Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #366

Welcome to the next Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #366!  This week it is a beautiful summery color scheme!  

And here's my card.

Using the colors for the challenge, I also let the cupcake decorations inspire me but instead of using a flamingo I used this adorable Stork Stuff die!  The white card mat was cut using one of my favorite cover plate dies called Dotted Scallops.  That amazing sentiment is from Latina Crafter called You.  I love that oversized You!  I embossed it on a vellum piece that had been die cut using one of the Stitched Mats: Side Stitched Rectangles dies.

All of the details on this challenge can be found on the Cupcake Inspirations blog!  I hope you'll join us for this week's color challenge!  Have a great day!

Shine Your Light

Hey everyone!  Today I have another card made with Latina Crafter's Be a Blessing stamps!  If you would like some info on these sets, please take a look at my post here.  

I again used the lighthouse stamp and started by stamping the main focal lighthouse from Be the Light in red.  I then stamped the others in a light gray ink, creating a patterned paper background.  I  stamped the sentiment in black ink, cleaned the stamp off and re-inked it in yellow ink. I carefully lined up the sentiment again and slightly stamped it off where I had stamped it before to create the glowing shadow.  I really like how it shows light around the dark letters keeping with the theme of the card.

I used the Frantic Stamper Sunburst Card Panel die to cut the light beams from yellow vellum paper.  I added a little stickles under each beam for some extra sparkle.

If you haven't checked out the Be a Blessings stamp collection (click here for the link to the collection), I hope you'll take the time to look at these amazing new sets! If you are a Bible Journaler, please share this collection with your friends!  

Thanks for stopping by today!

Be a Blessing!

I am here today to share some fun new stamp sets from my sweet friend Diana who owns Latina Crafter.   She has created a new series of stamps called "Be a Blessing" that when I saw, I knew I had to add to my collection!  What's even better is that she's shared a piece of her heart in her blog post. She tells about the inspiration behind each stamp set in this collection and let me tell you, her honesty and transparency touched my heart! She has created these with Bible Journaling/Art in mind but they are perfect for card making as well!  In her post about her new collection she shares:

"It's a new collection of FOUR sets that were created to share the good news, to share my passion for the Lord. I've struggle to find a way to share my faith with others and I think that I found it. I pray that God uses me with this new adventure and helps me to be brave and bold for Him. That's my prayer for you too."

This weekend I had a chance to put together a few cards and wanted to share one of those today.  

I played quite a bit with the lighthouse stamp set called Be the Light, based on Matthew 5:16.  I really like the mix of sentiments in this set, so many uses for both male & female!  I stamped and then distressed the lighthouse a little using my copics and then cut it out.  I used the rays from Frantic Stamper's Sunburst Card Panel die to add the die cut rays, just spacing them out where I wanted.

This sentiment is also included in the Be the Light stamp set.  I used copics to colors the little dots on the "brighter" word to stand out.

Here's a picture of the collection (click here for the link to the collection).  I hope you'll take the time to look at these amazing new sets! If you are a Bible Journaler, please share this collection with your friends!  Let's show Diana that her step of faith was the right one to take! :)

Thank you so much for visiting today!  I'll have more to share using these sets in the weeks to come!

Supplies
Stamps: Latina Crafter Be The Light
Dies: Frantic Stamper Sunburst Card Panel
Patterned Paper: Dear Lizzy Serendipity, Pink Paislee Hello Sunshine
Cardstock: SSS Smoke Gray, PTI Harvest Gold
Sequins: Pretty Pink Posh
Ink: Avery Elle Aquamarine, Versafine Onyx Black