As For Me and My House...

We Shall Serve The Lord.

Joshua 24:15

I rarely blog on Sunday's, however through the combination of several conversations this week on personal morals,  consistently living each day to the glory of our God, and a perfect sketch layout challenge to illustrate this scripture from the book of Joshua... I'd like to share this posting with you today. 

The sketch challenge came from Christian Card Makers, one of the first card making sites I joined about six years ago.  We focus on sharing cards, prayer requests and encouraging others through our card ministry.  

This week's sketch card challenge was: "Three of the same objects across the center,  ribbon below, and a sentiment below ribbon."

Here is my completed card using the referenced scripture. 

Details of making the card: I used the Stampin Up birdhouse stamp from the Flying Home set.   I used washi tape and masked off each bird house separately since the stamp is a combination of the three together.  All the houses are Copic colored with combinations of the 'E' series, then die cute with a stitched rectangle die.  I created the sentiment on the computer since my stamp of that scripture was too large.  Brown crochet thread was added after the images were glued on to my background paper and before adding to the standard A2 white card base.  For the final touch on this card, I applied liquid glaze on the windows and on the tire swing. 

Thank you for stopping in today and seeing how today's card was put together.  I hope it has brought a blessing to your home also as you think about the scripture.

Serving a Risen Savior, 

Pam

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This posting will also appear on the following sites:

Christian Card Maker, Word Art Wednesday #370-371, Addicted to Card Making 2.0, Passionate Paper Creations, Stamp Junkies, Stampers Swap Shop, Pinterest and Not Just Scraps.

Candle Light Birthday Wishes

 Time to take a short break from reorganizing my crafting space and reach back to the November digital releases to share a recent birthday card I put together for a customer who needed a special first birthday card.  The Penguin Candle Light caught our attention as we were looking through my digital Whimsy images.  Here's the finished card ~

Using soft pinks, yellows, and peach shades really gave the card a softness like the mouse and penguin were quietly sneaking down the hall back to bed.  This digital image drawn by designer Crissy Armstrong can be used for so many different occasions and will be a great addition to your collection.  Here's the link to the Whimsy store if you'd like to get your digital image now.  "Penguin Candle Light Set". 

Thanks for stopping by today - See ya soon with another new card. 

Serving a Risen Savior,

Pam

This posting will appear on the following sites:

Whimsy Stamps & Inspiration, Stamp Junkies, Stampers Swap Shop, Passionate Paper Creations, Christian Card Makers, Addicted to Card Making 2.0, Karle's Passion, Pinterest, and Not Just Scraps. 

You Make My Heart Smile

What makes someone "famous" to you in the crafting world?  

As I start to write today's blog, I can't help but fondly remember the morning that Jennie and I nervously walked into our first Whimsy Retreat.  A young girl with a dark ponytail is sorting papers on the floor and quickly gets up to greet us... "Hi, I'm Denise..." and I stammer around realizing we are meeting the Owner of the Whimsy Stamp Company!  At that moment I feel 110 years old and she looks to be 22!   Before I can breathe again, I realize she's telling us to sit anywhere... and from another quiet voice behind me I hear "There's two spots here, if you don't mind sitting with me."  Like turning the corner after sneaking down the stairs to see what's under the Christmas tree, who should be sitting at that table... our second famous person of the day, Crissy Armstrong.  Our blessings didn't stop there as we continued to meet Faye Winn-Jones and then the wonderful ladies of the design team.

As time has past and relationships have grown from acquaintances to friends to my Whimsy family, these ladies are all famous to me because of who they are.  Which in my crazy brain... that brings me back to today's card. This Digital image is Spread Love, by designer Crissy Armstrong and is available in the digital section of Whimsy Stamps.

This card is made on a 5 1/2" square Kraft card base, with 5 1/4" square red matting and a 2 1/2" pink strip in the center.  The cloud was die cut with a miscellaneous die then I used Broken China Oxides and a die cut stencil to make the clouds.  I applied a heavy bead of Whimsy's Nuvo Glitter Drops-Honey Gold around the edge and used foam square to raise the cloud.  The heart sentiment is also raised with a foam square.  The Spread Love image was printed on 110# Neenah card stock and colored with Copics (referenced below) and Prisma pencils, then hand cut out. I used clear Wink of Stella on her wings and the hearts on her dress.  She is glued at the bottom of the card, then raised with foam squares toward the top.   

