MTME Seed Packet Envelope Card

Hi everyone!!!  Happy Friday to you!!!  Today's project is one I made a little over a year ago when My Time Made Easy was our sponsor at what was formerly Christian Paper Crafts.  Since I have many, many unposted cards, I thought I had better get some cleared from my to-do list!!!!

Both the seed packet template and digi stamps are from My Time Made Easy.  The watering can and sentiment were printed from my pc onto vellum, then cut out, made into stickers with my Xyron sticker maker, then adhered over some Prima designer paper.  I love to print on vellum, but vellum adhesive is usually visible, so I like to use my sticker maker instead to coat the entire piece.

'Ingredients List':
Stamps: 'Tending The Garden' Digi Stamps by My Time Made Easy;
Cardstock: Stampin Up Bravo Burgundy, Whisper White, and Vellum;
Accessories: My Time Made Easy 'Simple Seedling Template', Ginham Ribbon, Spellbinders Labels Eleven, Xyron Sticker Maker,  Corner Rounder, Paper Piercer, Foam Tape;
Size: Approx A2.

Thanks for dropping by!  God bless!

Christian Paper Crafts "Give Thanks" Blog Hop!

Happy Thursday, everyone! Come and join us for the Christian Paper Crafts "Give Thanks" Blog Hop at the CPC Creative Blog! Create a card, layout, altered item, etc., with the theme of "Give Thanks" and link up for a chance to win a prize! Please see the hop post for all of the deets!


For my sample today, I dusted off one of my fave Stampin Up sets, "Happy Harmony"....the whole card came to be because of the scripture stamp in this set. Once everything was stamped and put together, I realized that the Peach Parfait and black looked a bit Halloween-ish, so I highlighted the stamped flowers with Star Dust Stickles to coordinate with the Prima Flowers. If I could do it over, I would not have used black for the flowers, but I was too far in to deconstruct it!


Card 'Ingredients':
Stamps: Stampin Up 'Happy Harmony';
Cardstock: SU Peach Parfait and Whisper White;
Designer Paper: SU Patterns Pack III;
Ink: Stazon Jet Black, SU Peach Parfait and Old Olive;
Accessories: May Arts Crocheted Lace and Satin Ribbon, Rhinestones by Queen and Co, Prima Flowers, Star Dust Stickles, Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Squares, Bow Easy.


Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to link up your project at the Christian Paper Crafts Creative Blog!

God Bless!

"Gracious Glimpse" for Christian Paper Crafts' Design Team Delights Gallery

Happy Thursday, everyone!

The Design Team Delights gallery at Christian Paper Crafts opens on the 15th for Super Sisters and King's Daughters subscribers! Today it's my turn to show my "Gracious Glimpse" (sneak peek) of what to expect from the "Give Thanks" gallery this month. If you'd like to join us for some fun, the monthly blog hop will be from October 22nd thru the 24th at the Christian Paper Crafts Creative Blog. Upload your "thankful" themed project there and grab your chance to win a prize!



Card 'Ingredients':
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'Friendship';
Cardstock: SU Pink Pirouette and Whisper White;
Designer Paper: Prima 'Simply Spring';
Accessories: Cheery Lynn Designs Exotic Butterfly (Medium), Spellbinders Fancy Tags Three, CM Corner Rounder, 'Pearl' Glimmer Mist, Zva Creative Pearls, Paper piercer and template, sponge dauber;
Size: 5-1/2 square.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! God Bless!

Christian Paper Crafts Praise & Paper Crafts Challenges!

Hi everyone! Christian Paper Crafts had their quarterly Praise And Paper Craft Night on Friday, with four fun challenges! It was a blast hanging out with everyone last night...now to get my cards uploaded! You have until Sunday noon EDT to upload your projects to qualify for a Gift Certificate from Our Daily Bread designs, who is the sponsor of the PPN this time around...thanks, Kelley!!

