April 2021

Always In My Heart-Field of Flowers!

Flowers-Birds-Butterflies-Nature / April 6, 2021

Good morning everyone! It is time to think spring! I love how the birds have become my new alarm clock and am totally enjoying this warm weather. Today’s card features the Field of Flower bundle and I am hoping it gets you in the mood to plant some flowers, but if not perhaps you will be moved to create a card!

Begin with a Highland Heather card base that measures 5½ x 8½. In landscape position, (aka the long side) score at 4¼. Fold and burnish. This will create a card base.
Cut a 4 x 5 ¼” panel of Basic White cardstock and stamp “Always in my heart” from the Field of Flowers bundle in Highland Heather ink.
Next, stamp several dragonflies in Shaded Spruce ink.
Stamp the grass in Shaded Spruce along the bottom of the white panel. Stamp the stems for the flowers in Granny Apple Green ink on the lower left of the grass. Stamp some of the larger leaves from the stems along the grass in Granny Apple Green ink.
Stamp the flower tops in Highland Heather ink, fussy cut with paper snips and add them to the top of the stems.
Stamp the small flowers several times in different colors and punch out using the coordinating punch with the bundle. I used Daffodil Delight, Highland Heather and Calypso Coral.
Glue the punched out flowers randomly along the grass.

This was a super easy spring card that is sure to bring Joy to anyone who receives it. The Field of Flowers set will be retiring at the end of this month, so be sure to add it to your collection before it is too late.

Remember if you place an order for $25 or more you will earn the April Virtual Stamp camp FREE! Stamp camp projects and/or videos will be emailed to you the last week of the month. Don’t forget the current host code:

Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, be blessed, Renae

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Make It Monday #2-Treasures of Life!

Make it Monday Videos / April 5, 2021

Hello everyone-it is time again for another Make it Monday video tutorial. Just click on the image below! You can also access this video anytime through my Youtube channel! RenaeNovak YouTube

Todays’ Make it Monday Supplies:
Basic Black Cardstock
      5½ x 8½”. In landscape position, score at 4¼” to create a card base
      3-5/8 x 4-7/8” panel
      Scallop Circle
Old Olive Cardstock
     4 x 5¼”
Basic White Cardstock
      ¾ x 3¼ (for greeting)
      Stitched Circle
True Love Designer Series Paper
3½ x 4¾”
Other Supplies and Accessories
Treasures of Life Stamp Set
Memento Black Ink
Paper Snips
Adhesive
Stampin’ Blend Alcohol Markers

And the love only grows….. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Stop by tomorrow for some more crafting fun and next week for another Make it Monday video tutorial! If you would like to order any of the supplies from today’s project, our host code is: RYXTY496

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Until next time, be blessed, Renae

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He is Risen! Sunday Wisdom

Sunday Wisdom / April 4, 2021

He is Risen! Praise God!
While Lent can be a long journey, it is always an amazing opportunity to take time to re-dedicate our lives to God and adjust our priorities and in doing so we prepare our hearts for Easter.

Today on Easter Sunday Jesus once again brings hope to us all through Mary Magdalene, the one He believed in, and the one He saved from sin and despair. Mary is the first to recognize the “ordinary gardener” as her Lord and Savior and the first to experience the Resurrection!

Imagine how her sadness was turned into JOY! Jesus entrusts her with the mission to tell the others that He has Risen! Today we too can share in her joy and can spread the good news of the gospel! The joy of the Gospel is to experience the Love of God in Christ. So allow the Resurrection to remove all fear and anxiety from your life and to renew and strengthen your faith!

Lots of people begin January with a list of New Year’s resolutions, but what about an Easter Season “New Life Resolution”? It does not have to be a long list, just create a list of the top three things you would like to make a priority in your new life and strive to live them out daily.

This Easter Season, let us all open our hearts and allow the love of Christ to transform us. Happy Easter!

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Until next time, be blessed, Renae

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Happy Easter with Arrange a Wreath!

4 Comments / Easter-Spring / April 3, 2021

Happy Easter all! It looks like the weather in St. Louis will be sunny all weekend! Gotta love that! I hope you will be able to spend some time with family and friends and if not you can always spend time in your craft room creating things for your family and friends! Either way, I do hope your Easter weekend is blessed!

