Sunset Colors with a Twist

Hello Everyone,   Look at the beautiful colors on this sunset and the beautiful scripture to carry you through any days challenges.

It is my fun time to share the new challenge at Twist of Faith  this week. The recipe is use End of the day - Sunset Colors and we would love to hear why you chose your colors. There are so many colors to use...so have fun with it remembering that at Twist of Faith we love for you to add a scripture, positive quote/verse, or uplifting quote.
This week we are blessed to be Sponsored by Melonheadz Illustrations.

 

I chose to make two cards to share with you hoping they inspire you as I enjoyed these lovable Melonheadz. This first card I used the sweet illustrated image Elephant Baby 1 created by Nikki the owner and her sentiment 'You mean the World to me'.  

I will be sharing with you why I chose my colors for each card. I see different colors on different nights that paint the skies...and mesmerize me. In this season in lifes journey I have come to enjoy and see the beauty that goes on in the changes coming from the Sun setting...the brightly lite sun going down...blue clouds getting darker...the Sun gently saying 'Good Night" as he moves on and shares his brightness with another part of the world.

Supplies:

Digital Image & Sentiment from Melonheadz/Elephant Baby 1

Watercolor pencils by FaberCastell & Anna Griffin

Cardstock: Recollections Card & Anna Griffin Paper Design

Embellishments: buttons, bluejean heart cut-out, Paper flower stash, Martha Stewart -air dry flower mold which I put gesso and ink distressed

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This second card using Caylee from Melonheadz I used a background paper of circles with soft blues, creams and browns and little circle touches of orange. I chose these colors because I noticed some nights as the sun sets the Sun is hidden and the colors of the sky and clouds seem to bring in a calmer quiet settling into the night. 

I speak with such detail because I have come to appreciate God's awesomeness and greatness as I laid in the hospital for several weeks a few years ago.  My hospital room had a big open window as I would lay their crying in physical pain and feeling alone.  My sweet God filled with Loving-Kindness drew my attention to the window as I lay their showing me his drawings of creation in the sky, clouds and sun.  My days and nights were given a giant canvas as God drew in the sky encouraging me. He even placed a beautiful little bird on my window one day reminding me...he cares for the birds how much more would he care for me.

Inside  card with Melonheadz/Caylee in front

Supplies:

Image & outside card sentiment from Melonheadz/Caylee

Cardstock by: Recollections and BoBunny

Used FaberCastell & Anna Griffin watercolor pencils

Hemp for ribbon

 

I hope you enjoyed my two cards and are inspired to enjoy the sunset and canvas God has created for you...enjoy life do not be worried for nothing but trust in Him.

 

Don't forget to come by and join in the challenge of fun at Twist of Faith this week.  Be Encouraged and know that you ARE LOVED.

Until next time this Shabby Chic Grannie is out.

 

 

Nature Bites...Live Laugh Love

Hello Everyone,

Stampabilities/ House-Mouse Designs called Nature Bites/hmur1073 Co-Star Mudpie(Heeee)





Antoinette, Here today sharing my love for these adorable critters by House-Mouse Designs. This is Mudpie. I don't have all their names memorized so thank goodness they are written on the stamp.

 

This stamp 'Nature Bites' inspired me to embellish with reminders that I need to Live, Laugh, Love more because...the nature of this world does bite and the apple tickled me with the sweet  remembrance...we are the apple of God's eye and He loves us.

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I am wanting to also share with you again about Mariska van de Veer/Sending you A Smile Blog and her beautiful pieces of art on inspiring me to learn her technique of 3D paper piecing a stamped image. She has the tutorial on her Blog.

 House-Mouse & Friends were my first love into stamping and I have chosen to put my love of heart-art to making them look like they were there looking at you with love and the cuteness they are. And I am not going to lie I am antimidated by all those wonderfully talented people that color their images so awesome... so of course I will perfect my coloring along the way.  I sincerely hope you stop by Mariska's Blog and check out her amazing creativity.

I am jumping in with both feet and know I have a lot of practicing and work in perfecting my art of it but I love details so I am game...besides I am retired and it helps take my mind off my physical pain when I work on these projects.

