"Sharing Two Because I Couldn't Decide"

Hello friends, followers, visitors and viewers.
Welcome to this blog on Thursday, July 20, 2017. 
I'm still helping "Sunshine" to count down her days before July 26th when she celebrate her ninth birthday.
I'm trying to imagine being nine again.  There is a saying..."look back but don't go back".  But, what if I could with all the knowledge and experiences I have accumulated over the years.  At nine and with what I know, I would probably be a "genius"....stop and have a good laugh at this reading...I did.

A good laugh every now and then is good for the soul and helps to put other things far from your mind.

Getting down to the real issue for my crafting today...
I'm participating in a share on another blog.  It is not a challenge for any prizes but a sketch  to help your brain to work along with your papers, dies and images to come up with a card or canvas.
To be honest with you, I started after dinner last night trying to get my papers together as well as my idea for the sketch.  I did finish the card before going to bed.  However,  I wanted to do another one this morning and to have my DH to vote on which one I should enter.  He said both of them.  Could I post both of them....sure I replied, I can put both on my page but only one on the other blog.
So here they are.  The first one which I did this morning will be posted on another blog and the bottom one will be posted at my usual challenge blog... the one I did last evening.

  Sketch Challenge 654 - (7/19/17)

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com

Items used are: Bella Blvd "illustrated faith" paper; Teresa Collins "Candy Cane Lane" paper; DCWV "Brooklyn Stack"; Cosmo Cricket Tiny Text; Spellbinders Standard Circle die; Darice "Picket Fence Border

Challenge #292-#293 Anything Goes

http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com

Items used the following items: DCWV Brooklyn Stack; g.c.d. Botanique pad; Sizzix cityscape skyline die; Hero Arts Operation Write Home stamp set.

Thanks for viewing.  Hope you will come back again to see what I'm doing.
Leave a comment so I can know you were here.

Sending you a hug and LOVE,

Lois

"DCWV Brooklyn Stack and Hipster Stamp"

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Hello friends, followers, visitors and viewers.  Happy Wednesday to you.  We made it to "hump "day.  Now, let's see if we can continue with the love until the weekend. 
Recently I posted that during the month of April I have a lot of male members of my family with birthdays.  My DH just celebrated his on the 17th.  We were so busy with a lot of things to  do on Monday, I forgot to say anything about his birthday. 
Other than my husband, within these next few days left in April, there are three more birthdays to celebrate.  This card I'm showing you today is really for a "hipster" in his life style (a person who follows the latest trends and fashions, especially those regarded as being outside the cultural mainstream).

Enabler's List:

• black Recollection cardstock for the card base cut at 5 1/2  x 5 1/2
• DCWV Brooklyn Stack cut at 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 layered on top of the black cardstock
• cut another piece of the DCWV Brooklyn Stack (red strips) at 2 x 4 1/2.  Adhere to black cardstock and then to the triangle panel.
• Using black ink, stamp image onto white cardstock; color with American Crafts (or any other) colored pencils.  Adhere to red cardstock and then adhere to black cardstock.
• Using the Our Daily Bread Design stitched rectangle die, cut out a frame to fit around the colored image
• use computer and printer for my own sentiment ...printed on white cardstock and adhered to black cardstock.  I turned the ends up to make the sentiment "hipster-like".
• there are two versions of this card....one without the shades and one with (I will decide which one I will send and keep the other for the non-hipster next week.

Items used

DCWV Brooklyn Stack printed cardstock

Our Daily Bread Designs Double Stitched Rectangles

Tim Holtz Hipster stamp set

I hope you enjoyed your view today.

Come back again and see my latest creation.

Your comment(s) are always welcome.

Sending you a hug and LOVE,

Lois

"HELLO"

January 23, 2017

Welcome, friends, followers, visitors and viewers.
Well, I enjoyed my weekend and hope you did also.  Yesterday was a little damp, cool and misty.  Today is heavy, heavy rain and wind.  My computer went out early this morning so I'm trying to type fast to get my posting done before it goes out again.😞

I have to tell you that I'm so excited to be watching the "new" items coming out this year via  the Creativation (CHA) on Youtube.   My excitement is with Tim Holtz's new oxide distress ink pads and a lot of other things for 2017.   I'm excited about Jane Davenport's items.  It is so much to absorb and I can't stay on YouTube all day (lol),  I have other things to do.  Tomorrow, I'll watch some of the other people who are sharing their new items.  Did you see the stamps that will  have motion on your card  after stamping them...if not, I haven't either?  I'm going to be checking those out later.😄

My love for mixed media produced this simple, easy card for today's viewing.   By using some mixed media material that other people had created, it was only a matter of doing a little cutting with my scissors here and there.  This is what I'm going to call a clean and simple mixed media card because I didn't do any stamping or inking to accomplish this look.

entry for WordArtWednesday

Supplies used:

beige Recollections cardstock for the base

printed cardstock from DCWV "Brooklyn Stack" for layer near base and for focal layer

I cut out the flowers from another sheet using the same cardstock from DCWV...foam squares were added to the back of the flowers to give them a lift.  Three clear faux gems were added and the card was finished.  All the stamping was done by the makers of the "Brooklyn Stack".  Easy as one, two, three.  

Now, because of the gloomy weather today, I will be getting a little inky.  Come back tomorrow to see some hard work (lol).

I really appreciate your visit today.  Don't forget, you are always welcome and so are your comments.  Go forth and have a great day...

Sending you a hug and LOVE, 

Lois

Can I Do Just One?

Hello To Everyone (Followers, Viewers, and Friends),
What a marvelous weekend we had.  Very good weather had us walking outside without a heavy coat. The fellowship with other Christians was amazing.   I'm still joyful from these last two days.

 I’m challenging myself this week to do just one card per day.  I already know it is going to be hard sticking to this formula. If I have the time, it is usually two or three cards posted per day. That usually happens if I make one the night before.  This is a week of more important things that I have to do.  It is tax time.  It is spring cleaning.  It is doctor appointments. It is get up and exercise outside and while I’m out there, clean the flower beds.  You get the message… I just have more things to do and not enough time for crafting.

What I do have for you today is a card that I call “wishes”.  We wish people a happy birthday. We wish some a speedy recovery but don’t really want to say…get well soon. We wish some a safe trip or travels.  The point is this, I've done the outside but have left the inside without any words as of now because when the need comes, I’ll be ready to send someone “wishes”.
I really have to pinch myself (it's not even St. Patrick's Day yet) because I can do just one and feel good about it. Woot! Woot!

Supplies: Cardstock…GP white and black; white American Craft; DCWV Brooklyn Stack; Safari Chic Stack; burlap…beige and green; 3 wooden buttons; hemp cord; Sizzix Sizzlits Flowers, Branches & Leaves Set; Spellbinders Standard Circle die Computer generated sentiment
Technique: Cut the card base at 4 1/4 by 5 1/2 using the GP white. Cut the white American Craft 4"  by 5 1/4" and glue this to the base.  Cut out 3 circles of burlap using the circle die (2"). Align and glue them to the mat.  Cut out the flower branch (one black and the other out of DCWV Brooklyn Stack) and align them together to resemble a shadow and then glue them to the burlap. Cut a piece of hemp cord enough to wrap around card and through the three button. Adhere this to the base of mat.  Place sentiment on the card.  Decorate the inside.

You have been a blessing following, viewing and just being a friend to this blog.  Please continue to do so.  Come back anytime and enjoy your view.

Sending you a hug and LOVE,

Lois