Now Faith Is Confidence In What We Hope For...

 Isn't today a glorious day?

Well I'm hoping that it is for all of you!

Today's card is an encouragement, in hope and prayers for all good things to come from a current situation.  I'm hoping you agree.

An NBUS embossing folder, a fancy die cut from dsp and again with the smaller die from vellum, then the verse was embossed in liquid platinum.

This card was QACAS but I think the sentiment hits home.

Supplies:

   PTI - Hebrews 11 stamp (NBUS)

   MB - Fuchsia Cascade 3D ef (NBUS)

   MS - Let Your Soul Bloom dsp (LOVE this pack!)

May your faith be confident and assured by what you cannot see!

Hugs,

TK

Sending Prayers Your Way

Welcome!

Today's card is all about being there for a Friend!  My card has been mailed and hopefully received now.  No fancy hoopla, just a whole lotta heart and prayers ~

I've had this cart die for quite some time.  It stayed unused until now, and I'm so happy that it all came together pretty easily.   The blue swirl paper was added over the cream cs.  The card and pails were die cut from white and inked, then popped up on "rolled" double sided tape to provide only a bit of lift so I could slide the flowers in.  The flowers were die cut from a multitude of scraps and added to the buckets using thin foam on the front-most flower in each bucket while the others were added flat..

There are a few pieces to this set; however I found it went together pretty easily, the flowers were a bit more fiddly.  Overall, I like this and it makes my heart happy.  Hopefully it brings a smile, or at least the prayers bring peace.

Since the cart is NBUS, I'll send this over there.

Supplies:

   HB - Hugs & Kisses dp (thanks, Carol!)

   Ps - Corner Shoppe Wooden Cart die (NBUS)

   MFT - Sending Prayers

Thanks for joining me today and may all of you find a little bit of peace today.

Hugs,

TK

 

In My Heart and Prayers

 Hello again, Friends ~

A couple more sad notes of late which required some cards to show our support, this time for my side of the family and a family friend.  And since I had this set still on my desk from the last post ~

...a brain aneurysm and a child with cancer ~

Many prayers going up for those in need!

Supplies:

   PTI - Lace Impressions coverplate (a gift from sweet Lisa E), Beautiful Blessings (inside sentiment)

   Alt. - Sweet Spray stamp

   MFT - Sending Prayers (sentiment)

Give a hug to your loved ones today!

Hugs,

TK

Prayers for Health

 Hello and welcome!

My card today was needed, and I just had to go to my craft room - lol.  I used a new foil plate, then used the stencils for coloring it in.  The set is beautiful and worked like a charm, the hardest part was picking out the colors.  Here is today's make ~

After ink blending, I die cut 3 layers of the prayers sentiment, using two of the light dusty pink and the bottom layer was made by inking up a white piece with the same coral-ish ink used for the berries.  I then off-set the bottom and top two layers, to bring in the coral a bit more.  Here's a photo of the aura foil shine ~

I will be sending this to The Flower Challenge #87 - Use Gold and NBUS #57 for the new products used.

Supplies:

   PFS - Winter Berries foil plate & stencils

   MFT - Prayers die

   PTI - Big Hugs (for the sending stamp)

I hope you've had a wonderfully relaxing weekend, and you're ready for Christmas!  I'm not, but I sure hope you are...

😉

Hugs,

TK

Oh Holy Night - Red & Gold

Hello!

After totally failing to get my last card in one of the challenges, I'm going to get right to it tonight!  This card will be heading to Color Hues #76 ~

I heat embossed the main image and the sentiment, then cut my panel down.  I was not going to stagger the red panel and the secondary gold panel as much, but it just seemed a better transition from the lower full image, to the sentiment, and then onto the gold.  I can't tell you what this gold "paper" is, I've had it forever (hoarding, as we do) and it has no label on it.  It's almost as thick as 100# cardstock, but it comes wrinkled and texted, and almost a woven fabric inside -- I really love it!  Then while placing it on the base cs, it just didn't look right on white, nor did it look right on Neenah "cream".  So I found ONE piece of something that I don't even know what it is either, but it has a soft/slightly creamy color to it.  I love it, I really wish I knew what it was too...

