Happy Camper Birthday

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Karli Miranda aka maestra....congrats, Karli!!!  What a super fun and creative gallery with so many projects other than cards....wow!!  I chose this fun card as inspiration to create this birthday card for my brother-in-law who enjoys camping on the weekends.  Karli used silver buttons as wheels, so I used silver mirror paper for the camper, just like the old-style Air-stream campers.  I used the 'Happy Camper' set by North Coast Creations and a small tag from the ODBD Custom 'Mini Tags' Dies set for the sentiment.  The background scene was sponged over scratch paper masking.  The camper was paper-pieced out of silver and red mirror paper; the windows were sponged yellow onto white cardstock as if the lights were on in the camper.

Thanks for visiting with me today!

Blessings,

Inspired Beach House

Happy Saturday, everyone!!!  This week's Inspiration Challenge is to find inspiration from this Beach House Pinterest board.....I loved this window shutter which was transformed into a chalkboard and magazine holder....very cool!  So, I decided to create a card with a beach house theme, with the colors of this photo.  To mimic the siding on the house in the photo, I used an embossing folder with thick lines, but they did not show up well in my photo...should have sponged them I guess.  The anchor, seagull, and shells are from the 'Anchor to the Soul' set, the sentiment is from 'Home Sweet Home', cut out with the ODBD Custom 'Mini Tags' Dies.  The window was created with the ODBD Custom 'Welcoming Window' Dies, ODBD Custom 'Window Shutter and Awning' Dies, and the inside 'wallpaper' was stamped with the ODBD 'Chalkboard Fan Background'.  The stripes on the awning were sponged using masking.

Thank you for visiting!!

Have a blessed weekend!

North Coast Creations July New Releases!!

Hi, everyone! Welcome to the July New Release party for North Coast Creations! I am super excited about these new sets.....who doesn't love ice cream?!!!!

If you would like a chance to win a gift certificate from North Coast Creations, follow the instructions below and hop along with us!

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 July 26, 2015 at 10:00 PM EDT 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 July 27, 2015, be sure to check back there to see if you have won!

Lori
Julie
Dawn
Sandee
Angie.....that's me!
Amy
North Coast Creations blog....let us know you have finished!

My first sample features the new 'Ice Cream Shoppe' set, along with the following items from sister company, Our Daily Bread designs: 'Patriotic Paper Collection', the little hearts from the ODBD Custom 'Clouds and Raindrops' Dies, striped awning was cut with the ODBD Custom 'Window Shutter and Awning' Dies, and both dies from the ODBD Custom 'Pennant Row' Dies set to create the banner.  The ice cream float image was stamped onto red mirror paper and white cardstock, then pieced together.  The top was colored light brown then covered in stickles to make it look like root beer fizz; the straw and cherry were colored then covered with Glossy Accents.  I used the same mirror paper to cut out the little hearts for the banner. The awning was cut twice, pieced together, scored and folded, then shaped with foam tape to make it solid.  The bottom piece of designer paper was shaped to mimic a counter-top, but hind-sight tells me I should have added a little doily to make it look real.

My second sample features the 'Ice Cream' set, along with a fresh summer-y pattern from the ODBD 'Blooming Garden Paper Collection', and an early sneak peek of a new die set (ODBD Custom 'Stitched Ovals' Dies) which will be released on August 1st (shhhhh, it's a secret!)  Since my first card took quite some time to make, I decided on a clean and simple approach for the 2nd.  After stamping and coloring the image, I added Glossy Accents and stickles to ramp it up a bit, plus a few sequins.  To match the shimmer of the stickles, I used sheer ivory ribbon which had a little sparkle to it.

Here are photos of the "supporting actors"....the additional products used on my card samples today:

Thanks for hanging out with us today!

Blessings,

Deep As The Ocean

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Misti aka Scraperwannabe....congrats, Misti!!!  I chose this cute CAS card as inspiration to help me with this birthday card for my nephew.  His birthday party theme is sharks but I don't own one shark image, so I went with sea turtle dies and an ocean theme instead.  I bought these dies several years ago with plans to create a vacation scrapbook, but......it hasn't happened yet!!  A section of the white card was masked, then aqua and green was sponged over a tropical leaf stencil. The same stencil was used on each solid turtle die cut to give it them a pattern, then the detail die was adhered over it.  The sentiment is from an Our Daily Bread designs set, 'The Mighty Sea'.

