Fabulous Friday at Sugar Creek Hollow

As Easter approaches, I reflect on why I celebrate. For many, Easter is all about the candy and eggs, but Christ is the only reason I celebrate! I am so grateful for what He did for me on the Cross 2000 years ago: sacrificed Himself, who had never sinned, to pay for my debt against God, then rose again to give me eternal life with my Savior!

supplies ~ cardstock: Georgia Pacific, image: Sugar Creek Hollow

There's a hymn we sing often at our church that captures my feeling about Easter. Here's what the writer of that hymn said about it:

The author and composer of the hymn, "My Sins are Blotted Out, I Know", gives his own account of the writing.  Merrill Dunlop says:

It was written in a very few minutes, although only after much deliberation, while I was crossing the Atlantic in 1927 on a liner, The Leviathan, and meditating upon the verses in Micah 7:18, 19 and upon the great dimensions of the sea - the breadth and depth and what the Bible says about our sins - buried in those depths - removed - blotted out!  Then, making it personally, I said: "My sins are blotted out, I know!" The melody came almost simultaneously with the words.  I jotted the chorus down aboard the ship, as I walked the deck.  Later, in Ireland, I added the words and music to the stanzas.  It took hold immediately and quickly spread across America and across the seas.
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What a wondrous message in God's Word! My sins are blotted out, I know
If I trust in His redeeming blood, my sins are blotted out, I know!

chorus:
My sins are blotted out, I know: My sins are blotted out, I know!
They are buried in the depths of the deepest sea:
My sins are blotted out, I know!

Once my heart was black, but now what joy; my sins are blotted out, I know!
I have peace that nothing can destroy; my sins are blotted out, I know!

I shall stand some day before my King; my sins are blotted out, I know!
With the ransomed host I then shall sing: "My sins are blotted out, I know!"

Oh, what a promise!

Thanks for stopping by today! Remember to visit the other DT gals and pick up your freebie over at Sugar Creek Hollow, too!

Dani ♥ Donna ♥ Joan
Joseline ♥ Kristina ♥ Linda ♥ Loretta 

Marsha ♥ Nancy ♥ Sarah 
Stephanie ♥ Tracy ♥ Kelly

AiFactory Challenge: Easels!

This week we were challenged to create an easel card with one of these adorable stamps:

Isn't Ella just adorable? Lately, I've been into pink and girly, so I went with it again on this card. It's so easy to do with a ballerina!

I decided to use my new Dahlia Spellbinders dies as a mat instead of the same 'ole, same 'ole scallop. I also decided to add some pearls between each petal, then repeated the pearls in the centers of the lace flowers.

As an accent and to give Ella some glitz and glam, I pulled out my Sakura Stardust pen to add shimmer to the card, too. Take a look at the close up so you can see what I mean.

supplies ~ cardstock: The Paper Company, dsp: Basic Grey, pearls: Recollections, lace: Wright's

Wanna play along? Enter your easel card at the AiFactory ning group. If you're the winner, you'll get one of these stamps! Good luck, and have fun!

Make sure you visit the other design team members for more inspiration, too! The links are on my sidebar. Have a great day!

H{ippity} Hop elegantly

Welcome to this week's H{ippity} Hop! I hope you've enjoyed feasting your eyes on gorgeous {ippity} creations!

I don't do very many fancy schmancy cards but one of the new {ippity} kits, called Regal Greetings, inspired me to try something a bit different.

I started by stamping the medallion repeatedly on cream cardstock to create my own patterned paper. Boy, am I glad I have a Stamp-a-ma-jig! That would NOT have come out quite so nicely without it!

The next step was to stamp the frame and sentiment. The nestie I used to cut and mat the focal panel is just the perfect shape for the frame! And I really love this color combo - very feminine and elegant! I tried something else new to me, too: embossing a patterned paper. I never really thought it was necessary, or even attractive, until I saw someone's card with embossed dsp. Oh, how beautiful! So I decided that I would try it on this card, and I love the result!

supplies ~ cardstock: The Paper Company, dsp: DCWV Luxury Stack, images & sentiment: {ippity} Regal Greetings

Thanks for stopping by for a look! Enjoy the rest of the hop!

PS ~ Do you love {ippity} stamps? You can buy them from me at my {ippity} my blog!

Stuck? Try the Doodle Dragon challenge!

It's time for another Doodle Dragon Studio Challenge! This time, we want to see your Easter-themed cards! Don't have a Doodle Dragon digi? Dustin has a bunch of them free - head over to his blog to pick up one of them!

