All Things New.....

Well, in the midst of all my busyness I managed to get a little under the weather as well.  To say that my creative mojo is a bit stifled would be an understatement right now, but I did finally drag myself into my craft room and put together this little card.  This is one of my favorite scripture verses because it holds so much promise.

I am entering this card into the Word Art Wednesday, Scripture Thursday and Stampin Sisters in Christ challenges.  Thanks for visiting my blog!
Blessings!
Reny

Word Art Wednesday...

Word Art Wednesday is a new blog I've started following.  Well, they have been around for a while, but their blog is new to me.  Each week they offer a verse of scripture that can be downloaded free of charge to use in our artwork.  While they do not require that we use their scripture on our projects to gain entry into their challenges, their verses are awesome and the fonts are just wonderful!  Not being so tech savvy, I had to ask for their help in how to download the verses, and they were great to help me.  This is the card I made using their verse from Hebrews.

  I started with a light blue card base and added this wonderful designed paper which I faux stitched around the perimeter.  I printed and cut out the sentiment label with my silhouette cameo making the green label just a tad bit larger than the lavender for layering, then more faux stitching.  I felt the background needed something bold and striking, so I found this flower cut-out in my silhouette store, purchased it and cut it out of black cardstock.  I mounted it and the sentiment with dimensional foam and added the adhesive pearls on the opposing corners. Lastly, a sweet little green satin bow.  Different?  Yes!  But that's what I love to do.  The only thing I would like to see different on it is if the print of the sentiment were darker.  I'll have to check my printer settings.

I am entering this card into the following challenges.


Word Art Wednesday #25
Stampin Sisters in Christ #136 'soft pastels'
Simon Says 'anything goes'
Creative Inspirations #160 'anything goes'
Our Daily Bread Designs #105 'go green'
Scripture Thursday #26

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!
Reny

Classy Black and White...

I really love the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches this week.  But then, I love sketches in general.  But this one offers so many different possibilities.  This card is about as close to 'clean and simple' as I get.  Done in black and white on a gray plaid background, it has a classy feel about it.  I added a bit of black satin ribbon and 3 little white adhesive pearls for accents.  The inside is lined with white paper to write a message on.  The sentiment is from Our Daily Bread Designs 'Scripture Series 1' stamps.

I am entering this card into the following challenges.
Tuesday Morning Sketches #143
Simon Says 'anything goes'
Creative Inspirations #160 'anything goes'
Word Art Wednesday #25
Scripture Thursday #26

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!
Reny

A Sweet Sketch Challenge...

Simon Says challenged us this week with this sketch.

I have been trying to make cards more suitable for either gender lately and this is what I came up with for this challenge.

 I started with a dark green card base and added the layers from my stash of random papers.  I thought the upper left hand corner needed something so I added star shaped brads which accents the stars on the gold paper.  The green polka dot grosgrain ribbon sort of plays off the big green polka dot panel.  The sentiment is one of my favorite verses of scripture and is from Our Daily Bread Designs 'Scripture Series 1'.

I am entering this card into the Simon Says sketch challenge, the Our Daily Bread 'go green' challenge and the Creative Inspirations 'anything goes' challenge.

Thanks for visiting my blog and have a great week!
Reny