Inspired by all the Little Things

 

This card is for "Inspired by all the Little Things Challenge"

I was inspired by the flowers and decided to have a group of tulips, I can hardly wait for mine to bloom, although it seems every year when they come up, we get heavy rains and the blooms are destroyed!  At least I can enjoy these blooms on paper!  *wink

 

PTI Tulip Time

Sizzix thinlits ~ Tim Holtz four dies

CPD Faithful Flutterings (sentiment)

Liquid Pearls 

Heart Hugs, friends!

Just Us Girls challenge ~ Bold

I am entering this in the Just Us Girls Challenge # 435 the code word is BOLD

and I thought this bright and bold flower bouquet qualified for this code word!

I gold embossed the bouquet and colored it with Zig Clean Color Real Brush.

 AveryElle:  Floral Bouquet
Sizzix thinlits four pack of Tim Holtz dies
PTI: Keep it Simple: Praying for you
gems

Heart Hugs, friends!

CAS Mix-Up Card Challenge ~ April ~ Rubberbands

After watching Loll's video, I couldn't stop making these rubberband backgrounds!

This time I used a colored cardstock (PTI spring moss) and stamped my rubberbands using the same ink color.  It makes a fun background!  And I had requests for more "Praying for you" cards, and it has to say "our prayers" instead of "my" which makes it a little trickier!  I had to selectively stamp a sentiment that had prayers at the end, but I used a different stamp for the "you are in our", so it all worked!  Good thing I have my stamps in Evernote so that I could find those words!

PTI Tulip time

WPlus9  Sympathy Lilies sentiment (you are in our) 

PTI Beautiful blessings (prayers)

MFT Stitched Rectangle Scallop 

Heart Hugs, friends!

Easy Ombre Resist Technique

Jennifer McGuire showed many cards using this technique and I wanted to give it a try.

She called it Easy Ombre Resist Tehcnique

 I used a Hero Arts cling background stamp called Antique Brocade.

I white embossed it on white paper and then used Distress Ink: Abandoned Coral.  Starting at the bottom I saturated it pretty good with lots of color and then worked my way up using less of the ink on my blending tool.

The sentiment is also HA: Prayers.

Heart Hugs, friends!

Create along With Us ~ August

It is that time of the month where we play along with the designers from PTI instead of a Make It Monday card.  They are so busy giving us inspiration from the new release we get to choose one of their cards and CAS it , hence the Create along With Us!!

I chose Betsy's card here:

 

Simliar layout, some of the same flowers, some different and of course a different sentiment, but I used the die and sponged on some color just like Betsy!

I have a cousin who has uterine cancer and I am thinking I will be sending her cards a lot to lift her spirit and to remind her that we are praying for her.

Thank you for stopping by friends!  Hope you are having a great week, it is getting ready to really heat up here in the PNW...by Friday and Saturday we are expecting triple digit numbers!  EEK!!  And we have to travel south a couple of hours and go to a wedding...that will be a HOT one and it is an outside wedding!!
stamps & dies:  PTI Forget me Nots, and Freindship Jar: Flowers, Inspired by: Prayer

Heart Hugs, friends!

30 Day coloring Challenge Day 5 & Addicted To CAS

Another quick card for the 30 Day Coloring Challenge.

colored the PTI Friendship Jar flowers with copics.
Also entering this in the Addicted to CAS Challenge which is add stripes to your card!

Tomorrow our whole family is going to Coeur d'Alene Idaho for a family vacation.

We have been going there for about 10 years.  The kids love playing in the lake and the big boys like to golf.  However...we have some fevers running through the family, including my husband!  EEK!!  Jalen came down with hand, foot and mouth disease from our Indianapolis trip, ran a fever and and then shared it with his 13 year old sister and now it appears they may have even given it to Papa and his cousin!!

We are scheduled to fly out tomorrow with two of the 6 grandkids...one of them just starting to get sick now...never a dull moment!!

I am going to bring my copics and hope I have a chance to do more coloring!!
So see you in about two weeks!!

Heart Hugs, friends!

Two Challenges ~ One Card

I am seriously in need of comfort cards and sympathy cards for my bible study ladies, I can barely keep up with the demand!  Sad, isn't it?  Lucky for me there were two challenges that worked for this card.  The first is CAS ology:  Blossoms

The second is CAS(E) this Sketch # 114

I pulled out my favorite blossom stamp from Clearly Besotted:  Happy Everything and I white embossed it and used water with distress inks to paint in the petals and leaves!

I then used Lil' Inkers Stitched rectangles die and cut out the center portion and adhered it flat to the card base.  The frame was attached with dimensional tape to raise it up.

 

Thanks for taking a look...hope you all are having a fantastic St. Patrick's Day...hope y9ou didn't get "pinched" today!!

 



The Challenge # 3 a second card

On my last post I mentioned prayers for JoAnn, she is on the Seize the Birthday design team with me, she is also on Dynamic Duos...she may be on others, she is so very talented.

She is in ICU with severe injuries, if you could please keep her and the family in prayers to help them get through these difficult days it would be so uplifting for them.

I will be sending her a prayer shawl and this card.

 

I used the sketch on Lesley's blog: Always Playing with Paper

I mentioned that I love this sketch and Lesley gives the measurements for cutting the papers!

Love that!

 

 

Okay, back to knitting!

 

Heart Hugs,

Colleen



Simon Says: Tag It Wednesday!

the SSS Wednesday challenge is to TAG IT!

I made a little card with the tag on it,

added a side tag for the sentiment

Stamps:  HA Wavy Leaf Pattern, Flutter by Friend (PTI)  Boutique borders:  Sympathy

Paper:  aqua mist, berry sorbet pattern, rustic cream

ink:  versarmark, black

copics, clear embossing powder, twine from the Twinery

 

Have a good Sunday!

Heart Hugs,

Colleen



CAS(E) the Sketch # 49

You can go HERE to access the sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch this week.

 

All products are PTI unless otherwise noted

stamps:  Beautiful butterflies, Happy Trails

dies:  Happy Trails, Li'l Inkers rectangle stitched mat

ink:  memento London Fog, soft stone

I need more of these cards...wish I didn't.

Heart Hugs,

Colleen