Dunnuh...Dunnuh...Dunnuh....Shark!!

 

Hi, everyone!  This week's Sketch Challenge over at Splitcoast gives us all a chance to show how creative our imagination can be!  At first glance, I flipped the sketch upward and thought of a space ship.....THEN I showed it to my hubby and he said, "Well, it's a shark!" I laughed out loud and told him he was a genius and that I was going to do it.....not sure how, but I was gonna make it happen!!  So, using various dies and stamps, masking and sponging, the scene slowly came to life!  Here is a list of items used to create this silly scene:

Stamps: the tiny cake is from 'Recipe Card Icons' from Divinity Designs; the 'Palm Trees' are from DMD; the sentiment is from 'Twice the Wishes' by My Favorite Things.  Dies: from Divinity Designs LLC, Pierced Rectangles, Circles, Matting Rectangle, A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer; the nostrils are actually commas cut from the Alphabet Caps Dies.  

The teeth were fussy cut after cutting a circle within another circle, then cutting the teeth from the inside opening with scissors.  The waves on the sentiment panel were cut with scalloped scissors.

Thanks so much for looking!

Blessings,

Birthday Bot!

Hi, everyone!  Today's Ways To Use It Challenge at Splitcoast is to base your project on a song.....my song pick is 'Mr. Roboto' by Styx. This is a birthday card for my nephew, who is in a robot battle club.  I tried to recreate one of the battle robots but they were too complicated, so I decided to create a robot character instead.  Along with the sentiment from 'Pennant Flag Verses', here are all of the items from Our Daily Bread designs which were used in this design:  ODBD Custom Double Stitched Pennant Flags Dies, ODBD Custom Pennant Flags Dies, ODBD Custom Double Stitched Squares Dies, ODBD Custom Double Stitched Circles Dies, ODBD Custom Circles Dies, ODBD Custom Circle Ornaments Dies, ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies, ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies, ODBD Custom Sparkling Stars Dies, and the ODBD Patriotic Paper Collection.  The robot and pennants were cut from red and silver mirror paper, which is super challenging to photograph! After cutting the squares and pennants, I used the leftover scraps with the stitching for the limbs, hands, and neck.

Thanks for visiting with me!

Blessings,

Our Daily Bread designs September New Releases!

Hi, everyone!  Welcome to the September New Release party for Our Daily Bread designs!  If you haven't seen the whole enchilada yet, check out the full release HERE on the ODBD Blog!  If you'd like a chance to win a gift certificate for ODBD, follow the instructions below:

Prize Information: 

Three randomly selected winners will each receive a $25 Gift Code to the ODBD Website  just for commenting on the Design Team cards!  You have until September 2, 2016 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 September 3rd, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

* Melissa * Julie * Sandee * Cathy * Dawn * Lori * Robin * Lisa * 

* Sabrina * Diana * Angie (that's me!) * Chris * Grace *

Below are the new and previously released items from Our Daily Bread designs which are featured in my card and scrapbook layout today:

I know that one of the themes this month is coffee, but the moment I saw the ODBD Custom Beverage Cup Dies, I knew I HAD to make a chocolate chip cookie card!! (***Pssst...this is one of the most versatile ODBD die sets EVER!!!)  The cookies were cut from caramel cardstock using the ODBD Custom Circles Dies, sponged on the edges, then many chocolate chips were die cut and adhered.  The "bite mark" was cut with one edge of the scalloped heart in the ODBD Custom Ornate Hearts Dies set.  The sentiment panel, stamped with a sentiment from 'Rise and Shine' was cut out with the ODBD Custom Stitched Ovals Dies set; the caramel mat and plaid design (from the ODBD Ephemera Essentials Paper Collection) were cut with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies set.  I created a five-layer button by cutting out five circles with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Circles Dies set, glued the layers together, used a heavy duty hole punch, then coated the top with Glossy Accents.  If you'd like to see a tutorial to make your own buttons, click HERE.

My second project is a 6x6 scrapbook layout.  My hubby and I LOVE to cruise and this is a photo he took of me as I was enjoying a cuppa joe the morning that we came to port in Labadee, Haiti earlier this year. (Sorry about the poor photo quality but I was in the shade of our balcony.)  I chose a fun pattern from the ODBD Nautical Paper Collection for the background, then pulled the red and tan from the pattern for the framing which was cut with the ODBD Custom Ovals, ODBD Custom Pierced Ovals and ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies.  The banner letters were stamped with the 'Pennant Alphabet' set, trimmed by hand, sponged, then layered over the pennant cut with the ODBD Custom Pennant Row Dies.  The awesome sentiment is from the 'Rise and Shine' set.

Thanks for hanging out with us today!

God bless!

You Light Up My Life!

