Biblical Impressions Patriotic Blog Hop

Hi there, and welcome to the first ever Biblical Impressions Design Team Blog HOp! I am so glad you have decided to join us today. If you just arrived here from DAWN'S Blog, then you are on the right path. If not...please head back to the main blog (QKR/BI/Eureka Blog) for a complete hop order. And don't forget to leave some love along the way...we love comments! (Although, blogger has been giving issues with comments lately...uggg) Anyway...back on track...today we are sharing 4th of July and Summer themed projects with you using Biblical Impressions images. Here is what I came up with.


I started by stamping off both the Flag Girl image and the God Bless America image. I then colored both images using watercolor crayons. Next, I fussy cut them out, and layered onto the firework PP. I wanted it to look like the little girl was standing there watching the fireworks. Then I fussy cut the words out. Each word has a little bit of a boarder around it, which made it easy to cut. Then I added some red, white, and blue stickles around each word. I love the way the words "sparkle" in the "sky". I also added some red stickles to the bow and hair thingy on the little girl. I hope we all remember that our country was founded on faith...we really need to bring that back! Biblical Impressions has some fabulous images to be used to share your faith too. Be sure to check out the online store for 100's of fantastic images...and now head on over to ...

ROXIE'S BLOG

...and see what she has in store for you on this fabulous first Biblical Impressions Blog hop! Remember, if at any point along the hop you get "lost", just head on back to the main blog for a complete hop order. Thanks for hopping by!

Come on in...

Hi there. Wow...has this weather been steamy. Makes me want to just jump into the lake to cool off...although it isn't the safest idea....lol. Anyway, I thought maybe inking THIS guy from QKR Stampede up might help me cool down. Teeehheeee...isn't he cute! This guy is called Floating Gator, and is available in the QKR Stampede store. I colored him with watercolor crayons, and fussy cut him out. Next I layered him onto the water PP...he is just happily floating. For the upper PP, I used a stipple brush to add a sun, and some clouds. A bit of a hazy day...kinda like here the other day. Last I stamped the sentiment (Come on In) from QKR Stampede along the bottom. Well, that is it for now. Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to visit tomorrow...I will be posting 2 posts!

This is for the Whimsie Doodles Challenge - Take a Dip- water themed card.

Morgan's June DT Card

HI there. Today is June 1st ALREADY!!!! WOW. Well that means a brand new Messy's Mini Missions kids challenge. Here is my Agent Morgan's card for the challenge.

The challenge this month is Sparkle and/or Shine. The sponsor this month (where this adorable digi image is from) is Fairy Dust Crafts. Morgan colored the image and cut it out. She used the Cuttlebug and an embossing folder for the purple CS, and the PP is from mom's stash. The sentiment is a sticker. She used some purple stickles for SPARKLE...and there is some silver liquid pearl (for shine) under the google eyes.

Head on over to the Messy's Mini Missions blog, and see what the other agents created...then have your little agent create a project with Sparkle and Shine, and play along!

I didn't fall off the planet...

Wow...I feel like it was forever ago since I last blogged. I apologize for my "absence"...life has been well...life. This past weekend was non-stop! On Friday my girls were off of school, so my mom and I took them to Rochester, NY to a children's museum of play. Then Saturday I was gone all morning with my dad, and then we took our girls to stock car races in the evening. Sunday was church then camping, and Monday we had friends over for the holiday. So yeah...no time at all...lol. I did however take some stamped off images camping with me, and got them colored after the kids went to sleep. Then last night, I was able to make them into cards. I was pretty impressed with my 3 cards in a hour last night. I am hoping to whip a couple more off tonight...since the basement is nice and cool, and the weather is 90 degrees today.

Well...moving on...I am thrilled to officially announce that I have been asked to join the Design Teams for BOTH sister companies of QKR Stampede...and I will be staying on QKR Stampede for another term too! In case you aren't aware...Biblical Impressions and Eureka Stamps are sister companies to QKR Stampede. They are all owned by the fabulous Maribeth! Well, today I am going to share a card I made using one of the Biblical Impressions images. Isn't that flower just awesome? This is the Large Sunflower image...and it also comes in medium, and there is a really cool sunflower background image too! As a matter of fact...just check out all the flower images...because they are all awesome! Anyway...I stamped this image off, and colored with watercolor crayons. I like the way they blend so I can add orange and yellow to them. I stamped the image on brown CS, and cut the center out and layered with foam tape. Then I fussy cut the image out, and layered onto the PP from CTMH. I thought the green and orange went really well with the sunflower. Last, I added the little sticker sentiment. OH, and when I layered the flower onto the background papers...I did not glue the outside rim down...I wanted to give it a little dimension there too.

Well that is all for now. I will hopefully get some more stuff done tonight to share with you.

This is for the following challenges:

Cupcake Craft Challenge - color challenge - yellow, orange, green, and white

Sweet Stop Sketch - card sketch/layout.

Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge - Red, White, and Blue

HI there...and happy Memorial Day weekend to all my readers from the USA. I am sure many of you have picnics or parades in your plans this weekend. I know we do! I always love to start my gardening this weekend too. Actually I started yesterday...pulled all my weeds in my flower garden bed. Now I need to decided what the plant this year...might change it up from my normal impatients. Although with the way the rain has been this spring...I am thinking maybe I should go with water lilies...lol.

Anyway...today is a brand new challenge for you over at the Sweet 'n Sassy Digi challenge. This time we challenge you to create a project using Red, white, and blue...and of course a Sweet 'n Sassy Digi! Colors are in honor of Memorial Day...but it doesn't have to be a patriotic card. Well I went patriotic...with Cocoa of course!

I wanted to try a different LO for this card. I pulled out the sketches from the last Sketches call from Papercrafts magazine, and thought this one looked fun. At first I didn't' like the way it turned out, and more and more I really think it is fun. I was ultimately trying to stray from my norm...lol. Anyway....I started with the adorable Patriotic Cocoa Digi, and colored with watercolor crayons. Then I added some stickles to the red stripes and the stars. Next, I fussy cut and layered him onto the blue circle. All the PP are from a stack I purchased over 9 years ago. I still have sooo much of it left...lol. So I am slowly starting to use it up. I cut circles all an inch bigger then the last. I layered them onto the blue PP, and then onto a white CS base. Last I added the little sticker letters. Like I said before, not my normal LO type, but I really like the way it turned out.

Now head on over to the Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge Blog, and see what the other ladies have come up with for your inspiration. Then grab a SNSS digi, and play along! Can't wait to see what you come up with! Have a great Memorial Day weekend...and Thank you to all our troops!

This card is for the following challenges:

Do You Stack Up? - Animals - Cocoa is an animal!

Simon Says Stamps - Stars and Stripes

Life Is Good

Hi there. I have been having "issues" with my Internet the past couple days. For some reason, it goes off and on all evening long. During the day it seems fine, but in the evening when I have time to get my posts up and ready...NOTHING! Soooo frustrating. Plus the issues a lot of my fellow blogger friends have been experiencing. For some reason I cant' leave comments on most blogs. Uggggg. Gotta love technology. Anyway...I wanted to share a card I made today using this gorgeous image from Eureka Stamps called Butterfly and Sunflower. As I mentioned before...Eureka Stamps is a sister company of QKR Stampede. I am soo excited to be able to design for these companies. The images are just fabulous, and the quality of the stamps are awesome too. Plus the variety is just endless! Anyway...here is the card I made. I started by stamping the image on white CS, and coloring with watercolor crayons. I recently found these PP in my stash, and fell in love with them. So, I used the colors from those for the image colors too. I layered all onto a white CS base. Then I added the little rub-on sentiment to the bottom, and the little orange gems to the top corner. I also used an orange gem for the dot on the "i". I just love the way this turned out. Just such a pretty nature scene. Well Thanks for stopping by! Hopefully I will have my post in the morning for the Sweet 'n Sassy Digi challenge...pending the Internet stays on long enough...lol. It has gone out 4 times just while I was trying to write this post! At the same time...I am just grateful for our safety right now, and saying lots of prayers for the people in the Midwest USA. Soooo sad...take a minute to pray for all the loss and devastation today.

Creative Belli Challenge - Tool Shed

Hi there. Today we have a brand new challenge for you over at the Creative Belli Challenge. This time our challenge is "Tool Shed". What does that mean you ask? Well, we know if you are anything like us, you have purchased a crafting tool that you HAD to have...and now it is sitting in your craft space collecting dust. Come on...we all have them....lol. I know I LOVE to purchase the newest "toy"/tool, then use them once, and they sit. Well...my Fiskars Texture Plates are a fine example of this.

I actually own 2 full sets of these various texture plates from Fiskars. HAD to have them, NEVER use them...lol. I even have both tools to use these (the little embossing thingys). Well, when I saw this challenge was Tool Shed, at first I had to think about what to pull out...then I remembered these. Now that I have used it...I am wondering why I haven't used them more. These things are pretty awesome!....lol. I went through the plates and thought this one went perfect with my Little Boy image from QKR Stampede. See what I mean? PERFECT!!! I started by stamping off this little guy on white CS and coloring him with markers. Next I layered him onto the piece of green CS that I used the Texture Plate with. When I did the texture plate, I felt I wanted the little lizards and frogs to "pop" more, so I did some ink distressing on it. Next, I layered the textured CS onto some PP from my stash (I believe it is from TAC). Then I used a navy textured CS for my base. Last I added some eyelets I have had FOREVER to the corners, and a sticker for the sentiment.

Now, head on over to the Creative Belli Challenge, and see what the other DT ladies have dug out from their "Tool Sheds" for this challenge. Then play along with us. Grab that dust covered tool, and USE IT!

Thanks for stopping by!