Bee Happy and Thank You, Friend!

Hi, everyone!!  This week over at Splitcoast, there were quite a few fun challenges which I did not want to miss, so I have combined them in the making of a birthday card for my sister-in-law, plus a card for a dear friend who is having some health issues.
For my first card, I have used Sketch Challenge 520, plus this week's Color Challenge of Black, White, and Hello Honey.  Since I do not have  the newest SU colors yet, I used So Saffron which was the closest color I had on hand. The background was stamped with the ODBD Gingham Background stamp, the image from 'Bee Happy' was stamped in So Saffron, then the scripture was overstamped in black. The little bee, also from 'Bee Happy', was stamped, colored, then cut out with the ODBD Custom 'Zinnia and Leaves' Dies set.

The Sketch Challenge 520 (at the top left) could be interpreted in a lot of fun ways.....I chose to use the sketch again but used a heart in the center instead of a circle. Today's Inspiration Challenge is to find a color combo from The Perfect Palette blog....I fell in love with these Homespun Colors....yummy!  The Ways to Use It Challenge is to create a Thank You card and the Friday Free 4 All Challenge is 'A CASE of admiration'....case a fellow stamper who encourages and inspires you. I chose this beautiful card by my ODBD design team sister, Cheryl Scrivens aka CherylQuilts. Cheryl is one of the sweetest human beings I have ever known and gives so much of herself to others. Her comments to all are so encouraging and wow, her creativity is inspiring in itself.  I am blessed to call her friend.....what an amazing Christian woman!!!  (Love you, Cheryl dear!!!)  For my card, I have used the ODBD Custom 'Ornate Hearts' Dies, corner dies from the ODBD Custom 'Ornate Borders and Flower' Dies, scripture verse from the 'Thank You' stamp set, and 'lots of hugs' stamp from the 'Mini Tag Sentiments' set, paper from the 'Heart and Soul Paper Collection', all from Our Daily Bread designs.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a blessed weekend!!

Glistening Snow and Super Saver Sale!

Hello!!!  This week's Clean and Simple Challenge at Splitcoast is to case a project from Janeen's wonderful gallery......I chose this beautiful card since I had not tried this technique before.  I used snowflakes instead of leaves, but kept the same layout with three strips and a sentiment at the bottom corner.  The strips were cut from three different patterns in the Our Daily Bread designs Winter Paper Collection 2014, the snowflakes were cut away from the designer paper using the ODBD Custom Snowflakes Dies, then a punched snowflake was added to the top of each.  The sentiment is from 'Snowflake Sentiments', also by ODBD.  Silver stickles were added to the punched snowflakes and across the top of the card.

Before I go, just wanted to make sure that you knew about the Super Saver Sale going on at Our Daily Bread designs, North Coast Creations, and Artistic Outpost. For each store, following the directions below:

• Purchases of $50-99 will receive $10 off your order when using the code SHOP10. 
• Purchases of $100-199 will receive $20 off your order when using the code SHOP20
• Purchases of $200 or more will receive $40 off your order when you use the code SHOP40

****Sale excludes bundles, gift certificates and clearance items.

Please note: only 1 code can be used in the shopping cart when placing orders

Our Super Saver Sale will end Saturday, December 27, 2014 at 11:00 EST.

Thanks so much for visiting!

God bless!!

Navy Snowflakes

Hello!!!  Hope you are enjoying your Sunday!!  I did a little stamping before church this morning, to help in celebrating this week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast.  Big congrats to Myrna Sweet aka mjs1033!!  I chose this beautiful card to case.....loved the one layer, loved the sponged strip plus the overstamping was really cool!!  Instead of leaves and fall colors, I masked then sponged a strip of Pool Party, stamped snowflakes in navy blue, then white embossed more snowflakes with white embossing powder.  The sentiment is from 'Snowflake Sentiments'; the snowflakes are from 'Snowflake Mini Set' and 'Sparkling Snowflakes', all stamps are by Our Daily Bread designs.  To finish, I added some matching baker's twine and some stickles to the snowflakes.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

Celebrating You, Tenia!!!!!

Happy Saturday, everyone!!!  This week's Queen for the Day is the jazzy and fabulous Tenia Sanders-Nelson.....congrats, Tenia!!!!!  Tenia has the most fun and creative style!!!  Check out her blog here!  It is an absolute honor to help Tenia to celebrate this week!!!  I chose this awesome card to case because I loved the cool layout.  I did a masculine version, to create a birthday card for a friend, and I did not do the "off the page" technique since I wanted it to fit inside a normal envelope.  Today's Inspiration Challenge helped me with the color scheme...I chose these olive soaps....I loved the blue and gray colors and texture of the natural ribbon!  Once I got to my stamp room, I realized that I couldn't match the colors exactly, but did the best I could.  I started with Naturals White cardstock, designer paper with smoky blues, and cotton ribbon which I trimmed down the center to create a smaller edging.  The stamps are from North Coast Creations, called 'King of the Road' and the designer paper is from Our Daily Bread designs, the 'Blooming Garden Collection'.

 
Thank you for stopping by!

