LMMS: Lamb and Star

Good Day Everyone!

I hope all is well. I've been working on a few cards behind the scenes and this one is one of my simpler cards at the moment but it has a powerful meaning to me. I got the idea to make it a card from a bible verse. Matthew 2:10 (through verse 11)

The name of the Little Miss Muffet Stamp is Lamb and Star. The image was separated because I originally meant to add a die cut in between the mountains and the pasture but I ended up liking the image centered and I will have to make another card or two to show my original idea as well as the layout in which it was intended to be used by LMMS artist Barbara. The inside of the card is a rubber stamp from Our Daily Bread Stamps and it's called "Come Let Us Adore Him" 

I colored background with mostly distress inks straight on to the paper and then blended by using the mini ink blending foam. I made sure to block the image with a removable sticker or masking paper. When my background distress inking was done I colored in the star, the lamb and added a little shading and a few lines on the grass with Prismacolor pencils. I finished off the coloring by adding stars with a Uni-ball Signo Angelic pen and tracing over the black lines on the star. See! Easy peasy! :D For the sentiment in the front I hand wrote that myself... Every time I tell myself to not put my sloppy handwriting on the front for the next card... next card comes around if I don't have a proper stamp or die for it I mess it up with my sloppy hand writing LOL I don't know why I do it! Aaaaah! 

Here is the inside of the card. I ended up not using Kraft cardstock inside and went with 

plain white since I didn't need to use color pencils.

I know the stamp inside says it differently but I liked it a lot and the meaning is the same.

 9 When they heard the king, they departed; and behold, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, till it came and stood over where the young Child was. 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. 11 And when they had come into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshiped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

I hope you enjoyed this card as much I enjoyed coloring and making the card while playing 

Norman Hutchins - Emmanuel song on a loop. heehee

Thank you so much for stopping and don't forget to stop by the links below for more inspiration

 

http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com/

and

https://www.pinterest.com/LMMStamps/

Katya Bess

TSC DT: Messenger Angel

Good morning Everyone!

I hope all is well. Today is the start of my kids' Thanksgiving break....  Seriously.... they didn't have to take Wednesday out.... LOL My sanity is going to go out the window.... I'll have to pray on that. LOL



Okay, on to my card. I wanted to make a CAS religious Christmas card... but then it was too CAS so I added a bow.

I used http://thestampingchef.com/Shop/downloads/angelic-angel-ann/ to show the messenger angel... I supposed most angels in the Bible that I have heard of have masculine names and are some very powerful beings.... but I really wanted to use this image in this case.

Angelic Ann

 I used Distress inks and a ripped up piece of scratch paper to form the clouds. 

There were specific colors I wanted to use to represent a messenger angel At least for the clothing:

A belt of fine gold. I used Copic Atyou pens to add some shimmer on top of the Copic coloring.

The clothes white as snow but I added strays of color to show the radiance or glowing and shimmering  that comes from an angel. 

The yellow light shinning in the background clouds is also with distress inks.
The gold ribbon was a thrift store find- my mom got it for me. :D

 Close up of the face and wings

this photo was to show the shimmer from the gold Copic Atyou pen.
The die is from Our Daily Bread Designs and you can find it here:  https://www.ourdailybreaddesigns.com/index.php/elegant-oval-dies.html

 This is from Luke 2. Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. 10 Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. 11 For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 12 And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.”

13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:

14 “Glory to God in the highest,
And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”

15 So it was, when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, “Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.” 16 And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger. 17 Now when they had seen Him, they made widely known the saying which was told them concerning this Child. 18 And all those who heard it marveled at those things which were told them by the shepherds. 19 But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart. 20 Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told them.

I hope you liked my card. 

Make sure that you go and enter your card at:

http://thestampingchef.com/Challenges/

As always it's Anything Goes. 

Thank you for stopping by,

Katya Bess

Will be entering my card at:

http://ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.com/2014/11/odbdslc218-blessings-word-challenge.html

from the B.L.E.S.S.I.N.G. recipe I used these 4: B:blue, I:Ink, N:Nestabilities (Elegant Oval die) and G:Gold.

Late Post on a Mother's Day Card

Hey Everyone!

Hope all is well. Just popping in for a few minutes to show you all my one of my latest creations. This was for my MIL.

This hat image is from Robert Jackson.

The digi is called: Sunday Hat

and you can find it here:

http://fineartsbyrobertjackson.com/just-hats.html

I colored the reds with Copic markers, the Silver with Sakura Gelly Rolls,

and the skin with Spectrum Noirs. 

The red bling is a from Darice Gemz sheet and just trimmed to fit and embellish my card.

the Bible verse is a free digital art from: 

http://lavendargrace.blogspot.com/2013/05/instructions-for-daily-living-in-win.html

and also used it as inspiration for my card. 

