Trust God Twofer

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

I've used a lot of personal favorites in today's twofer, including many that are soon to be retired by Stampin' Up!

Card: Thick Whisper White and Soft Sky
Ink: Lost Lagoon (retiring)
Stamp sets: Trust God (retiring)
Tools and embellishments: Ovals Framelits and Itty Bitty Accents punch (both retiring) and Basics Rhinestones
Adhesives: Stampin' Dimensionals and Mini Glue Dots

Challenges...
#310 AAG at Craft your passion
#108 AAG at Creative Fingers
#227 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground

While I'll miss the retiring items, having already got my hands on some of the AMAZING goodies coming in the new catalog next month, I can assure you I've already got a LOT of new favorites! And I can't wait to show you!

Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a great one. I'll be back on Monday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

October Awareness Month ~ Baby Loss

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Today's card is another Awareness Month creation, this time for baby loss. While there are just two birds on it, I've created it in honor of my three angels, Hannah Louise, Joshua James and Toni-Louise. All three passed away before they were born and I'll forever treasure the time I had with each of them.

I am so blessed to be their Mama, and I'm even more blessed because in passing, my precious little man Josh saved my life, thanks to the discovery of a previously undiagnosed condition. While the grief and pain I feel at their loss will always remain with me, I am comforted, not only by the fact that they are together, but that they are always with me and on the day my Lord and Savior chooses, we will be reunited.

The verse I've used, from Stampin' Up!'s Trust God stamp set, says it all... "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding."

If you, or someone you know has experienced the loss of a child, whether in pregnancy or in childhood, I'd be honored to create a similar card in their honor for you. Please contact me by email at emlouisef at gmail dot com. Similarly, if you've been touched by my post and would like to speak to me, in absolute confidence, about the issues raised, please do. I'm here for all of you, whether you're a regular reader, or this is the first time you've read one of my posts. You can reach me either via email or at the Ministry page.

Card: Whisper White
Markers: Calypso Coral and Coastal Cabana Stampin' Write (retired, from the 2013-2015 In Color pack)
Stamp set: Trust God
Tools and embellishments: Woodgrain TIEF, Bird Builder Punch, Deco Labels Framelits, Basic Pearls
Adhesive: Tear & Tape and Stampin' Dimensionals

Challenges...
#205 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#198 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground
AG at TTCRD

Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a GREAT one. I'll be back on Monday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

God Is Love Triple Frame

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Challenges...
#49 AAG at Inspiration Destination
#199 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#71 CAS at Beyond Grey Challenges
#277 AAG at Craft your passion

Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a GREAT one! I'll be back on Sunday, so I hope you'll join me then.

Grungy Peony with Trust God

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

If you've read my posts over the last couple weeks, you'll have already seen 3 more of these gorgeous peonies, and this is the last, for now at least! This time I've teamed it with a couple of my OTHER favorite stamp sets from Stampin' Up!, Gorgeous Grunge and Trust God...

Card: Whisper White
Ink: Jet Black StazOn, Memento Black (sentiment), Blushing Bride reinker and Pear Pizzazz reinker
Stamp sets: You've Got This, Gorgeous Grunge and Trust God
Tools: Blender Pens
Adhesive: Stampin' Dimensionals

Challenges...
#197 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#275 AAG at Craft Your Passion
#33 AG at Crafty Gals Corner
AAG at TTCRD

Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a GREAT one! I'll be back on Sunday with my latest DT creation for 613 Avenue Create, so I hope you'll join me then.

Supersized Inlaid Butterfly

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

The card I'm sharing with you today is another that combines the Butterfly Thinlits and Trust God stamp set from Stampin' Up!, just as Monday's did, but this time I've used the larger die and added in my favorite stamp set, Gorgeous Grunge, to create a supersized inlay.

Card: Crumb Cake, Whisper White and Vellum
Ink: Blushing Bride, Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry
Stamp sets: Trust God and Gorgeous Grunge
Tools and embellishments: Butterfly Thinlits and Basic Rhinestones
Adhesive: Tombow and Stampin' Dimensionals

Challenges...