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In making this card I used :
   Spellbinders Nestabilities, foliage, Circle,
   FaberCastell & Anna Griffin Watercolor pencils,
   Recollection : Glitz, Butterfly, Flowers/Black & Red, Red Cardstock,
   Papers by: Glitz paper Pack/Cashmere Dame
   Big Flower is from a  hand punch(?)
   McGill Embossing tools
  

I am submitting this card to:
  House-Mouse & Friends/HMFMC#148 - Foods
  Papertake Challenges - Anything Goes/optional include animals/creatures
  Addicted to Stamps & More -  #52 Make Your Mark
  ABC Challenge - Q for Quite a Few/Lots of layers
  Bearly Mine Challenges #93 - Anything Goes
  Word art Wednesday Challenge #87 - Anything Goes

I hope I have inspired you to jump in and try 3D paper piecing a stamp.
Also  here is an invitation for you to come by and visit 'Twist of Faith' a weekly challenge where we share uplifting, healing, inspirational and scriptural card creations and I am blessed to be on the Design Team.  This week it is create your own background whether it be with watercolor, inks, doodling, stamps.

Until next time this Shabby Chic Grannie is out...hugs

 

Fun Creating My Own Background

Hello Everyone,

Today July 2, 2013 is a start of a new week of  Create Your Own Background  at 'Twist of Faith Card Challenge'. You can use watercolors, inks, stamps, or even your own drawing.

I decided to play with corrugated cardboard and my favorite embossing folders. My fabulous main attraction is beautiful whimsical 'Lizabeth Spring Music' one of many by creator Lucy Sunshine Stamps, Artist Heather Valentin. I hope you visit if you have not already Heather's wonderful world of Lacy Sunshine Gang Characters...you will want them all.  Lacy Sunshine Stamps is also the Sponsor this week so come on by.

Here is my card with Lizabeth Spring Music. She inspired my heart with Songs of Praise to my Heavenly Father. I have mobility issues with my legs mainly and each day is a challenge...for the physical strength I have today at times is gone or slows me down tomorrow... I am grateful I have limbs some are not so fortunate....So sweet whimsical Lizabeth Spring Music is my instrument today to shouting out my Rejoice in the Lord always Rejoice


 

For this card I USED:
          Stamp Design- Lacy Sunshine Stamps/Lizabeth Spring Music
          Spellbinders Nestabilities- Grand Scallop Ovals, Ovals,
          Sizzix- leaf
          Coloring- FaberCastell and Anna Griffin watercolor pencils
          Martha Stewart - glitter pens/brownstone, turquoise, lapis
                                         lazuli, verdalite, peridot
          Embellishments - Recollections/flowers, butterfly
          Embossing Folders by Cuttlebug and Anna Griffin/Treillage,
                                              Rose Pavillion, Rosa
          Paper - Recollections, DCWV, recycled corrugated cardboard
          Ink- Archival Ink/Sepia
          Gesso
          Sentiment-  Scripture/StampArt Designs by Kathryne

 As you look at my card, I used four different background layers. One of the layers is corrugated cardboard that I diecut , then painted with Gesso, distressed with ink and glittered with Martha Stewarts 'brownstone' glitter.  I must mention the scripture by StampArt Designs by Kathyrne. Hope you visit Kathyrne's Blog and join her wonderful and gracious Freebie Digi's Newsletter. Don't forget to tell her 'Thank You' we want to encourage her work and blessing of the freebies.

I hope this inspires you to join in on this weeks Challenge at 'Twist of Faith'. Come on by and become a follower so you know what fun is being had. Our main objective is to create and use uplifting, healing, inspirational and scripture creations.

Until next time this Shabby Chic Grannie is out.

 

Cigar Box Altered with Masculine Touch

Hello Everyone

Antoinette here sharing this cigar box I altered for my adult Son. I bought a few cigar boxes from my local liquor store for 35cents each...what a great buy. I use some of them as storage boxes.

The hardest part was measuring the sides and cutting.

 

I edged the cut pieces with a black marker to give a cleaner edge. 

I  put some Washi Tape on the black strips on put on each side.

I let my Son pick the paper...giving him four design papers to chose from. He is a minimalist so I knew I was going to have to stay simple but classy knowing it was something he would use everyday throwing his pocket change in .

I put black paper in front with a keyhole from Spare Parts by Paper Studios.

I placed the two chipboard Antique Car dies from Estate Collections by 3 Birds.

What encouraged me to make this for my Son was I had altered a cigar box that was his Dads when he was living.  My Son loved what I did with it as I converted it to be for me giving it a crackle effect, adding pearls, buttons, bling.  It became new special keepsake. You can take a look at it on this Post on my Blog. Hope you check it out for the awesome crackle formula I used with Elmer's glue.
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Please come visit me at 'Twist of Faith" Card Challenge for each weeks challenge where I am blessed to be on the Design Team. There are some great prizes by wonderful whimsical Artist.

