Birthday Card

An embossing folder has been used on the lavender paper.
This was attached to a plain white card base.
Mega oval by Spellbinders was the die used for the purple
oval and Mega scalloped oval for the white layer under it.

The Happy Birthday was computer generated,
then die cut with a Spellbinders die.

On either side of the Happy Birthday
K and Company stickers were used.

This was a fairly fast card to make.
I do like the finishing touch that the
flower stickers have added.

Jeri's Zentangles

Our cousin Jeri has started making zentangles.
She used a Spellbinders Label to get the basic shape.

Then I took over. I mounted her carefully cut out zentangle
on a larger size of the same Spellbinders label.
These two layers are slightly raised over the rest of the card.

Next layer down is the cream oval that has
been embossed in a Cuttlebug embossing folder.
The last layer is a scalloped black oval.

Hebrews 6:10

This design is very similar to one I posted several days ago.
The big difference is the texture covering the card base.
A piece of card stock the exact same size as the card base
was "altered". It was placed on a scoring board at an angle and
a line was scored into the paper every 1/4 inch.

This is a very simple design that makes the scripture
the main focal point.

The patterned paper is from the
Paper Studio Everyday Kraft stack.

Hebrews 6:10

Under God's Feet

Another card for my pastor. The zebra stripe oval is from the Paper Studio Everyday Craft stack. A wonderful stack for "man" cards or scrapbook pages. The oval and the plain black larger oval were both cut with Spellbinders Nesting ovals.





The tiger stamp is from Sutter Enterprises Stamps. This company has a wonderful collection of western and wildlife stamps. The image was stamped with Ranger Archival Jet Black ink. This ink was also used to sponge around the edges of the card.




The phrase was computer generated in PSP X. It was cut with a Spellbinders Label die and mounted on an oval, again by Spellbinders. The final embellishment is three black "jewels" on the right hand side of the phrase.

I Am The Resurrection

John 11:25 is such a great reminder for me. Jesus is life! This card began with a kraft colored A2 card base. The edges were sponged with black ink. I am not sure where the tiger image came from. He certainly is a regal big cat. He was stamped with Ranger Archival Jet Black ink. The zebra paper is from the Paper Studio Everyday Kraft stack. It is layered over black card stock and the narrow border has been measured to perfection with the Perfect Layers ruler. The scripture was designed in PSP X by myself. A Spellbinders Label die was used to cut it.

God Is Fair - Hebrews 6:10

This design and the next few that I post will all be done with Paper Studio's Everyday Kraft stack. I purchased mine at Hobby Lobby. The card base is kraft paper. On this particular one I used VersaMark to stamp a flourish in the upper right corner of the card base. It was embossed with clear embossing powder. Both of the patterned papers from the Paper Studio stack are layered over black card stock. As usual I used a Perfect Layers ruler to get that "perfect" border. The phrase is from the New Testament and is found in Hebrews 6:10. I have designed the lettering using PSP X. The card is part of a series that I am doing at the request of the my pastor and his wife. Hers will be in pastels and flowers using the same scriptures and phrases. I do this as part of my ministry in my local church. I know how special it makes me feel when someone takes the time to send me a card, so my thinking is that this will help pastor and his wife connect with their congregation and pastors students at the Frontier School of the Bible in LaGrange WY where he is a professor teaching several classes a semester.

Our Christmas Tree

Every spring my husband spends hours and hours looking for deer and elk antler sheds. This past spring he founda 7 point elk antler which has been on display in our living room ever since. I decided to use this huge antler for our Christmas tree. So when dh was occupied elsewhere for several hours, I got wild and crazy with the glitz. I love it and so does he.

John 8:32

Truth makes us free. How very profound! The papers in the design come from DCWV Citrus and Cardstock stacks. The phrase has been designed by me in PSP X. The little flourishes sticking out from behind the scripture were cut using a Spellbinders die. That's it folks, just layering and rectangles. I use perfect layers rulers to get those perfectly even borders.

Rejoice!

Such a great scripture - Psalm 97:12 - a wonderful reminder of how we should live every day rejoicing in the LORD.

The beginning of this card is a white card base that has the edges sponged first with Russet ink and then a narrower border of sponging that is Coffee. Both inks are from the Ranger Archival line.

The phrase has been die cut with a Spellbinder's Label. The edges have been sponged with Russet and Coffee. It has been layered over rust and dark brown. The edges of the two lower layers have the corners rounded.

The ribbon on the left begins with a fallish paper from K & Company that is layer on dark brown. The lacy border in rust is from an EK Success Martha Stewart border punch.

The leaves are from various punches from various glitter papers.

Shout for Joy

A beautiful scripture matched with fall leaves. The card base is beige parchment that has a wide russet ink sponged along the outer edges, then a narrower sponging of dark brown ink. This same sponging was used on the scripture.

The patterned paper is from K and Company. It has been layered over a narrow border of rust card stock with a wider border of dark brown as the base layer.

The rust branch and leaf punched "ribbon" is from EK Success Martha Stewart line.
The glitter paper leaves are from various sources as are the leaf punches.

The scripture has been generated in PSP X as have most of the scriptures used on my cards. It has been die cut with a Spellbinder's Label die.

I have CD's availablwith 12 - 24 scriptures for sale for $7.50 - $12.50 + $1 postage. Each of these would be accompanied by a picture tutorial on the use of the CD and how to use the scriptures in Word. It would show you how to create two columns in Word, copy and paste from the CD to Word and how to size the scripture in Word. You may pick your scripture from my list which I could email to you.

