Busy Times

Sometimes as one goes through the day-to-day stuff one forgets how blessed they are.  I don't know why.  It was not a significant birthday by any means, but it did reflect a number rolling over and this year I realized just how old I am starting to become.  I had a lot of well wishes on my birthday and I just want to send a great big thank you to my friends and family, especially since I've been very forgetful and haven't been good about remembering to send well wishes to others on their birthdays.

This was a very simple card.  I've been so wrapped into distressing and coloring my cards that I wanted to make a simple and colorful card so I pulled out some colored paper and added it to my white card stock and then stamped some flowers in Stampin' Ups Rich Razzleberry and then punched it out with a flower punch from Stampin' Up.  The scroll punch is also from Stampin' Up.  

 I haven't sent this card out yet.  I wanted to use one of my new stamps from Our Daily Bread and also I wanted to use the Spellbinders Nestabilities tool I got.  I colored in the middle with Distressed Ink Tattered Rose, The middle was punched out with a scroll puncher from Stampin' Up and distressed in Old Paper.  I love the ribbon that I got from Stampin' Up.  I colored the butterflies in a variety of Distressed Inks and punched them out using a Die Cut from Stampin' Up.  I gave them a sprinkle of Stickles.  The outside of the card was inked using Distressed Ink Tea Dye.

The verse is Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to His purpose.


I wish you a very blessed day.

Lion and Lamb

Peace I leave with you; my peace I Give You John 14:27.  This card was made with my new favorite stamp set that I purchased from Our Daily Bread.  I took black card stock (Stampin' Up) and then took regular white card stock and used Forest Moss and Story Sky Distressed Inks for the grass and sky.  I then cut a small rectangle out and stamped the lion and lamb image and sponged this piece again with Forest Moss and Blue Sky.  I took my refillable ink pens with clover and colored in the grassy areas with Clover alcohol ink.  The lion I colored in with Sand alcohol ink.  I also "painted" over brushing my paint brush in the Forest Moss to blend in with the clover color a little better.  I left the lamb alone so she would remain white.  The bird was colored in with Citrus alcohol ink, and the tag on the bottom was sponged with Old Paper Distressed Ink and the verse was stamped using Adirondack Earthtones Pitch Black Ink pad.  I went over the border with Golden Rod Stickles.