Thanks for visiting with me!

Blessings,

Life Is Better In Flip Flops!

Happy Saturday!!!  It's a hot one outside today, so I will be staying inside today.....thank you, Lord, for the invention of air-conditioning!! :)  Today's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the Forzieri website......I chose this gorgeous scarf to help me design a birthday card for my sister, who loves the beach and anything orange.  The scarf had oranges, pinks, and brown tones so I thought a beach scene would fit just right.  I used the following stamps and dies from Our Daily Bread designs: 'Chalkboard Fan Background' (umbrella sections), 'Life is Better' (sentiment), 'Flip Flop Fun' (flip flops), ODBD Custom Flip Flop Dies, ODBD Custom Umbrella Dies, ODBD Custom Pennant Row Dies (sun spokes), ODBD Custom Clouds and Raindrops Dies.  The water was sponged over a piece of scratch paper, the clouds were sponged over a cloud die cut, and the sand was created with torn/sponged paper.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

God bless!

Flower Soft Scenic Window Card

Hi, everyone! Today's Friday Free4All Challenge over at Splitcoast is focused on anything that flies.....planes, kites, butterflies, birds, and so on. This card I had made five years ago for a Flower Soft tutorial for Our Daily Bread designs, but never posted it to my gallery. Today seems like the perfect day to do so. I used one of the Flower Soft Scenic Window 3d kits...cut out the pieces, pop them up with foam tape, then added Raspberry Fizz and Citrus Crush UltraFine Flower Soft to embellish the pre-printed scene.  The peel-off stickers are also from Flower Soft (not sure if they still carry them.) The sentiment is from 'Nest' from Our Daily Bread designs. I sent this card to my aunt who had just moved.

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a fabulous weekend!!

Deer Silhouette Birthday

Hi, everyone!  It's been a busy week, so I haven't had much stampy time.....I did squeeze in a quick birthday card this evening which has to be mailed tomorrow.  My new go-to stamp set for quick cards is this awesome 'Deer Silhouette Greetings' from North Coast Creations....I love, love, love it!!!!  The scene was stamped in navy blue and the card base was stamped in kraft with the 'Wood Background' stamp from sister company, Our Daily Bread designs.  I love navy blue and brown together, so I really enjoyed making this one for my niece's husband....would that make him a nephew-in-law?! :)  I dunno!!!

Thanks for visiting!

Blessings,

Take Time To Smell The Flowers

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Debra Currier aka pdncurrier.....congrats, Debra!!!  I chose this amazing clean and simple beauty to recreate using the ODBD Custom 'Flower Box Fillers' Dies and a sentiment from 'Home Sweet Home', both from Our Daily Bread designs. Though not very visible, I did use my air-art tool to spritz purple and green diagonally across the panel, behind the flower box. Green gemstones were added to the flowers and corners.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

Vintage Roses Blossom

Hi, everyone!  Today's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the 'Soft Surroundings' website.....I fell in love with the colors and rose design of this pillow sham (the pink version).  For my card, I used the 'Blossom' set and 'Shabby Rose Paper Collection' from Our Daily Bread designs.  Once the designer paper was cut to size, the bottom edge was cut with the border die from the ODBD Custom 'Antique Labels and Border' Dies set...the white mat was trimmed by hand around the bottom.  The rose images from 'Blossom' were stamped in Stazon Timber Brown, then sponged in Pink Pirouette and Crumb Cake for a vintage feel.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

God bless!

To God be the Glory!

Happy Friday, everyone!  Today's Friday Free4All Challenge over at Splitcoast is to use a large image or background stamp.....I chose to use the background image from 'Belles Vignes' by Our Daily Bread designs, along with a sentiment from 'Glory' and the detailed butterfly from the 'Fancy Fritillary' Dies set to create this birthday card for a friend.  I love how quick this was to make and just might have to do it again in different colors!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Have a blessed weekend!!

