MAKE IT MONDAY #243

MAKE IT MONDAY #243: 

INK BLENDING OVER HEAT EMBOSSING

Had to wait for some sunshine before I could take a picture =) Our Spring Break has not been very sunny but we are still enjoying the time off of school. My poor hubby is not...his relief goat milker quit after 4 days then he had to fire the regular milker. So this week he is milking goats at 6-11am and then again 6-11 pm! I'm thankful for such a hard working husband!

We got to say hello to a little one yesterday:

Half way there to baby #4! ( I feel like that is a lot! But God gives us what we need)

And finally my ink blending over heat embossing card =) A few ladies inspired me with their 'music note' stamping so I had to try it too:

Stamps:
'Songbird'

"They hung him on a cross for you and me"

May you take some time to reflect on this Good Friday.

Noelle

Papertrey March Blog Hop Challenge

Blog Hop

We had several lovely inspiration photos this month. This was my favorite:

photo source: Izziyana Suhaimi

It was quite a unique inspiration and at first I was baffled on what I would make.

Then while stamping with the 'Fancy That' set I got an idea:

I wish I could make 20 more of these! I really like how they turned out, but my fingers are so soar from pushing and pulling the thread through card stock! I even pre-poked my holes. If you sew more do you stop getting soar fingers? =)

I also tried a card using 'Songbirds':

I tried a thicker string (didn't work as well) and added some seed beads for fun.

Thanks for stopping by and happy hopping!

Noelle

Stamp Sets:
Fancy That
Songbirds
Praying for You

Create Along With Us: March 2016

Create Along With Us

March 2016

There are always too many lovely projects to choose from. This week I spotted Maile's card with a simple yet sophistocated black and white floral pattern. 

Inspiration:

I hadn't tried that often, so I went for it:

I tried to keep this first one simple so it could be sent to a male if needed. Then I did a set of white & colors with sequins:

Stamps:

One Big Happy set

Pretty Petals

Keep it Simple: Praying for you

I have a goal of making about 70 'praying for you cards' to be able to give to BSF leaders for them to use. I am slowly getting there =) Hopefully by next fall.

Have a wonderful day!

Noelle

MAKE IT MONDAY #242

MAKE IT MONDAY #242: SPONGED STAMPING

I had an Easter card idea and this technique came in handy!

It helped me create some gradient ink blending on my background:

(click on the picture to view larger)

I grabbed the 'On the Farm' scene and blended the sky from Summer Sunrise to Berry Sorbet. Then the grass was blended from Simply Chartreuse to New Leaf. I added the 'Petite Place Church' and then Happy from 'One Big Happy' with some Wink of Stella on that =) An old Easter stamp and some dots on the bottom finished it off.


Thank you for the tips Dawn!
Have a great day!
Noelle

Make It Monday #241

MAKE IT MONDAY #241: 

OMBRE STENCILED BACKGROUNDS

What a fun video this week! I had my backgrounds done on Monday, but couldn't make it back to finish the cards till yesterday. I'm thankful to Betsy for he tips, I need to slow down my blending and be more patient!

First I blended yellow, green, blue:

 Hard to get the yellow to look yellow in early morning light =) Baby was up at 5:30!

I learned too that yellow and green can start to look muddy.

I used a homemade stencil to add blue on top.

Good card for the guys.

Stamps and dies:

'One Big Happy'

Leaves from Phase Play #7

Then I had to try pink to purple:

I blinged this one up for the ladies...clear thread, sequins, water splats, glossy accents on the 'happy'

Stamps and dies:
'One Big Happy'
Leaves from Phase Play #7

This was really fun and I'm ready to go make some more backgrounds!

Have a great weekend!

Noelle