ICTHUS

I love this image from Biblical Impressions (scroll toward bottom of page). This fish symbol is sort of an ancient times acronym; the letters stand for Greek words that mean Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior. Shortly after the time of Christ, intense persecution was inflicted upon Christians by the Roman Empire, and this symbol was a way of communicating with another believer that they were in like company, and could be free to talk of their faith.

I used twinkling H2O's to color, though when doing the earth toned fish, I realized that I did not have enough colors. So, I used markers, then lightly brushed a neutral H2O over the spaces so that they would have the same glimmer. I'd recently been deploring the lack of nice magnets on our refrigerator, so the smaller ones I mounted onto dominoes, and attached to magnets.

Anniversary Tree

Happy Thursday!

Can you believe it's February all ready?  

What happened to January?

I'm not sure but it sure went by FAST!  If you still have some Valentine's Day cards to make you might want to get this fun Heart Tree from Eureka Stamps.

It's available in red rubber and digital and is perfect for many occasions including Valentine's Day, Birthday, wedding, and anniversary.

To make this card you need:

Stamps:

Heart Tree by Eureka Stamps

Happy Birthday by QKR Stampede

Paper:

Bazzill Basic cardstock

Neenah white cardstock

Ink:

Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink by Tsukineko

Copic Markers

Other:

Spellbinders label die

Red Brads

Thanks for stopping by to check out my project!

Have a fabulous rest of your day!

Kristine

Good Morning its AJ here today 

And today im sharing with you this cute Hippo Birthday Card

The stamp I have used is

9410 Birthday Gator with 14307 Birdie Told Me Sentiment

Isn't she sweet ! 

Do pop into QKR Stampede for a browse, the digi selection is fantastic & they have a sentiment to match everything.

Thanks for stopping by ! 

Will you be mine?

Good Morning peeps! Jessica B. here with a fun little card for Biblical Impressions. If you haven';t checked them out recently , please do! It is full of fantastic images to suit whatever your project or card is begging for! Hope everyone has had a great start to their week..me? I have been down with a few issues..but an on the mend ( good thing too because my house is a total wreck LOL)..now, onto the creative stuff!

For my card I chose this awesome little guy. He just melts my heart!




















                                                                                  Hehe..isn't he adorable?? He was fun to bring to life too! I stamped him in SU! Old Olive, then went over him with a slightly damp paint brush. I also used some Derwent Inktense and Derwent Water color pencils to add the "ground" beneath him... I redefined the edges of his box of candy and roses with a Rapidograph pen ( as I have water proof India Ink in it)..and painted those in with an Inktense pencil as they are very vibrant.)..I used a water color pencil to shade in around him as well to make the image kind of "pop".. I LOVE him! LOL..

Here is a close up of the details..

























That's it for me today....I have Tons of laundry to do..( that is an every day thing for a family of 6!)..and grocery shopping..( that seems like an everyday thing as well sometimes..LOL)..and a few other errands to run..then back to my crafty projects...Have a great day!!


supplies :Stamps ( Biblical Impressions) paper ( pre made card base K&Co, red cs, ( unknown), dp ( unknown)Canson Water color paper), Ink (SU! Old olive) , other( Derwent Inktense pencils, Derwent water color pencils, Rapidograph pen) Chip board heart DCWV

Ah, Friend

I LOVE the clean and simple style and always try use this look when I am mailing cards. I don't want the card to get ruined by embellishments that poke out. No matter how hard I try the card never stays the same!

I have used the Eureka Stamp that is titled Hearts Flower Border.

I then used a rub-on from my scrap bin so I could fittingly send it to my friend.

I am sending more and more CAS cards out to keep in touch the "old-fashioned" way since our move, but I love it. I can sit at the table and write a letter while my girls practice their letters too.  :)

Now if you haven't - please go on over to Eureka Stamps now and check them out!

Butterfly kisses

 

Hi there it's Ceal again with another Eureka Stamps card. For this card I used 20801 Butterfly and Sunflowers.  It is part of the Tender Thoughts collection. I love, love, love this stamps. It is so fun to color and makes a beautiful card. 

Valentine Moose

Eureka Stamps has a quite a few big moose images and I find them not only amusing to look at but fun to color. I used Copic markers to color this one.

I used the Perfect Layers tools from PerfectPaper Crafting to cut the even layers and the Perfect Square works great for the out of the box image.

After cutting the out of the box image I used a Marvy black marker to color the very edge of the cardstock.

Stampin Up mat pack and Bazzill piercer were used to place the brad holes. I believe the brads are from Darcie, but not positive.

On the insert I cut a strip of designer paper and about a 1/8" strip of cardstock and glued them to the paper with Aleene's tacky glue. I did the same for the envelope but cut red paper in place of cardstock. I used an EK Success punch for the hearts and also glued them on.  

Images: Eureka Stamps – 18001 Hearty Moose, 1106(441) Happy Valentines Day

Paper: The Paper Company – red and dark grey, unknown white, Beckett Expressions – Iceberg for image