Inspired Wedding Cards

Happy 4th of July, everyone!!  This morning I made two cards for the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge #500!!  This week's challenge is to find inspiration from the Green Wedding Shoes site......I loved this challenge so much that I made two cards!  My first card was inspired by this gorgeous bouquet.....loved all of the purple tones!  The wild rose image and quote from the ODBD set, 'Fragrance', and butterfly from 'Butterfly and Bugs' were embossed in gold on ivory cardstock; the flowers and butterfly were 'painted' with various shades of Glimmer Mist instead of inks....oh boy, how they shimmer in person!  The little tag, cut from the ODBD Custom 'Mini Tags' Dies frames a sentiment from 'Home Sweet Home', also embossed in gold.

My second card was inspired by this scrumptious wedding bouquet.  I used the same set, 'Fragrance', since it embosses so beautifully, but this time with white embossing powder.  Once again, I used Glimmer Mist for watercoloring.  Hind sight being 20/20, my camera would not pick up the white embossed quote on the ivory cardstock, so I sponged and pierced a circle around it to make it visible.  Not quite the card I had envisioned, but it was the easiest solution without creating another panel for the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by!

God bless!

Triple Scoop Birthday

Hi, everyone!  I have combined four challenges (from Splitcoast Stampers) for this birthday card for my niece: the Clean and Simple Challenge (sketch challenge); the Color Challenge of honey, watermelon, and cucumber with the dessert option of summertime sweet treats; the Ways to Use It Challenge is to use sequins; and the Friday Free4All Challenge is to use any brads except round....the "enjoy" sentiment is a metal brad which I painted white then covered with pink glitter.  The ice cream image is from the North Coast Creations set, 'What's the Scoop?', layered over a doily from the ODBD Custom 'Doily' Dies set and the pennants from the ODBD Custom 'Pennants' Dies set. I didn't have the exact colors so I had to improvise with what I had on hand.

Thanks for visiting!

Happy a happy, blessed, and safe 4th!!!

Our Daily Bread designs July New Release Party!!

Hi, everyone!!!  Happy July!!  Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs July New Release party!!!  If you hop along with us today, you will get to see all of the new stamps and dies plus many gorgeous samples!  See the full release HERE!

Here are the ODBD goodies featured in my two projects for today, a combination of new and previously released items:

Would you like a chance to win some of these new stamps?  Follow the instructions 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 July 2, 2015 at 9:00 p.m. EDT to leave your comments on the Designers Blogs for a chance to win!  The Winners will be posted on the ODBD Blog on July 3rd, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

Cathy
Julie
Sandee
Silke
Dawn
Chris
Grace
America
Lisa
Amy
Lori
Angie.....that's me!
Sabrina
ODBD Blog.....let us know you have finished!!

My first sample today features the 'Blossom' set, the ODBD Custom 'Beautiful Borders' Dies, and the ODBD Custom 'Doily' Dies.  The two rose images were stamped in bright blue (using masking), then the entire stamped circle was clear embossed.  Blue antique dishes have always been a fave of mine, so I tried to capture that look here, even if the camera did not agree! :)  To coordinate with the doily die, two border die cuts were trimmed down the center then matched up and the seam was covered by the ribbon. In addition to the ribbon, paper piercing and pearls were added for embellishments.

My second sample features the ODBD Custom 'Welcoming Window' Dies set, ODBD Custom 'Window Shutter and Awning' Dies set, ODBD Custom 'Flower Box Fillers' Dies, 'Home Sweet Home' clear stamps, ODBD Custom 'Vintage Labels' Dies, and the ODBD 'Shabby Rose' Paper Collection.  I decided to make an inside window looking out, but, as you've seen today with all of the other samples, that these new dies make it easy to make both inside and outside windows....so fun!!  I used the crocheted background pattern from the  'Shabby Rose Paper Collection' for my wallpaper and valance.  The bottom white panel was scored with a Scor-buddy to mimic bead-board, but it was hard to pick up the scoring with the camera.  The background of the outside scene was sponged in a smoky blue color, using a die cut from the ODBD Custom 'Clouds and Raindrops' Dies set.  The sentiment from 'Home Sweet Home' was cut out with the ODBD Custom 'Vintage Labels' Dies set....the same die which cut the white panel was traced onto the designer paper and trimmed by hand.

Thanks for hanging out with us today!!

God bless!!