Bible Promises - Day 57

I am going through the 100 Days of Bible Promises with a small group of online Bible Journalers. I will post my completed entries here on my blog at 6:00 pm each day of the journey.

Day 57

Stamps Used:

Neat & Tangled - Sailmates

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I Need Some Toilet Paper

This is a dual purpose post with two cards. I had one more of the VSN Mini challenges to do - and it was a technique I'd never done before. Seriously, I'd never even heard of it before. So it's going to double as my Could Ya? Should Ya? Would Ya? Yea! series card.

In this monthly series, I strive to try something out of the norm... i.e. a size of card I rarely use, a technique I've wanted to try (or try again), an unusual fold, a card for a bizarre holiday, etc. I also plan to try a new recipe on these days - not a card recipe, a kitchen recipe.

Misti's Got TP? Challenge was perfect! Check out the details for using TP and embossing folders - HERE.

Confession time... I didn't use TP. Instead I used Kleenex (because it seemed to have a little more strength to it. Then, to be safe, I did another embossed piece with paper towels. I used both of them for cards.

The Kleenex Card:

The Paper Towel Card:

I lightly added some Distress Ink to the embossed piece to highlight the snowflakes.

I had fun with this new technique. I'm glad Misti challenged me/us to try it.

And don't forget... there's the added feature of my Could Ya? Should Ya? Would Ya? Yea! series - try a new recipe. What's for supper? One Pot French Onion Smothered Pork Chops. I hope we like it.

Last month I made Crock Pot Cube Steak, which we liked so much we've actually fixed it again already.

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Stamp Set: Stampin' UP! Joyful Christmas stamped with Versafine Ink and colored with Karin Markers

Papers: Canson Watercolor Paper, Recollections Black and White CS, and SU Pear Pizzazz CS

Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug Matalasse

Die: Spellbinders A2 Basic

Embellishment: Ribbon from an unknown vendor

Stamp: Whipper Snapper Snowmen Fall stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Papers: Recollections White and SU Balmy Blue CS

Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug Snow (and Ranger Balmy Blue Distress Ink)

Dies: MFT Stitched Mod Rectangle and Rubbernecker Nested Rectangle Stitch

Embellishment: Snowflake Brad from an unknown vendor

Bible Promises - Day 56

I am going through the 100 Days of Bible Promises with a small group of online Bible Journalers. I will post my completed entries here on my blog at 6:00 pm each day of the journey.

Day 56

Stamps Used:

Claudia & Company - Party Time Piper

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A Social Distancing Mask

I'm finally back with another card from the VSN Mini that took place over a week ago now. As you might have noticed, my blog has been busy with other things.

This card is a special one. For one thing, it's a gift card holder, but it's also shaped like a mask, which is so appropriate for these pandemic days.

Lee is the host of this challenge and the video she shared made it very easy to make this mask card. You can see it - HERE.

The back side of the mask/card has little pockets to hold the gift card, but it's the front of the mask that is decorated.

I didn't like the "seam" where the two pieces were joined together so I camouflaged them with the pretty flower/leaf.

The "Social Distancing" is a stamp from a freebie stamp set - Technique Tuesday Covid-19. When I received it many MANY weeks ago, I seriously wondered what I would ever do with it. Now I know.

This card was so easy to make - and fast, too. It only took me about 20 minutes from start to finish, once I'd watched the video.

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Supplies Used

Stamp Set: Technique Tuesday Covid-19 stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Die: MFT Hibiscus

Papers: Accent Opaque 120# White CS and DP from my scrap file

Embellishment: Michael's Rhinestone and SU Ribbon

Bible Promises - Day 55

I am going through the 100 Days of Bible Promises with a small group of online Bible Journalers. I will post my completed entries here on my blog at 6:00 pm each day of the journey.

Day 55

Stamps Used:

Cat's Pajamas - Believe

Impression Obsession - Cross Sunrise

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It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas

NOTE: This is my second blog post of the day. If you're here to see my Challenge Your Stash card, please keep scrolling.... it's the next blog post. You can also click HERE to go there directly. 

Around town people have started lighting their homes for the holidays. Decorated trees can be seen in the windows. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

Here on my blog, too. With yesterday's release of SumMore Fun's limited edition Holiday Glow Pack I think I'm well on my way to creating Christmas-themed cards.

I stamped the images directly onto the designer paper that was in the Holiday Glow Pack.

SumMore Fun also has some specials going on this weekend... and a Tangled Tinsel Mini Pack, which includes the Tangled Tinsel stamp set and card bases and envelopes, too, including some in Metallic Silver. 

I used the Tangled Tinsel stamp set to make this card...

