My Strength

The LORD is my strength and song.

The Cheery Lynn Designs lattice die cut is

done in a very pale green card stock

over a Karen Foster DP.

The scripture was done in Paint Shop Pro X

and was designed by me.

It was die cut using a Spellbinders Label die.

The edges of it and the label die cut under it

are both sponged with purple ink.

 Rhinestones with a purple hue and

a K & Company sticker

are the embellishments.

Ascribe to the Lord

Psalm 29:2 is a beautiful reminder of what a wonderful

God we serve.

The design begins with a plain white card base.

It has been totally covered by an old Karen Foster DP.

Over this is a light pink lattice die cut made

from a Cheery Lyn Designs die.

The two larger ovals are Spellbinders.

The long narrow one has been textured with an 

embossing folder and mounted on a long narrow

scalloped oval out of a slightly darker pink.

The scripture has been done in PSP X,

cut in an oval and mounted on another

slightly larger pink oval.

Three small pearls are attached to the far right

side of the oval.

K and Company is the make of the oval

3-D tulip sticker.

A Birthday Card

A very simple birthday card with some glitz.

The sparkly turquoise and browns band is make 

from white glue and various embossing powders and

Pearlex.  Simply spread a coating of white glue, the 

cheapest you can find will work just fine, and dab on

various embossing powders, Pearex powder, glitter

or anything shiny and pretty that will stick in the glue.

Now heat with your heat gun. 

You will note that the thicker the glue

the more bubbles and texture you will get.

Since this is a messy process I make up a bunch at once 

and pull them out to use as needed.

I used brown card stock in the layering

and for the EK Success punched border.

Fear Not

One of my favorite scriptures and scripture songs.

This card begins with a plain white card base.

Karen Foster DP is attached to the card base with

a Cherry Lynn Designs lattice in a very pale green over that.

The scripture has been created in PSP X

and cut out with a Spellbinders Label die.

The edges have been sponged with a purple ink

The flowers and leaves have been punched  using

Punch Bunch punches, shaped with a stylus and

glitter glue was used for the center of the flowers

 after they were attached.

Simple Cheerful Cards

 A plain white card base is the beginning of this design.

The next step is to cut another piece of card stock

that is 4 x 5.25 inches.

You will now be working on this piece of card stock.

 The bright colored stripes are done with washi tape.

This is my first experience with washi tape and

I think I am already addicted.

The phrase is computer generated and cut

with Spellbinders Labels dies.

Two of them are mounted on punched ovals, 

with one of the ovals having a dot of bright orange

glitter glue on either side.

The butterflies are punched from the same paper that

is under the phrase.  A pearl pen was used to

give a nicely raised center to each of the butterflies.

I have to say that I really really like the pearl pens.

Unlike the glitter glue, the product stays raised 

and does not shrink when dried.

The final step was to attach cut up strips of
egg carton (the flat part only) to the back of the

4 x 5.25 inch piece of card stock (that has all the pretties on it)

and glue to the card base.

Glorify the Lord

A burgundy and cream color scheme is 

very pleasing to the eye.

Begin with a cream card base.

I cut a piece of cream card stock to 4 x 5.25 inches

and created texture with an embossing folder (ef).

This was attached to a piece of burgundy paper 

and trimmed to a narrow border with layering rulers.

An EK Success border punch was used to  create the

border of the Paper Studio Mirabella stack DP.

The scripture is Luke 1:46-47.

It has been created in Paint Shop Pro X.

It was cut with a Spellbinders Label die

and the edges sponged with burgundy ink.

Wolf on Leather

This stunning stamp is from Bear Creek Rubber.  

I don't know if they are even in business anymore as

I got the stamp a long time ago.

The first step to stamping on leather is to dust it with talc.

Now stamp the image with black pigment ink and

apply fineline black embossing powder.

Heat the powder until it has all become shiny

and is melted to the leather.

This was fairly thick leather so the circular die cut 

did not cut all the way through, but it was 

relatively simple to finish cutting with a scissors

as the die cut leaves a very nice line for one to follow when cutting.

The edges of the circle were sponged with sepia ink and the

eyes of the wolf were color yellow with a Tombow marker.

A piece of corrugated cardboard was torn in a circle.

The entire circle was sponged with sepia ink with the

edges receiving an extra heavy dose.

The decorative bar on the right was made with

Fiskar decorative scissors and punches.

The dark brown base was cut with the scissors

and the little medallions were punched and

then glued together.

The card base also had the edges sponged with

sepia ink.

Old Truck

 In my wanderings as a agricultural enumerator for

Nebraska Agricultural Statistics Service I see a lot

on the back roads of western Nebraska.

I found this old truck on an abandoned farmstead several

miles off any maintained road.  It makes a perfect card

for a man.

The card base is from DCWV Old World stack.  

I am not sure where I got the stamp.

The edge of the card base, picture and phrase

all have edges sponged in black ink.

One picture has the old fashioned corners and

the bottom one has the edges rounded.

Both phrases were created in PSP X

by myself.