He Is Risen!

Happy Resurrection Sunday / Happy Easter!  What a blessed day to celebrate!

(Mark 16:1–8; Luke 24:1–12; John 20:1–9) BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

1After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.

2Suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and sat on it. 3His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. 4The guards trembled in fear of him and became like dead men.

5But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6He is not here; He has risen, just as He said! Come, see the place where He lay. 7Then go quickly and tell His disciples, ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see Him.’ See, I have told you.”

8So they hurried away from the tomb in fear and great joy, and ran to tell His disciples. 9Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” They came to Him, grasped His feet, and worshiped Him. 10“Do not be afraid,” said Jesus. “Go and tell My brothers to go to Galilee. There they will see Me.”

Simon Says Stamp "Rejoice" dies and sentiment stamp; Papertrey Ink "In The Meadow" dies 

What good news for mankind!

Enjoy this day with your loved ones. 💛

Framed Butterfly

Hello!  I'm back with another creation for Creative Worship Stamps, where I am guest designing for the month of April.  This card features a framed butterfly, surrounded by beautiful foliage, and sitting atop a hymn called "Wonderful Words of Life."

On a terracotta card base, I stenciled a background using brown ink and the Chicken Wire Stencil.  Then on a piece of kraft colored cardstock, I stamped the Wonderful Words of Life, trimmed it down, and inked the edges for a more aged appearance.  This was matted with some distressed-looking packaging I had in my stash.  On white cardstock, I stamped greenery from Beautiful Branches, and fussy cut them and colored with alcohol markers.  The butterfly from Vintage Nature Elements got the same treatment:  stamped, colored but I used a matching die for this.  I added glossy accents glue to the butterfly once he was adhered on dimensional foam stickers.  The leaves got a touch of shimmer with a special marker.

Supplies from Creative Worship Stamps:

Beautiful Branches stamp set

Chicken Wire Stencil

Vintage Nature Elements stamp set

Vintage Nature Elements die set

Wonderful Words of Life stamp set

Hebrews 11:3 NIV

By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

Thanks for taking a peek today!

May your day be blessed!

Mixed Media - Lavender Plumed Bird

Hello!  We're focusing on Mixed Media creations this week at Topflight Stamps.  I made a card using paints, ink and embossing powder.  On a piece of white cardstock, I painted an ombre effect with two PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Paints:  Blah Mange and Sugar Plum.  When it was dry, I stamped the Creative Expressions Vintage Plume stamp with Versafine Clair Nocturne (black) ink.  While the ink was wet, I sprinkled on WOW! embossing powder in Platinum and hit it with a heat tool.  The effect is so cool!  Hopefully you can see it in the second card photo below.  On a separate piece of scrap cardstock, I stamped the Woodware Viola stamp with the same Nocturne ink.  Using a circle punch, I punched out two postmarks that were part of the Viola image, inked the edges, and attached to the card front.  A seam binding bow tied around the painted ombre panel was topped with one other piece of stamped ephemera I had on my desk.  

Supplies From Topflight Stamps:

Creative Expressions - Vintage Plume

Woodware Viola

Wow Embossing Powder - Pure Platinum

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Paint - Blah Mange

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Paint - Sugar Plum

Versafine Clair - Nocturne

Thank you for visiting!

God bless you!

Guest Designing for Creative Worship Stamps - Forest Floor Tag

Hello all!  I'm so excited to be a guest designer for the month of April at Creative Worship Stamps!!  I'll be sharing projects with you throughout the month.  

Today, I've got a cardboard tag to show you.  I die cut the tag and covered it with some patterned paper from my stash.  On white cardstock, I stamped a Song Bird and used the matching die to cut it out.  Then I did the same with images from Vintage Nature Elements.  I used alcohol markers to give rich color to each piece, then figured out a pleasing arrangement.  Before gluing everything down, I added a strip of vintage lace (it is actually from a curtain I had decades ago... that counts as vintage, right?  LOL) across the bottom to build a "forest floor" - a fancy one, at that!

Supplies from Creative Worship Stamps:

Song Birds stamp set

Song Birds stamp set

Vintage Nature Elements die set

Vintage Nature Elements stamp set

Other supplies:

- vintage lace

- twine

- alcohol markers

- cardboard

- tag die

- patterned paper

Thank you so much for taking a peek!

God bless you!

Golden Bird

I've got so many pretty digital printable images, and most are waiting for their special day to be featured on a card.  LOL  This lucky gal made it!  It's a floral tag from, I believe, My Porch Prints.  I fussy-cut it and inked the edged, then mounted on a pale yellow patterned paper and snippet of an old hymnal page.

