"My Texas Friends And Family, We're Praying With And For You"

Hello friends, followers, viewers and visitors on Monday, August 28, 2017.
It's great to be with you this morning to share another post and another creation.
As many of you know, the weekend was not so great for all living in Texas especially those near the Gulf.
Harvey, the storm, came in with full force and is still sitting and dumping water in parts of Texas.  Another storm is forming near the FL, SC and NC line.  Low line areas in these states will also be flooded according to the news report.
I have people who I grew up with down in Texas.  I have a nephew in Texas and my oldest daughter is in Florida.  My youngest daughter and her family are in NC.
We, here in Virginia, are praying for and with you.  Some of you have lost your homes.  Some have homes that are flooded due to the water increase (Texas).   Those who live in FL and NC, you will probably have to drive in the torrential rain if your jobs don't close down....we're still praying.
We are also praying for ourselves here in VA.  A lot of storm water can trickle down and flood us out also.  We will pray that all of us will be kept safe by the mighty hands of God Almighty.

entry for http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com

Enabler's List:
Neenah white cardstock; Bazzill red cardstock; black Recollections cardstock; DP from GCD studios
Botanique
Prima Love faith scrap stamp; Recollections poppy dimensional stickers; Spellbinders Arched Elegance die
NUVO autumn red crystal drops

Thanks for viewing and as always, you are welcome to leave a comment.
Come back again and share this blog with someone else.

Sending you a hug, LOVE and prayer,

Lois

"Two For Your View"

Welcome to Wednesday, August 16, 2017.
Our focus is  looking forward towards the weekend because today is the middle of the week.  "Hump day"...as it is usually called.  If we can crawl, run, or jump through and over this day...we will have it made.
I have been very busy with die cutting, inking, paper layering, and just trying to come up with something nice for your view.
I still have another holiday card for you today as well as something different.  If you're not ready for the holiday (Christmas) then skip down toward the bottom of this post to see something else:

entry for http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com

Challenge #296-#297 - Anything Goes

entry for http://outlawzchallenges.ning.com/group/tuesday-color

 "Let The Spirit Of Christmas Bring You Joy"
Enabler's List:
cardstock...Neenah white; pink Bazzill; Prima "Tales of You & Me double sided papers
embossing folder...Spellbinders M Boss abilities (EL-006)
stamp...Kaisercraft "Sentiments-Traditional/clear stamp
dies...Sizzix garden greens; Darice holly border; Spellbinders Card Creator; Sizzix tattered poinsettia
embellishments...NUVO autumn red crystal drops and green tulle

"Memories"
enabler's list:
cardstock: Neenah white; black Recollection; Colorbok pattern pack; Prima Bohemian Bamboo; Strathmore Bristol smooth
dies :Sizzix garden greens; Little B Bouquet; Sizzix tattered poinsettia
stencil: TCW screen print
inks: Distress oxides; NUVO bright gold crystal drops
Ranger textured paste
Sentiment from Vicki Boutin watercolor stickers
sketch:  SC658

Have a blessed day and do something nice for someone else.
Thank you for viewing with me today.  Please come again.  I always like to hear from you so leave a comment.

Sending you a hug and LOVE,

Lois

"Sizzix Cityscape, Skyline"

Happy Monday May, 29, 2017 to you.
It's Memorial Day.  This day is in honor and remembrance of all men and woman who have died while serving in the United States Armed Forces.
Memorial Day is also a day to remember all loved ones that have passed away and it is known to mark the beginning of summer.

So, let's celebrate!
Where do we begin? 
I heard the city would be a good place to start.  Someone said last week that she would be celebrating her 21st birthday in  Vegas while others would be rushing to NYC for a Broadway show.  Actually, any metropolis would be great for celebrating a birthday, an anniversary, a wedding, a graduation, etc.
In the city, there are so many things to do and so many places to visit no matter what event you are celebrating.
Go forth and celebrate.  Have some fun!  I'll join you later.

