Children's Ministry Greeting Cards

I was so honored to be asked to create the greeting cards that our children's ministry at the church gives out. I wanted to share them with you. It is such a treat to create cards that are for kids and most assuredly a challenge to keep it gender neutral!

I used the Window Framelits and For the Birds Stamp Set

The Hearts a Flutter Stamp Set and Framelits Bundle was used for the above card.

This is a "thank you for visiting card." For this one card I can not take credit for the design. I cased it from this very talented paper crafter.

This next  photo is of a simple box I made to hold the cards.

I used Decorative Label Punch, Modern Label Punch, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch

Moxie Fab Trigger: Sweet Dreams

The colors in this trigger are gorgeous! I love the rich razzleberry rug and the multitude of 

different prints fashioned together.

Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger

But what I can't keep my eyes from is the roman shade, the half opened door,

 and the little glimpse of the tree outside.

 I took the design of the shade and the tree outside to create the look of this card.

Obviously the colors in the photo are paired so nicely that is was easy to use them in any way together on a sketch.

 

Hope you enjoy my rendition of this week's Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger. 

Make sure to check out the others!

My Friend Stephanie at Burlap Kisses also submitted her trigger.

I was delighted to receive this card from her for my birthday. She knows yellow is my favorite color!

Products used:

Stampin'UP! Sycamore Street Designer Series Paper (Sale-A-Bration)

Blessings from Heaven Stamp Set

Thoughts and Prayers Stamp Set

Baja Breeze Seam Binding Ribbon

Linen Thread

Lucky Limeaid Marker, Soft Sued Marker

Rich Razzleberry Stamp Pad

Sycamore Street Button Pack (Sale-A-Bration)

Up in the air...

Sale-A-Bration Stamp Set Feeling Sentimental

 Hearts a Flutter Stamp Set from the new Spring Catty

This blog post is short and simple! 

I have 3 more cards to make and it is 11:35pm

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Craft brain block!

Today started out with cleaning and laundry and once I got that done

 I knew I was able to craft all day!

I started by finishing up a card from last night. It came out good and I was happy with it. 

After finishing that I stated to work on a new card. It wasn't going well at all! I knew the stamp set I wanted to use and a simple sketch in my head but it just didn't look right.  I knew I had to walk away when I started to just stare out the window. I was totally bummed about taking a break because I didn't want to waste my crafting day.

I walked away for a long time, wallowed in self pity while playing temple run on my phone, and then finally decided to slip the head phones on, crank up the spotify, and give it another round.

I am glad I did because I just love this card. I will be submitting it for the Stampin'Up! Design team.

 

I hope they like it as much as I do!

So moral of this story...don't give up, instead work toward new perspective!

Items used:

Sale-a-bration Bloomin' Marvelous Stamp Set

(available tomorrow! January 22nd)

Raining Flowers

Teeny Tiny Wishes

Modern Label Punch

 Colors used are:

Rich Razzleberry, So Saffron, Lucky Limeaid, Island Indigo

 

Secret Garden Bouquet

One of my favorite things to do with the new Natural Trim Ribbon

 is to stamp on it with StazOn. It is gorgeous and just adds a nice touch of simple flare. And of course you can never go wrong with flowers!

Here I used

Secret Garden Stamp Set and Framelits

DSP in colors 2011-2013

Pearls

Adorning Accents Edgelits

Hearts a Flutter Birthday Banners

Another birthday card for a fabulous friend!

I cased a card from Nicole Heady of Papertrey Ink.

She used a simalar color combo going across her card.

 

One of the reasons I love stamping so much is that you really get your money's worth.

One stamp can be used over and over again with different colors and on different sketches.

I am a sucker for good, gorgeous paper. But sometimes it kills me to use it because I don't want it to be all gone. Yes! I know, I am crazy. But if you are any kind of avid paper crafter, I know you have thought the same thing once or twice before! Don't deny it! =D

But with stamps, that doesn't happen. I can use freely, make as many mistakes as I want because that stamp will always be there to ink up again tomorrow. Now, that is a nice thought, isn't?!

Let's look at another card using the same stamps as the card above.

Same stamp set but a completely different look. The possibilities are endless really! Here are the stamp sets I used for these projects. 

Hearts A Flutter 129252

Bring on the Cake 121958

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secret Garden Stamp & Dies

The new Secret Garden Stamp set and Framelits are amazing. I love floral everything because it always add just the right pizzaz to pretty much anything.

 

 I made this card for a very dear friend. It is her 60th birthday tomorrow. She is one the most lovely, kind, intelligent women I know! Jesus has graced her with a luminous light that just sparkles from her! I love you Kris!

 

The Sentiment on the flower is one of the new Sale-a-bration stamp sets called Vintage Verses.

Only 7 more days till Sale-a-brations. For every $50 you spend you get a free item. 

There are 19 fabulous items.

 Items used for this card are:

Secret Garden Bundle 131099

Real Red dsp paper 117155

Perfect Polka Dot Folder 117335

Real Red Stamp Pad 126949

 Natural Trim Ribbon 129287