We are approaching Easter, my favorite time of the year. This is when we focus on all that Jesus did for us on the cross and His glorious resurrection. Without these two things we wouldn't have faith. I'm so glad He loved us that much, aren't you?
A friend was over the other night and she was looking at some of the cards I still have here. She found two Easter cards she wants me to make her. I made them a while back and I've posted them on the blog but since we have some new followers I thought I would go ahead and post them.
This one features a digital image from Heartsong Images. Click here to go to the original post for directions and supplies used.
This one features a digital image by Daisy Doodles and you can go to the original post by clicking on here.
I have more Easter cards but I won't bore you with posting all of them. I hope to have some new ones for you during this pre-Easter time.
Thank you for stopping by today. It's always a joy to have you visit and read your comments. God Bless You!!!!! Peggy
At Heart Song Challenges today we were asked to include a mini-tutorial with our challenge card. I chose Leah's "Jaspar" to make my card. Rather than color him I printed him on pattern paper. I did color his little heart nose.
Card Recipe:
A2 Card Base
Background Paper - KandCo. - Classic K. Bailey Paper Stack
Digital Image - Jaspar from Heart Song Designs Store
Martha Stewart - Lattice Punch Around The Page Punches
Fanfold Paper Flower - Cut 12" strip from cardstock or pattern paper. Determine how wide you want your flower to be and cut the strip of paper half that width, i.e., if you want your flower to be 3" cut strip 1 1/2 in. wide. Use scoreboard to score 12" strip every 1/4". Fanfold strip, Glue the ends together. Gather up like a teepee, then push down to form flower. Adhere to a 1 1/4 circle of paper. Be sure to push center together as much as you can. Decorate with an embellishment on top.
I know most of you already know how to make this flower so thanks for allowing me to go on about it. Thank you for stopping by today. We love your visits and comments. God Bless You!!! Peggy
Hi, dear friends. I hope your weekend was superb. We had a great service at church this morning. Heard a great message that has caused me to do some thinking. Have you ever had one of those Sundays when you leave church and you can't remember what the preacher said? Today was not one of those days.
The challenge we're working with at Heart Song Inspirations this week is: "Lace And/OR color on Kraft Colored Paper. I chose "Rosa and Bird" for my card. I thought Leah did an exceptional job on her. After I colored her, I put lace around her. I did not have colored Kraft paper so I used the original. After I added Rosa to the Kraft paper, I couldn't think of a thing that would enhance the card, so this one is clean and simple.
Card Recipe:
A2 Card Base
Background paper - Embossed Kraft Paper
Digital Image - Rosa and Bird from Heart Song Store.
Promarkers used to color image:
Flower - Light Peach, Peach, Leaf Green, Forest Green
Headband - Soft Peach, Cool Aqua, Almond
Hair - Tan, Cinnamon, Apricot
Skin - Satin, Dusky Pink, Coral
Dress - Soft Peach, Peach, Almond, Cool Aqua
Bird - Lime Green, Turquoise, Cool Aqua
Wings - Tea Green, Blender to lighten the color
Leah also released a new image today which is really nice. You can find it in the store also. Here is a watermarked image of it. I can't wait to play with this one.
Challenges I will enter my card in:
Lollipop Crafts - Anything Goes
Sparkles Forum Challenges - Elegance and Lace
By The Cute and Girly - Things With Wings
The Craft Garden - Use a bird
Thank you all for visiting us. Please let us hear from you. God Bless You!!! Peggy
Today is Heart Song Challenge. The theme for today is Summertime (whatever this means to you) AND/OR don't use any patterned paper. I really wanted to use patterned paper with this image but didn't. We would love for you to join in and let us know what Summer is to you. Leah is providing a free digi for anyone who wants to use it.
I chose Leah's Very Cherry Frame for my card. It can be found here.
Card Recipe:
A2 Card Base
Background paper - Card stock embossed with the Cuttlebug Floral Screen embossing folder
Digital Image - Very Cherry Frame by Leah Cornelius.
Digital Sentiments - Rainbow Echo Designs - Summer Loving Sentiments. This was a freebie I downloaded so I'm not sure of the website. You could probably Google it and find it.
