Signs of Spring at Live & Love Crafts!

**This is my second post of the day. For the Graciellie Design Stamp Release blog hop, please click HERE**

Hello, sparkly friends! I'm back for our new challenge at Live & Love Crafts. This month we're shaking off the snow and looking forward to Signs of Spring! One of my favorite aspects of the season is the sweet activity at birdhouses. I used Pion Design's gorgeous Easter Greetings collection. ♥︎

This birdhouse is blossoming with all things lovely for Anna, a sweet 19-year-old who lost her eyesight while battling brain cancer. As I mentioned with my previous post today, I want to spoil her with textural abundance: layers, trims, and flowers for her hands to explore since she cannot see. I pray for her restoration... but until her miracles abound I hope every touch of this card is a tangible sunbeam of love straight into her heart. 

For the birdie hole I used a resin Prima Victorian Frame and backed it with one of the Easter Greetings images. A resident of this house is off to deliver a sweet blessing to Anna. ♥︎ 

This Cherry Blossom design is probably my favorite paper. It is embellished with everything beautiful, including a pretty Crown Sphere Pin. The tiny birdies nestled within the sisal are fussy-cut from Glistening Season.

Don't you wish real houses could be trimmed with Valentine Lace, while bubbling up and over with pearly love? The top of my birdhouse is adorned with a triple bow of seam binding and centered with a Button Belvoire... ribbons of sunshine and tiny rhinestone sunbeams, of course.

I hope Anna loves it. ♥︎

Be sure to flutter on over to check out the inspiration my teamies have for you and I hope you'll play along with us! Thank you for visiting and I wish you a beautiful day. ♥︎

Lovely challenges entered:

 *613 Avenue Create~ Anything Goes (Optional: Pearls and Lace)

 *Crafty Cardmakers~ For a Special Woman

 *Cupcake Inspirations~ Photo Inspiration (Inspired by the colors)

 *DL.Art Thankful Thursday~ March Linky Party (Anything Goes)

 *Frilly and Funkie~ Layer it Up

 *Fussy and Fancy~ Shabby Fun Bingo: Something Old (Frame)- Something New (Papers)- Frills/Lace- Pearls too!

 *Lil Patch of Crafty Friends~ Anything Goes 

 *Pion Design Challenge~ Photo Inspiration (The beautiful Springtime scene and the Easter Greetings collection being celebrated is forever inspiring to me!)

Pion Design - Easter Greetings 6x6 - Cherry blossom	Pion Design - Easter Greetings 12x12 - Borders	Pion Design - Linneaus Botanical Journal 6x6 - Caroli Linnaei	ion Design - Glistening Season 6x6 - Winter birds	Lace "Valentine" (22mm)
LLC Shabby Seam Binding	Sunflower Pearl Trim (10mm)	Button "Belvoir"	Vintage Pearl Pins �Crown Spheres�	Half Pearls (140pcs)
Prima Shabby Chic Treasures - Victorian Frames	WOC Wild Roses, 30mm	WOC Apple Blossoms	WOC Cosmos Daisies	WOC Poppies
WOC Sweetheart Blossoms	WOC Hip Rosebuds	Decoration Berries	Natural Sisal Fibres	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads

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Graciellie Design Stamp Release Blog Hop and Giveaway!

** This is my first of two posts today. Please click HERE for the Live & Love Crafts March challenge. **

Hello, sweet friends! Are you ready to kick off a new month of crafty fun? ♥︎

I am honored to be part of a blog hop featuring the newest release from Graciellie Design's Digital Stamps. Gracie's stamps are not only versatile, but they're also as beautiful as her heart! Today I am sharing a card with you using one of the new sets called Butterflies.

The sentiments are perfect for encouragement projects and the butterflies are gorgeous as-is or colored up to match a color palette.

I colored the butterflies with Copics (BG10-BG72-BG78) to coordinate with the LemonCraft papers, layering the large one. I adore Gracie's stamps because they so often portray exactly what my heart wants to say in my charitable cards. This sentiment is perfect for a lovely 19-year-old named Anna, a cancer warrior who is now blind due to her brain tumor. Her world has darkened with change and Hope must be her light.

Although I always love incorporating texture, it was especially important here. Because Anna cannot physically see this, I wanted her hands to have ruffling trims and large blossoms to explore. My heart believes she *will* see this one day; that her sight will be restored, along with everything else cancer has stolen. Until then, she will feel the love fluttering in it.

An extra bit of texture for Anna is a metal filigree corner, which is heat-embossed with Shabby White Frantage. The laces and most of the flowers are from Live & Love Crafts. The Cappuccino crinkle ribbon is from DL.Art.

Gracie's new stamp sets can be found at Graciellie's Design's shop HERE. If you want to view last month's release and inspiration blog hop, click here.

