Peaceful prayers ...

Faith is not without worry or care,

But Faith is Fear that has said a prayer.

~Thelma Ireland, "Faith," 1943

Hi everyone!

New Outlawz Color Challenge located HERE has started. We have gone to a monthly challenge with a start day of the first Monday of each month. We also do not have sponsors with prize offerings.

For my card I used the mirror technique to mimic the lake, pulling the soft brown and blue and the lovely golden sky.

Inspiration picture …

Supplies (Slimline ... 4.25 x 8.50)
Cardstock from The Paper Studio (base) & Hammermill color copy
Dies are unbranded
Image from Fun Stamper Journey (Stay Wild)
Ink from Stampin Up!
Rhinestones from my Stash
Sentiment from Halo Stamp Company

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges for more challenges and Inspiration! https://outlawzchallenges.blogspot.com/

Crash your Stash: Chip board

After all the shattering discoveries of science and conclusions of philosophy, mankind has still to live with dignity amid hostile nature, and in the presence of an unknowable power, and mankind can only succeed in this tremendous feat by the exercise of faith and of that mutual goodwill which is based in sincerity and charity. ~Arnold Bennett (1867–1931)

Good morning!

Today we re-start Crash your Stash on our new blog home located HERE! The challenges will run through September 14th so come play along.

Our sponsor this month is Alex Serbia Designs with a $10.00 prize to her etsy shop!

The challenge for this month is to use chip board.

For my slim line card I used a fun floral image called Happy flowers.

The leaves are cut from some chipboard sheets that I have had forever. They already have a layer of card stock on them but I never think of using them ... until now.

I cut two sets of leaves using a Sizzix bigz die (Love these dies as they cut through practically anything). I then sponged one of the sets to darken the leaves for contrast.

Supplies for slimline card

• Sponsor image Happy Flowers printed on Hammermill Color Copy
• Banner punch from Stampin Up!
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base)
• Chipboard for leaves, stash
• Die from Sizzix (Leaves)
• Ink from Stampin Up! & Tsukineko
• ProMarkers
• Sentiment from Unity Stamps

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to join our Facebook Fan Page located HERE!

(Hugs) Cara

Faith in Falling Stars

To be glad of life, because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars... and to spend as much time as you can, with body and with spirit, in God's out-of-doors — these are little guide-posts on the foot-path to peace. ~Henry Van Dyke, "The Foot-Path to Peace"

I am running late posting this card, but a new Sunday Song & Rhyme Challenge has started at The Outlawz Challenges and will run through April 2, 2022

Our sponsor this challenge is Oddball Art

The prize offered is a $10.00 gift card

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Our Song/Rhyme this Fortnight was selected Margaret

Catch a falling Star

Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket

Never let it fade away

Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket

Save it for a rainy day

For love may come and tap you on the shoulder

Some starless night

Just in case you feel you wanna' hold her

You'll have a pocketful of starlight

Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket

Never let it fade away (never let it fade away)

Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket

Save it for a rainy day (save it for a rainy day)

(Save it for a rainy, rainy, rainy day)

For when your troubles starting multiplying

And they just might

It's easy to forget them without trying

With just a pocketful of starlight

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Paul Vance / Lee Pockriss

Catch A Falling Star lyrics © Music Sales Corporation, Emily Music Corp., Emily Music Corp

Reading this poem, it just made me think of my faith, not only in general but especially when my faith is being tested and I have to remind myself that when days are uncomfortable have faith that there are better days ahead and don’t get discouraged.

Supplies, 5 x 7 card

• Sponsor Image printed in Hammermill Card Stock
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base) and Bazzill
• Memento Ink
• ProMarkers
• Rhinestones from my stash
• Sentiment from Unity Stamps

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges for more challenges and Inspiration!

Dancing with your Spirit! ...

For dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself. It is the only art, as Rahel Varnhagen said, of which we ourselves are the stuff. ~Havelock Ellis, "The Art of Dancing," The Dance of Life, 1923

Good morning!

