This Land Was Made For You and Me!

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Beverly aka ruby-heartedmom...congrats, Beverly!!  Wow, what an awesome gallery!!  I chose this cool card to recreate....instead of using color blocking, I used four star panels cut out with the ODBD Custom USA Flag Die.  The star frame was cut out using two dies from the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Stars Dies and the inset star was cut with the ODBD Custom Sparkling Stars Dies set.  The tiny silver stars and red strip borders were leftovers from another card made with the flag die.  The sentiment is from the 'Let Freedom Ring' set.  The red strips were mitered at the corners to create the frame.

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Blessings,

Spirit of the Lord - Bookmark

Hi, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from Kirkland's.... I loved the message of God and Country in this framed piece and it reminded me of the scripture in the 'Justice for All' set by ODBD.  I cut out each line of the scripture separately, sponged the edges, then adhered them to a bookmark cut with the ODBD Custom Bookmarks Dies from a flag pattern from the ODBD Stars and Stripes Paper Collection.

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Blessings,

North Coast Creations September New Releases!

Hi, everyone!  I am super excited to be a guest designer again this month for North Coast Creations!   Check out all of the adorable new stamps and dies HERE.  My designer sisters created the most amazing, creative projects.....check them out here:

* Sandee * Julie * Dawn * Lisa * Chris * Angie (me!) * Maggie *

Here are the items used in my two samples for today:

For my first card, a white panel was cut out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies, then the image from the new 'Llama Tell You' set was stamped three times.  The clouds were sponged over a template cut with the ODBD Custom Clouds and Raindrops Dies.  For a colorful mat, a pattern from the NCC Sweet Shoppe Paper Collection was cut with the same rectangle set. After coloring each llama, a clear glaze pen was used to highlight their eyes.

For my second card, the image from 'Llama Tell You' was stamped on white, colored, then fussy cut. (An extra nose was stamped and colored to pop up for dimension.)  I used the 'Faux Wood' technique on a dark red card by swiping a brown ink pad from top to bottom to create the wood grain pattern.  The frame was cut using the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles. A clear glaze pen was added to the eyes to give them a realistic look.

Thanks for hanging out with us today!

Blessings,

True Friendship

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Beth aka scrapbook4ever...congrats, Beth!  I fell in love with this gorgeous card because of the beautiful colors and silhouette design! the silhouette stamps I used are from the 'Bird Borders and Corners' set, the sentiment is from 'Sentiment Collection 3', and the panel was cut out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies. I will be sending this to my BFF who I haven't seen in over a year.

Thanks for visiting!

Blessings,

Coffee Lovers Fall Coffee Blog Hop

Hi, everyone! Did you know that the Fall Coffee Lover's Blog Hop is going on right now?  Our Daily Bread designs is one of the Super Sponsors again this quarter and it was my turn to make a sample for the ODBD Blog post.  Check out the ODBD post here and the Coffee Hop here.

For my card, I used the following items:  ODBD Custom Beverage Cup Dies, 'Autumn Blessings' stamp set and coordinating ODBD Custom Fall Leaves and Acorn Dies, ODBD Custom Leafy Edged Borders Dies, and a pattern from the ODBD Cozy Quilt Paper Collection, along with some gold sequins and burlap ribbon.

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Blessings,

Coffee Is Always A Good Idea!

Happy Saturday, everyone! This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from Audrie's 'My New House Ideas' Pinterest board.  When I saw this awesome coffee station, I was inspired by several aspects of it: coffee (need I say more?!), the gorgeous marble countertop, and the golden leaf handles for the canisters which match the gold tray! The countertop made me want to try the tissue paper technique which I first tried on this card. The coffee pot reminded me of my favorite stamp from the 'I Love Coffee' set by Our Daily Bread designs.....this is my motto!! :) The leaves from 'Autumn Blessings' were gold embossed on gold cardstock, then cut out with the ODBD Custom Fall Leaves and Acorn Dies.  To cut out the sentiment panels, I used the ODBD Custom Ornate Ovals Dies and ODBD Custom Ovals Dies.  Once the tissue paper was adhered to a piece of white cardstock which was ran through a Xyron machine, the panel was cut with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies.  I will also be submitting this to the September Fan Club challenge since the tissue paper has wrinkles in it.  Plus, the Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop is going on....will submit there as well!

Thanks for visiting with me today!

Blessings,

Patriotic Butterflies

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Rachel aka stampinrachel...congrats, Rachel!!  I chose this super fun card to recreate because of the awesome layout! Instead of fruit, my three objects are butterflies. The three butterflies were cut out with the ODBD Custom Bitty Butterflies Dies, the rectangle panel was cut out with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies, the sentiment from 'Let Freedom Ring' was stamped on white then cut out with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Pennant Flags Dies (the die was resized to fit the sentiment perfectly). The patriotic butterfly ribbon is some I found in the $1 bin at Michael's many years ago... I finally have the perfect chance to use it!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Blessings,