#154 Repeat at CASology (the grunge is repeated)
G is for Gems at Butterfly Challenge
#191 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
AAG at TTCRD

Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a great one! I'll be back on Monday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

Boho Bird with Trust God

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Before I get to the card I'm sharing with you today, I have to tell you about a fab giveaway that Mynn, the owner of House of Cards, is running on her personal blog, On A Stampage, to celebrate her 5th blogiversary. Click HERE, or on the button at the top of the right bar to be taken to it. Congratulations Mynn!

Ok, now to the card. It was inspired by a challenge on my friend and Stampin' Sister Julia's Facebook page, where the theme was to create a card with blue and a bird in it. I'd just completed Monday's card and the Trust God stamp set from Stampin' Up! was still on my desk. In seconds the design of the card was complete in my mind and within ten minutes the card was too!

Card: Whisper White
Ink: Tempting Turquoise
Stamp set: Trust God
Tools and embellishments: Deco Labels Framelits, Bird Builder Punch, Boho Chic TIEF and Basic Pearls
Adhesives: Mini Glue Dots (bird) and Stampin' Dimensionals

Challenges...

#154 Repeat at CASology (the design on the embossing folder is repetitive)
#191 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#184 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground

I'll be back on Friday with another Trust God creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs, Em

Framed Triple Butterfly with Trust God

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Regular readers will doubtless know that I absolutely LOVE butterflies. Luckily for me there are a lot of new butterfly themed items in the Stampin' Up! catalog that was released last month. The new Bold Butterflies Framelits coordinate perfectly with the Butterfly Thinlits that were in the Occasions catalog and have been carried over. Each die set contains either an intricate butterfly or a full one, in two sizes, and the Butterfly Framelits also include a large intricate die.

I've used the four coordinating dies to create today's card, cutting the intricate ones from Very Vanilla and layering them over Vellum. The frame referred to in the title of the post has been created easily on my Scoreboard and I've added a sentiment from Trust God, before finishing with Basic Rhinestones.

Card: So Saffron, Whisper White and snippets of Very Vanilla and Vellum
Ink: Hello Honey
Stamp set: Trust God
Tools and embellishments: Bold Butterflies Framelits, Butterfly Thinlits, Scoreboard and Basic Rhinestones
Adhesives: Tombow and Stampin' Dimensionals

Challenges...
G is for Gems at Butterfly Challenge
#190 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#184 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground
Your style and favorite product at Clear it Out (Style ~ CAS, product ~ dies)

I'll be back on Wednesday with another Trust God creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

Gorgeously Grungy Butterfly

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

The card I'm sharing with you today has been created using a new to me technique that is so easy and has me wondering why I've waited until now to try it? The technique of which I speak is inlaying a die cut.

I've used some of my favorite things to create the card... Gorgeous Grunge and Trust God stamp sets from Stampin' Up!, Butterfly Thinlits and a few favorite inks, Soft Sky, Pool Party and Lost Lagoon. Because I wanted to add some dimension to the card, I've backed the inlay with vellum, and to finish the design I've scattered some gold sequins...

Card: Whisper White and Vellum
Inks: Soft Sky, Pool Party, Lost Lagoon
Stamp sets: Gorgeous Grunge and Trust God
Tools and embellishments: Butterfly Thinlits, Decorative Label punch, Gold Sequins (from trim)
Adhesives: Stampin' Dimensionals and Tombow

Challenges...
#32 Butterflies and S is for Sequins at Butterfly Challenge
June Bug at Die Cut Divas
#150 In the garden at Brown Sugar
AG w/ twist of bling at Fan-Tastic Tuesdays
#181 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground

I'll be back on Wednesday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

Watercolor Blended Bloom

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

It's been a while since I've done any watercoloring, so when I saw the latest challenge and blog hop over at House of Cards, I thought it an ideal opportunity to put that right...