Today I am sharing a new image from Sandra Caldwell, aka Babycakesdnd! These have just been released and you can purchase this one and several other new releases in her ETSY SHOP for 50% off if you order in the next 24 hours!

#3773 Sweating to the Oldies ... Isn’t she fun?

Supplies, 5 x 7 card

• Image #3773 Sweating to the Oldies printed on Hammermill Color Copy
• Card stock from The Paper Studio (base) and Stampin Up!
• Design Paper from Darice
• Embossing folder from Spellbinders “Music”
• Ink from Memories
• ProMarkers
• Rhinestones were a gift
• Sentiment from The Angel Company “Dance with your Spirit”
• Sketch: Mojo Monday #8

Don’t forget to visit her Facebook page where there is always something happening!

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Thanks for stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara

CHALLENGES ENTERED

A Perfect Time to Craft, #11-2021, Anything Goes (entry 281)

Classic Design Challenge Blog November #11, Anything Goes (entry 287)

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #219, Anything Goes (entry 95)

Love to Scrap Challenge Blog: LTSCB #151, Anything Goes (entry 104)

Color Dare #741, Use all 3: Black, White& Gray plus one color of choice (entry 2)

Never Stop Lookin Up

Faith is not without worry or care,

But Faith is Fear that has said a prayer.

~Thelma Ireland, "Faith," 1943

Today a new Sunday Song & Rhyme Challenge has started at The Outlawz Challenges and will run through November 13, 2021

Our sponsor this month is: SandiSamples with a prize of 3 images

Jen picked a lovely poem for us this challenge and here is my card!

Supplies used
Image printed on Hammermill Color Copy
Cardstock from Pen+Gear (Base) and Stampin Up!
Design paper from Touched by 12
Embossing folder from Darice
Momenta ink
ProMarkers
Sentiment from Unity Stamps
Sketch used: Mojo Monday 421


Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges for more challenges and Inspiration!

(Hugs) Cara

Lift up your eyes ...

Faith is the bird that feels the light
and sings when the dawn is still dark.
~Rabindranath Tagore

Today a new Sunday Song & Rhyme Challenge has started at The Outlawz Challenges and will run through October 2, 2021

Our sponsor this month is: Createful Heart Designs with a prize of 3 images from her shop
https://www.etsy.com/shop/Createfulheartdesign

Come check out the challenge to see the current Song/Rhyme and all the wonderful cards/projects from the Design Team!

Always good to have some faith-based cards around for those friends struggling right now.

• Supplies used
• Image Spring Time Birds - on a branch printed on Stampin Up! Whisper White Cardstock
• Cardstock from Pen+Gear (Base) and Stampin Up!
• Liquid Silk from Fun Stampers Journey
• Manga pens for accenting
• ProMarkers
• Sentiment from Unity Stamps

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges for more challenges and Inspiration!

(Hugs) Cara

CHALLENGED ENTERED

CD Sunday Plus Challenge, Anything Goes!

Little Patch of Crafty Friends, #166, Anything Goes

Pixie's Crafty Workshop, Challenge #412

Magic of Prayer ...

In addition to the magic of love which moves the human heart, there is yet another magic which can remove mountains. That, of course, is faith. Lucky is he who has both, and this is especially true in age. ~Cid Ricketts Sumner, "I believe, yes, I believe," A View from the Hill, 1957

Hi All,

I dug through my scrapbinder and decided to use this panel with the cat which was salvaged from another card that was damaged and unusable. I rifled through my other binder which holds matched papers/cardstock pieces and found some bits that I thought worked well with the image.

Supplies

Cardstock from The Paper Studios (Base) and Stampin up!

Banner punch from Stampin Up!

