Praise be Jesus, for He will return. What a hope filled gospel we have today to remind us that in the midst of all the pain, sadness, and violence around us Jesus promises us hope. Hope that is, if we are faithful and allow Him to enter into our hearts.
He reminds us to not be afraid. Fear of failure can often rob creativity and leave us paralyzed. I am by no means a bible expert, but I do believe “Do not be afraid” or some version of it appears in the gospel at least 365 times! Wow, that is once a day. Probably because the Lord knows how quickly we fall and try to do things all on our own, but we don’t have to, which is precisely why, He sends us the Holy Spirit.
With the help of the Holy Spirit, we can understand the truth about God. Don’t be discouraged, even the apostles who walked side by side with Jesus did not fully get it. Many times the Lord had to repeat himself and tell them “Do not to be afraid”. We are no different. We too can ask Jesus to enter into our hearts to enlighten and empower us.
So today, open your hearts and allow the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ to enter in and fill you will hope and joy for the journey ahead.
Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, be blessed, Renae
One of the things I love the most about crafting is coloring. As a kid I could not wait for Santa to bring another coloring book and a new box of crayons. And to get a box of crayons with a pencil sharpener-jack pot!!! Today, I am much, much older and still love coloring. My coloring tools have grown from crayons to markers, chalk, sponges, daubers, blending brushes, colored pencils and aqua painters.
For today’s card I used Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight and Balmy Blue inks to add color with Blending Brushes. The dragonflies and greeting were stamped in Memento Black ink. I used my Paper snips to cut a dragonfly border and added a layer of Daffodil Delight that is dry embossing using the Hammered Metal embossing folder.
The photo above is the inside of my card where I added a strip of the embossed Daffodil Delight along the right side.
Projects Supplies and Measurements
Basic White CS- 5½ x 8½ (card base)
Basic White CS-4¼ x 5¼
Daffodil Delight CS-2 ½ x 5½, 2 x 5½
Dragonfly Garden Stamp Set
Melon Mambo Ink
Daffodil Delight Ink
Balmy Blue Ink
Memento Black Ink
Paper Snips
Blending Brushes
Stampin’ Cut n Emboss Machine
Stampin’ Seal Adhesive or Liquid Glue
Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, be blessed, Renae
Welcome to InKing Royalty’s May Blog Hop! Spring is just around the corner, so we are sharing Spring projects with bees and birds. We are excited to share our creations and hope you love them! After you read my post, I hope you’ll hop over to the next person on the list at the base of this post.
First, could not decide if I wanted to do birds or bees and then once I decided I could not choose between the Hello Ladybug and the Honeybee Home bundles, so I decided to post them both.
For my first card, I simply turned this cute little Ladybug into a bumblebee. Unfortunately the Bumblebee cardstock and ink is retired, so I went with So Saffron. I added a panel of black that I embossed with the Hammered Metal embossing folder, yes, I know it too is retired, but you can use the new Hive 3-D embossing folder, I just have not received mine yet!
This card is pretty basic and easy to assemble. After you fold the card base in half cut off 1¼ from the card front to create the folded front image. I added some Daffodil Delight CS strips on the ladybug to create stripes and used vellum cardstock for the bee wings, then embellished it with a Matte Black Dot. I hope you enjoy creating with this adorable bundle.
Projects Supplies and Measurements for Card #1
So Saffron CS- 5½ x 8½, (card base), 3 x 4
Basic White CS- 4 x 5 ¼, 2 ¾ x 3 ¾
Basic Black CS- 2 ¾ x 5 ¼, 3 x 4
Daffodil Delight CS- 2 x 2 (cut 3 thin strips)
Vellum CS- 3 x 3
Honeybee Home Bundle
Memento Black Ink
So Saffron Ink
Matte Black Dots
Hive 3-D Embossing Folder
Stampin’ Cut n Emboss Machine
Stampin’ Seal Adhesive/Liquid Glue
My second card again began with a Basic White card base, but this time I added a piece of Daffodil Delight to the bottom and a strip of Basic Black across the middle to hide the seam. I was not sure how the black floral would like, but I love this bundle and decided to go for it. And, I kind of like it. Of course the bees are adorable, especially since they are not real. I added color to the bees using Daffodil Delight ink and a Blender Pen.