Have a blessed weekend!!

North Coast Creations December New Releases!!

Hi, everyone!!!  Welcome to the North Coast Creations December New Release party!!!  I am super excited to be a Guest Designer for NCC this month and the two new stamp sets are sooooo fun!!!  If you'd like a chance to win a gift certificate, follow the directions below:

Prize Information:

Just for commenting on the Design Team Blog Posts, you have a chance to win a $10 NCC Gift Certificate, good towards the purchase of NCC Stamps.  You have until December 17, 2014 at 10:00 PM EST to leave a comments on the participating designers blogs for a chance to win! Two random winners will be selected from the comments left on the designers blogs, the winners will be announced on the NCC Blog on December 18, 2014, be sure to check back there to see if you have won!

Lori
Julie
Lisa
Dawn
Amber
Sandee
Angie....you are here!
NCC Blog...let us know that you are finished!

Here are the two new releases for December:

My first sample features the "Dump Truck Birthday" set. The image was stamped onto both red and blue cardstock, then fussy cut and paper-pieced together.  Glossy Accents was added to the body and hubs for the appearance of a real paint job.  The banner was stamped and cut out by hand since I did not have a die of the right size.  The designer paper is from Our Daily Bread designs, called the Patriotic Paper Collection.

My second card features the "I Dig You" set.  The background scene is from the previously released "Barn" single, also from North Coast Creations.  I thought it would be the perfect backdrop for the tractor image.  I stamped half of the sentiment on the front, added three dots, then stamped the second half of the sentiment on the inside.

Before I go, just wanted to let you know that Our Daily Bread designs, North Coast Creations, and Artistic Outpost are all having a Gift Certificate Special!!  Click on each company name in the previous sentence to see the details.

Thanks so much for hanging out with us today!

God bless!

Inspired Gate

Hi, everyone!!  Today's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Barb aka bmbfield.....congrats, Barb!!  I chose this fun card to re-create, using the ODBD Custom Gilded Gate Dies and scripture verse from 'The Gate' stamp set, which was cut out with a die from the ODBD Custom Vintage Flourish Dies set.  The designer paper is from a pack that a friend picked up for me at Goodwill.....score!!  Yesterday's Inspiration Challenge was to find inspiration from an item at the Pendleton-USA store.....I loved the colors in this blanket.....the blue and gray was very soothing.

Thank you for visiting!!

God bless!!

Anchor the Soul

Happy Hump Day, everyone!! Today's Sketch Challenge and yesterday's Color Challenge (Pool Party, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip) over at Splitcoast forced me to stamp this morning before work....teehee!!!! The image (and little anchor) from 'Anchor the Soul' (by Our Daily Bread designs) were inked in Pool Party, thumped with a Crumb Cake Marker, stamped onto ivory cardstock, edges sponged, then paper pierced. The little tag was cut from the ODBD Custom Mini Tags Dies set and tied onto the panel with baker's twine.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Blessings,

Mini Tag Birthday Wishes

Hi, everyone!  Today's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Sara Hoogendoorn aka shoogendoorn....congrats, Sara!!  I chose this fun card from her gallery to re-create, using the following items from Our Daily Bread designs: Mini Tag Sentiments, ODBD Custom Mini Tag Dies, Doily Blessings, and ODBD Rustic Beauty Paper Collection.

Thank you for visiting with me!

Blessings,

Red, White, and Blue Birthday

Hi, everyone!  I needed a quick card to pop in the mail today and Splitcoast's Inspiration Challenge gave me the inspiration!!  I chose this awesome card from Papyrus Online....the two different patterns and layout were just perfect!!  The designer paper I used is from the ODBD Patriotic Paper Collection, the sentiment is from Flourished Verses, cut out with the ODBD Custom Pennants Dies set, and the little stars were cut out with the ODBD Custom Sparkling Stars Dies.  I only had one postage stamp left, so the card needed to be flat, so I did not add any ribbon or extra embellishments.

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Blessings,

Our Daily Bread designs December New Releases!!

Hi, everyone!!!  Welcome to the December New Release party for Our Daily Bread designs!!!  No surprise......Kelley has wowed us again this month with some amazing new stamps, dies, and another new designer paper pack!!!!  For a chance to win an ODBD gift certificate, follow the directions listed below:

Prize Information: - 

Three randomly selected winners will each receive a $25 gift certificate to the ODBD Store, to be used toward the purchase of ODBD Stamps found in the "stamps column" of the website just for commenting on the Design Team cards!  You have until December 2, 2014 at 9:00 p.m. EST to leave your comments on the Designers Blogs for a chance to win!  The Winners will be posted on the ODBD Blog on December 3rd, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

Julie
Chris
Cathy
Lori
Dawn
Sandee
Paula
Angie.....you are here!
Lisa
Audrey
Silke
Wanda
Grace
Gracie
ODBD Blog....let us know that you have finished!

Here are both the new and previously released items which are featured in my samples below....touch each photo with your mouse to see the name or click on a photo to open a window to that item in the ODBD store....

