Watercolored Flowers

I have two cards for you today that are water colored. I just love summer flowers. Even the weeds look beautiful. :) The first card, I applied distress markers directly on the stamp, then stamped on my paper. I used Hero Arts Blooming Meadow cling stamp that I found on ebay for really cheap.

For the background I did a wet on wet technique. The pearls are by Want2Scrap. I'm entering this card to the following challenges: SSS Monday Challenge, Our Creative Corner, JUGS, Shabby Tea Room (In my garden inspiration).

My next card has a freehand watercolored flower. I was playing around to see if I can make a messy flower using the loose watercolor technique. It's not quite what I had in mind, but I like that about this technique. You never know what you're going to end up with. :).

The sentiment is heat embossed black using the WPlus9 Hand Lettered Thanks set.

I'm entering this card to the following challenges: SSS Monday Challenge, Our Creative Corner, Retro Sketches, JUGS.

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Water Color Blog Hop

It's hard to believe that I haven't posted any cards this year. This doesn't mean I haven't been creating. Since our short visit to the US changed to a temporary move, I didn't pack a bunch of supplies. So the cards I've been creating use very minimal supplies. My choice of coloring medium has been water colors because it doesn't need a lot of other things like regular stamping does.

I have been enjoying the process of learning to watercolor on my cards. When I saw that Pretty Pink Posh is hosting a water color blog hop, I was motivated to share my cards on my blog again.

Here are a couple of cards I made. They both use Penny Black stamps. The card bases are by Hobby Lobby. The first one uses the Divine cling stamp and it's colored with Peerless Watercolors. The paper is Arches cold press.

My second card uses Woodland Friends and colored with Distress inks and Peerless Watercolors. 

The heart bling and rhinestone in the first card are by Want2Scrap. The paper is Tim Holtz Watercolor Cardstock.

Make sure you check out the Pretty Pink Posh blog for more inspiration and information about prizes! And there are a ton of them, from your favorite paper crafting companies!

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More Items For Sale of Brand New Items

Thank you to those who bought stuff already, but I have more to sell. I hope you will find something you want and help me unload these goodies.  Paypal only please. Send me an email with the items you're interested in via the Contact tab above. with subject, "SCS stamp sale," in order for me to see your request quickly.

Buyers from 48 Cont US States:
Shipping is $1.50 per order, REGARDLESS of how many items you buy. That cost covers only the tracking fee of your purchase. Therefore, prices INCLUDE SHIPPING to the 48 Cont US States. I can include insurance, which is also extra (cost varies), but I was told that unless I'm an official merchant, there is no way to prove the value of the package if it gets lost. So it's an unnecessary cost.

Buyers from other locations.
Please send me a list and I will ask the PO how much shipping will be to send to you. Tracking will not be available for those outside the US.

Thanks for checking these out:

Spellbinders Dies $6 each BRAND NEW

Crosses 3

Celtic Medallion
School is In

Spellbinders Dies $12 each BRAND NEW
Planting Love
Lonely Hearts

PENNY BLACK Clear Sets - $12 each BRAND NEW
Love Chapter
Dahlias
Embellishments

PENNY BLACK Rubber on Cling - BRAND NEW
Christmas Banners - $10

Merry & Happy - $10

Dotted Fusion - $9

Wreath Celebration - $9

PENNY BLACK - BRAND NEW, not in packaging $9 each
Blooming Tags
Petal Power
Dazzlers

From my original list, these are still available. Please refer to THIS POST for photos.

GINAK DESIGNS $12 each. Red Rubber on cling. Most of these were used only a couple of times:
Only these two are left from the photos:
Back to School by Rupa Shevde (only 1 stamp used)

SPELLBINDER DIES: Brand new in packaging $15 each
1 x Asian Accents
2 x Asian Motifs
2 x Fancy Framed Tags Two
Branching Out - pending

Moroccan Motifs
Fanciful Lattice
Butterflies (A2)

THE CRAFT'S MEOW (retired): all brand new

 $8 each (4"x6" sets)

Vintage Baby

Fruity for You

Happiness is...

Banner Day

Vintage Poinsetti

$5 each (4"x4" sets)

2x Sweet Silhouettes

Sweet Sentiments

2x Just Sayin'

2x Soaring High

Stitched Sentiments 2

Baby Shelf
In Tandem 

$4 each (4"x3")

2x Mother & Father

LAYERS OF COLOR (retired): $12 each

Elegant Labels (coordinates with Spellbinders Labels dies)

STAMP LOTS: $12 $15 each (Sorry for the typo. Price reflects what I offered at SCS)

The Craft's Meow Pk#5 (3-4"x6" sets)

The Craft's Meow Pk#6 (3-4"x6" sets)

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UPDATED Stamps and Dies for Sale!

