IT'S SUMMERTIME, SUMMERTIME, SUM, SUM, SUMMERTIME!

Stampin Chix had a great time creating last Saturday.

Happy Scrapper Pam!

 Cardmaker Mary and her summer insect collection.

Mother and little Chick creating memories together.

Scrapbooking is great for remembering our Besties!

Mmmmmm, smell those STRAWBERRY FIELDS, FOREVER!

Fishing Fathers

I made a new discovery at Cricut.com a few months ago.  They have card creators on Cricut Craft Room that create cards and let you download the file free for one week.  

I was searching for a Father's Day card when I found this beautiful "Cut it Free" link here http://www.cricut.com/home/free-images. 

 Silhouettes have always been a favorite art form for me and I have fond memories ( and a good story or two!) of my husband taking my sons fishing. 

So, this seemed like a perfect Father's Day image choice for my card.  You can see there was a little smudging problem on this one.  I had a little difficulty finding an adhesive that I was happy with for this intricate card, but I was thrilled with the intricacies of this silhouette beauty.  I wouldn't mind trying this again and cutting it out in black with a beautiful airbrushed sunset over the water.  

Using a bit of Corrie Ten Boom's wisdom, (see Knowing Your Purpose, a Missionary Heart 5-26-2013). I made this graduation card for my son, who graduated from law school this year.  It was a happy day for the Bobb family!  Congratulations, Nick!

The stamp set is from Our Daily Bread Designs.  It was stamped with Ranger Archival ink, color is from Copic markers, both air brushing and pen strokes.  A quilled daisy flower was added for an embellishment.

Vintage Jiggety Jig !

Vintage Jiggety Jig !

The stamp featured on this card is from Highlander Celtic Stamps. This vintage dancer is encircled in a wreath of Rubber Stamp Tapestry Flowers.  The bagpipes are sounding as her tartan scarf flows in the breeze of her twirls.  She is stamped with Ranger Archival Ink.

The Cardstock is Cryogen available from CutCardstock.com.  I began by cutting an oval shape using a Spellbinders diecut on my Sizzix Big Kick.

The Rubber Stamp Tapestry flowers were stamped in an oval shape using Ranger Distress Inks.  The easiest way I have found to do this is to start with one flower at North, South, East and West and then filling in the gaps around the edge following the oval shape.  Use the Stamping off technique to stamp one dark flower and then stamp another without re-inking.  This gives the same effect as "filler" flowers in a flower arrangement.  A little lighter color is gained which acts as a background to the wreath.

Copic Markers were used to color the clothing and face.  

I love this plaid!  Did, I tell you....I LOVE this plaid!  It is actually a Christmas paper from My Mind's Eye in their "the merry days of Christmas" paper line, called Pajama Plaid

Counting the card itself, there are two background layers and then three matting layers in this card.  The dancer layer and matting are all Spellbinders die cuts.  The dark red layer is cut with Labels 10.

The last embellishment to be added are the three vintage pearls.
Thanks for stopping by.  Bobb, Bobb, Bobbing along until next time.

Knowing Your Purpose, A Missionary Heart

When James Calvert went out as a missionary to the cannibals of the Fiji Islands, the ship captain tried to turn him back saying, "you will lose your lives and the lives of those with you if you go among such savages".  To that Calvert replied, "We died before we came here."

Sometimes, I forget what I am about and it takes a little jolt of perspective to realign my thinking with God's Word.  I like this quote for it helps me regain my perspective as to what is important and what I should be doing with myself.

I also like to remind myself of the dedication of Caspar Ten Boom.  Corrie Ten Boom's father.  Part of his story is related below.  This version is from Wikipedia, but I originally read it in one of Corrie Ten Boom's books.


The ten Boom family were devout and generous Christians. According to The Hiding Place, in 1918 the family took in the first of many foster children that they would shelter over the years. Corrie ran special church services for disabled children for 20 years. The Dutch Reformed Church "protested Nazi persecution of Jews as an injustice to fellow human beings and an affront to divine authority."[3] The ten Boom family strongly believed that people were equal before God.
During the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, ten Boom and his daughters became active in sheltering Jewish people who were trying to escape the Nazis at their home. In May 1942, a woman came to the house and asked for help. She said she was a Jew, that her husband had been arrested several months before, and her son had gone into hiding. As Occupation authorities had visited her, she was afraid to return home. She had heard that the family had helped other Jews, and asked if she could stay with them; to which Casper agreed. He believed that all people were equal before God and told her, "In this household, God's people are always welcome." When the Nazis began requiring all Jews to wear the Star of David, he voluntarily wore one also.[4] His son Willem, a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, also worked in an non-denominational nursing home. During the occupation, he sheltered many Jews there to save them from the Nazis.[3]
Arrest and death [edit]

On 28 February 1944 the Gestapo raided his house and arrested ten Boom and his daughters, as well his son Willem and third daughter, and a nephew, who were visiting. The Gestapo arrested other supporters who visited the house during the day, taking a total of about 30 people to Scheveningen prison.[3]
When ten Boom was interrogated in prison, the Gestapo told him they would release him because of his age so that he could "die in his own bed". He replied: "If I go home today, tomorrow I will open my door to anyone who knocks for help".[4] When asked if he knew he could die for helping Jews, he replied, "It would be an honor to give my life for God's chosen people."[2] On 10 March Casper died at the Hague Municipal Hospital, at the age of 84, after ten days in Scheveningen prison.
His daughter Betsie died at Ravensbruck in December 1944. His son Willem contracted spinal tuberculosis (TB) while imprisoned for his resistance work. Although he was released, he died of TB shortly after the war. Ten Boom's nephew Christiaan, then 24, was sent to the Bergen Belsen concentration camp for his work in the underground, and died there during the war.[2]

I entered this card in the Bloggers Challenge - A Feminine Touch found on Lisa Somervilles' site. Check it out! Click HERE.

A Scottish Highland Dancer from Highlander Celtic Stamps adorns this colorful plaid background card.

MAY 3, 2013

I entered this card in the Bloggers Challenge - A Feminine Touch found on Lisa Somervilles' site.  Check it out! Click HERE.

The upper stamped layer is cut with a  Spellbinders frame, stamped and then colors added with Copic Markers.  I used markers to color the dancer and airbrushing techniques for the background.

A Martha Stewart butterfly dimensional out was added.

The second layer is a coral cardstock cut with Spellbinders Die cut.

The coral die cut was place on yet another Spellbinder cut out in black.

A frame of  color was added to the coral layer with a Copic marker and white pearls airbrushed with Copic Markers were place at the top.

BagPiper''s Salute!

Today's card features the Bagpiper from Highlander Celtic Stamps

He is stamped with Rangers Archival ink and colored with Copic Markers and an Airbrushed background.

The background is from the Spellbinders Die set of Fleur De Lis Rectangles.  I placed the frame over red cardstock of the same size.

I cut corners from the black and then snipped the fleur  de lis from them and placed it on a punched out red circle.  This was actually a very quick card to make.  
Hmmmm. The bloggers challenge with Lisa Black is a black and white wish a splash of color.  Perfect!  Check it out at: Bloggers Challenge with Lisa Black!