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project as guest designer for Courtney at Created by Courtney.

This calendar was made using the Sweet and Sassy set called Be Still. I first stamped this sweet deer image with a clear versamark ink. I added my clear embossing powder and heat set it with my hear gun. After that i used the direct ink approach with my ink it up inks (4 or 5 various colors of browns and greens) then I topped it off with a gold ink. After it looked the way I wanted it to, I took a soft towel and gently removed the ink from the embossed image. I matted this on a sturdy cardstock almost as thick as chipboard, layered it with a piece of cs from the DCWV old world stack, printed the mini calendar off the computer, cut and attached with eyelets.

I realize it is the end of February and a little late for a calendar project :/. I wanted to make a different one for this post, but time escaped me. i did gift this calendar to my friend and secret sister Norma. I hope she enjoys it.

I was also able to make this simple note card set for a friend. I made these fairly simple. I used my martha stewart border punch, ran the CS through my cuttlebug using birds and swirls, cut the scalloped oval out with my nestie, oval out with my cricut, stamped the sent and added to the layered card. I thought this set was so much fun and so easy to work with. It can make a statement with a card full of embellishments as well as a simple card such as these.

I had so much fun creating these projects for you Courtney. Thank you again for the opportunity!

Be Still and KNOW that I am God

just hearing "Be still and know that I am God" means so much to me. Reading so much about Hannah and doing all I can to help her can easily get discouraging .. then I remember WHO si in charge .. not me, not the eczema and pain, but GOD!!! And he is doing an amazing work in her body.
Again, I want to thank Courtney for allowing me to be her guest designer. I have had so much fun with this set. This entire image is paper pieced. The only thing I colored are the gray rocks and I added some stickles to the water. I found all these papers in my scrap box. I fell in love with the brown spotted deer. These papers are by My Minds Eye Wild Asparagus Stack.

If you like the set ((how could you not?!?)) please visit Sweet and SAssy stamps and pick yours up today! :) Look around while you are there too, they have a lot of cuteness to offer you! Don't say I didn't warn you first!!!

(( Shhhh, They also have some Sarah KAy stamps on sale!!!)))

I'm So Excited, and I just can't hide it!

For those of you who say I can not keep a secret .. well I did! A while back in November Courtney asked me to be her first guest designer for her set of stamps called Be Still. My card is featured on her blog as well. I was so shocked and so honored that she would have even thought of me I had to read it several times to even believe it. I may have even pinched myself. Poor Courtney, I probably drove her crazy with the "Who? Me? Are you sure? " emails :o). I love ya Courtney! Thanks for asking me to do this and for trusting me to design some projects for you. For those of you who do not know Courtney ((how could you not?? She is amazing!)) She was one of my very first blogger friends that God placed in my life. She has touched my heart in so many ways. She has been a prayer partner, encouraging, loving, giving, and there for me in more ways than she probably realizes. She is one of the sweetest and understanding women I have ever had the pleasure of meeting.

This set of stamps is amazing and you can find it here. Courtney drew this herself!!! Really!!! Isn't it beautiful? I was wowed by it but I was also a little intimidated at first on how to use it. I had been doing a lot of cute things, but this was so pretty and so serene. As soon as I got the set in my hands, I went to work and all the things I made fell together. I fell in love with this set very quickly. It is so versatile. The scriptures are so calming and encouraging. I knew that it would be one I would reach for many times. It is even on sale right now at 20% off!!! You cant beat that! I have been browsing Sweet and Sassy stamps a lot lately. I can't wait for some tax money to come in so I an snag a few!
Be sure to pick you up a set of these stamps! I promise you will not be disappointed!

Materials used:

sweet and sassy stamps, Be still

prismacolor pencils, oms

AC Patterned Paper

Basic Satin Ribbon

Cricut Martha Stewart Border Punch