Scalloped shape is an image on the Cricut Imagine. I flood filled it with pink color from the Nursery Tails Imagine Cartridge. I am totally having a ball playing with this new "toy".
Ribbon
Gem Butterflies
Promarkers used to color image:
Cherries - Red, Berry Red
Blossoms - Pale Pink, Cerise
Leaves - Leaf Green, Forest Green
Frame - Pale Pink
Here is a watermarked view of the image.
Now don't forget to swing by Heart Song Designs and see all the creations the Design Team have created. There are some really talented ladies in this group. I'm glad they let me play with them. Thanks for stopping by today. Look forward to seeing you tomorrow. God Bless You!!!! Peggy
On Heart Song Inspirations Challenge today, the challenge is to use scallops and/or paper piercing. Have you been dropping by to see the Design Team's creations. They do a really great job and offer some wonderful inspiration.
This is my card for the challenge. I decided to go with scallops. I love Leah's Pansy Frame so I'm using it.
Card Recipe:
A2 card base
Background paper - Various colored cardstock
Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge - for the rectangular scalloped background - Page 24 Oblong shift feature.
Heart Song Designs Pansy Frame
EK Success Scallop Edge Punch
Promarkers used to color image:
Pansies - Orchid, Amethyst, Buttercup, Gold, Tulip Yellow
Leaves - Grass, Forest Green, Lime Zest
Frame - Tan, Caramel, Cocoa
Frame Decoration - Gold and Orange Gel Pens
We are so thankful for your visits and comments. Thank you for your loyal support. God Bless You!!! Peggy
Today, over on Heart Song Inspiration we are having a sketch challenge. Each Monday we will have a new challenge for you with a fun twist called And/Or. You will be offered 2 challenges and you are free to choose one of them or do both! Sound like fun? :)
Rules of play:
* You are NOT required to use a Heart Song Designs image to play, but if you have one we'd love to see it!
*Choose one of the challenges offered or do both!
*Up in the tabs section of Heart Song Inspiration is the free digi offered for the month. We'd love for you to use it:) If you do use it or any Heart Song image you are given 2 entries for the weekly drawing of 2 free images from the Heart Song shop.
*One entry per person; No back links, please.
*Be sure to check back to see if you were chosen as one of the Top 3 and claim your "I was featured" badge.
Here is the card I created for this challenge.
And the inside of the card.
Card Recipe:
5X6.5 card base
Background Paper - Basic Grey Romani
Heart Song Designs Digital Image - Poppy
Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge - Page 25 - Oblong Frame
Martha Stewart Pansy Punch Around Page Punch Set
Promarkers Used to color image:
Poppies - Orange, Bright Orange, Mango, Black
Leaves and Stems - Grey Green, Soft Green
Here is the sketch to use to enter this challenge.
I do hope you will join us in this challenge. Be sure to go to Heart Song Inspirations to get your free digi and look at all the inspiration made by the Design Team. There are some really talented ladies on this team. Thanks for visiting us today. God Bless You!!! Peggy
Good News!!! Heart Song Inspirations is starting some challenges. The first one is today, June 6th. Leah is providing a freebie for you to use. The challenge is ANYTHING GOES. I have a watermarked picture of the freebie below. However, you can click here to get it for yourself. All the details of the challenge are on Heart Song's blog. This is the card I made.
Card Recipe:
A2 card base
Background paper - DCWV Cotton Bloom Stack
Heart Song Designs digital image - Happy Home
Martha Stewart Scallop 3 Dot Corner Punch
Martha Stewart Doily Lace Edge Punch
Promarkers used to color digi:
Roof - Ginger, Spice
House - Cool Aqua, Duck Egg
Chimney - Terracotta
Flower - Pastel Pink, Salmon Pink, Gold
Leaves - Leaf Green, Forest Green
Grass - Bright Green
Heart - Lipstick Red
This is the watermarked image. Be sure to swing on over to Heart Song Inspirations to pick it up for free.
Thank you for visiting today. We love it when you visit and comment. God Bless You !!! Peggy
Leah Cornelius of Heart Song Inspirations just released this image, actually it's two images I merged. It's called Baby Bundle I think she may be thinking a lot about a baby. She and her husband left Sunday for Ethiopia to meet their little boy they're going to adopt. I understand it is a long process to adopt. They won't get to bring him back with them yet. More red tape.