Supplies:

   EP -  Wise Men Still Seek Him

Thank you for the visit, I hope you week is wonderful!

Hugs,

TK

Praying for You

Hello!  I wanted to pop in with a quick post, a card necessary for a sweet neighbor who's undergone surgery and now facing chemo.  I have to be honest, I made the card and then looked at the challenges to see if it'd fit any, as I didn't want them to change what I had in mind for her card.  My picture lighting could've been better...  Here's my card ~

I blended DOX in Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry and Wilted Violet, my first in using DOX.  I wasn't sure I'd do well so I used a small piece of cardstock, but ended up liking it.  Then stamped and heat embossed the image; while also heat embossing the sentiment on vellum.   Before attaching, anything I spritzed it with Shimmer Mist.   I attached the sentiment and then attached the small panel to the base and added a few sequins.   Here's a close-up, hopefully showing the shimmer ~

I will be entering this over at CTD #591 (since my colors matched) and NBUS #14 because the image is NBUS, although new to me  :o)

   

Supplies:

   Alt - Leaf Canopy (NBUS)

   PTI - Beautiful Blessings

I've had a busy weekend, but hope to get caught up on my visits!  See you soon!

Hugs,
TK

Sympathy or Encouragement?

I know which card I'd rather make, but going through my stash, I knew I needed both cards so I took a jab at MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge #456.  Here's the inspiration...

And here's my first card...

And the inside...

Sorry for the wonky lighting, issues I have during the gray fall/winter days.  This second picture actually shows the truer color on the sentiment (and pink not white cs), where it looks almost like black ink on the front.  And here's the second card made with the same sketch, that I won't be sending to the challenge in a different color scheme and theme...

This one, I really love the colors IRL and the "different" stencil.  I ink blended on both, but used stamping on the sentiment plus the flowers on the second card.  They were quite fun.

Supplies Card #1:

   MFT - All Lined Up stencil

   MFT - Deepest Sympathy (NBUS)

   MFT - Winged Beauties stencil (NBUS)

Supplies Card #2:

   PTI - Modern Stencil #1 of 3

   Verve - Matthew 11:28

   E by E - Bold Blooms   

   

Thanks for stopping by and I hope your weekend was awesome!  Our "camping" trip was quite cool, a bit of rain but we still had a great time!  We actually were blessed  to have our first long-haul visitors, who came all the way from Grand Junction, CO for the shin-dig!  What a blessing!  I'll be popping in soon but must run for now!

God bless & Hugs,

TK

Merry Christmas Menagerie...

Well I've been so late in getting my cards together, that once again the ones that had to go a distance will undoubtedly be late -- so sorry...  Christmas is such a time for joy, wonder, blessings, food and family -- I hope that each of you got to enjoy your Christmas with all the blessings indeed!

While I made a few cards, each with a variation of the original, I will post them all together.  I also wish that I could give credit for the idea but my "screenshot" of the original square card cuts off who the recipient of that gratitude should go to!  Bummer!  Must come up with a different plan to save the pics I see....  Some of the cards will have inlaid die cuts while others will have the die popped up, but all are backdropped by a sploosh of inks in various colors.  I must apologize for the pictures because in my haste, I did not notice that the stamped sentiments look horrible!  Truly, they are better IRL.  So here we go...

            

     

     

     

Churches, stars, poinsettias, bulbs and snowflakes... oh my!

I hope your holidays were truly blessed and that your day was full of love, peace and joy!  Thank you, Friends, from the bottom of my heart!

Hugs,

TK

Sending Prayers

I needed to make a card and since I haven't been in my craft room much, I needed a little inspiration.  So I took to checking out some of my favorite blogs and while I found quite a few beauties, I knew immediately that I had to CASE this card from Lisa Addesa of I'm In Haven fame.  Check it out...

While I love her white-on-white and bold stand-out sentiment, I wanted to add just a touch of color and gray fit the bill.  I also wanted to tone down my sentiment. My card is one of those that we all hate to make and it really took me quite awhile to post, well over a month...  Take a gander ~

I haven't been around much, so I'm glad you spared a few moments to visit me here.  Happy weekend to all!