Until next time this Shabby Chic Grannie is out.

Old Toy New Fun...Let's Wing It

Hello Everyone,

Antoinette here wanting to share with you some new fun I have been having with my McGill Embossing tools. I have used them to make my flower petals fancier and now I am using them to give my leafs and swirls more dimension. Everything seems to be given more life.

I mainly wanted to share with you these beautiful wings. I made them with the Big Sizzix Angel Wings diecut. I cut two out, embossed both with one of Anna Griffins new embossing folders called Bit of Paislee. She is now collaborating with Provocraft/Cuttlebug company.  What I did different to the top layer of the wing after Cuttlebug embossing...I gently McGill tool embossed the top layer wing. I think it looks gorgeous the way it lays with a sweet uplifted format. It looks like it is fixing to take off in flight. I don't see many cards using the Wing cut design...or maybe I have not looked enough...so I have been trying to use it many different ways. I hope you look at my Blog post 'Wings of a Diva' where I used corrugated cardboard, USArtQuest Mica Chips to fancy up and frame for myself.

I did use three different Cuttlebug Embossing folders on this card.

I took an easier way to share the tools I used  by taking a picture. I did some ink distressing, Martha Stewart glitter pen touches, petal crushing and shaping, On those pretty glitter blue swirl stickers by Pink Paislee I used 'baby powder' to take away the sticky and just added glue where I need to make them work how I wanted.

 

I hope you like my card and you are inspired to adventure on your take of it.  These are...some of my favorite colors...you might have guessed checking out my cards that I put a lot of turquoise and blue in my cards.

 

I hope you come back and visit me...I have some other old toys with new uses I want to share.

And don't forget to come visit me at 'Twist of Faith" Card Challenge for each weeks challenge where I am blessed to be on the Design Team. There are some great prizes by wonderful Artist who transform their whimsical creations for us into Digi's.

Until next time this Shabby Chic Grannie is out. 

 

 

 

Special Birthday Wishes

Hello Everyone,

I had to take time today from my schedule to make a special birthday card for Melissa the Designer for Meljen Designs .   I love her whimsical and precious designs.  I wished her Happy Birthday on Facebook and it did not feel like enough. And on her special day she gives us a Digital freebie. Melissa is truly talented and a blessing to allow us to pick up these freebies she offers on a lot of occasions. So when I found out her Blog was having a Birthday card challenge to create a birthday card  'Pretty in Pink' Melissa's favorite color I had to jump in. I wish I could mail it to her because it truly was made with her in heart.

I am submitting this card to:
 Meljen's Design Challenge #165 "Pretty in Pink"
In the Pink Challenge #22 "Pink with Flowers"
The ABC Challenge "P for Pretty in Pink"
Crafty Ribbons Challenge #49 "Flowers Galore"

I used :
Meljen's Design - Bunny Love Digi
Watercolored with USArtquest  Mica Color - Pastelle pallet
Anna Griffin- Peyton Collection Paper design
Spellbinders Grand Calibur Scalloped Oval dies
Embellishments: Pink Paislee No. 11, Martha Stewart air dry Clay & Mold flower, Estate Collections by 3 Birds/tickets. silk flowers from my stash
Little white Cabochon flower by Peachy Cheap.com(love these).

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I hope you enjoyed my card I love making cards for special people. Happy Belated Melissa.  Thank you for being you.
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Also come by and join in on the weekly challenge at 'Twist of Faith' a family friendly blog, where I am on the Design Team.

Until next time this Shabby Chic Grannie is out.

Splish, Splash...A Citrus Bath

Hello Everyone,

Having some fun....with House-Mouse Design Stamps.  Thought this would be great fun for the summer the stamp called 'Splish, Splash...A Citrus Bath/HMUR1060'.  How about a nice cold iced glass of lemonade...in Mudpie's case a citrus bath...heeeee

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This cute stamp also brought some memories of my lemonade(alcohol) drinks that were not so good. I have come...to enjoy a new season in my life journey with wonderful Splish, Splash drinks in the Holy Word of God. I have found those daily splishes and splashes into the word and fellowship with God make me natural high, give me joy beyond my understanding, drink that quenches my desire for those ungodly things as I draw closer to him and his grace and loving-kindness. He keeps my head above water. And the scripture that blesses me and causes me to praise God is:
Psalm 86:7 (NIV)In the day of my trouble I will call upon You, For You will answer me.