Thank you for stopping by,

Katya Bess

http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.ca/2013/05/challenge-80-anything-goes.html

I will restore you to health...

Hello Everyone,

I was on a roll with sitting on my craft desk but hadn't been feeling well with too much cramping and back pain... (pregnancy things) So I had to stop :( I tried to color laying in my bed and it's not fast and practical as I'd like it to be plus with kids jumping or rolling around on the bed you can see how much of a challenge it can be LOL... well enough whining.

I created this card with a digi image from Robert Jackson you can check it out here- http://fineartsbyrobertjackson.com/just-hats.html
The digi is called:  Sunday Hat.

You can sort of see the shine/sparkle on her

hat, earrings, necklace, blouse and on her rose, which was

done with my Sakura gelly roll pen.

The Bible verse stamp is from Our Daily Bread Stamps.

I stamped/wet embossed the sentiment in silver 

For the background I chose to dry emboss with an embossing folder

that looks like roses its from Provocraft/Cuttlebug 

(sorry I don't have the name of the embossing folder)

My mom found me this super pretty ribbon at a thrift store (awesome find)

it's from K.D. Richards Inc- The Boutique Ribbon Collection

The rose on the lapel is also a Robert Jackson digi stamp

you can find it here:

http://fineartsbyrobertjackson.com/misc.html

and it's called: Rose

The card looks much more sparkly in person I'm just not as good as 

capturing that with my camera. 

Thank you for visiting.

Katya Bess

I'm entering this card at: 

http://memascrafts.blogspot.com/p/current-challenge.html

Challenge #2: Those Bloomin Flowers

http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-sisterhood-get-well-challenge.html

"Get Well" Challenge

Breast Cancer Awareness Month is around the corner

Hello Crafty friends,

I hope all is well with everyone. Today I have a special card that I worked on using a Robert Jackson digi.
The Inks and Such challenge this week at http://jacksonsdigitalexpressions.blogspot.com/ 

is use PINK or the Breast Cancer Awareness theme.

Chana along with several other JDE designers have pledge to donate $0.25 to Breast Cancer Research for every entry on this week's challenge. Please post on your blogs, facebook and or twitter let your crafty friends know to join in on the challenge.

Here is my card and envelope to go with the card.

I used Robert Jackson's two digi images
Sunday Hat and Rose

  For the envelope I only used the Rose and cut off the stem.

If you are going to use glue such as glossy accents or any wet glue make sure not

to glue it on the flap area with adhesive because it will make it wet enough to seal

the envelope... 

I colored with Copic and Spectrum Noir markers.

I used a cuttlebug embossing folder

 The Bible verse was printed on regular printer paper. I cut 

several pages to add to the 3D look on the book. I used 

Spellbinders labels seven (2nd to largest die) I cut the pink

part of the book with the largest die but then it seemed too large

so I trimmed it down with scissors. 

I shrank the rose and printed 3 times then cut a few petals
to give it that 3D look.

I hope you enjoyed your visit. Make sure to participate in this week's challenge at
http://jacksonsdigitalexpressions.blogspot.com/
this week's sponsor is at JDE is Bugaboo Stamps.

Remember both women and men get breast cancer. 
So I won't say get the "girls" checked (this time). Just make sure to do self exams and get checked
by a professional especially if you have a family history.

Here are some fun Breast Cancer Slogans you can use on your card or project:

Big or Small save them all

A feel a day keeps the doctor away

Thanks for the mammories

Stop the war in my rack! 

Feed your faith and your fears will starve to death

Show you care, be aware

Real men wear pink

Have fun making something crafty and thank you so much for visiting.

Katya Bess

Challenges I'm linking at:
http://www.linkupforpink.com/2012/09/challenge-no-6.html
create any Breast Cancer Awareness Pink project (unlimited entries allowed)

http://dawn-dawnscrafting.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/welcome-to-my-challenge.html
Breast Cancer Awareness or Think Pink

http://papelitosstamps.blogspot.com/2012/09/challenge-13-use-digi.html
Use a digi

http://paperplaychallenges.blogspot.com/2012/09/12-week-38-choose-holiday.html
Choose your holiday (Breast Cancer Awareness "month" I hope it counts)

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/2012/09/mim-108-with-digi-doodle-shop.html
Anything Goes

http://stampandcreateblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Challenge
Anything Goes

http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/challenge-3-anything-goes.html
Anything Goes

http://www.gingerloftchallenge.blogspot.com/
Dry or Wet embossing

http://www.memascrafts.blogspot.com/2012/09/september-choose-theme-challenge.html
Choose a Theme. #5 Family Affair

http://thecraftypad.blogspot.com/
Breast Cancer Awareness or Think Pink ( see Right Sidebar)

http://stampinsistersinchrist.blogspot.com/2012/09/challenge-158-psalm-13914.html