Thank you

Inkadinkado Garden Flowers for flower and sentiment, flower with silver embossing and colored with H2O's.
Teresa Collins Carolina Breeze papers
Spellbinder Classic Ovals Lg and Labels nine
Martha Stewart butterfly punch with Stampendous class A peel stickers
Miss Elizabeth ribbon
Lace
Hand stitching

I am off to a sale to try and get two nightstands cheap that I hope to redo, wish me luck in getting them, I will have to show the before and afters if I get them. 

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by,
Connie

ODBDSLC98

There was a challenge on the Our Daily Bread design blog to do a card that wasn't the normal A2, rectangle or square card, so I decided to do another round card.

I won a free set of stamps and also won a $15 off of a set of stamps through ODBD, so now I have more stamps I can play along in the challenges :)

This stamp set is called Porch and it has some great verses to go along with this image.  I couldn't figure out a way to put the verse on the outside so I put it on the inside, I chose He restores my soul Psalm 23:3.  The image was colored with distress inks, except for the coffee cup and the flowers and leaves on the blue pillow which were markers. The image has foam tape under it.

I cut the shape with my Spellbinder Eyelet Circles die and then used my circle die to cut out the K&co. paper behind the image.

Martha Stewart seam binding, and Heidi Swapp bling.

The card shape idea came from Card Ideas for paper crafters Magazine page 16.  Cut two eyelet circles, cut off the edge and use my score pal to score 1/2 inch so that it could open and then used my score tape to hold the card together.

I was worried with the way the image hangs over the card if it would stand up but it does :)

Hope your having a good week so far,
Thanks so much for stopping by,
Connie

Challenge

There are a group of Ladies that I got to know when I first started making cards and one of them gave us a challenge to stamp around a shape and then emboss it and this is the card I ended up with.

I first cut a rectangle shape out, stamped the Hero Arts Leaf cluster stamp all around the edges, stamped the sentiment form Inkadinkado Garden Flowers stamp set, then I cut that out using the Spellbinder Labels Eight die.
Cuttlebug Victoria Embossing folder
Ribbon
Heidi Swapp Bling

Yesterday was nice so we grilled out hamburgers for dinner, I love those days that you can grill out :)

Wishing you a Wonderful week ahead,
Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by,
Connie

Blown away

Yep we are getting high winds today, I was awaken at 5am with the sound of rushing winds and it gets lighter every now and then but it just makes you cold listening to it blowing.  Our family in Michigan is getting hit with snow right now, so I am just thankful we don't have that on top of all this wind.

The main panel is all stamping using  Martha Stewart stamps from the Heart & Flower clear stamp set
Leaves are stamped with Autumn leaves - mini leaves set
Cinnamon Stickles were added to the centers of the flowers
October Afternoon Schoolhouse papers
My Sentiments Exactly- Thinking of you stamp set
Spellbinder Ribbon tags trio die
American Craft ribbon
Marth Stewart border punch
Making Memories buttons

Thanks so much for stopping by,
Hope you have a Great weekend and don't get blown away,
Connie

Deepest Sympathy

This is for a male co-worker of my husbands who lost his Mom.  So I didn't want it to be too much.

My inspiration for this card was one done by Kimberly crawford in Stamp it cards vol. 8 page 13.

Background stamp Inkadinkado using Memento Desert sand ink
Stampendous Sincere sentiments stamp set
Image is Stampin up  Of the earth set

Hope your all enjoying a good week, it is partly sunny this morning, got to love that :)

Wishing everyone a good start to Lent with Ash Wednsday today, as we reflect over the next few weeks all that our Lord and Savior has done for us.

Thanks so much for stopping by,
Connie