Donut Worry, Be Happy!

Happy Saturday, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the Hayneedle site....I fell in love with this donut print and tried to 'mostly' recreate it with this birthday card for my niece, Skylee.  Though I didn't have any chevron paper, I did find a gingham pattern in the same color in the 'Sweet Shoppe' Paper Collection by North Coast Creations. The donut image and sentiment are from 'Sprinkled With Love' Stamps and Dies set, also by NCC.  The icing was colored with Pink Passion and Rich Razzleberry; Smooch pearl paints were used to enhance the sprinkles; a clear glaze pen was used to coat the entire icing layer.  The popped up frame and gingham panel were cut with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Squares Dies set.

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Have a blessed weekend!

The Lord is Good - Name Frame Gift

Hi, everyone!  This week's Friday Free4All Challenge over at Splitcoast is to pay tribute to one of your neighboring states with your project.  I live in Indiana and my project today features the state of Kentucky in several ways: this nameframe is for my niece who lives in Kentucky, the grassy hills represent the hilly/mountainous regions, plus being in nature in the countryside is so spiritual, hence, the scripture verse. The following items from ODBD were used to create this frame: Scripture Collection 11, Butterfly and Bugs, ODBD Custom Dies: Butterfly and Bugs, Large Letters Dies, Fence Die, Grass Hill Die, Grass Lawn Die, Clouds and Raindrops, Pierced Circles, Circle Ornaments, Flower Box Fillers.  The letters were cut out three times each, once from the polka dot pattern from the ODBD 'Rustic Beauty' Paper Collection, once from white, and once from plum.

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Blessings,

Play Ball!

Hi, everyone!  This week's Ways To Use It Challenge theme is 'summertime fun'.  My Buford card from yesterday would have fit this perfectly!  Another fave summer past-time is baseball.  This card is a belated birthday card for my friend's son, Zach.  When asked what type of uniform would he design for himself, he was very creative with the parameters: black and gold, the team name would be the Tornadoes and his fave number is 16.  I had a blast customizing this card for him.  Here are the items from ODBD used in Zach's card:  All-Star Jersey stamps, Pennant Swag Solid Alphabet, and these ODBD Custom Dies: Sports Jerseys Dies, Pennant Swag Die, Alphabet Dies, Double Stitched Rectangles Dies, Double Stitched Pennant Flags Dies, Pennant Flags Dies, and Sparkling Stars Dies. Some leftover strips of the gold metallic cardstock were adhered to the sleeves so that it would look more realistic.  I will also be submitting this to the June Fan Club Central Theme Challenge due to the sports theme, plus the white panel was scored using my Scor-buddy.

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God bless!

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,