Design Paper from Cartabella

Die from Spellbinders

Image from Onyx Expressions

Ranger Archival Ink

Sentiment from The Angel Company

Sketch: Mojo 496

Thanks for stopping by!
Cara

Day 14, Phoenix Paper Crafters Create Daily Challenge

I believe in God, and that there are pieces of him, called love and goodness, in everyone. I also believe in prayer, not the memorized type mumbled in church but the spontaneous kind spoken, ironically, in the last breath of the day, when the lamp has been dimmed and the bedspread drawn down, and it's just you and those pieces of God in you, alone.... I suspect that when a man grows too big to kneel, then he is destined to fall. ~Joseph Kita, "God," Wisdom of Our Fathers, 1999

Today is day 14 of the Phoenix Paper Crafters Create Daily Challenge located HERE and I am sharing a repurposed Christmas card.

I love Christmas and I hate tossing away the beautiful Christmas cards we receive each year from family and friends around the world. Some I have found perfect frames for and they are now displayed during the Holiday Season but frankly, I just don’t have room to keep these wonderful reminders of faith, love and friendship and I don’t have the heart to throw them in the recycle bin.

The next best thing is to save what I can and make a new card to share with someone we love.

This card was created using the front for a card I found while going through a box of photos from my mom’s place. The card base from another card I had made but damaged when I splattered the image with some ink I was using on another project. The sentiment is a die cut from my scrap bin which I rubbed a bit of gold ink over to give it a burnished look and the snowflakes, which I also rubbed ink on, are also from my stash and a left over from another project.

Thanks for stopping by!
Cara

You'll Never Walk alone ...

He who has faith has... an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well — even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly. ~B.C. Forbes 

Hi everyone!

Today a new Sunday Song & Rhyme Challenge has started at The Outlawz Challenges and will run through November 19, 2020. Our Sponsor is Lemon Shortbread, Vera Ma with a prize of 3 images.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/lemonshortbread

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https://www.facebook.com/groups/lemonshortbread/

Our Song/Rhyme for this challenge was selected by Margaret

You'll Never Walk alone

When you walk through a storm

Hold your head up high

And don't be afraid of the dark

At the end of a storm

There's a golden sky

And the sweet silver song of a lark

Walk on through the wind

Walk on through the rain

Though your dreams be tossed and blown

Walk on, walk on

With hope in your heart

And you'll never walk alone

You'll never walk alone

Walk on, walk on

With hope in your heart

And you'll never walk alone

You'll never walk alone

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers

You'll Never Walk Alone lyrics © Concord Music Publishing LLC

Artist: Gerry and the Pacemakers

Album: How Do You Like It?

Released: 1963

 

 

Supplies used

• Image printed onto Stampin Up! Whisper white card stock
• Card candy from Crafters Square
• Cardstock from Stampin up! and Bazzill
• Design paper from Fancy House Designs
• India Ink from Memories
• Promarkers
• Sentiment from Unity Stamps
• Sketch by me

 

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges for more challenges and Inspiration!

(Hugs) Cara

SheepSki Designs: Beautiful Gifts

“The beautiful spring came; and when nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.” ~ Harriet Ann Jacobs

Good morning!

Today starts a new monthly challenge on the SheepSki Designs Challenge Blog and this month our challenge is for the Girlz

For my card I am using Becca - image no 25.

Plese note that I used an image that is no longer available in the shop but it is available as a freebie in the Facebook group now as Andrea thought everyone might like a treat in lockdown

Supplies

• Image printed on Stampin Up Whisper White Card stock
• Card bling from Close to My Heart
• Design Paper and Red Paper are from an Origami stack from Japan
• Die from Spellbinders
• India Ink from Memories
• ProMarkers
• Sentiment from Stampin Up!
• Sketch by Me: CCBC7

Now ... You have two ways to play along with SheepSki Designs!

