"A cheerful heart is good medicine . . . Proverbs 17:22

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Flowers, Flowers, Flowers

If you look at most of the cards I make, you will probably notice a dominate stamp. That would be a flower. I love to use them and I have fallen in love with a new Flower Stamp ~ Big Bloom by Winnie & Walter, LLC.

Here it is:


Don't you just LOVE it!

I stamped it three times on some pattern paper and then cut it out and layered it.
Sentiment is a die from Simon Says Stamp.

Thank you for stopping by! Blessings to you and yours.

"I have set the LORD always before me; Because HE is at my right hand I shall not be moved."
PSALM 16:8

Confession

I love making cards and I love to share them. BUT the process of sharing is tedious for me: Taking the picture, editing it so it is easy to manage size, then gathering all the supplies I used so I can make sure I give credit where credit is due. If any of you have some tips on how to better manage this, I would greatly appreciate it :-)
I was going to make individual posts for each one of these but decided against it ~ too time consuming ~


So here goes:

Simon Says Stamp dies: Background, sentiment & "flower"

Love these Elizabeth Craft Designs Peel-Off Stickers; Sentiment ~ Simon Says Stamp

 Jane Doodles: Owl, Simon Says Stamp Die: Hello

 Hero Arts: Sentiment, Looped Flowers (at bottom);  Simons Says Stamp: Flower Die

 Another Elizabeth Craft Designs Peel-Off Stickers, Sentiment: Penny Black Sweet Wishes

Simon Says Stamp: Same Die that I used on first card only I cut the border away from it.
Simon Says Stamp: What's Brewing (Sentiment)

Simon Says Stamp: What's Brewing
Inspired by: Laura Bassen


Thanks for taking the time to look ~ Hope you are having a blessed day!

 "Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! They walk, O Lord, in the light of Your countenance. In Your name they rejoice all day long. And in Your righteousness they are exalted." 
PSALM 89:15-16

Friday, May 29, 2015

Friends

We make friends throughout our life. Some friendships last for a very long time and others do not. I know that there is a reason for each friendship we have. We have recently experienced a major surgery for my husband. He had a kidney transplant and this would not have come to be except for God using our friends to share with their friends the need. What a testimony we have and I would love to share it here soon.

When I received this Simon Says Stamp March Stamp Card Kit, I did not have time to really sit down and play with it. But I have now and I am loving the sentiments and the flowers. Here is what I did today having been inspired by Debby Hughes  card. She used the products from the May Simon Says Stamp Card Kit.

Sentiment: Simon Says Stamp ~ Flowers On My Mind
Die-Namics: Pierced Circle STAX
Lil' inker Designs: Stitched rectangles
Paper Smooches: Flag Tags Dies

Have a glorious day!

"Faith is seeing Light with your Heart when all your eyes see is Darkness."

Thursday, May 28, 2015

Great Big Hello

Loving the new Hero Arts Stamp & Cuts sets. I used the "Hello" Set for this one.

I made a card very similar to this a couple of months ago. Changed this one up a little bit.

The sentiment is from the Hero Arts HELLO Stamp & Cut set (which comes with the die for the word HELLO also). I recently purchased the Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Borders Dies and used it to cut the inner panel. The HUGE, gorgeous butterfly is from MARTHA STEWART CRAFTS in a package of 8 with 4 different designs.

Blessings to you and yours. Thanks for stopping by!

"Though our feelings come and go, God's love for us does not."
C. S. Lewis

Friday, May 22, 2015

Fresh Daisies

I really do LOVE daisies ~ especially gerbers!

This was a really fun Simon Says Stamp die to work with. It is not your typical looking daisy but it puts a smile on my face.


Hero Arts: Sentiment
Simon Says Stamp: Fresh Daisies Die
Darice Embossing Folder
Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch
Lawn Fawn Circle Die

"Go often to the house of thy friend for weeds choke the unused path."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Butterflies, Butterflies, Butterflies

I absolutely adore the Flutter By stamp set by Lawn Fawn. Here is the inspiration card:

AND here is mine:


I love my  WPlus9 Landscape Borders Die and my Penny Black Heartfelt "Smile" die.

Blessings to you and yours!

"The will of God will never lead you where the grace of God cannot keep you."



Fun With New Die

Love this new Hello die from Penny Black and one of my favorite butterfly stamps and die from Hero Arts. The doily is from Martha Stewart adhesive die-cut:

Hello Die: Penny Black
Butterfly & Die: Hero Arts Butterfly & Blower CL750, Hero Arts Frame Cut ~ Flower and Butterfly Frame Cut
Embossing Folder: Sizzix
Butterfly Punch for small butterflies

Hope you are having a blessed day!

"Happiness is not something we create; it is something the Holy Spirit produces in us."

"But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,  gentleness, self-control." GALATIANS 5:22-23