For the 1st PPN Challenge, there were two color combos to choose from (photo samples above). I loved them both, so I made one project for each! This card (which I can't believe I made in under an hour!), was in my mind yesterday as soon as my DH told me I had happy mail, which included these adorable jingle bells! The bells led me to the new ODBD set, 'Holiday Ornaments', plus Jonia's colors and voila!



Card 'Ingredients':
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'Holiday Ornaments';
Cardstock: SU Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, and Whisper White;
Ink: Stazon Jet Black, SU Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Going Gray;
Accessories: SEI twine, SU silver bells, Nestabling pearls, CB Damask EF, 'Pearl' Glimmer Mist;
Techniques: Clean and Simple, Dry Embossing;
Size: A2.

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Since the theme of the PPN is "Gifts From Above", the second challenge was all about gift-wrapping. Create a gift box or package, stamp your own wrapping paper, or decorate a gift bag, etc. I chose to decorate a Kraft gift bag by using several stamps from the Our Daily Bread designs set, Randi's Song, while following the colors in the color challenge above.


I have also used the ODBD Stamping In Time: On Assignment Challenge, which is to use Fall Colors along with your ODBD stamps...done...and done!!!



This is the full view (above), which shows the bag, plus the tissue paper which was spritzed with 'Mimosa' Glimmer Mist so that it would match the fall colors of the bag. The close-up below shows more of the stamping detail. For a closer look at each view, click on the photos.


Supplies Used:
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'Randi's Song';
Cardstock: SU More Mustard (tag);
Ink: SU Tangerine Tango, Pear Pizazz, and More Mustard;
Accessories: Kraft Gift Bag, Spellbinders Nested Maple Leaf Die, SU Buttons and Linen Thread.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a blessed weekend!!

Clean and Simple 2nd Birthday!

Hi everyone! This is an extremely clean and simple (should I say plain and simple?!) birthday card which I made for my nephew, Elyas, who turned two this past week. Once I decided on this fun paper, I just couldn't bear to cover it up.....thought he would really enjoy looking at all of the cute animals!!
I used the Clean & Simple Saturday Challenge from Christian Paper Crafts, which was to make designer paper the focus of your project. I love designer paper, so this was a fun challenge for me!



Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'Mini Tags 3';
Cardstock: SU Marina Mist and Whisper White;
Designer Paper: Basic Grey 'Max and Whiskers';
Ink: SU Marina Mist and Always Artichoke;
Accessories: Spellbinders Ribbon Tags Trio 3, May Arts Poly Twill, Making Memories Brads, sponge dauber, paper piercer and template;
Size: 5-1/2 square.

Thanks for stopping by today! God Bless!

Fabulous Fall Altered Frame!

Hi everyone! Well, I'm a bit melancholy this weekend....we had to turn on the furnace finally! Time to put away the shorts and dig out the jeans...boo hoo! I am sorry to see summer end so soon, but I do love to use fall colors in my projects, so...all is good!!! The leaves are beginning to turn here in Indiana, but I'm still waiting for "the smell" of fall....for those of you whose seasons do not change, "the smell" in the air of the leaves beginning to die....it's hard to describe, but it's a smell I wish I could bottle!! :)

For today's project, I altered a photo frame which I found in the clearance isle at Target ...I'm now sorry that I didn't fill my cart with them! This is the "before" shot:


If you read my previous post, you'll see that I'm in love with this designer paper by Karen Foster, called "Amber Leaves"...I sure wish I would have stocked up on this when I bought it last year! I measured the frame openings, marked the back of the designer paper, and cut out the insert using a ruler and a craft knife. The edges of the designer paper were then inked distressed (sponged heavily) with SU Cajun Craze and adhered to the frame using my Scotch Advanced Tape Glider. The designer paper cut-out was also inked distressed and used as a mat for the stamped image. The leaves and flowers were cut from an outdoor flower arrangement I bought at JoAnn's.



For the image, I used the "Seed Packet" set by Our Daily Bread designs. The seed packet image was stamped with Stazon Jet Black, colored with markers on the outside, and colored with sponge daubers (using masking) on the lighter areas. The "Our Daily Bread Designs Seed Co" stamp is a straight stamp, but I curved it while placing it on the acrylic block.



