January 21 2020

Hello and welcome back to the blog.  Today was a great day, it started with another great Bible study on my FB page facebook.com/evabussom and It was all about the good samaritan and the lesson of how best to serve our communities and families.  Again, it was a wonderful lesson.   After that, I fixed a small problem with a design I was working on for the new laundry room and was on my way to create the card for today's blog. 

Jeanne and I were having a video crafty chat and I was showing her my new Digi from https://angieblomdigitaldesigns.com/. Angie Blom has a great new shop with Digital designs she has created.  I grabbed two of the digi's from Angie and I love them, let's check out my card and what I used to make it.  You won't believe what I used alongside the amazing creation from Angie, colored pencils... yes, but also electrical tape, yup you heard it first here. It's super sticky, but still repositionable.  It comes in many colors and not just black. But since I had the black roll handy and no black washi to be found, I used it. I love the shiny look of the edges next to the colorful image.  

As I said I used my color pencils to bring the image to life. I also grabbed another of Angie's images, but that's for another day.


Here's where you can find the Unicorn Love image for yourself. Click on the image for a direct link to Angie's Digital Designs. All of the images are for personal use only.

I hope that you have an amazing day, know that the Lord is with you, always watching over us. Wheterh in our hour of need or just to be there to help us grow in Christ.
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January 17 2020

Hello and welcome back to the blog!  Today I am sharing a card for my favorite challenge Freshly Made Sketches!  But before I get to the challenge, I gotta say yesterday was interesting and today my shoulder is feeling much better, but still has a long way to go. I was chatting with Jeanne and saying how we need to do a vlog about what happens while we crafty chat, lol! Some things are better left unsaid.  Just to let you in a bit, I complain about not have the latest and greatest and how I used to be a show-off, and how I felt like an ass.  What happens in a crafty chat, doesn't always stay in the chat! lol.  Jeanne is my bestie and totally understands me. I'm damn lucky to call her friend!

FMSChallenges #418 is from Jacquie this week.  So you may notice that my coloring is different than normal. Since the shoulder isn't 100% yet, I thought I'd go old school, and color only the outlines of the images for my floral from Simon Says Stamp its called Center Cut Flowers. I used Prisma Colored Pencils in Aquamarine, Chartreuse, Sunburst Yellow, and Process Red. Along with a Stitched Circle die from my stash and Lemon Yellow and Obsidian Black inks from Altenew.  I didn't have a die, for the shape, but I thought the stamp was very reminiscent of the sketch for the challenge.  I also took the leftover colored piece and made it into a bookmark for my bible.

Here is just the card I made for the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #418.  I love coloring the lines.  I did leave a few of the images, plain. To show just how beautiful  the image is with just a touch of color. The sentiment is from Reverse Confetti, God is good stamp set.

Here's the other side, of my bookmark with another stamp in the same Reverse Confetti stamp set. Using the same Lemon Yellow from Altenew, I wiped the oval ink pad all over the cardstock. 

Yesterday's Bible verse of the day was thought-provoking, I thought I'd share it with you. I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy whatever among you is devoted to destruction. Joshua 7:12

Well, that's it for today, every day God gives me the gift of crafting, love, family, and friendship and I am grateful to him.  As the verse about says,  we need to let go of the things that we don't need and focus on that which makes us better. Amen

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January 15 2020

Hello and welcome back, I going to do a quick post today. I messed up my left shoulder, well it's not a lot of fun typing.  Aside from the card, I'm also including something special for my bible.  Praying my should heals quickly.  Sadly Bill's shoulder is also acting up. We are a mess, but that's our normal. lol

The quick and easy card (I love these kinds).  I started by grabbing my mini stamp Magnolia Heart from Altenew. Along with My Family mini for the sentiment "together", which is an Altenew product.  I colored it with a few Prisma Color Pencils, in  Magenta PC930, Yellow Chartreuse PC1004 (a personal fav) and Marine Green PC988 to color in the floral images on the heart.  I also used the Artliner .01 Black pen for the frame.  I love the simplicity of the design and thought it was totally adorbs!

I got some happy mail today from my friend M. I know you can really only see my bible, but under it is a new book holder, which will be so helpful with Bible study classes.  I have a goal this year, to add a bookmark to every lesson we cover. I plan to retire my study Bible at the end of the year. I've been using it for 3 years, and it's gotten a lot of love! I have dyslexia and its really hard to read with all of the markings, from the highlighter from page to page, with multiple colors from overlapping lessons, books, verses. 

My next Bible will be for a year-long adventure into my Lord's gospel.  I have a few ideas which Bible to get, but if you know of a great one, feel free to suggest it in the comments, along with where to buy it. I'm looking to what the future holds, it's in God's hands.  What a blessing to live his word, each and every day. 
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