Anyway I made this card thinking about her. I hope I'll get to send it to her soon. I put the airplanes on it to represent not only that little boys like planes but to represent the distance they have to go to get him. God Bless You, Leah and your little family.
Card Recipe:
A2 Card Base
Background Paper - Digital Gingham Paper and Basic Cardstock
Wall Decor Cricut Cartridge for the Airplanes cut at 1"
Heart Song Designs Digital Image - Baby Bundle
Promarkers used:
Giraffe - Almond, Powder Blue, Lipstick Red
Moon - Buttercup, Yellow Stickles
These are the digistamps.
Thank you for the visits and comments. Please pray for Leah and her husband. God Bless You!!! Peggy
SORRY, I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS DIDN'T POST WHEN I HAD IT SCHEDULED. BLOGGER MUST BE ACTING UP AGAIN.
Happy Friday. I had a chance to do a little crafting yesterday afternoon. I had some new digistamps and wanted to play a while. This Pansy Frame is by Leah Cornelius of Heart Song Designs. It's one of her new releases and you can find it here. This is the card I made for my brother-in-law who is recovering from surgery.
Card Recipe:
A2 card base
Background Paper - Basic Grey Lily Kate
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Divine Swirl
Digital Image - Heart Song Designs Pansy Frame
Digital Sentiment - Create With TLC
Gel Pens for Faux Stitching
Promarkers Used:
Pansies - Orchid, Amethyst, Buttercup, Tulip Yellow, Gold
Leaves - Grass, Forest Green, Lime Zest
Frame - Tan, Caramel, Cocoa
Frame Decoration - Gold and Orange Gel Pens
This is Leah's digistamp. Be sure to check out her store.
I hope you all have a great Friday and weekend. Thank you for stopping by and joining us today. I hope you found some inspiration. We love having you here. God Bless You!!! Peggy
Today's card features Heart Song Designs Mushroom and Caterpillar. It's only $1.00 in Leah's store. Click here to go there.
Card Materials:
A2 card base
Background Paper - Heidi Grace Birds in Vines
Digital Image - Mushroom and Caterpillar by Leah Cornelius
Cindy Loo Cricut Cartridge - Frame cut at 4X5.25"
KandCo. Wild Saffron Butterfly and Bugs
Sentiment - Paper Trey Inks - Mega Mixed Messages
Promarkers used:
Mushroom - Lipstick Red, Almond, Putty
Caterpillar - Lime Zest, Pear Green
Grass - Grass
Thank you for visiting today. Hope you enjoy this little quick card. I just couldn't let another day go by without posting. God Bless You!!! Peggy
Donna told you yesterday about her Dad's roses so I thought I would just show some of them to you. They are really showing off this year. Aren't they pretty?
I'm trying to get back in the groove after my break and going to Donna's house. We had fun.
This card is for Heart Song Inspirations Design Team. Leah named this image "Bird and Roses." The roses reminded me of Ben's Knockout Roses. I tried to color the bird to resemble a Yellow Finch. I think they are so pretty and I love it when I see one on my bird feeder.
Card Materials:
A2 Card Base
Background Paper - Digital Paper from Create With TLC.
Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge for yellow label
Cuttlebug Embossing Folders - Floral Screen and Leafy Branch
Ruffled Ribbon - Hobby Lobby
Bling Flowers
Promarkers Used:
Bird - Canary, Sunflower. Gold, Cool Grey 1 and Cool Grey 5
Flowers - Magenta, Cerise (Sunflower and Ginger for the centers)
Leaves/Branches - Forest Green, Pine
One more thing. Donna and I are participating in a blog hop Friday, April 22 in honor of Gaby's birthday and Earth Day. Gaby is the talented designer at Gaby Creates. You have to go there and see some of great creations.
Thank you for being our blogging friends. We love your visits and comments. God Bless You!!! Peggy
Happy Sunday, dear friends. Today is the day for Sketches with Heart Sketch Challenge. I hope you will join us. You will find more inspiration on Heart Song Inspiration Blog. The Design Team have all created cards. I used Leah's Lily image for my card.
