Jar of Jellybeans

Hi, everyone!  This week's Clean and Simple Challenge over at Splitcoast Stampers is to choose a card from Jen's gallery (Miss Boo) and recreate it in a CAS fashion.  I chose this beautiful card from her gallery....I loved the colors, the polka dots, the corner punch, and perfect paper piercing.  My card did not end up as CAS as originally planned, but here it is!

I have used several stamp sets and dies from Our Daily Bread designs in the making of this card.  The largest jar from the "Canning Jars" set was stamped and cut out with the ODBD Custom Canning Jars Die Set, the "jellybeans" are from the "Canning Jar Fillers 2" set (these are actually regular beans, but I colored them red and coated them with Glossy Accents).  The jar cover, banner, and corner embellishment (cut out with the Ornate Borders and Flower Die Set) were all stamped with the Gingham Background. The sentiment is from the "Little Girls" set.

Thanks for visiting with me today!  Come on back first thing in the morning for the ODBD January New Releases!!!!  Yay!!!

Have a safe and blessed New Year!!

Lavender Fence - ODBD Sneak Peek!

Hi, everyone! Today's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast Stampers is Cary aka Miss Minx....congrats, Cary!!!  I cruised through every page of her beautiful gallery and decided to recreate this super cute card.....I haven't made a fence like this in years, so I thought it would be fun to use an upcoming January set by Our Daily Bread designs called "Lavender" (available January 1st).  The fence was created by stamping the "Wood Background" stamp (also from Our Daily Bread designs) onto gray cardstock, then used a small tag punch to create the planks, sponged the edges, adhered them to the image panel, added a strip across along with some mini brads and a tag. 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Blessings,

Clean and Simple Birthday Cake x 2

Happy Monday, everyone!  I have two cards to share with you today....one is the "Less is More" version and the other is "More is More" version, which is the same card but "ramped up" a bit!  The "More" version is based upon the Mojo Sketch for this week......I couldn't resist since it was a very simple design!  Today's Clean and Simple Challenge over at Splitcoast is "Cakes, Pies, and Desserts", so I used the "Cake Single" and birthday sentiment from "All Occasion Sentiments", both by Our Daily Bread designs.  I will also be submitting this to the "Less is More" challenge.....choose any previous challenge.....I chose the challenge from March 5th, to use pastel colors.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Please let me know which version you like best!  Have a fabulous week!!

Blessings,

Words Cannot Express.....

Hi, everyone!  Hope you are having a fabulous weekend!  Since it's wet and "goopy" outside, I've been watching football and doing some stamping.  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Roberta aka stampin' nana.....congrats, Roberta!!!  I chose this beautiful card to recreate.....I loved the design with the four squares.....a cool design, but still clean and simple....yay!  I cut four matching squares, stamped each with the corner stamp from Ornate Borders and Flowers, using my friend the Stamp-a-ma-jig stamp positioner, sponged the edges then adhered them onto the aqua cardstock.  The sentiment is from the No Words set. (Both stamp sets are from Our Daily Bread designs.)

Thanks for visiting with me today!

Blessings,

CAS Inspiration from Birgit

Happy Saturday, everyone!!! Today's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to choose your inspiration from Birgit's blog, Rapport fran ett Skrivbord, which translated to English means "Report from a Desk".  Birgit (aka Biggan) is one of my all time fave stampers/artists over at Splitcoast.....her style is so artsy and creative!!!  I chose this beautiful card to re-create, using masking with scratch paper and sponging.  The silhouette and sentiment are from "Find Beauty" from North Coast Creations (sister company to Our Daily Bread designs).

Thanks so much for visiting with me today!

Have a very blessed weekend!!

Love and Prayers

Hi, everyone!  Today's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Sandie aka sistersandie.......congrats!!!  Not only is Sandie one amazing stamper, but a beautiful person as well!  She leaves the most encouraging comments all through the gallery!!  I chose this beautiful sympathy card to recreate.  The sentiment is from the ODBD set, Sharing your Sorrow, the butterflies were fussy-cut from the Stamped By- Butterfly Mini stamp, and the flourish is from the ODBD Custom Fancy Foliage Die Set.  The crocheted lace is from Prima.

