Twinkles Glow with Stamps

Happy Sunday Everyone!! I hope you are all enjoying your weekend!  Today I have two cards to share with you.

The first is for the Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge.  This week's challenge host is my dear friend Grace.

Grace chose the verse:  Psalm 127:1a "Unless the Lord build the house, they labor in vain who build it".
Have you ever thought I can do this on my own.  I don't need anyone's help or guidance.  Well we all need His direction in our lives.  We need to pray each day that He will guide us down the right paths so we do not stray from His leading.  God has a plan for each one of us.  Not seeking His guidance is laboring in vain.  Life is so much easier (although not easy by any means) with God's guidance.

Grace challenged the team and any of the challenge participants to:

Use an image of something that is "built" using a set of plans ... a house, church, school, automobiles, even a bird house...anything that would be built according to a set of plans.

I decided to use one of my many neglected Stampin Up stamps, Winds of Grace, and make a masculine thinking of you card with a summery feel for a guy who recently lost his father.  Most all the materials on this card are Stampin up other than the brown thread and silver baubles.


For more inspiration for this challenge, please visit:
Grace, Linda, Lisa, Peggysue, Randi, Meisje, Rebecca, and Cindy

For the full devotional and challenge details please visit the Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge
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Today I also  have a Product Spotlight to share with you over at Stamp and Create. Lacey is offering a sale on all summer stamps for 10-25% off! Here is your chance to get some of the stamps on your wish list at a discounted price.

Don't Forget Stamp and Create does have a monthly challenge!! On the first Friday of each month, we have a challenge for a chance to win....

There are new rules to the challenge...You may use ANY stamp now!! Just please make sure to mention that you are participating with the Stamp and Create Challenge.
Kim (who won the first Stamp and Create challenge) is our guest and she chose this month's challenge...Stitching/Sewing: can be hand, faux or machine stitching!!
I created a card using Bernadette Admiring flowers from Stampavie.  The Belle Arts Novelty rose  and Mandarin cameo roses, Basic Grey Indian Summer Paper, Pink silk ribbon, and Scalloped Edge Frame Nestabilities are also available in the store.


challenges:
Pixie Cottage Sketch for card 2 and triple play (three pearls and three flowers)
All Sorts- Summer days (both cards)
Stampavie- Anything goes (both)
 Your next Stamp: flowers (card 2)
For Fun Challenge- color your image with your fave medium
Auds sentiments- no sentiment
C.R.A.F.T.- children
Sir Stampalot- summer
Going Grey with ScrapCreations- Think summer
Creative Card crew- to die for (card 2) I used my scalloped frame die
Totally Gorjuss- Thinking of you (card 1)
Secret Crafter Saturday- Summer
Charisma cardz- Pink
Bunny Zoes Challenge- Summer
Twisted Thursday 65- water, waves, wetness
Creative prompts for you- Paradise in a picture
Creative Craft- Summer lovin
Cutie Stampers- summer
by the Cute and Girly- warm summer days
Ann's Creative Nook- anything goes
Gingersnap G62 spicy supply challenge- markers
Town scrapper- anything goes

Thanks for stopping by and for your comments!! Have a great weekend!!


Blessings,

Happy Monday everyone!! I hope you had a great weekend!! We are still enjoying the long holiday weekend here and my hubby is home for the day. That means not much crafting time today.

Anywho..We have a new monthly challenge for you at Stamp and Create! !!

Hello stamping friends! I hope you are having a lovely week so far! It's been a busy one for me...but that's always the case...with homeschooling my two girls, taking care of our household, church responsibilities and my card making. Today I have two cards or projects to share with you. Coincidently, they are both pink...to me these are spring or summer colors!!

