I have some more cards to share that I made on Wednesday and Thursday.

The one I made on Wednesday is this swirly Valentine's Day card. It was using the Splitcoast Sketch Challenge this week. The images and dp are from My Daydream Designs-The hearts and envelope are from my Daydream Designs set called SENDING YOU LOVE. The dp is from my Daydream Designs set called TICKET TO BLISS PAPER PACK.. I added quilled flowers, pearls and a simple stamped image from Mark's Finest Papers set called LOVE LOVE LOVE

This calendar card is for my oldest daughter. I used scraps that were on my desk from making cards earlier in the week. I added a calendar from my Daydream Designs called1013 DESKTOP CALENDAR.I put it on an easel card. I added quilled roses, pearls, buttons, twine and brads.

I realized yesterday that I had a lot of girly Valentines and so few "GUY" ones. So here is one that I think will go to my husband!

3 Valentines

If you are looking for the Daydream Designs Blog hop scroll down one post.

I was in a Valentine making mood this week. I have 3 cards to share. I was going for a shabby/chic - vintage look. The first card I used the Mojo Monday 227 sketch 

I used the colors for the Splitcoast Stampers Color Combo 410

I used the word LOVE from a Mark's Finest Paper set called Love, love, love

I embellished it with quilled roses, ribbon, twine, and a little key charm.

My second card uses the Post Card from My Daydream Designs set called SENDING YOU LOVE

The Love sentiment is from My Daydream Designs set called SNOWBABY LOVE SENTIMENT

I used the same colors for the Splitcoast Stamper Color Combo Challenge 410

I embellished with quilled roses, floral filler, ribbon, twine, pearls, and a key charm. I did something else on this card that I rarely think to do. That is, I finished the inside with matching paper and put a heart on the inside.

 

My last card used the same papers, because they were out on my desk. I used the Splitcoast Stampers Sketch Challenge 388. 
I used the Love from Mark's Finest Papers set called Love love love that I used on the first card.
I also added roses that were quilled out of a page in the encyclopedia. I added my key charm with twine that I tied a bow then curled the ends by getting them wet and wrapping them around my paper stylus. I also added floral filler. I made my card an easel card. I used the hymn THE LOVE OF GOD as my background. It is perfect for any Valentine.
I have always loved the last verse of that hymn...

Could we with ink the ocean fill

and were the skies with parchment made 

were every stalk on earth a quill

and every man a scribe by trade.

To write the love 

of God above

would drain the ocean dry

Nor could the scroll

contain the whole,

though stretched from 

sky to sky.

Neither depth, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor power, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God. 
 Romans 8:38-39

I am going to share my last card with the lovely ladies at Word Art Wednesday Challenge.

Daydream Desings - Hearts Hop

Welcome to the blog hop for Daydream Designs. The blog hop will be from today (Monday 21st) through Thursday (24th). You will want to visit each blog, not just for the wonderful inspiration from the design team, but if you comment on each of the participating blogs, you might win a chance to get a $20 gift certificate to the Daydream Designs Store.

If you came here from Kris's blog
you are right on track.
If you didn't you might want to go back and start at the beginning with Diane's Blog.
If you get lost along the way, here is a list of the participating blogs.

Diane
Amy
Beth
Debbie

Helen
Jenn
Jerusha
Karen
Kris
MariLynn (Me)
Michelle
Miesje

Sandi
Stephanie
Traci
Vicki

 The theme for our hop, is HEARTS!!!!!
The Daydream Designs Store has a wide selection of images and sentiments to choose from when it comes to Hearts and Valentine's Day.

My first card was super easy and I had it made in less than 5 mins. The heart is from the colorized-set called SENDING YOU LOVE COLOR DIGI SET

The scripture sentiment is from  

SNOWBABY LOVE SENTIMENT SET

I printed them both next to eachother on a sheet of white cardstock. I glued some paper roses to the heart, I added some WANT 2 SCRAP bling in the corner and I added pink cotton candy stickles to the dots on the design. Such a fun, quick card.

