Thursday, May 24, 2012

Our Daily Bread designs "For The Love Of...." Blog Hop!

Happy Thursday, everyone!!!  Woo hoo, it's time for another Our Daily Bread designs "For the Love Of...." Blog Hop, hosted by our fabulous Alumni Team, and joined by some of the Design Team and Challenge Team!!!  The theme this time around is "For the Love Of.....Celebrations!"  During the hop today, you will see many different types of celebratory projects, for example, weddings, babies, graduations, anniversaries, and so on!   For a chance to win, hop to each of the blogs, leave a comment on each, then head to the ODBD Blog to let us know that you have hopped to each spot.  You have until Wednesday, June 6th at 6pm EST to complete the hop!

By the way, if you have hopped here from Sabrina's fabulous blog, you are right where you want to be.  If you just stopped by for a visit, please make sure you head over to the ODBD Blog and start at the beginning and to see all of the deets, including the entire link list.


For my hop sample today, I have used the "Love" set, shown below, in order to make a 20th Anniversary card for my hubby!  Since we celebrated our anniversary by going on a cruise, I thought a beach scene card would be appropriate.  


The main panel of my card was cut at 5-3/8 square (since the card base itself was 5-1/2 square).  I placed a scratch paper mask just about half way down the panel, and sponged the water first.  Using the same ink, I sponged clouds over a punched scallop circle, then used a Stamp-a-ma-jig stamp positioner to stamp the sentiment from the "Count The Waves" set.  The beach was created by cutting a piece of Kraft cardstock, then the top edge was torn for an uneven look.  The "Happy Anniversary" sentiment was stamped onto the cardstock, adhered to the main panel, then the shell sticker was added.  Ultrafine Flower Soft "Sand" was then used to cover the Kraft panel all over so that the sentiment looks as though it was written in the sand.


Card 'Ingredients':
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'Love' and 'Count The Waves';
Cardstock: Stampin Up Early Espresso (BROWN), Whisper White, and Crumb Cake (Kraft);
Ink: Stazon Jet Black, Stampin Up Pool Party;
Accessories: May Arts Twill Ribbon, Stampin Up Buttons, Baker's Twine, Sea Shell Sticker, Ultrafine 'Sand' Flower Soft, Flower Soft Glue, Paper Piercer and Template, Foam Tape, Sponge Dauber;
Size: 5-1/2 x 5-1/2.


I have included the Perfect Sentiments Challenge also, which was to create a masculine card, with a sentiment of your feelings, plus no designer paper.

Now, the moment you've been waiting for....on with the hop!!!!!

Your next stop with be with the uber-talented Lori!!!  Enjoy the rest of the hop!!!!

God bless!

33 comments:

Becky said...

Gorgeous! Beautiful beach scene.

Sabrina Jackson said...

Angie, girl, what a stuning Anniversary card!! I love the way you have created this fabulous scene...totally awesome!! Hugs and blessings, Sabrina

Karen W said...

Very neat ideas and pretty card!

Tricia T said...

A perfect card to remember a cruise!! Great idea!

Anita Braddock said...

what a Stunning Card. love the Seaside. the way you layered to give the effect of the Sea is perfect. the added Buttons add that wow factor. thanks for sharing and for the chance to win.

Debbie said...

Beautiful card! Now I want to be at the beach lol

Cards By Jan said...

Ohhh...Awesome card Angie!! I love this idea for an Anniversary, so gorgeous and fitting, beautifully coloured, love the added shells!!
Hugs

Kathy said...

What a perfect Anniversary card for your hubby!! This came out so cool Angie! I love the quote on it...so sweet! Blessings! Kathy

Rozy said...

Beautiful card. Great job with your embellishments. Thanks for sharing.

craftymom205 said...

Love the card.

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kathi17 said...

Really nice! I especially love the way you made the sand, and the embellishments are perfect.

mary b. said...

What a pretty and serene card. I really like how you did this, especially the sand.

Francie G. said...

Love, love, love this beach creation! Wish I were there! Wonderful design! Beautifully done, Miss Angie! Hugs and blessings!

Betty Wright said...

Awe, this is so sweet and fabulously done, Angie! That sentiment is just perfect and your created scene fantastic! Wonderful Anniversary card!

Jennifer said...

Such a wonderful beach! Love the sentiment and the buttons!

Jan Castle said...

Everything about your card speaks to a wonderful summer get away...a special anniversary! Good job!
Paper Hugs,
Jan

Reny said...

What an awesome anniversary card! And perfect for a guy! Great job!

Nan G said...

What a beautifully serene seascape!

christi said...

at first i thought the card was just the bottom portion and i thought how cute tehn i scrolled further and the whole card was revealed and i was even more impressed. i love to see a nice cas card that i could, on a good day, use as a guide. this one is just that. plain in a good way and i don't think the guy would even notice the ribbon, :) wonderfully pleasing work of art.

Unknown said...

Stunning card Angie! Thanks for joining us this week at the perfect sentiment!

Sam Pirkle said...

Your card is perfect. Creating the letters to look like they were written in the sand is a great idea. Thanks for joining us at The Perfect Sentiment.

Rosalind Eddy said...

Happy Anniversary and love the card

jan farnworth said...

stunning card totally love it. thanks for joining us at the perfect sentiment this week.

Saints Rule! said...

This is amazing Angie! I feel like I am visiting my favorite beach when I gaze at it! Love the shells, sand, water and beautiful skyscape... So perfect!

Tammy said...

Angie!!
WOW--I don't normally care for the use of stickers on cards, but this surpasses them all and changes my mind!! Can yo say open mouth insert foot??? I love the sand and the concept of the sentiment being written in the sand!!! The clouds are so lovely!!!Thank you for sharing and inspirigin/opening my eyes even that much more:) be blessed
~Beyond Measure
Tammy
www.urbeyondmeasure.com

krcmasterpiece said...

Your card is fantastic! Your husband is going to love it. I love how you used the punch to sponge clouds-great idea. Thanks for playing with us @ The Perfect Sentiments.

Pam D said...

This is such a cute card, love the buttons and twine, the sentiment, and the flower soft, very nice,TFS!

Jennipher said...

Oh my Angie, this is INCREDIBLE! I love those sponged clouds and how you created the whole thing without even a scrap of patterned paper. Well done and thanks so much for sharing with us at The Perfect Sentiment.

Tabitha said...

I just love the sentiment that you used. Very pretty card.

Pati said...

Very cool sponging of the clouds and use of the flowersoft 'sand'!

Margaret said...

Fabulous card. Great take on the challenge. I love your sentiment. Thanks for joining us at Perfect Sentiment.

Sherry said...

WOW!!! I love it!! it must have been tedious to put the flowersoft around the words, but you did an excellent job!!

E. Marie said...

Your card makes me want to jump in the card and drive to the beach. I like how you added the ribbon and buttons on the corner.