I will enter this card over at http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com for their

Challenge #284-285 - Anything Goes

Items used: Nellie's straight star frame, Sizzix celebration words: script die, Sizzix Cityscape, skyline die

Enjoy the remainder of your holiday and thanks for visiting.

Please come again.

Sending you a hug and LOVE,

Lois

"Time To Celebrate"

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Hello friends, followers, visitors and viewers.  We've made it to the middle of the week again.  Are you happy about it.  Sure you are.  Two more days before the weekend begins...four more days before Easter Sunday...four more weeks before Mother's Day...you're happy and I can feel it.

Time to Celebrate...you decide on what you want to celebrate.  Here are some choices : birthday, anniversary, Easter, Mother's Day, job promotion, a new baby/child, etc.  Whatever you choose, celebrate and have a good time at doing it.  I imagine since we are so close to this Sunday, many of you thought about celebrating Easter.  If you are thinking a little bit far ahead in the future, you'll be celebrating Mother's Day.  Maybe today, next week or a month from now you will be celebrating your birthday....just have fun.
My card for today:

entry for WordArtWednesday
Challenge #278-279 - Anything Goes

I gathered some paper from Recollections Mixed Media paper pad and mixed it with a strip from DCWV The Old World Stack.  

I used the Spellbinders Gothic Strip die on the DCWV green piece and placed a pinkish piece behind the cut out.  These two pieces were adhered together and then placed on top of the beige (Mixed Media paper).  

I began to cut out flowers from the different dies (Tonic Studio "Beautiful blooms-Sweet Melia"; Sizzix "Garden Greens";  and Spellbinders "Marisa's Bouquet" using the Big Shot machine.  These flowers were placed along the green strip. 

Next, I used the Darice dress form embossing folder and fussy cut out one of the form and left it in the cardstock color (white).  I added some knitting yarn around the waist to look like a belt.  I added half of a flower at the top of the dress form for a hat.

At first I stamped out "Happy Mother's Day from Julie Nutting's "Mama's Day" but decide I'll use that for a later time.  Since Sunday is Easter, it reminded me of my younger days when we would get those pretty outfits for Easter because this was a "special" day.  All the older ladies would get those hats (Easter bonnets) and parade around at church on Easter Sunday.  Memories... (lol).

I thought about birthdays and any other occasions and the sentiment from Penny Black's "heartfelt thanks" stood out the most (Time To Celebrate).

To finish this card, I added the black and pink layer of cardstock to the focal layer and finish with the white card base.

same card with different lens

Pictures of items used to make this card:

Darice Embossing folder

stamp set used

dies for flowers and insert

paper pads used along with Neenah white cardstock, Recollections black and tan cardstock 

Your time is very important and I'm glad you used some of it to view my page today.  Please come again because I enjoy your company and comments.

Sending you a hug and LOVE,

Lois

"Mojo Monday 492...Flipped"

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Hello Everyone!
I hope you had a great time yesterday either meeting with your siblings, calling them, or making sure you were thinking about them by posting pictures on social media. 
Hope your week leading into Easter is going well.  I'm in preparation for a program on Friday.  The topic will be "What Christ Said When He Was Crucified".

The weather outside is proving that it is spring.  Very nice temperatures to get outside and play in the dirt and soak in the sunshine.  Brighter days are here and we can enjoy them...allergies or not!
While the weather is warmer and brighter outside, we often think of people whose world appears to be collapsing around them... physical problems, mental problems, financial problems, loss of love ones, spousal abuse, etc.  We're happy but they are sad.  In my thoughts and prayers, I'm wishing everyone "brighter days to come". 

Here is a card I'm sharing today.  I used the sketch from Mojo Monday #492  http://www.mojomonday.blogspot.com.  As you compare the sketch to my card, it is the same.  I flipped it!  Yes, I did.  After using paper from DCWV (Cutting Machine cardstock with glitter), the sketch looked better to me flipped around.

