Friends are Flowers

Hi, everyone!  Today's Inspiration Challenge is to choose a photo from Audrie's "Rain Board" on Pinterest.  I chose this photo of adorable cookies and used the pink and yellow colors along with the polka dot theme.  This week's Queen for the Day is Penny aka Pawallen142......congrats, Penny!!  I chose this beautiful card to re-create using the Zinnia set from Our Daily Bread designs, along with the ODBD Custom Zinnia and Leaves Die Set to cut out the flowers.  The zinnias were clear embossed on white, sponged with yellow and pink, then liquid pearls was added to the centers.

Thanks for visiting with me today!

Have a very blessed weekend!

Our Daily Bread designs March New Releases!!

Hi, everyone!!! Welcome to March and welcome to another outstanding new release by Our Daily Bread designs!  This month's new stamps and dies have SPRING written all over them.....yay!!!  Visit all of my designer sisters listed below and leave a comment for each for a chance to win one of three $25 gift certificates toward ODBD stamps!  You have until March 2nd at 9 pm EST to comment; winners will be announced on the ODBD Blog on March 3rd.

Stacy
Grace
Chris
Dawn
Julie
Sabrina
Cathy
Lori
Sandee
Wanda
Audrey
Silke
Angie....you are here!
Lisa
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Though I haven't had a chance to play with all of the new stamps and dies, I have used several which I have listed below.  To see the entire new release, check out the New Release Post on the ODBD Blog or head over to the ODBD store and add one of the fabulous $-saving bundles to your cart!!

My first sample features the new Daisy Chain Background Die, along with the bee image (cut out with the custom die from the Zinnia and Leaves Die Set) and sentiment from Bee Happy, framed with the ODBD Custom Antique Labels and Border Die set.  I love this die because it cuts beautifully, it's so easy to stencil, and the frame and design makes it easy to use foam tape behind it without cutting a ton of tiny little pieces to pop it up!  Time saver...yay!! (Tip: the bee wings were colored with a glitter pen.) The card base was stamped with the Honeycomb Background for a little extra character.

My second card features the Zinnia set, the ODBD Custom Zinnia and Leaves Die Set, the previously released ODBD Custom Beautiful Borders die set (from which I cut four borders and mitered the corners together to form a frame), and the new custom ODBD designer paper called the Blooming Garden Collection.  The Zinnias were embossed in white on white cardstock, then sponged with yellow ink.  I fussy cut several extra layers for the top and popped each layer up with foam tape. 

My next card is a sneak peek which I shared last weekend.  The designer paper is another gorgeous pattern from the Blooming Garden Collection, which coordinates with many new and previously released stamps set by ODBD.  The dragonfly image is from the Faithful Friend set and the sentiment is from the Dad set.  I LOVE how ODBD stamps never go out of style!!!!!

This is another sneak peek from earlier in the week which features another gorgeous pattern from the Blooming Garden Collection Designer Paper pack, plus a sentiment from "Bee Happy".

Thanks for hanging out with us today!  Have a beautiful, blessed weekend!!!

You are Bee-utiful!!!

Hi, everyone!  Today's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is  Dawn aka Stampinscotsgirl.....congrats,  Dawn!!!  I chose this beautiful card....I loved the CAS design with the scoring and piercing at the bottom.  In place of her flower, a bow was added instead and I totally forgot to round one of the corners...oops!  For the top panel, I have used another pattern from the upcoming (March 1st) designer paper pack from Our Daily Bread designs, called "Blooming Garden Collection"......the same set of paper I used yesterday on the dragonfly card.  There are two 6x6 pages each of twelve designs which feature images and designs from quite a few ODBD stamp sets.  The lines at the bottom were scored using my Scor-buddy and the sentiment is from an upcoming March stamp set, called "Bee Happy".  I will also be submitting this to the Dynamic Duo "Triple Threat" Challenge, which is to use Wild Wasabi, Tangerine Tango, and Melon Mambo, all of which this gorgeous designer paper features!! (P.S. In person, the ribbon does match the melon cardstock, but it did not photograph well.)

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Blessings,

Dragonfly Birthday

Hi, everyone!  Today's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to choose a photo from Wee Folk Studio as your inspiration.  Though the stitched artwork there is absolutely amazing, I was drawn to this post with photos of her town after a snow storm......I love, love, love a deep blue winter sky with the sun shining....why can't all winter days be sunny and beautiful?! :)  Anyhoo.....when I saw the blues and browns together, I immediately thought of some new custom designer paper from Our Daily Bread designs, called "Blooming Garden Collection" (available March 1st).  Hubby and I will be leaving soon to go car shopping (ugh), so I needed to make something quick for my brother in law's birthday.  The "Faithful Friend" set by Our Daily Bread designs has the dragonfly image which matches this paper, so I stamped it, fussy cut it out, popped up with foam tape, colored with markers and a glitter pen.  The birthday sentiment is from my old standby set for masculine cards, "Dad", also by ODBD.

Thanks for visiting today!  Have a fabulous weekend!!

Blessings,

My Heart Leaps for Joy!

Hi, everyone!  Today's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Lorraine Aquilina aka yorkshire lass......congrats Lols!!  I chose this gorgeous z-fold card since I have been wanting to try this technique for a long time.  I used the new ODBD Custom Ornate Heart Die Set, along with "Clean Heart" (sentiment on front) and "Love You Bunches" (sentiment on inside), along with the new "Heart and Soul Collection" designer paper pack, also from Our Daily Bread designs.  I followed the instructions from the Swinging Z-Fold tutorial at Splitcoast on the resources page....Beate gives some great tips during the video! (You may have to log in to see the tutorial.) 

Since this type of card is very difficult to photograph, I have included four different photos which show different views:

This one is from the front with the card closed....it's dimension is approx 4-1/4 square.

Next is the view as the card is slightly opened:

Next view shows the heart cut out a bit more:

This last photo shows the "inside" of the card with the sentiment panel:

Thanks for visiting today!

God bless!

Keep My Lamp Burning

Happy Saturday, everyone!!  For my card today, I have combined a couple of challenges from Splitcoast this week.  Firstly, congrats to the super sweet and uber talented Kathy LeDonne for being dubbed Queen for the Day.......I chose this beautiful card to recreate since I haven't used the "Keep My Lamp Burning" set for a long time and I loved her layout and ribbon across the bottom.  Since I knew what stamp set I wanted to use, I then went to the Inspiration Challenge to find a great masculine color combo.....I chose this set of throws from West Elm which had a combination of blue, gray, and brown.....perfect!!!  The lighthouse and scripture verse were stamped in Navy, the sky was sponged in light blue (and kraft around the edge) and the lighthouse was sponged in kraft to keep the neutral theme going.  Kept it simple, added only paper piercing, ribbon, and one silver brad in the compass for embellishments.

Thanks for stopping by!   Have a fabulous weekend!!

Blessings,

Bless Your Heart!

Hi, everyone!  Today's Clean and Simple Challenge over at Splitcoast is based on the layout of a card in the latest Stampin Up Catalog, on page 37.....it shows a simple image plus a stair-step effect with the sentiment.  I have used the sentiment from "Bless Your Heart", along with one of the dies from the ODBD Custom Ornate Hearts die set and the center flower is from "Clean Heart".  I used baker's twine to create a balloon illusion.

I will also be submitting this card to the very first challenge over at the Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge blog, which is to use your signature style......I would have to say that clean designs and paper piercing are my signature. 

Thanks for stopping by today!  Have a great week!

Blessings,