Alleluia!

I got a new Our Daily Bread stamp on Saturday, and, unlike a lot of stamps that just get stacked on a counter until I'm ready to use them, this one saw action right away! :) It's pretty, all on it's own, but, OMGosh, I can't get over how gorgeous it is with color!

I needed a card for my DD's baptism yesterday, and I hadn't been able to find a stamp that I thought was right for a 9-year old. I "settled" for this cathedral window image, but once I had finished the card, I couldn't believe I almost passed this stamp up! It's gorgeous! I wanted to emboss it onto acetate and color the back so it would look more like stained glass, but for some reason, the acetate couldn't stand up to the heat, so instead I stamped it onto white cs, colored, then fussy cut it, went over all the stained glass lines with a black Spica pen, then added Glossy Accents to all the windows. I topped it with a couple of bows, a sweet mini doily die cut, which I embossed with black embossing powder, and a gold, heat embossed cross image, that I found in Michael's dollar bin a couple of years ago. The Alleluia sentiment is also heat embossed, and the green flourish die cuts are coated in clear glitter. I wanted just a little something in the upper corners, so I transferred the negative pieces of an outline sticker.

To give the personalization panel on the inside the look of crumpled paper, I sponged Dusty Concord Distress Ink around the edges, then tapped the edge of my inked sponge tool randomly across the cs. The Bible verse is stamped in Pear Tart Memento ink, and the page dividers in Dusty Concord. The perforated lines on the outer edges of the dp mat were made with an MFT die. 

The window stamp ended up being perfect for a Baptism, and my DD loves her card! But, don't you think this would be perfect as an Easter card, too! :-)

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Happy Easter and/or Sweet Treats

Corrosive Challenge #197: Pretty Pastels

The Paper Shelter Challenge #153: Easter Time

Thanks for stopping by, and have a blessed week!

~Hugs,

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Orange Poppy Thank You

I've missed playing in the Viva la Verve Sketch Challenge for the past few weeks, so I pulled out an image I colored several months ago and used it for the August 2013 Week 1 sketch.

It's easy to see what I did on this card, so I'll skip the details, but I will mention that I colored this pretty Our Daily Bread poppy image with Copics back in February, then used Prismacolor pencils today to add a little more shading. I am loving my Prismacolors lately!

I needed a thank you card to put in a package I'm mailing out tomorrow, and this card fit the bill perfectly!

Thanks for stopping by, and have a wonderful Wednesday! :)

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Viva la Verve Sketch Challenge: August 2013 Week 1
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Make the Cut

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Boo Boo Bear in Pink

Hi there, Friends, and Happy Wednesday! I hope yours is a good one! Warmer weather is headed our way here, so I'm having a great day!

I've got a get well card to share with you today. I'm using the Mojo Monday sketch #228 for the layout, and the Color Throwdown #179 palette for the colors.

For this card, I colored the sweet little Boo Boo Bear image with Copics and added Glossy Accents to her nose and pads of her feet. You can see the shine pretty good in this photo.

After die cutting the image, I spritzed a Fancy Tags Two die cut with Shimmer Spritz, then adhered it to the back of the image and popped the whole thing up with foam dots.

For the flowers, I made two rolled flowers using the Rolled Scalloped Flower die. One of them was made with cs and the other with felt. The third flower is a Recollections flower.

That's all for this card. I'll be back in a little while with an anniversary card I made with a new stamp I got at the convention last week.

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Stamps: Boo Boo Bear (Whipper Snapper Designs); Sunshine Cheer (Our Craft Lounge)
Paper: Sweetness (Pink Paislee); Garden Party (DCWV)
Ink: Copic markers; Distress Ink; Memento
Dies: Rolled Scalloped Flower (My Favorite Things); Crocheted Circle Die (Our Daily Bread); Fair Isle Pendants, Fancy Tags Two (Spellbinders)
Accessories: Bloom Dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug); ribbon (Michaels); pearls; flowers; sewing thread; foam dots; Glossy Accents; Liquid Pearls; Shimmer Sprintz
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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