New, Exciting Flower Soft Kits!!!!

Happy Tuesday, everyone!!!! Last week I wrote a tutorial for Our Daily Bread designs' blog on the new Flower Soft Card Topper Kits.....these are the projects I made while trying out the new goodies!! To see the full review, please check out this Product Review post on the ODBD blog.

This card was made with the new Flower Soft Dimensionals Kit....there are four awesome designs in this kit....all of the pieces are die cut, you just punch them out and pop them up....you've got to check them out!!! This, by far, is my fave Flower Soft kit ever!!! The sentiment is from a new ODBD set called "Eternity", the pearls are Zva Creative, the crocheted ribbon is by May Arts, and there are several sprays of "Pearl" Glimmer Mist, even though it is camera shy.

Here is a close up of the dimensional sections, which are die-cut as well (doing the happy dance here!). I added a small amount of Baby Blue Flower Soft here and there....click on the photo for a closer look.


This card was made with the new Flower Soft Lavender Kit....most of the pieces in this kit are Spellbinder compatible! (Please see the Product Review for the details on that!) The scripture verse is from a new ODBD set, "He Will Rise", the May Arts Satin ribbon was tied with a Bow Easy, the pearls are by Zva Creative, the background was embossed with a CB Victoria Embossing Folder, Lilac Flower Soft, and you can actually see the "Pearl" Glimmer Mist on this one!!!



This was a super fun project! There are two new Flower Soft Village Kits....I used three of the four scenes from the Flower Soft - Country Village Kit. I trimmed around each outline, matted them on Garden Green cardstock, and trimmed the mats by hand, punched holes with a Cropodile, attached the "pages" with grosgrain ribbon, then added various Flower Soft colors.


This section with the beautiful church was such a joy to decorate, so I used the "Rejoice" sentiment from the "Tulip Tag Set" by ODBD. I chose Lilac and Shamrock Green Flower Soft to embellish the wisteria and vines.



I love this adorable little flower shop. The scripture verse is also from the "Tulip Tag Set". Here are the Flower Soft colors I used for this scene: UltraFine Strawberry, Earth, and Citrus Crush....plus original Flower Soft in Lavender.



This little cottage was also super fun to embellish....I don't know which scene I love most! The "Happy Spring" sentiment is from the ODBD "Daffodil Tag Set" and I used Shamrock Green original Flower Soft plus Raspberry Fizz from the Ultra-fine Flower Soft line.



Thanks for stopping by to visit today! If you haven't yet, you should try some Flower Soft....super easy and super fun!!! Have a blessed week!!!

Snowflake Gift Box

Yep, still showing off these awesome tag sets and matching Tag Die from Our Daily Bread designs which were released earlier this month. (Note: Stay tuned for tomorrow's blog post here.....I will show you that these tags sets are not JUST for the winter holidays!)

This is a close-up photo of the gift box I made while doing a project for Our Daily Bread designs blog for the Techniques, Tutorials, and Tips post......all of the instructions on how to make a gift box are right here......very quick and easy! It actually took longer to write up the instructions than it did to make the actual box!

For the tag, I used the "Mistletoe Tag Set" along with the matching "Tag Die". The tag stamp was embossed in Ranger Gold Embossing Powder, cut out with the tag die, stamped, colored, then sprayed with "Irridescent Gold" Glimmer Mist for extra sparkle......please click on the photo for a closer view of the Glimmer Mist.


Here is a view of the entire gift box.....since I did not want to cover up the gorgeous SEI snowflake paper, I used only May Arts Crocheted Ribbon as an embellishment.


I was inspired by the following challenges for the making of this box:
Crafty Cardmakers: Containers or fancy envelopes;
Die Cut Dreams: Anything but a card;
Our Creative Corner: Create a Holiday 3D item;
ABC Christmas Challenge: X = Xmas;
Pile It On: Winter means......snowflakes and gift boxes!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! God bless!!

Silent Night

Happy Friday, everyone! A few more hours and my weekend begins...yay!!

Today I would like to share a card I made using one of the 3-D Pre-cut Holiday kits that I picked up from the Our Daily Bread designs store....these are so cool....punch out the pieces, which are already die-cut, and pop them up with foam tape. The sentiment is from the "Blessed Christmas" set, the May Arts Crocheted ribbon was tied with a Bow Easy, the pearls are from Zva Creative, the Cuttlebug embossing folder is Damask, and there are several layers of "Pearl" Glimmer Mist, although it is camera shy, as usual!

Here is a close up view of the 3D layers.....pretty cool, huh? And easy too!!