I have used a couple of challenges in the making of this frame today:
The ODBD Stamping In Time: On Assignment Challenge is to use distressing. I used ink distressing on the edges to give more of a rustic look;
The Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoast was to choose a photo from the Creature Comforts blog....I didn't need to look very far...the first page I looked at sent me straight to my room! The gorgeous fall colors were all the inspiration I needed!;
Also at Splitcoast this week, the Color Challenge was also perfect for fall....Always Artichoke, Cajun Craze, and So Saffron;
PLUS, the Christian Paper Crafts "Fabulous Fall" Blog Hop is still open through 9/25....come on over and link your fall creation!!


Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a very blessed weekend!

Christian Paper Crafts "Gracious Glimpse" (Sneak Peek)

Hi everyone! Today is my day to share a "Gracious Glimpse" (sneak peek) for the September Design Team Delights gallery at Christian Paper Crafts which opens on the 15th. This month's theme is "Fabulous Fall"! I love crafting with fall colors....as you can see by my sample!

I've been saving this gorgeous designer paper for a special occasion....I also used it to alter a photo frame....but you'll have to wait for the DTD gallery to open in order to see it! If you'd like to see more "Gracious Glimpses" from the CPC Design Team, please visit the CPC Creative Blog HERE. Also, if you would like to play along with this month's theme, join us for our monthly Blog Hop on the 22nd....check out the deets HERE! Hope to see you there!



For my sample, first thing, I cut the designer paper to 5-1/4 square, then cut out the leaf with a perfectly placed Spellbinders Nested Leaves die (since I planned to hand-cut a mat for the leaf, it was safe to cut the leaf out of my card panel...yes, I'm a cheater!). The image and sentiment from the Our Daily Bread designs "The Good Seed" set were stamped directly onto the leaf, the edges were sponged with SU Cajun Craze, then adhered to the leaf mat which I traced with the same die and cut by hand. The flourish is a Cheery Lynn Designs "Fanciful Flourish" die, and the button I made with the smallest leaf die in the Nested Leaves set. To see a tutorial on how to make your own buttons out of paper and clear glaze, please see this post. They are super simple and so rewarding!!!



Card 'Ingredients':
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'The Good Seed';
Cardstock: SU Cajun Craze and Whisper White;
Designer Paper: Karen Foster 'Amber Leaves';
Ink: SU Cajun Craze and Stazon Jet Black;
Accessories: Spellbinders Nested Leaves, Cheery Lynn Designs 'Fanciful Flourish' die, May Arts Poly Twill tied with a Bow Easy, Ranger Glossy Accents, Linen Thread, Irridescent Gold Glimmer Mist, Paper Piercer and template, Cropodile, foam tape, sponge dauber;
Size: 5-1/2 square.



Thanks so much for visiting today! God bless!

"Memory" Game With ODBD Scripture Stamps!

Hi everyone! Since this month's theme over at Christian Paper Crafts is "Back To School", "Bible Study", and all things related to learning, I couldn't resist but create a Memory Game for the monthly Blog Hop over at the Christian Paper Crafts Creative Blog! Everyone can join in......create a card, layout, or altered item with this month's theme and link your blog post HERE with the linky tool. Can't wait to see you there!



Our Daily Bread designs has just released the 2nd Customer Favorites set, called "Scripture Series 2" and a border set to frame the beautiful scripture stamps, called "Scrolly Borders". What better way to feature so many verses but with a Memory Game?

Since the "game pieces" needed to be square, I chose four stamps from "Scripture Series 1" and four stamps from "Scripture Series 2", all of which fit inside the "Scrolly Border" stamp. To make the pieces more sturdy, I cut sixteen 3x3 pieces each of cardboard, white cardstock, and designer paper.....rounded all of the corners, stamped the borders and scriptures using a Stamp-a-ma-jig stamp positioner to get them all straight, then adhered all of layers together. The butterfly images from the ODBD "Faith" set were stamped, cut out with the custom-made "Butterfly Branch" cutting die, colored with markers and sponge daubers, then glued to the top of each piece. Each piece was sponged on the edge for a little dimension.



