For God So Loved the World

I have one more card for 2024. Due to design team obligations as well as the Thanksgiving/Christmas holidays I had to pause my bible verse based cardmaking for Grace Klein, a local faith based charity. I am hoping to get back on track in 2025.

After using the The Greetery Leaves All Around Stencil, I blended on grasshopper, dove and wildberry inks then cut out with the matching Leaves All Around die. I struggled with this a bit so you need to just embrace the imperfections! I printed the verse provided for the current Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes - Weeks #679-680 challenge onto white linen cardstock, then cut out with a stitched edge die. I backed the stenciled piece with a plain layer of cardstock and attached around the opening for the sentiment. 

Products: The Greetery Stencil and Die, Neenah cs, MFT dieC and Simon Says Die, Concord & 9th inks, Copic Markers

Copics: C00, C1, C3

 Have a happy and safe New Year! I hope to see you back here in 2025. 

Christmas Blessings

The images from the Hero Arts Floral Nativity stamp and die set have been colored over a year but just never made it onto a card. I did record the colors then in a draft post otherwise I would just be guessing. I assume it is a retired set as I only find it on Amazon and Ebay. 

Since the images were already completed, I just needed a background. I decided on the Craft Consortium Ink Drop-Midnight papers which provided a quick and easy, rich alcohol ink background look without all the mess.  I cut it with the PTI Love to Layer: Soft Ridges die, stamped the sentiment using Versamark ink and gold heat embossed. After adhering the images to the piece, I attached it to a dark indigo stitched edge cardstock panel. The sentiment doesn't show up that well in the photo but looks better in real life. 

Products: Hero Arts stamps and dies, Craft Consortium dp, PTI cs, PTI die, Altenew and Versamark ink, Copic Markers

Baby Jesus-E00, E01, E21, E25, W00, E81; Mary-E000, E01, E02, E21, E25, G20, G24, R83,W00,E81, BG10,BG11, BG23, Y21, Y23; Joseph-E00, E01, E02, E11, G20, G24, W00, E81, B91, B93, Y21, Y23, Y26; Manger-E30,E31,E33,W1, YR30,YR31; Stable-C1,C3,W00,W1

Have a blessed Christmas! 

O Holy Night

For the first day of Advent I am featuring a Nativity themed card. 

I actually created this card some time ago but just never posted it. Although I recorded the products I used and the Copic markers to color it, I don't really remember that much about it. I do know the background was ink blended then I used a stencil and some paper glaze to create the starry background. The stamps and dies are from the Sunny Studio Holy Night set. 

Products: Sunny Studio stamps and dies, Picket Fence studios Paper Glaze, Miss Ink Stencil,  Altenew, My Favorite Things and Ranger Distress ink, Copic Markers

Copics: Mary-E00,E01, E53, E55, W00,E81, B41, B32; Joseph-E00, E01, E21, E23, BG70, BG72, BG75, 341, E42; Manger/Baby Jesus-E00, E01, Y13, Y15, E81,YR30, Y21; E31, E33,Stable-E31, E33, E35, YR30, Y21, Y23, Y02, Y15; Lamb-W00,E81,T1, T3; Donkey-W00, W1, W2, W5

Enjoy this advent season. 

50 Completed and Donated

Today's three faith based cards were created for Grace Klein here in Birmingham (@grace_klein_community). This is a wonderful faith based organization that has many charitable endeavors both locally and globally. Their goal is to give out 100,000 scripture based cards this year to be included with the food, clothing and school supply boxes, etc. They want cards in bundles of 25 which is daunting to our kind of card makers but my goal is to donate 100 cards by the end of the year. If you have any questions or want to join me, please send me an email or comment on this post and I will give you the details. 

I used The Greetery Mighty Oak Botanicuts dies along with the sentiment from the Comforting Commands stamp and cut with the matching die adhered to a dark gray background. 

Products: The Greetery stamps and dies, Simon Says cs, MFT die, PTI and Ranger Distress ink

I used the same die set on the second card adhered to a lighter gray background. The sentiment is from the Stamp Simply Fear Not set. 

Products: The Greetery dies, Stamp Simply stamp, PTI and Simon Says cs, MFT die, Altenew ink

I found this tag in my card stash and in looking back on my blog discovered it was created in 2015 for a tag challenge. So that definitely gave me a much needed head start on this card. The background was created with a strip of patterned paper and an already blended paper pad. I just typed up the verse, cut out and then blended on antique linen distress ink. 

Products: Kaisercraft stamp, Lawn Fawn and Reverse Confetti dies, MFT cs,  Sunny Studios and MFT dp, Michael's Mirrored Gold cs, Ranger ink

Due to the devastation of Hurricane Helene, Grace Klein has begun shipping truck loads of relief supplies to Tennessee and North Carolina. These are people who have lost everything, family, homes, pets and their sense of security and safety. GK specifically asked for faith based cards to share along with the donations given out to those who are suffering so much. So....that meant I really needed to gear up to finish my second group of 25. I took another look at my card stash and found 9 that I could easily alter with a bible verse sentiment. That got me to 47 cards in total and these 3 represent #48, #49 and #50 of my second set of 25. 

I know these photos aren't the best but I had to photograph during a particularly gloomy day. Both sets a of 25 are probably on their way to either Tennessee or North Carolina. 

I am submitting these to the Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes - Weeks #667-668,

and also to the October Four Seasons Challenge.