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Stamp Set and Designer Papers: SumMore Fun Holiday Glow Pack

Papers: Accent Opaque 120# White and Cherry Cobbler CS

Die: MFT Wonky Stitch Rectangle

Embellishments: Brads and Ribbon from unknown vendors

Stamp Set: SumMore Fun Tangled Tinsel

Papers: Accent Opaque 120# White and SU Marina Mist CS and DP from my scrap file

Dies: MFT Stitched Mod Rectangle and Rubbernecker Nested Rectangle Stitch

Embellishments: Michael's Red Rhinestones

Peaceful Leaves

I am in a group on SCS that is all about using what we have. My friend Barb named the group Challenge Your Stash. Each month we have a theme (we take turns choosing the theme) and we post our cards on the 28th of the month.

This month Pansy gave us a theme of Leaves. 

I paired an image from one Unity stamp set with a sentiment from another Unity stamp set for my card.

Unity Moments In Bloom and Winter Blessings

I hope Pansy and Barb - and the other CYS gals - like my card.

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Stamp Sets: Unity Moments in Bloom and Winter Blessings stamped with Lawn Fawn Inks (Minty Fresh and Storm Cloud)

Papers: Accent Opaque 120# White and SU Tranquil Tide CS and Paper Studio Eucalyptus DP plus one other DP from my scrap file

Dies: MFT Stitched Mod Rectangle, Rubbernecker Nested Rectangle Stitch, and Spellbinders Circles

Embellishments: Gina Marie Enamel Dots

Bible Promises - Day 54

I am going through the 100 Days of Bible Promises with a small group of online Bible Journalers. I will post my completed entries here on my blog at 6:00 pm each day of the journey.

Day 54

Stamps Used:

CC Designs - Spring Pinkie

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An Old-Fashioned Snowman

I hope you had a fantastic Thanksgiving and that you are now ready for some Black Friday shopping. Yes, I know that might look a bit different this year, but it is so very VERY easy to shop, shop, shop online. I will admit I've taken advantage of the sales going on in the SumMore Fun store. WOW! You might just want to rush over there, too, but first, please check out the rest of this blog post so I can tell you some of the things to look for.

Oh, and did I mention? The SumMore Fun store has FREE shipping for all orders over $10. That's just unbelievable, isn't it?

Pearl Pens are $1.

Ranger Distress Oxide 3 x 3" Ink Pads are $4.50.

There is Unicorn Spit (I'm not making this up), scissors, and more on sale this weekend only.

AND....

 ... the Limited Edition Holiday Glow Pack is available at a great price.

The Holiday Glow pack includes:

1 -Holiday Glow photopolymer stamp set
1 -Believe in Christmas photopolymer stamp set
1 -O Holy Night photopolymer stamp set
3 -coordinating card bases
3 -white card bases
6 -coordinating envelopes
? -6” x 6” designer card stock
? -3.5” x 8.5” designer card stock

Regular Retail Price Separately: $49.99.
Pack Price: $39.99

I used the snowman from the Believe in Christmas stamp set and three of the designer papers included in the pack for my card.

I have some more cards from the Holiday Glow Pack that I'll be sharing in the next few days, so be sure to check back often.

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Stamp Set (from the Holiday Glow Pack): Believe In Christmas stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with Copic Markers

Papers: Accent Opaque 120# White and SU Pretty Peacock CS and DP from the SumMore Fun Glow Pack

Dies: Rubbernecker Nested Rectangle Stitch

Embellishments: Ribbon and a Snowflake Brad from unknown vendors

Bible Promises - Day 53

I am going through the 100 Days of Bible Promises with a small group of online Bible Journalers. I will post my completed entries here on my blog at 6:00 pm each day of the journey.

Day 53

Dies Used:

Spellbinders - Hello

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You Gnome It!

Happy Thanksgiving! 

I hope your day is joyful!

I've fallen in love with gnomes and have quite a collections of gnome stamps so I'm doing a series featuring gnomes this year. Each month I create a gnome card. The date I share/post these cards changes from month to month, but the theme doesn't. 

There's No Series Like a Gnome Series

I used the Jaded Blossoms Thankful for My Gnome stamp set on this month's card.

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Stamp Set: Jaded Blossom Thankful for My Gnome stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with Copic Markers

Papers: Accent Opaque 120# White and SU Pumpkin Pie CS and DP from my scrap file

Dies: MFT Stitched Mod Rectangle and Rubbernecker Nested Rectangle Stitch

Embellishment: Ribbon from an unknown vendor

Bible Promises - Day 52

I am going through the 100 Days of Bible Promises with a small group of online Bible Journalers. I will post my completed entries here on my blog at 6:00 pm each day of the journey.

Day 52

Stamps Used:

Unity - The Vine

Die Used:

Firefly - Nested Hearts

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Cattails

I've been a member of the Technique Tuesday Greenhouse Society for quite a long time. I love flower stamps so it seemed like a perfect fit! Truthfully, I have used some of these stamps, but others I've been guilty of leaving un-inked. for. way. too. long. I've committed to using them this year in my Greenhouse Society series.

