Anemones for Mom

 Hello!  

I hope you are enjoying your spring; we are enjoying sunshine here, after a week of rain.  

A friend requested some Mother's Day cards, so I have been busy with feminine cards.  You can't go wrong when you use florals for Mom's Day.

I needed a bit of inspiration for this card, so I used the sketch from Inspire Me.  I am also linking up to the Krafty Chicks Challenge, 'All Occasions''. 

I love using scraps up and this card used a lot of them.  The green background panel, the purple watercolored  strip and the white die cut ring were all scraps.  

The flowers are from the Anemones Slimline Stamp set from IO.  And...enabler alert- IO Stamps entire website is 20% off this month! I colored the flowers with Copics and fussy cut them out.  The panels were assembled and the flowers were popped up with scrap pieces of card stock.  The sentiment is from Altenew's Extra Special Stamp Set. 

The green panel in my stash was made with multiple snss sentiments stamped in white as well as the Fern Background Stamp which was stamped tone on tone.

Thank you so much for stopping by and have a fantastic week!

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	Simon Says Stamp Assorted Moonshine Sequins SSS
Versafine Onyx Black Ink SSS | scrpbk	Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer SSS
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink SSS | scrpbk	Wacky Stitched Circles Dies IO
Gina K Connect Glue SSS	IO Anemone Slimline IO
snss Fern Background Stamp SnSS	Hero Arts Unicorn White Ink Pad SSS

Paint Your World

 Hello Everyone and Happy Spring!

If you have not seen many posts from me lately it is because I have been taking a bit of a crafty break.  But when I saw the new Spellbinders Dies, Paint Your World, I could not resist and had to break out the craft supplies.  

I started out with a mixed media card~

How fun are these dies!!!  The paint brush is adorable and the tulips are so sweet with the brush or on their own.  

For my background, I used a Tim Holtz Stencil, Burst, and some white embossing paste on Canson Mixed Media Paper.  I like using MM paper when I want a more grunge look as watercolor paint does not absorb into the paper like it does for watercolor paper.   Once the paste was dry I loosely painted some yellow Ken Oliver Color Burst Watercolor around the stenciled image.  Once dry, I spattered with some brown paint.  

Now the die fun.  I cut lots and lots of tulips out in a variety of colors using the new Artful Tulips Dies.  With the paintbrush, I settled on neutral colors.  I decided on the yellow tulips and sponged a bit of yellow ink on them for a bit of dimension and detail.  A sentiment strip across the card using the IO Creative Sister stamp finishes the card.  

I added SSS Moonshine Sequins and a twine bone for a bit of detail.  

I am linking this card up to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, Bright and Cheerful. I used the sketch from the Make the Card Challenge~

Next up, a clean card with minimal layers~

I used the same Artful Tulips Die Set, this time using pink tulips.  I swished a paint brush stroke of pink ink using the direct to paper technique across the background panel and then spattered it with white and black acrylic paint.  The sentiment is from an older Spellbinders Card Club Kit.  A few SSS Moonshine Sequins finish this simple card.  

I am linking this card up to The Paper Players. 

I am also linking up to D and D Challenge, 'Something with a Handle'.  

Thanks so much for visiting! 

Lee Ann 

Supplies used in today's project(s)

Ken Oliver Color Burst Watercolor Powder Blick	3M Scotch ATG Advanced Tape Glider SSS
Neenah Classic Crest 80# Ream Smooth Solar White Cardstock SSS	Simon Says Stamp Assorted Moonshine Sequins SSS
Versafine Onyx Black Ink SSS | scrpbk	Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer SSS
Gina K Connect Glue SSS	Canson Mixed Media Paper Blick
Tim Holtz Burst Stencil SSS	Spellbinders Artful Tulips Dies Spellbinders
IO Creative Sister IO	Spellbinders Clubs Spellbinders

Pray Without Ceasing

 Hello All, 

Like so many others, I have watched what is going on across the world with shock and disbelief.  I have joined many in the crafting community to honor Ukraine and one of our own crafters with a card using their flag's colors.  

It may seem like we cannot do anything way over here on the other side of the pond, but that is far from the truth.  We can pray.  It is probably the most important thing we can do.  Pray.  Pray without ceasing.  God hears our prayers.  They do not fall on deaf ears.  Pray for the safety of all of the innocent people.  Pray that Russia would have a change of heart.  Pray.  

I have used the Sweet n Sassy Stamps Stamp Set, Precious Poppies.  The image was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with Copics. The sentiment, which is from the Faith Phrases Stamp Set.  A few SSS Moonshine sequins finish the card.  

Edit- we had a beautiful sunny day today and I took the opportunity to take another picture, this time in natural light. 

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	Simon Says Stamp Assorted Moonshine Sequins SSS
Versafine Onyx Black Ink SSS | scrpbk	Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer SSS
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink SSS | scrpbk	snss Precious Poppies SnSS
snss Faith Phrases SnSS

Choose to Bless

 Happy Sunday All! 

It can be so easy to hide behind a computer screen.  We all screw up, we all sin.  One thing I struggle with All. The. Time. is my mouth.  I wanted to journal on a recent sermon, which was about blessing instead of cursing others.  And to do it regardless if they cursed me first.  Well, that is completely opposite of how my brain is wired and it has caused me much grief.  

 I journaled 1 Peter 3:9; Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult.  On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit blessing. James 3:9-10 tells us the tongue is deadly and full of poison. I need God's help in quieting my poisonous tongue. 

I was blessed to participate in a Live Bible Journaling Event in the Bible study group I belong to.  I traced some digital flowers onto my page, using a black Micron pen. 

To watercolor them, I got out my Lycra water color crayons.  Because this paper does not take water well, I thought that using the crayons would require less water than traditional watercolors, and I was right. I drew in circles in my flower centers and dotted them with a white gel pen.  

The title was stamped in Versafine Black Ink using Hello My Name Is stamp set and another set that has since been retired.

I am grateful that even with my poisonous tongue, God forgives me and still loves me.  His love is steadfast.  

Thanks for stopping by!

Lee Ann  

  

Supplies used in today's project(s)

Sakura Pigma Micron Pens SSS | Blick | scrpbk	Versafine Onyx Black Ink SSS | scrpbk
Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer SSS	Uni-Ball Signo White Gel Pen SSS | Blick
Lyra Watercolor Crayons Blick	snss Hello My Name Is SnSS

Oranges

 Hello, Hello! 

I love the 'oranges' trend.  I won this wonderful stamp and die set from Hero Arts and started this card-over a year ago!  

This card kept getting pushed aside for other things.  Well, I finally decided to finish it this weekend.  

The image was stamped with Versafine Black Ink and watercolored with Ken Oliver Colorbursts.  The image was then die cut out with the matching die.  I have been wanting to start using the large volumns of patterned paper that I have, so I found some pretty green paper and paired it with two other green solids.  The sentiment and image were popped up on dimensional tape.  I added a few sequins for sparkle.  

I am linking up to Just Add Ink~ I have used patterned paper and layers. 

I used the sketch from Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.  I turned the sketch and replaced the circle with my oranges.  

I am also linking up to  Cupcake Card Inspirations Challenge~

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Lee Ann 

Supplies used in today's project(s)

Ken Oliver Color Burst Watercolor Powder Blick	3M Scotch ATG Advanced Tape Glider SSS
Neenah Classic Crest 80# Ream Smooth Solar White Cardstock SSS	Simon Says Stamp Assorted Moonshine Sequins SSS
Versafine Onyx Black Ink SSS | scrpbk	Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer SSS
Canson XL Watercolor Pad SSS | Blick