Card: Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White, Watercolor paper and a snippet of Mossy Meadow
Ink: Jet Black StazOn, Melon Mambo and Mossy Meadow
Stamp sets: Blended Bloom and Trust God
Tools and embellishments: Aqua Painters, Build a Bird punch (for leaves) and Basics Pearls
Adhesives: Mini Glue Dots and Stampin' Dimensionals

The challenge and blog hop is also a DT call and I'm using this card as my application. Wish me luck?

Challenges...

End of Term Blog Hop at House of Cards
#107 AG at Dream Valley Challenges
#186 AAG at Word Art Wednesday

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Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a great one! I'll be back on Monday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

Butterfly Basics Birthday

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Regular readers might recall that I love butterflies and I LOVE the Butterfly Basics stamp and die set from Stampin' Up! The card I'm sharing with you today was created for a very special friend, Jill, who celebrated her birthday last week. The inspiration for the card came from the gift I sent with it, this beautiful butterfly covered scarf...

The sheer fabric is an off-white color, so I used Very Vanilla card to mimic it and Basic Black for the base and butterfly. I know Jill loves the emboss resist technique almost as much as I do and to mimic the sheer fabric I embossed the ferns from the stamp set in Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder. I know Jill also LOVES pink and while the pink on the scarf is closer to SU's Melon Mambo than Blushing Bride, I went with the latter for a more subtle look, stamping the sentiment and additional butterflies in the same ink...

The inside of the easel card was created with the same embossed detail as the front and the butterflies were added as the stopper. The finishing touch sentiment is a favorite of mine from Trust God and was stamped in Black StazOn...

Such a special card needs a matching envelope and I used the Envelope Punch Board to create it, before embossing the ferns and lightly sponging...

Jill posted the card to her blog, Ribbon Challenged, on her birthday and I have to say her photos are much better than mine! Please do stop on over.

Card: Basic Black and Very Vanilla
Ink: Versamark, Blushing Bride and Jet Black StazOn
Stamp sets: Butterfly Basics and Trust God
Tools and embellishments: Butterfly Thinlits dies, Butterfly punch, Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder, Stamping Sponges and Basic Rhinestones
Adhesive: Tombow and Stampin' Dimensionals

Challenges...
05NSD ~ Die Cuts at HIMCR
AG at Artistic Inspirations
#144 AG at Brown Sugar Challenges

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I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

Happy Mail with Indescribable Gift

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

With all the focus on the retiring products from the out-going Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog, it's important to remember that there will be a new Seasonal Catalog available at the same time, and with no way of knowing which, if any, of the stamp sets in the current one will be carried over into the new Annual, now is the time to grab any you've not yet bought.

One of my absolute favorite stamp sets from the current Occasions catalog is the gorgeous Indescribable Gift. Today I'm showcasing two beautiful Easter cards I received from other demos, my stampin' sisters Julia and Yvonne. Both are very, very talented ladies and I'd love if you could stop by their pages and show them some love.

Julia has used another of my favorite stamp sets, Trust God, and has embossed the sentiments. I love the way she's fussy cut the image and used the oval punch to create an aperture.

Yvonne has decoupaged her image and added DSP and the gorgeous lace trim.

I love both cards and will treasure them!

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This morning I mailed my own happy mail package which will hopefully arrive in time for a special birthday next week!

I'm currently working on my swaps for an upcoming event and it will be great to see my stampin' sisters and meet new friends too. I'm also working on a number of other projects that I'm having a lot of fun with! Both are keeping me busy, I'll be back tomorrow with a couple of sneak peeks, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

Golden Perfect Peacock

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

I adore the gorgeous Perfect Peacock stamp from Stampin' Up! Following on from yesterday's card, today's is another CAS creation, this time featuring gold embossing and a pop of color...