I created a small box using my Scor-Buddy along with this tutorial on the ODBD blog, adhered another Butterfly Branch and some pink pearls on top, plus some May Arts Satin Ribbon around the lid with some extra hand-cut butterflies adhered. Though all of the layers took a while to complete, this was a pretty simple project.....I will definitely make more of these in the future! What a perfect way for a child (or anyone) to learn scripture...with a fun game!!!



'Ingredients List':
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs "Scripture Series 1", "Scripture Series 2", "Faith", "Scrolly Borders";
Cardstock: SU Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette, and Whisper White;
Designer Paper: JoAnn's stack;
Ink: Stazon Timber Brown, SU Ink Pads and markers;
Accessories: Our Daily Bread designs "Butterfly Branch" Custom Cutting Die, May Arts Satin Ribbon, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Nestabling pearls, EK Success Dotted Scallop Border Punch, Scor-Buddy, Scor-tape, sponge daubers;
Size: Memory Cards are 3x3; Box is 3-1/4 square and approx 1" tall.

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

Sneak Peek for Christian Paper Crafts' Design Team Delight Gallery!

Happy Saturday, everyone! Today it's my turn to share a "Gracious Glimpse" (sneak peek) of the upcoming Design Team Delights gallery at Christian Paper Crafts, which will open on the 15th. Check out the deets here on how to subscribe in order to view this fabulous gallery each month. This month's theme is "Back To School" but also includes Bible Study, Vacation Bible School, Sunday School, and so on.....anything to do with learning is included! Check out some of the gorgeous "Gracious Glimpses" at the CPC blog!


Since I don't have kids, the "Back to School" theme was a bit challenging for me at first. But then I thought of the Pledge of Allegiance and how we never started class without it when I was in school. And so, the blackboard idea was born. The "I Pledge Allegiance" stamp by Our Daily Bread designs was stamped onto black cardstock with white Craft ink (which I should have clear embossed....it took forever to dry!!) The math formulas and ABC's were hand-drawn with a Signo white gel pen. The flag swags were die cut with the "Patriotic Swag" by Cheery Lynn Designs....see my Product Review Video on the Cheery Lynn Designs dies here at the ODBD store!


Card 'Ingredients':
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'I Pledge Allegiance' single stamp;
Cardstock: SU Creamy Caramel, Basic Black, Whisper White, Real Red, Night of Navy;
Ink: SU White Craft ink and Signo Gel Pen, also sponged the outer edge with Early Espresso;
Accessories: Cheery Lynn Designs 'Patriotic Swag' cutting die, May Arts Ric-rac velvet ribbon, Basic Grey button, embroidery thread, little red stars are from the swag cut-out pieces.
Size: 5 x 5-1/2.

If you would like to join in with our "Back to School" theme, get your card, layout, or altered item ready for our monthly blog hop on the 22nd at the Christian Paper Crafts Creative Blog. You can check out the rules for the hop HERE. Hope to see you there!!!

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

Christian Paper Crafts July Design Team Delights Sneak Peek!

Happy Wednesday, everyone! Today it's my turn to share a "Gracious Glimpse" (aka sneak peek) of the upcoming Design Team Delights gallery, which will open up on July 15th for all Christian Paper Crafts' Super Sister and King's Daughter subscribers....just an extra way for us at CPC to thank you for supporting our wonderful community, so that we may continue to be there for all of you!

This month's theme is Vintage and Retro.....there is such a fun variety of projects in the gallery....I can't wait for you all to see it!! But for now, there are some fantastic sneak peeks going on over at the CPC blog....check them out here!


