"In This Season Of Thanksgiving"

Hello friends, followers, visitors and viewers.
I hope all is well with you on this Thursday, November 15, 2018.  We are moving on up to the end of 2018 with only a month and two weeks to go.
Thanksgiving is next Thursday.  Yes, I knew you were aware of this holiday.  What is so sad is the fact that a lot of people wait until this day to say what they are thankful for.  What about you?  Do you wait until November (Thanksgiving Day) to make or to say a list of things that you are thankful for?
Okay, here is what I want you to do at this moment...set your timer for one minute...start naming everything you are thankful for.   How many items were on your list before the buzzer sounded? 
This little exercise helped you to not wait until next Thursday.  The point is that we should wake up with thankfulness on our hearts, minds and tongues every day. 

Here is my card share for today:

 Enabler's List:
cardstock: Neenah white; Recollections black; Tonic (Kit 15) rose gold, bronze, white satin, and pink
stamp: Simon Says (Thanks & Leaves)
embellishment: Prima flower
die: floral from Aliexpress

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

 Enabler's List:
cardstock: Neenah white; Recollections black and checkerboard; Bazzill red; Echo Park red & white striped; Tim Holtz Christmas
die: Sizzix Christmas Phrases and Sizzix Festive Greens
embellishment: Ranger ruby red stickles

sketched used for both cards
the top card was turned around and the bottom card followed this image

Thanks so much for viewing with me today.  I'm always thankful for your kindness, support and comments.  Keep coming back for more inspiration.

Sending you a hug and love,
Lois

"Creating From What's In My Stash"

Happy Friday, friends, viewers, followers and visitors. 
We have made it to the end of another work week.  Tomorrow is "stay-in-the-bed-late" day on my personal calendar.  Don't miss this special occasion.  You deserve to do this because I know you really worked hard all week just to have this moment.

I'm going to see  "Sunshine" (my grandchild)  tomorrow if everything goes okay.  You know how those "last minute" things pops up at the last minute.  Today, I have so much to do in preparation for this event.   Busy, busy day.

On Friday, and yes it is Friday (one of my most busiest days of the week), I pull items from my stash to at least challenge myself on what I can come up with.
Here are items that came out of my stash:

• a piece of cardboard that had distress inks on it.
• pieces of cardstock from designer pads (torn into strips.
• a pot cut from Cherry Lynn die
• a word cut from Sizzix "celebrations words: SCRIPT
• a  Jolee's boutique bird
• a paper butterfly that I had fussy cut from a piece of designer paper
• gems
• acetate
• circles that had been cut using ODBD stitched circle die
• floral spray

 
Two views of the same card.

Just as I always do, I'm entering this over at http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com
and I'm also entering at http://creativeartistemixedmedia.blogspot.co.uk/ for their mixed media project.

Why don't you join me on any Friday to see what you can make with the things you have in your stash.  I like challenging myself.
"Wishes" could be for an upcoming graduate (high school) or for a birthday.  Until needed, it will be filed in my box of cards for future need.

Thank you so much for viewing and commenting.  I enjoy all that you say.  Please come again.  Have an enjoyable time with yourself and others until we meet again.

Sending you a hug and LOVE,

Lois

"After Christmas Do You Still Have Wishes?"

Thursday, January 12, 2017
Hello to all my friends, followers, visitors and viewers.  I'm glad you could stop by today to see what is happening here on LilArtsyWoman.  
Christmas is over.  It is about three weeks old by now,.  Do you still have wishes that you want to come true?   Yes, you do!
My granddaughter is still wishing for a phone that she asked for.  When grandma,mom, dad and neither Santa didn't deliver.... she is still wishing. (She is not old enough to have an iPhone 5, 6 or7 at eight years old).
Some people had birthdays immediately following Christmas and their wish was to get what they didn't get on Christmas for their birthday.  
Today, I'm wishing that all your wishes come true.  Whether it is for a gift, or for something else: 

entry for WordArtWednesday
Anything Goes - Challenge Weeks #264-265

Supplies used from the cardbase to top focal layer:

I started with Recollections burgundy cardstock for my base

I added Designer paper from Create and Craft (burgundy and blue floral), followed by a layer of Recollections black cardstock.  The focal area is Neenah white cardstock.  On top of this piece I used a Tim Holtz stencil (splatters) and two Ranger distress inks (stormy sky and seedless preserves).

On a scrap piece of Ranger watercolor paper, I used the seedless preserves  to obtain the colors shown in the flowers which were die cut using tonic studio (beautiful blooms-sweet melia).

The sentiment comes from Fiskars (Make a Wish Quotes).  It was stamped using black Hampton Arts ink. 

Thanks for visiting with me today.  Thanks for the comments you have left on this site.

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