Leave it to God!

I really like stamp sets that I create a scene with. The lily pad lake bundle is such a set. I have not had to much time to play with this set yet and so I decided to pull it out and give it some love. I wanted to create a scene to show calmness and serenity.

This stamp set also has amazing greetings that speak calmness to me as well. Leaving everything to God is easier said than done, but when I stamp this sentiment I am reminded that it is all good. He has everything in His hands and I can put aside all worry and anxiety. One thing that helps promote calmness in my life is creating. Whether that is coloring, stamping, water coloring or scrapbooking I feel so relaxed when I create. I hope that when I send this card the person who receives it also feels that calmness come over them and remembers that God has it all in His hands. Let it all go and let Him carry you.

So if you are having a stressful day try to take a little time off for yourself and create, color and relax. Be calm and leave it to God!

Practice, practice, practice

This sweet baby stamp set makes the most adorable baby cards! I am officially hooked on this set. I stamped many of the images in my momento ink pad and went to town coloring them and so you may see a few more ideas in the next couple weeks. I also like that Stampin' Up has matching framelits that cut the images out for you. Makes my life so easy and so neat and clean looking as well. I have tried to master the fussy cutting however, I still need a lot of practice. I know that they said you should hold the scissors with your dominate hand and while cutting move the paper with the other. I still do not get the smooth edges that I am looking for. I will continue to practice and I am sure it will come some day, until then I will enjoy using the framelits. Another thing that I love is watercolor and I also continue to practice that. I helps to see many people out there who are so encouraging and say that practicing does help. So I continue to practice and hope to get better.  For this card I practiced a simple watercolor background. I then wanted to add a little more texture and so I used the stitched label framelit on the watercolor panel. I like how it made an additional layer of depth. I colored the baby and the swing with stampin blends. Don't forget that if you purchase the framelits with the coordinating stamp set you receive 10% off.

Here is a close up of the stitched label framelit die as well as the coloring that I did on the image. Have a wonderful crafty day!

Love my dogs

I love my dogs and I am sure many of you do as well. I also love pretty much any dog stamp set, as many of you do as well. So with that being established who wouldn't want to combine love and dogs. The sweet little dog from the Bella and friends stamp set just gets me every time. This dog is so cute. It also helps that I too have a dog named Bella and she is just as sweet and maybe even cuter.

Yup she is adorable! Anyway I know that you came to see a card and not hear me bragging about my sweet little dog.

I colored the puppy and fussy cut her out and when I attached her to the card I added the ruff, ruff from the happy tails stamp set. I thought it looked like the dog was saying love you too! How often our dogs say that to us through out the day. Enjoy the love your puppy gives to you today and everyday. 

One more card of love

I forgot to post this card that I had made for Valentines day. You could easily make this card for an anniversary or even change the colors and make for a wedding. Love is what it is about! It is a simple layout and actually no stamping is involved. I water colored the background so that the images were not just on plain white card  stock. I thought this made the frame really pop out. I also used the negative image that is cut out from the heart from the card the other day. It makes kind of a eclectic shaped heart that I just love. Let me know what you think of this simple and no stamping card.

My stamp club shows love

One of my stamp club member approached me recently and suggested that we make cards for the local nursing home for Valentines day. What a wonderful idea! She so graciously opened her house for us to meet and stamp a few cards. I wanted to make the card simple enough that everyone could stamp multiplies as well as for men and women. The hey love stamp set is perfect for that! Since the images are line drawings I decided to stamp the ape on smokey slate so they would not have to spend time coloring and could make more cards. I think that the cards turned out so cute and when I dropped them off at the nursing home they were so thankful. It is so nice to share our love of card making with those who may not have gotten a Valentine this year. It is so important for everyone to feel loved and cared for. I now plan to make cards for a local shelter for unwed, pregnant women for Mothers day.Thank you to my stamp club for helping make the day special for many elderly in our community. They are truly a special group of ladies that I feel so privileged to know.

What  simple act of kindness can you share with your cards today?

Late Valentine card

I don't know where time goes. I have so many Valentines cards that I wanted to share with you but just did not get them posted. Hopefully you don't mind a few card ideas for cards of love. They actually don't have to be Valentines cards they could just be cards of encouragement. The first card uses the hey love stamp set. I think the images in this set are so cute and I love the fun greetings. I also love to color and so this is an even better set. I stamped a few of the images and colored them not really knowing what I was going to do with them. So decided why not put them all on one card and using my stitched shapes cut each in a different shape. I think the card is fun and playful and perfect for a male card.

For the next card I used a few scraps that I had on my desk. So many times I cut something out, stamp something or paint something but it does not get used. I always save those and think maybe someday I will use them.  Well today is that day. I love when I can use a few scraps and make a card that looks cute. Does anyone else do this?

I hope you had a wonderful Valentines day and that you enjoy these cards. I had so much fun making them. It is so much fun to make things that you can give to people to bring joy into their lives. Have a great day!

Sale a bration second release

Hi Everyone, I hope you all had a wonderful Valentines day. Today Stampin' Up is offering a second release for saleabration. They have added a few more items that are adorable! You can check out the website to see the new catalog and you may order them today. Let me know if you have any questions. Have a great day.

Need a baby card?

Today I have made a cute and adorable little baby card. It can be given as a boy or girl card. This card I added the cute greeting "mama's boy" and so if you wanted to make it for a girl you could use another greeting from the stamp set. It was so easy to make and I love the way it turned out. Sometimes I feel like simple cards are just right.

How sweet is that little onesie? I just love how cute it came out, colored with the Stampin' blends and then I added the cute little heart from the stitched label framelits. I wanted the onesie to be the focus on this card and so I layered it with the stitched shapes framelits, and the scallop punch. For the background I used a piece of whisper white and randomly stamped the little accessories from the set with the pool party ink and then used the eyelet framelit to finish off the bottom edge. I mounted it all on the pool party cardstock that I had embossed with the sparkle embossing folder. Finished it all off mounted on a piece of thick whisper white cardstock.

I would love to know what stamp sets you like to use for baby cards? Enjoy!

Hey Love

It is that time of year to start making a few Valentines.  If you are like me you like to share your love with those important people in your life. And since I am so blessed to have so many wonderful people in my life I have made some quick and easy Valentines with Stampin' Up note cards. It is so easy to make a card with them because they have taken all the work of making the card and finding an envelope for you. Stampin' Up note cards come prescored and with matching envelopes. I just combined them with the Hey Love little critters, a few scraps of my neutral designer series paper and a few punches and cute little card are done.

I tried to get a picture of all the cards together, however I was not very successful.  I have included a close up of each of the cards for you.

This set makes a nice set of cards. I used all the images from the set and they all coordinate so well. I colored them with the Stampin' blends.This set is great for males, females, young and old. Hopefully this will give you some quick and easy ideas for Valentines for you to create.  Let me know what kind of Valentines you like to make.