New Inspiration from Divinity Designs LLC May Release!

Hi, everyone!  Today I am sharing some additional samples from the May New Release from Divinity Designs LLC.  I will be using these papers for all of my masculine cards for the rest of the year!!!!

Products used for this card:

Stamps: World's Best

Paper: Enchanted Forest A2 Card Fronts

Dies: Sentiment Strips 2, Cowboy & Cactus Silhouettes, Pierced Rectangles, Matting Rectangle, A2 Landscape Card Base with Layer, Lantern Add-Ons

Misc: Blending Brush, Foam Mounting Tape

 

Products used for this card:

Stamps: World's Best

Paper: Gone Fishing A2 Card Fronts

Dies: Slatted and Eclipse - Heart, Double Stitched Pennants, Pennants, Double Stitched Squares, Squares, Square Card Base with Layer

Misc: Blending Brush, Foam Mounting Tape

 

 

Products used for this card: 

Stamps: Worlds Best

Paper: Enchanted Forest A2 Card Fronts

Dies: Lantern Add-Ons, Sentiment Strips 2, Pierced Rectangles, Matting Rectangle, A2 Landscape Card Base with Layer

Misc: Blending Brushes

Thanks for visiting today!  Have a wonderful Memorial Day!

Blessings,

 

Divinity Designs LLC Special Occasion of the Month - Happy Father's Day!

Hi, everyone!  This month's Special Occasion set is Happy Father's Day!  Check out the details about subscription savings HERE, plus all of the designer samples as well. Enjoy!

For my first sample, I chose some vintage style designer paper and some cork embellishments to go with the classic card.  Here are the items used for this card:

Stamps: Special Occasion Of The Month - Happy Father's Day

Paper: Vagabond Treasures

Dies: Pierced Rectangles, Pierced Circles, Matting Rectangle, A2 Landscape Card Base with Layer

 

For my second sample, I chose to stencil a background instead of using designer paper.  The image was watercolored and highlighted with a silver metallic pen.  Here are the products used for this card:

Stamps: Special Occasion Of The Month - Happy Father's Day

Paper: Menswear Material Paper Pad

Mixed Media Stencil: Half Circles

Dies: Square Card Base with Layer

Misc: Blending Brushes, Foam Mounting Tape

 

Thanks for visiting with me!

Blessings,

 

Relax Your Way

Hi, everyone! This week's Color Challenge over at Splitcoast is perfect for a masculine card: Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry and Pretty Peacock. I liked this card design so much so I made multiples with different colors; using the MISTI made the duplicates quick and easy! The image from 'A Good Man' by Stampin Up was stamped in Stazon Jet Black, water-colored and sponged, cut out with dies from Divinity Designs LLC, then adhered to a kraft card base with sponged edges.

Thanks for visiting!

Blessings,

Father's Day Tropical Shirt

Hi, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the Kawaii Pen Shop....I chose this tropical planner to help me with one of my Father's Days cards for next week.  I think my Father-in-law will get a kick out of it since we have just booked a family cruise for next spring.  The card base was cut with the Couture Collection Dies set and the rest was cut with the Everyday Shirt Dies set; the fun paper is from the 'Cool and Casual' Paper Pad (all items are from Divinity Designs LLC). For the inside panel, I traced the inside lines of the card base die and cut it with a paper trimmer and scissors....a perfect mat! This whole card was quick and easy to make.....I am so grateful for all of the fun cutting dies these days...no more creating things from scratch like we used to....well, not as much, anyway! :)

Thanks for visiting with me!!  It's always appreciated!!

Blessings,

Father's Day Fishing Vest

Hi, everyone!  I had a total blast creating three identical Father's Day cards with these super fun die sets from Divinity Designs from the May release!  The card base was cut with the Couture Collection Dies, the letters were cut with the Alphabet Flags Dies, and all of the fishing vest pieces and accessories were cut with the Fishing and Hunting Vest Dies.  I love that there are so many combinations to choose with the pockets, zippers, snaps, etc.!  Once the card was all put together, I used a clear glaze pen to highlight the lure, bobber, zippers, etc.  plus some I added some fishing line for fun!  To create a sentiment panel for the inside, I traced the inside edge of the shirt die onto white cardstock and cut it by hand...easy peasy!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Blessings,

Divinity Designs LLC Design Team Challenge May 2019

Hi, everyone!  This month Kelley has challenged our team with an awesome masculine color combo....here is my take on the challenge:

The ties and frame were cut from the Old Glory Paper Collection, using the Couture Collection Dies set and Pierced Rectangles Dies, then popped up with foam tape. The background panel was embossed with the Fish Embossing Folder, then blue ink was lightly sponged over the raised embossed areas.  The sentiment from 'Best Dad Ever' was stamped onto a panel cut with the Squares Dies and matted with the Pierced Squares Dies.  I had some square silver brads in my stash....they worked perfectly as tie pins plus embellishments for the sentiment panel. This was a very simple card to make, other than lining up the three ties evenly....whew! :)

Thanks for visiting with me today!  Check out the other samples from my designer sisters HERE and HERE.  Enjoy!