Since the sets arrive toward the end of the month, I actually use them the following month, so today's card is mad with the October 2020 Greenhouse Society stamp set - Cattails.

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Stamp Set: Technique Tuesday Cattails stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with Copic Markers

Papers: Accent Opaque 120# White, Recollections Black, and SU Cinnamon Cider CS

Dies: Gina Marie Big & Little Chain Rectangle and Taylored Expressions Thanks

Embellishments: Gina Marie Clear Enamel Dots

Bible Promises - Day 51

I am going through the 100 Days of Bible Promises with a small group of online Bible Journalers. I will post my completed entries here on my blog at 6:00 pm each day of the journey.

Day 51

Stamp Used:

Verve - Beyond Measure

Die Used:

Sizzix - Destination

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2020 Travel the World - Week 47

I started a Travel the World Series last year. (It should be noted that I did a similar thing in 2018, only it was the 50 states.) For 50 weeks in 2019, I visited a different country (virtually) and shared facts about that country. I then selected one tidbit of information about that week's country as inspiration for a card. Fifty weeks; fifty countries... BUT there are 195 countries in the world so that was just a little over 25% of them. Of course I couldn't stop, so this year I'm continuing with fifty more countries, one per week.

This week's country is...

Cape Verde

The country is a horseshoe-shaped cluster of ten islands (nine inhabited) and eight islets.

It lies in Western Africa, west of Senegal, and is a group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean.

The combined size of these islands is just over 2,500 square miles.

Only half a million people live in the country; most of them on the island of Santiago.

There are more Cape Verdians living abroad than in the country.

The country is blessed with one of Africa’s most stable democratic governments.

The standard of living in Cape Verde is higher than that of most of the other African nations, thanks to its most stable democracy.

Tourism plays a predominant role in the country’s economy.

The beaches in Cape Verde are among some of the most beautiful in the world, dotted across the country’s archipelago and presenting a diverse array of landscapes, surroundings and environments.

Praia de Santa Maria beach was voted as one of the top 25 beaches in the world in TripAdvisor’s 2017 Travelers’ Choice.

Scuba diving and snorkeling in Cape Verde islands is absolutely fantastic. There are a lot of known reefs, several ship wrecks and even sharks to be seen.

Santa Luzia is the archipelago's only uninhabited island. The only way to reach the tiny, barren island of Santa Luiza is by chartering a fishing boat from Calhau, on the east coast of São Vicente. The journey will take around two hours in each direction.

Cape Verde has many volcanoes. Mt Fogo, Cape Verde’s highest peak, last erupted from late 2014 to early 2015.

Cape Verde has no known oil or gas resources.

The archipelago is perfect for water sports. From kitesurfing and windsurfing to sailing and scuba diving, the islands’ range of water sports, primarily on Sal and Boa Vista, are a huge hook for tourists seeking an active holiday by the beach.

Santo Antão is the second largest island in the archipelago. The island is popular with hikers as it provides the perfect terrain for the hikers to test their endurance and skills on a vertical isle which is ruptured with canyons, valleys, and gorges.

The long-eared bat is the only native animal to the island.

Alexander’s Swift, Bourne’s Heron, The Raso Lark, The Cape Verde Warbler, The Iago Sparrow, The Cape Verde Shearwater are some of the native birds to the island.

The waters of Boa Vista (one of Cape Verde's islands) are a breeding ground for humpback whales.

Cape Verde is the world's third largest nesting site for loggerhead turtles.

Corn is the staple food of Cabo Verde. Cachupa is the national dish.

Approximately only 10-11% of the island’s land is suitable for agriculture.

About 75% of the food consumed in Cape Verde is imported.

Cape Verde’s climate is milder than on the African mainland, being islands there is the natural air conditioning provided by the coastal winds, making the temperature more moderate. Average temperatures during the day, range from 25°C (77°F) in January the coolest month, to 30°C (86°F) in September, the hottest month.

Hurricanes Ivan, Matthew, Katia, Gloria, and Emily originally formed in Cape Verde and occurred between 1985 and 2016. 

Cape Verde's Santiago island is home to a 500-year-old church. 

Porto Grande is the major seaport in the country.

There are no railways in Cape Verde.

There are seven operational airports in Cape Verde. 

Cape Verde has a total road network of 850 miles. The country has 73 cars for every 1000 people.

I decided to let this Cabo Verde fact be the inspiration for this week's card... It is estimated that the islands have one goat for every two people.

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Stamp Set: CC Designs Over the Hill stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with Copic Markers

Papers: Accent Opaque 120# White and SU Certainly Celery CS and DP from my scrap file

Dies: Gina Marie Distressed Rectangle and Rubbernecker Nested Rectangle Stitch

Embellishments: Taylored Expressions Enamel Dots