  http://aurorawingschallenge.blogspot.com/
    http://suzypantssmarty.blogspot.com/