Christmas in September

 

Concord & 9th is the featured company for the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge to create a Christmas in September project. Of course, I had to go with Kristina Werner's products - always a fave! 

I highlighted the berries with Scarlet Jewel ink to give them a more natural look. I wanted a small "Christmas" word so went with a portion of a Merry Christmas stamp from The Greetery. 

STAMPS: Merry Greetings Builder Stamps (Kristina Werner with Concord & 9th); Sentiment Suite: Christmas (The Greetery).

INK: Pure Poppy, Scarlet Jewel (Papertrey Ink); Versafine Clair Nocturne.

PAPER: Christmas/Noel patterned paper (Recollections); Stampers Select White, Pure Poppy, Limeade Ice (PTI).

DIES: Merry Greetings Builder, Gentle Berries Stem Layering (Kristina Werner with Concord & 9th); Simple Strips (Pretty Pink Posh); Blueprints 27 (My Favorite Things).

 

 Another Christmas card for this year's collection!  ~Wanda

 

Freshly Made Sketches

 

It's that time of the year when I begin to build up my Christmas stash! The Freshly Made Sketches layout was perfect to pull out some older dies and create a "tree" for the holidays. I started with a very old pack of Christmas patterned papers by Recollections. This is pretty self-explanatory so, I will get to the list of what I used.

STAMPS: Sentiment Suite: Christmas (The Greetery).

INK: Versafine Clair Nocturne.

PAPER: Christmas/Noel (Recollections); Light green scrap from my overflowing scrap bin; Pure Poppy, Stampers Select White (Papertrey Ink).

DIES: Blueprints 27, Stitched Ric Rac, Stitched Tall Triangle STAX (My Favorite Things); Winter Berries Stem Layering dies (Kristina Werner for Concord & 9th); Sentiment Suite Basics (The Greetery).

OTHER: Small black brad.

 

 Thanks so much for dropping by!  ~Wanda

 

Bible Journaling

 

More Bible journaling using stamps/dies/stencils from Creative Worship Stamps: Loaves & Fishes stamp & die set, Under the Sea stencil. Images were colored using Prismacolor pencils.

 

Bible Journaling

A quick post on this very dreary, rainy day! The whole week is much cooler and pretty much forecasting rain daily until the weekend. I haven't done any Bible journaling in quite awhile, so thought I should try some new elements from Creative Worship Stamps. I went with the new Leaf Fronds stencil and added some scattered florals using the Petals & Dots stencil. I hand lettered the sentiment.

For this page, I stamped the images with Versafine Onyx Black then colored with Prismacolor pencils. I used the Patient Echinacea stamp set and the new Denim Texture stencil from CWS. 

Thanks for stopping by!  ~Wanda
 

Echinacea

 

Good Monday evening! I finished this card this afternoon for three different challenges:
1. Cupcake Inspiration #641 - magenta, pistachio, turquoise

2. Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #700

3. Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - make your own background. 

 

 

Out of my large stash of inks, I could not find a good color for "magenta", so I combined a blend of Dusty Concord and Picked Raspberry distress inks. I stamped the florals with Versafine Clair Nocturne pigment ink then clear embossed. The coloring was done by pouncing distress inks onto an acrylic block, spritzing lightly with water then applying with an aqua painter brush.

 

I experimented with some distress spray stains on Bristol Smooth Surface paper using Peacock Feathers, Cracked Pistachio and Wilted Violet. I used these same colors with two stencils from Creative Worship Stamps: Leaf Fronds and Speckled. The frame and flower were popped up using foam tape.

 

 

STAMPS: Summer Collage Tag, Patient Echinacea (Creative Worship Stamps).

DIES: Patient Echinacea (CWS); Pierced Feature Frames (Papertrey Ink); Basic Sentiment Suite (The Greetery); Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things). 

 

That's it for today...thanks for stopping by!  ~Wanda 

3-for-1 Challenge Card

I'm entering this into three different challenges:

1. Paper Funday - sketch.

2. Seize the Birthday -  add a sentiment strip.

3. The Card Concept - inspired by colors and sunflowers.

 

After stamping the images with Versafine Clair Nocturne pigment ink on X-Press It Blending Card, I clear embossed to make it easier to color with Copics. 

The glare from the embossing is always difficult to photograph. I stenciled dots on the kraft base and after an ink malfunction in the top left corner, I opted to camouflage it with a corner punch! :-/

STAMPS: Framed in Flowers (Papertrey Ink).

INK: Classic Kraft (PTI); Versafine Clair Nocturne.

PAPER: Classic Kraft, True Black (PTI); X-Press It Blending Card; Black & White Plaid (My Favorite Things).

DIES: Framed in Flowers (PTI); Stitched Sentiment Strips (My Favorite Things).

OTHER: Corner punch (Stampin' Up); Dot stencil (PTI). 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  ~Wanda 

Word Art Wednesday 9/16

 

Hello and welcome to a new Word Art Wednesday challenge! Karen has chosen Proverbs 19:17. I was a rebel once again and rewrote the verse in a Word document using NIV translation. I personally find it easier to understand as compared to the "old language". Gina K Designs is sponsoring this challenge with a $25 gift card up for one lucky participant! I used Gina K's Master Layouts 08 to die cut the strips and the layered rectangles for the sentiment.

STAMPS: None.

INK: Sweet Blush, Melon Berry, Bright Buttercup, Amethyst Allure, Blueberry Sky, Limeade Ice, New Leaf, Simply Chartreuse (Papertrey Ink).

PAPER: Sweet Blush, Melon Berry, Spring Moss, New Leaf, Stampers Select White (PTI).

DIES: Into the Blooms: Wild Wood (PTI); Dotted Swirls Debossing Cover die (Altenew); Gina K Designs Master Layouts 08. 

Hope to see you in the gallery!  ~Wanda