My second card took a little longer to make it took me about 15 mins. The sentiment is from the

SNOWBABY  LOVE SENTIMENT SET

The adorable little puppies were from the colorized

SNOWBABY LOVE COLOR DIGI SET

I printed the image and sentiment. Cut them into rectangle panels. I matted the two panels and used heart hole punch. The pink paper that I used was a digital paper from 

TICKET TO BLISS DIGI PAPER PACK

If you have never used a digital paper pack before, you really should give it a try. There is a certain satisfaction that I have knowing that I made this card only using white cardstock. I sewed the panels to the base. I embellished with a white bow and some more bling from WANT 2 SCRAP..

 

My last card used more of the paper from the 

TICKET TO BLISS DIGI PAPER PACK 

The scripture is from the 

LOVE SCRIPTURE SET

I used my MS decorative border punch to frame the scripture. I added some punched hearts and some quilled roses that I made using an old encyclopedia..

 

Diane is so generous, she is offering the following  free digi's for you to use on your cards.

Free Digis Have Expired. Sorry

If you want the little envelope check out the store

My Daydream Designs

Head over to Michelle's blog because she is the next stop on the blog hop.

get packing -not without my coffee

When I started making this card today, I had no plans, and no idea what I was going to create... I love the way the creative process makes me feel when I have no plans or ideas and  I look at the finished card and I  like how it turned out. The Tutorial Time on Speedy TV 32 was packing tape transfer. I had done it before and I didn't really like how it turned out, but my friend Pam inspired me to try it again.I didn't have many magazines and the pictures in them were less than inspiring. What finally caught my eye was a home improvement photo of a stair case that they had painted the steps orange and turquoise and had stenciled a design on the stairs.(As a side note, I thought the stairs look hideous and so not my style, but I like how the colors looked together.) I felt like the cups from Mark's Finest Papers set called OH BEANS would go with my packing tape strip. I stamped the cups in alternating colors. The Friday Free For All challenge at SCS -152 was to use banners. So I used the sentiment from the Oh Beans set for my banner. I knew I wanted to use a page from my encyclopedia for the background. Currently the encyclopedia(bound dp) that I have on my desk is the H encyclopedia. I just opened it up to a page and tore it out. As I was putting my card together, I noticed that on the page I had taken out, was the article on Haiti. It mentioned coffee 3 times.(one of the times is under the packing tape strip.) I thought it would be neat, since my card was about coffee, to circle the words. I was so excited about finding the word "coffee"on the page.

Mark's Finest Papers Jan Blog Hop- love love love

   January Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Fantastic Dogs Featured January 15
No Sour Grapes Featured January 16
In My Den Featured January 17
Love, Love, Love Featured January 18

Please hop along with us! You have a chance 
 to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!) All four winners will be announced on January 19, 2013 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win and comments on the MFP blog count twice!) The deadline for commenting is 11PM EST on Friday January 18,2013.


Happy New Year!!! Welcome to the first blog hop of 2013! We are so excited to share the great stamp sets we are releasing this month and the months to come. 

 The special stamp set we have for you this month is:

" OH Baby"

 

The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Not So Ugly"

 

Patty P.

Lois

Vicky

Jane C 

Debbie 

Pam 

Pat G 

Thrifty Stamper 

MariLynn 

Karen K 

Bonnie 

Kathy B 

Angela B 

Cathy C 

Toni 

Sue W 

Janine B 

Tammylee 

An'jenic 

Kate Z 
Shirley Q 

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co 

 I wanted my card using this set to look like a Victorian Valentine.  I took some of the sentiments from the set and made a text block on my acrylic block. On my card I embellished it with pearl stick pins, a tea stained paper doily, I used a MS decorative edge punch to go around my text block. I added floral filler, a cream colored ribbon, handmade-quilled roses made from paper bags, twine and a little key charm. I tied a bow in the twine after running it through the key. I then sprayed the twine with water and wrapped it around the handle of a paint brush. When it was dry it was curled. The paper bag roses have gold paint splattered on them. It was hard to get that to show up in this photo. 