I do love this sentiment because it will be perfect to send to my mother-in-law. She continues to enjoy my card creations and may be my biggest fan! LOL
Projects Supplies and Measurements for Card #2
Basic White CS- 5½ x 8½, (card base), 3 x 4
Daffodil Delight CS- 5 ¼ x 5½
Basic Black CS- 3 x 4, ½ x 5 ½
Honeybee Home Bundle
Memento Black Ink
Daffodil Delight Ink
Blender Pen
Stampin’ Cut n Emboss Machine
Stampin’ Seal Adhesive/Liquid Glue
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Ann Murray at Murray Stamps Ink. There’s lots of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don’t want to miss it!
Thank you for hopping along with us. If you get stuck during the Blog Hop, please use this line-up as a guide:
Unless you visit the Missouri Botanical Gardens in St. Louis regularly, you probably won’t see many dragonflies and most certainly never pink ones, but I just thought it would be fun to create non-traditional dragonfly card. Mission accomplished!
It may be difficult to see in the photo, but after I folded my card base, I actually cut 1″ off of the right side of the card front. I then stamped the dragonflies on a Basic White panel that measures 2½ x 5½. I added just a hint of Polished Pink ink to the wings using a sponge dauber.
The greeting is stamped in Memento Black and punched with the Double Oval Punch. I used this same punch to crop the scallop oval in Polished Pink. Be sure to only put adhesive on the left side of your ovals and attach to the front panel of your card. The Black dot accents are from Hello Ladybug.
Project Supplies and Measurements
Basic White CS- 5½ x 8½, (card base)
Basic White CS- 2 x 5 ½
Polished Pink CS- 2 ¼ x 5 ½, 2 x 3
Dragonfly Garden stamp set
Hello Ladybug
Memento Black Ink
Polished Pink Ink
Sponge Dauber
Double Oval Punch
Stampin’ Seal Adhesive/Liquid Glue
I hope this card inspires you to think outside the box and create something beautiful. Have fun!
Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, be blessed, Renae
It is time again for another Make It Monday tutorial and today I am sharing several cards that I created using the Boughs and Blossoms stamp set that will be retiring at the end of the month. All of my cards began with a Basic White card base. I used Polished Pink, Daffodil Delight and Highland Heather to add a splash of color.
These flowers look great in so many different colors. Have fun creating! Thanks so much for joining me for this Make It Monday tutorial. Be sure to stop back tomorrow more card creating ideas, and then again on Wednesday for our May InKing Royal Blog Hop.
Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, be blessed, Renae
Happy Friday everyone! One of my favorite things is stamping with friends and tomorrow I will be with my friends at Mother of Good Council Nursing Home. Early this week I shared one of the cards I will be making and a stepped up version.
My first card today is the one we will be making in the card class tomorrow. I am sure the residents will love these cute little bugs and I hope you do too.
Project Supplies and Measurements
Basic White CS- 5½ x 8½, (card base)
Basic White CS- 1 ¼ x 5 ½
Basic Black CS- 1 ½ x 5 ½Hello Ladybug Bundle
Memento Black Ink
Real Red Ink
Stampin’ Seal Adhesive/Liquid Glue
The second card is very similar. I used the dots from the bug wings to create the background and added the greeting on a piece of Real Red cardstock.
I hope you enjoy these adorable little bugs and create something fun to share with others.
Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, be blessed, Renae
Hey friends it is that time of the month when I go to the nursing home in my community to create cards with the residents, so I thought I would share with you one of the cards I created for this Friday’s class. The first cards is the one we will be making at the home and the second is a stepped up version.