For my sample, I went with a "retro" look, which is not easy since I don't have many stamps of this style for some reason. When I saw this adorable phone stamp at Hobby Lobby, I decided to create my own sentiment for the inside (next photo)...hope you like it! The little letters were stamped with a SU set, Alphabits, then punched out, edges sponged, and popped up with foam tape onto a Crumb Cake panel which was CB'd with Polka Dots, scored, sponged, and pierced.


I know, it probably could have used some ribbon or something, but I tried several things and decided to leave it as is! I mailed it out to a friend who needed a lift ......hope it puts a smile on her face! :)


Card Details:
Stamps: Stampabilities 'Old Telephone', Stampin Up 'Alphabits' and 'Business Boosters' (hand);
Cardstock: SU Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, and Whisper White;
Ink: Stazon Timber Brown, SU Cherry Cobbler and Early Espresso;
Accessories: Scor-buddy, Polka Dots CB EF, small circle punch, foam tape, paper piercer and template;
Size: 5-1/4 x 4-1/4.

Thanks for stopping by today! God Bless!

Christian Paper Crafts "Sweet Summertime" Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Christian Paper Crafts "Sweet Summertime" Blog Hop!!! Each month on the 22nd, we have a blog hop to celebrate the theme of our Design Team Delights gallery for that month. Every one is welcome to play along! Create a card, layout, or altered item with the theme of "Sweet Summertime" and link it HERE on the CPC Creative Blog.....you will also find all of the deets there on how to win a prize. To find out more info on our monthly blog hops, click on the blinkie button on the right side bar.




For my blog hop card, I decided to make a summertime lake scene by using the cattail image from the "With Heartfelt Sympathy" set and the "Save Time" single stamp, both by Our Daily Bread designs. The background was sponged using scratch paper, Stampin Up ink pads and sponge daubers while the white cardstock was still inside the Labels Eleven die, in order to keep the white frame.

Card details:
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'With Heartfelt Sympathy' and 'Save Time - the Blessings Collection';
Cardstock: SU Soft Suede and Whisper White;
Designer Paper: Basic Grey 'Pyrus';
Ink: Stazon Jet Black, SU Ink Pads and markers;
Accessories: Ticket Corner Punch, Circle Punch, Spellbinders Labels Eleven, Sponge Daubers, Scratch Paper, May Arts Twill Ribbon, Paper Piercer and template;
Technique: Coloring with Sponges, Masking, Paper piercing;
Size: A2.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! God Bless!

Sure and Steadfast!

Happy Monday, everyone! Hope everyone enjoyed the weekend! This is a Father's Day card I made for my dear Father-in-law, using the "Anchor" set by Our Daily Bread designs. You're probably wondering why I didn't use one of the ODBD Father's Day sets to make his card? Well, his birthday is in April and this year and last I used a Father's Day set to make his birthday card....just couldn't help myself!!



This week's Color Monday Challenge over at Christian Paper Crafts is perfect for a masculine card....check out the details HERE on the Christian Paper Crafts creative blog. If you'd like to play in the weekly challenges, come on over and link your projects! Even if you're not a member to the CPC community site YET, you can still play along on the blog.
Also, this week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Tami Mayberry!!!! Yay, Tami!! For those of you who don't know Tami, she not only is uber-talented and uber-sweet, but she runs the popular sketch challenge blog, Card Positioning Systems. I have chosen this gorgeous card from Tami's gallery to re-create....I loved the entire design so I kept it as close as possible. I am also using the Speedy the Cat's Friends' Challenge...to use at least one button.


Card Details:
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs' 'Anchor';
Cardstock: SU Night of Navy, Crumb Cake, and Whisper White;
Designer Paper: Basic Grey 'Marjolaine';
Ink: SU Marina Mist, Ranger Antique Linen, and Stazon Timber Brown;
Accessories: Our Daily Bread designs 'Fish Embossing Plate', Basic Grey Button, 'Water' Dew Drops, SU Linen Thread, Paper Piercer and Template;
Techniques: Over-stamping, Paper Piercing, Dry Embossing;
Size: 4-1/2 x 5-1/2.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a very blessed week!!!