Begin with a Pacific Point card base that measures 5½ x 8½. In landscape position, (aka the long side) score at 4¼. Fold and burnish. This will create a card base.
Cut a 4 x 5 ¼” panel of Basic White cardstock and use the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine to dry emboss it with the Dainty Diamonds embossing folder. Attach this to the card front.
Use the wreath dies from the Arrange a Wreath Bundle to cut out a Shaded Spruce fancy wreath and a Just Jade leafy wreath and glue them together.
Next use the bow die and some Pacific Point cardstock to create the wreath bow. Attach the bow to the left side of the wreath and add a small rhinestone in the center.
Stamp the Easter eggs in Pacific Point, Melon Mambo and Daffodil Delight and attach them to the wreath with liquid glue or glue dots.
Use the Label Me Fancy punch to punch out a Pacific Point tag. Stamp Happy Easter in Pacific Point ink on a ¾ x 1 ½” piece of Basic White cardstock and attach to the label tag. Add a rhinestone on each end of the tag.
Attach the tag to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I hope you enjoyed today’s card and again Happy Easter! May your day be filled with many, many blessings!

Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, be blessed, Renae

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With Sympathy and Painted Poppies!

Flowers-Birds-Butterflies-Nature, Get Well & Sympathy / April 2, 2021

I love that our Painted Poppies set is carrying over into the next annual catalog because it is such a sweet set and I love using the Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers to bring out the colors! This set is great for any occasion, even the more solemn ones.

Begin with a Highland Heather card base that measures 5½ x 8½. In landscape position, (aka the long side) score at 4¼. Fold and burnish. This will create a card base.
Cut a 4 x 5 ¼” panel from Basic Black and attach it to the card front.
Next cut a 3 ¾ x 5” piece of Basic White and stamp the garden of poppies from the Painted Poppy set across the bottom. Color the poppies with some Stampin’ Blend alcohol markers. I used Highland Heather, Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo and Dark Balmy Blue.
Stamp the big poppy on a piece of Basic White scrap and color it with the light and dark Highland Heather Stampin’ Blends. Fussy cut it out with some paper snips and add it to the poppy garden with a Stampin’ Dimensional.
Stamp the “With Sympathy” greeting from Vine Designs in Memento Black ink.
For the inside, cut a 4 x 5 ¼” piece of Basic White cardstock and stamp the greeting from Peaceful Moments in Memento Black ink. Add the other large poppy from Painted Poppies and color with the Highland Heather combo pack of Stampin’ Blends.

Although I needed a sympathy card, this would make a great Easter card as well. The multi-colored poppies really bring out a bit of Spring!

Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, be blessed, Renae

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Thinking of You with Field of Flowers!

2 Comments / Flowers-Birds-Butterflies-Nature, Thinking of You / April 1, 2021

Flowers are so wonderful and I am so sad to see this beautiful stamp set retire. I know that we have a lot of other floral sets to choose from, but there is just something so fresh and clean about this set. I hope you enjoy today’s creation.

Don’t forget this set will be retiring at the end of the month, so add it to your collection while you still can. If you plan to spend less than $150, please use the current host code.

Today’s card features the Field of Flowers stamp set that is pictured on page 117 in the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog. You can also download the pdf version of this catalog from the home page of my blog.

Begin with a Basic white cardstock that measures 5 ½ x 8 ½”. In landscape position (AKA-long side), score at 4 ¼”, burnish and fold. This will be your card base.
Cut a 4-1/8 x 5-1/8” piece of Real Red cardstock and attach it to the card front.
Next cut a 4 x 5¼” piece of Bermuda Bay Cardstock and use the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine to dry emboss with the new Painted Texture embossing folder. Attach this to the red panel.
Use the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine and the Layering Circle dies to crop a Costal Cabana scalloped circle and the Stitched Shape dies to crop a white circle.
Stamp in flower stems in Just Jade and the flowers in Real Red onto the white circle. Attach the white to the costal cabana circle and set aside.
Cut a 2 x 4” piece of Costal Cabana and a 1-7/8 x 4” piece of Basic White cardstock. To the white cardstock, stamp grass stamp in Just Jade and then again in Granny Apple Green.
Stamp the small flowers in Real Red and punch them out using the Confetti flowers coordinating punch included in the bundle. Randomly layer them along the grass using liquid glue or glue dots. Stamp “Thinking of You” with Real Red ink and add a few more flowers
Use Stampin’ Dimensionals to add the stamped flower image previously created in step 5.

Now you see why I love this set so much! I hope your day is filled with sunshine!