My first sample today features the dove image from 'Admit One', stamped then cut out twelve times with the postage stamp die from the ODBD Custom 'Mini Tags' Dies set.  The sentiment is from Quote Collection 2.  Both frames were cut by hand with specialty scissors.  The '24' stamp is from a scripture verse stamp, masked so that only the number would stamp.

My next sample features the ODBD Patriotic Paper Collection for the background, ticket image is from 'Admit One', 'hugs' stamp is from the 'Mini Tag Sentiments'.  Both the tickets and heart tag frame were cut out with the ODBD Custom 'Mini Tags Dies' set (the hearts are the cut-outs from the heart tag).  Behind the pocket is the largest die from the ODBD Custom 'Doily Dies' set.

The next two samples were sneak peeks shown over the weekend:

Thank you so much for hanging out with us today!!!

God bless!!

Victory is Ours!

Hello, everyone!!  Today's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Nancy Williams aka nwilliams6....woo hoo, congrats to Nancy!!!!  I chose this beautiful card to recreate using a verse from Scripture Collection 10, the cross of nails image from a new set, 'Admit One', and the postage stamp die from the new ODBD Custom 'Mini Tags' Dies, all from Our Daily Bread designs.  I kept Nancy's design (including the distressed edges which are out of my comfort zone!) but added piercing, a bow, and pearls in the corners.

Before I go, just wanted to remind you that you have until 11 pm tonight to take advantage of the 20% sale over at Our Daily Bread designs....check out the details here.  OR.....you may want to take advantage of the Cyber-Monday sale....check out the details for it here!

Have a blessed Lord's day!!

  

The Gate of the Lord

Happy Saturday!!  Hope you all had a very blessed Thanksgiving!!  After a couple of days of "down time", today is the day for stamping!!  Yesterday's Friday Free 4 All Challenge at Splitcoast was to use your 'leftovers', any embellishments you've had for a long time...I have an entire storage container full of pearls which I bought five or six years ago, plus I dug in to my hoarded stash and chose one of my fave designer papers from the Memory Box 'Butterfield' collection.  I have combined today's Inspiration Challenge, which is to find inspiration from the 'Sur La Table' online store.....I chose these nested planters, which reminded me of an iron gate.  For my card, the gate was cut out of metallic cardstock with the ODBD Custom 'Gilded Gate' Die Set, the scripture verse is from 'The Gate', (both will available from Our Daily Bread designs on Dec 1).  I did not want to cover up the gorgeous paper too much, so only added piercing, a few die cut clouds, and pearls for embellishments. 

Thanks for visiting!!!

Blessings,

Daisy Blessings

Hey, everyone!!!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to choose an item from Resurrect Antiques.....I was inspired by the vintage turquoise daisy dress.  My card features the ODBD Daisy Chain Background Die, ODBD Custom Asters and Leaves Dies, plus a sentiment from Ornate Border Sentiments, cut out with the ODBD Custom Ornate Borders and Flower Dies .  The general layout design was inspired from this beautiful card by Cheryl L Rowley, who was chosen for Featured Stamper this week......congrats, Cheryl!!!

Thanks for visiting with me today!

God bless!

Happy Camper

Hello!!  Today's Friday Free4All challenge at Splitcoast is 'Grab and Go'....use something that you just received.....I used an adorable set from North Coast Creations, called 'Happy Camper' to make this birthday card for my brother.  Two weeks ago, the Featured Stamper was Amyk3868....congrats, Amy!!!  I chose this beautiful card for inspiration....what a fun layout, even though my card is very 'busy'! 

Thanks for stopping by!!

Blessings,

So Thankful For You

Hi, everyone!!!  Today's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Audrie aka girlgeek101.....congrats, Audrie!!!!  Audrie is the hostess each Saturday for the Inspiration Challenge (my fave!) and has the most amazing, creative gallery which is full of a wide range of styles and techniques!!   I chose this gorgeous card to recreate....I loved the framed cutout and the simple but powerful design to help me create another Thanksgiving card to mail out this week for some dear friends.  The Fall Flower Pumpkin was stamped onto ivory, cut out with the ODBD Custom Pumpkin and Flowers Die, colored with markers, then popped up over a designer paper panel from the ODBD 'Rustic Beauty Collection'.  The sentiment is from the 'Doily Blessings' set and the seam binding ribbon was tied with a Bow Easy.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Blessings,

Copper Embossed Leaves

Happy Saturday, everyone!!!  Today's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast will definitely make you hungry.....we are to find inspiration from the Harry and David site.....yummy!!!!  I fell in love with this harvest cookie bouquet and had to make a Thanksgiving card!  My card's layout comes from this beautiful card by Dianne aka Sarahebo, who was just dubbed Queen for the Day....congrats, Dianne!!!  For my card, I used the following items from Our Daily Bread designs: leaves and acorns from the Autumn Blessings set, cut out with the ODBD Custom Fall Leaves and Acorn Dies, the Leaves Background stamp, and sentiment from Serve The Lord (retired).  The images, background, and sentiment were all embossed in copper, then colored with sponge daubers in inks which matched the inspiration piece.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,