Some Handsome Cowboys

 Hi Everyone! Well, I did a few sweet girl cards so I thought I should make some handsome boy cards. I had printed out these great Bugaboo stamps and have had them for some time.  So, high time that I did something with them.  I coloured them up with my Spectrum Noir markers. I decided to make them fairly simple, because boys just have the idea that they should disassemble things.  :)

This is one of my favourite images of these cowboys! How many of you had one of these cool stick horses to play with?  Unfortunately my brothers and I only had one and none of us liked to share. LOL
My girls each had one of their own and they would play with them for hours....out on the livingroom range!

Thanks so much for dropping by!

Love Conquers All

Hello Everyone! My first post for this new year and first of all I want to say thank you for all of you who follow me and leave me delightful comments of encouragement! You are a blessing to me!

Today I've created a card to share at Word Art Wednesday.  I saw this wonderful image by Bugaboo Stamps and it went totally along the lines of what I have been meditating on today.  With the new year beginning, I've been thinking about the greatest gift God has given me -Salvation through Jesus Christ the Lord.  This wonderful song written by Leman and Mayer has been coming to mind and I cannot but help to sing.

1. The love of God is greater far
   Than tongue or pen can ever tell;
   It goes beyond the highest star,
   And reaches to the lowest hell;
   The guilty pair, bowed down with care,
   God gave His Son to win;
   His erring child He reconciled,
   And pardoned from his sin.
   • Refrain:
     Oh, love of God, how rich and pure!
     How measureless and strong!
     It shall forevermore endure—
     The saints’ and angels’ song.
2. When hoary time shall pass away,
   And earthly thrones and kingdoms fall,
   When men who here refuse to pray,
   On rocks and hills and mountains call,
   God’s love so sure, shall still endure,
   All measureless and strong;
   Redeeming grace to Adam’s race—
   The saints’ and angels’ song.
3. Could we with ink the ocean fill,
   And were the skies of 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. 
4. I found the lyrics to this wonderful song on Timeless Truths.  It wasn't in the hymnbook that I have so I went online.  
5. How incredible the Love of God is for us,
6.  "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved." -John 3:16-17 
7. Love does conquer all!  Praise God!

Do You Love Patterned Paper?

Do you love patterned paper? I do. So this week I'm pleased to be able to play with some for the challenge at Card Crafter's Circle.   I just bought some wonderful snowflake paper and thought this fantastic penguin by Bugaboo Stamps and it would go wonderfully together!  I used two patterned papers by Recollections, added a fun foam snowflake and some gauze under the image panel.  The sentiment is computer generated.  Plus to finish it off, I couldn't help adding some sparkle to the star and snowflake.  Oh, and there is a bit of inking on the papers I did with my color box blue ink.
So if you love working with patterned paper, or you're up for a challenge, hop on over to the Card Crafter's Circle and check out the inspiration and details there! AND there is a wonderful prize up for grabs, 7 digis from Bugaboo Stamps! Are you interested?

My Heart on a String!

Have you ever felt like this? With your heart on a string?  There have been times that someone has done something for me that I could never repay and it's so special.  The Lord Jesus did that for me when He died on the cross and then offered me forgiveness of my sin and eternal life!  How unspeakable a gift that is!  And it's free for anyone who will believe in Him!
"That, if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.  For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. "  - Romans 10: 9-10
There is nothing in the world I am more thankful for!  What are you thankful for? Have you given anyone else this feeling?
For this card I've used the wonderful sketch from Seems A Little Sketchy along with an image from our wonderful sponsor this week Bugaboo Stamps!  I chose this little Girl with Heart because she brought to mind what I shared above.  I used some sweet papers from ATD Momenta and some misc flowers that are acutally curled up a bit but it doesn't show in the pic.  The sentiment is a stamp from Fiskars and the rhinestones are from Forever in Time.
Thanks so much for dropping by! Do pop over to the Seems A Little Sketchy blog for some great inspiration!

 

Good morning to you! It's a beautiful day and Praise God the sun is shining! But even if it isn't, there is plenty of beautiful colour to see.  Today I have a card to share with you for the challenge over at Card Crafter's Circle.  Can you guess what it is? RAINBOW BRIGHT!!!
Now I'm not talking about the little dolls, I'm just talking about incredible colour!  Funny memory here.....when I was in junior high, my wonderful mother in an effort to save my pants from all the holes would embroider flowers and rainbow on my pants.  Then since I didn't have a choice I'd wear them to school.  My nickname quite suddenly became Rainbow Bright........I'll just let you think about my feelings on that one.
Anyhoo, We would love to see your cards with colour this week!
Today I've chosen this incredible image by Bugaboo Stamps -Live, Love,Laugh block.  I've coloured each set of flowers a different colour and added a gem to the center of the main flower.  I've used photo corners and some matting to frame it and layered it over an inked embossed panel.  The photo doesn't show the ink too well, but it's actually a dark purple not a black.  Then I layered some ribbon and used my EK Success border punch along the bottom before matting it to the card base.  How's that for colour?
Our sponsor this week is Bugaboo Stamps so do pop over to their shop to see what they have available.

Have a great day and we hope to see you over at Card Crafter's Circle!

Sweet Bird-day!

Hello! Today I have a card that I've made for Card Crafter's Circle challenge - Make it colourful!  This is a wonderful new challenge blog that I'm a DT member on. Yeah! 

We have some amazing sponsors for each of our challenges!

 This week we are sponsored by the wonderful Bugaboo Stamps.The prize is seven of your choice from their digi collection.        
                        

Here is my Sweet Bird-Day card to share with you.  I think that birthdays should be a colourful event! For this card I've used two images from Bugaboo's bird day set and coloured them with my prismacolor pencil crayons.  I inked the edges with some yellow ink to add some more brightness.  I layered it on some lovely Stampin' Up cardstock and popped them up over some lovely birthday paper from my stash.  I added some yellow ric-rac for a streamer effect and a silver star as an accent.  It still looked like something was missing so I added some lovely star eyelets along the left and they're even more fun because when you open the card you can see right through!
Thanks so much for dropping by! I'd love for you to join us in the challenge (Here) so I can see what colours you like best!  Or anytime, just leave me a link to your post!  It's all about sharing!

Card Crafter's Circle Challenges Begin!

YEAH!!! Today is the first day of challenges over at the new challenge blog: Card's Crafter's Circle.  Wonderful weekly challenges every Friday: so come on over and play with us! There are prizes!!!

I have used this sweet digi with a delightful pair of penguins from Bug-a-Boo Stamps.  Many are celebrating the winter holidays and we're joining in to celebrate our very first challenge.
For this card I coloured my image with prismas and inked the edges with some blue ink.  Then after matting it on some cardstock from Stampin' Up I layered it on some handmade feather paper, paper from K & Company, and a doily that I inked with silver to give it some sparkle.  After adding the rhinestones to the doily, I cut a couple of little slits in the fold of the card to thread the ribbon through.  I tied the button on with the ends of the ribbon and then popped up the sentiment.
This week we have a wonderful sponsor in Bug-a-Boo Stamps.  They have some great digi's to give away to the winner!!!! If fact it's 7 digis of your own choosing! They also have wonderful deals going on right now so it might be worth your while to go and have a peek!

If any of you are wondering why I posted a Friday challenge on Thursday, it was intentional.  This is because this challenge blog is on the wonderful Australian Time!
Thanks so much for dropping by! Have a wonderful day!