Card: Strawberry Slush and Whisper White
Ink: Versamark and Strawberry Slush
Marker: Strawberry Slush Stampin' Write (from In Color 2013-2015 pack)
Stamp sets: Perfect Peacock and Trust God
Tools and embellishments: Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder, heat tool and Scallop Oval punch

Challenges...
#56 Gold at CAS on Sunday
#195 Super Scraps Saturday at HIMCR (scrap of Whisper White)
April Showers or Spring Flowers at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge
Embossing at Incy Wincy Designs

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I'll be back tomorrow with another Perfect Peacock creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

Unisex Card with Four Feathers

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

I'm not only loving creating with the delicate Four Feather's stamp set from Stampin' Up!, but I'm loving sharing them with you this week. If you've missed, or would like to revisit the previous creations, you can see them here and here.

Today's card is one that is perfect for either guys or girls and the sentiment means it can also be given for any occasion, so is a great one to recreate. Note to self: Do just that! :)

Card: Strawberry Slush base and Whisper White
Ink: Smoky Slate and Early Espresso
Marker: Strawberry Slush In-Color Stampin' Write (from the soon to retire 2013-2015 set)
Stamp sets: Four Feathers and Trust God
Tools: Decorative Label punch
Adhesive: Stampin' Dimensionals

Stamp the feathers from Four Feathers randomly in Smoky Slate and Early Espresso ink onto the Whisper White panel. Pop panel up onto folded Strawberry Slush base card with Stampin' Dimensionals.
Stamp sentiment from Trust God in Early Espresso ink onto a snippet of Whisper White. Color heart with Strawberry Slush In-Color Stampin' Write marker. Punch with Decorative Label punch and add to card with Stampin' Dimensionals

That's it. Quick and easy CAS. It could also be used for a wedding card using the couple's color scheme.

Challenges...

#62 Designer's Choice at CYCI
#169 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground
#176 AAG at Word Art Wednesday

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I'll be back tomorrow with another Four Feathers creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

Blended Bloom Background

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

This is the third day of Blended Bloom week here and I'm loving sharing so many different ideas with you, which I've created using the versatile stamp set from Stampin' Up! If you've missed Monday's or Tuesday's, click on the days and they will open in another tab.

I love the stamp and at over 3", it is great for covering large areas quickly, perhaps even creating your own gift wrap. Now THERE's an idea! While that isn't the one I'm bringing you today, I have used it to create the background for a sentiment from the Trust God stamp set...

Card: Whisper White (base, panel plus a snippet) and a snippet of Coastal Cabana

Ink: Pool Party

Stamp sets: Blended Bloom and Trust God

Tools: Decorative Label punch and Stampin' Dimensionals

Using Pool Party ink stamp the Blended Bloom image randomly over your Whisper White panel.

Using the same ink stamp the sentiment from Trust God onto a snippet of Whisper White. Punch out using the Decorative Label punch and layer onto one from Coastal Cabana that's been cut in half.

Attach the panel and sentiment to the card base using Stampin' Dimensionals

That's it. SO quick and SO easy. This card took me just minutes to put together.

Challenges...
#174 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#252 AAG at Craft Your Passion
#136 Spring at Brown Sugar Challenges

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I'll be back tomorrow with another Blended Bloom creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

Aquamarine for 613 Avenue Create

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

The card I'm sharing with you today is my DT offering for the latest challenge over at 613 Avenue Create, where the theme is Aquamarine, the birthstone for March. I've teamed the sponsor image from Doodle Pantry with a few of my favorite stamp sets from Stampin' Up! and used a favorite style to create the card. Yep, it's a twisted easel...

