Chalks

This next card is a first attempt at chalks. I stamped the picture and then I used a brush to apply the chalks. I set it aside for the night and then I framed it before I applied it to the card base. I stamped and embossed the message at the bottem. I really like embossing it is so easy and fun to watch it come to life. I embleshed it with green crystals and "Flower Soft" on the red flowers. Then I punched the "top" of the chalked picture and I punched the bottem of the card base. I used Helmers glue to layer it all together. I read a tip last week that says that glue lets you "move" the pieces as you assemble them. I have found that tape, even though I love it, makes it too hard to fix when I make a mistake.

                                                                                                                         Hebrews 12:1 Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen.

Spring brings the birth of a newly learned art.

I am learning a fresh new way of looking at things. I have discovered what a joy card making is. In the past two months I have no only learned about cards but I have actually learned to tie bows for my cards.  I have spent quite a bit of time in the past month looking at cards very carefully to see what I like and what doesn't catch my eye.
What I have learned is that I like bows and I like the look of lace.  Since I can crochet then I think I will crochet my own lace for my cards.  Another thing that I like is dimension in the face of the card. Layering and bringing elements off the face of the card with spongie stickers are other concepts that I like.

 I will try to get better with the photography. This card was inspired by another card that I saw. My photography is not good enough but the main back ground is scored to raise lines verticaly. The  picket fence pieces were my first attempt at embossing and it never occured to me that it would actually emboss black. But I do like the final look. What surprized me the most is that I learned to tie the bow without any "bow maker" so I think my free hand bow was pretty good for a first attempt. The water spout of beads were just cut from a card and applied. I also embossed the words. I like the corner punch but I wonder if I should'nt have done soemthing more to the bottem. But it is finished as it is.  It is an anniversary card to be given to a couple for their 40th anniversary. I did not have a stamp that said "Happy Anniversary" so I stamped the next best thing.

                                                                                                              John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever beliveth in Him shall not perish but hav everlasting life.