Here is a card with a totally different look. I was going for CAS which is so out of my comfort zone. This is the card I made for the Splitcoast Color Combo challenge.  I used a different sentiment from this set.

Mark's Finest Papers Jan Hop Day 3

   January Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Fantastic Dogs Featured January 15
No Sour Grapes Featured January 16
In My Den Featured January 17
Love, Love, Love Featured January 18

Please hop along with us! You have a chance 
 to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!) All four winners will be announced on January 19, 2013 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win and comments on the MFP blog count twice!) The deadline for commenting is 11PM EST on Friday January 18,2013.


Happy New Year!!! Welcome to the first blog hop of 2013! We are so excited to share the great stamp sets we are releasing this month and the months to come. 

 The special stamp set we have for you this month is:

" OH Baby"

 

The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Not So Ugly"

 

Patty P.

Lois

Vicky

Jane C 

Debbie 

Pam 

Pat G 

Thrifty Stamper 

MariLynn 

Karen K 

Bonnie 

Kathy B 

Angela B 

Cathy C 

Toni 

Sue W 

Janine B 

Tammylee 

An'jenic 

Kate Z 
Shirley Q 

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co 


I like the clock in this set. It made me think of my grandfather. He jokes about people not wanting to visit him because he has ticks. He has several clocks in each room that he has set several mins. apart so that he can enjoy them. As kids we loved hearing the coo-coo clock. The sentiment from this set saying "It's about TIME" and  "Congratulations" was perfect for this project that I am sending to my cousin and her husband. They have been waiting to adopt for over 3 years. They found out this last week that the waiting so long was in part to a person not doing their job and just sticking their paperwork in her drawer. The agency didn't find out until the lady was fired. So my cousin and her husband went to a new agency. They filled out more paperwork and expected to wait a long time again. They got a call Wednesday that said that there was a baby who had been born the previous Sunday and if they wanted him they could take him home on Thursday. It had to be because it was in God's TIME. On their facebook page announcing the birth, one of their friends congratulated them on their "POPCORN" baby. Remember making popcorn the old fashioned way not in the microwave... you would wait and wait and then SUDDENLY - POP.  When I read that about the popcorn baby, I knew right away what I was going to do. I was going to wrap a package of popcorn. I stamped the "CONGRATULATIONS" all over the dp. I sewed my main panel to the dp and wrapped it around the popcorn.

 Sentiment randomly stamped on the dp.

Vicky, this song is for you!

Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop 2013 day 2

   January Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Fantastic Dogs Featured January 15
No Sour Grapes Featured January 16
In My Den Featured January 17
Love, Love, Love Featured January 18

Please hop along with us! You have a chance 
 to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!) All four winners will be announced on January 19, 2013 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win and comments on the MFP blog count twice!) The deadline for commenting is 11PM EST on Friday January 18,2013.


Happy New Year!!! Welcome to the first blog hop of 2013! We are so excited to share the great stamp sets we are releasing this month and the months to come. 

 The special stamp set we have for you this month is:

" OH Baby"

 

The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Not So Ugly"

 

Patty P.

Lois

Vicky

Jane C 

Debbie 

Pam 

Pat G 

Thrifty Stamper 

MariLynn 

Karen K 

Bonnie 

Kathy B 

Angela B 

Cathy C 

Toni 

Sue W 

Janine B 

Tammylee 

An'jenic 

Kate Z 
Shirley Q 

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co 

 I had a lot of fun watercoloring these grapes. 

I added quilled vines to add dimension. I was going for a vintage look.

 Close up of the metal embellishment.