Card Materials:
5X6.5" card base
Background Paper - Anna Griffin's Carolina Collections Paper
Digital Image - Lily by Leah Cornelius - Click here
Lace from Hobby Lobby
Floral Bling - From Michael's
Promarkers Used:
Lily - Blush, Sunflower
Leaves - Bright Green, Forest Green
Here is the sketch to use for this challenge. I hope you will play along with us.
Thank you for dropping by. Leave us some love. Hope to "see" you again tomorrow for another challenge. God Bless You!!! Peggy
Happy Sunday, dear friends. Since it's Sunday it's time for the sketch challenge on Heart Song Inspirations. I hope you joined us for the first monthly blog hop Friday and yesterday. This is the card I made for the challenge today.
I used the new Cricut cartridge Elegant Edges for all the cuts on this card. I LOVE THIS CARTRIDGE. It has so many pretty labels and edges. I know I'm enabling you but it's a great cartridge.
Card Materials:
5X6.5 card base
Background paper - Digital paper from Create with TLC (you can get a ton of free digital images on this website. I also used purple and white shimmer paper.
Digital Image - Easter Cross from Heart Song Designs Shop
Cuttlebug Folder - Polka Dots
Cricut Cartridge - Elegant Edges for all the cuts
Ribbon
Purple Rhinestones
Promarkers Used:
Cross - Tan, Cocoa
Crown of Thorns - Khaki, Pastel Beige
Leaves & Vines - Leaf Green, Forest Green
Flowers - Lilac, Violet, Canary
Thank you for stopping by today. We love your visits and comments. Have a wonderful day. God Bless You!! Peggy
Happy Sunday, our beautiful followers. How amazing to have you visit today. Today is the weekly sketch challenge at Heart Song Inspirations. This is the card I made. I printed Theodore and Tulip on plaid paper instead of coloring him. This gives a totally different effect. I hope you like him.
Card Materials:
5X6.5" card base
Background Paper - DCWV Sweet Paper Stack
Picturesque Cricut Cartridge - Blue Floral Circle- Page 71 cut at 4"
Flower Brads
Ribbon
Here is the sketch. I hope you will play along with us this week. Just leave your card in the linky at the bottom of the post on the Heart Song Inspiration Blog. Leah is giving away one of her sweet digis.
To introduce the April release of Heart Song Designs, we are having a blog hop April 1 and 2. One lucky follower will win the entire release. So be sure to be here next Friday for some fun. God Bless You!!! Peggy
This will be the last weekly release by Heart Song Designs. Leah is going to a monthly release, on the first day of each month, that will have a lot of digital images in it. There will also be a Design Team Blog Hop associated with the releases on April 1-2. You don't want to miss this. One lucky hopper will win the entire release.
I made this card using the image entitled Picket Fence Tulips. There are 4 more images in this release. You can get all of them all here.
This is also a sketch challenge so please join us at Heart Song Designs Inspiration Challenge using this sketch.
My Card Materials:
A2 Card Base
Background Paper - Cardstock
Paper Lace Cricut Cartridge for Scalloped Floral Shapes
Swiss Dots Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
Ribbon
Buttons
Promarkers Used:
Bird - Powder Blue, Denim
Fence - Tan, Cocoa
Leaves - Leaf Green, Forest Green
Tulips - Coral Pink, Salmon Pink, Sunflower, Tulip Yellow, Lilac, Purple, Red, Poppy
This is a watermarked image of all the digis released today. Thank you for your visits and comments. I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday. God Bless You!!! Peggy
Today is new release day for Heart Song Designs. Leah has produced two new digistamps for us to enjoy. The names are Vintage Blooms and Chick Parade. There is going to be a sketch challenge on the Heart Song Inspirations Blog so swing on over and join in the fun.
I only had time to make a card with Vintage Blooms. I'll be back later with one for Chick Parade. When I looked at the Vintage Blooms and read the name, it inspired a Sepia colored image in my mind. I hope you enjoy.
Materials:
A2 Card Base
Background paper is from a Vintage stack I bought years ago in anticipation of making a Heritage Scrapbook. I started it but haven't finished.
Image - Vintage Blooms from Heart Song Designs
Ribbon
Promarkers used:
Ivory, Pastel Beige, Cinnamon
This is a simple card but I feel it conveys the essence of vintage. I like how it turned out.
