Buford At The Beach

Hi, everyone!  When I saw this week's Sketch Challenge over at Splitcoast, I immediately thought of this sunny beach design from the ODBD 'By The Shore' Paper Collection.  To go along with the beach theme, I chose the 'Pool Time Buford' image from North Coast Creations.  The sentiment die is from the ODBD Custom 'Inspiration Words' Dies.  The framing was cut with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies.

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Blessings,

Love and Happiness

Hi, everyone!  One of my younger brothers got married on Saturday and this is the card I made for him and his new bride!  Their wedding colors were royal blue and lavender, so I used those colors for the card.  The floral image panel is just one of ten designs (4 of each design) from the ODBD 'God's Beauty' Coloring Pages set.  After water-coloring the flowers, the center of the coloring page was fussy-cut out to create an aperature.  The panel was popped up with foam tape for dimension.  The sentiment is from 'Wedding Blessings' and the royal blue panel was cut out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies. 

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Blessings,

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

Hi, everyone!  My card today combines Splitcoast's Clean and Simple 'Celebration' Challenge plus this week's dreamy Color Challenge : Mint Macaron, Blushing Bride, and Very Vanilla.  For my card, I picked three sheets from the ODBD 'Romantic Roses' Paper Collection and a scripture stamp from the 'Today and Everyday' stamp set to create a birthday card for my sister-in-law.

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Blessings,

Shabby Steno Pad

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Jeri aka stampmontana....congrats, Jeri!  Instead of a card, I chose to case this beautiful steno pad since I need a pad to keep track of all of my to-do lists.  Instead of die-cutting a butterfly like Jeri did, I chose a butterfly pattern from the ODBD Shabby Rose Paper Collection and die cut an 'A' with the ODBD Custom Letter A Die out of two sheets from the ODBD Shabby Pastels Paper Collection.  To see how quick and easy these steno pads are to decorate, see my tutorial HERE.

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Blessings,

Sending You Sunshine

Hi, everyone!  This week's Friday Free4All Challenge over at Splitcoast is 'Vacation View'.  Nothing says 'vacation' like a beach scene!!  The stamps I used are from the 'Sending You Sunshine' set.  The sandcastle was stamped with Stazon Jet Black onto watercolor paper then cut out with the ODBD Custom Sandcastle Die.  The sandcastle was water-colored and popped up with foam tape over a panel which was cut out of watercolor paper with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies set. The panel was left inside of the die while the sand and sunset were sponged.  The red panel was cut from the ODBD Custom Circle Scalloped Rectangles Dies set. A bow tied with linen thread was added as the only embellishment.

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Blessings,

You Bless Me!

Hi, everyone!  This week's Sketch Challenge over at Splitcoast is very versatile....you can make it as CAS or as layered as you wish!  I went with a CAS angle, using a vanilla card base, two rectangles and a square cut from the same pattern from the ODBD 'Blushing Rose' Paper Collection. The designer paper panels were cut out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Squares and Pierced Rectangles Dies; the butterfly was cut out of vanilla cardstock with the ODBD Custom Fancy Fritillary Dies and sponged with pink, green, and brown.  The sentiment is from 'Sentiments Collection' and was stamped in Stazon Timber Brown.  Three brown pearls were added to balance out the card.  This card was super quick and easy....I plan to make two more of the same design and put them back for Mother's Day next year.

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Blessings,

Turtley Awesome Birthday

Hi, everyone!  This week's Color Challenge over at Splitcoast is to use Dapper Denim, Tangerine Tango, and Sahara Sand.  For my background, I used Sahara Sand and Dapper Denim with the ink spray and smash technique; once dry the panel was cut out with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies.  The sea turtle from 'Turtle Love' Stamp/Die Duo was stamped with Stazon Jet Black, cut out with the custom die, and water-colored with Dapper Denim and Tangerine Tango.  The sentiment panel was cut out with the ODBD Custom Stitched Ovals Dies and sponged with Sahara Sand.  Baker's twine was the only type of embellishment used.

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Blessings,