Here's my card for this challenge. What a cutie! I laughed out loud when I saw him the first time, and he STILL makes me giggle!

supplies ~ cardstock: Georgia Pacific (white) and Martha Stewart (blue), dsp: Bo Bunny Calypso,  flowers: Bride's, buttons: stash, image: Doodle Dragon Studios

I know the colors aren't really traditional spring colors, but I have waaaaay too many scraps in my scrap tray, and I am sick of seeing snow on the ground (that's right - here in Interior Alaska, we won't see the ground for another few weeks!) and really wanted to do something bright and fun. I used this week's sketch over at Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge, too.

Make sure you link up your card using a Doodle Dragon image to the challenge blog before the deadline; all the deets are there with more inspiration for you. Have a great Sunday!

Well, hello, KittE!

It's release time at Doodle Dragon Studio! I know I'm posting this a wee bit late, but that's better than never, right?  ;D

This little cat reminds me of my own kitty, Lex. He thinks he's such an angel, when really he's a stinker! Check out my card:

Make sure you visit the other design team members, and then head over to the Doodle Dragon Studio store to get your paws on your own!

• Kerri
• Charlotte
• Ginny
• Leila
• Michelle
• Ri
• Veronica

It's Fabulous Friday with Sugar Creek Hollow!

Woohoo! The weekend starts tomorrow, so what better way to get it started right than with some Sugar Creek Hollow goodness?!

I don't usually do pink, but I was just feelin' it on this card, and decided to go the whole nine yards. Pink, bling, flowers...very girly, indeed!

It doesn't show up on the pic, but the swirls on the chick's head, body and tail are highlighted with a Sakura Stardust pen, as were some of the paisleys on the dsp behind her. A little lacy edging and a flower with a bling center finish it!

supplies ~ cardstock: The Paper Company, dsp: Basic Grey (I think), flower: SU!, brad: stash, image: Sugar Creek Hollow

Thanks for stopping by today! Remember to visit the other DT gals and pick up your freebie over at Sugar Creek Hollow, too!

Dani ♥ Donna ♥ Joan
Joseline ♥ Kristina ♥ Linda ♥ Loretta 

Marsha ♥ Nancy ♥ Sarah 
Stephanie ♥ Tracy ♥ Kelly

Come on down!

We have a winner! Remember this stamp, Rows of Yummies?

The lucky commenter who won this stamp for my week of Growing in Unity is from my very first post of the week, GLORIA!

Gloria said...

Your card is great and the image of candy jars is soooo cute!

March 10, 2010 5:07 AM

Congratulations, girlie! You will LOVE that stamp! To claim your prize, simply email Eryn at Unity your shipping deets and the stamp you won!

Growing in Unity Day 5...final day to comment

Welcome to my final day of showcasing Unity and {ippity} stamps! Today is your last day to comment for a chance to win Rows of Yummies. I'll keep this short and sweet - it's past my bedtime!

The sentiment on my card reminds me of the first date I had with a handsome young man. No one warned him about me, and he chose a romantic comedy movie for our first date. Oh, yeah.

When I belly laughed at a funny scene and people looked at me weird, he knew he better run or marry me quick.

He married me.

That's what this sentiment means to me. Live loud. Live like you mean it. It doesn't matter what anyone but God thinks of you. Sing your song, and only your song, as loud as you can.

supplies ~ cardstock: Prism, dsp: DCWV Luxury Stack, ribbon: Joann's, flower: Making Memories, brad: Recollections, image & sentiment: {ippity} Music of my Heart

I used the sketch from Midnight Madness for this card.

Also remember I'm offering a special deal on one of the kits I used this week, Where You Should Be! Order this kit from me sometime this week, and you'll pay only $15. No shipping! Plus, I'll send along a paper sampler pack! My blog is set up with regular prices and shipping, but I'll adjust your bill once you place your order. Just hop over to my {ippity} blog!

Have a great weekend, everyone!

It's Fabulous Friday at Sugar Creek Hollow!

**SECOND POST TODAY ~ Looking for my Friends With Flair post? Scroll down to the next one!**

Welcome to a Fabulous Friday with Sugar Creek Hollow! The challenge to the design team this week was to use buttons! I decided to use just one this time. I was going for a less-is-more kind of card. Check it out!

I decided to try something different with the nestie label. Usually I just fill the entire frame with what ever is the focus. This verse is much wider than it is tall, however, and there would be a lot of extra space at the top and bottom. The paper I used is from K & Co., which is double sided, so I took some of the reverse pattern from the background paper to fill in on the bottom part of the label die. Trim with a edge punch, and voila! A flower with a button center is all that was needed to finish off this card. I also used Antique Linen Distress ink on the edges of the focal panel and sponged a little all over the white cardstock to tone it down, too.

supplies ~ cardstock: SU! Chocolate Chip, dsp: K & Co. Ancestry, flowers & button: Making Memories Paperie Mocha & Poolside, image: Sugar Creek Hollow

Thanks for stopping by today! Remember to visit the other DT gals and pick up your freebie over at Sugar Creek Hollow, too!

