This card was created with digital elements from Sunshine Artz My Fantastic Little World.  The card base is a digi paper from that kit, with another digi paper printed on the other side of the white card stock for a contrasting but colored inside.  The DP cut with Spellbinders Labels 14 and the heart came from the same kit.
The leaf, and 'Gratitude' stamps are from SU! Day of Gratitude and the flower is from SU! Seasonal Icons.  I used SU! inks, Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze and Cameo Coral.
The leaf branch was also stamped on the inside with Chocolate Chip ink, but I can't show it to you since my photographer forgot to take a picture of that! =)

Sneak Peek from Sunshine Artz

Well, I've been on hiatus.....again!  I think I try to accomplish too many things in a day, and of course, there are always those unexpecteds that take time away from what we have planned, so.....I don't get to all the things I want, and scrapping is the thing that always falls to the bottom of the list!! =(

I do have something to share today, but it is a digital layout, not a paper one.  I have lots of digi files from SunshineArtz which I love to use for hybrid projects, too.  It's a lot of fun to 'shop' for papers by browsing through the files I have from her, especially this time of year since I don't have to drive snowy roads to do it! =)  And, the headers I've been making lately are done with elements from Tabea's kits.

I recently got an email giving me a sneak peek of her new kit, DejaVu........and the chance to play with it before it was released!!  YEA!!!  The kit will be available next week.

Here is the layout I made with it.  All papers and elements are from this kit and even though it's a little 'cluttered', I just couldn't call it done until all this stuff was in there.

Oh.......and for those of you who may be wondering.......Yes, I do spin.  I own some sheep. I have a webstudio on Artfire.  I did not dye these yarns myself, but I do some of that on occassion.  And......originally this blog was started to help me stay on track with my fiber adventures. (You can find evidence of that in my right sidebar.)  Ha Ha! Then I found all of you wonderful scrapping friends online, and as they say....The rest is history!

Blessings!

I'm squeeking in for The Color Throwdown Challenge #160, but nice and early (the first day of the challenge ~ Yea! =D ) for the Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge #108.

The Color Throwdown combo:

SSIC scripture:

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace.  In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

John 16:33

SSIC Challenge:  Create a card that says 'blessings' or uses an encouraging scripture.

I didn't have any Very Vanilla, or any ivory card stock of any kind!  (I'll have to fix that very soon!)  So... I used white CS and softened it with some ink distressing using a nylon stocking.  Since I didn't have any Soft Suede ink (I know, I'm batting a thousand, here!) I used a combination of Crumb Cake and Close to Cocoa.  I used the same ink combo to stamp the image, and then colored the flowers with Regal Rose ink and the leaves with Crumb Cake ink using a blender pen.  The paper flowers were colored with Regal Rose ink applied with the nylon stocking.  I also highlighted the tips of the petals and the centers with Crumb Cake.

Challenges
The Color Throwdown #160 ~ Regal Rose, Very Vanilla, Soft Suede
SSIC ~ 'blessings' or an encouraging verse

Credits

Stampin' Up ~ card stock (Soft Suede, Regal Rose); Ink (Regal Rose, Close to Cocoa, Crumb Cake); stamps (Herb Expressions); Vintage Wallpaper emboss folder; Crumb Cake taffeta ribbon.

Petaloo ~ paper flowers

Mark Richards ~ Pearls

Stash ~ white card stock

Last But Not Least-August Challenge #8

Hello. blogging and scrapping friends!  I am entering a new challenge.  I've been following the Last But Not Least challenges for several months now, but haven't ever entered.  Well, today is the day that changes!

The challenge for the August, Last But Not Least is, 'embossing'.  Dry or heat.  I like to do both!! Yea!  And, if you do both on your project, it qualifies for two entries! =D

 

This was such a fun card to make!  First of all, blue is one of my favorite colors, and this is SU! Bordering Blue.  I was very sad when this color was retired.  I used the card stock for the base, and the BB ink on the embossed panel.  To make the panel I ran white card stock through my Big Shot in the Ornamental Iron emboss folder from Cuttlebug. 

The sentiment is an SU! stamp done in silver emboss powder, also from SU!, and then lightly colored with SU! chalks using a blender pen.  I then punched it out with the SU! Scallop Oval punch, matted it on Spellbinders Label 14 cut from more BB card stock, and embelished with SU! jewels.

Just to the left of the sentiment you may (or may not! =( ) see a shiny little embelli.  This is a medallion cut from white card stock with the Ornamental Iron die, coated with VersaMark, and embossed with SU! silver emboss powder.  I'm sorry it doesn't show up very well.  The best place to take pics of this card was outside and the sun made quite a glare on the silver items.

The flowers are a combination of SU! Boho Blossoms punch, Trio Flower punch, an EK Success punch, fabric flowers from my stash, and a blue paper flower from Faith at Mark's Finest Papers.  (A sweet little bag of these paper flowers was a 'thank you' gift because I had to wait for an item that was on backorder! Lovely Faith! =) )  I inked and crumpled some of the flowers and various brads, pearls and jewels adorn the centers. An SU! ribbon is laced through the 'bouquet'!

I'm sorry to say, I like this card so much, I don't know if I'll be able to part with it!!  Maybe I'll just write a sweet note to DH in it.  Then I can 'keep' it, and some day frame it with a nice Bible verse or poem in a collage! =)

I'm Back!

Hi everyone!  I've been MIA from Nutty's News for a little while.  Being a wife, mom and work-at-home business woman takes lots of time and energy.  Gotta have a break once in a while.  =)

In reality, it wasn't a vacation, but rather having come to a very bumpy place in this road we call 'life', and I had to reduce my stress load.  I wish I could say it's all worked out, but I can't.  God is faithful, though, to carry us through the even roughest spots, and He's the one I'm clinging to, so I'm looking forward to the day when things are smoothed out.

I have some goodies I need to finish putting together to send to several of you.....No! I haven't forgotten, it was just moved to the back burner! And I'm going to be more regular at my scrapping table!  For now, though, I'm going to share with you some cards I've made over the last weeks.  Some of these were originally for some challenges, but weren't posted or entered.

Today's card is one I started to make with a stamped element that wasn't the right color for another project I did.  I'm trying not to leave too many UFO items around, so I decided to make something with this 'F-friends' SU! image right away.  I took some Creamy Caramel card stock and cut a 4"x6" tag, then rolled it with the Rough Texture roller.  I wish I could tell you what ink I used, but this was so long ago, and I didn't write anything down because  I had planned to post it right away! =(  I'm really liking my Tim Holtz Fourishes emboss folder from Sizzix, so I used that on some ivory card stock and then inked it with, I think Creamy Carmel, using a wadded up nylon stocking. (My favorite material for a soft distress with ink.)

The polkadot DP was cut with my Spellbinders Label 14 from a scrap of Digital DP I printed for another project.  The DP is from the 'Baskets and Bunnies Paper' set at Raspberry Road Designs.

I had the various flowers all layed out on the card, some punched from SU! Boho Blossoms and a Marvy punch, some fabric flowers from my stash, a Prima from Faith at Mark's Finest Papers, and a scrunched up paper flower I made,  and I liked it, but the card just didn't look 'finished'.  Then I saw this Shabby Tea Room inspiration and knew I had to add the ruffled ribbon.  It's actually two layers, one is a light pink lace from my stash, the bottom is Very Vanilla ribbon from SU! and the two are gathered together.

The hanger is the same Very Vanilla ribbon and the various brads and pearls are from my stash.

I'm very pleased with this card: First because I used a lot of stash and UFO items, and second because........I like it!!  It's me!  =))

Thanks for stopping in.  Hope you'll come again soon!