Coastal Magnet Favors...

This past Saturday our church had

a Mother-Daughter Luncheon...

a little early, but still a nice celebration in anticipation for Mother's Day.

It was a coastal/lighthouse theme...

Journal 2018 Dashboard...

So, it's been a little while since my last post...

Okay, so, it's been two weeks!

But while I was "missing" from here, 

I was thinking about things to blog,

I just haven't taken the time to sit and write here.

But I have been working in a personal Bible/Prayer journal

that I will be sharing a little further down in the post...

But first, I wanted to share a little...

It's the time of year where there are a lot of

"directional" and "the coming year outlook"

type posts on the internet...

and I had some thoughts to share with you along those lines

when I was thinking about what I wanted to write...

However, for this particular post, I don't think I'm going to do that!

Adirondack Chair Cards...

I finally had some time to work with some of the new products

that arrived just before we went on vacation.

I've always liked Adirondack chairs

and they were prevalent in the yards in Connecticut (where we were on vacation).

So, I was excited to get home to use the new Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies

and the chair in the set...

once I got a chance to start creating again.

I made two variations of the card...

Planner Update and Decorating...

Welcome to a new week friends!

This weekend I was watching videos to find out ways that other people

 keep track of their blogging and video making schedules...

to keep from scrambling around on the days needing post to get a video and post ready to go!

With that, I did some layout changes to my planner and decided to show that, 

and the decorating of it today!

I'm still liking the lighthouse - High Tide - stamp set, 

so I went with that for this weeks planner decorations and ended up using 5 ink colors...

I really liked the colors and look that worked out this week :)

Here is the video showing what I did to my layout and how I stamped it...

To review a little on the colors... I ended up using

Tempting Turquoise

Old Olive

Daffodil Delight

Tip Top Taupe

and Bermuda Bay.

Along with the photopolymer stamp set, High Tide.

So, do you decorate your planner for each week?

Thanks for stopping by to Create with Me today!

"Then are they glad because they be quiet; 

so he bringeth them unto their desired haven."

Psalm 107:30

Amanda

Monochromatic Flower Burst Card...

I really liked how these cards turned out and they were fun to make too!

Obviously... I made 4, and I think I'm going to end up making even more. I tried to make them somewhat minimalistic on supplies...which may have helped make them a little faster to make too.

I think my favorite ended up being the Bermuda Bay one here in the foreground of this picture. While I was editing the video this morning, I had an idea for an even faster card using the one color and one stamp set... I'll try to share that tomorrow!

Here is today's video showing how to make these monochromatic cards.

Whisper White Cardstock
8 1/2 x 11 $9.00

The dimensions for this card as follows,

 starting from the base and working up...

The card base is 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, scored and folded at 4 1/4 inches.

Larger base is 4 x 5 1/4 inches.

Medium base is 3 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches.

Small front base is 2 x 3 1/2 inches.

A small piece of white is need for the size of your stamp 

that you will be fussy cutting out (or die cutting...)

All of this was using white cardstock.

On the main cards, the stamp sets used were High Tide and Flourishing Phrases.

High Tide stamp set
$26.00

Flourishing Phrases stamp set
$37.00

The colors used for the four different cards were

Daffodil Delight

Bermuda Bay

Calypso Coral

Temping Turquoise

and Tip Top Taupe was used for the sentiment on a couple.

I have so many ideas to switch up the look of this card design, but yet keeping it mostly the same.

I can't wait to start playing with more paper.

Which one do you like the best?

Thank you for stopping by to Create with Me today!

"For thou art my hope, O Lord God: thou art my trust from my youth.

O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help."

Psalm 71:5 & 12

Amanda

Bible Journaling Baby Moses' Basket...

Today, instead of a card, I'm sharing how I use stamps to do some Bible journaling.

The video below shows how I used my stamps to make this picture in my Bible.

High Tide Lighthouse Card...

Today's post is a bonus this week...just thought I'd share a card I finished today.

I love lighthouses and knew I had to get the High Tide set when I started deciding on what to order in my demonstrator kit.

 

One day I was going through some old papers and came across this picture I digitally scrap-booked years ago...