Archive for June, 2012

Sunshine Card

Perfect Sentiments – Here Comes the Sun

It’s time for another Perfect Sentiments Challenge! This week we’re creating a card with a sunny sentiment like: you are my sunshine, wishing you sunny days, you shine, etc. The "twist" is to include an image of the sun on your card. Pattie's Creations is sponsoring us this week with a free digi as the prize to one lucky winner. Be sure to stop over to Pattie's Creations and take a look around! Here's my contribution to this weeks challenge: I found these fence cards several months ago at a stamp convention and decided to one out for this weeks challenge. The sun is from Hero Arts, stamped in yellow and embossed. I stenciled in clouds and added some grass and flowers. The sentiment FULL STORY HERE....... Read more
Publication Call #10 - PA010 / Deadline Thursday, July 5th, 2012

Week #8 Publication Call – Regaining Perspective

I lost perspective....... A busy schedule, lots of deadlines, family needs, it all crept in and took over my time, I quietly justified my need to step away from my daily quiet time with God and fellowship with other Christians. I had obligations that had to be fulfilled, and I couldn't let others down could I? That's when I lost perspective.....until, I received this weeks Publication Call picture from our photographer Stephen Bivens. I opened the file and sat quietly, waiting for the image to speak to me, to tell me what our direction would be for this weeks section of our book. I drew a blank......my mojo was absent.....I was uninspired.....or, was I? The Cross in the picture.....what FULL STORY HERE....... Read more
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The Family God Plants Us Into

Have you ever wondered why God placed us into the families we belong to? Have you ever looked around at your family and thought to yourself "boy, are we different from other people..." or, "I have empathy for anyone entering into our family!" Families are a little like puzzles aren't they....each person is a part of the whole and without them, it just seems that the puzzle would never be complete. I've been blessed with an incredible family and I love everything about them. Ok, well maybe not "everything" but it's pretty darn close! lol! {They could say the same thing about me I'm sure!) The older family members are very special, they have been a part of our lives as we have grown up and share FULL STORY HERE....... Read more
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Perfect Sentiments – For the Graduate

It’s time for another Perfect Sentiments Challenge! This week we’re creating a card using a sentiment appropriate for a graduate. The "Twist" for this week is instead of creating your basic card, make a gift card or money holder. Since it's graduation time, it's the perfect opportunity to create a card suitable for a graduate! Our sponsor for this weeks challenge is Fred She Said. The winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to be used at Fred She Said. A pretty sweet prize for the winner for sure! Here's my contribution to this weeks challenge: I used black and red on this money holder card as they are the colors of our local high school so I know I'll find someone who would FULL STORY HERE....... Read more
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Week #7 – 52 Parables Publication Call

Welcome back to Parables of a Crafters Weekly Publication Call!! We’re on week #7! Congratulations to "Amy Duff", our prize winner from last weeks Publication Call!! Here's how we're doing our Publication Call this week: For this weeks Publication Call, we’re setting aside our traditional rules {see here for guidelines for previous week’s challenges). This week, we’re looking for submissions for “Anything Goes”but your submission has to be a card creation.  This can be a card that you have displayed on your blog over the past 6 months or, is a new creation. The card submitted should be your own work and can not be submitted/published with any other book / magazine FULL STORY HERE....... Read more
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DCVW / May Arts Challenge: Refurbished Shadowbox

Hi everyone! I'm so excited today is finally here!! DCVW & May Arts have revealed all the creations from those selected to participate in the May Arts Challenge and my Shadowbox is part of the excitement!! I had purchased this shadowbox over a year ago at a yard sale for a small amount of money and knew that one day I would make it into something beautiful that could be displayed. The man who made the box shared with me that he was a woodworker and made these boxes for a local nursing homes Alzheimer's unit. They would have pictures in them of each patient and hung outside of their room for all to stop enjoy. I could tell by the way he talked that this was a special project for him, FULL STORY HERE....... Read more
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Perfect Sentiments – Father’s Day Color Story

It’s time for another Perfect Sentiments Challenge! This week we’re creating a card with a sentiment for Father's Day. The "Twist" for this weeks card is to use this beautiful color story as inspiration for the design of your card: Our sponsor this week is Shelley's Images. The selected winner will receive a free digi image from Shelley's Images. Be sure to stop over and see all the wonderful items Shelley's Images has to offer!  They have a monthy digi giveaway you can enter, a newsletter you can subscribe to and of course, a wonderful store to spend some time in! Here's my contribution to this weeks challenge. I decided to keep this one simple, using the colors to bring FULL STORY HERE....... Read more
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Week #6 – 52 Parables “Reverse” Publication Call with a Prize!

Welcome back to Parables of a Crafters Weekly Publication Call!! We're on week #6! We're "breaking the rules" this week so that we get as many submissions as possible! And.....we're giving away a prize to one lucky artist just for playing along!! Here's the prize package being offered. It's from the Pink Paislee Collection "Nantucket" and it's a yummy package of goodies!!! On to our Publication Call for this week!! For this weeks Publication Call, we're setting aside our traditional rules {see here for guidelines for previous week's challenges). This week, we're looking for submissions for "Anything Goes" but your submission has to be a card creation.  This can be a card that FULL STORY HERE....... Read more
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Perfect Sentiments – Lacey Romance

It’s time for another Perfect Sentiments Challenge! This week we’re creating a a card with a sentiment appropriate for love, weddings, or anniversary. The "Twist" is add some lacey detail to your card. You can either use lace or use a lacey die-cut. Our sponsor for this weeks challenge is Meljen's Designs. This week's winner will receive 4 non-colored images of the winner's choice. That's what we call a super sweet prize! For this weeks card, I decided to reach back into my folder of poetry and incorporate one of the poems I wrote for my husband into my creation. I won't be giving this card to him as it's a bit to "feminine" but I'm sure it will find a good home! I decided to go with FULL STORY HERE....... Read more
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Lord, my Rock and My Reedemer

Wherever you hail from, I trust your weekend is going well! Living in Florida, we are blessed with sunny skies, a cool breeze and plenty to do! Today is a busy day for me, on my list is this post which is more of a "how to" post at the request of several followers. The "how to" is regarding this card which was displayed on our week #5 Publication Call for Parables of a Crafter! Rather than answering multiple emails, it makes better sense to just write up the "how to" for anyone wanting it and post it here!! To read more about how this card came about and the week #5 Publication Call, visit our post from yesterday! Now, on to the card! This is a squared card measuring 5 1/2" x 5 FULL STORY HERE....... Read more