Mystery Prizes are Revealed!

Hi All,
A couple of weeks ago I hosted a 90 Minute Scramble with Hero Arts Flickr group. I promised Mystery Prizes for two talented winners.....Greta and Janet! Well I shopped at my favorite local stamp store, Stamp Fever, and found just what I was looking for!

Just a little something to help with those last minute Christmas cards and gift tags!

I included a little  3.5 x 3.5 card in each package:

This one went together pretty easy with a cut out St. Nick from a sheet of K & Company Christmas paper.

This little card is my first solo attempt at making a rosette; I used some more K & Company paper cut to 1 inch by 12 inches and scored every quarter inch using a Martha Stewart Scoring Board (I love that handy tool!).

~ John 14:27 ~ 

Jesus said "Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."

Joy and Peace to you,
nancy

Quick One Layer Card

I made time to play with the 90 Minute Scramble with the Hero Arts Flickr group this morning. The challenge was to make a one layer card...oh, that is a challenge for me. I love having the flexibility of layering to cover up my many boo-boos. So keeping to my M.O. the first card found its way to the wastebasket, just too many smudges and a crooked sentiment. Here is card #2...I went a totally different direction than the first card.....

I did some acrylic block stamping for the background, added some snowflakes and then stamped the Decorated Tree and sentiment. The tree is colored with run of the mill Sharpie markers.
I'm off to find some inspiration...I'm fresh out at the moment!

 ~ Romans 15:13 ~

"I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in Him. 

Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit."

blessings,

nancy

I was feeling Challenged today.....

I'm early for the Tag Tuesday Challenge (that's a new thing for me) and I'm squeaking in just in time for the Play Date Cafe Challenge. Both are color challenges, using 2 of the same colors so why not go for two.

Play Date Cafe enticed me with Olive, Red and Turquoise so I made a little winter scene with my favorite little "Winking Reindeer"......

I'm also entering this in the month-long challenge at Hero Arts as I used an the acrylic block stamping technique on the background.

Louise at Kard Krazy challenged us to make tags using Red, Turquoise and Navy. I actually started this tag yesterday..another mosaic background with the old HA shadow stamp.

 I set it aside because I wasn't sure how to finish it. Thank you, Louise! All it needed was some red! That spiffed it right up in a jiffy. I'm calling the gold embossing a holiday neutral so I hope this will fit the color constraints.

~ Psalms 95:1-2 ~

Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord;

let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.

Let us come before Him with Thanksgiving

and extol Him with music and song.

blessings,

nancy

Reindeer card~

Paper: Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather Patterned Paper, White cardstock-Neenah Solar White

Stamps: Hero Arts- Winking Reindeer H5457, Season's Greetings CG223, Lace Background S5341, La Letter K5344, Holiday Sayings CL343.

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress inks- Barn Door, Crushed Olive, Broken China, Forest Moss.

Gold gems-Michaels, Black gem- Hero Arts.

Jute twine.

Corner Chomper

Reindeer Tag~

White tag

Stamps: Hero Arts- Shadow Stamp 1 A1873, Three Holiday Messages LL956, Swirl Christmas CL469, Holiday Sayings CL343.  

Memory Box-Night Before Clear Set CL141

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink- Stormy Sky, Chipped Sapphire, Aged Mahogany. Versamark Watermark ink.

Ranger Gold Embossing Powder, Xmas Red Stickles.

Gold and Jute twine.

A couple of gift tags...

 this is my second post for today....can you believe it? please scroll down for my November Card Chain Challenge post, thanks!


Had some fun with a really old (10 years) Hero Arts shadow stamp. I used it to stamp the background for some Christmas tags. No real technique involved here, just some over-stamping to get lots of layers of subtle images.

I used Distress inks in Antique Linen, Scattered Straw and Vintage Photo to stamp the tile-look background. I like how they have a soft look. I actually thought about adding bling or other embellies and decided I liked these tags on the rustic side.
I tried a fun new technique using Paint Dabbers on acetate....waiting to see if it works. I'll let you know!

~ 1 Thess. 5:18 ~

give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus

blessings,

nancy

Stamps: Hero Arts- Friend Definition CG125, Three Holiday Messages LL956, Holly Flourish S5067, Shadow Stamp 1 A1873, CG223 Season's Greetings.

