You, you, you

 There were several ready to use card bases clogging up my 

drawer.  The bright yellow textured cards just screamed at me 

to finish them.  Somehow I think the phrase just goes with

the bright cheerful yellow.

 The strips of scrapbook paper are left over from another project

and I could not bear to throw them away.

The yellow and the DP go together very well.

Products used:

Spellbinders oval and rectangle dies

mirror turquoise paper - DCWV

strips of DP - unknown

embossing folder

phrase - computer generated using Paint Shop Pro X

Four Scripture Cards

 Each card has a white card base.  And each card base

is covered with a different texture that was made

using embossing folders.

 The scriptures were designed using various fonts

and the Paint Shop Pro program.

They have been cut out using four different

Spellbinders Labels dies.

 The DP is all from one stack.  I have lost the cover

and so have no idea who the manufacturer is.

One of the main reasons I love using stacks

is that usually all the colors coordinate well.

I have noticed with DCWV that you may even 

find matching colors in different stacks. 

Scriptures used are:

Psalm 124:8

Luke 19:10

Psalm 29:2

John 11:25

our God

Nehemiah 9:32

Here is a scripture that I am in awe of.

This speaks of the power and glory of my God.

The card base is plain craft paper card stock.

That diamond pattern scrapbook paper is from a 

Paper Studio's Everyday Kraft stack.

Since this card is for my pastor to use the

black and craft colors are a perfect  choice

for the masculine look.

The DP is attached to black card stock and 

trimmed with Perfect Layers rulers to a narrow border.

A narrow black strip has been added to 

each side as the final touch for the strip.

The Paint Shop Pro generated scripture has been

die cut to a rectangle, attached to black card stock

and the card stock has been trimmed to a fairly

narrow border with my trusty Perfect Layers ruler.

In the upper right hand corner are three

evenly spaced diamond shapes.

(aka - a square on end)

You are such a blessing

The whole card is done in very soft subdued and subtle colors.

Begin with a white card base.

Over that is a soft tan and white piece of DP (designer paper

or scrapbook paper).  Attach the smaller of the

Cheery Lynn Designs French Lattice.

The phrase was done in Paint Shop Pro.

It was cut out with one of Spellbinders label dies.

The label die under the phrase has been textured

in an embossing older.

The flowers were punched using Punch Bunch punches

and shaped with stylus.

The soft green flourishes are from a Bosscut die

and the leaves of the same soft green are from

Punch Bunch punches.

Three small pearls accent the phrase.

Dealing with the heat!

 Our cats stretched out on the just watered grass

in the shade.  This is how cats deal with the heat.

The littlest kitty sleeping on the deck.

A Sympathy Card

Lots of texture in this design.

I began with a white card base.  

The bottom 2/3 of the card is cover with a lavender

card stock that has been textured in an embossing folder.

The top 1/3 of the card is covered with a darker

lavender card stock that is again textured in 

an embossing folder.

The white dotted Swiss textured scallop covers

the joining of the two shades of lavender.

Over this is a scripture that has been created in

Paint Shop Pro X.  It was cut out with a
Spellbinders oval die and layered on dark purple

card stock.

Accenting the oval are punched and shaped white flowers

that were punched with those fantastic Punch Bunch punches.

The green flourish is a Bosscut die that has been

cut apart and tucked under the flowers and oval.

Lattice with purple

I tried a variety of backgrounds with the 

Cheery Lynn Designs lattice.

This time it is a plain lavender card stock

The flowers are a mauve with yellow centers

and the leaves are an almost lacy look that

I think is intended as a pine bough.

Well it is multiple use now.

The butterfly is cut from metallic gift wrap that

has been attached to card stock. 

The under wings are vellum.

Branch With Blue Flowers

I just love this card.  It is so simple and yet

so very elegant.

Begin with a white card base.  

Use a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inch piece of white

card stock and the

embossing folder of your choice.

 Attach this to the card base. 

The brown branch has been cut with a Tim Holtz

Sizzix die.  It had a bird on it, which I cut off.

The flowers are from blue vellum and 

punched with Punch Bunch punches.

The flower centers are from a sun burst punch

using white card stock.

Leaves are a pale green and hardly 

noticeable, but do add a lot to the over all look.

The phrase is computer generated in

Paint Shop Pro X using the Mutlu font.

It was then copied to Word where

I could get it to the size that I wanted

and print multiple phrases on the same sheet

of card stock.

It was cut into a rectangle, attached to

the same blue vellum that the flowers

are made of.  I used a Perfect Layers ruler 

to cut the borders all exactly the same.

The finishing touch is a tiny blue flower

with tiny pale green leaves on 

the lower left corner. 

Flourishes and Flowers

 A very clean and simple design.  

I played in my studio and came up with three different versions.

The one above is a single flourish stamp.

It was stamped with VersaMark and a

glitter rose embossing powder for some glitz.

The flowers are from Michael's Recollections line

of paper flowers that are purchased in a glass bottle.

Tiny rhinestones are in the center of each flower.

I used one of my small phrase stamps combined with

a raspberry-ish ink.

 This one is on black card stock.

Two flourish stamps were used with

gold embossing powder.

The small phrase has been embossed with

fine line white embossing powder.

The flowers are from a pearlized paper.

Here is a glittery teal embossing powder

makes this flourish outstanding.

The butterfly has been covered with fine glitter,

shaped with a stylus and has rhinestones covering it's body.

The small word is stamped in black ink.