Mark's Finest Papers January 2013 blog hop

   January Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Fantastic Dogs Featured January 15
No Sour Grapes Featured January 16
In My Den Featured January 17
Love, Love, Love Featured January 18

Please hop along with us! You have a chance 
 to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!) All four winners will be announced on January 19, 2013 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win and comments on the MFP blog count twice!) The deadline for commenting is 11PM EST on Friday January 18,2013.


Happy New Year!!! Welcome to the first blog hop of 2013! We are so excited to share the great stamp sets we are releasing this month and the months to come. 

 The special stamp set we have for you this month is:

" OH Baby"

 

The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Not So Ugly"

 

Patty P.

Lois

Vicky

Jane C 

Debbie 

Pam 

Pat G 

Thrifty Stamper 

MariLynn 

Karen K 

Bonnie 

Kathy B 

Angela B 

Cathy C 

Toni 

Sue W 

Janine B 

Tammylee 

An'jenic 

Kate Z 
Shirley Q 

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co

 Ever since I saw a triple easel card, I have been wanting to make one. I made my card so it would fit in a legal sized envelope. Finished card is 3"x9". I started with a piece of cardstock 6"x9". I scored and folded it so that it would fold lengthwise. I made cut lines from the top of the card to the centerfold at the 3" mark and the 6" mark. This made 3 flaps on the card. The two side flaps I folded diagonally, making right triangles with the 90degree angles next to the center flap. The center flap I folded in half. Then I cut 3 squares 3"X3" to adhere to the easels. I put the dogs on either side and put the sentiment square on the center panel. Easel cards usually need something to hold them in place. I decided to use the bones from the set to make my stops. I stamped each bone 4 times. I cut out and glued the 4 bones together. That gave each bone dimension, enough to hold the panels back, but not so much that the card can't be folded flat and mailed easily.

 

How the card looks folded down flat for mailing.

The card standing up.

Close up views of dog panels. Can you see the dimension or thickness of the bones?

There is a Time

 Today's Technique Lovers Challenge TCL412 was one to let the designer paper on the inside of the card show. I looked at the Mojo Monday 276 and knew right away that it would be perfect for the technique challenge. I ended up modifying the sketch a little, but the mojo 276 sketch really was my inspiration for this card. I used the butterfly from Sweet and Sassy New Creature Digital Stamp. I printed the scripture using my computer. I use my new border punch, floral filler, ric-rac, Want 2 Scrap bling, and quilled roses made from a page from an encyclopedia. I really like how this card came together. I am entering it in Word Art Wednesday challenge 62

Inside of card.

New Creature- warm colors

It turned cold and started snowing outside. I was nice and warm in my stamping area and I choose to use warm colors on this card. This card is for THE SWEET STOP SSS193 challenge. I used SWEET AND SASSY - NEW CREATURE DIGITAL STAMP for the sentiment and the butterfly. I took two close up photos of the butterfly to try and show the dimension of the butterfly. I don't know if you can see it in the photos, but I took gold paint and a toothbrush and splattered gold paint over the dp. I used some of my hoarded Want 2 Scrap bling for the butterfly trail. I stitched the panels to my card.  I am also entering this in WORD ART WEDNESDAY CHALLENGE 62 where the scripture for this challenge is "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me."Psalm 51-10.  I love how that scripture goes with the one on my card.

5 plus stamps - Thinking of You

The Friday Free For All Challenge on Splitcoast  for today was to make a card using at least 5 different stamps.

 

Here are the 5 stamps and the Mark's Finest Papers sets that they are from:

1.Love Remains- Large Rose
2.Love Remains- Rose Bud
3. Dogwood Blossoms - Dogwood Branch
4.Asian Delights- Cherry Blossom
5.Ivy & Blossoms - Small Blossom


The 6th stamps is the sentiment from the Ivy& Blossoms  set as well

I stamped them in the order listed. I did a lot of masking. When I had stamped everything it looked really busy until I started to color the flowers in. I water colored the flowers. When I was done the colors looked too bright for the roses that I made, so I rubbed a tea bag over the whole page to give it a different look. 
The sketch I used was the Mojo Monday Sketch 275. I am entering this card in Word Art Wednesday Challenge 62 -Hearts. How the Word Art Wednesday challenge spoke to me on this card is how Christ was thinking about me as he went to the cross. The sketch has a cross, albeit a slightly off center cross.

