I Believe . . . Do You?

Happy Sunday all! I'm sharing my latest card for 7 Kids College Fund.  Yes!  I'm back with the NEW 7Kids Store and I'm LOVING it!  I'ts going to give me a reason to post weekly again and be sure to step away from the graphic, die and stamp designing for a few hours and believe you me, I need to stay inky and crafty!  lol   

Before I get to my card, I want to remind you that you still have a few more days to enter our current ANYTHING GOES Challenge on Challenge Blog! Be sure to link up for a chance at winning a $20 gift certificate to the 7 Kids College Fund Store!! 

I decided to step away from coloring with this project!  NO coloring!!! I decided to stencil with paste, emboss stamp and use several fabulous dies I've recently designed that you can find in the 7 kids College Fund Store!

 Just dies, stencil, decorative chipboard, a bit of clay work, feathers and patterned paper. The stamp is from Stampendous called Cling Snowy Postcard which I embossed in blue.  The sentiment is from the Merry Christmas HSN exclusive collection.  The chipboard is from Wycinanka, which I've fallen hard for!  lol  And the stencil is by Tim Holtz!

I cut the Peaceful Dove Edge die 3 times, once in grey toned paper, once in kraft for the branches and once again for the Doves in white.  Layered them and then rubbed them with Deco Arts Snowtex giving it a great sense of a snowy night. 

INGREDIENTS:

Studio Calico Wood Venier Birds

Stampendous Cling Snowy Post Card

Tim Holtz layering stencil Birch HS069

Gilded Oval Label dies

Merry Christmas HSN exclusive Sentiment

Peaceful Dove Edge Die

Wycinanka Bird house chipboard

Wycinanka clock chipboard

MEDIUMS:

Ranger Distress Ink: Vintage Photo, Faded Jeans

Copic ink R29 on birds

Faber-Castell Copper Texture Luxe

EMBELLISHMENTS: 

Stickles

Snowtex

Natural Jule Ribbon Boutique

Petaloo Pins

Martha Stewart clay leaf mold

Studio pearls

Really Reasonable Ribbon twine

Now, be sure to head over to the 7 Kids College Fund Store to check out all the amazing products you can purchase to add to your crafty collection! 

INSPIRATIONAL THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can. Nikos Kazantzakis
   

If you enjoy a good 3D project or just need a special box or bag, stop by my ETSY Store above for the available Shape "EZ" product line of Cut templates like bags, boxes, flowers, and cards with tons of add on's! These templates can help you make any project just the way you like it. Over and Over again! There is always a NEW Shape "EZ" cut files are available! 

Thank you for visiting,

 

JOY to this world!

Today's the DAY!  Yes!  I finally get to post a project again! lol  Winter is coming fast and I'm gearing up to get some special cards made for some of my special friends and family.  Not to mention, we're getting some of the projects ready for the annual CHA booth!  Phoenix Arizona in January!  I'm excited to go again to see all of the fantastic new products and to enjoy the time with the crafty peeps there!  Make n Take time again!  Yeah!

This project uses my two new die designs, the Peaceful Dove Edge die and the Pear Tree Partridge die too!  I cut them and added some extra color and glossy accents and glitter to them.  They are so versatile and they hold up so well!  It also has the Gilded Oval Label die that is used as the frame for the image and then I stamped and colored the birds twice for this project and popped up the birds for extra dimension.  I hope you enjoy it and stop by for a visit at the LDRS Creative store and see what you'd like to create with, the selection is fantastic! 

INGREDIENTS: 

"Nesting" Dollhouse image

Peaceful Dove Edge Die

Gilded Oval Labels

Key Tailed Dragonfly die

Pear Tree Partridge

Majestic Rectangle Labels inside

Merry Christmas Candi Bean Sentiment collection available only on HSN

MEDIUMS: 

Copic Ink:  E00,11,21 for skin tones

N9,7,5,3,1 hair colors

v12,15,17 shirt

B91,93,95 scarf

Ranger Distress ink Chipped Sapphire

EMBELLISHMENTS: 

Bo Bunny Altitude Paper

The Twinery Lilac

Poppies and Paperie flowers blue and purple from The Paper Studios

My Little Christmas Metal Stars

INSPIRATIONAL THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: 

"What has happened to the old-fashioned, spiritual Christmas? The cause is our disregard of Advent. The church set aside this four-week pre-Christmas season as a time of spiritual preparation for Christ’s coming. It is a time of quiet anticipation. If Christ is going to come again into our hearts, there must be repentance. Without repentance, our hearts will be so full of worldly things that there will be ‘no room in the inn’ for Christ to be born again.…we have the joy of anticipation."

If you enjoy a good 3D project or just need a special box or bag, stop by my ETSY Store above for the available Shape "EZ" product line of Cut templates like bags, boxes, flowers, and cards with tons of add on's! These templates can help you make any project just the way you like it. Over and Over again! There is always a NEW Shape "EZ" cut files are available! 

  Thank you for visiting,