The chipboard bird has been given a gilded look with Distress Ink Spray in Antiqued Bronze.  Looks so pretty in real life.  The bird is bearing a tiny - but "big" - birthday wish from Papertrey Ink's "Tiny Tags" stamp set.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Hope your day is full of blessings!

Birthday Bunny for Topflight Stamps

Hello!  I'm here today to continue celebrating Topflight Stamps' 9th birthday week!  To keep up the birthday fun, I've got a card featuring a cute bunny from L'encre et L'image stamp set called The Long-Eared Family.  This little guy is holding a bouquet of clover.  I love him. 😊  I started with a background of patterned paper from Kaisercraft's Provincial paper pad.  Then I stamped that bunny on a scrap of paper with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, colored him with alcohol markers and fussy-cut the image.  The Provincial paper pad has not only patterned papers but also punch-out ephemera, like the two scalloped borders, clock and sentiment.  So easy.  I added some bakery twine for the bunny to stand on, along with some floral embroidery trim from my stash.  Pearls from Hunkydory were the final touches. 

Supplies Used From Topflight Stamps:

Hunkydory Precious Pearls

Kaisercraft "Provincial" paper pad

L'encre et L'image "The Long-Eared Family"

Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad

Thanks so much for joining me!

God bless you!

Dec 25

Another Christmas card for my stash!  I used a bunch of  Distress Ink Sprays to create a grungy brownish background and then stamped the Tim Holtz "Music and Advert" vintage advertisement on it.  I roughed up the edges and tore it in a few places to give it an aged look, as well.  The oval features a pine cone and sprig from Simon Says Stamp's "The Magic of Christmas" stamp set, topped with a label and stamp from Stampin' Up!'s "Winter Post".  I added snowy glitter around the oval, and topped it off with a small banner from Tim Holtz's ephemera packs.

God bless you today and every day!

Topflight Stamps 9th Birthday Blog Hop

It's Topflight Stamps 9th birthday and to celebrate, I’ve teamed up with some great designers to showcase celebratory projects using the unique products available at Topflight Stamps. Please hop along with us and see all the inspiring talent from this group of amazing designers! There is a master list of Hop stops on the Topflight Stamps blog! We are also Hopping on Instagram! You can start at the Topflight Stamps account @topflightstamps .

Did we mention there will be prizes?

GIVEAWAY DETAILS

Of course, it wouldn’t be a birthday celebration without prizes! Topflight Stamps is giving four lucky winners $50 Gift Certificates to the store. Two winners will be chosen from commenters on the blog hop and two will be chosen from commenters on the IG hop. For a chance to win, make sure to visit the stops on the hop and leave a comment by March 31st. Winners will be announced on the Topflight Stamps blog on Thursday, April 2nd. U.S.A winners only due to shipping issues. Good Luck!

Topflight Stamps

Kathi Rerek

Dina Kowal

Esther Asbury

Annette Allen

Lisa Hoel

Connie Mercer

Gwen Lafleur

Colleen Dietrich - you are here!!

Ericka Strange

Autumn Clark

Alanna Moses

My birthday card features lots of dazzling shine.  I made an inky background on a piece of watercolor cardstock using Lindy's Stamp Gang Moon Shadow Mist Gossamer Gold spray.  Love how it gives both a walnut color AND a shimmery gold too.  I stamped some hydrangeas and leaves from Hobby Art Stamps Hydrangea with VersaFine Onyx Black ink in random spots on the panel.  Then I stenciled some pretty glitter through the PaperArtsy PS323 Sara Naumann numbers/letters stamp in a few places.  On a scrap of white cardstock, I used the Crealies Double Stitched Rectangle and die cut a piece for my sentiment (from the Hydrangea stamp set too).  The rectangle was cut in half and edges were inked.  The final touch was a snippet of crochet lace.  

Supplies From Topflight Stamps:

Hobby Art Stamps - Hydrangea

PaperArtsy - PS323 - Sara Naumann

Spectrum Noir Glitter Paste

Lindy's Stamp Gang - Moon Shadow Mist - Gossamer Gold

Crealies Double Stitched Rectangle Dies

VersaFine Onyx Black ink

Thanks for joining us on our hop!!  Good luck!

Birthday Blessings

Shabby chic style is one of my faves!  I started with a deep plum cardstock base, and stamped it with Hero Arts "Newspaper Background" in a plum ink.  The natural colored panel was stamped with some French-inspired images and words, from a generic set I got from Temu.  The sentiment is from Verve "Blessings" stamp set.  The 'au bon marche' label is from Creative Expressions "French Fabric Tags" stamp set, and there are some Chapter One Papers ephemera from their "Damask Rose" digital kit.

Thanks for popping in!

God bless you!