CAS119: Word Inspiration: GIFT

CAS119: Word Inspiration: GIFT (5/16/11) 

Today I made a card for Monday's Split Coast Stampers challenge. The challenge is a clean and simple card using the word inspiration GIFT. This was a real challenge for me because I didn't have any stamp sets that had gifts in it. As I was searching through my stamp sets I came across this stamp from Stampin Up's "In My Thoughts" and thought this is perfect. Then I thought it would go great with the couple scene from Stampin Up's "Summer by the Sea." Since this is a clean and simple card, I chose a green cardstock for my base, a green striped designer paper and a cream colored cardstock for my layers. I colored the image with my copic markers and chalk. I added a emerald green ribbon and some green buttons to top it all off.  Below are the details of the Challenge.

ANNOUNCEMENT

EXCITING NEWS

DON'T MISS THIS EVENT!!!

Because of Memorial Day weekend at the end of the month, we are starting a little early. Keep your eyes on the CAS Forum on Wednesday evening for the first event of our Beach Party Summer DT Search!

~~~CAS WEEKLY CHALLENGE~~~

May 16
CAS Word Inspiration Challenge: GIFT

 
Thanks for visiting and have a Blessed day. 

Debbie

Couragous Part II

Good Morning everyone,


Sorry it has been so long since I have posted, life has been so crazy here at the Moran household. Tuesday night Liam and I had the privilege of seeing a prescreening of  the next installment of Sherwood Films movie. If you are not sure who Sherwood Films is they are the creators of Flywheel, Facing the Giants and Fireproof. September 30th 2011 the new release of Courageous will hit theaters. Let me tell you this was one of the most powerful, encouraging, intense movies I have seen. the premise of the movie is to encourage men to be the fathers that God intended them to be. Liam was very touched by the movie as well as me and all the other people that were in the theater. We are going to discuss the ministry opportunities with our Pastor and hopefully work with other churches in the area to get the word out about this film. Please take the opportunity in September to go and see this movie you will not be disappointed. It has something for the whole family. Click on the icon on my sidebar to view the trailer for this movie.

Thanks for visiting. Have a blessed day, see back real soon.




Debbie

Happy Mothers Day!!!!

Today is Mother's Day and I want to wish all the moms out there a Blessed and Happy Mother's Day. Today I will be celebrating with my three beautiful girls Alina, Miranda, and Moira and of course my loving husband.

I wanted to share the Mother's Day card that I made for my mom. My mom is a great mom and I love her dearly. She has been riddled with illnesses the past 6 years and I have come close to losing her several times. My mom is such a strong woman. Even though she is sick most days and cares for my very ill fathers she still keeps going. She is like the energizer bunny she keeps going, and going and going. I would be lost without my mom and I hope to have her around for a very long time. She is always there for me no matter what and what the issue may be.

For her card I used a free digi from Nana Vic that I got from Crafters Digital cdacfdc2. When I saw this image I thought what a beautiful image for a card for my mom. I colored this image using Copic markers. This was my first time using Copic markers. I have not been formally trained to use them yet but my dear friend is working with me. I think I did a pretty good job for my first time and no training. I used a burgundy cardstock for the base along with pink and cream colored cardstock and some designer paper to compliment the card. I mounted the colored image on to the card and finished it off with a flower and a sticker that says everything about my mom. She is definitely a unique creation. When God made her he threw away the mold, which is what my mom always says.

I hope you enjoyed my card and thanks for visiting. Have a blessed day, and come again.

Debbie

Hambo Stamps Design Team Call

Good Afternoon everyone, I hope everyone is having a blessed day. Today I have two cards for you that I created using Hambo Digital Stamps. I created these for an application they have to be on their next design team.  I really enjoyed the images that I had to work with and creating these two cards.

The First Card I used the image ice cream man from Hambo Stamps. 

With this stamp I colored the stamp using colored pencils. I then chose a purple color base for my card and chose some complimentary designer paper. One of the requirements for the DT call is that you had to have your own sentiment. The first thing that came to my mind was a joke that I heard Bill Cosby tell in he stand up act "Bill Cosby - Himself", it made me laugh so hard I thought it would be fitting for this image. Once I mounted everything to the card I added some sage buttons to the card and put Velcro on the opening of the card to keep it closed.

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On the second card I made for the design team call I used Hambo Stamps Wee Henry Snorkel. With this card I started out with a green base for my card. I chose a blue complimentary cardstock as well. First I cut a boarder around the blue cardstock with one of my scalloped scissors. Then I colored the this image using the water coloring technique. I used Stampin Up's real red, brilliant blue, bravo burgundy, more mustard and  green galore for the coloring. Once again I tried to come up with a witty saying for my sentiment and thought this image screamed to me where is the pool. I mounted the image to the card with green brads and finished the card off with an embellishment of sun cream and a beach ball.

I really enjoyed creating this cards for Hambo Stamps and think they have a lot of fun and cute stamps and digital images to choose from.

Thanks
For visiting and I hope you have a blessed day.

Debbie

A Great Friend

I want to tell you all about a great and wonderful friend I have in my life. Her name is Chris Dickinson and I met her at my church last November. I was at church one morning and my husband was preaching that morning and this woman sitting in front of me who I have never met told me " I am praying for you and Liam". This was surprising to me since I have never met her and I didn't even know her name. As the months went on I got to know Chris a little better and she even helped me get my blog up and running and tricks of the trade.


I have been struggling a great deal with my life the past 6 months to the point that I was suicidal. Stress at work was killing me. Now that I am no longer employed there I have new stress. Chris even though we have not known each other that long has been an outstanding encouragement to me. She had the most encouraging words to say to me that made me feel so much better.

Today I was reading her blog: chrissyd723.blogspot.com and I was saddened to read the struggles she is dealing with in her own life. Here she has been giving me such encouraging pep talks all the while she is struggling herself.

We are reading through the book of Proverbs together as our devotions and in reading Proverbs chapter one God spoke to me and told me that I need to be slow to speak and to listen more. This has been a struggle for me not only in my day to day life but especially in my marriage. I have turned this struggle over to the Lord and I can not wait to see what new and exciting things he will be showing Chris and I. I do know that I am going to work on encouraging her more and being there to listen.

I know God put us in each others lives for a reason and I can not express enough what a blessing she is to me. I love her dearly and can't wait to grow our friendship even more. Please pray for her and the struggles she is facing.

Thanks for visiting. I hope you have a blessed day.

In Christ
Debbie

CAS Color Challenge

Good Evening everyone and Happy Monday. I hope everyone is having a wonderful day. I have been struggling with a migraine headache all day and I have not had the strength to work on any projects until just now.

This card I created for a challenge on Split Coast Stampers, below are the rules.

On this CAS (clean and simple) card I used Stampin Up's " So Many Scallops" and "Small Script" stamp sets. I stamped the first image on white cardstock with Stazon - Timber Brown ink pad. Once I cut out this image I mounted it on to sand cardstock then baby blue cardstoc, and mounted it onto my card with pop ups to give it dimension. Then I stamped my image from "Small Scriopt" with the same ink on the white cardstock and mounted it on the card under a frame. Once I had the images on the brown card base I added baby ribbon and bottle brads to finish off the card.

CAS Color Challenge
chocolate, sand, baby blue & white

*Note: Some stampers have used crumb cake, kraft, or sahara sand. All are just fine. If you don't have any of these colors, use what you have that's closest to a sandy color.

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Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a blessed day!!!

Debbie

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Thanks for visiting and have a blessed day!!!




Debbie