Blessings,

Our Daily Bread designs April New Releases!

Hi, everyone!  Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs April new release party!!  This month's release is full of spring-y goodness!!!  To see the entire release, view all of the designer samples, plus learn how to win some ODBD goodies, please visit this post.

For my samples today, I have used the following ODBD items:

My first card features the 'The Greatest Gift' Stamp/Die Duos set, ODBD Custom Lattice Background Die, ODBD Custom Pierced Circles Dies, ODBD Custom Circles Dies, and a pretty floral pattern from the ODBD Cozy Quilt Paper Collection.  The butterflies were stamped in black, cut out with the custom dies.  I wanted to keep the edges white, more than what the dies would cover, so I cut out three reverse masks by hand and sponged three different shades of orange.  (I use the "old school" technique of masking and sponging for a blended look since I don't own Copics or any blendable markers.) Though this set is perfect for Mother's Day, I made this card for my Mom's birthday.

My next card is more Clean and Simple, but it was fun to make.  The bluegill and fishing lure from the 'Great Catch' Stamp/Die Duos set were stamped in Stazon Jet Black, cut out with the custom dies, watercolored, then popped up with foam tape.  The background was created with three different shades of blue ink, using the Ink Spray and Smash technique (on a craft sheet or page protector, smear your inks, spray with water, then mop up the inks with your cardstock.) Once the panel was dry, it was cut with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies, the sentiments were stamped (on the wrong end of the panel....I meant for the lightest shade to be at the top...duh!), the circle was cut from the panel, then layered onto mats cut with the ODBD Custom Fancy Circles Dies and ODBD Custom Circle Ornaments Dies. (NOTE: between the ODBD Custom Circles Dies and the ODBD Custom Circle Ornaments Dies sets, you will find perfect sizes of circle layers to coordinate with the ODBD Custom Pierced Circles Dies and ODBD Custom Double Stitched Circles Dies,)  Once everything was assembled, I used a clear glaze pen on the fish's eye and on the fishing lure.

Thanks for hanging out with us today!

God bless!

Happy Father's Day!

Hi, everyone!  Since I was unable to stamp yesterday, my card today combines the Inspiration Challenge and Featured Stamper Challenge from Splitcoast. This week's Featured Stamper is Jayne aka Ozpom....congrats, Jayne!  I loved the sponged circle design of this beautiful card plus the cool baker's twine at the bottom.  The Inspiration Challenge is to find inspiration from the Signals site.....I chose this awesome t-shirt for a couple of reasons:  I love to create monochromatic cards (especially in gray),  I LOVE this new stamp set from ODBD, 'Great Catch' Stamp/Die Duo (available April 2nd), plus I'm thrilled to get a head start on my Father's Day cards!  I have also used the following custom dies from ODBD: Double Stitched Rectangles, Circles Dies (to cut mask and reverse mask), plus the Fishing Net Background Stamp was used instead of an embossing folder.

Thanks for visiting today!

Have a blessed weekend!

Father's Day Gears

Hi, everyone!  For my card today, I have combined the Friday Free4All Challenge (machines, tools, or gears) with today's Inspiration Challenge, which was to find inspiration from the Tim Holtz Inspiration Pinterest Board......I chose this tag for my inspiration to help me create one of three Father's Day cards.  I'm not very comfortable with grunge, but I did have fun using several colors of ink with the embossed background. I don't have any Tim Holtz products, so I improvised with what I had on hand.  The panels were cut out with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles, the gears were cut with the ODBD Custom Steampunk Gears Dies, and the scripture verse is from 'Good Man', also from Our Daily Bread designs.

Thanks for visiting!

Blessings,

Happy Father's Day

Happy Saturday, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the Vermont Country Store....I chose these herringbone blankets....LOVE blues and browns together!!  Earlier this week, I came across this awesome Father's Day card by gosh2fly and decided to case the layout and tool idea for the three Father's Day cards I needed to make before Sunday.  Today's Inspiration Challenge helped with the missing pieces needed in order to get started on them! I was grateful to have enough herringbone paper in my misc. paper stash to make three cards...whew! First off, I had to dig into my "retired colors file" and get a couple of pieces of SU Brilliant Blue, plus some silver metallic for the saw blade. The designer paper was cut out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies, the DAD letters were cut out with the ODBD Custom Alphabet Dies, the saw was cut out with the ODBD Custom Workshop Tools Dies, the father's day sentiment from 'Ride 'Em Cowboy' was heat embossed with silver embossing powder, and the curved border was cut with the ODBD Custom Leafy Edged Borders Dies.  

