The Golden Thread

Good Monday to All! This card is one I made for two challenges this week. The St22 Sketch Challenge on Christian Paper Crafts and the Designing D.I.V.A.S challenge on SCS.

I used translucent vellum over white card stock for this card. I layered the ribbon according to the sketch and then layered the sentiment. The sentiment is stamped with SU craft Close to Cocoa and embossed with gold embossing powder. The card and sentiment layer are then outlined with a gold Zig marker. I also deckled the edges with decorative scissors.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you will come back soon. Have a great week!!

Blessings to you,
Vicki

Happy Fall Y'all !

Hello and welcome! I realize it isn't officially fall yet, but it sure seems like it with the weather changes! And, of course, we are all working on fall themed projects! So that makes it fall, right? We'll have to include autumn in this, too!

I have a fall project today that I thoroughly enjoyed working on! I got to stamp and stamp some more! I created my own background paper for this pillow box doorhanger! I used two leaf stamps and went to town on orange cardstock!!I used a smaller leaf stamp as a filler. I also used the stamps as templates for the metallic leaves on the front. I used a large oval punch to make the doorknob opening. Then I added the green raffia bow to finish the look. All I can say is FUN...oh one more time...FUN!

Now I need your help! Do you think this sort of thing would be a good seller at a fall craft show? Wouldn't it be awesome to have this much fun making something and it sell, too?!?!? I need your honest opinions!

Thanks so much for your visit and I want to wish each of you Happy Fall Y'all!!

Blessings to you,
Vicki

Sweet Dreamers' Challenge # 6 Share a Hug and I Love You Mama

Greetings! Today I have a very special card to share with you. This is the card I made for this challenge but more importantly I wanted to send my Mom a hug! She only lives about 1/4 of a mile away and we see each other almost every day. I know, I am blessed in that alone. But there's never enough ways to say I love you or give a hug to someone so special. My Mom has been there for me so many times when she needed a hug herself. When I was diagnosed with this eye disease and told I couldn't drive any more, she also became my driver. It's a full time job "driving Miss Vicki"! Never once has she complained or said she couldn't help. I owe her so much more than a card full of hugs can say.

She loves vintage things and when I found this vintage post card, I immediately thought of her. I made four copies of the card and proceeded to cut up the image to make the 3 D layers. Each layer is adhered with glue dots. I mounted the layers onto card stock which I had faux woodgrained in green ink. Then I added the border which was punched with a Fiskars border punch. I then adhered all this to a kraft card base. The card is very sturdy and can be displayed as a picture. As I had hoped, she loves it!

I use the phrase Bountiful Blessings every day and I truly have many. But none so precious as the blessings I receive from my Mama. I love you, Mama!

I hope you enjoyed your visit today and you will take the time to send a hug to someone special to you. It is one of the little things we do that means the world to someone who needs it!

Blessings to you,
Vicki

Mark My Place

Hello and Happy Labor Day! Hope everyone is enjoying some time off!

I have some bookmarks to share with you today. I made these as part of the Scripture Bookmark Swap on SCS. This is my first swap and I am excited to see what comes in the mail!
I used a heavy textured card stock for the base of these. I then layered patterned paper. I stamped the florette and the scripture verse on vanilla card stock and layered that. As you can see, I rounded all the corners with a corner punch. As a final touch I added jumbo grommlets with my awesome Big Bite and then added yarn tassels. The back of the bookmark looked pretty rough where the grommlet came through so I punched small circles and made reinforcement tabs where the "teeth" were showing and adhered those. These were fun to make and I hope to make some more in different styles for a craft show I am doing in November.

Thanks so much for stopping by and sharing my fun. Hope you will come back often and leave comments with your thoughts and opinions. I love hearing and learning from each of you!

Blessings to you,
Vicki

Junk Mail Journal

Hello everyone! Hope your weekend is starting well! Today I have a reblessed item I received in the mail. It was an advertising booklet. As soon as I saw it, I knew I was going to make it into something else! I didn't even look to see who was advertised! The small photo shows the before version. This started out as a 12 page booklet. I glued some of the pages together to strengthen them. Then I proceeded to pick out the paper and cover the outside and inside with coordinating patterns. Now, what was once junk mail, has become my new idea journal! I will keep it handy to jot down notes on craft ideas or layouts or product use. I just can't seem to rely on my memory for those things anymore! Hmm....I find the cheerful paper inspiring already! LOL! Hope you enjoy it too! I am off to the craft room while the notion is still hot! Bless you for stopping by and hurry back! Hope you have a safe and blessed holiday weekend! To the craft room...AWAY and OH HAPPY DAY!!

Blessings to you,
Vicki

Get Your Motor Running!

Greetings! Welcome to Bountiful Blessings! So glad you stopped by! Today's card was made for this week's challenge from Sweet Dreamers Blog Group. The challenge was to incorporate an image with a motor theme. I found this wonderful vintage motorcycle image at Digital Two for Tuesday. I love the look and detail of this image! I even added an extra layer of the image for dimension. The black and white combo seemed the best rather than trying to color it. I did, however, give him a jaunty little red hat and I "chromed" parts of the bike with a silver pen. The sheer ribbon is not my favorite but I wanted to soften the card just a little. I think this will be a great birthday card for one of my biking buddies! Be sure to check out the other Sweet Dreamers challenge cards. They are listed on the sidebar.

Hope you are having a super day and you will visit again soon! Until next time, keep your motor running and RIDE THERE!!


Blessings to you!
Vicki

Sweet Nectar

Hello everyone! Hope you are having a wonderful day! Any day I see a beautiful hummingbird flitting from flower to flower is a wonderful day for me! We have been blessed in our area to have these little jewels in abundance this year. When I saw this image it just made me feel good! Just like it does to see these birds in flight.

I used my scalloped circle Nesties to cut out the image. Then I colored it with Prismas and mounted it onto the card stock base with dimensionals. I also embossed the base card on both sides with the CB Frills folder. I added the twisted paper bow as an accent. I plan to make a set of these as a gift. Hope this card makes you feel good, too! Blessings to you!