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Happy Tuesday!
We're starting a fun new challenge for you today at Tuesday Throwdown. This week we're asking for you to make One Layer cards! I know this can be a challenge or seem really scary...but it doesn't have to be! Just some simple masking can make a gorgeous one layer card! Give it a shot!

Our fabulous sponsor this week is Kim Sherrod with her A Muse Studio business! Kim is the wonderful leader of our Tuesday Throwdown team and I just adore her! Be sure to check out what's available in her shop!

For my card today, I used some gorgeous Simon Says Stamp products!

Since it's a one layer challenge, I had to do some planning before cutting and embossing. I started by lining up my "prayers" die where I wanted it to be on the card, and cut that out. Then I used the Stitched Journaling Card die from Lawn Fawn and embossed that into my Ranger Watercolor Paper. To do this, you need to have a rubber embossing mat. This keeps the blade of the die from cutting your paper and instead absorbs that pressure and indents the paper, leaving an embossed design. It's really fun to play with!

To add some dimension to my card front, since it's one layer, I took my watercolor paints and added a shadow around that journaling frame so that it popped up off the card front. Then I stamped my images from the Roses For You stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. I received this stamp set from them as a welcome gift, and I absolutely love it! The scribbly roses are just gorgeous, and so much fun to emboss and drop color into!

I wanted the Prayers sentiment to stand out but had been trying to avoid straight black. But in the end, that seemed to be what would work best, so I did sort of an ombre wash on it making the bottom darker and then fading it slightly up to the top. Once it was dry, I added a heavy coat of Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle to it, and then finished off the sentiment with phrases from the Prayers stamp set.

Be sure to stop by Tuesday Throwdown to see the rest of the DT's creations! Then join in this fun challenge!!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
    Artistic Inspirations #160-Anything Goes
    Casology #206-Art
    Craft Your Passion #320-Anything Goes
    Work It Wednesday-Wafer Thin Dies or Stencils

Thanks so much for stopping by! <3

Hi everyone, welcome to a new challenge this week at Tuesday Throwdown where we want to see you use watercolors on your project.

I almost didn't get the chance to create something for this challenge, but after the events of this weekend, I couldn't resist and pulled something together. But the whole process of putting this card together and reflecting on what is going on in this country just drove my crazy.

The tragedy that happened in Florida this past weekend is heartbreaking...

Whether you or I agree with any of the lifestyles of the LGBT community has no place in this right now. What does matter is that there is so much hate in this country. And I keep asking myself WHY? Why can't we agree to disagree? Why can't we support everyone in what they choose to do with their lives? Why do we need to turn to violence when we disagree? Why? Just Why??....

I am terrified of the direction that the hearts of so many in this country are going. I don't believe it's a gun issue..or a terror issue...those are all just scapegoats for the real problem. It's a LOVE issue...
I'm not talking that sappy romantic type of love...this is a different kind. One that has not limits or rules. It's open to everyone and we should all feel it for the people in our lives and the people of this beautiful country.

It made my heart swell to see so much support pop up so quickly for the victims of this tragedy. To know that, while the news may show us so much of the bad that happens, there are always good people around too.

Hold onto that good...hold onto the love. Feel it in your soul and live it in your lives.

And just choose love!

"All Life is Precious" - TWD

If you want to help the people of Florida in some way, here are a few links I've found:

This is a straight up GoFundMe page for the victims: Pulse Victims Fund

Here is a great article that highlights so many options to help out: How To Help

As I said before, whether you agree with the lifestyles of these victims or not, this isn't the time to judge. Our country has been under attack by haters for so long now, and this is just the most recent one....sadly they will keep happening until we can fill the country with love and outshine the blackness in so many hearts...

I leave you with my card, dedicated to everyone in Florida dealing with this horrible situation..

Materials: Watercolor paint for the background.   WPlus9 Sending Hoping Wishing stamp set. Freckled Fawn Long Classic Arrow

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
    AAA Cards #66-Watercolor
    A Gem of a Challenge #171-Love and Romance (this more highlights on the love side.)
    Artistic Inspirations #158-Anything Goes
    Simon Says Stamp-Guy Card
    Word Art Wednesday #234-Anything Goes

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Happy Tuesday!
We're starting a new challenge today at Tuesday Throwdown - Create Your Own Background!
Our fabulous sponsor is DRS Designs, and they have provided the team with some awesome images to use!
I chose to use the Argyle Background image for my card:

I started my card by filling a word document with the argyle pattern so that it would cover an entire card. Once it was printed, I blended a couple of distress ink colors in around the edges so that the center remained light to help highlight the rest of the details on my card.

I had a few roses (from Winnie & Walter's Elsa's Flora) left over from a large batch of cards I had put together for the Lasting Hearts Card Drive, so I grabbed a few of those and arranged them on the card. Then used the Prayers die cut from the Hero Arts Prayers set and cut it out from a few layers of white cardstock. I layered them together and then adhered the rest of the sentiment, which was white heat embossed onto vellum, under the 'P' and glued the whole thing down.

