Sure and Steadfast

It's my last card as October Guest Designer for Our Daily Bread Designs Shining Light Challenge - I've enjoyed it so much!  

This time it's One for the Men - to make a masculine card.  I have to admit, I always find these a challenge, but I got great advice from my Dad when I asked...."which one do you like best?"  Unsurprisingly, it was the one with "less" instead of "more"! I simply added twine (Dad said leave off the twine bow!) and star brads to finish!

I used the fabulous set Anchor - I love this one, I find the ocean scene easy and fun to color and the sentiments are SO encouraging.  And of course, though it can be used for anyone, it seems a natural for masculine cards!

  This particular card will go to a man in our church who has an illness which is very debilitating - the way that he and his wife have handled all their hardship has been amazing.  They have kept their eyes on their Saviour and remain convinced of His care and His eternally loving purpose in their lives.

Supplies include:

Our Daily Bread Designs Anchor

Spellbinders Nestabilities Circles Large, Small

Star brads

SU Real Red cardstock

Twine

My Minds Eye dp

Making Memories Pitter Patter dp

One of a Kind

I made these little treat bags for Patty's Hope You Can Cling To challenge at Splitcoaststampers today  - to make a treat holder in pink, black, white and silver.  I love making these quick and easy treat bags....they look great with foil wrapped chocolates or candy in bright colors but here I simply filled a cello card sleeve with white mints to make sure they'd go with the color scheme.  

I used Nesties with sponging and stamping for the bag topper, then added a silver and black gingham ribbon with a silver heart to finish.

Supplies include:

Flourishes Magnolias

Papertrey Ink Flourishes

SU Blushing Bride ink

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Spellbinders Nestabilities Circles, Lacey Circles

Pearls

Ribbon

Thank You in Pink

I made this card for the Featured Stamper challenge at Splitcoaststampers and for the Hope You Can Cling To Challenge today - A Clean and Simple Statement.   

Janine (nines) is the featured stamper today and HERE is the card that inspired my card - Janine used chalk to make two softly colored strips, I did my strip by masking with post it notes. To make a mask, I googled a leaf image, cut it out from the inside so I could use the negative piece of paper to sponge inside with ink.  This works well with almost any image which is easily recognizable by it's simple outline.  

The Hope You Can Cling To challenges are nearly over, it's been a fun month for a wonderful cause!

Supplies include:

Waltzingmouse Say It Loud

SU Blushing Bride, Melon Mambo, Cherry Cobbler ink

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

buttons

post-it-notes

Vintage Hope

Today's Hope You Can Cling To Challenge at Splitcoaststampers is to go postal - Mary's Challenge is the creatively named - Let's Lick This Thing!  Perfect opportunity for me to pull out Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Vintage Postcard set and do one up brown and dark pink!  I sponged the edges with distress ink and stamped a partial background with the Light of Christmas from SNSS.  The only embellishments on the card are some little pearls, this was fairly easy and quick!

Supplies include:

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Vintage Postcard

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Light of Christmas

Ranger Distress Antique Linen ink

SU Soft Suede, Melon Mambo ink

Pearls

Chicken Soup

Here's a card I made for Sabrina's (Cook22) Hope You Can Cling To challenge at Splitcoaststampers- Chicken Soup.  We were to use a chicken image on our cards in honour of the legendary soothing, healing effect of chicken soup!  I just happened to have the right image and sentiment, thanks to Janice (catcrazy), who sent me some stamped images from Paper and Such!  All edges have been distressed and I cut the sentiment with My Favorite Things Fishtail Flags Die-namics - love those for being able to add sentiments of almost any size!

Supplies include:

Paper and Such image and sentiment

October Afternoon dp

Spellbinders Nestabilities Ovals

My Favorite Things Fishtail Flags Die-namics

October Afternoon button

Copics

Sewing machine

Twine

Ranger Distress Frayed Burlap ink

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

God's Comfort and Love

I loved making this card for my third week as Guest Designer for Our Daily Bread Designs Shining Light Challenge.  This week the challenge is to use three letters of the word LEAF.  I used:

L - Lace

          E - Embossing

     F - Flowers

I'm very into this shade of deep coral pink right now - it's seems to have the best of both red and pink all wrapped up in one colour!

I embossed the top panel of dp and also sponged around the edges for a very slight distressed look, then stitched the panels down. 

I sponged the Nesties while still in the die before stamping this beautiful sentiment, which is almost a prayer or blessing, from the ODBD set Sentiments Collection.
I hope you get a chance to play along in this week's challenge!

Supplies include:

Our Daily Bread Designs Sentiments Collection

Spellbinders Nestabilities Petite Ovals, Small, Large

Prima roses

Cheery Lynn Designs Fanciful Flourish die

Pearls

Cosmo Cricket dp

Sewing machine

Pearls

Stampin Up Blushing Bride, Soft Suede ink

Lace

Stampin Up Lucky Limeade cardstock

Sizzix Plaid embossing folder

A Merry Christmas Candle

Here's a card using one of my favorite Sweet 'n Sassy Christmas sets, Christmas Light.  

Actually, it's one of my favorite Christmas sets ever!

Maybe it's because candles, especially scented ones which give the whole house a gorgeous aroma of berries, spices, and evergreen, give us so much joy over the holiday season during the dark winter nights!

I love coloring the candle image and this time I used Crystal Glaze on the candle and the berries, though it's impossible to tell in my photo!  It does add dimension and shine, even giving the little berries a round shape!  

I always choose my dp's first, then lay my stamped image right near them so that I can match up my coloring,  keeping my copic color chart near by too, so it's easier to get close to the same hues and shades.  

I sponged the edges of the dp a little with distress ink before stitching them.  The square has been sponged while still in the Nestie with several distress inks.

Supplies include:

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Christmas Light

Spellbinders Nestabilities Sqaures Large

Cosmo Cricket dp

October Afternoon dp

Ranger Distress Antique Linen, Scattered Straw, Frayed Burlap dp

Stampin Up Soft Suede ink

Memento Tuxedo Black in

Paper Mill Shop Cream Linen card stock

Sewing machine

Copics

Buttons

Ribbon