So, just whose success are we speaking about here, will the bird get away?  Or will the cat find dinner?  I will leave that to your imagination!  My friend loves cats and this creation was for her.  Most of the stamps are Stampscapes except for the verse  which is from Stampin UP.

No Greater Joy

I love this passage of scripture as John so succinctly portrays the heart of all believers... that we are joyful and content in the knowledge that our earthly children and our spiritual children are walking in the path of truth.  I also realize with sadness that not all of us have children currently walking in the truth.  However, do not be weary in well doing, while there is life there is hope. Continue in the faith as a role model to those around you.   I am reminded of my uncle who strayed away from the faith for many years.  He fell so far.......and during that time his faithful praying parents passed away.  They did not live to see in earthly time the glorious moment when their son was saved.  He became such a solid and devout believer.  All those years of faithful yet seemingly unfruitful teaching revealed themselves in his new life in Jesus years after the passing of his parents. I can only imagine the great rejoicing when they all finally met on the day of his passing.  So, be encouraged parents and pray in faith believing for God knows what future glorious reunions await you and your earthly and spiritual families.

The oval die cut used to frame the picture of the children is from Cheery Lynn.

This die is a twofer....meaning you get two cuts with one die.  This circle is cut from the middle of the die.  You can see the intracacy of the die with the embossed lines and small dotted details.

I used the outside of the cut as a template to fussy cut a background for the die cut piece.  This was Copic airbrushed to match the piece.

These are the rubber stamps used to create the picture.  The upper three are from Stampscapes.  The tree lined hill is Stampa Rosa.

Here are the Stampscape details.  Many Stampscapes are also sold unmounted.  I bought mine before those were available.

Copic Markers were used for coloring the picture of the children.  The sky and grass were airbrushed.  Airbrushing is soooo much fun!  The lace is leftover from my son's wedding invitation.  It was originally white, but I airbrushed it also using Green 82.



The sentiment stamp is from Purple Daisy.  I used the Deckled Nestabilties rectangles to mat the sentiement.

Pumpkin Patch with Pan Pastels

Welcome fall, it has been a long hot summer! Today's card was created with Pan Pastels and a variety of stamps.  I began with Stampscapes "soft light" and my very favorite Stampscape stamp called "pebbles". I stamped with VersaMark and then blended several colors of Pan Pastels to create the background above and below the fenced area.  The ivy background leaves is a stamp from All Night Media.  The pumpkin isThe picket fence is a Martha Stewart punch. The pumpkin was also stamped with VersaMark with Pan Pastels blending and then I fussy cut around the pumpkin and leaves.The Fluorish is a Cricut cut out.  This card follows the sketch posted on Lisa Somerville's Friday challenge.

Loggin On

We needed to send some birthday wishes across several states and I found just the team to do it. On this Copic airbrushed Sunny day with blue skies and green grass these ants are Loggin On to Missouri with love in their hearts and special birthday greetings. Happy Birthday Samantha!