Collage cards

A farewell card to Summer... I think the fall has begun to make itself known and the cooler weather is upon us.

This is a collage card, using all kinds of stamps and my newly found Hero Arts butterfly.

Actually, I made this card first, and just copied the design to make the above card.

I will be away for a couple of weeks and I have prepared a lot of stamped butterflies which I hope to be taking with me to cut out when I can.

See you soon!
Jacqueline

Some more butterfly cards

Hello, it's been a while. Hope you are well!
Just sharing a couple of cards, the first one using my new-found butterfly stamp. She gets used to make all kinds of different colored butterflies on scrap bits of paper or old projects. I stamped the top panel of the card with black ink to form a pretty border.

My second card uses part of a wine label. I am always looking for new ways to use them.

Can you see my little porcelain chicken, it is a souvenir from my favorite holiday place Rosas, Spain.

Just adding another one, very simply stamping on a wine label.

Have a lovely day!
Jacqueline

Delight yourself in the Lord!

I love using this Bible verse on my cards, so here a couple using it.

This one is a play with stamps on a distressed ink background, collage style.

Here I used shadow inks which after inking up the stamp I smoothed down the colors with a paint brush. I have used my favorite Stampin' Up bird, I'm sure you hadn't noticed that :)

Have a lovely, delightful Sunday!

Jacqueline

Found an old friend!

Just recently I found an old friend. I was so happy to find her again! She had accompanied me to my Chemotherapy appointments and short stays in the hospital way back in 2011. She was a real pleasure to have and we had such good moments together! There she was, lying at the bottom of my ribbon basket... my long lost Hero Arts acrylic butterfly!!

 So to celebrate finding her again, here she is fluttering her wings on a very simple but enjoyable to make tag.

Welcome back!

Yes, we have rain and thunderstorms today!

Watercolored Anemones WPlus9

Hello!
Sharing a card with a new stamp set. As soon as I saw the cards made with this set I knew it would be something to invest in, so here is my first card with the watercolored Anemone stamp set from WPlus9.

I used shadow inks, no distress inks on these but they will work just as well with distress inks.

(Adding one more card a little bit later..)

Have a lovely day!
Jacqueline

Nature

Living in such a beautiful landscape, the swallows are pretty much the dominant feature in the skies these summer days and especially when the sun is setting and the temperature cools and they fly criss cross around the garden, quite a delight to watch. I am in awe of God's Creation. God speaks that way without Words as we can read in Psalm 19:
¹ The heavens declare the glory of God;
    the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
² Day after day they pour forth speech;
    night after night they reveal knowledge.
³ They have no speech, they use no words;
    no sound is heard from them.
⁴ Yet their voice^[b] goes out into all the earth,
    their words to the ends of the world.

My card features a swallow. It may be a bit abstract but it just happened that way.

My second card is also inspired by nature and color. I stamped on a wine label which usually appears on the back of a bottle. I used a bird stamp from Inkadinkado.

Thanks for visiting:
Jacqueline

Summer greetings!

 I hope you are all enjoying the beautiful summer weather!

Just popping in to share a little card and to say that although I don't post often during the summer months, I still think of you all and when life allows, I hope to be crafting again.

 Just adding a picture of how Nature can surprise at times. This is what I found in the nest last week - a mini little chicken egg which measured 3x4cm. I have placed a normal sized egg next to it, just fascinating. On opening it, it only has white in it, no yolk. And to think my chickens are two years old!

All the best wishes!
Jacqueline