*****UPDATED LIST CAN BE FOUND HERE***

Hi, friends...Goodness, I can't believe it's been a while since I posted. It's been a difficult few months, but the Lord showed Himself faithful through it all. The short version of what I've been up to and why I haven't posted on my blog in a while is that my family suddenly had to change plans to be with my husband's family. My dear MIL was suffering from the effects of cancer and she passed away at the end of February. We are grateful that we were able to spend her last few months with her. And her faith in Christ remained strong to the very end, for which we are very thankful.

I may write a post later about details and things the Lord taught/has been teaching me through it, but in the meantime, I've updated the list of items I'm selling. These items need to go, so if you want to make an offer, I'm all ears. :)

 Paypal only please. Send me an email with the items you're interested in via the Contact tab above. with subject, "SCS stamp sale," in order for me to see your request quickly.

Buyers from 48 Cont US States:
Shipping is $1.50 per order, REGARDLESS of how many items you buy. That cost covers only the tracking fee of your purchase. Therefore, prices INCLUDE shipping to the 48 Cont US States. I can include insurance, which is also extra (cost varies), but I was told that unless I'm an official merchant, there is no way to prove the value of the package if it gets lost. So it's an unnecessary cost.

Buyers from other locations.
Please send me a list and I will ask the PO how much shipping will be to send to you.

PENNY BLACK
Love Chapter - $12

GINAK DESIGNS $12 each. Red Rubber on cling. Most of these were used only a couple of times:
Only these two are left from the photos:
Back to School by Rupa Shevde (only 1 stamp used)

Bold Flowers Stamp TV set

 

 

SPELLBINDER DIES: Brand new in packaging $15 each
2 x Asian Accents
2 x Asian Motifs
2 x Fancy Framed Tags Two
Branching Out
Moroccan Motifs
Fanciful Lattice
Butterflies (A2)

THE CRAFT'S MEOW (retired): all brand new

 $8 each (4"x6" sets)

Vintage Baby

Fruity for You

Happiness is...

Banner Day

Vintage Poinsettia

 

 

 

 

 

$5 each (4"x4" sets)

2x Sweet Silhouettes

Sweet Sentiments

2x Just Sayin'

2x Soaring High

Stitched Sentiments 2

Baby Shelf
In Tandem

 

 

 

$4 each (4"x3")

LAYERS OF COLOR (retired): $12 each

Elegant Labels (coordinates with Spellbinders Labels dies)

 

STAMP LOTS: $12 $15 each (Sorry for the typo. Price reflects what I offered at SCS)

The Craft's Meow Pk#5 (3-4"x6" sets)

The Craft's Meow Pk#6 (3-4"x6" sets)

 

Heartfelt Creations and The Craft's Meow Pk#7 (2-4"x6" TCM sets and brand new HC red rubber on cling) pending

 

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Just Saying Hello

It's hard to believe that it's been almost a month since my last post. I hope you all had a great holiday season. I have been busy with life and am enjoying the break. We were able to spend it with family and that is always a treat for us, living so far away. My inlaws have had some health issues and I'm glad we were able to help them. And based on this and other pressing needs that require my immediate attention, I may have to hang my card making hat for a little while longer.

On the upside, I got some really fancy water colors and handmade paper for Christmas. I mean top of the line, French-made 100% cotton paper and professional quality paints that have honey in them. I didn't even know such things exist and that honey would be a great additive to watercolors. I also signed up for a watercoloring class from a fellow paper crafter, Angela Fehr. I have loved her videos on YouTube and am looking forward to taking her class. 

Also, I had to stop selling on my Etsy Store because of new EU VAT (or sales tax) regulations. I haven't had time to look it over. It seems super complicated that I don't have time to figure out the new laws that affect my tiny, little store. :(

Other things I'm busy about: homeschooling my girls and reading. On my Kindle right now are Yawning at Tigers: You Can't Tame God So Stop Trying (I love the subtitle), If I Had Lunch with CS Lewis and just for fun, Calvin & Hobbes that were on sale a few weeks ago, and The Brethren by John Grisham that I borrowed from the library. Did you know you can borrow Kindle books from the library? Pretty cool!The Tiger book is a good study on the grandeur of God, that He is, like Aslan in Chronicles of Narnia, not safe, but He is good!

I leave you with an excerpt from Yawning at Tigers:

"...often our knowledge of God is dry and cerebral. We give mere mental assent to truths that should leave us shaking. We mumble perfunctory prayers. We ask God to keep us safe, not realizing that it is from him we most need protecting...God’s holiness is deadly, incompatible with life, especially for sinful mortals like us. 'No one may see me,' God warned, 'and live' (Ex. 33:20)...
The good news is that this dangerous God turns out to be a lover. And he’s not content to love us from a distance. He wants to be with us so desperately he cooked up the most creative and costly way imaginable to bridge the chasm."

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