Thank you for visiting today.  I hope you have a great weekend and get to spend time in your craft room creating beautiful things.

Serving a Risen Savior, 

Pam 

Copic References: Skin: R30/0, E0000,YR30, RV0000, E50, Dress: R82, R83, R85, R56  Shoes: N4  Hair: E53, E31, E41, E50 highlights, Brown pencil  Wings: V01

Product References:

This posting will appear on the following sites:

Whimsy Stamps & Inspiration, Passionate Paper Creations, Stamp Junkies, Stampers Swap Shop, Karle's Passion, Addicted to Card Making 2.0, Pinterest, and Not Just Scraps.

Wishing You Silly Love Songs

Good morning  ~ today I'm wishing a Happy Birthday to my friend, Beverly, with 

Wishing You Silly Love Songs...

These Art Impressions girls from the stamp set, Flaunt It (#4756), are singing their Love Notes by CAS-ual Fridays right over to my sweet friend's house to be sure she has a giggle or two on her special day!  Here's to you Beverly...  Happy Birthday ~ and many more!

Thank you for stopping by today - your comments are always welcome. 

Serving a Risen Savior,

Pam

This posting will appear on the following sites:

Stampers Swap Shop, Karle's Passion, Stamp Junkies, Art Impressions, Passionate Paper Creations, Addicted to Card Making 2.0, Pinterest, and Not Just Scraps.

I'm Hooked On You...

One of the fun things with stamping is putting different sets together.  Most of the time, I don't buy a set specifically to go with another one - it is usually like a 'light bulb moment' when I realize  ~ oh yeah, this image would go with that other stamp I have. ~ 

My stamping buddy was here when  I received several small and slightly used Unity stamps from one of the Facebook sellers.  It had to do with fishing and we both got quiet a chuckle with the heart on the hook and the cute sentiment 'I'm Hooked On You' (KOM 12/13).  Before I could get the images stamped for storage, she said - "You know you should put that one with that Angie Girl that looks like she's a Ranger or on a Safari with this fishing set."  Hmm.... Off to pull Unity's  Maren Girl to combine for a cute Fishing Valentine Card that is a keeper for sure!  

Here's my completed card.

With so many family learning the joys of camping and the memories around the warm fireplace each night, this card is sure to be grabbed up quickly!

Thanks for stopping by today to see what I've been making. 

Serving a Risen Savior,

Pam

This will be posted on the following sites also:
Unity {Show & Tell}, Christian Card Maker, Karle's Passion, Stamp Junkies, Stamper's Swap Shop, Addicted to Card Making 2.0, Pinterest and Not Just Scraps.

Copic references are:  Tent W2 & W3,       Tree - E23, E25, G62, G43, G40   Flowers: Y17,     Heart: R05, R29,   Hat: YG61, YG93,  Hair: E31, E25,   Clothes: Y17, B12, B41, B95, B37   

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Sketch Challenge Vs Organization Challenge

Each week on the Christian Card Making Site we have a Sketch Challenge given to us, with several days to complete a card based on the sketch layout and post our completed card. While this challenge is not one of my favorites, I have to admit after doing them for about a solid year now, it has been a positive choice for me and I'm enjoying this type challenge more and more. 

This week as I found my time slot to work on the card challenge, I happen to have just taken last year's Lang Calendar down and put up my new one.  (This just happens to be a treasured gift from my brother and sister-in-law.)  What better photo and paper than the beautiful birds in last year's calendar!

Here's what I put together and the layout we were given. 

The center wave is a unbranded die and the bottom piece is just a scrap of paper.  The Happy Birthday die is by Spellbinders and I added the finishing touch of just a bit of burlap with a red button attached with twine. The card is on a 5 1/2" square card base.  

My challenge to you as we know January is organization month ~ as you take your calendar down - can it be up-cycled to make 12 or more beautiful cards? I'd love to see them! 

Thanks for stopping by to see mine.  I hope to post the remainder of the cards pulled from this calendar soon.

