Friday, January 11, 2013

Paper Crafts 75 Creative Card Challenges Blog Hop! (& GIVEAWAY)

Hi everyone!

Welcome to the Paper Crafts 75 Creative Card Challenges Blog Hop!


The participants of today's blog hop were challenged to come up with a card based on song lyrics. Eek! Truth be told I don't listen to a whole lot of music. With my 4 kids at home all day every day I tend to enjoy my peace and quiet when I can get it. ;) I had to think long and hard for this one and was in a little bit of a panic mode when it hit me that I had a stamp set from Verve with lyrics from my favourite hymn. *sigh of relief* Then the fun began. :)

Here's my card featuring lyrics from Great is Thy Faithfulness:



I inked up the Hero Arts Starburst stamp with distress inks, spritzed it with water and stamped it onto white cardstock. I heat set the image and then used the same colors with an ink blending tool to fill in the white space. I then spritzed the panel with Vanilla Shimmer Spray and heat set it again before stamping my sentiment. Finally I added the panel to my card base using foam adhesive.

Supplies:



I can't wait to see what everyone else came up with! If you're just joining us please start HERE. If you're hopping along in order your next stop is the fabulous Amber Kemp-Gerstel

Here's the full list of participants in case you've missed anyone:

Heather Campbell
Sarah J. Moerman  <---- YOU ARE HERE!!!
Vera Wirianta Yates

Last but not least, Paper Crafts is giving me a copy of the 75 Creative Card Challenges issue to giveaway! Just leave a comment on this post by Tuesday, January 15th at 11:59 pm for your chance to win!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

131 comments:

  1. Wow is that a beauty. Is there anything distress inks can't do?

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  2. I hear you busy mama! My house can be at times like that too... So busy that I cant devote some time to crafts! Love love your "Sun ray" like card!

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  3. This is just so pretty! Love the colors!

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  4. what a beautiful card to go with a beautiful song! i LOVE the technique you used with the starburst stamp! i am going to have to attempt that some day myself! thanks for explaining how you got the amazing looks on your card! :)

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  5. That is beautiful! I love the song that you chose for this! :)

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  6. I absolutely love this card--the sentiment and the starburst colors are awesome!

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  7. Stunning card! Thank you for sharing 'how to details'. Definitely a day-brightener!

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  8. What a stunning card! WOW! Gorgeous!

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  9. Great card. I really like the technique you used. That's one of my favorite songs.

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  10. What a knock-out, Sarah, absolutely gorgeous! (Yours is my fave)

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  11. Sarah, what a gorgeous card! I love the technique and such a beautiful sentiment, too.

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  12. Great card! I love playing music when I'm making cards and find that I am often inspired by the music and/or lyrics. This is an awesome challenge, and the card you created is beautiful!

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  13. Gorgeous card!!! Love the colors!!

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  14. what a perfect sentiment

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  15. What a fabulous card! I love the colors of your sun rays - I can't imagine how you did that but it is beautiful!

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  16. This creation is Jocelyn and lovely! I love your take on the lyrics challenge.

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  17. Beautiful! Love it! Thanks for sharing!

    ptucker6 at cox dot net

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  18. Gorgeous card! Love the colors! Just stunning!

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  19. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that background you created!

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  20. Gorgeous card. I like the addition of the spritzing.

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  21. Love the star burst!!!

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  22. Love the star burst and shimmer effects. Wonderful.

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  23. I love your song choice and you made an equally gorgeous card!!!

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  24. Gorgeous inking (as always), Sarah! Happy 2013!

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  25. Such a gorgeous card!
    flgirl1987 AT yahoo DOT com

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  26. WOW ~ this is gorgeous, Sarah! Love your inked and spritzed star burst with a beautiful message. Thanks for the chance to win a copy of the 75 challenges issue!

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  27. Absolutely STUNNING card!!! You are such an inspiration to us, for choosing this song!
    Thank you so much for a chance to win a copy of this special issue!

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  28. WOW, just stunning! Thank you for the chance to win.

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  29. Gorgeous card--and love the sentiment, so very true!

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  30. Amazing card Sarah! Love how you created the background! Fabulous!!

    Great giveaway too!!

    hugs...

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  31. OMG. Breathtaking Card!! As I was looking at each Lyric card I was hoping to find one with an inspired song like this. Makes me smile!!

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  32. What a pretty card! I love the colors and how you blended them.

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  33. Perfect choice of image for this lovely hymn. Great colors.

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  34. Such a beautiful card and the perfect sentiment.

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  35. Wow your card knocked by socks off! Great colors!!!

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  36. What a stunning card and such a beautiful sentiment.

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  37. I am like you--I like peace and quiet when I stamp. Lovely card and I do like the song too.
    slrdowney at hotmail dot com

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  38. Love the look of the sunburst with Distress inks. Thanks

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  39. I love this hymn! We sang it at our wedding, and I plan to have it sung at my funeral...hopefully that does not sound so grim. This card is gorgeous!

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  40. Lovely card.I like the colors and the technique. TFS

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  41. Sarah, your card is so beautiful with those Hymn lyrics to round out "perfection"!

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  42. Beautiful shimmer--what a gorgeous card, Sarah! Beautiful lyrics, too.

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  43. The vanilla shimmer spray on top of the card is amazing! Gorgeous all around!

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  44. Wow, this is gorgeous. I love the colors you chose, and the Distress technique!

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  45. This is just gorgeous Sarah. What a great lyric!

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  46. Whoa! This is such a stunning card! TFS!

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  47. Beautiful song and nice card and effect!

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  48. Absolutely gorgeous result Sarah. Amazing color and texture.