First, since it is the first Thursday of the month...Lori from the Divine Diva Inspiration Challenge has sent me this image as my inspiration for my creation:

I was greatly inspired by all the pink flowers, pearls, and tea cup. While I was perusing Michael's for some supplies I needed my eyes cam upon this paper box which immediately reminded me of this week's inspiration so I decided to alter it for today's inspiration creation.
The large Windsor London prima rose, May Arts Pink Satin Ribbon and the string of pearl flourishes from ZVA Creative with the small rose buds seemed to give it an elegant feel like the photo Lori sent. I then added the sentiment "Praying your day will be filled with Joy" from the Our Daily Bread designs Easter Blessings set framed in the Spellbinders Fancy Labels die and put the lattice border (Martha Stewart Lattice border punch) around the edge, and button for the flap. I plan to give this to my Mother for Mother's Day!! I hope she will like it.

Box recipe:
Paper box from Michaels
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs Easter Blessings
Accessories: large Windsor London prima rose, May Arts Pink Satin Ribbon and the string of pearl flourishes from ZVA Creative, Spellbinders Fancy Labels die, Martha Stewart Lattice border punch, button from stash, May Arts Prima rose buds (petite)

Challenges:
The Treehouse Stamps - Bling
Lexi's Creations - Anything Goes
Crazy 4 Challenges #26 "3 Different Textures"
Allsorts- make a card or project for someone who is like a mom to you.
Stamp Something- designer paper, buttons, ribbon
My Time to Craft- Just for Mom

For more inspiration for this challenge, please visit my dt sisters:

Anne
Lori
Donna
Julie
Kerri


Hope you are inspired to come and play along. Just leave a comment here with a link to your card. We can't wait to see what you create! The keyword for uploading on SCS will be DDIC23. Have fun!!


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I also have some good news to share with you, a while ago...my dt sister and co-owner of Wags N WhiskersLacey asked me to design for her Stamp and Create store. I was so excited and just had to say yes. Her dt is so friendly and talented and Lacey is such an awesome person to work with that I am honored to become a part.
She carries such a wide variety of stamps and supplies in her store!! If you have not seen her online store, you should really check it out here.

This week, the Product Spotlight at Stamp & Create is Stampavie Stamps. Stampavie carries a few stamp lines by different artists and they are all too cute and sweet!

The artists are: Sarah Kay, Penny Johnson, Helz Cuppleditch, Gillian F. Roberts, Rachelle Anne Miller, and Mo Manning.

For the Product Spotlight Special this week, all Stampavie stamps that are in-stock at Stamp and Create are 25% off. This excludes the Spring/Summer release pre-order.

However, speaking of the pre-order, you can still pre-order all of the images new release images.

The card I am sharing with you today uses one of the Stampavie stamps from the Sarah Kay line called: My Sweet Lili. I colored her with Distress inks. I also used some Basic Grey Eva paper, American Crafts Jewel Brads, Large Star Spacer, and the Bow Easy from Lacey's Stamp and Create Store. I had so much fun creating this card while the snow was coming down in these spring and summery colors.

For more inspiration or examples of products made by the team using Stampavie products, please visit my dt sisters: Lacey and Jeanette. At Jeanette's blog on this same link you will also see an awesome tutorial on how she colors with copics!!!

Challenges:

Sketch Saturday Challenge

Delightful Sketches- Kids

Practical Scrappers: Ink

Clearly Inspired challenge~square cards.

The Treehouse Stamps - Bling
Lexi's Creations - Anything Goes
Crazy 4 Challenges #26 "3 Different Textures" (pearls, lace, ribbon, paper)
Fussy And Fancy- Cinderella
Creative Card Crew~Celebration
Secret Crafter~stitching.
Stampavie- spring

Thanks to everyone who responded to my question or concern about blogger or about blog surfing. I have been using Firefox as many of you suggested but it seems like I am having more problems yet with this than internet explorer as strange as it may seem. I actually am using both at the same time going one to the next when the other is not working as it should. Oh well, hopefully it gets better soon!!

Thanks for stopping by and for all your sweet comments. I so enjoy reading them and being inspired by your comments . I hope you enjoyed today's post and that your day is full of sunshine!! The Sun is here today!!! Woohoo!!

hugs,

Chris