Here are the images as they were released.
Thank you for taking the time out of your schedule to visit our blog. It means everything to us. God Bless You!!! Peggy
Hi Everyone, it's my day to post on Heart Song Designs Inspirations Blog. Leah released two new images Sunday which I posted. These are the cards I made using them.
Card using Lovely Tulips
Materials:
A2 Card Base
Background Paper - Digital Gingham Paper and scrap cardstock.
Felt flowers from $1.00 bin at Michael's
$1 stamp from Michael's
Martha Stewart Pansy Edge Punch
Promarkers used
Tulips - Tulip Yellow, Gold, Soft Lime
Leaves - Lush Green, Forest, Soft Lime
Card Using Bloom Trimmers - These are individual flowers and leaves and a butterfly you can color, cut apart and use any way you wish.
Materials
A2 Card Base
Background Paper - Citrus
Martha Stewart Punches - Doily Lace Trim(Peach) and Floral Vines Punch (Stripe Paper)
Promarkers used:
Big Flowers - Soft Peach, Peach, Duck Egg, Turquoise
Med. Flowers - Soft Peach, Putty, Mango, Cool Aqua, Turquoise
Small Flowers - Soft Peach, Mango,Leaf Green, Duck Egg, Turquoise
Leaves - Leaf Green, Forest Green
Butterfly - Tulip Yellow, Buttercup
I hope you will go over to Heart Song Designs' Shop and look around. She has so many adorable images. Thanks for stopping by today. God Bless You!!! Peggy
Today is new release day at Heart Song Inspirations. I did not get to make a card with these releases this week. My family was here this weekend and we took the time to just be together. Leah has created 2 new releases for this week, Lovely Tulips and Bloom Trimmers. I hope you like them. Swing by her store and see the cards some of the Design Team has made.
Thank you for joining us today. Hope you have a wonderful Sunday. God Bless You!!! Peggy
Did you know that Morning Glorys are the birth flower for September? I did not know that until I got this digital image from Heart Song Designs. You would think I knew that since I was born in September. I looked on the internet to see the many varieties there are of them. I especially liked the variegated ones. This is the card I made with it. I will enter it in the I Love Promarkers Challenge Blog's Wednesday challenge. The challenge is to use green and purple.
Card Recipe:
A2 card base
Frame for digistamp - Printed Vellum - Frame cut using Lacy Labels Shift feature
Cuttlebug Folder used to emboss the background paper-Heritage
Digital Image - Morning Glorys from Heart Song Designs.
Ribbon
Adhesive Bling
Promarkers used
Morning Glorys - Magenta, Violet, Lilac, Yellow
Leaves - Soft Freen, Tea Green, Grey Green
Thank you for visiting today. We appreciate you so much for all your sweet comments. God Bless You!!!! Peggy
Sundays are going to be new release days on Heart Song Designs so I will be posting Leah's new images on Sundays while I'm on her Design Team. Today's images are Butterfly and Thistle and Theodore & Tulip. I played with them and these are the cards I came up with.
Butterfly & Thistle card recipe:
A2 card base
Background paper - DCWV Ciao Bella
Yellow paper framing image and from which butterflies were made is DCWV Textures & Finishes
Butterflies cut from Indie Art Cartridge at 1.5 and 1.25
Crystal Bling for Butterflies
Promarkers Used:
Thistle - Pink Carnation, Fuschia
Greenery - Tea Green, Grey Green
Butterfly - Buttercup, Ivory, Umber
Theodore and Tulip card Recipe
A2 card base
Background Paper - Plaid is DCWV Nana's Kitchen - Floral is DCWV Glitter Stack - Solid is The Paper Studio's So So Sweet
Cuttlebug to emboss the solid paper behind Theodore.
Martha Stewart Pansy Punch Around the Page Punches
Promarkers Used
Theordore - Cool Gray 1, Pale Pink
Tulip - Lipstick Red, Berry, Bright Green, Forest Green
These are Leah's images:
Be sure to go over to Heart Song Designs Store and also the Inspiration Blog. Check out what the DT has been up to. Thank you for stopping by today. I hope this is the best Sunday of your life. God Bless You!!!Peggy