Hope you enjoy my card and turn your lemons in life to lemonade.  God has to continually put the sugar in mine...heeee and its getting sweeter.

I am submitting this to:
Stamp and Create - Summer Fun
Melonheadz Friends - Summer
2Sisters Challenge #149 - Summer Fun

Hope you got some inspiration out of my card and join me on the weekly challenges at 'Twist of Faith' a family friendly blog, where I am on the Design Team.

Until next time this Shabby Chic Grannie is out.


         

A 'Twist of Faith'

Hello Everyone,

This is a new day...starting a new weekly showing of my Designs for 'Twist of Faith' and their weekly card challenges. It is a family friendly blog, that invites you to share your uplifting, healing, inspirational and scripture cards. I am so happy to have been accepted to be a part of their Design Team.  I hope you all join in the fun of  sharing your beautiful creative encouraging cards with us. We have great prizes from awesome Sponsors.

The Challenge this week - Tuesday, June 25th -
Challenge #43-Scene/Scenic Card or use a Scenic Image With all challenges to include a scripture, uplifting quote/sentiment, or positive words of encouragement.

This weeks prize Sponsor is StampArt Design by Kathryne!  And the winner will receive their choice of FIVE IMAGES from the SADK collection available at Whimsy Stamps ...How awesome is this! 

StampArt Design by Kathryne

Here is a little something about Kathryne straight from her Blog. 

StampArt Design by Kathryne© is a digital stamp collection created especially for you and sold exclusively through Whimsy Stamps, showcasing a range of styles from delightful animated drawings including a collection of teddy bears, sweet raggedies, children, flowers, captivating wildlife portrayals, sentiment and more. Join me as I display my new releases so you can choose the perfect image for your projects! There are regular freebies for you, too!m her Blog.

So let the show begin!  I chose to play with Lulu on my design. I hope this gives you inspiration to jump in the challenge.

I found Lulu to be an adorable thinker and loved her from the top of her head to the tips of her sweetly created cute little toes so I gave them a 3D paper piecing effect with my embossing tool along with the flower and grass.

 

I had so much fun and inspiration with Lulu I made another card.

 I would like to submit this card to:

 Bunny Zoe's Crafts-June Challenge/Wings

 

I hope my cards inspired you and you come by and join in on the weekly challenge at 'Twist of Faith' a family friendly blog, where I am on the Design Team.

 

Until next time this Shabby Chic Grannie is out.  Be Blessed and know you are loved.

 

 

Angels Watching Over You...

Hello Everyone,

I am here today sharing a very special card I made for one of my Cousin's. She is going through some faith shaking times as she and the doctors try to clear her body from breast cancer. We got good news this past Wednesday that she is clear of cancer through surgery but will still have to take radiation.

Sometimes it is so hard when we see people or someone you love go through physical or any type of trying time. It's been a heartache for me I can't imagine her husband and children. It soothes my spirit to know she trusts God to get her through.  And I am glad we have found prayer, faith and God's word to  be our greatest anchors on keeping sane, hanging strong and knowing when we are weak God will be our strength.
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Psalm 91:11
For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways

I used Sizzix Bigz Die - Angel Wings , one of Anna Griffins new Cricut Cuttlebug Treillage embossing folders to emboss the wings, Martha Stewarts Glow in the Dark Glitter on the first layer of embossed wings. I made it a 3D feathered layering effect on the wings. For the center bodice I placed the wings on the design paper to get the desired size woman's figure and manually cut it out.
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It was all quite easy. The fun part would be making many of these with different beautiful design papers.  The stamp 'God Loves You' was ordered on-line from JoAnn Fabrics which I stamped on the Design Paper Collection by Martha Stewart.

I hope you love this card as much as I do and make your version of it to bless someone letting them know you are praying for them...or  that you Care.
Until next times this Shabby Chic Grannie is out.

Fun Play with House-Mouse Critter

Hi Everyone,

I am so excited about sharing my finding of the Blog, House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge. I love those precious critters. And what better way to challenge my stamping creativity by receiving and sharing inspiration with fellow fans, followers of the House-Mouse & Friends Blog Challenge and their Design Team. Perfect timing because I just bought a few of their stamps to add to my collection. This being one of them.

With this card project I used what is called 3D Paper Piece Design a stamped image. I am delightfully learning this type of Paper Piecing design by a spectacular Women who has been doing this for several years.  I have fallen in love with the beautiful details it gives along with adding your own special touches. I am nowhere near perfect but and loving the process and the challenge.