Enabler's List:

• Die Cut With a View (Cutting Machine cardstock with glitter) and (The Old World Stack)
• Recollections grey cardstock
• Neenah white cardstock
• Ranger water color paper using blue watercolor ( Koi Sakura)   and a stamped image of a tree (Inkadinkado) in black Archival ink (Ranger)
• Sizzix (Detailed Butterflies) die
• Sentiment from Stampin'Up (Beautiful You) stamp set

Entry for Mojo #492  and
Entry for WordArtWednesday Challenge #276 -277 -Anything Goes

I'm going to enter this card at
http://www.mojomonday.blogspot.com  and
http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com

If you get a chance go over to each of these blogs and enter your creations.  It is fun and challenging.

Thanks for viewing and thanks for leaving a comment.

Sending you a hug and LOVE,

 

"Using Gelatos...Pigment Sticks Instead Of Ice Cream"

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Hello visitors, viewers, followers and friends.  We have one more day until...the end of the work week;  the end of March;  the end of Craft Month....are you ready for all of this to end and you start all over again with something new?  In our celebration for today (National Day Calendar), you are in control.  Pencil it in on your planner several times to let yourself know that you are in control.

Gelato
When I first saw this word, it was given to me for a prompt on an embrace your art project.  My thought was to check out Google to find out what this was (I had never heard of it).  The first explanation that was given:

Italian or Italian-style ice cream.  Now, my thought was that this couldn't be what the instructor wanted us to use.  She was an artist and I knew the word had to be something in the art line.  She could not have asked us to do something with ice cream other than relaxing and enjoying it.

I went back to Google and saw that the Company, Faber Cast-ell had these pigment sticks that you could color with.  I waited patiently to buy them at a reduced price ( not a full set) to try.

I still have the same set with just the basic colors.  I pulled it out and started on this project I'm showing you today.  The background on the focal area and the dogwood was basically colored with the gelatos. The little rose colored drops comes from liquid pearls and the little green dots in the middle of the dogwood comes from NUVO crystal drops (gloss woodland green).

Enjoy:

entry for WordArtWednesday.blogspot.com

Challenge #276-277 - Anything Goes

 

from the side to show the layers of the dogwood image

another view from the side

Cam & Chloe Hampton Art dogwood stamp; Gelatos from Faber Castell; green woodland NUVO crystal drop; Rose liquid pearls

 Sending you a hug and LOVE,

Lois

 

"MEMORIES"

Hello and Happy Wednesday to all my Friends, Followers, Visitors and Viewers.
What a wonderful  day we are having.  It is another day to do better than you did yesterday.

We all have memories don't we?  Some are happy and some are sad.  There are ones that we wish to forget but they keep lingering on almost never going away.  Some you thought you had suppressed until someone comes along and say, "remember when you..... or, remember when ".  I know the Christmas holiday of 2015 is  still fresh in your memory.  Storm Jonas .....

Whether your memories are good, bad, sad, or forgotten,  I have a card for that:

This "MEMORIES" card was made with the following:

• light grey, white and black Recollection cardstock;  the white piece was embossed with a Tatter lace folder and lightly colored with abandoned coral and cracked pistachio Distress Inks.  
• two pieces of homemade mulberry paper from Amazon 
• Jolee's boutique dimensional sticker
• five faux rhinestones from Recollection

Entry for Challenge #218 - Anything Goes at

This "Air Mail" card was made with the following:

• purple Recollection cardstock for the base with a gold and purple piece of DP for the mat
• white Recollection cardstock that was embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder
• a Darice die cut stencil was used to cut out the shape from the white cardstock, letting the gold and purple piece to peep through the opening
• a Recollection bird cage was hung with a piece of purple hemp cord through one of the openings
• four wooden birds were placed on the card
• sentiment "Air Mail" from Tim Holtz's Ephemera pack was adhered to the top right corner

I hope whatever memory popped in your mind...it was a good one.

Thanks for viewing.  Thanks for commenting.  Thanks for your continued support.  Have a good day!

Sending you a hug and LOVE,

Lois