PSC80 - Boy Fishing

Last week my oldest grandson called me to ask what kind of fish were in our ponds. He's suddenly very interested in fishing. The card I made for today's Perfect Sentiment's ANYTHING GOES challenge is for his birthday next week. Our challenge this week at The Perfect Sentiments:

CREATE ANY PAPER-CRAFTED ITEM OF YOUR CHOICE. THE ONLY REQUIREMENT IS THAT THERE BE A SENTIMENT ON THE FRONT.

The prize this week will be 3 Christmas digis. Please check the challenge blog for more details.

The image I used for my card is from Our Daily Bread Designs, "Little Boys," and I'm entering it into their Shining the Light Challenge "Sky or Water."  The sketch came from 613 Avenue Create:

 

 

I used this month's color palette from Scrappiness Designs, which was perfect for the subject of this card:

I'm sharing this card with the following challenges:
2 Sisters #144 - 1-2-3 (1 image, 2 corduroy brads, 3 leaves)
613 Avenue Create #20 - Anything goes/optional sketch #5
A Little Bit Crafty May Challenge - use Kraft
Crafty Catz #183 - 3-2-1 (3 leaves, 2 corduroy brads, 1 image)
Creative Creations #10 - for a child
Forever Friends #62- for a child
Love to Create #66 - Something for kids
ODBD Shining the Light Challenge #155 - sky or water
QKR Stampede #39 - Children's card (or gift tags)
Scrappiness Designs May Challenge - color palette



 

Twist of Faith #37 - Square

As I type this post on May 20th, my heart is breaking for the people in Oklahoma who just endured a horrendous tornado. It's also the anniversary date of the Ruskin tornado that I was in as a 7-year-old. Ruskin Heights was a brand new housing area near Kansas City where most houses did not have basements.  It stayed on the ground for 70 miles and injured over 530 people. Tonight, so far, the death toll in Oklahoma is even greater than the 39 people who were killed in the Ruskin tornado. Most homes in that part of Oklahoma don't have basements either.

It seems that children were still having school in the elementary school that was destroyed. Please pray for the survivors and the rescuers that they will find all of those injured and buried under the debris. Those of us who were children that survived the tornado here many years ago still have nightmares and some fear of such weather. We share a firm conviction that we must go to a basement during tornado warnings. I'm praying that God will calm the hearts and minds of the people in Oklahoma and that God's people will lovingly minister to their needs.


This week's challenge theme at Twist of Faith is:

SQUARE!

We want to see SQUARE cards, or squares used in your card design.

Your creation should also include a scripture, uplifting verse or positive words/quote

This week we're sponsored by Robyn's Fetish. I used their image called Waking Up Birdie. See the Twist of Faith blog for more prize details.

Besides making my card a 6" x 6" square, I used some Basic Grey paper that had colorful stripes in small squares that made bigger squares. I also added 3 pewter square durables from CTMH on three of the squares on the upper left side.

 



 

I'm sharing this card with the following challenges:

365 Cards - Day 136-Words of wisdom

Dream Valley #57 - Animals

Kreativeinkauf #3- Anything that flies

Natalie and Amy's Challenge #9 - Things with wings (and colorful!)

No Matter Which #9 - Things with wings

SweetPea Stampers May Challenge - Birds of a Feather

Word Art Wednesday #80 - anything goes with Scripture/encouraging/uplifting verse

Clearly Digi Stamps May Blog Hop - Flowers

Welcome to our May blog hop. You can win one of the stamp sets we used just by leaving a comment. Each of us is drawing a name from the comments left at our own blog. One lucky person will receive the entire stamp set used to make our card. I used the flower stamp from this set called "Loving Hands." It has amazing drawings and sentiments.

To design my card I used the Deconstructed sketch #101 and the color combo from The Play Date Café #182: maroon, poppy, and soft jade. I only used 4 Copic markers: E00 for the hands, E04 and R89 for the flower centers, and BG10 for the stems.

 

Winners will be chosen by 5pm eastern daylight savings time on Wednesday, May 22nd. Please include your email address in your comment. I will contact my winner on Thursday, May 23rd via email, first announcing they have won and the name of the digi set. If they reply they already own it, I will offer them another set used by a DT member during this month's hop.

Your next stop on the blog hop is Linda's. Here is the blog roll list in case you missed one:
CDS Blog
Jerusha - Rubber Boots
Sarah T. - Bugs & Blooms
Dee - Heart Cup
Jennifer D. - Bless my Bloomers
Carrie - Charlie Bee
Vickie - Loving Hands (that's me)
Linda - Josephine Clematis

Mojo Monday #293 - with Wood

This week as my husband and I traveled we heard some wild weather stories in Minnesota (snow on Saturday and temps over 93 degrees on Tuesday) and saw the devastation of Texas towns by tornadoes. Tomorrow is supposed to be our first day of severe weather with the possibility of tornadoes here in the Kansas City area. I do a lot of praying in tornado weather. I chose a verse from Psalms to remind myself and others that God is our refuge who can give us rest from our fears. I also chose that verse to go with the leaf because trees and leaves provides shade or shelter.

I used this week's Mojo Monday sketch to make this masculine Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light challenge card using wood designer paper and wooden embellishments.