I began with a Basic White card base because my friends at the home prefer white cards, but I wanted to add a bit of color, so I took a Blending Brush and added a bit of color to each of the strips. For this first sample I used Melon Mambo, Mango Melody and Granny Apple Green. I used the Tailored Tag (sorry I think it is retired) to create the greeting.
Here is my stepped up version. I have tried using bling in these classes, but sometimes it frustrates the residents as they don’t always have the coordination they would like.
This is basically the same card, I just moved the black accent piece on the greeting to the bottom and added a few gems. The Melon Mambo and the Mango Melody panels are the same, but on this one I decided to go with Bermuda Bay instead of Granny Apple Green.
Project Supplies and Measurements
Basic White CS- 5½ x 8½, (card base)
Basic White CS- 1-5/8 (3), 2 x 2½
Basic Black CS- 2 x 2½
Artfully Layered Bundle
Memento Black Ink
Melon Mambo Ink
Mango Melody Ink
Granny Apple Green Ink
Bermuda Bay Ink
Blending Brushes
Stampin’ Seal Adhesive/Liquid Glue
I hope you enjoyed today’s card!
Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, be blessed, Renae
Not only are the flowers and ferns in the new Nature’s Prints set beautiful, but the splatter stamp makes a super fun background design. Today’s card features the background paper I created using Night of Navy in on some Basic White cardstock. I am sure this would also look good in Basic Black and many other colors too! Wow, I am really loving this set, I hope you are too!
I used the label die and a small flower from the bundle to create a tag for the greeting, and of course I popped it up with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Project Supplies and Measurements
Nature’s Prints-Heartfelt Thank You
Night of Navy CS- 5½ x 8½, (card base), 1½ x 2
Basic White CS- 3×4, 2×3, 4 x 5¼
Night of Navy
Nature’s Prints Bundle
Stampin’ Cut n Emboss Machine
Stampin’ Seal Adhesive/Liquid Glue
Stampin’ Dimensionals
I hope you enjoyed today’s cards. CLICK HERE to check out this new bundle! Happy stamping and of course, happy shopping!
Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, be blessed, Renae
Happy Monday! Today I am excited to share with you three different Faux Leather Techniques to help you create those more masculine cards. Since Mother’s Day was yesterday, time to move on to creating cards for all those fathers right?
All of today’s cards feature the Whiskey Business set that is in the 2022-20223 Annual Catalog. If you are ordering, don’t forget the host code: QMNEJZFP
If you live in the St. Louis area, I invite you to our next stamp camp at the end of May, CLICK HEREfor more details. If you are far away, no worries, a $25 order using the current host code: QMNEJZFP will earn you this month’s Virtual Stamp Camp projects FREE.
Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, be blessed, Renae
Today is Good Shepherd Sunday and it is also Mother’s Day, so Happy Mother’s Day to all women who at one time or another used wisdom to shepherd one of God’s precious children, regardless of how old.
I think it is wonderful how Jesus cares for all of us, calls us each by name and will not abandon any of us regardless of how hard we might try to stray from the flock. Jesus will leave the 99 to search for that one lost soul and that is great news to all of us, because if you are like me then you may have strayed a time or two in your life.
Jesus loves us with an unconditional love, much like the love of a mother for her child. The Lord blessed me with two beautiful children and I am forever grateful. I am also blessed to still have my mom, a devoted to Christ 84 year old who is carrying Jesus forsaken in the form of cancer. Suffering is never easy, but praise God she is not in great pain and while she tires easily, is devoted to watching Mass on EWTN and saying her daily prayers. What a gift.
My heart goes out to all of you who may be missing your mom on this day and I pray that the loving memories you hold of her will sustain you on this day.
Thank you Jesus my Good Shepherd, for always guiding me and loving me, even when I went astray.
Happy Mother’s Day!
Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, be blessed, Renae
