Amanda's Christian Encouragement Series Cards

New release date scheduled for August 1st.

There has been some delay in getting stamps made. This is a much longer process than I originally thought. And I'm not sure if I'm still going with Clear Dollar Stamps or not. I am still very excited about the whole process and am sure everything will be beautiful when it's completed. I do have my layouts and designs ready for some of the cards so that does make the waiting a little harder for me! I can't wait to show them to you! Just think, buttons, ribbons, rhinestones and beautiful colors! Plus God's amazing Word! Ooohhh, it's just killing me not to show you! lol!

I have created a new page here on my blog and so you will be able to purchase these cards from me directly! You don't even have to go over to my Etsy shop!

Super Cute Stationary Kit

Here's another share of what I've been creating this summer. This adorable stationary kit idea came from one of my favorite bloggers: Becky Roberts. She comes up with some of the best stuff! And she sells her tutorials so you can learn to do her projects yourself! Love that!

Well this little stationary set is a free tutorial she has and here is what I came up with for it. I used the Boom-Di-Ada CTMH paper pack. I just love how it turned out, so fun, summery and cheery.


Becky definitely has more details for you on her blog, but this set holds 4 note cards and envelopes, a note pad and a pen. How cute is that!? She uses a magnet for her closure but I picked up some cute little clothes pins at Craft Warehouse so I decided to use those. I still want to decorate it with a strip of paper too.

Oh I am so excited with how this turned out! This week I purchased the Filled With Flair template from Papertreyink.com. And I tried it out! I already had some Papertrey patterned paper so I used that too. Look how fun this is! I got this idea from Nichole Heady on her blog. What an amazing package! This stationary set has 30 hand stamped labels so you can make this set fit any occasion!
Now I want to make a bunch of these in all my favorite patterned paper sets!

Oooh, maybe Christmas cards would be great this way! I may have just had an idea for my holiday bazaars this year!! Yea! (Sorry my pictures are like everywhere on this post, I haven't figured out how to place them with my text. ???)

Heart 2 Heart Challenge ~ Color Challenge ~ Buttercup, Black and Tulip

Ooh, I think I love color challenges! This weeks challenge was to use Buttercup, Black and Tulip and make a card with them. Well what awesome colors to use together ~ love it! I've been wanting to use my "A Posy" stamp set and haven't yet so I whipped that baby out and this is what I came up with!

I used Papertreyink.com's white card stock. I used my Cuttlebug to emboss the Tulip card stock, then sponged the edges. I mounted that on the buttercup textured card stock and added black brads. I then stamped the posy in Buttercup, the stem and leaf in Sweet Leaf and the center in Tulip. I made an extra flower center and leaf and used dimensional adhesive to pop them up and add some dimension.

I'm really pleased with how this turned out and I love the color challenge! Yea!

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Happy Father's Day my LOVE

I just wanted to put a Happy Father's Day out there for my sweet, sweet hubby. You ladies out there will realize very soon that I am a mushy wife. lol! ;)

So...Happy Father's Day Honey! I am so blessed that you are such a loving, hardworking, head of our home type of Daddy! You are doing a great job, especially NOT having had an example to follow. I appreciate you and LOVE you tons and tons! Keep up the good work!

Looky Looky! I'm a featured artist on Invitation Buzz's Blog today!

Wowzers! How cool! Invitation Buzz's blog featured two of my cards today! What an honor. And they have a GREAT site! Make sure you check them out and my cards they featured are available in my etsy store!