Embossed Butterflies

This week at Hiding In My Craft Room the challenge is EMBOSSING This can be any kind of Embossing! Wet or Dry! You can use embossing powder, an embossing folder, a bone folder with a scorpal, or go old school with a stylus and stencil!

For my card I have used the Couture Creations embossing folder Drifting Endless. I first die cut the 2 butterflies using a free die from the Simply cards magazine, sorry it has no name on it!?! Then I embossed the piece of white cardstock. The patterned paper is from Kaisercraft Candy Lane paper pad

I made a banner and then stamped the sentiment, it is from My Creative Time, Birthday Buddies stamp set. 

Come and join in the fun at Hiding In May Craft Room for Challenge #149 Embossing

Have a Crafty Day, Cheers Jennie

Follow The Team

This week at Hiding in my Craft Room we are having a day of challenges so For today's first challenge, to celebrate the HIMCR 100th challenge, it is a color challenge but with a twist!  Each of the Design Team has chosen a combination of colors and you are to visit each blog, leave a comment, check out their color combos and choose one that you want to use to participate in the color challenge!  Please be sure and let us know who combo you decided to use!  Is that as clear as mud?  If you have any questions we (or at least a couple of us) are going to be available over on the HIMCR Facebook page to answer questions or to just chat! 

There are two giveaways up to win for this challenge!  One for participating in the blog hop and the other for creating an entry using one of the team's color combos! 

Here's the blog hop list:

Laurie - Hiding in My Craft Room <------- You are here!

Jennie - Jenscrapstoo <------- Go here next!

Nana - My Crafting Challenge 

Adrienne - PaperDivaScraps  

Kelli - Scraps & photoGRAFFS

Melanie - Afternoon Scrapper

Kim - Stamping with Kim

Amber - Momma Scraps 

Laurie - Hiding in My Craft Room <-----  Come back here to leave the final comment to get entered into the Blog Hop giveaway!  Easy Peasy!

Now for My colours......they are Black, White and Lime Green

If this card looks familiar you may have see Kristina Werner's blog, there is a video of how she made the card and video, you can see it HERE and I have used it for my inspiration!!

The butterfly is from Kaisercraft and the dot is a Close to My Heart stamp, The embossing folder from Couture Creations is called Drifting Endless 

The sentiment is from My Creative Time called This & That

Now you need to Dance over to Nana at My Crafting Challenge and see what colours she has chosen

have fun and enjoy the challenges!!

Have a Crafty Day, Cheers Jennie

Heavens Sweet Babies Blog Hop

Hello My Crafty Friends,

Today we are honouring Jessica our HIMCR sister and her sweet little angles. 

We would also like you to hop to support all women who have had a Miscarriage. I hope that you would hop along with me to honour these women and their sweet angles. You may know a mum, friend or you may have had a Miscarriage.

Here are some facts about Miscarriage & a link for American Pregnancy Association for more information.

Here in Australia it is SANDS

Miscarriage is the most common type of pregnancy loss, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). Studies reveal that anywhere from 10-25% of all clinically recognized pregnancies will end in miscarriage. Chemical pregnancies may account for 50-75% of all miscarriages. This occurs when a pregnancy is lost shortly after implantation, resulting in bleeding that occurs around the time of her expected period. The woman may not realize that she conceived when she experiences a chemical pregnancy.

Most miscarriages occur during the first 13 weeks of pregnancy. Pregnancy can be such an exciting time, but with the great number of recognized miscarriages that occur, it is beneficial to be informed about miscarriage, in the unfortunate event that you find yourself or someone you know faced with one.

Don’t forget there are support groups

What Makes A Mother
I thought of you and closed my eyes
And prayed to God today
I asked, "What makes a Mother?"
And I know I heard him say
A Mother has a baby
This we know is true
But, God, can you be a mother
When your baby's not with you?

Yes, you can he replied
With confidence in his voice
I give many women babies
When they leave it is not their choice
Some I send for a lifetime
And others for the day
And some I send to feel your womb
But there's no need to stay.

