Glorify Him

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Carlene aka Chatterbox-1....congrats, Carlene!!  I cruised her entire gallery and finally picked this super cute card.  I used the following elements in my card for today: masculine theme, gears, linen thread, banners, and a wonderful message for the recipient.  The following items were used in the making of my card today:  ODBD God Verses 2, ODBD Custom Large Banners Dies, ODBD Custom Steampunk Gears Dies, and a pattern from the Artistic Outpost 'Vagabond Treasures' Paper Collection. The card base was cut out with the largest banner die using the Shaped Card Technique; the scripture panel was cut out by hand after tracing the inside of the die which was used for the mat.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Blessings,

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,

Grungy Heart

Hi, everyone!  Today's Friday Free4All Challenge over at Splitcoast is to make a Valentine card.  I combined the new ODBD Custom Tulip Heart Die and ODBD Custom Layering Hearts Dies with the ODBD Custom Angel Wings Dies and ODBD Custom Steampunk Gears Dies to create a grungy valentine.  (Yep, this is about as grungy as I can go without freaking out! lol! )  The copper die cuts were all sponged with Stazon Timber Brown (since regular ink would wipe off).  The copper embossed sentiment is from 'Hugs and Kisses'; the designer paper background, from the Heart and Soul Paper Collection was cut out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies and was matted with the ODBD Custom Lavish Layers Dies.  The tiny 'faux brads' in the corner were cut outs from the gear dies.

Thanks for visiting!

Blessings,

A Look Back at the ODBD January New Release

Hi, everyone!  Today we are re-visiting this month's awesome releases from Our Daily Bread designs.  This has been a super fun release to work with all month!  Here are the new and previously released goodies which are featured in my two projects for today's post:

My first project for today is a card which features the new Bible Journaling stamp, 'His Timing'.  Since I do not have a journaling Bible yet, I'm enjoying creating bookmarks and cards from these awesome stamps!  I paired this stamp with the cool new ODBD Custom Steampunk Gears Dies since they fit the theme of the vintage clocks.  I cut several gears out of scratch paper, glued the edges together and made my own stencil in order to sponge the background panel (cut out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies).  Then, more gears were cut out of black and copper to place inside the frame cut out with the ODBD Custom Lavish Layers Dies.  The gear dies were introduced last week along with the Artistic Outpost new releases.  (Psst.....some of you may not know, but Our Daily Bread designs, North Coast Creations, and Artistic Outpost are sister companies.  You can order from all three companies in one store, with only one shipping charge....check them out HERE!)

My second project is a "cookie basket" created with the ODBD Custom Bountiful Basket Dies.  These little baskets are so fun and easy to make.....you can stamp them, use designer paper, or leave them plain....there are so many ways to decorate them!!!  Since I had fresh toll-house cookies for my basket, I chose to use the 'Baking Tag Sentiments' (cut out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Ovals Dies), the Gingham Background stamp for the layers, and red brads to match the heart on the sentiment.

Please visit the ODBD Blog and my Designer Sisters' blogs for more inspiration:

* Cathy * Robin * Helen * Kathy * Angie (Me) * Julie * Sabrina *
                             * Sandee * Lori * Dawn * Diana *

Thanks for hanging out with us today!

God bless!

Warm Congratulations

Hi, everyone!  This week's Ways To Use It Challenge over at Splitcoast is called 'Warm Up!'....this may be stretching it a bit, but how about warm colors and paper that looks like a flannel shirt?  I LOVE flannel....I have several 'girly' flannel shirts that I wear in the winter, even at work!  For my card I chose a pattern from the ODBD Old Glory Paper Collection, the ODBD Custom Congratulations Die, ODBD Custom Steampunk Gears Dies, ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies, and the curves were cut with the ODBD Custom Leafy Edged Borders Dies.  The word die is usually straight but it was flexible enough to curve....I glued down a few letters at a time in order to get the right spacing.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Blessings,

ODBD Steampunk Wedding Card

Hi, everyone! Today I would like to share a Steampunk style wedding card I made for my step-brother and his new wife.  This may not be 100% Steampunk, but it's as close as I could get with the supplies I had on hand!  I will be submitting this to today's "Charm City Cakes" Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoast Stampers......I chose the "Bohemian" cake fourth row down, far right....sorry, no way to link it directly.  I will also submit this to the Our Creative Corner Challenge, which is Steampunk TicTacToe...I used the gears/texture/transport (birds) option. The Word Art Wednesday blog has an "Anything Goes" Challenge this week, plus Stampin' Royalty has an "Anything Goes" Challenge, so I will gladly submit to those as well!

The birdcage from the Our Daily Bread designs "To The Lovebirds" set and the banner from "Banner Sentiments" were both heat embossed in copper, then cut out with the ODBD Custom "Birdcage and Banner Dies" Set.  (Two sets of the little birds were cut from the same die set.) I made two of the birdcages also....since the hinge opens, I wanted the same view from the inside (as shown in the 3rd photo).  The red mats for the birdcage and banner were cut by hand.

I used the same birdcage die to cut out the scripture panel, which was lined up directly with the closed birdcage.  The scripture is from the ODBD "Love Scriptures" set.  The gears on the right are by Tim Holtz, but the rest of hardware is from various companies.....stuff I've had in my stash for a long time.  Some of the items did not match, so I colored them with a copper metallic pen.  The designer paper is Basic Grey "Curio", the rose ribbon is Stampin Up and the crocheted lace was an RAK from my Design Team Sister, Sabrina.....Mwaaah to you, Sabrina girl!!!

I had one gear left, so I decided to use it on the inside, with two little punched hearts inside it.  The sentiment is from the ODBD set, "Love One Another".

Thanks for visiting with me today!

Have a blessed weekend!!