Friends Forever - Love You

The Layers of Color team has a special hop today to honor one of our beloved friends, Grace, who will "retire" as a full-time designer for LOC and become a "Friend of LOC" officially. Her blog, Th-INK-ing of You, was one of the first blogs I discovered 1.5 years ago when I started paper crafting seriously. I was immediately drawn to her beautiful art, and I was ecstatic to find out that she is a sister in the Lord.

Grace, you have been a source of encouragement to me through your prayers and kind words about my work. Thank you for sharing your gorgeous projects that inspire others and for shining brightly for Christ in the paper crafting community. I made this card with you in mind because, I know I speak for everybody in the LOC team...we love you! The Lord bless you and keep you, Grace, on your artistic pursuits.

Here are the links to the other LOC team members:

Laura * Melisa * Nina (you are here) * Linda * Jennie * Janice *

I used Layers of Colors' Fleur Heart and Beloved Wings for my card. I covered the wings with glitter. The papers are Webster's Pages, stamped with the music stamp from Vintage Borders. The ribbon is my own hand-dyed seam binding and the flower is Prima. The sentiment is from SRM Stickers We've Got Your Stickers Sweet.

Christmas Cards, Part 1

Though I'm still not quite done, I now have the satisfaction of finishing 120 handmade Christmas cards and sent out. I usually semi-mass produce the cards, i.e., I make 6-12 of each design so I don't get bored. Starting today and over the course of the next 3 weeks, I'll be showing you some of the cards I made in groups and hope that you'll find inspiration in them.

This group was one of my elaborate designs. I stamped the globe from my Heirloom Ornaments set and punched it out with a 1-3/4 in circle punch. The lacy circle is by Spellbinders and was stamped with the vintage ribbon image from Vintage Borders. The sentiments are from SRM Stickers Sentiments Happy Holidays.

Here is the set with different sentiments from the same SRM Stickers Sentiments Happy Holidays set.

Finally, this card is for StampTV's Sketch spotlight challenge today. I used the Heirloom Ornaments set again for this one (die cut with Spellbinders Heirloom Ornaments dies), along with Fanciful Tags for the sentiment. The papers are Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly.

Snowflake Peace and Shopping Day!

I hope you all had a great thanksgiving and wonderful time with your loved ones. We had a quiet one with non-traditional pork roast. I did manage to make roasted potatoes, creamed corn, apple crumble, and cranberry salad. Some of these were treats for us because the ingredients (pecans, cranberry sauce) were brought from America and took up precious space in our limited luggage this summer. Turkeys are still not that popular here, could be quite pricey and come in small sizes (think a big chicken). We'll cook it for Christmas, usually deep fried. Yum!

Today's card is for StampTV's Color Spotlight challenge. The snowflakes are from the Winter Mittens set. The background text (Merry Christmas in many languages) and sentiment are from Vintage Borders. The papers are Cosmo Cricket's Winter Mittens collection. The ribbon is my hand-dyed seam binding. It matches GinaK's Green Apple perfectly.

Here is the color combo this week. I hope you can play along with us.

Finally, GinaK Designs is offering a Thankful for you sale. Happy shopping!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I don't have a card to show you, but just want to wish my American friends a happy thanksgiving day tomorrow. May you have a memorable day full of laughter and memories with your loved ones, grateful to God for all the blessings in your life.

Here's a funny video for you to enjoy while you enjoy your turkey dinner :-)

I'll be back on Friday with a card for StampTV's Color Challenge.

Reindeer Joy

Happy Tuesday! It's quite a dreary day here, but there's NO snow! That's enough to make this island girl very happy :-).

Several months ago, I found a new fun site called The Color Room. They post a weekly inspiration photo, color combo and a sketch. It's a popular place to hang out for scrapbookers, which I'm not. So, for awhile I was lurker and wished I did scrapbooking. But inspiration hit and I've been joining their weekly challenges the last 4 weeks.

Here is my card for this week's TCR challenge. It is also based on their card sketch. The elegant reindeer is from Layers of Colors' Reindeer Waltz. The papers are Webster's Pages and K& Co. The sentiment is SRM Sticker Sentiments Thank You.

Don't you just love that reindeer? He looks as if he was strolling in a beautiful garden and something caught his attention up above. He stopped and stared at the sky anticipating that perhaps something wonderful was about to happen. I imagine that he saw the Angel Gabriel proclaiming "Joy" because the Savior of the world had been born. Of course, I don't know if there were reindeer in Israel back then, but it works for this card... :-)

Finally, have you been to the SRM Stickers blog? They are featuring SRM tubes that look so fun to doll up. Sadly, my tubes are still held up somewhere between CA and Croatia. But soon, I hope, I will have something to share with you.