Dani ♥ Donna ♥ Joan
Joseline ♥ Kristina ♥ Linda ♥ Loretta 

Marsha ♥ Nancy ♥ Sarah 
Stephanie ♥ Tracy ♥ Kelly

Friends with Flair & Growing in Unity Day 4

Thanks for stopping by today! Sorry I didn't have a Growing in Unity post yesterday; some things came up that prevented me from getting it up in time. I'll post one more Unity/{ippity} project tomorrow for one more chance to get your name into the draw for Rows of Yummies. Sound good? Thought so! I'll draw a winner on Sunday.  =D

Today I made a birthday card using a trifold technique. I've done gate folds and a couple of other kinds of folds, but never this kind. I got my inspiration from a photo on the Caardvarks blog, and just happened to have this really cute patterned paper with the birds on it.

There are a total of six visible panels on this kind of card, not including the backside. The trick is to come up with enough interesting things to keep the eye moving, but they should all be tied together somehow. For mine, it was the bird stamps that coordinate with the birdhouses.

supplies ~ kraft: Bazzill, cardstock: DCWV Indian Summer Cardstock Stack, dsp: DCWV Green Stack, ribbon: Joann's, stamps: Unity February Stampin Store Kit {Life is Fabulous}

Also remember I'm offering a special deal on one of the kits I used this week, Where You Should Be! Order this kit from me sometime this week, and you'll pay only $15. No shipping! Plus, I'll send along a paper sampler pack! My blog is set up with regular prices and shipping, but I'll adjust your bill once you place your order. Just hop over to my {ippity} blog!

Thanks for stopping by to visit today; have a great FWF hop and a wonderful weekend!

AiFactory challenge: Clear & Simple

This week, the design team was given a set of flowers and asked only to make the image the centerpiece and include one clear item on our card.

 I really love the Easter lily since it reminds me of the true reason to celebrate Easter: Christ's death and resurrection on the cross to provide eternal life for me (and you) if I only believe that he is the only way to receive that eternal life. Amen!

The clear item on my card is the flourish. It's actually a single flourish from Sizzix (Nesting Swirls Set #2) that I cut in half to put it on either side of the flower. I colored the flower with Prisma pencils and OMS. Both the punched circle and the flower are popped up on pop dots. Lastly, I stamped a Scripture verse inside, Romans 5:8 - "But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."

supplies ~ cardstock: Georgia Pacific, dsp: DCWV: Luxury Stack (greens) & unknown (white pinstripe), image: AiFactory, sentiment: Sweet & Sassy Stamps

I used this week's sketch from 2 Sketches 4 You, entered it for this week's Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger, and since Easter is a cause for joy, I entered it in this week's Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge, too.

Make sure you hop over to the rest of the design team, too, and then when you've made YOUR card, link it up on the AiF challenge blog! Thanks for stopping by to visit today!

Carole * Kerry * Angie * Erin * Monica

Fink * Carlie * Lola

Growing in Unity Day 3...with blog candy

Happy Wednesday! I hope you're having a good week!

This is my third day of Growing in Unity. If you haven't had a chance to read my first two posts, scroll down to see them. Then leave a comment on each post to be entered in my blog candy to win Rows of Yummies from Unity Stamp Co.! There will be five days to comment, giving you five chances to win!

I decided to go with another CAS card today, but I gotta tell ya the flowers were giving me fits! The stamp is drawn with leaves, but I wanted to have flowers, and the sequins I used were really tiny. I used the smallest rhinestones I could find in my stash, too. Silly me!

It's hard to tell (you can click the pic to see it larger), but I cut the green cardstock to simulate grass, then bent the blades out a bit to give the card a bit more dimension.

supplies ~ cardstock: Georgia Pacific (white) & The Paper Company (green), sequins: stash, rhinestones: Me & My Big Ideas, stamps: Unity February Stampin' Store Kit, {Life is Fabulous}

Remember that I'm offering a special deal on one of the {ippity} kits, Where You Should Be! Order this kit from me sometime this week, and you'll pay only $15. No shipping! Plus, I'll send along a paper sampler pack! My blog is set up with regular prices and shipping, but I'll adjust your bill once you place your order. Just hop over to my {ippity} blog!

Have a terrific day, and come back tomorrow for another chance to enter my blog candy!