Card: Coastal Cabana (10" x 5" and 5" square) and Whisper White (two 4 3/4" squares, a sheet for printing and snippets for stamping)
Ink: Pool Party
Markers: Wild Wasabi and Bermuda Bay Blendabilities
Sponsor Image: Hydrangea
Stamp sets: Gorgeous Grunge, Trust God and Butterfly Basics
Tools and embellishments: Simply Scored and Diagonal Plate, Decorative Label Punch, Basic Pearls, Stampin' Dimensionals and Stamping Sponges

Print the sponsor image 3 times onto Whisper White (I used the 5" x 3½" setting on my printer).
Color the center leaf and around the edges of everything else with Blendies on the first image. Color all except the center leaf on the second and just five of the flowers on the last.
Fussy cut everything carefully and decoupage using Stampin' Dimensionals.
Score and fold the larger piece of Coastal Cabana at 5" and diagonally to create the base card.
Stamp the spatter image from Gorgeous Grunge in Pool Party ink onto both Whisper White squares and attach to the inside of the base and the 5" square of Coastal Cabana card.
Adhere the printed and colored image to the square card and attach it to the base to create the easel.
Stamp the sentiments from Trust God and Butterfly Basics stamp sets in Pool Party ink onto a snippet of Whisper White. Punch out with the Decorative label punch and sponge ink around the edges.
Pop up the sentiments on Stampin' Dimensionals and add one to the front and the other inside to create the stopper for the easel.
To add a touch of bling add 3 of the smallest Basic Pearls to the sentiment on the front of the card.

Challenges...
#173 at Word Art Wednesday
AG at TTCRD
AG at Scribble and Scrap

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I'll be back tomorrow with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

Show Stopper With Love Is Kindness

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

It's been a really special week around here, not only has it been Love Is Kindness week, it's also been fancy fold week too and it's ending with a real SHOW STOPPER... A double twisted easel card.

Sound complicated? Maybe, but it's easy. The difficulty lies in trying to photograph it, so this is an image heavy and indeed long post to rightly do it justice.

The closed card might look a bit strange with the elements like this...

But all becomes clear when the first side is opened...

It's all in the twist...

View from above...

Such a special card deserves coordinating a box...

Card: Pistachio Pudding (8" x 8", two 4" squares, 9 3/4" x 5" 3/4"), Whisper White (for stamping) Best Year Ever DSP (9 13/16" x 5 13/16") and Very Vanilla (snippet)
Ink: Memento Black, Pistachio Pudding and Blushing Bride
Markers: Pink Pirouette and Wild Wasabi Blendies
Stamp Sets: Love Is Kindness, Trust God, Butterfly Basics (happy birthday) and Gorgeous Grunge
Tools and embellishments: Stampin' Trimmer, Labels Collection Franelits, Stamping Sponges, Basics Pearls, Stampin' Dimensionals and punch of choice (for notches in box lid)

Score the 8" square piece of Pistachio Pudding at 4". Turn the card on the Stampin' Trimmer and cut at 4" down to the score line (alternately mark the 4" point and cut using scissors). Score each of the new 4" squares diagonally from the center cut out to the corner and fold.
Stamp the tulip image from the Love Is Kindness stamp set in Memento Black ink onto Whisper White and the snippet of Very Vanilla (only the newspaper wrap is needed). Color the complete image with Pink Pirouette and Wild Wasabi Blendies
Stamp the sentiment from Trust God and the birthday from Butterfly Basics in Memento Black onto Whisper White.
Cut the sentiments, the colored image and an additional one for the box lid using the third Labels Collection framelit (from the smallest). Sponge Blushing Bride ink onto all four panels. Cut the Very Vanilla newspaper wrap and attach to image.
Stamp the splatter from Gorgeous Grunge in Pistachio Pudding ink onto the two 4" squares of Pistachio Pudding card and the inside of the base.
Using Stampin' Dimensionals attach the die cuts to the squares.
To check positioning of the stamped panels, pick the card base up, hold the stamped square onto it and action the fold.
Apply adhesive to the inner triangles, and attach the image and sentiment panels ROTATED 90° as shown
Open both sides of the easel and attach the sentiment stopper with more Stampin' Dimensionals. Complete the card with Basics Pearls in each corner
To create the box, score both card and DSP pieces on all sides at 3/4", fold. Using punch of choice cut notches into the sides of the DSP. Cut the tabs and adhere

Challenges...