BLOG ... Where you can use any hand colored image for a chance to win 3 images ... BUT, if you use a SheepSki Designs image and are the winner, you get an additional image choice

or

FACEBOOK ... Where you must use a SheepSki Designs Image for a chance to win 3 images

As a bonus, when you are done shopping in the STORE, use this code “skiandrea10” at checkout to receive a 10% discount off your purchase! So, come along and play one or both! Can't wait to see what you create!

(Hugs) Cara

The Outlawz Crash your Stash Challenge: Doilies

"Easter," all her birds are singing, Easter, and the souls of men, lying long in strife and shadow, Take the light of heaven again. ~J.J. Britton (1832–1913), "Easter"

Good morning!

Today is the start of a  new “Crash your Stash” challenge at The Outlawz Challenges which will run until March March 28^th.

Our Sponsor this month is Wink Wink Ink

Check out her Etsy store HERE

Our stash item for this month is Doilies

One of those odd items that seems to come and go in the crafting world. I think the ones I have were originally bought for a winter tea my daughter & I did last year and I had a several left. I couldn’t bring myself to toss them but I also don’t need more stuff piling up in a craft room I am trying to clean up.

For my card I cut one doily in half and did some creative layering. I love how the simple pattern looks so elegant. Perfect backdrop for the cute image from the Sponsor I am using called Farm Friends.

Supplies:

• Pre-Colored Sponsor image printed on Stampin Up! Whisper White card stock
• Card stock from The Paper Studio (base)
• Doily from The Dollar Tree
• Pearls from Recollections
• Sentiment from Spellbinders
• Shimmer paper from Neenah

Now come on over to The OutlawzChallenges to play along with us or one of the other challenges that are always in process!

(Hugs) Cara

Patches 'lil nap

To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace.

Milan Kundera

Good Morning Crafty Peeps!

A new month and new Progressive Freebie Challenge at DigiStamps4Joy Facebook Group.

This month our image is adorable puppy! Patches 'lil nap … If you wanna play along with the rest of us you can purchase the image HERE for a discounted price to get started!

My card is on the clean and simple side this month. I had ordinally printed the image so I could do a single layer card but when I started coloring I used ProMarkers instead of my Prisma Color Pencils and well … all that lovely bleed through had me getting creatiive with a few cuts and layering up! I am also practicing coloring with shades of black ... I'm not super thrilled with how his coloring turned out as it appears I did not do a grat job blending out the black but I'll get better.

Close up of the leaves with a touch of glitter to them.

Supplies

Digi Image Patches “lil nap from DigiStamps4Joy

Card stock from The Paper Studio (base) and Stampin Up!

Glitter Glue from Studio G

India Ink from Memories

ProMarkers

Sentiment from Unity Stamps

Thanks for stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara

Shake - Shake - Shake ...

You need a village, if only for the pleasure of leaving it. A village means that you are not alone, knowing that in the people, the trees, the earth, there is something that belongs to you, waiting for you when you are not there. ~Casare Pavese

Greetings and Salutations my Crafty Peeps!

This month, I am again playing along with the Progressive Freebie Challenge at DigiStamps4Joy Facebook Group

This month our image is this adorable image “Shop front”

I decided this would be a great image for a shaker card. I will say though that I should have used a thicker foam tape as the sequins and glitter don’t move as easily as I would like. But that’s okay, as I finally created a card that does not “leak” – Yay me!

Supplies

• Image “Shop front” printed on Stampin Up! Whisper White card stock and colored with Staedlter watercolor crayons
• Die: Fall Botanicals from Spellbinders
• Embellishments: Sequins from Close to My Heart, Glitter glue from Studio G
• Other: Sequins in shaker from craft medley, glitter unknown

Thanks for stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara

Faith ...

After all the shattering discoveries of science and conclusions of philosophy, mankind has still to live with dignity amid hostile nature, and in the presence of an unknowable power, and mankind can only succeed in this tremendous feat by the exercise of faith and of that mutual goodwill which is based in sincerity and charity. ~Arnold Bennett (1867–1931)

 Good morning!

I’m here to share my card for the new color challenge which starts today at The OutlawzChallenges! 