**GIVEAWAY**

For a chance to win a new digital stamp set of your choice from Gracie's shop, comment on the blogs listed below. Their projects will inspire every heart. ♥︎

Graciellie Design

Lisa F.

Samra L.

Karen   < You Are Here!

Vicki

Cornelia

Autumn

Lindsey

The giveaway will run for one week. Gracie will announce the winner on her blog, so don't forget to subscribe to her newsletter HERE.

I encourage you to peruse Gracie's beautiful stamps, as they are lovely reflections of all that she is. They add elegance and meaning to every creation. ♥︎ Thank you for hopping along with us and I wish you a sparkly day. :o)

Lovely challenges entered:

 *613 Avenue Create~ Anything Goes (Optional: Lace and Pearls)

 *Crafty Boots~ For a Special Lady

 *Crafty Gals Corner~ Anything Goes

 *Lil Patch of Crafty Friends~ Anything Goes

Lovely Lace at Deep Ocean Challenge!

Hello, sparkly friends! I want to thank you once again for your continued love during my family's health tribulations. You are sweet rays of sunshine and I am grateful for you.

Today begins a new challenge at Deep Ocean and it's exceptionally pretty: Lovely Lace! I have returned to my Copics and was reminded that learning to color is a journey! ;) But it was still fun.

This cutie pie is Pixie, one of the darling Wee Stamps by Sylvia Zet (available in rubber or digital). I was first drawn to her beautiful wings, ready to carry her through every storm as she fights for every dream in her heart... just like the inspiring warrior who will receive this card. She is indeed flying with her own wings driven by God's love, so beautifully captured in this Graciellie Design Angel Wings sentiment. The sentiment was cut out with a Spellbinders Lacy Pennant.

The special recipient is Willow, a teen cancer warrior who inspires me daily. She has survived the cancer that plagued her, but continues to battle the effects of treatment and the anxiety that fills her with fear that it will return. I hope this brings joy to her beautiful heart. ♥︎

A bouquet of aqua and white flowers (mostly from Live & Love Crafts) adorn the Lemoncraft Forget-Me-Not papers. The gorgeous Aruba Blue ribbon is from DL.Art's Tropical Summer bundle.

The butterfly border atop my card is from Joy! Crafts. The butterfly below is Isabella from Memory Box... the script and musical score papers in this pad are so pretty! The layered lace flower and Button Etoile are from Live & Love Crafts, while the lace is from The Ribbon Girl. Marianne Design's Stitched Circle holds my sweet image. My card base was made with Go Kreate's Large Frame Frilly 7.

Thank you for fluttering on by and I wish you a sparkly day. (I'll list the Copic colors soon!) ♥︎

Challenges entered:

 *Cupcake Inspirations~ Photo Inspiration

 *DL.Art Thankful Thursday~ February Linky Party (Anything Goes)

 *Lil Patch of Crafty Friends~ Anything Goes

 *Scrapy Land~ Tie One On (I used Memory Box and Spellbinders dies)

 *The Ribbon Girl~ Use Any Image

A Cuppa' Love

Happy Friday, sweet friends! I hope you're having a blessed week. I'm posting on the Live & Love Crafts blog today with a coffee-inspired creation. Coffee=Love. ♥︎

I used Maja Design's Coffee in the Arbour, as this gorgeous image from the collection instantly came to mind. One of the many things I've learned from being involved with parents whose children are fighting for their lives is that something as simple as a coffee with a loved one is cherished. This card will include a gift card to provide those few minutes to recharge.

Not only is the scene so dainty and pretty, but I also love the color palette. ♥︎ I have framed it with a Joy! Crafts Oval Frame.

The sweet pink and blues carry over to my floral arrangements, which include the stunning pink beaded berry stamens. They are somehow both whimsical and elegant, which is my favorite crafty combination. Magnolia Heart Swirls flourish within.

This lovely tag is also included in the collection, which is too pretty not to pair with the image. :o) A darling Maja butterfly has landed atop it. The opposite corner has a pearl heart, delivering pearly love to the recipient. ♥︎

Thank you for fluttering on by! Have a beautiful weekend. ♥︎

Lovely challenges entered:

 *613 Avenue Create~ Anything Goes (Optional: Shaker)

 *Crafty Boots~ No Stamps Allowed

 *DL.Art Thankful Thursday~ February Linky Party (Anything Goes)

 *Penny's Challenge~ Anything Goes

Maja Design - Coffee in the Arbour 6x6 Paper Stack	Lace ''Coco'' (55mm)	Pearl Lace (10mm)	Pearl Hearts	WOC Wild Roses, 30mm
WOC Open Roses, 20mm	WOC Open Roses, 10mm	WOC Apple Blossoms	WOC Cosmos Daisies	WOC Lilies
WOC Sweetheart Blossoms	Beaded Berries Stamens	Decoration Berries	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads	Tim Holtz Paper Distresser Tool

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