Amber Ink: Time to Leaf iPaper

Today, I have some new Fall ipapers to show off for Amber Ink.  This is "Time to Leaf - Goldenrod".  If it is not already available - it will be soon.  

Amber Ink has great digital papers. They are high resolution and the detail and colors are brilliant when print on your home printer.   Love the colors of this paper, really wonderful Fall colors.  There 3 more color palettes available in this leaf pattern.

I cut some of the leaves out from the paper and a added them to the sentiment with some coordinating buttons.

Supplies -- Amber Ink ipaper "Time to Leaf - Goldenrod", Quote The Angel Company, Bazzill Pomegranate, Ivory cardstock, Nestabilities Labels 18, Bag-O-Buttons "Hall Pass", PTI Rustic Cream Button Twine.

Hope you enjoyed this post.  Check out the Amber Ink blog!

Fall Blessings,

Deb

Mabelle RO: Friends

Happy Monday!

Today, I have a Mabelle RO rubber stamp image to show.  Mabelle has digi's of course, but she also recently came out with a rubber stamp line too.  Her rubber stamps are deep etched red rubber mounted with cling foam.  There is some trimming required.  

If you like to index your stamps (like I do), I have instructions on how I do that here.  Or see the "Indexing Your Stamps" tab above on this blog to get to the link also.

This image is from the set "Friends".  I thought I would use one of the smaller images from the set.  

 

I also used a Shapeabilities die I hadn't used yet - "Grommet Tags".  I cut the shape out in 2 cardstock colors, PTI Kraft and PTI Aqua Mist.  Stamped on the kraft tag, cut out the center portion and layered it on the aqua tag.  The image was stamped on X-Press It cardstock, colored with Copic markers, cut out and layered on the Kraft tag.

The scalloped and embossed detail at the bottom of the orange cardstock is Nestabilities Labels 17.

There is a "Dress it Up" micro-mini "Romance" button in the top grommet hole.  I found them online at Joann.com.  They are tiny. 

Supplies -- Mabelle RO Friends, Simple Stories Year.o.graphy, PTI Pure Poppy, Orange Zest, Aqua Mist and Kraft cardstock, X-Press It Cardstock, Mini Button, PTI Thread, Spellbinders Grommet Tags and Label 17, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Copic markers 

Copic Colors: R46, R59, YR04, YR07, YG93, YG95, YG97

Hope you enjoyed today's Mabelle DT post.

Abundant Blessings,

Deb 

Biblical Impressions: Scripture

Happy Sunday!

I mentioned the service project at church for our missionaries several weeks ago.  In my first Biblical Impressions post "Hope Love", I shared the card for the missionaries care packages.

I wanted to share one of the projects.  I thought this was an amazing idea.  We called it {30 Days of Encouragement}.

The idea was to create a package of cards, 30, with encouraging scripture on one side.  On the other side, the blank side, a personal message of encouragement or prayer or thank you was written during our service activity.  30 days worth of encouragement a new card, new prayer, new scripture each day. 

This was actually how I was recruited to help with this service project - my husband came home and asked if I would cut out the cards using my Nestabilities dies. I said sure. 

Little did I know that they wanted 30 for each missionary and we were creating care packages for 12 missionaries.  360 cards - whew. 

It went fast actually with my Grand Calibur.  I chose 6 dies and cut 2 sheets of cardstock at a time.  This actually cut and embossed at the same time with one run through the machine.  Praise God!

Then I chose 30 different scripture verses.  Biblical Impressions has whole sheets of amazing scripture verses, different fonts, different translations for a great variety.  They were really perfect.  Again Praise God!

This project was very well received and the personal messages written on the back of each card were truly amazing.  Turned out better than we could have ever imagined.  Praise God! 

I packaged them using a clear envelope and made a simple header with kraft cardstock (4.25 x 4.5"). The resealable end of the envelope is at the bottom so it can be opened and the cards can be taken out without removing the header. I punched 2 holes through the folded header and bottom of the envelope about 1/2" in and tied it all together with a ribbon.

I really loved this project.  My prayer is that the missionaries are uplifted by this personalized and prayer filled gift from those who created their care package.

Blessings this week...

Deb

Memory-Works and Unity Stamps

Hi All,

I signed up with Memory-Works a few weeks ago.  In this past weeks posts, I have been using some of the name brand paper lines they carry.  Today, I'm using both their patterned papers and some of the stamps they carry.  They carry Unity Stamps.

I have 2 cards to share today.  The first one uses "Hello My Friend". 

This is how they come, deep etched red rubber, mounted and pre-cut.

The foam is black which kind of threw me for a loop, because I like to index my stamps.  It is not too late once they are mounted. I have step by step instructions just go to the "Indexing your Stamps" tab above.

Then I thought - I wonder if Palette New Canvas (white) would work and it did!  Yay!  Ok - back to the card.

The heart consists of 3 layers.  The base is yellow cardstock (PTI Lemon Tart), orange patterned paper heart on top of that and the flowers are the 3rd layer, white Xpress it cardstock colored with Copic markers.  The patterned cardstock is Crate Paper "Farmhouse".

The second card is "Call Me".  I used Basic Grey "Little Black Dress" patterned paper for this card.

A little bakers twine to finish the card and this is a really quick one.

These stamps are from the Spring 2011 Memory-Works catalog. Both stamp sets are on clearance, so if you like them - now is the time to contact your Memory-Works consultant, because quanities are limited. 

Cleck out the clearance area online. That is really the reason I joined, so many pretty things in one place, plus great clearance discounts.  I love a sale!

The new catalog came out in September, all new papers, all new stamps.  I have a link to the new catalog on my left side bar.

If you would like to learn more about Memory-Works or a catalog drop me an e-mail.

 

Hope you enjoyed today's Memory-Works post.

Blessings,

Deb