There are also some inspirational phrases, fancy script basic words and short phrases and cowgirl wisdom. Your own favorite phrases and scriptures can be custom designed for as slightly higher cost. (these may become a part of my catalog and be available to others with your permission.)

Framed Poinsettia

While this is not one of my favorites, There are parts of it that I really like. I love that Spellbinders Fleur de Lis square. To cut it put a square die inside of the Fleur de Lis square. I usually tape them in several places to prevent shifting while they are being cut.

Sadly the dark brown under the poinsettia layer is too wide and the striped pine cone and pine bough paper under it just do not match. Another on of those visions in the head that didn't pan out. I think I have other Christmas papers that would have worked a lot better.

Noel Tile

This is such a fun card. It was one of those ideas that floated around in my head for a few weeks before I had time to complete it.

The Sizzix snowflake embossing folder makes a lovely background as a base for the whole design. Across the bottom is a pine forest punched border from EK Success. The dark green is "shadowed" by a second punched border in gold gift wrap.

Now for the Noel Tile portion. The letters are from a Sizzix's Trixie alphabet. They have been mounted on green and then red layers of card stock.

The finished letter tiles were carefully placed evenly on gold gift wrap. The gold was then trimmed to an even border using a deckle scissors.

More Easy Christmas Cards

Two cards with the same basic design. These are relatively simple cards, using ribbon and stickers from K & Company.

The background on the plain white card stock card base is a Sizzix embossing folder. The snowflakes are rather random and make a very versatile beginning layer.

The ribbons can be seen on the inside of the card. It has been attached with double sided tape. The joining seam is under the sticker layer.

Spellbinder made the oval, rectangle and large scallop rectangle dies used on these cards.

Fast and Easy Christmas Card

Here is the very simplest of cards. Fast, easy and impressive!

I began with a plain white card base. Use the Sizzix snowflake embossing folder to create a textured overlay to attach to the front of the card.

Now the easy part. Find a fairly large 3-D sticker and center it on the front.

Simple and elegant.

A Blue Christmas

Blue has always been one of my favorite colors. These cards have a plain white card base with a muted patterned blue paper attached to the front. So many beautiful papers are just not heavy enough to be a card base. AND even if they are heavy enough you get more cards out of cutting them to A2 size (4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches) and attaching it to a much less expensive plain white card base.

The large snowflakes are from a Spellbinders die and the small snowflakes are from Cheery Lynn Designs.

You will note that two of the cards have some distressing on the white Label die cut. These were done with the paper still in the die cut. This allows one to leave that very attractive light border around the outer edge.



I really did have a lot of fun playing with the various snowflakes. I loved the blue ones and the white ones.

Now I am going to go have some left over turkey for lunch. Merry Christmas. May God bless you all.

A Very Merry Christmas

Here are two cards of a very similar design. The construction is fairly simple when it is broken down into steps.

I began with a plain white A2 card base. The next step is to create a texture or in some cases a patterned paper layer to cover the entire card front. I used the Sizzix embossing folder with white card stock. My preferred white card stock is Georgia Pacific that is about $5.50 at Walmart.

The gold and the red metallic are from gift wrap and high lighting foil glued to card stock. Spellbinders are the manufacturers of all the dies.



The 3-D sticker in the center of the card is from K & Company. These are mounted on gold squares. The squares have paper egg carton attached to the back to raise them every so slightly over the next red foil large scallops squares.

I love the red foil scallop "shadow" under the gold scallop. To me the whole combination of textures and papers is very pleasing.

White and Ivory Snowflakes

Begin with a white card base. Sizzix made the embossing folder that was used to create the snowflake texture that was attached to the front of the card.

Cream or ivory card stock is the color of the Spellbinder die cut snow flakes that are over the texture. A very subtle simple card.

Ascribe to The Lord

For some strange reason blogger will not show my pictures in the new post box.
BUT I will persevere and post in spite of the glitch. I love this scripture and the PSP let me make a wonderful version of it.

The two cards with the punched mosaics are on cream card stock that has had the edges heavily sponged with three colors of distressed inks. The lightest color is the farthermost in with the darker brown on the outer 1/2 inch. Then black ink was used on the very edge to create a burn look. The scripture was cut out with a Spellbinders nesting oval.

The card with the patterned paper as a background has a Spellbinder's Label as a mount for the scripture. Spellbinder's Edgebilities were used to cut the border under the scripture.



The punched mosaic portions were done with a Punch Bunch punch. By placing the paper squarely against the back of the punch and using the first punched mosaic for placement of the next you can space them evenly.

Lattice and Pendant

Well blogger acting up. My picture will show up on the blog itself, but not where I compose the post. Oh well, Here we go.

This card has the card base covered with one of the very first Karen Foster Designs papers. The next layer is one of Spellbinder's Pendant dies, in this case the Lattice.

The scripture has been created in PSP X (Paint Shop Pro Ten) and sized and printed in Word 2003. The flowers were punched using Punch Bunch punches and shaped using a large stylus.

If you are interested in some of my scripture or phrases for yourself please let me know. I have also worked up a picture tutorial on using the CD and copying the scripture into a two column Word Document. I will send you a CD with 12 Bible verses or phrases and the tutorial for $5 plus $1 shipping. Contact me for a list of scriptures and phrases.