Back to what I love most

Hi all back again to what I love most, staying home helping on the farm, doing my gardening helping my kids when needed, and doing my crafts of all kinds. Warren just had a new hip in before
Christmas so we have been more at home. No complaints from me as I am now not working full time at the Dollar General store, I was doing for four years and it took a toll on my body and stress level. Working for a big corporation is not always fun, as much as I loved the customers and who I worked for , but being a ASM and being taken from store to store to help manage or help out can be a huge challenge. I just pray that God will let me contuie to be able to stay at home. Farming Is really a struggle and hard.
We are hoping to do more camping, and just being able to go and do when we want.

 I sold my Cricut explorer and bought a Cricut maker, as it does so much more and so far I love it.

 my first project turned out great. and It came with the machine.

My new baby Granddaughter Adalyn

 

I love making special cards, and I knew we where having a granddaughter.  For this card I embossed hearts on a card then used Distress ink, Picked raspberry, I just love this color. Then I tool vellum and that softened the look, vellum is so versital in being used so many ways. I then used a die cut heart and little hearts, with a few baby embellishments from some mixed hints I had, that I found on clearance a while back.  I am away from home helping my daughter and my other two year old grandaughter Kinsley so I don't remember for sure the name of the die cuts. But to guess it would be Siomon Said. 

Here she is💞 perfect and blessed. Gods blessing to you all.

Load of Thanks

Load Of Thanks

Debbie here again, and excited to be back here to make another card for Laura's Loft.

This stamp set Newton's Nook "Wagon of  Wishes"is one of my favorite.

I have used it for many cards and  seasons already!
I stamped it with black ink on a heavy white paper.
 I used many different copic markers for  coloring the wagon and flowers.
The tags I used my circut explore to cut many out at a time. Stamped the words from the same stamp set with black ink. Then I  placed them on top of each other and spread them out and stapled them together and then added  Virginia Turtle Enamel Dots "Autumn"
 I added this to the card stock and then under the wagon I added the raised line with a score board.
Added some pretty paper to match the tags on top, and punched the design in it.
This card was pretty fast to do. Seems I am always needing thank you cards to give.
"Thanks" for stopping by.
Debbie

Laura's Loft February Watercolor Challenge

Welcome to another Challenge,,,did I say I love to do challenges?, well I do.

For this challenge we had to do watercolors
Any kind....tubes, water color pencils or markers, with ink pads, brusho pads, stamps that look like water color

But first the great news,
This challenge is open until March 5th

Play as often as you want.

You will have until 11:55 PM on the 5th to upload your projects.

Winner will be announced on March 7th on  Laura's blog.

To enter to win this prize go to http://www.lauralscott.com/llc2  and enter your creations 

Good luck and have fun.

Laura's Loft is giving away a $25 gift card to the winner of the challenge!

How great is that!!!!!

2nd place by Newtons nook,,,
what a great prize

Be Yourself beautiful bold loving unique

Being new at this I did watch, You Tube for some help. With so many videos out there, I sure found out how and tried it. 

First of all I used the water color paper from CTMH. I cut it to 3 3/4 x 4 1/8. I then stamped it with versa mark with the stamp set Altenew "Thoughts and Reminders", using the embossing powder Wow "Metallic Copper" to finish the words. Look at that shine, love this embossing powder.

Then I masked taped it to my craft mat to hold it still and try to make it not crinkle as much.

I added quit a bit of water on it to make it really wet so the colors would run. 

For my colors I used distress inks, Fried Brick, Mustard seed, Seedless Preserves,and Salty ocean.

I simply put some color on a stamp block, and added water to it, and with a paintbrush added the color to the wet paper and let the water do its work. I did the same for all these colors. I then took a paper towel and picked up excess water and softly dabbed it over all the colors so that's how you see some different colors in some of them. Then took my heat gun to dry it all the way. I also applied some Tatter Angels glimmer mist, to give it all a nice shine.  Easy yes and fun.

I applied this to a 4 1/2 x 5 3/4 black card stock. On the bottom of the card I added some twine simply wrapped around it three times.  

There you go, my challenge is done and what fun I had.

Don't forget to check out each different blog below to see what they all created.

Laura

Deana

Jasmine

Emma

Noe

Debbie (you are here)

Valentina

Lisa

Hello

Hello and welcome to another product I got at Laura's store. The We Are Memory Keepers "Heat Wave Tool" I used it to make the word hello. I did use the stencils that is for the heat wave tool.  It did work really easy and with more practice I will be much better at it. The uses for it will be endless. 
I used the stamp set Newtons Nook, "Day Dream" and painted it using distress inks " Frayed Burlap". The grass, "mowed lawn", and "pine needles",using distress pads blending the colors, and for the sky distress color "Chipped sapphire", and "peacock feather"s.

  Just a quick simple card for when someone needs a card to know I am there for them. Thanks for stopping by.

"Be yourself beautiful bold Loving unique"

Hello again and I am so happy to here showing you a card I made for Laura's Inspirational Compadres DT. It is always fun making a new card of trying a new way of doing one. This card I used vellum and embossed it first with the saying from the stamp set Altenew "Thoughts and Reminders" But since I didn't have black embossing ink , I first embossed the words with versemark, I then dipped it in black ink to give it some color.  Then for the flowers I used the stamp set from Altenew " Vintage Flowers" stamped in embossing ink, and then embossed with white embossing powder. I  then painted it in with Picked raspberry distress ink.with just a small paint brush. For the first time I tried this it was really easy and fun  To match that I took and cut out a heart shape, and painted the frame  with the same distress ink on watercolor paper. Then glued it all on a 7 x 5 craft card. I really love how it all turned out and can't wait to make something else doing this.
Thanks for stopping by, and taking a peak of my new card, and don't forget to stop and check out Laura's store, she is always adding new things.
"Be yourself beautiful bold Loving unique"

It's a New Year, so "DREAM"

Hello again! I am so happy to be doing another card for Laura's Inspirational Compadres DT.
Lots of dreaming ahead for the new Year that is upon us all.
For this card I used Newtons nook " Day dream,  stamp set, "Mochaccino, sequin mix, Avery Elle Wonky Stitches die. to cut out the square for the shaker card.  Using the  We Are Memory Keepers Fuse tool to make the shaker window.
 The following distress ink, for the cat and mice, Frayed burlap. The frame, Picked Raspberry and for the grass "Mowed  Lawn".Bees and butterflies," Mustard seed" The background, Salty ocean and Seedless preserves.  Then stamped the words in black ink after I had applied the ink to the background. Thanks for stopping by and seeing my new card, and don't forget to stop at
  Laura's shop for all the products used .
Pleasant dreams to all.