Read ... bookmark in a card

I'm so happy to be the guest designer for the month of September at JUGS!

We start the month with the Word Challenge : School.

My niece loves to read, so I thought it would be great to send her a bookmark ... in a card.

I cut 2 slits in the front of the card so that the bookmark could slide through.

I will also enter this to ...

... Divas That Die Cut : Fun Free Time

... Day of the Month Card Club : Read a Book Day

Easter Blessings

I like to give the carers that look after my MIL an Easter basket of goodies and a card or bookmark. 

This is this year's collection ... bookmarks for the personal carers, cards for the nursing staff.

I used the olive bush stamp to make patterned paper, and used it to die cut the leaves and flowers.

Here's and idea of how the Olive Bush stamp looks like.

My entry to ...

... Just Add Ink : Just Choose Two - bunnies, flowers, crosses

... Addicted to Stamps and More : Make Your Mark

... Card Concept Challenge : Spring Celebration

Book Lover

It's time for a new challenge at CASology.  The cue word this fortnight is FLIP.  

As a book lover and avid reader, I'm going with flipping the pages of a book. I created the book marks with the Concord & 9th Bags & tags die set. To keep things really simple and CAS, I just made slits in the card to hold the bookmark.

For the second card, I changed up the colour combo and made a pocket for the bookmark. 

Now it's time to flip over to the Design Team and see their wonderful creations.

Anna Uhras

Bharati Nayudu

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas 

Janet Ribet (you are here)

Jen Wills 

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman

Marci Sharp

Melissa Chipperfield

Rachel Bergfeld

Sue Symens 

I will also enter this to ...

... Just Us Girls Challenge : Inspiration Photo

August CCC

August has come to an end, so we can reveal our cards that were sent for the August Card Chain Challenge. Mine went off to the founder of this challenge ... Deborah Nolan.

I pretty much followed the colour scheme and the sketch.

I was having so much fun with this watercolour technique that I made a bookmark too.

Come and join in the fun ... you have until Wednesday 6th September to sign up for this month.

Having a ball with bookmarks & watercoloring

When I spotted Susan's card (absolutely worth the visit) made for the Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoast Stampers which was to be inspired by the Etsy shop Create the Cut, I knew I had to investigate it. Wow! What wonderful watercolour designs and pure inspiration for colour combinations. [Thank you Audrie for such a wonderful find!]

Because of my love of blues, my first inspiration had to be THIS.

I used the Altenew Watercolor Wonders Set, with Distress Inks ...

... Blooms : Blueprint sketch, Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans

... Leaves : Faded Jeans, Mermaid Lagoon, Chipped Sapphire.

Had such a ball playing with the inks & spritzing, I had to try another colour combination. This time I chose THIS ONE which out of my normal comfort zone of bright colours.

The Distress inks were ...

... Blooms : Antique Linen, Tattered Rose, Victorian Velvet

... Leaves : Antique Linen, Crushed Olive, Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint.

It's almost impossible to go wrong with the watercolour effect. So I thought it would be a wonderful activity for our 20th Anniversary Weekend for our Book Club. I'll take some cards, but I think we could all do with a bookmark as a memento of the weekend. So I typed up the Mark Twain quote, and cut into bookmarks. I'll be taking some May Arts Silk ribbon which is brilliant for dyeing with your Distress Inks so that it matches the colours of your card/bookmark. I can't wait to see the different colour combinations that come up.

Oh happy day indeed!

I will also enter this to the CAS Watercolour Challenge : Flowers

Story Time

My nieces are avid readers, so this little bookmark will be in the mail soon.

This is my entry for ...

... Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge : Tag you're it!

... Addicted to Stamps and More : Anything Goes

... The Daily Marker 30 day Coloring Challenge

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Be Still

The Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge this week (here), was about prayer. Although talking to God is part of prayer, listening is equally important. And I need to quiet my soul and be still to listen. So that is what my card is about.

I stamped the dove on the same patterned paper as the background, and embossed in blue pearl embossing powder. Love the effect of the pearl EPs - suits the softness and peace of the dove.

As I stamped and embossed on PP, I also submitted this to 2 Peas in a Bucket's Holiday Thinking Inking challenge (here)

With a story to end - I can't find any reference to the author. Would appreciate if anyone could enlighten me.

God's Voice

Not long ago I heard a story about a young man and an old preacher. The

young man had lost his job and didn't know which way to turn. So he went

to see the old preacher.

Pacing about the preacher's study, the young man ranted about his problem.

Finally he clenched his fist and shouted, "I've begged God to say

something to help me, preacher, why doesn't God answer?"

The old preacher, who sat across the room, spoke something in reply,

something so hushed it was indistinguishable. The young man stepped across

the room. "What did you say?" he asked. The preacher repeated himself, but

again in a tone as soft as a whisper. So the young man moved closer until

he was leaning on the preacher's chair.

"Sorry," he said. "I still didn't hear you." With their heads bent

together, the old preacher spoke once more. "God sometimes whispers," he

said, "So we will move closer to hear him." This time the young man heard

and he understood.

We all want God's voice to thunder through the air with the answer to our

problem. But God's is the still; small voice... the gentle whisper.

Perhaps there's a reason.

Nothing draws human focus quite like a whisper. God's whisper means I must

stop my ranting and move close to Him, until my head is bent together with

His. And then, as I listen, I will find my answer. Better still, I find

myself closer to God. And there is no better place to be....... Amen?