Blessings

Today I am counting my Blessings.

Being a veteran and a military spouse is one of my biggest blessings.  I look back on my life and see so many life experiences that might not have happened if I had not raised my hand and volunteered to serve this great country that we have a privilege to call home.

I would have never met my wonderful Husband, lived life outside this country, made countless friends, seen most of the United States (there are a few in the middle still in my bucket list!), and turned into the confidant woman I am today.
 

All of these things have been blessings that fall from the sky like leaves in fall.

Happy Veterans Day!

~Cindy~

Tea Time

Today I am sharing a card I made for a color challenge over at the Color Throwdown blog.   I used Fun Stampers Journey Sweet Pear, Rich Coral, and Journey Gold Embossing Powder with Clear Pigment ink.

I stamped the teapot and tea cup from the Tea Time set, SS 0080 with Clear Pigment ink and embossed it with Journey Gold embossing powder.  This was my first time using FSJ embossing powders, and I have to say "Wow!"  The fine details on my image came out very clear and detailed.  The sentiment is from the Branch Out set, SS-0140.

I Used Sweet Pear re inker, Rich Coral ink pad (I still need to complete my set of re inkers!), Oatmeal Cookie re inker(shading), River Stone re inker(shading) and Fusion Blender to color my Image.  

I layered my Sweet Pear card base with a piece of Gold Striped vellum out of the Designer Vellum Prints paper pack.  The lace embellishment is from FSJ's Vintage Lace pack.  I felt that it needed a bit more gold for elegance so I used a thin gold ribbon from my stash.

If you are interested in purchasing any of the products used, visit my page at www.funstampersjourney.com/cindybristow

Thanks for stopping by!

~Cindy~

Challenge Time

Hi everyone!  In today's post I will be sharing a card I made for the Creative Blooms  challenge page. Kerry runs  2 monthly challenges, one is a color challenge and the other is a sketch challenge.  I chose to combine both challenges this month.

The colors for this months challenge are Bubble Gum, Sweet Pear, Citrus Cooler, and Black Licorice. The Citrus Cooler was the hardest for me to work with.

I chose the Bubble Gum for my card base.  Next I pulled out a piece of Sweet Pear, my Linked Dots stamp, SS-0051 and my Sweet Pear ink pad.  I love how tone on tone stamping helps give depth to a card.
 

I die cut a doily out of Bubble Gum CS using the Doily die, DI-0105.  I also die cut 2 tags with  the Tag Set die, SR-0014 out of Citrus Cooler and Whip Cream CS.  I stamped one of the bird houses from my Sweet Home set, SS-0188 on the Whip Cream tag and also stamped the ric rack stamp out of the Stitched Borders set, SS-0077 in Black Licorice onto the Citrus Cooler tag.
 

I colored the bird house and heart with Fusion Blender and Bubble Gum reinker, added Journey Glaze, Journey Dparkle dust and a Sparkle heart to finish the card.

Kerry's challenge is open to everyone, so stop by and enter a card!  If you are interested in any of the products I used, please visit my Fun Stampers Journey page.

~Cindy~

Are you Kitten Me?

Whooo Hooo, Two post in a day!!!! I am sliding in under the wire to get my card in for the Color Throw Down challenge #358.  This weeks colors are Navy, Yellow and White.

 

It seemed pretty easy, but I have stewed on it all week. So today I made it one of my "to do" things (along with laundry-yuk!!!!)

I pulled out my brand new Feed me ATS stamp that I got with Bloom Benefits( for every 50.00 you spend on Fun Stampers Journey products, you get to choose one Bloom Benefit!).  How cool is that?!!! Getting rewarded for shopping!

 

 

This cat is so stinking cute and I have plenty of more cards I can make with him.

Thanks for stopping by!

~Cindy~

 

Better with Wine

I am enjoying the long holiday weekend with the family... and a little time in my craft room.  Yesterday was spent staining the backyard fence ( I am almost finished with the back section!!!!) and surfing the blog-o-sphere for challenges,
which brought me to Stamp Ink Paper and this challenge.

So, after a long day of pretending to be the Karate Kid- paint the fence .... I sat on my back deck and enjoyed a glass of wine... (ok, it was a cold beer, but the wine goes better with the post), and thought about what to create.

 

I used Black Licorice cardstock and ink, Whip Cream cardstock, and for my pop of color I used Cranberry Bliss ink.  I really like my  Cheveron Trail background stamp.  I will let you in a little secret- I cut it up!!!! Yes , I know that is a scary thought, but that way I get more use out of it.  I cut it up in sections- one stripe,  two stripes, and three stripes.  That way I can use it for different patterns or put it all back together for a whole background.

 

 

My focal point is done with 2 of Fun Stampers Journey ATC stamps. Love this stamps- they are a great price point  and there are plenty of options!  The background is Ink Splat stamped in Cranberry Bliss, and the wine stamp is Wine a Bit .  I love how versatile the Ink Splat stamp is- you can use it to create a background or to color an image with.  In my opinion, it is one of those must have stamps.

 

 

I finished of my creation with some loops of May Art burlap twine ( you can get some over in my Etsy store) and then I added some Journey glaze to the wine bottle and glasses.

 

Thanks for stopping by

~Cindy~