Serving a Risen Savior, 

Pam

This posting will appear on the following Sites:

Christian Card Maker, Word Art Wednesday #368-369, Karle's Passion, Stampers Swap Shop, Pinterest, and Not Just Scraps.

Happy Birthday Sparkles

Popping in today with Whimsy's Marina Fedotova design, Ruby's Christmas Wishes ~ which of course can be used for any kind of special wishes!  

Today's card was used for a memorial entry honoring the founder of one of the Facebook Card Swapping sites.  Our dear friend Jennifer loved all things purple and with sparkles!

It was also delivered to one of my long time friends several days ago in celebration of her birthday TODAY ~ January 13th.   

Happy Birthday Missy!

The image was printed on 110# card stock, then colored with Copic markers (referenced below).  Dies used were Pink & Main Stitched Square and Gina Marie Designs Frilly Lace Nesting Rectangle. 

Thank you for stopping by today to see what I've been working on.  Your comments are always welcome.

Serving a Risen Savior ~ Pam 

This posting will appear on the following Sites:

Whimsy Stamps & Inspiration, Passionate Paper Creations, Stamp Junkies, Stampers Swap Shop, Karle's Passion, Addicted to Card Making 2.0, Pinterest, and Not Just Scraps.

Copic References: Skin: E0000, E30/0, YR30, RV0000, E50, Clothes: BV02, BV31, BV13, BV04, Shoes: N0, N02, Hair: YR02, E23, N34. Added Wink Of Stella Clear to all wing areas.

You Have My Heart

Although it's been a few days since I've posted, my hands have not been idle.    I just thought I could slow down after Christmas, but so far the first ten days of 2019 haven't indicated that will be a new pattern for this year.  With all the newly released digital Valentine images from Whimsy Stamps plus adding several from the Whimsy's designer Sylvia Zet.... the joy of coloring each day has sure been being well fed!  I've really proud of the unique and assorted one of a kind Valentine Cards I've made so far that are available for sale to suit the special someone in your life, from your grand child all the way to the love of your married lives.

Today I wanted to share with you another cute Digital Image by CC Designs and available through Whimsy, named Aimee & Valentino.  Even though these images are 'children', the addition of the entwined hearts and the heart shaped locket with key charm reinforces the adult message of true love. 

For those that would like to make a card similar to mine; here's a few details.  You can purchase your digital copy of Aimee & Valentino through the Whimsy store.  Knowing I was going to use a 5 1/2" square white card base, I sized the digital image to about 3" square.  I printed the image on Neenah 110# Card stock, then colored using Copic Markers. (See colors reference below**).  

Sometimes when you want a lot of layers, it is fun to just flip through your box of dies and see what you can come up with.  I used six different dies to make all the layers on this card. I will list them next but keep in mind, you could use any type of die as long as you layered them so they go smaller as you work your way up to the top where the image goes. 

Building from the bottom white 5 1/2" card base: 1) Solid red 5 1/4" square matching red photo mat, 2) Red flowered paper (Stampin Up) cut with the My Favorite Things ~ Stitched Basic Edges. 3) & 4) Then both the navy blue and the white layers came from the same set - Darice Nesting Book Page Dies.  5) Up in the left corner is of the card is the Party Banner Die from the  Gina Marie Die Set, and 6) the Love Locket die in the bottom left is also a Gina Marie Die, and 7) Entwined Heart Die is by Momenta. 

Always be careful to leave 'room to breathe' around your images, especially when you are using lots of dies or multiple embellishments.  Never loose sight of your focal point of the card ~ YOUR hand colored image. After assembling all of the dies surrounding the colored image, I threaded a small piece of black yarn through the locket and added a Key Charm from Charming Embellishments to complete the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you enjoyed my latest card.  I'd love to see you flip over to the Whimsy store, Digital store and purchase Aimee and Valentino for your stash; then show me your creation on the Whimsy Stamps and Inspiration page on Facebook. 

