Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus

Hi friends!  I have been working on some crocheted squares for a remembrance blanket for a crafter who loved purple, so I was drawn to these colors for this week's card as well.  I recently spent some time with another friend who is a real book lover (real physical books of paper and ink, not digital) and so the idea came to me to make this project a relatively clean and simple bookmark card.  The bookmark can be sliced off the side of the card and tucked into a card while the card remains intact.   

I wanted to keep this card relatively thin and low profile so I stamped the sentiments directly onto the designer paper using Versamark ink and gold detail embossing powder.  

I can't see these sentiments without singing them!  I wanted the first to be visible from the outside, 

and the second to be visible once the bookmark was flipped open. This inside sentiment was a little wider than the bookmark flap, so I used a little fishtail banner to hide the part that was peeking out a bit too far.

Here's the inside.  I love using these "royalty" colors for a "King" card like this.  I used pretty pearly white paper for the cross, although if I'd had it I might have chosen the gold metallic (I need to order more...the gold is the one I always run out of first because I love it so much!).  A little smudge of gold ink through the die gave the white that little bit of gold lustre.  

Supplies:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Worship & Praise
• Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Crosses
• Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Fishtail Sentiment Banners
• May Arts 5/8" Faux Linen Canvas Ribbon Sampler - 27 yards
• Craft Consortium Ink Drops Vivid 6x6
• Luxury Pearlescent Metallic 105# Cardstock - Quartz White 6 ct
• Luxury Pearlescent Metallic 105# Cardstock - Gold 6 ct (if I had had gold I would've used it!)
• Kaisercraft Self-Adhesive Round Rhinestones - Aqua
• VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• Delicata Non-Tarnishing Ink Pad - Celestial Copper
• gold detail embossing powder
• gold metallic embroidery floss

Masculine Textures & Tim Holtz Numbers

Sometimes it is really fun to look through your deep stash and see whether you can find ways to extend the use of the images and sentiments in your stamp inventory.  Both of my cards for today started with Metal Textures, and numbers from various Tim Holtz die sets.

My older brother is into rehabbing old cars.  He bought an old car that looked all oxidized, rusted and green like this, but with a lot of elbow grease it turned out to be a gorgeous silver.  (I wish I had a photo to share with you!)

My husband is excited that college football season is nearly here!  In our household he represents Michigan and the Big 10, but I am cheering on my alma mater The University of Texas (hence the orange!) and my dad's alma mater, Ole Miss!  Patrick's dad was a big University of Tennessee fan, so I suppose this card could kinda do double duty.    

I can't even remember how long I have had these snap brads!  I used almost the whole pack on this one card!  I think I have used this same metal textures paper once before to make a basketball card.  I have no idea what metal texture it is supposed to represent, but to me it looks like pigskin!  I used thin strips of paper for the laces.  A little bit of a pain to make but I like the way it turned out, even if it might be a little bit corny!  The gesture will be appreciated!    

Here's the inside.  I thought this sentiment paired well with the idea of a player running for the goal line.  It always makes me smile when they take the time to give credit where credit is due after they score!  If they are wise, they know where their talent comes from!   

Birthday Odometer

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Birthday Sentiments
• Craft Consortium Metal Textures 6x6
• Luxury Pearlescent Metallic 105# Cardstock - Copper 6 ct
• Sizzix Thinlits Dies by Tim Holtz - Postale
• Stamp Simply Steel Dies - A Man of Knowledge Books (gears)
• brads and a scrap of map paper from stash

Football!

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - A Godly Man
• Craft Consortium Metal Textures 6x6
• Craft Consortium Grunge Light 6x6
• Sizzix Thinlits Dies by Tim Holtz - Collector
• Sizzix Thinlits Dies by Tim Holtz - Tag Collection
• May Arts 2" Wide Stripes - 25 yard Spool - Orange/White
• distress oxide inks
• very old snap brads from stash
• thin paper strips for laces

Vintage Peonies with Organic Seed Farm

Hello friends!  I'm here with a pretty Peonies card made with colors that I adore!  I'm actually spinning these colors right now too!  See that lovely little tulipwood Jenkins Kuchulu dressed in Inglenook Highland Heather there at "three o'clock?!"  

I love using these two sets together because they make a really elegant card with very little effort.  Patterned papers, a couple of passes through the die cutter, and a little bit of Copic coloring do the trick.  

I put an extra layer of patterned paper behind the flower because I just loved the subtle reflection of colors and how they played between the paper pads and stamped images.

Here's the inside.   Elegant and perfectly girlie pink!   

Supplies:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Vintage Peony Bundle
• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Vintage Seed Packet Bundle
• Craft Consortium Ink Drops Vivid 6x6
• Craft Consortium Grunge Light 6x6
• Copic markers
• distress oxide inks