Happy Saturday, everyone!  I'm loving this week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast, which is all about decorative light switches and outlet covers....I chose this embossed line outlet cover as my inspiration piece.  I will save this card for my hubby's birthday (since he does a bit of electrical work as a hobby).....good thing he doesn't read my blog! :) I thought that this was going to be a simple card to make, however, the trial and error on the two outlets took over an hour...eek!!!!  I used several punches, a corner rounder, and my Scor-buddy to complete the outlet cover and plug-ins.  The following products from Our Daily Bread designs were also used: sentiment from 'The Light of Life' (retired), stars cut with the ODBD Custom Sparkling Stars and ODBD Custom Double Stitched Stars Dies, and designer paper from the ODBD Patriotic Paper Collection.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Blessings,

Double Feature - Case x 2

Hi, everyone!  Hope you all are having a fabulous holiday weekend!

Today's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Nancy Thomas aka nancyt.....congrats, Nancy!!  I chose this wonderful card from her amazing gallery to recreate using some dies and stamps from Our Daily Bread designs. The boat was created out of three dies from the ODBD Custom Pennants Die Set plus half of a punched circle.  The sails were made by using the largest pennant die with white cardstock then cutting it in half.  Instead of a rectangle for the sentiment panel like Nancy's card, I decided to use a banner from the Pennants Die Set along with a stamp from the Bookmarks-Verses set.  The designer paper is from the ODBD Christian Faith Collection and the clouds in the center section were sponged over a scalloped circle.

My second card I made for the Queen for the Day Challenge, also at Splitcoast.  This week's Queen is Marion Rivas aka mr33634....congrats, Marion!!  I chose this beautiful CAS card to recreate. Instead of using an embossing folder, I used the ODBD Daisy Chain Background Die (sponged the centers in yellow and popped up the panel with foam tape); instead of hearts, I cut a flower using the ODBD Asters and Leaves Die Set; the sentiment panel was cut with the ODBD Custom Pennants Die Set, stamped with a sentiment from the Ornate Borders Sentiments set, layered onto green ribbon.

Thanks for visiting!

Blessings,

Sunny Blessings

Hello!!  I couldn't resist choosing another card from Featured Stamper Barb Mann's gallery......isn't this card the cutest?!  I loved the curved design to the scene and the sun was just too cute!!  I created a sun by die-cutting multiple triangles from the upcoming July dies from Our Daily Bread designs, called "ODBD Custom Pennants Die Set", then adhered them to a circle which was stamped with the ODBD "Gingham Background".  The green layer was cut with a Memory Box die, then stamped with the "Gingham Background", and highlighted with markers.  The banner was stamped with another July set, "Pennants Swag 1" and was cut out with the "ODBD Custom Pennants Swag Die".  (The clouds are also Memory Box.)

Thanks again for stopping by!!

Blessings,

Angry Birds Birthday

Hi, everyone!  Today's Color Challenge over at Splitcoast was absolutely perfect for the card I have been wanting to make for my nephew's birthday.  Though I have never played Angry Birds, nor do I know a thing about it, thanks to many talented stampers at Splitcoast, I was able to glean some ideas and create the Angry Bird with punches and dies (if he has a name, please share it with me!)  The card size is A2....I'm not sure the measurements of the different elements of the bird....it was a bit of trial and error to get the correct proportions.  The hillside was punched with an EK Success border punch, the stars are Creative Memories, the eyebrows are a word window punch, the tuft is a flower punch, the beak is a square which was cut into pieces, the tail was cut by hand, and the circles were dies and punches.

Thanks for visiting with me today!

Blessings,

Punch Art Froggie Birthday

Hi, everyone!  Today's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find an item from Michael Kors.....I used this gorgeous green purse with brown leather tassles as inspiration for my card today.  My sister-in-law requested a frog themed birthday card this year.....when I saw the green  bag, I knew that today was the day to make her card!  Instead of using the same ole frog stamps I usually use, I decided to create my own frog out of punches and die cuts.  I used scratch paper and different dies and punches for trial and error until I found the right combination, then cut the pieces out of cardstock. I used the Gingham Background and Ornate Border Sentiments, both from Our Daily Bread designs.

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

Inspiration Butterfly Birthday

My first card for this post is a birthday card for my niece, Leah. This card will accompany the door-hanger I made a couple of weeks ago. This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast Stampers is to find an item from the CWD Kids website as your inspiration for a project. I chose this cute outfit because of the enormous and colorful butterfly. I've been waiting for the chance to try out my new Spellbinders butterflies....this was sooooo fun to make!!! Just might try this again next week for another niece!! I used K & Co "Wild Raspberry" dsp with SU Bermuda Bay, some SU poly-twill, and Opaline Pearls. The butterfly on top was cut out from the dsp.

The next card I made for my nephew, Ethan. For his 1st birthday, I wanted to make his card to look like one of his fave toys, a Tonka Truck. My hubby helped me sketch out the general shape of the truck, then I cut apart the sections for templates. Using various circle punches, a word window punch, and a lot of hand-cutting, this thing finally came together! The Ways To Use It challenge was perfect.....to use red on your project. Red is usually a tough color for me to use, but was perfect for this card!!!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a blessed weekend!