Our sponsor this month is SheepSki Designs

Our winner will win choice of 3 images from the shop

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Our challenge this week comes from Jacqui with this bold color pallet with an optional twist to add some bling. Your must use at 3 of the colors shown.

  

My card features the gorgeous image Mika – Image 128. I added plenty of bling by added some glitter paint to her long lovely hair and some fine crystal glitter to her wings.

Since I have been neglecting my color pencils recently I decided to bring them out and dust them off for this image. I really like my pencils as I have a wide range of colors and they are much easier for me to transport to crops and traveling in general.

The colors I am using are the teal, gold/pale yellow and purple.

Supplies (5x7 card):

• Image: Mika – Image 128 colored with Prisma Color Pencils
• Die: Spellbinders “Style Nouille Decorative Element”
• Glitter: Sulyn Extra Fine Glitter “Crystal Diamond”
• Ink: Cra-Z-Art Glitter paint pen
• Paper: Stampin Up!, Bazzill & The Paper Studio (base)
• Rhinestones: Recollections

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges where a new challenge starts every day of the week!

(Hugs) Cara

We are the Warp ...

Life is a tapestry: We are the warp; angels, the weft; God, the weaver. Only the Weaver sees the whole design. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994

Good morning!

I’m here to share my card for the new color challenge which starts today at The Outlawz Challenges!

Our sponsor this month is Fred She Said Designs

This week’s challenge has us checking out a great photo from Sharon for some inspiration!

I went with the bold colors because I had the perfect Design paper from Color Bok and of course those wings.

Supplies for 5 x 7 card

• Button from my stash
• Card stock (for base) from The Paper Studio
• Design Paper “Bright Splash” from Color Bok
• India Ink from Memories
• Sentiment from Halo Rubber Stamps
• Wings from “Wings & Crowns” set from Spellbinders

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges where a new challenge starts every day of the week!

(Hugs) Cara

Splinters anyone?

As you slide down the banister of life, may the splinters never point your way. ~Author unknown, c.1948

Good morning!

Things have been quite hectic in my household these last couple of months so I thought the above quote was hilarious and appropo since here I am, once again late sharing my card for the new color challenge which started yesterday at The Outlawz Challenges! 

Our sponsor this month is Fred She Said Designs

This week’s challenge gives you the choice of 3 colors from the lovely pallet below, chosen by team mate Jacqui, with a twist of adding an animal.

Because I can’t seem to keep track of my calendar I wound up not using a FSS image for my card this week. But I did used the 3 browns and added a horse. This 

Supplies

• Close to My Heart: Glitter tape, Pearls, Design paper (which already had the sentiment printed on it)
• The Paper Studio: Card Stock 

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges where a new challenge starts every day of the week!

(Hugs) Cara

Feeling Blessed ...

May brooks and trees and singing hills join in the chorus too, and every gentle wind that blows send happiness to you.

~Irish Blessing

Good morning Everyone!

How exciting .... today is the 1st of October (Only 85 days to Christmas folks!) and the start of a new Progressive Freebie Challenge at The OutlawzChallenges.

Each month we will send you a free digital image to use in the Freebie/Progressive challenge. Once your creation is completed, upload it into the freebie challenge and you will automatically receive the next month free digi.  We will have one image per month so you have plenty of time to create a project using the image.

If you would like to participate, please register with your name and email address to: outlawzprogressivechallenge@gmx.com

This month our freebie comes from Mary Smith of Createful Hearts Digis

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Here is my 5.50 x 4.25 card

Supplies:

• Digi Image “General Store” (Createful Hearts Digi) Card stock (The Paper Studio & Stampin Up!)
• Card Candy (Stash)
• Embossing folder “Clouds” (Sizzix)
• ProMarkers & Copics
• Sentiment die “Fall Botanicals” (Spellbinders)

Thanks for Stopping By!

(Hugs) Cara