Card A Day: With Faith and Store Closes Today..last chance at 70% off!

It's time again for me to design a card for the Card A Day blog.  The theme this week is "With Faith".  I purposely chose to sign up for this theme because I don't do many religious inspired cards.  I don't know why...there are many inspiring words in Scripture that are more than appropriate for card makers.  Patter Cross participates in a Scripture challenge.  You can find more details about that and see her beautiful cards on her blog Triple the Scraps.  I used her blog for a starting point on my card since I didn't have any religious stamp sets to use.

I used my Card Base 5 file.   This file is wonderful!  It allowed me to cut scraps of paper and have them all lined up perfectly thanks to the precision of my KNK.  It's also great for mass producing cards because you can cut all 4 shapes out of 4 different patterns and just place them in the appropriate spots to make 4 different cards.  I used Staz on ink to stamp the ribbon with Papertrey ink stamps from Year Round Puns.  I was thrilled to find some fibers that matched the colors in these papers.  They were a fun accent that I haven't used in a while!  It feels great to dig up some old embellishments to put them to use. If you click on the photo you should be able to read the scripture I printed with my home printer but if not here it is:

Hebrews 13:5 "Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, 'Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.'"

Sometimes it's nice to be reminded that we are very blessed in this world and that if we are having troubles that seem insurmountable that God will help you through them.  

Sadly the day has come to close my store.  As of midnight EST Aug. 31, 2013 (tonight) the store will no longer exist!  I'm not sure when I'll have my files into a new store (please follow my blog to keep up to date on my whereabouts)  so cash in now at the best prices I have ever offered by going shopping here before it's too late!  Note: the discount won't show up until you add items to your cart..however it is easy to remove items so don't worry.  Please download your files immediately upon purchase because they won't be available after the 31st.

I have added many new files to the store over the past week so if you checked  in the beginning of the month you may want to stop by again.   Thanks soo much for all your support over the years!  I love designing and all the friends I have met by doing so!     I loved seeing all your inspiring projects using my files.  I do hope you'll continue to share your projects with me!  Yeppers..you guys are one talented bunch!   If you are ever in a bind and need something designed..please contact me even if I don't currently have files in a store.  I do hope you'll stay in touch so I won't say goodbye!

We are having a yard sale tomorrow.  Praying it doesn't rain!  I'd better get some sleep..early birds get the sales! 

Thanks for stopping by!  Please come back again!  Have a fabulous weekend!

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July Papertrey Blog Hop

Whew!  I didn't think I would actually meet the deadline for this challenge!  One of these days I will be early.  I was scraping more paint off the porch all day.  Hubby graciously took over this evening so I could make this card.  The challenge Paper Trey Ink gave us was to use the photo above as inspiration for a card.   Don't you just love the colors!?!  This isn't something I would have naturally put together but I think it looks fab and would love an area like this in my home! Wouldn't you!?!  I also forget that things like these can be a great source of inspiration.   In the past I drew my colors and inspiration from a sheet of store bought patterned paper.  Lately, though I am striving to make use of my stash of supplies by stamping my own patterned paper.  So I need to look elsewhere for color combos.  This is a fantastic resource!  Home decor catalogs here I come!  Where do you get your inspiration from?

Above you can see my card. I am quite pleased with it and will definitely be saving this color combo for the future. I used my Card Base 3 file as a starting point.  You can see the other supplies I used in my supplies list below.  If you would like to purchase my file please click on the photo to be taken directly to it in my store.

Supplies:
Paper Trey Ink Stamps:  Turning a New Leaf (used for all three patterned papers), Honey Bees (flowers and grass), Round and Round Anniversary Set (sentiment)
Fibers
Rivets?...got them at JoAnn's when they went out of business...cut like gemstones but material similar to rivets in jeans

I'm happy I had to post to meet the PTI challenge deadline because now I get to share with you an beautiful card by Johanne.  She sure does have a knack for creating elegant works of art! I just love those colors and the gold embossing!  Here is what Johanne has to say about her stunning card:

Cutting Files:

                Card Base 5 from Shelly's Art

                Circle and Frame from Diana's Design

Paper: Bittersweet from Basic grey collection

Stamps: 

                HSH326I from Heather's Stamping Haven

                Mouse from the Stamp TV Spring mix

Embossed with gold embossing powder

If you would like to purchase the cutting file Johanne used in her card please click on the image below to be taken directly to it in my store.

Thanks for stopping by!  Come back to see me again please!  Have a great week!

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