Let me introduce Designer Mariska van de Veer  the inspiration to helping me take this new step to creativity. She is totally awesome in how she brings her work to life. I have attached her blog here so you can visit her amazing work. She also has tutorials to her creativity.  And that was all I needed to jump in and start my learning process.

Don't laugh at my work once your jaw drops after seeing Mariska's work. I am telling you her work are pieces of wonderful whimsical art. If I can only be a tenth of that I would be happy so here is my piece.



Stamp: Solo Flight_Monica_HMJR1105

 I am submitting this card to:
 House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge-Anything Goes plus a Charm #147
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Hot Hot Hot

I hope you are inspired by Mariska as I was. Until next time...this Shabby Chic Grannie is out....Believing in my Dreams...Its never too late....and away I go...weeeeeeeee

Pattern and Texture

Hi Everyone,

I love the mixture of patterns from embossing to the patterns on the paper.

 

Embellishments like bling, buttons and Martha Stewart Heirloom Clay Molds

I love making cards and some of my favorite things to give them is texture by using embossing folders to embossing tools to give the flower petals and leaves dimension, using different animal print patterns together, bling, buttons and fun embellishments that I get to make by hand like the Martha Stewart Heirloom clay mold forms/circle frame. I love making my own flowers I get pleasure in that I get to bend ,squash, use embossing tools to form its beautiful shape.

This card I am sharing will be for one of my dear friends. Also it finally hit me I have not shown you how I decorate the inside of my cards. And today this is how this one was decorated.

I love giving that extra special touch to the inside of my cards too.

These are some of the tools I used to make the embellishments. The ribbons are made of fabric one being burlap. As you can see on the card I glued the zebra pattern ribbon on top of the burlap. It gave such a prettier setting and texture on the card since I did not use any other paper for a background. I did emboss the card with one of Anna Griffins new Cuttlebug Embossing folders.

I am submitting this card to several Blog Challenges:

Twist of Faith - Challenge#41 Fabrics

WordArt Wednesday - Challenge #84 Anything Goes

Created With Love Challenge #46 Favorite Things

Crafty Ribbons Challenge#48 - Anything Goes with Ribbon

 Paper Playtime Challenge #12 - Anything Goes

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Until Next Time this Shabby Chic Grannie is out.

Be safe and have fun creating.

 

 

Washi Me Play

Hi Everyone...

Sharing this quick fun card I made for a Challenge I found that tickled my fancy in creating this card. I saw the wonderful inspiration the Just Us Girls Design Team shared for a Washi Tape Challenge they are having I had to make this card as it was tickling my hands to make and submit...Heeeeeee

 

I used We R Memory Keepers Washi Tape, Martha Stewart Hand die for the edges...embossed with one of Anna Griffin's new Cuttlebug embossing folder and pressed on that beautiful 3D flower sticker also by Anna Griffin.  I have a sweet friend I want to give this to who is always helping me out.  Thank you Just Us Girls for the inspiration.

Submitting this card to: Just Us Girls -Techniques Challenge #192

I hope you enjoyed and were inspired...that was quite fun and easy I will have to make more cards with this Washi Tape/Embossing technique I love the way it looks.

Until next time this Shabby Chic Grannie is out.

 

 

 

 

Template & Diecuts Fun

Hi Everyone...

I made this particular card to join challenge #40 Templates and Die cuts held by Twist of Faith. I used the wonderful Spellbinders Nestabilities-Majestic Elements-S5-161. They are so beautiful and come in a set of 7 templates. I used several from the same package to make this card. One to cut the special card shape, and three other templates to cut the different layers upon the card. The white leaf die pattern is from Sizzix which I then embossed with a Cuttlebug folder. The flowers were made with a combination of Martha Stewart hand die cut punch along with Recollections small flower die cut punch for the center. I used white hemp as ribbon then fancied up the small buttons with pearls. I also distressed the edges of the card with pink ink.

This card is being submitted to: Twist of Faith Challenge #40 Templates & Die Cuts
 

I am having such a fun time joining these weekly challenges...they are so helpful in getting me out of my comfort zone and using some of my fun crafty tools  on new designs. --On another note Sometimes its the challenges in life that bring us to into better knowledge & exciting adventures.--After all...I claim God the Father and his Son Jesus Christ to be at my side...so all things are possible who believe in Him.

Love & Hugs....This Shabby Chic Grannie is out...heeee did you notice I am Shabby Chic instead of Frugal Grannie...Today is my BIG 60 birthday I have been looking forward to celebrating since I was in my twenties...that story is for another time.