I used the following challenges in the making of this card:
Fun on Friday Challenge at Christian Paper Crafts: Dry Embossing;
Alice In Wonderland: "Tickets, please!" (I used a Ticket Corner Punch);
Drunken Stampers: Punch Me!;
One Stop Craft Challenge: Embossing;
Speedy the Cat's Friends' Challenge: Piercing;
Christmas Card Challenge: Inspiration Photo with red, green, candles,etc.:
Crafty Cardmakers: Dry Embossing.

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

"Randi's Song" Side-Step Card

This card was so fun to make! I have made stair-step cards, but never a side-step like this. I wrote a tutorial for Our Daily Bread designs' blog as I was creating this.....check it out HERE!

I used a new set, "Randi's Song", from Our Daily Bread designs. This set was dedicated to Randi, my fellow "Breadstick", who is going through cancer testing right now. Please read all about Randi and this new set HERE. I used some of the new Stampin' Up colors, Concord Crush and Cajun Craze for this card, along with Very Vanilla....I just love purple and rust for fall cards! Everything was stamped with Concord and sponged with Cajun. The leaves were colored with sponge daubers, cut out, Ranger Glossy Accents dots were added to mimic dew droplets. The May Arts satin ribbon was tied with a Bow Easy and the finished card was sprayed several times with "Irridescent Gold" Glimmer Mist.


Here is a close up of the leaf, so you can see the shimmer from the Glimmer Mist!



The following challenges were used in the making of this card:
I combined three different weeks of Fun On Friday Challenges from Christian Paper Crafts: Harvest/Fall/Tree/Thankfulness, Water, and Rhinestones or Pearls;
Our Daily Bread designs' Shining the Light Challenge: leaves;
Crafty Cardmakers: Fancy Folds;
Incy Wincy: Faux It Up ( how about 'faux distressing' or 'faux water droplets'? Okay, I'm stretching!!);
Oooh-la-la: Nothing Floral;
Secret Crafter: Distressing;
No Time To Stamp: Nature/Earthy/Fall;
Charisma Cardz: Autumn Colors;
Stampin B's: Autumn card;
For Fun Challenges: Use something new (Stampin Up paper and ink!! Yay!).

Thanks so much for stopping by today! God Bless!

Wedding Gift and Card

This past weekend was a wedding reception for my brother, Brad, and his wife, Autymn! Today I am sharing the wedding card and gift which I made for them. Though the card took eight hours to complete, it was soooo fun to make and soooo worth it in the end!!!

I actually made this card while doing a Product Review on Prima Flowers for Our Daily Bread designs. I would like to share a few tidbits about this card that may not be noticeable to the "untrained" eye!
Tidbit number 1: The green portion of the card is actually the packaging insert from the Prima Flower package....most of their packaging is recycle-able....and very beautiful too! I cut out the center with a Spellbinders Labels Four die, layered it, then popped it up for the scripture panel. The white outside mat I cut by hand around the packaging insert.
Tidbit number 2: These "Alabaster Round Petals" flowers come in one size only in a package of six.....I wanted smaller flowers as companions, so I deconstructed two of them with an exacto knife....the large pieces I will embellish and re-use later.
Tidbit number 3: The green leaves you see are actually the backing of the same flowers.....I couldn't stand for them to be "hidden" and go to waste, so I de-constructed those too and used them for leaves! I think Prima would be proud to see my recycling skills! lol!!!

If you have ever read any of the articles I write for the Our Daily Bread designs blog, you would know that my favorite descriptive word to describe their stamps is VERSATILE!!! This card proves that fact! The verse I used is from the ODBD set, "For The Graduate" and the Congrats sentiment is from "As You Graduate"! Yep, two graduation sets used for a wedding card!!


Other supplies used for the card: LOTS of Pearl Glimmer Mist, (especially on the flowers), Spellbinders Fancy Tags, lace ribbon, Martha Stewart foliage punch, and Zva Creative pearls.

For their wedding gift, I printed out the Mother Teresa poem, "Anyway", on vellum and adhered it to some Prima designer paper. Using the Martha Stewart Doily Lace Border Punch, I punched two strips of the same paper, sponged the edges, adhered it to the vellum layer, then embellished it with light green Zva Creative Pearls.

The Fun On Friday Challenge over at Christian Paper Crafts this past Friday was to make anything altered. I had this done Saturday for the wedding, but I'm a little slow at posting!!


Here is a close up of the poem. These powerful words have moved me over and over again.....Mother Teresa was such a brilliant human being! My new sister in law loves Mother Teresa also, so I just had to make a frame as a gift!



Thanks for stopping by today! Come back tomorrow for the Bible Verse Thursday Challenge at Christian Paper Crafts, plus a new Stamping In Time: On Assignment Challenge at the Our Daily Bread designs blog.

Many blessings to you!!!