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  49. What a fantastic card! I need to try some of the techniques you used.

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  50. Beautiful card for a beautiful hymn!

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  51. Wow, that is soo beautiful! Amazing how it's done :)

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  52. Love the effect you created with those inks - just gorgeous and the shimmer takes it to another level!!! Love it!

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  53. I really like your choice of songs...I found myself humming all the lines from that particular hymn. Beautiful colours on the card too.

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  54. I can feel the bright sun on my face and the Lord rising. TFS

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  55. soooo soooo pretty! Hoping to win, could really use the inspiration I am sure must be in this awesome looking magazine issue!

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  56. WOW! That is some seriously amazing inking and misting! And nice save on the lyric panic! :)

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  57. Beautiful card and song! Thanks for the crafty and spiritual inspiration. :)

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  58. Really pretty! Love it!

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  59. beautiful card, love the background technique and colors. thanks for sharing.

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  60. Such a fun card! Love the sunburst! moadibp2@aol.com

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  61. WOW. The way you've used the sunburst stamp is outstanding. Beautiful!

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  62. that background is fabulous!!!

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  63. Wow, I loved how you used the sun burst with that lyrics. So awesome and beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

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  64. Wow! That card is just stunning!!

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  65. Sarah---absolutely gorgeous, awe-inspiring card. Thank You.

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  66. Sarah--this has been my favorite card so far! Granted, it's my favorite hymn so I'm biased but I LOVE how you did the card! :)

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  67. I may have to get that starburst stamp

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  68. What a beautiful card! Love the burst... and the colors are so pretty! :)

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  69. Gorgeous card and fabulous song! Thanks for the inspiration and chance to win this great new mag. :D

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  70. Your card is so lovely!! Great technique and colors! I'd love to have this issue!!!!

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  71. I love the effect of the sunbeams and the colours of dawn!

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  72. This is a gorgeous card! What a wonderful idea.

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  73. WOW! Your card looks gorgeous. Beautiful inspirational song.

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  74. I've now run into 2 songs along the hop I'm not familiar with that I will Google to see what they are. What an outstanding job on the sunburst background. Stunning! I'm sure you're pleased, too.

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  75. This card just say it all by itself. Awesome work.

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  76. Your card was absolutely gorgeous. The choice of colors and the way they were blended were magnificent.I'm like everyone else and I'm going to have to look up the song. Thank you for your inspiration.

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  77. Wow, this is beautiful! TFS =)

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  78. I need to buy this HA stamp. Love your use of it.

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  79. what a wonderful technique! thank you for sharing. rush88888 at gmail dot com

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  80. Beautiful card and song lyric combo! God bless!

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  81. wow how beautiful! I LOVE the way you used various colors on the sunburst!

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  82. Oh my goodness! TOTALLY gorgeous card - and LOVE LOVE LOVE that song and sentiment!!!

    housesbuiltofcards@gmail.com
    www.housesbuiltofcards.blogspot.com

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  83. Such a beautiful card to go with a beautiful hymn. Thanks for sharing!

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  84. What a lovely colorful card. Great sentiment/song too.

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  85. So beautiful! I love that sentiment and the colors you chose.

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  86. Such a wonderful card! I love all the ink!

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  87. Oh wow!!! This is just beautiful and shows off this hymn just beautifully.

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  88. Beautiful card Sarah! You always inspire me with your work.

    Julie R.

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  89. Your color misting could not have turned out any better! What an amazing job you did! :)

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  90. What a gorgeous sunburst - I love how you inked it and those Distress inks are truly amazing!

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  91. Awesome! LOVE it! The design is out of this world gorgeous!

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  92. Funny, I was just watching an episode of the tv show "Christy" and they sang part of this hymn! Beautiful card - wow!

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  93. What a great card! Wonderful choice of song/lyrics, and the bright background with spritzed distress inks is nice and soft.

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  94. What a VERY cool technique. Thanks for sharing, and for the chance to win!
    Blessings,
    Sierra

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  95. Distress Inks lend themselves well to cool techniques like this. Thanks for sharing!

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  96. Wow Sarah, this is such a stunning card! Love what you've done with distress inks and Starburst stamp - amazing!

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  97. Love the technique, great card, thanks for sharing and for the chance to win!
    Nicole P

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  98. Fabulous design Sarah! Thanks for the chance to win this very special issue!

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  99. I'm envious of your talent. Thank you for the giveaway!

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  100. This is absolutely gorgeous, in technique and in content. Thanks for participating in this blog hop - I really enjoyed it.
    Thanks for your inspiration.
    Blessings,
    Karen Letchworth
    www.karen-mycuprunnethover.blogspot.com

    P.S. I invite you to our Christian challenge blog (when you have time) at www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com we would LOVE to have you share your talents with us!
    Blessings,
    Karen , Blog Owner
    Word Art Wednesday

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  101. What a cool card. I've heard of these star bursts but have yet to see them or use them. Great sentiment :)
    Jen
    jensborrowedart.blogspot.com

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  102. Cool technique with the sunburst! Thanks for sharing!

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  103. Love this card it is beautiful. I think I have started to follow everyones blog so far!! Great inspiration.

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  104. The colors are beautiful and that sentiment is just gorgeous!

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  105. Pretty! Reminds me of the light in the early morning. Love the shimmer.

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  106. Absolutely beautiful! Love what you did. I'll have to try it!

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  107. What a pretty card! Thanks for sharing the steps to recreate this look.

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  108. Beautiful card! We sang that wonderful song at church last night!! Thanks for sharing!

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  109. Love the sunburst effect, colors and perfect.

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  110. What a great song! I love the way this looks!

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  111. Absolutely love this stunning card, just perfect!

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