Serving a Risen Savior, 
Pam

Copic References: Skin: (Cheeks 0/R30), E0000, V20, YR30, RV0000, E40, E50;  Boy's Hair: E21, E31, E41, Y21; 

Girl's Hair, E06, Y21, E31;  Girl's jacket & Boy's jeans: B23 & B45;   Girl's dress & Boy's shirt: B91.  Shoes: N1, N2, N4;  Balloons, R17, R29 & R37, then blended using R05.   Used Sparkles Diamonds for balloon accents, used clear Wink of Stella over blue heart banner, silver entwined hearts and gold heart locket.

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Whimsy Stamps and Inspiration, Passionate Paper Creations, Stamp Junkies, Stampers Swap Shop, Christian Card Makers, Karle's Passion, Charming Embellishments, Scrapbook Outlet, Pinterest and Not Just Scraps.

Sweetheart ~ I Love You

Good Morning ~ I'm thinking this is the first day back to work and/or school for many ~ hopefully you have enjoyed a wonderful Christmas break and are ready to tackle the new adventures that await in 2019.

Today, I'm featuring a new January digital release from Whimsy Stamps, Sweetheart, by CC Designs.  I hope she will bring a little smile to you with her sparkles and bling!  

The image is printed on 110# card stock after I sized it to fit the desired card base size.  For this card I used a standard A2 white card base. I colored the image with Copic markers and Prisma pencils. All of the four patterned strips in the background are from my scrap box.  (Time to use them or toss them, right?)  The heart dies are by Darice.  After getting the card glued down completely, then I added Diamond Stickles to the highlights of the balloons, her dress, the small heart in her hair, and the heart in the banner YOU.

I do hope you can check out the new Digital images in the Whimsy Store.  There are quite a few I'm sure you'd love to add to your library. 

Thank you for stopping by today.  Your comments are always welcome and sharing my blog with others is very much appreciated.

Serving a Risen Savior, 

Pam

This posting will appear on the following sites:

Whimsy Stamps & Inspiration, Passionate Paper Creations, Stampers Swap Shop, Stamp Junkies, Christian Card Makers, Karle's Passion, Pinterest and Not Just Scraps. 

Starting 2019 With Prayer

How grateful I am that entering 2019 today, I am free to start this new year with prayer, knowing God is with me in all things.

I was so excited to see this sweet little angel in the list of Whimsy's new digital releases for January.  Here's the card I made featuring Angel Clove.

Angel Clove is a digital image from Whimsy Stamps ~ just click on his name and you'll be taken to the store for your purchase.  After printing the image on 110# Card stock, I used Copic markers** for coloring and a simple stitched square die for cutting close to the image, then mounted on dark brown paper.  The sentiment is by Stampendous and I used Cocoa Brown Memento Ink and a cream card stock, then mounted on aqua blue paper.  Setting those two aside for a moment, I took the 5 x 7 Kraft card base and added the same dark brown paper mat (4 3/4" x 6 3/4"), followed by the patterned paper mat (4 1/2" x 6 1/2").  Then using the Whimsy Straight Edger Die Set, I made the diamond stitched border strip out of the aqua blue paper.  This little set of stitched dies is one of my favorites!  You can add so many different combinations to your cards with this set in your stash!    I put the diamond strip horizontally in the middle, then added the sentiment and the angel image on top.  For the finishing touch, I used brown crochet thread to make the loopy bow and tied in a gold cross charm.

I hope you can check out ALL the new Digital Releases that Whimsy has to offer for January. In addition to the Crissy Armstrong and CC Design images we have been illustrating and offering, Whimsy will now be adding digital images of Sylvia Zet's work.  What an exciting year ahead to look forward to in the Whimsy World!

Thank you for stopping by today ~   I specifically picked the sentiment for today's card as my prayer for everyone reading my blog or seeing my cards for the new year.  May you truly be blessed!

Your comments are always welcome and sharing my blog with others is very much appreciated.

Serving a Risen Savior, 

Pam

This posting will appear on the following sites:

Whimsy Stamps & Inspiration, Passionate Paper Creations, Stampers Swap Shop, Stamp Junkies, Christian Card Makers, Karle's Passion, Pinterest and Not Just Scraps. 

**Skin, (0/R30),E0000, YR30, RV0000, E51, Hair: E31, E33, #55, #57, E15 & E37, Robe: Y21 & Y26, Halo Y28, Wings B000. Add Wink of Stella Clear to wings after card is assembled.