What Do You Think About In The Morning?

I don't know what got into my head today, but I just wasn't interested in making a card today, so I thought I'd try to decorate a frame.  I actually have been starting to put up more scripture around the house (Other than our memory verse board) and I just love the scripture word art that Karen makes and shares on her blog Papercraft Memories.
I just love this verse because it puts me in the right perspective first thing in the morning.  My prayer is that I keep my focus on the Lord Jesus Christ from morning to night!
For my project I printed out this word art and it took me a couple of tries to get it just the right size.  Then after popping it in the frame (an Ikea one found at a garage sale) I thought the colour of the frame complimented the colour in the rose so I chose not to cover it up too much.  I glued on a swatch of lace and some flowers (a gift from a friend) and a couple of small lace ribbons.  I then went rummaging through my collection of "stuff" and pulled out this great little "love" plate and stuck it to the frame as well.  At this point I felt that if I added anything else it would be too much.  I now have this in my livingroom.
I'm sharing this over at Word Art Wednesday, a wonderful place of encouragement.

Want to Swing?

I just love to swing! Do you?  I just saw this wonderful image and knew she had to be up in the air!  Today there is a new wonderful challenge over at Card Crafter's Circle and it's all about construction.  I've never really created these kinda cards so here's my effort!   It was so much fun that perhaps I'll be doing more of these construction cards.  There's so much inspiration at the Card Crafter's Blog.....it's enough to spur anyone on!
This week we are being sponsored by the incredible Milk Coffee Designs.  The randomly drawn challenge winner will receive their choice of 3 Milk Coffee images! Then....get this....The wonderful designers at Milk Coffee, will also provide one image to each of our chosen Top 3!  Don't you want to play?

                                       
Well for my card I've used Lisabeth at the swing by Milk Coffee.  I've coloured her with my prismas, fussy cut out the image and hung her with some fine lace ribbon.  To create her airy scene I made a window with my Creative Memories oval cutting tool and then added some fun cloud paper to the background.  I figured that the base would look best as grass so I brought out my EK Success border punch and used it to create some lovely softness.  I thought it needed more dimension so i added an extra fold in there to hold the grass apart.  Then I added a touch of dark inking around the edge of the blue sky and some lovely felt daisies from my stash.  I saw this wonderful sentiment in my TLC folder and thought that it would be perfect for this scene.  I cut out the sentiment with my CM oval cutting tool as well.
Would you like to see more angles?  Here you go.

And another.

Thank you so much for dropping by to see me and perhaps I'll see you at the Card Crafter's Circle!

Blooms with Love and Blessings

Today is a dear friends birthday today!  Happy Birthday Anne-Marie! (She's from Little Apple Falls) Hope your day is blooming with love and blessings!
For today I have a card that I'd like to share with you that I've made for the Sentimental Sunday's -cute and girly challenge.  I've chosen this wonderful new image just released over at Designed 2 Delight and isn't she just super cute! The sentiment is also from this months wonderful release as well.  They can be found HERE! I've coloured her up with my prismas and layered her with some wonderful papers by ATD Momenta.  The edges of the image and sentiment are just inked a tad around the edges and I've added some lovely yellow pearls to the image frame and the center of the flowers.  The ribbon is Stampin' Up.
I'm also linking my card up with  Love to Create Challenges- Anything Goes

Thank you so much for dropping by!

Through Christ

Great to see you! Today I have a card that I've made to share over at Word Art Wednesdays.  Through all the struggles of life it is a blessing to know that Christ is my strength and keeps me going.
For my card this time, I've used an image by Sliekje and coloured it with my prismas. I have combined this sweet scene with some lovely papers from ATD Momenta and a pink satin ribbon.  The verse I printed out on my computer and inked the edges lightly with blue ink from Colour Box.  Just a simple card but I hope you enjoy it! Have a wonderful day!

Are You Feeling Sketchy?

Hi! We've another great sketch for you at Seems A Little Sketchy this week.

Isn't it great! Here's what I've come up with.

I have used a Whoopsie Daisy image and coloured her with my Prismas.  I combined her with some wonderful papers by ATD Momenta which I've inked a bit with my Tim Holtz -bundled sage. The ribbon is by So Facile and I added three floral eyelets from Portafolia.  The extra butterflies I have cut out of the design paper.  I haven't added a sentiment.....yet.  I wanted to have this in my stash for any occasion.
Well, now it's your turn and I would love to see what you do with the sketch.  There are some wonderful prizes to be had so pop on over to Seems A Little Sketchy to check out all the details and incredible inspiration from the Design Team!

Happily Ever After......

Do you have a happily ever after story?  I do....I've been married close to 16 years now and even though there have been tons of rough seas to navigate, by God's grace I can say that I am so blessed!

Today I have a wedding card to share with you that I've created for this weeks challenge over at Card Crafter's Circle.  Do come join us HERE, June is the wedding month around where I'm from. (Although I broke the mold and got married in August.)

I have used a wonderful lady from Woopsie Daisy.  They are our wonderful sponsor this week and who wouldn't want to win some of their fabulous images?

For the card I've cut the image out with a scalloped oval die and then matted it to some blue cardstock and cut around it with some decorative scissors.  I popped this over a layer of embossed white and tucked a little spray of toule in under the one corner. For the other corner I've put together a mini bouquet and then added some pearls for charm.  The sentiment I found free online through Pinterest.  Although I truthfully struggle with elegant wedding cards, my lovely teamies said I pulled it off.  Do pop over to the Card Crafter's Circle if not to play just to see the wonderful creations my teamies have created for your viewing pleasure!  I'm sure you'll want to play along! See you there!

Designed 2 Delight Blog Hop!

Hello Everyone! Today I would love to share with you some creations that I've made with some images  of the new releases by Faith at Designed 2 Delight! They can be seen HERE! They are all incredible and I encourage you to pop in to see the amazing inspiration from my team-mates!  (There's a list at the end of the post.) All of the images are now available in the shop HERE....I'm sure you'll want to add at least one to your collection!

For my effort, I've used this sweet image called "Buzzin' By".  If coloured it with my prismas and matted it to some great deep purple paper by K& Company. The Yellow panel is embossed with my new baby's breath embossing folder by Cuttlebug and layered up with some design paper by K&Company as well.  I added some ribbon tags attached with blue polka dot brads from The Paper Studio.  
Plus I made these two other cards to add to the mix of inspiration!

For this card I've used this cute image called "need a lift" and it can be found HERE.  I matted it and layered it with some cute papers from ATD Momenta and a sentiment by Lil Inkers.  For a finishing touch I've added mini rhinestones to the flowers.  

My final card is with an image called "loving thoughts" and can be found HERE!  I have coloured it with my pencil crayons, inked the edges with yellow and matted it to some green cardstock like the card base (which is from Staples).  I popped this up over a piece of an old straw hat and some cute papers by Memory Makers that I separated into sections. I added the red bow and the red pearls to the corners to finish this one off.  

For more inspiring ideas from this new release, please visit the other designers' blogs:

• Debbie Standard
• Kathy Curry
• Katie Tate
• Michelle Hebel
• Michelle Pearson
• Pat Wagner
• Dee Pritschet
• Imke Ludwig
• Jennifer Dunn
• Karen Howard
• Laura Bradley
• Lorie Ames
• Paige Grabau
• Susie Moore

Thanks so much for blog hoppin' with D2D! Remember, you can enter our Blog Hop Challenge for a chance to win some FREE Digis! Also, all New Release Digital Stamps will be on Sale until June 23.Details HERE.