Thanks for stopping by today!

Have a very blessed weekend!

Father's Day Deer

Hello!  Yesterday, in the gallery for the Inspiration Challenge samples, I fell in love with this card by beesmom and knew that I wanted to borrow this design for two quick Father's Day cards for today. Due to a sore shoulder, I didn't feel like cranking out lots of die cuts, so I took the clean and simple approach. Two strips of scratch paper masking were adhered to the white panel; the strip was sponged with yellow, orange, and green; the masks were removed then the tree and deer from the North Coast Creations 'Deer Silhouette Greetings' were stamped in black, along with the sentiment from the Our Daily Bread designs set, 'Good Man'.  Paper piercing and baker's twine were the only additions. Done and done!!  Now I'm ready to make my Father's Day rounds and deliver the cards (and gift cards inside)!

Thanks for stopping by!!  Happy Father's Day to all of you dads out there!!

God bless!!

Father's Day Tools

Happy Saturday!!!  My fave challenge of the week at Splitcoast is the Saturday Inspiration Challenge.....Audrie chose The Shabby Creek Cottage for us this week....wow, what a find!!  I will be subscribing since there are so many cool DIY projects there!!  I was drooling over this awesome paint sprayer....have always wanted one but didn't think I would use it much....perhaps this will go onto my wish list!!  I used the colors of the sprayer for this Father's Day card (I need to make two more like it before next weekend!)  I used the following items from Our Daily Bread designs:  'Father's Day Tools' (sentiment at the bottom), ODBD Custom 'Pegboard and Hooks' Dies, ODBD Custom 'Workshop Tools' Dies.  The tools were cut out of gray and blue, then paper pieced together.  I still have an entire roll of Brilliant Blue ribbon, so I used it to bring out more of the cobalt blue color.

Thanks for stopping by!

God bless!

Our Daily Bread designs June New Releases!!

Hi, everyone! Welcome to Our Daily Bread designs June New Release party!!! I know that I gush each and every month over the newest items, but this months' stamps, dies, and papers are AWESOME!! I can't wait for you to see them all and see all of the gorgeous samples from my Sistah Sticks!!! Check out the full release HERE!

Here are the new items I have used in my post today:

Would you like a chance to win stamps from Our Daily Bread designs? 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 June 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 June 3rd, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

Julie * Cathy * Lori * Sandee * Dawn * America * Amy * Chris * Grace * Sabrina
*Angie...that's me! *Lisa * Silke * Audrey * Wanda * Loretta 


Along with the new stamps and dies above, here are the other items featured in my post today:

My first project is a 12x12 scrapbook layout features the ODBD Custom Sunburst Background Die, sponged with yellow and layered with the sun image from 'Hello Sunshine' and clouds cut with the ODBD Custom 'Clouds and Raindrops' Dies. The quote from 'Sunshine Blessings' was stamped in brown, then cut apart, sponged with yellow, and popped up with foam tape. The little letters from 'Pennant Swag Alphabet' were stamped in brown, cut out, sponged in yellow, then layered onto the ODBD Custom 'Pennant Swag' Die at the top and adhered to the back of the photo at the bottom. The cloud background was sponged in blue over one of the cloud die cuts. The butterflies from 'Butterfly and Bugs' were stamped in brown, cut out with the ODBD Custom 'Butterfly and Bugs' Dies, then colored with yellow and orange. The edges of the main panel plus the photo panel were paper pierced to coordinate with the piercing from the Sunburst Background die. The photo shows my niece, Madilyn, leading her alpaca, Brody. Most of my nieces and nephews will be showing either alpacas or llamas for 4H this year.

Here is a close up of the awesome photo.....see all of the llamas and alpacas in the background?

My second project features the 'Father's Day Tools' single, ODBD Custom 'Workshop Tools' Dies, ODBD Custom 'Tool Time' Dies, and 'Wood Background' stamp. This card was super fun to make, although the fussy cutting the image (and applying foam tape) took four hours total, over the span of several days. The card itself was super easy....it began as an A2 card, then the corners were cut and an oval die was used for the cut out. The card base and front panel were stamped with the ODBD 'Wood Background' stamp, then the edges were sponged for a bit more dimension. The little screws are eyelets which I bought in my first couple months of stamping (15 years ago or so)....I didn't even know what eyelets were, but I loved that they were little screw heads, so I bought them!!! lol!!! The tools were cut from the ODBD Custom 'Workshop Tools' dies and the ODBD Custom 'Tool Time' Dies, then tucked into the pocket which was raised with foam tape.

Here is a close up of 'Father's Day's Tools' single:

Thanks for hanging out with us today!!!

God bless!!