As You Graduate

Hi, everyone!   This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Connie aka Conniecrafter.....congrats, Connie!!  I became a huge fan of Connie's work many years ago while scouting for cards to feature on the ODBD Blog for Customer Card of the Day.  I searched this morning for an ODBD creation to case from Connie's gallery and found this beautiful card.  Though I was unable to stamp yesterday, I did pick out this butterfly artwork from Grandinroad for the Inspiration Challenge, so I am combining both challenges together....the layout from Connie's card and the colors of the butterfly piece.  This will be a graduation card for my niece, Chloe, for next weekend.  For my card, I have used the 'As You Graduate' set by ODBD and the tiny butterfly from 'Butterfly and Bugs' which was stamped in Versamark onto the card base. The image was stamped in Stazon Jet Black; the butterflies and sky were sponged in yellow; a clear glaze pen was used to create a resist effect for the butterflies, then turquoise was sponged over the rest of the image.  Since the ombre/gradient technique was used on my image panel, I will also be submitting this to the Fan Club Central Theme Challenge for April.

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Ombre Blue Thanks

Happy Saturday, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to choose a color combination from the given Pinterest board and design your project around it.  I'm a sucker for blue tones so I chose this Blue Tile combination for inspiration.  I started with a white rectangle, sponged the different shades of blue all over from light to dark, then used the ODBD Custom Majestic Medallion Dies set to cut out the pattern.  Lots of tiny pieces of foam tape were added to the back of the die cut piece to pop it up over the panel which was stamped with the Medallion Background stamp (after stamping off for a lighter color).  The sentiment panel was stamped with the Medallion Sentiments set, cut out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies, then matted with the ODBD Custom Filigree Frames dies.  I didn't want to cover up the die cut or gradient colors, so only pearls were added as embellishments. 

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Have a blessed weekend!

Dear Friend

Happy Saturday, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from a Pinterest board full of one layer cards (OLC).......I chose this awesome card by Audrie to recreate using the new Medallion Background and Medallion Sentiments set, both from Our Daily Bread designs.  For my first attempt, I used scratch paper to mask the white card, inked the background stamp with aqua and teal inks, but couldn't get a clean image at the edges of the masks.  I used the back side of my failed first attempt, inked the background stamp again, stamped onto a larger area, then trimmed to the size I wanted and adhered onto another white card base.  After stamping the sentiment, paper piercing and white pearls were added.

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Have a blessed weekend!

Busy Weekend!

I love that I am part of a large family, however, when "birthday season" comes around, I am one busy girl!!!


This card (I wanted to keep for myself) I made for my brother, Patrick. Pat is super cool and sweet and has a very creative style. So, I wanted to make a card for him that was cool. I just LOVE this dsp from Making Memories (I found the paper plus matching ribbon and brads in the clearance section at Archiver's!) The design was cased from Cindy Coutts, founder of Christian Paper Crafts....Cindy was the featured artist Saturday at CPC! I chose this fun card to case. I have also entered this in the "Gradient is Radiant" challenge on Moxie Fab World's blog.

This card I made for my brother, Sean, who is one of my heroes in that he does not let fear keep him from stepping out in faith in anything that he does. In the making of his card, I did a tutorial for Christian Paper Crafts, showing how to use the new 3M Post-It Craft Paper for masking. Though crafters love using this paper in their Cricut, I wanted to show how well it works for masking! The stamped images and sentiment are from the "With Heartfelt Sympathy" set from Our Daily Bread Designs......don't you love the versatility of their sets? I love that I can make birthday or uplifting cards with ODBD's sympathy sets!!!


My last card today was made for my little sis, Rebecca. Her fave colors are hot pink and black.....and what teenage girl doesn't like sparkle? My camera did not tell the truth here, but this card is saturated with Pearl Glimmer Mist!!! I used Heather's Color Monday challenge over at CPC: pink, olive, and lt blue.



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"So Very Loved" Challenge Combo

No way can I break the record for the most challenges combined, but I used quite a few to make this birthday card for my sister, Rachel.
Over at Christian Paper Crafts this week, Heather's Color Monday challenge was use use Cocoa, Pumpkin, and Turquoise.....plus I used Alisa's Sketch Tuesday layout!!!!
Splitcoast also had some fun challenges this week! I have used Lynn's 5-Layer Button Technique again......I am hooked on these!!!! Julia's Ways To Use It challenge was to step out of your box...or should I say...comfort zone.......so I have used distressing, which is very stressful for me!!!! Judy's Limited Supply Challenge was too fun.....using "S.O.S" as your theme....I used "S" for sketch, "O" for orange, and "S" for stars.....very clever challenge, Jude!!! And last but not least, Stef's Inspiration Challenge was to use an item from "The Pajama Squid" on-line store for your inspiration. Okay, so I put the cart before the horse, but I found this pillow which matched the paper from Making Memories ( I got it for 50 % off at Archivers!!!), which I wanted to use for the color challenge!!! Plus, I also entered this on Moxie Fab World's blog for their "Gradient is Radiant" challenge....if you want to play, you have until the 5th!!! Check it out!!

Thanks for stopping by today! Stay tuned for news about new ODBD sets for October, plus a BLOG HOP WITH PRIZES scheduled for October 1st!! Have a blessed weekend!