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Word Art Wednesday Challenge # 639-640 Sponsored by Pretty Pink Posh- $30 prize!

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   Good Morning! It is Word Art Wednesday's Anything Goes Challenge # 635-66.  As always,  anything family-friendly goes a card, an ornament, a journal, or framed art; we love you sharing your talents and creations!   We have our beautiful devotion by Karen Letchworth, a digital scripture gift from Karen Murray, design team inspiration, and a sweet $30.00 prize from  Pretty Pink Posh ! Check the website out; there is something for every type of crafting. My card for this week's verse.   Today's card used a lovely vintage American urban watercolor image.  I did write the artist's name down along with a little info about him, but, surprise, I can find that note! I embossed my pumpkin-colored stucco wall  background and printed it on 130# cold-pressed watercolor paper                                                So many high places to walk in the modern world,                                             I thank God he is with us every step of the way The verse I printed

Word Art Wednesday New Challenge #637-638 with Seth Apter Designs!

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   Good Morning! It is Word Art Wednesday's Anything Goes Challenge # 635-66.  As always,  anything family-friendly goes a card, an ornament, a journal, or framed art; we love you sharing your talents and creations!   We have our beautiful devotion by Karen Letchworth, a digital scripture gift from Karen Murray, design team inspiration, and a sweet $25.00 prize from  Seth Apter Designs ! Check the website out; there is something for every type of crafting. My card for this week's verse.  The stamps I used were this set from Crafty Individuals; I am very fond of these images. The two girls remind me of happy summer vacations at the beach with my sister Robin and the couple holding hands, Steve and I. For this card, I used VersaFine Clair ink on 130# watercolor paper and used watercolors for the coloring. The background was a freebie from Adobe. Here's a hint about background images like this: If you are printing with an inkjet printer, you can tweak the image with a wet pai

Word Art Wednesday Fresh Challenge # 635-636 Sponsored by Stamps of Life!

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                    Good Morning! It is Word Art Wednesday's Anything Goes Challenge # 635-66.  As always,  anything family-friendly goes a card, an ornament, a journal, or framed art; we love you sharing your talents and creations!   We have our beautiful devotion by Karen Letchworth, a digital scripture gift from Karen Murray, design team inspiration, and a sweet $25.00 prize from  Stamps of Life ! Check the website out; there is something for every type of crafting. My Card for this week: For this card, I used a preprinted Anna Griffin card base and a few of her flower die-cuts I mounted the bible verse on glitter cardstock. Dimensional tape and gold paint were added to the flower centers. I know I have said this many times, but I make cards to send to people, so they are pretty flat and very mailable.  There was a trend that I tried years back: stunning cards with layers of dimension, flowers, ribbons, and all kinds of amazing things.  Truly works of art on a small scale. But h

Masculine Card for Encouragement and a Little Old School Stamping.

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 As encouragement for the men in our church, Steve sends an encouraging "word" to each of the men at the beginning of the month.  My job is to take that encouragement and turn it into a card.  For February, I decided to hand stamp the card front after doing the message on the interior.   I used a terrific stamp by Paperbagstudios, wood mounted, red rubber.  I believe this company is no longer in business, but I can still find their cool stamps on eBay , which is where this one came from.  I'll show you the card and then take you through the process:  This is an A6 size top fold card; the base is  Sundance felt finish 110# card stock The stamp is 3.5x4.5  I liked the quote on the stamp, but I needed to remove it for my purposes. Without the quote:  It was a little difficult to get a good stamped image; this is not abnormal for larger wood-mount stamps.  Since I am a collector as well as a user of vintage Magenta stamps, I worked out a great way to get a good image time af

Word Art Wednesday and Anything Goes Challenge #633-#634.

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  Hello Everyone,  It is  Word Art Wednesday! Please take the time to click the blog Word Art Wednesday and check out Karen Letchworth's beautiful devotion and Karen Murphy's Digital Caligraphy featuring this week's verse: Psalm 86:5. For inspiration, we have the Design Teams' beautiful card Inspirations.  Why not make a card and enter the challenge.  You can win a lovely gift certificate to One of my Favorite shops:  Top Flight Stamps!   My Card this week using our Scripture gift: I blended the verse into the Digital Forest and cut out the two men from a digital image freebie online. I created a little depth by doing four layers. Such a great verse and perfect for a "man card." What a great thing to know, The Almighty will lay his hand upon us! Thank you for stopping by my blog,  I hope you enter the Anything Goes Challenge and win the prize! Have a great day, Ginny M  

Word Art Wednesday and Anything Goes Challenge #631-#632.

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  Good Morning! It is Word Art Wednesday's Anything Goes Challenge # 631-632.  As always,  anything family-friendly goes a card, an ornament, a journal, or framed art; we love you sharing your talents and creations!   We have our beautiful devotion by Karen Letchworth, a digital scripture gift from Karen Murray, design team inspiration, and a terrific $25.oo prize from  Stamp Simply! Check the website out; there is something for every type of crafting.   I had a lot of fun creating this card, I used the stamp set by Stamp Simply # SS-038,  Pastor Appreciation set # 2 ( there are 2 sets).  I am a big fan of Stamp Simply's scripture and sentiment stamps; they always stamp beautifully, and I love the fonts used.  Our Pastor's Birthday is this month, and since I am one of the Church Card Ladies, I made this card from the church to our Pastor.    The next card I made with this week's verse by Karen Murray This image just seemed like what we are all looking for - that happy

Word Art Wednesday and Anything Goes Challenge #629-#630 and a Freebie From Me.

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 Hello, everyone; it's  Word Art Wednesday once again, and we are now at challenge 623-624. As always, it is anything family-friendly goes!  We have our sweet devotion by Karen Letchworth, a digital scripture gift from Karen Murray, design team inspiration, and a sweet $25.00 prize from Lawn Fawn!!   Check the website out. They have some awesome crafty stuff. My Card Sample using the beautiful verse from Karween Murray I love the beautiful and serene expression of this portrait. As I looked through images and stamps to go with this week's verse, I thought this one would be perfect.                 I don't think there is a woman on the planet who cannot give pause to all the anxieties that besiege us on a daily basis, especially now. When I was a teenager, it seemed like everyone's mom that I knew was on Valium; as the years passed, the drugs changed.  But the  Anxiety remained.  Today, we all struggle with it, but for a growing number, the answer isn't drugs; it is