PaperFections

Divine Design-August

(Edited to add piercing template below) . . . Philippians 4:13 -- My Divine Design project this month. If you've missed the others over the past several months, you can click on "Divine Design" at the bottom of this post or in the Category list over in my right sidebar. You can read all about this challenge over on SplitcoastStampers.com here -- anyone is welcome to play along. In last month's post, I showed you my intent for these pages -- to make matching 6-inch scrapbook pages of my daughters and give the full album to my Mom at the end of the year . . . I think she'll like that! This scripture is from the set I've been primarily using for this challenge, Papertrey Ink's Everyday Blessings. It is stamped with Adirondack Pitch Black onto these yummy Bohemia papers by My Mind's Eye that my friend, Eli, sent me -- I'm not certain if the pattern is still available. The flourish around the verse is Karen Lockhart's Vine Millinery Embellishment, stamped in Adirondack Cloudy Blue, then clear Copic Spica glitter pen outlines it. The verse was cut with Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Circles and matted with Classic Scalloped Circle... Read more →

Asela's Flowers for Daisy & Divine Design

I fell a little behind this month on my Divine Design challenge usually posted on the 8th of each month (< you can click on that link to read about my past ones). So when my friend, Asela Hopkins, asked if she could send me her new stamp set to play with, I knew this set would be perfect for my next challenge and I waited just a bit longer to share this with you all, until the set would be released for sale this Thursday, July 24th through Gina K Designs. If you don't happen to know Gina K, she started her stamp company with a vision of helping others in need and wonderful causes that help them out. You can read all about her past campaigns here. I've been fortunate enough to design for this sweet lady in the past and finally got to meet this spunky little spitfire in person this past weekend at CHA. Let me tell you -- she is one funny lady and an absolute sweetheart! You can follow the release of Asela's special stamp set over at Gina's blog. Be sure to find the post where she's giving away one of these stamp... Read more →

Divine Design: May Flourished Magnolia

May magnolias -- I love them! And they currently ARE starting to bloom in Texas . . . I'll try to get a photo and post a little later today. Since they are just about my favorite flowering tree, imagine my pleasure when I first saw this beautiful set from Flourishes! The set is actually called "Lilac" but also includes this branch, leaf and two different magnolia blooms, so you can build your magnolias as you see fit. I ran out of time to post my Divine Design last week, so here it is! <=You can click on that link to learn more about this challenge and here to view the gallery of other participants' projects. (To see my other months of Divine Designs this year, you can either click on the "Divine Design" text in the footer of this post or under the Categories list on my right sidebar.) After "building" my magnolia blooms by stamping them with Tsukineko's Memento Rich Cocoa ink (and Adirondack Lettuce dye ink for the leaves) onto Poison Ivory shimmer cardstock (it's looking a bit washed out in the photo above, but the background is actually a lovely ivory), I colored them with these... Read more →

Divine Design-April

It's the 8th again and time for a Divine Design. As a reminder, or if you haven't visited here before, you can read all about the project here. This is a 6"x6" page that will go in a brag book album along with photo pages of my daughters for my Mom the end of the year (don't worry, it will be a surprise since Mom has no computer!). I'll only get a tiny bit sappy this month about this project . . . I've been thinking about and missing my Dad lately. Maybe it's because he loved his Texas Rangers baseball games and never missed them! Today is opening day for the Rangers' new season -- maybe that's why he's been on my mind. Dad passed away two weeks before my youngest daughter was born, almost 6 years ago. I thought about him when I read this verse: "May the Lord bless you and keep you. May He smile upon you." Numbers 6:24-25. Yes, indeed, I know He is, Dad. I knew I wanted to use Karen Lockhart's Tulips on this project in some way and decided to do a border. This is Ellen Hutson's Stamp of the Month, so... Read more →

Divine Design-March

Warning . . . I'm going to get a little sappy on you today but there's artwork involved, so stick with me! One of my mottos in life has always been a famous line from one of my favorite movies . . . "Tomorrow is another day". I think what helps me shrug off the small stuff in life and think that tomorrow can only be better is knowing that I have faith in the Lord to take care of all my worries. One of those big worries in life happened in January with my blood clot and that really made me take another look at life. It made me think of all things I had wished I had done or that I'd always meant to get around to but hadn't . . . 10 days laying around in bed recuperating will do that for you, LOL! I also had a lot of down time to talk with friends and to reflect upon their impact on my life. Some of those sweet friends started a monthly venture this January to try and spread the Word of God through their artwork. You can check out their first blog posts on this... Read more →