  Last night I made some more handmade roses while I watched tv.  

The following is a song that I listened to over and over as I made this card. It is a beautiful song by Sarah Reeves about how when I have made a mess of my life and I am broken, that I can depend on God totally and completely because He is faithful.

Joy - Butterfly

What do you do on a cold snowy day? Well, I stayed inside and made this card with roses and a butterfly and thought of warmer days ahead. This butterfly is one of the new digi's images that I got from Sweet & Sassy Stamps called New Creature. I made this card for The Sweet Stop  SS192 Challenge. I used a sentiment from Mark's Finest Papers set called Blessings. Paper doilies, hand quilled roses, sewing,  pearls and floral filler finished off  the card. I am also entering this card in Word Art Wednesday challenge 61.

A friend loves at all times

Isn't this little girl cute? When Dawn challenged on SCS F4A150 FROSTY FRIENDSHIPS- for us to make a card with snowflakes for a friend, I knew right away which image I would use. She is a colored digi from my Daydream Designs calledSnowbaby Love Color Digi Set. I also used my Daydream Designs digi paper from Winter Chill Digi Paper Pack, The sentiment is from my Daydream Designs Snowbaby Love Sentiment Set. There are so many sentiments in this set to choose from. I added 5 punched snowflakes and lots of glitter and glue. I sewed the panels, as well as the "snow" patch. I cut out the digital handle for the sled and replaced it with thin black cording. I thought for awhile about who would get this card. I decided to send it to my good friend from high school, Sharon. I haven't been able to see her for many years, but with the magic of facebook we have connected and keep up with what is going on in eachother's lives. I just wish I could be there to see the smile when she opens up this thinking of you... I sent you a card just because you are my friend card!   I am entering this in  Word Art Wednesday #61

January 2013 calendar for my mom

The SCS Ways to Use it Challenge WT408 was to use our New Toys in this New Year. I used this new digi calendar by my Daydream Designs called 2013 Desktop calendar with scriptures. I am entering this in the Word Art Wednesday challenge.61 . The other new things on my card are these quilled roses. New Year's Day I sat and made roses all day long. Also new on this card are the paper doilies, the dp and the floral filler.

The desktop calendar comes with scripture at the bottom and a blank space above the scriptures that you can add whatever you want. I was inspired by the sermon I heard on Sunday about God's Promises.
January -God Keeps His Promises... "This one thing I know; God is for me! I am trusting God. Oh praise his promises! I am not afraid of anything mere man can do to me! Yes, praise his promises."Psalm 56:9-13 TLB
February: God will guide you and give you direction...read Psalm 32:8
March:: Nothing can separate you from the great love that God has for you...read Romans 8:39
April: God will give you peace beyond all understanding....read Philippians 4:7
May: God will help you to be more than a conqueror ... read Romans 8:37
June: God will give you power to defeat Satan and that you won't be tempted beyond what you can handle...read James 4:7 and 1 Corinthians 10:13
July: God will meet every NEED you have from his riches...read Philippians 4:19
August: :God will give you strength when you are weary and power when you are weak...read Isaiah 40:29
September : God will be your ever present help in trouble... read Psalm 46:1
October: God  will make everything work for your good... read Romans 8:28
November: God will never leave you or forsake you...read Hebrews 13:15
December:God promises to forgive all of your sins...read Ephesians 1:7 and 1 John 1:9

I was going to give the other calendar that I made the other day to my mom, but when my daughter saw it she fell in love with it and asked for it. So I made this one for my mom.