Come Near

 Hello Friends, 

I have been away for a bit for a family emergency.  It's hard to get back in the swing of things when you have been gone a while; I have forgotten how to juggle work, chores and errands. 

But I have a week back at work under my belt and Bible study has started back up, so life is starting to feel back to normal again, enough to sneak in some crafting.  I did need some inspiration to get me going.  I started with the colors at Sunday Stamps.  

This was definitely a challenging color palette, but I love how it came out! 

I used my favorite flowers AGAIN, from the SnSS stamp set, My Savior's Love.  I colored the image with Copics and then fussy cut it out.  I wanted some more leaves for the floral spray so I inked up some leaves from the MFT stamp set, Peaceful Birds and colored them with Copics. 

Next up I needed a sketch, so I headed to Freshly Made Sketches~

My background panel is die cut with  Spellbinders Fluted Rectangle Dies from vanilla cs.

I used patterned paper for the strips along the bottom and left side.  Lastly, I stamped the sentiment, which I was graciously gifted from Word Art Wednesday and Stamp Simply.  Love, love, love the fonts. 

I am also linking up to Double D Challenges, where this week's challenge is patterned paper, and also Word Art Wednesday.  

Thank you for stopping by!

Lee Ann  

  

Supplies used in today's project(s)

Copic Sketch Markers SSS | Blick	3M Scotch ATG Advanced Tape Glider SSS
Neenah Classic Crest 80# Ream Smooth Solar White Cardstock SSS	EK Success Cutter Bee Scissors SSS | scrpbk
Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer SSS	Memento Tuxedo Black Ink SSS | scrpbk
Gina K Connect Glue SSS | scrpbk	Versafine Claire Ink Nocturne SSS | scrpbk
SnSS My Savior's Love Stamp Set SSS | SnSS	MISTI SSS
Spellbinders Fluted Rectangle Dies scrpbk	MFT Peaceful Birds SSS

Bluebird

Hello and Happy February! 

Aren't you glad to be done with the month of January?!  February sounds like spring is right around the corner, and I am ready for the birds.  I love hearing them sing.  We have a pair of blue birds that visit often and I love watching as they sit on the deck railing. 

I am still trying to get out of my comfort zone and played with more new dies, this time the Honey Bee Stamps Spring Birds Lovely Layered Dies.    It's been a minute since I did something grungy; and yes, I needed to make a bluebird.

 I was inspired by a couple of stand out crafty ladies- Jennifer McGuire and Debby Hughes.  The bird parts were die cut out and sponged with Distress Ink.  I assembled the bird and set him aside.  The background was done using a piece a Mixed Media Paper and Distress Ink again.  

Using white acrylic ink and some leftover distress ink, I added splatters to the background and to the bird. 

When the panel was to my liking, I die cut a circle from the panel and then die cut a circle from a piece of Gmund Savannah cardstock and inset it into the background panel negative space circle.  The Altenew Mid Century Frame Die was die cut from white cs and layered over the circle die. 

I popped up the bird on scrap cs and adhered it over the circle.  The sentiment is from the SnSS Stamp set, Song Birds.  I made a sentiment strip and then added a bit of glitz by swiping the edges of the strip with Delicata Golden Glitz Ink.  A few SSS Moonshine Sequins finish the card.  

I am linking up to~

As You See It Challenge- my latest purchase is these bird dies from Honey Bee Stamps

Cut It Up Challenge- This Makes Me Happy

Word Art Wednesday- Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Lee Ann  

Supplies used in today's project(s)

3M Scotch ATG Advanced Tape Glider SSS	Simon Says Stamp Assorted Moonshine Sequins SSS
EK Success Cutter Bee Scissors SSS | scrpbk	Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer SSS
Distress Ink Pad, Salty Ocean SSS | scrpbk	Distress Ink Pad, Rusty Hinge SSS | scrpbk
Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer SSS	Gina K Connect Glue SSS | scrpbk
Canson Mixed Media Paper Blick	Versafine Claire Ink Nocturne SSS | scrpbk
MISTI SSS	SnSS Songbirds Stamp Set SSS | SnSS
Honeybee Stamps Spring Birds Lovely Layered Dies scrpbk	Altenew Midcentury Frame Die scrpbk
Delicata Gold Glitz Pigment Ink SSS | scrpbk