#58 Designers Choice at CYCI
AG #13 at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge
#8 Fancy Folds at Crafty Gals Corner

I've loved creating and sharing all of the cards with you this week and I'm struggling to pick a favorite. If I had to, I'd say it's today's. Because this is such a long and image heavy post, please click the days to see the others and see if you can choose. Each will open in a new tab... Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.

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Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a great and safe one. I'll be back on Sunday with another version of this card and a photo tutorial, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

Lotus Blossom Frame

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

As I was creating the first couple of cards with the Lotus Blossom stamp set from Stampin' Up!, which you can see here and here, I looked at the spare piece of paper which I was stamping off on and it gave me an idea. From that idea came today's card...

Card: Whisper White, folded base, panel and extra for the sentiment
Ink: Tempting Turquoise
Stamp sets: Lotus Blossom (step 2 stamp) and Trust God
Tools: Decorative Label Punch

With the Whisper White panel laid vertically, stamp the blossom in Tempting Turquoise onto one of the lower corners, then next to it. Reink the stamp and stamp in the other corner, turn the card and stamp again. Repeat until you've created a frame. Attach panel to folded base card.
Stamp the sentiment in Tempting Turquoise, punch out with the Decorative Label punch and attach to panel with Stampin' Dimensionals.

I love the look and will definitely be trying it in other colors soon!

Challenges...
#168 AG at Word Art Wednesday
#108 AG at 613 Avenue Create (second entry)
#44 AG at Crafting From The Heart

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I'll be back tomorrow with my fourth very different Lotus Blossom creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

Petite Petals Keepsake Luminary

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

The project I'm sharing with you today is another Keepsake Luminary, created with the amazing Curvy Keepsake die from Stampin' Up! In my previous luminary post, which you can see here, I mentioned that the stamp set I'd used then (Bright and Beautiful) is being carried over to the new catalog that goes live in January, but I neglected to mention that the die is too!

This time around I've used a couple of my favorite stamp sets, Petite Petals and Trust God, together with a pop of color from Wisteria Wonder Blendabilities...

I think it looks great as it is, but lighting the battery tea light candle inside adds another dimension...

Challenges...
December Linky at DL.ART

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Can you believe it's the last weekend before Christmas? Me either! Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a great one! I'll be back on Monday, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em x

Gorgeous Blended Bloom

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I truly do appreciate each of you more than you know!

Following on from yesterday's card that I created with a Gorgeous Grunge background, today's has also been created with the same stamp, although the look, as you'll see, is VERY different.

This card is one of three I've created for three very special ladies in my life, my sister and two teenage nieces. The younger of the two celebrates her birthday on Friday, yep, she's a Halloween baby :)

All the cards follow the same basic recipe:
5 inch square card base in Crumb Cake
4 3/4" square color mat
4 1/2" square Very Vanilla stamped with the Gorgeous Grunge in Crumb Cake and coordinating color
Blended Bloom stamped in Memento Black ink and colored with Pumpkin Pie Blendabilities and one other color
Sentiment stamped on Very Vanilla and punched with the Decorative Label punch with additional coordinating layers
4 1/2" square Very Vanilla inside stamped with Gorgeous Grunge in Crumb Cake

Here's the first card, for my sister...

Color layer is Cherry Cobbler and the detailing on the Bloom is the same shade of Blendie. The sentiment is from Trust God stamped in Cherry Cobbler.

Challenges...
October Linky at DL.ART
#117 AG at Brown Sugar
#4 at Anything Goes With a Twist

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I'll be back tomorrow with the card I created for my eldest niece, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em x

Love birds

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I truly do appreciate each of you more than you know.

The card I'm sharing with you today is similar to the last couple I've shared which can be seen here and here. Today's has been created for a special couple and I've used Strawberry Slush and Lost Lagoon card for the elements, together with Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla.

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I've loved creating the cards this week and I'm really happy to have shared something every day for the first time for awhile.

Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a great one and I'll see you back here on Monday when I'll be sharing another creation.

Hugs,
Em