Hugs,

TK

MUSE #196 - Faith

Here's Tracey's beautiful card....

A friend going through some tough times.  She knows the Lord, her biggest support, but I wanted to send a little support to...  I started with the main die cut out of foil paper, then inlaid the colors that I also die cut.  I then used the big swoopy stamp and its finishing stamp.  I also used a corner punch and added a colored strip underneath bring a little color to the bottom.

Here's my card...

Here's Tracey's beautiful card - 

     

I used her die cut at top, swoopy sentiment and lots of white space!

Products -

   PTI Floral Flaps and Inspired:  Faith 

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!  Hubbs' Birthday today, so a quiet evening in while the temps dip into the single digits tonight and tomorrow!  We'll actually celebrate with the kids on Sunday.  Happy cardmaking, hope to see you soon!

Hugs,

TK

Fusion - Soft & Subtle

Hello, hello! Long time no see?  Well I seem to work "in spurts", I have a few cards but I'll keep it to one for this post!  This one went to my step-mom, and it's in her hands so it's all clear...  

I'll enter this over at Fusion.  I got my inspiration from this, it's quite pretty, I used both the sketch and the photo.

Products -

   Stamps:  PTI Fresh Floral Wrap Ups (and dies), PTI Healing Sentiments

   Ink:  HA Green Hill, Fresh Peach, Cup O Joe; PTI Classic Kraft

   Paper:  PTI Classic Kraft, The Paper Co Light Green vellum

Well, that's it for me today, thanks for taking a bit of your day to visit!  Have a great Friday, and an awesomely crafty weekend!

Hugs,

TK

Have Faith!

Hello, Friends!  I've made another card and it's hopefully in the hands of the recipient by now.  This one's a little different for me but here it is!

I started with some new Brushos, sprinkled onto some Bristol paper, spritzed with water and let them do their thing!  After drying, I cut it into an oval, cut the branch and spritzed it with glimmer mist and set that aside to dry.  I stamped VersaMark onto a small piece of deep purple cs, heat embossed with silver, then cut a slice of gray cs a little larger, adding fishtails to it.  Some sprinkles were placed onto the flower centers.  Here's a close -up, wishing you could see the glimmer mist better!

Since the days have been a little gray off and on, the picture doesn't do this justice, but hopefully you'll get it idea...  Hmmm another watercolour that isn't Autumn! I'll make it into that challenge one of these days...

Products -

   Paper:  Bristol smooth, PTI Royal Velvet, SSS gray

   Stamps:  PTI Beautiful Blessings

   Dies:  Lil Inkers Stitched Ovals, MB Blushing Flower Branch

   Inks:  VersaMark, Altenew Deep Iris

   Misc:  Brusho Violet, Tattered Angels Pearl Glimmer Mist,VersaMark, HA silver ep, HA Silver ink (inside sentiment), Doodlebug Sprinkles

Well, thanks for dropping by, hope you have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

TK

CAS Mix Up - October

Well, well, I finally made it again!  I've really been wanting to try this "new to me" ghosting technique, and I found a little inspiration (ok, a LOT) in Loll's card, below...

It's a beauty, right!?!  She is just soooo amazing!!!  I needed to stock up on a few "encouragement" type cards, because I had donated a bunch , so I made this...

I made this baby to send over to CAS Mix Up, and super excited because I thought I could also enter the new "sister" challenge CAS Watercolour, but alas I learned that it had a theme of Autumn.  Anywhooo I started with a Bristol panel, and watercolored with Brushos.  BTW I think I'm in love with this color! Then I went back and did the new-to-me ghosting technique with a stencil and water, and let that dry.  I die cut a couple flowers, layered by 3, and stamped a little sentiment.  This was quite fun!

Products -

   Paper:  Bristol smooth, PTI Limeade Ice

   Brushos:  Sea Green

   Stencil:  SSS Gingham
   Die;  Essentials by Ellen Wild Garden

   Ink:  PTI Enchanted Evening, Limeade Ice

Well, thanks for stopping by! Hopefully I'll get to posting a couple more, plus visiting everyone else!  Have a great day!

Hugs,
TK