Ink: Distress Inks- Antique Linen, Scattered Straw, Vintage Photo, Peeled Paint, Ages Mahogany.

Brown Sharpie Marker

Jute twine

Ribbon

White tags

November CCC

Just a quick post to share this month's exchange of postal finery. I was tapped to send my card to sweet wonderful Linda in Minnesota. One of the themes for the month was Kindness so I used a favorite sentiment stamp from the Hero Arts clear set Treasure the Moments CL156.

I had some fun with ink on the background for this month's challenge at Hero Arts blog.
In return I was the lucky recipient of this fabulous, sweetly vintage card from Joy (DustyPenny Designs).....

Joy used the sketch that Deborah provided for the November CCC.
Thanks for the visit....if you would like to participate in the next Card Chain Challenge, keep an eye on Deborah's blog, The Society of Stamp~ and Scrap~oholics !
 

~ Psalm 100 ~ 

"Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. 

Worship the Lord with gladness; come before Him with joyful songs. 

Know that the Lord is God. 

It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, the sheep of His pasture. 

Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; 

give thanks to Him and praise His name. 

For the Lord is good and His love endures forever; 

His faithfulness continues through all generations."

blessings,

nancy

Stamps~Hero Arts: Lace Background S5341, Treasure the Moments CL156, Friend Definition CG125, Dandelion Frame CG153

Kraft cardstock-PTI, white cs.

Ink~ Hero Hues Chalk ink-Snow; Distress Ink-Stormy Sky, Tumbled Glass

Ribbon, jute string, button.

Corner Chomper, Acrylic block (used to add ink to background)

Perfect Pearls

4 Cards from 1 Sketch

I'm hosting the 90 Minute Scramble at the Hero Arts Flickr Group this morning. I made up a sketch for a quick inchie card as the theme for the challenge.
Here's the sketch.....

And here are some ideas I came up with.....

Card Recipes:
Wishes: Kraft card base, Crate Paper Snow Day patterned paper, Hero Arts Clear set CL474 Special Wishes. Hero Hues Chalk ink-Latte, Copic markers. White gel pen. 1" square punch.
Bright: Neenah Solar white cs, glossy black cs, Hero Arts stamps- S5435 Graph Background, CL462 Magic of Christmas clear set, CL460 Joy to All. Copic markers, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Gold glitter. 1" square punch, 7/8" square punch.
Peace: Kraft card base, Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather patterned paper, Hero Arts snowflakes from various clear sets, CHF sentiment, Hero Arts snowflake embellies, Fiskars Lace Scallop border punch, Creative Memories circle punch, Hero Hues Chalk ink-Snow, Versamark ink, Stampendous silver and purple embossing powders. Corner Chomper.
Joy: Hero Hues Layering Paper-Cerulean, Graphic45 Christmas Past patterned paper. Memento Tuxedo black ink. Distress Ink Crushed Olive, Tumbled Glass, Broken China. Copic markers. Hero Arts stamps- S5433 Large Canvas Stripes, CL464 Sending Holiday Cheer, CL463 Get Merry, CG119 Flourish Background (on blue circle). Frosted Lace Stickles. White gel pen. Marvy 2.5" circle punch.

I was reminded yesterday why I started blogging a little over a year ago....I wanted to meet and be inspired by talented paper-crafters, have a place to share my work and get honest critiques but the most important reason was to share my faith in Jesus Christ. God has blessed me by blessing others through my Thought for the Day. I wanted to give thanks to God for the amazing people He has brought into my life through this online community. I got the sweetest email yesterday from a sister in Christ (she just happens to share my name) who found my blog because of the link on Jennifer McGuire's blog post. Her words were wonderful and touched my heart, I'm so glad she took the time to write. Call it coincidence or serendipity, I believe it's all by God's design because of His love for us.
Romans 8:28 ~ "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose."
buckets of blessings,
nancy

Wee Memories has Blog Candy!

I'm spreading the word about Jenny's great giveaway over on Wee Memories. She's celebrating 700 followers with a fabulous gift for 2 winners....

Check out that loot! Make sure to check out THIS post to enter for your chance to win!

I'll be back later with some creativity to share. Big mega thanks to all of you who participated in my little guessing game. You are all the best. I just got the package in the mail to Sarah, I hope she has fun with the stamp and the extras I sent!
Psalm 107:1 ~ "Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! His faithful love endures forever!"
blessings,
nancy