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I entered a Color Challenge that was very challenging today.  The Challenge is over at The Kraft Journal blog.   The plan was to also enter the same card in  the challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs  ODBDSLC232  using a lovely new scripture stamp   I won from one of their challenges a few weeks ago. That all sounds simple enough and it was until I looked at the colors used for the challenge! We all have colors and styles that we like / love to work with and tend to stay within those comfort zones.   Here are the colors - I am not at all happy working with: yuck, they remind me of the old Necco candy wafers.  I couldn't stand those either.  It is me,  I know.. But this is why participating in challenges are so good, they force you to expand you self and work with colors and styles you normally wouldn't. I've taken a couple of color theory classes, one for embroiderers - no mixing of colors there and one for painters - all mixing.  Card making is somewhere in-between these t

Yesterday I left off at step 6, Building a swatch pallet: 6. Make a swatch sheet with your papers of the color key.  The Key:  Using the solid color pad I began to build my swatch sheet This pad was sort some of the right shades, So I had to use paper in the stash after about 15 minutes I had it as complete as I was going to get it: Checking it with printed papers My solids lined out So from there I grabbed the papers and pulled a few colors to make my first card 7. Start playing with your papers, pull them out of the pad and start matching colors with patterns. Use your phot'd fabric as an example I used 6, 3, 4, and 7.  I added an additional color a grass green that was in the print stack Okay, here it my card: Whatcha think??   I like it, I added the flowers and bow and butterflies all in the pallet colors This card is 5x7 I am also entering this card in the  Our Daily Bread Designs , Shinning The Light Challenge .  The scripture is one of their beautiful rubber scripture stamp

I've put up a new challenge for my facebook group 'Christian Card Makers' This challenge involves a new way of looking at color and using it in card making projects. I thought I'd  blog this challenge,  you might like to give it a try This involves using the color key registration of fabrics. Here is how it works: 1. Go to a fabric store and a quickly look the fabrics 2. Find a few fabrics that you are drawn to. I like this one in the group, When I pulled it out I wasn't to crazy about it, plus it did not have a color registration key!  This is the first bolt  of fabric I have seen without one!! I thought this might be interesting and it had a color key Then I thought , no I really don't want to make cards with this palette This was really pretty in fabric But then I thought to little color to make a couple dozen cards with. I left the home decor fabric section and went over to the quilting fabrics and found something that I liked: 3. Unwrap the bolt a bit and l

Today is my last day as a guest Design Team member over a t  Word Art Wednesday , What a great time I had too!!  This wonderful blog bring s a new Bible verse and lots of inspiration every week. It is a labor of love by many hands on deck. The week the verse is from Psalm 18:46 Such a beautiful verse in a perfect font!   Here is my card This card was made with a digital frame and lots of liquid pearl dots!!   I also hand painted glitter on the  lattice of the image. I can't wait to send it , I know it will make a smile happen! Click over to Word Art Wednesday , Enjoy the devotion and make a card for the challenge! Thank you for stopping by Ginny M

I had an Oriental Swap art Swap to mail out for the March ACE-16 swap today.  I wanted to do something completely different.  So I picked a color I rarely  work with - pink! I used a yummy paper pad  called Blush Glam by Craft Smith. These images are printed on Neenah  Solar white laid finish, with a little distressing. I also added pink glitter to the cherry blossom trees.   I have found using textured papers work really well at grabbing the ink and getting a good print. With these two card, one I modge podged and one I did not.  I am not sure which I like better. Pretty papers! These have the feel of what in the printing world is called 'calendar paper'.  A very velvety finish, lovely for card making!! Thanks for stopping by!! Ginny M

A few fun cards I made tonight For and Oriental Stamps Art Swap Koi Card x4  Oriental Stamp Arts swap Thanks for stopping by! Ginny M

I made this card for a flower card swap in a group I'm in.  I wanted something simple for this swap. I thought this image looked so peaceful. Such a beautiful stamp made by Our Daily Bread Designs of this powerful verse! Thanks for stopping by Ginny M This card has been entered in the ODB anniversary challenge

A couple years ago flip cards were all the rage and they really were very nice.  I made a half dozen that  I hand cut and scored.   I also  tried using my electronic cutting machine  with SVG files.  I had some many problems with that I decided that  there was no reason I really needed to continue the craft disaster, plenty of other things to do without so much waste and frustration.  I quickly forgot about it. Two Weeks ago Kathy Godwin made so many beautiful flip cards for my scrap challenge I really had the unction to revisit the process!  Here are a few of Kathy's Flip cards: Aren't they great!! This time I am using a Sizzix die , my thought was this would be simple and I would be cranking out cards by the score!! Not Quite! On my first few goes at this I used my Ebosser electronic embossing and die cutting machine.  It works a great and never gives me a problem Using a K&Co paper :  two sheets adhered together to give me pattern on both sides.  This paper I think has t