I really wanted to keep this card simple, so I skipped all the extra embellishments. Honestly, I don't feel it needs them. This card turned out perfect and I had enough supplies left over to get a second one made! Love it when that happens :)

Be sure to stop by Tuesday Throwdown to check out the rest of the DT's creations, and then join in this fun challenge!!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
    CASology #186-Distress
    Crafting When We Can #113-Use a Digi (the Argyle Background is a digi image)
    Word Art Wednesday #220-Anything Goes
Thanks for visiting! <3

Happy Wednesday!
Around Christmas this last year I found out that a dear man that was a huge part of my life growing up had passed away. I knew he was sick, so it was expected...but it was still a huge shock and left me pretty down for a few days. This man...I don't really know what to say about him. He was so amazing! He was so connected with his faith it beamed from his face, and every word he spoke was uplifting and positive. He reminded me so much of my dad and that made me love him even more. I will miss him so much...but I know that heaven gained an amazing person, and I'm sure he's up there now putting his auctioneer skills to good use :)

Since this family meant so much to me, I really needed to send them a card of sympathy. These types of cards suck to make...no one wants to put together something out of sorrow...but I knew I had to. And I'm glad I did because the whole time I made this card, memories flooded through my brain of this wonderful person...and yeah, the tears streamed down my face a few times...but I think that made this card even sweeter...because it's dedicated to him...

I used the Winnie & Walter Elsa's Floral set for this card. The roses in there felt perfect for this card. I wanted a few buds to help fill in the spray so I stamped a bunch of each rose, and then created masks so I could get just the centers of each flower. Since I ended up cutting each flower out, I probably didn't need the mask, but it sort of helped me visualize the whole card better having just the buds stamped.

I used my Inktense pencils for everything, adding bits of depth to help the flowers pop. I wanted the card to remain simple so I kept the embellishments minimal. Just a few perlen pen dots scattered around the flowers and little shimmer.

The sentiment is from the Hero Arts Prayers set. I'm so glad I purchased this set during Simon Says Stamps Stamptember collaborations. It really is perfect for these cards. Everything is white embossed onto vellum and then I wrapped that piece of vellum around the whole card front and adhered it on the back. There are a few score lines around the edge, just for a final finishing detail.

Not a favorite occasion to send a card for...but for it's purpose and who it's for, I think it's perfect....he's always in my heart <3

This card is for the following challenges:
Case This Sketch #154

Incy Wincy Designs-White with Splash of Color

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Hi Everyone! Happy Friday!!!
I'm excited for this weekend, are you? Matthew has his possible last flag football game on Saturday (unless they win, then their in the playoffs for next week...fingers crossed!) Then on Sunday I get to hang out with my bestest friend in the whole world and be crafty! I'm so excited!

But first, I must share a card with you. Have you ever thought up an idea and started to execute it, not really knowing how it would look in the end, debating it the whole way until that last piece is added and it's so amazing you want to cry? Yeah that happened with this card.

I did some things I don't normally do on a card, second guessing them each time and doubting that they would all work together in the end. But I'm so glad I stuck it out. I can't tell you how happy this card made me when I put everything together. It just...well...kind of takes my breath away :)

Ok, I may have been dramatic...but look at that card! I feel like I got everything right on it for once. I love a lot of the cards that I make...I wouldn't share them if I didn't. But this one...this one takes the cake.

So to start, I took a piece of white cardstock and spritzed it from the side with some Amethyst Heidi Swap shimmer spray. I wanted there to be a concentration on one side and then have it fan out from there, so I also added a lot of larger dots on that left side to build up that idea. Then I cut of scallop border from the Mama Elephant Borderlines Trio set from black and layered that behind my spritzed panel. I also added a thin strip of black glitter paper along that edge.

For my cups, I did a fun watercolor technique onto a half sheet of watercolor paper. First I pressed my distress ink onto my plastic mat...I used Seedless Preserves, Milled Lavender, and Picked Raspberry. I misted all that ink, and then pressed my paper down onto it, swirling it a little to get the color to move. When I pulled it up I had nice coverage on my paper, but wanted more, so I misted the ink a little more and pressed my paper into it again. Then I dried it a little so the ink on the paper wouldn't move so much anymore, and continued to press the paper into the ink left on my mat. This helped give it some speckles and variance in the colors. I also added little drops of black to the puddles of ink on my mat. I didn't want there to be a lot of black, just little dots.

Once that was all dry, I added some water droplets to lighten and remove some of the ink, and also splattered some of the Heidi Swap shimmer inks in the black and amethyst for a little bit of sparkle. Set that aside so it could completely dry and worked on my kitties.

I adore these little kitties. They are so precious and reminded me of Storm and Cloud. Sami always gets it right, I swear! So using my ShinHan markers, I colored them up like my babies. So precious! Oh, the image is the Cup Kitties 4 image from our most recent release at Sami Stamps!

After everything dried, I cut it all apart so I could piece them all together. I did add a little bit of Seedless Preserves around the edges of the bottom cup, and Picked Raspberry around the edges of the top cup, just to help separate them a little.

The final thing I added was this Prayers die cut from Hero Arts and Simon Says Stamp. I just got it in the mail and couldn't wait to break it out! I took some of the Amethyst Heidi Swap shimmer spray and painted it onto some watercolor paper and waited for it to dry. Then die cut it out, along with 2 more in just regular cardstock. I layered all of that together, which gives the die cut some really nice dimension, added it to my card and covered it with glossy accents.

By the end of this card, my fingers were covered in purple and black ink and I had to be really careful to not snudge it all over my kitties. But sometimes getting inky and messy can produce the best product!!

I hope you've enjoyed this sweet little card! Remember we have an awesome Anything Goes challenge running at Sami Stamps so go join in! Just be sure to use a Sami Stamps image :)

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
CAS-ual Fridays #144-Tic Tac Toe (spritzing, coloring, die cutting)
    Chocolate, Coffee, Cards #101-Animals
    Creative Fingers #95-Anything Goes
    Word Art Wednesday #204-Anything Goes

I'm also entering this into the Damsel of Distress' Hop to Stop. This is a great blog hop to help draw attention to Domestic Violence. I encourage you to check it out!