I just don't understand this God
I want my baby here

He took a breath
and cleared his throat
And then I saw a tear
I wish I could show you
What your child is doing Here

If you could see your child smile
With other children and say
"We go to earth to learn our lessons
of love and life and fear,
but My mommy loved me so much
I got to come straight here!"
I feel so lucky to have a Mom who
had so much love for me
I learned my lessons very quickly
My Mommy set me free.
I miss my Mommy oh so much
But I visit her each day
When she goes to sleep
On her pillow is where I lay
I stroke her hair and kiss her cheek
And whisper in her ear
"Mommy, Please don't be sad today
I'm your baby and I am here"

So you see my dear sweet one
Your children are okay
Your babies are here in My home
And this is where they'll stay
They'll wait for you with Me
Until your lessons there are through
And on the day that you come home
they'll be at the gates waiting for you

So now you see
What makes a Mother
It's the feeling in your heart
It's the love you had so much of
Right from the very start
~Author Unknown

So this is a special Hop in Honour of Jessica, but we all know someone who has been through a Miscarriage, I myself have had my own loss and understand that the best thing you can do for someone who has had a child pass or a miscarriage, is to acknowledge that the child/pregnancy existed. It is ok to talk about what happened and you don't need to be afraid of bringing up the loss, just let them know you care.

So on to today's card

I have made this card with a butterfly from the Cricut Cartridge Hannah Montana, I have used pearlised textured card stock for the upper layer. The embossing is the Contour Creations Drifting Endless embossing folder. 

The sentiment is from the K Andrew Designs stamp set Sympathetic Sayings, this set has a wonderful saying for symphathy cards, making the hardest cards to make, so much easier!!

So if you are looking for stamps for sympathy cards go here to purchase these stamps.

So Jessica this card is for you to let you know, we are all thinking about you and praying that this dream will come true and you will soon be blessed!! 

Your next stop is the talented Velma at SnowflakeDreams1 

So here is the hop list if you want to start at the beginning 

Here is the hop:
AJ Scrapbooking & Cards
Angela’s Crafty Spot
Jenscrapstoo
SnowflakeDreams1

Have a Crafty Day, Cheers Jennie

Pink, Pink, Pink

So this Saturday at Hiding in my Craft Room we are doing 
A colour challenge Light Pink, Rose Red (like maroon) and Grey.

This is cut is from the Cricut cartridge Kate's ABC's  it is cut at 4 inches, The background is embossed with a Couture Creations folder "Drifting Endless"

The lace border is Martha Stewart flower border punch, and the ribbon is the grey in this card.

The sentiment is from the K Andrew Designs stamp set Coffee & Tea for You & Me. These are the best stamps ever so check them out!! 

So come and do the colour challenge over at Hiding In My Craft Room

Have a Crafty Day, Cheers Jennie

Christmas Coffee

Welcome to Erica's Craft Room

25 Days of Christmas,

with 25 Cricut projects a day

Don't forget to stop by Erica's blog to see 24 more projects today.... and every day in December mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com

Today I have created this card using the cricut cartridge Love you A Latte. This cartridge is wonderful for all the coffee lovers like myself!!

The bottom layer is from Kaisercraft Gypsy Sisters 6" paper pad, then I have embossed the next layer using Couture creations embossing folder "Drifting Endless". I gave this a light sand to expose a little of the white underneath.

I have then punched the lace border using a fiskars punch. The red ribbon is from the craft store Spotlight. 

The Sentiment is  K Andrew Design stamp sets Coffee & Tea for You & Me and Sweet Wishes 

You can't really see in the photo but I have used a glitter marker over the sentiment and it gives it a touch of sparkle. I then used Kindyglitz for the cream to finish it off!! 

Check out all of  Kristal's stamps HERE!! They are really beautiful and lovely to stamp with!!

Have a Crafty Day, Cheers Jennie