I started with the wood patterned paper from My Mind's Eye (Dilly Dally) and chose coordinating colors from that. The wooden leaf, stem and buttons are all from Close To My Heart. I inked their edges with some Brown Bag ink. The Psalm I used is from  Scripture Collection 2 at Our Daily Bread Designs, stamped on some Basic Grey dp.  The cranberry dp and cs are from Close To My Heart and the light background is really old K&Co (that I've hoarded). I always wonder when I try to make a masculine card if I should add ribbon or not. I'm open to your comments or suggestions.

May God bless and keep you safe in trying times. May you feel the comfort and protection of resting in Him.

I'm sharing this card with the following challenges:
Mojo Monday #293 - sketch
Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light Challenge #154 - Wood or stone
Word Art Wednesday #80 - anything goes with Scripture or uplifting/encouraging verse

CDS May Release - Carnival Kids

Clear Dollar Stamps has changed the name and store to Clearly Digi Stamps! The new store is now open! My husband and I were traveling so this post went live a couple of days before the store was ready and I wasn't able to change things until today when we got home.

When I saw the delightful images in the new set called Carnival Kids, I knew I could use it for an upcoming birthday card and scrapbook layouts for my grandsons who love carnival rides. I was amazed that the kids were holding corn dogs and what I imagined to be snow cones (crushed ice with a fruity syrup), which my parents bought me when we went to the state fair many years ago.

I  used the outline version, which I colored with Copics to match the fun rainbow colors in the Basic Grey "Oh, Baby Girl" striped paper for the Die Cuttin Divas challenge, Over the Rainbow.

I used this great sketch from A Die for a Sketch #112:

The die cut behind my images comes from Cricut Artiste (p.77 Accent 2 shift). I wanted that shape and the sparkles to suggest the "WOW!" excitement my grandsons have had when I've taken them to a carnival. I wanted the CTMH sparkle flourish to show the connection between the boy, the ferris wheel, and the "Fun times!" sentiment. I used Photoshop to copy and paste the word "Celebrate" on top of one of the tickets.

I'm sharing this card with the following challenges:
A Die for a Sketch #112 - sketch plus die cuts
Craft Your Passion #162 - Child's Play
Creative Creations #10 - For a child
Die Cuttin Divas #115 - Over the Rainbow (colors) + die cuts
Digi Sketch Challenge - following Theme only "For the Boys"
Get Inky #4 - Die Cuts

PSC #79 - A Spring Thank You Card

The groundhog this year said we'd have an early spring, but that didn't seem to happen where I live in Missouri. We had record snowfall, even in May, and many unseasonably cool days with lots of clouds and rain. Finally the sun has come out and warmer temperatures have convinced my asparagus that it's safe to come up. Here is weather to be thankful for! And with it, hearts are encouraged and more thankful for many blessings. This week at The Perfect Sentiment Challenge #79 we'd like you to

CREATE A THANK YOU CARD WITH A SPRING THEME. YOU CAN USE SPRING EMBELLISMENTS LIKE BUTTERFLIES OR FLOWERS, ETC. OR YOU CAN USE A SPRING IMAGE. ALSO THERE ARE SPRING-THEMED EMBOSSING FOLDERS LIKE...BIRDS AND SWRILS, BUTTERFLIES, AND MORE. DON'T FORGET TO INCLUDE YOUR SENTIMENT ON THE FRONT.

Our sponsor is Pattie's Creations, who is providing 3 free digis to a lucky winner.



My card uses their image, Daffodils Circle Scroll, showing one of the first flowers that bloomed here the last day of March, but I actually still have white daffodils that are in bloom now in the middle of May.

The CTMH sentiment that I used is rather shabby chic with its uneven letters and extra ink blots, so I scissor distressed the edges of the sentiment strip. The Cuttlebug embossed Spring Iris cs and green epoxy gems are also from CTMH. The butterfly is Martha Stewart's punch and the heart circle die is Spellbinders Nestabilities. These spring colors worked perfectly with some Basic Grey LilyKate dp that I've hoarded.
 

Twist of Faith #37 - The Ties That Bind

This week at Twist of Faith Challenge #37, the theme is:

THE TIES THAT BIND!

We want to see STRING/TWINE in your creation.

Your creation should also include a scripture, uplifting verse or positive words/quote

Our challenge this week is sponsored by MelJen's Designs, who continues to delight us with magical images! Our MelJens prize is 4 uncoloured images. I used her image called "A Girl and Her Kitty."

 

 

When I threaded two of the buttons on the top right side, I threaded from the top and left the twine extra long so I could tie them together in a bow. The middle button and the flower button are tied with brown waxy flax. I also threaded some twine through a couple of the holes of the floral oval mat and on the lower left hand corner and tied a bow. Behind that mat is a small turquoise mat that shows through a little. For some reason I thought it looked better that way.

Here is the jpg file of the verse I created. If you want to copy it, click on it to get the larger size, then right click and do a save as.

 

 

I used ideas from the following challenges to design this card:

As You Like It #1 - favorite dies and punches - Spellbinders Nestabilities Floral oval
Basic Grey #93 - Mix and Match - papers from hello luscious, Knee Highs (pink), Bowties (turquoise)

 

 



Stamp and Create May Color Challenge - bright pink, turquoise, lime green, brown

Stampin' for the Weekend - lots of buttons
Sweet Sketch Wednesday #205 - the following sketch rotated

 

Word Art Wednesday #79 - anything goes with Scripture or encouraging/uplifting verse

 

Thank you for visiting and I hope you'll join our challenge with your own string or twine creation!