Thank you card

 

Greetings my friends, and welcome January 2021.

I have a card to share today made for a special lady, who just happens to be my 

granddaughter.

Imagine how surprised and delighted on Christmas Day, when my 15 year old 

granddaughter, Reagan, gifted me with a handmade throw. 

She called her craft, finger weaving, and she even bought the yarn herself!

I love it! Soft and warm, she couldn't t have given me anything I'd prize more!

After the family left grandpa and grandma's house over Christmas, I made Reagan

a thank you card, complete with tearstained message inside. (I'll spare you the deets!)

I loved the Greetery's Snowflake dreamcatcher, and used it over an

inked Square-dance die cut. The dangling 3 feathers were gold dip

embossed. And the Opposites Attract 'thank you' fit perfectly. 

Love that bit of sparkle on the tips of the feathers.

The joy of knowing I've passed on my love of handmade arts to my grandchildren

is a treasure that I hold in my heart!

Enjoy those dear to you, friends. Spend time showing what is real, and lovely,

and worth pursuing. May you reap the rewards of sowing into those you love!

Thank you for visiting, and hope you can spend some time enjoying this

crafty goodness of card making too! 

The First Ever 'Twofer Card Challenge #1

I'm excited to be playing along at the Very First Ever 'Twofer Card Challenge', 

which just happens to be the brainchild of Darnell Krauss of djkardcreations.com.

Our challenge is to create 2 cards using one stamp, with a 'feather' theme.

Here's my 'twofer'

With the feathers and sentiment from Clearly Besotted: Fancy Feathers,

my 1st card could be for a special announcement.

My pink inks are the closest to happy brights as I could get, with

Tim Holtz' Distress Oxides: Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry,

Abandoned Coral & Candied Apple.

PTI Cardstock, Tag Sale #8 & Vellum.

Card 2

Same feathers from the Fancy Feathers set, this time a sympathy card.

White embossed and watercolored 

Banner: PTI's Stemmed Statements

Cardstock: PTI

Watercolor paper:Arches Coldpress

2 cards, same stampset. Brilliant challenge!

Check out this new card challenge, and all the inspiration from

the fabulous designers here:

Twofer Card Challenge #1

and don't forget to play along. The winner gets to be a guest on a future 'twofer'.

Happy Crafting!

Psalm 91:4

Mondays are the best day of the week, for those of us who

can't do without PTI's Make It Monday.

Today Ashley showed us the coolest technique called

Emboss Resist Shadow Sentiments.

Such a great way to make the sentiment stand out!

A friend is in the hospital, and this card goes to her.

Betsy's Year of the Psalms: March furnished the sentiment I used on

a Mix & Mat: Scallops die.

First stamped with Dark Indigo, then versa mark and clear embossed,

the image is moved down slightly, and clear embossed again for the

shadow effect. 

When the sponge inking is applied, the shadow pops!

My sentiment block is on a die cut and sponge inked 

Cover Plate: Center Stage.

The feathers were fussy cut with a few popped up with foam.

Loved this technique, and can't wait to do it again!

Thanks, Ashley!

Make It Monday #291: Emboss Resist Shadow Sentiments

Praying for You

Definitely one of the hardest cards to make is a

sympathy card, especially for a friend that recently lost

a son.

I am so thankful for the words and images to convey comfort

to my friend.

ColourQ has a challenge this week with these colors

Top 3, rather dark and somber, yes, but with gold and white,

it lifts the spirit, and brings hope.

Melissa Phillips, here, (stamp spritzing...) reminded me of the gracefully drawn feathers of PTI's Feather Finery. Together with the sentiments 

from Graceful Greetings 2,

and Walk by Faith, I hope my friend is reminded that we are always

near to the source of comfort and healing.

The imagery of God's massive wings sheltering His own is one

I love!

Like I said, this was a hard one!

Blessings!

colourQ challenge #351...

PTI's MIM #195: A la Carte

50 Make It Mondays, this year, with the last challenge to pick 

one you might not have tried.

Happily I participated in all 50!

It's been wonderful every Monday as I look forward to joining with Papertrey's 

talented designers and bloggers and share in design, execution and comment

with so many!

Make It Monday #184: Gold Dipped Die-cuts, with Danielle Flanders 

is the one I chose to do over,

and it was not easy to choose from so many great videos!

I used Feather Finery the first time around as well, but this time mounted my gold 

dipped feathers on a Cover Plate, over an inked background (Winter Wisteria & Spring Rain).

Sentiment is from the set, and embossed onto vellum.

All cardstock, PTI.

Happy New Year, my blogging friends!

Make It Monday #195: 2014 A la Carte