Thanks for visiting with me today!

God bless!

Punch Art Froggie Birthday

Hi, everyone!  Today's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find an item from Michael Kors.....I used this gorgeous green purse with brown leather tassles as inspiration for my card today.  My sister-in-law requested a frog themed birthday card this year.....when I saw the green  bag, I knew that today was the day to make her card!  Instead of using the same ole frog stamps I usually use, I decided to create my own frog out of punches and die cuts.  I used scratch paper and different dies and punches for trial and error until I found the right combination, then cut the pieces out of cardstock. I used the Gingham Background and Ornate Border Sentiments, both from Our Daily Bread designs.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Have a blessed weekend!!

Lavender and Navy Inspiration

Hello!!  Happy Saturday!!!  It's a cold but sunny day here in Indiana, with several inches of snow on the ground.....a perfect day to stay warm inside and do some stamping!!  Today's Inspiration Challenge over at SplitcoastStampers is to choose an item from Hollanders for your inspiration.  I absolutely flipped over this lavender and navy floral pattern......what a yummy color combo!!!

The background of my card was stamped in light purple with the Ornate Background.  The stamped frame and ornate flower are from Ornate Borders and Flowers set and were both cut out with the ODBD Custom Ornate Borders and Flower Die Set.  The sentiment is from Sentiments Collection and the flourish is from the ODBD Custom Fancy Foliage Die Set.  The navy blue satin ribbon is from May Arts and the pearls are from Zva Creative.

Thanks for visiting with me today!

Have a blessed weekend!!

Gone Fishing with Buford!

Hi, everyone!  I'm so excited......I was asked to make a sample for this week's Queen For The Day Challenge.....woo hoo!!!  Big congrats to GailNM for being dubbed Queen!!  What a fabulous gallery......I cruised through it several times!!  Since I needed to make a birthday card for a male co-worker, I chose to recreate this beautiful card.....I loved the shaped frame and beautiful background.  For my card, I used the Fishing Buford single from North Coast Creations, along with the Fishing Net Background and sentiment from Little Boys from Our Daily Bread designs.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Blessings,

Our Daily Bread designs December New Releases!

Hi there!  Welcome to Our Daily Bread designs' December New Release party!!  Kelley has done it once again.....this months stamps and coordinating dies are AMAZING!!!!  Here are the new releases:

For my two samples (and sneak peek), I have used combinations of all of the new products....they are so easy to mix and match!!

For my first sample, I used the No Words set for the sentiment, Ornate Background stamp, the Ornate Borders and Flowers Set, the ODBD Custom Ornate Borders and Flower Die Set, the ODBD Custom Fancy Foliage Die Set, and SB Decorative Labels One Dies.  The light pink ink on the ivory cardstock was a bit difficult to photograph, but looks very soft and pretty in person.  Feel free to click on the photo for a close up view.

My second sample features the Ornate Background stamp, the Ornate Borders and Flowers Set, the ODBD Custom Ornate Borders and Flower Die Set, the Ornate Borders Sentiments, and the ODBD Custom Fancy Foliage Die Set.  Using the teal ink makes all of the beautiful details of the stamps clear and visible.....I LOVE these new beautiful patterns!!

This next card was a sneak peek on which I used the Stained Glass technique to show another way to use the Ornate Background.  The background stamp was white embossed on vellum, then the underside of the vellum was colored with markers, then adhered to a white mat.

Please visit my designer sisters below to see more samples with these gorgeous new sets and dies.  There will be three random comments chosen from these blogs and the winners will receive a $25 gift certificate toward stamps from Our Daily Bread designs!  You have until December 2nd at 9 pm EST to leave your comments.  The winners will be announced on the ODBD Blog on December 3rd.

Dawn
Grace
Cathy
Lisa
Sabrina
Julie
Chris
Audrey
Angie......you are here!
Silke
Tosh
Lori
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Not only can you win by participating in our New Release hop, but there is a huge sale going on at Our Daily Bread designs until Monday night.....check out the details HERE!

Thanks for sharing your day with us!

Blessings,